Reddit mentions: The best fluid dynamics books
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1. An Album of Fluid Motion
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2. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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3. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 5th Edition, JustAsk! Set
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4. Fluid Power with Applications (6th Edition)
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5. Munson, Young and Okiishi's Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
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6. Applied Fluid Mechanics (6th, 06) by Mott, Robert L [Hardcover (2005)]
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7. The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua
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8. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
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9. Munson, Young and OkiishiÂs Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
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/u/another_user_name posted this list a while back. Actual aerospace textbooks are towards the bottom but you'll need a working knowledge of the prereqs first.
Non-core/Pre-reqs:
Mathematics:
Calculus.
1-4) Calculus, Stewart -- This is a very common book and I felt it was ok, but there's mixed opinions about it. Try to get a cheap, used copy.
1-4) Calculus, A New Horizon, Anton -- This is highly valued by many people, but I haven't read it.
1-4) Essential Calculus With Applications, Silverman -- Dover book.
More discussion in this reddit thread.
Linear Algebra
3) Linear Algebra and Its Applications,Lay -- I had this one in school. I think it was decent.
3) Linear Algebra, Shilov -- Dover book.
Differential Equations
4) An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Coddington -- Dover book, highly reviewed on Amazon.
G) Partial Differential Equations, Evans
G) Partial Differential Equations For Scientists and Engineers, Farlow
More discussion here.
Numerical Analysis
5) Numerical Analysis, Burden and Faires
Chemistry:
Physics:
2-4) Physics, Cutnel -- This was highly recommended, but I've not read it.
Programming:
Introductory Programming
Programming is becoming unavoidable as an engineering skill. I think Python is a strong introductory language that's got a lot of uses in industry.
Core Curriculum:
Introduction:
Aerodynamics:
Thermodynamics, Heat transfer and Propulsion:
Flight Mechanics, Stability and Control
5+) Flight Stability and Automatic Control, Nelson
5+)[Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Second Edition](http://www.amazon.com/Performance-Stability-Dynamics-Airplanes-Education/dp/1563475839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315534435&sr=8-1, Pamadi) -- I gather this is better than Nelson
Engineering Mechanics and Structures:
3-4) Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Hibbeler
6-8) Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Bruhn -- A good reference, never really used it as a text.
G) Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Malvern
G) Fracture Mechanics, Anderson
G) Mechanics of Composite Materials, Jones
Electrical Engineering
Design and Optimization
Space Systems
The quality and size of the mirror will only start to matter when you're doing real research. For example, what I'm doing requires me to resolve much smaller fluctuation in index of refraction than what you would get from "standard" optical equipment. This does not, by any means, mean that you can't observe Schlieren effects with cheaper mirrors and lenses. For simple demonstration/proof of concept purposes, you can get away with almost any optical grade.
For example, this is an image of shock diamonds formed outside of a compressible jet that I did as a demonstration for my lab:
http://i.imgur.com/yfWByA0.jpg
This was done with two very cheap 2" plano-convex lenses purchased from Thorlabs (http://thorlabs.us/) and 1 very cheap 55 mm lens attached to a very cheap $300 camera. As you can see, the physical phenomenon is easily observed using rather low grade equipment.
I would highly recommend that anyone who is interested in Schlieren photography to go out and experiment with it. It is a lot of fun. You can observe some very cool physics with just a couple of hundred bucks for the setup. One other thing to keep in mind is that you can do Schlieren with off-axis parabolic mirrors OR lenses. I HIGHLY recommend that you start with lenses before moving to mirrors. They are significantly easier to align and setup than your typical "z-type" Schlieren mirror systems. Purchase yourself 2 lenses and an optical rail (you can find all of it on Thorlabs), and you will be able to setup your system quite easily. I don't have time to go through all the technical details, but you should read about different Schlieren methods online and learn how they work.
If you would like to see some amazing examples of Schlieren and Shadowgraph images, I HIGHLY recommend Van Dyke's book on Album of Fluid Motion (http://amzn.com/0915760029).
For anyone interested in finding about more about this type of stuff, I am reminded me of these super old videos of fluid motion, and I can't recommend the entire series highly enough.
There are also the books An album of fluid motion and A gallery of fluid motion which have a ton of cool pictures.
I have a book that I got as a gift that most aero folks should love (I'm an aero guy too). It's called "An album of fluid motion" by Van Dyke. Amason has a paperback version. http://www.amazon.com/Album-Fluid-Motion-Milton-Dyke/dp/0915760029
Not exactly PDE focued, but I have this as a coffee table book:
An Album of Fluid Flow
Less math and more pictures of fluid flow demonstrations. Still pretty though.
No. Those are actual engineering books that are on-topic with heat exchange that is done via air-cooled heat sinks and liquid cooling with radiators. My joke was aimed to a fellow engineer who would appreciate the humor.
