Publisher's Synopsis
This self-contained book provides a readily accessible introduction to the theory of fluid mechanics, and is concerned with viscous and compressible fluids. As well as being read independently, it also forms a companion volume to the authors' previous work "Ideal and Incompressible Fluid Dynamics" (Ellis Horwood, 1985). The book is independent of any specific system of units for measuring physical quantities, although the widely used SI features in discussion of the various physical properties of any particular fluid.;The authors emphasize the use of problem-solving as an aid to learning fluid mechanics, providing numerous solutions of the governing equations which form the content of specific sections or are included as additional worked examples. A complete set of unsolved problems, with answers where appropriate, is provided at the end of each chapter. The text has been aimed at researchers and students of applied mathematics and fluid dynamics.
