Fluid Mechanics

From the reviews: "Durst ... cover in a modest volume a wide spectrum of topics including incompressible and compressible flows, gas dynamics, heat transfer, numerical solutions, flows of small and large Reynolds numbers, turbulence, and fluid-flow measurements. ... the volume will be valuable for graduate students pursuing fluid mechanics research. It provides thorough analytical coverage of a wide range of fluid mechanics topics and offers brief introductions to numerical and experimental topics. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (R. N. Laoulache, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009) "Based on the German edition from year 2006, the translated English edition was presented in 2008. It contains 21 chapters. ... The book gives a comprehensive survey of the large field of fluid dynamics. It is very useful for students in engineering and physics." (Bernd Platzer, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 90 (12), 2010)

• Introduction, Importance and Development of Fluid Mechanics.- Mathematical Basics.- Physical Basics.- Basics of Fluid Kinematics.- Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics.- Hydrostatics and Aerostatics.- Similarity Theory.- Integral Forms of the Basic Equations.- Stream Tube Theory.- Potential Flows.- Wave Motions in Non-Viscous Fluids.- to Gas Dynamics.- Stationary, One-Dimensional Fluid Flows of Incompressible, Viscous Fluids.- Time-Dependent, One-Dimensional Flows of Viscous Fluids.- Fluid Flows of Small Reynolds Numbers.- Flows of Large Reynolds Numbers Boundary-Layer Flows.- Unstable Flows and Laminar-Turbulent Transition.- Turbulent Flows.- Numerical Solutions of the Basic Equations.- Fluid Flows with Heat Transfer.- to Fluid-Flow Measurement.