Here, the exact two books i was referring to that I have in my own library.
www.amazon.com/Thermodynamics-Engineering-Approach-Edition-Michael/dp/B004M8EFV6
www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Fluid-Mechanics-Edition-JustAsk/dp/0470067225
Found a "loose leaf" version of this textbook for 1/5th the price, also on Amazon: here. Also, if you search for fluid mechanics - there are more than a dozen titles. Makes me wonder why did it have to be the $950 version vs all others.
What is it - more fluid? Or such mechanics? Wow
I used this in school, still useful in the workplace...
There is a newer edition for $170 it looks like. And it have eBook rental which is cheaper.
Ummm. It's on amazon for 121 Cad or 50 for the kindle edition. canadian...https://www.amazon.ca/Munson-Okiishis-Fundamentals-Mechanics-Version/dp/1119080703/ref=pd_cp_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WY131QS949P6ZP6C3VZ8
LOL someone is selling this book for 10 Grand
What the Fuck
this is my favorite... https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Fluid-Mechanics-Robert-Hardcover/dp/B008AUFC4Q
https://www.amazon.com/Munson-Okiishis-Fundamentals-Mechanics-Version/dp/1119080703/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
this is book OP mentioned in comments
syllabus
He already posted it elsewhere
It's https://www.amazon.com/Munson-Young-Okiishi%C3%82s-Fundamentals-Mechanics/dp/111884713X
Another thread points out: the text was $960 on amazon-through-third-party, but directly from the publisher for $286
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002022.html
https://www.amazon.com/Munson-Young-Okiishi%C3%82s-Fundamentals-Mechanics/dp/111884713X
What's the Author / Title / Edition / ISBN?
Edit: Thanks OP
previous edition, but might work:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1118116135/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484869527&sr=1-1&keywords=Fundamentals+of+Fluid+Mechanics+Munson
There's also his recent follow up with Eliot Fried and Lallit Anand, The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua
If you check one of my links, you'll see hard covers are available.
There's even people listing the book on Amazon for $2000, $4,375, and $10,000.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/111884713X/ref=sr_1_3_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484839853&sr=1-3&keywords=fundamental+fluid+mechanics+8th
Don't wait until last minute, and the bindered or binder ready pages should be exact copies of the hardcover.
>if you check the reviews you'll see that it's been printed with no diagrams, making it almost useless
No, that's not what bindered copies means. They're gonna be page for page copies of the textbook. In any case, if you shop early, the hardcover can be had for less than what you just imaged.
"lol, it knows how to read comment histories, but it doesn't understand the very field of its phd." Referring to me as an "it" in an endeavor to dehumanize me and neglect my sound contentions further expounds your fallacious, extemporaneous, mendacious, unsagacious, perfidious, nascent dissidence and dearth of intellect. Like I said, if I "[don't] understand the very field of [my] phd" I implore you to mathematically prove my original contention erroneous (newsflash: you will have to fabricate new mathematical principles to achieve this insurmountable feat).
"So what was your dissertation on?" If I tell you my award winning dissertation you will find out my real name then subsequently gather your minute group of pathetic, no-life friends (in a futile attempt) to besmirch my lionized reputation. I'd rather not give low IQ children any reason to fabricate hate towards my exalted moniker.
"What texts would you suggest I uses to brush up on my fluid dynamics?" Assuming that you already have read (a colossal suspension of disbelief) a few introduction to physics textbooks, this would be a good start: http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Fluid-Mechanics-Bruce-Munson/dp/1118116135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404497955&sr=8-1&keywords=fluid+dynamics.
"What are the exact pressure and temperature conditions in that fictional fire anyway?" What a risible and ludicrous inquiry. If you knew anything about engineering problems you would understand I would have to assume excessive amounts of information that you would overtly, fallaciously disavow.
"(ps I don't normally feed the trolls, but I'm taking a little study break and you and your thesaurus are pretty entertaining)" Do you label everyone that triumphs over you in intellectual bouts as "trolls"? Go back to neurotically studying for a test that I could perfunctorily terminate in a quarter of the time with an eighth of the time spent studying.
Hey guys, this is the textbook - as you can see, it is really $950 for a used hard copy.
Reddit loves to fact-check, so I'm sure you'll find that you can buy the looseleaf version for $160, but if you check the reviews you'll see that it's been printed with no diagrams, making it almost useless (this is confirmed by someone I know irl who bought it for the course. This is also the version that our bookstore carries for $200, amazingly). You'll also see that you can buy the online version, which is nice, but for fluids you need lots of tables to use during tests and since having laptops open during tests is too much of a liability, the professor only allows hard copies of the tables for tests.
I'll be using a pdf version of the book (not one from Amazon, that's all I'll say...), and printing out the tables for the tests. If I'm not allowed to do that I'll just drop the course, because there's no way in hell I'm buying the $950 hard copy like she is pressuring.
Oh, and here are screenshots of the course syllabus showing that we do actually need the book, and yes it is only for a few weeks (4 actually, not 6 - the first 6 weeks are with another book which is sold for $215 at our bookstore)