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Reddit mentions of An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (Cambridge Mathematical Library)
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (Cambridge Mathematical Library). Here are the top ones.
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Fluid Mechanics 4th Edition by Kundu (A good graduate level text. The practice problems are really great and challenging. The 5th edition has better practice problems, but the layout and content of the 4th is better IMO.)
Elementary Fluid Dynamics by Achenson (Good graduate level text with mathematical rigor.)
Fluid Mechanics by Granger (A good undergraduate level text.)
An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by Batchelor (This one is much more advanced than the rest.)
I can't speak from personal experience since I haven't started working on the book yet but this is a question I've asked before too and from googling I saw many recommendations for G.K. Batchelor: http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0521663962
"An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics" by G. K. Batchelor is a classic and is considered as the Bhagavad Gita of fluid dynamics. I have read this book as an undergrad and hence the knowledge required is just high school mathematics and physics.
My Intro to Fluids class in undergrad used this textbook by White and I remember thinking at the time that it was a decent introduction to things.
By the way, here is your first lesson: mechanics (solid or fluid) consists of statics (no motion) and dynamics (motion). So it is redundant to say you want to learn fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics. Most fluid mechanics books cover statics in the first chapter since the problem is trivial, and quite a few fluids books are just titled fluid dynamics because fluid statics is so simple.
Speaking of such books, this is Batchelor's classic fluid dynamics book which I really like but which may be at a more advanced level. I don't have my copy in front of me but I recall that the first chapter or two are worth reading even for an introductory student. His discussion on things like density, pressure, and the continuum hypothesis is excellent.
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Each topic is broad and, likely, have their own texts. Another consideration is what your background is. I assume that you have had coursework in vector analysis and differential equations. With this in mind I offer the following classic/affordable texts:
Perhaps a more structured beginning would be MIT Course 16.01-16.04.