内容简介
Fluidmechanics,thestudyofhowfluidsbehaveandinteractundervariousforcesandinvariousappliedsituations-whetherintheliquidorgaseousstateorboth-isintroducedandcomprehensivelycoveredinthiswidelyadoptedtext.RevisedandupdatedbyDr.DavidDowling,"FluidMechanics,FifthEdition"issuitableforbothafirstorsecondcourseinfluidmechanicsatthegraduateoradvancedundergraduatelevel.Theleadingadvancedgeneraltextonfluidmechanics,"FluidMechanics,5/e"includesafreecopyoftheDVD"MultimediaFluidMechanics,SecondEdition".WiththeinclusionoftheDVD,studentscangainadditionalinsightaboutfluidflowsthroughnearly1,000fluidsvideoclips,canconductflowsimulationsinanyofmorethan20virtuallabsandsimulations,andcanviewdozensofothernewinteractivedemonstrationsandanimations,therebyenhancingtheirfluidmechanicslearningexperience.Texthasbeenreorganizedtoprovideabetterflowfromtopictotopicandtoconsolidateportionsthatbelongtogether.Changesmadetothebook'spedagogyaccommodatetheneedsofstudentswhohavecompletedminimalpriorstudyoffluidmechanics.Morethan200neworrevisedend-of-chapterproblemsillustratefluidmechanicalprinciplesanddrawonphenomenathatcanbeobservedineverydaylife.Thistitleincludesfree"MultimediaFluidMechanics,2/eDVD".
作者简介
Whileincollege,DavidR.DowlingheldsummerpositionsatHughesAircraftCo.andtheLosAngelesAirForceStation.Hecompletedhisdoctoratein1988atGraduateAeronauticalLaboratoriesoftheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyandmovednorthtoSeattletoaccomodatehiswife'scareerinmedicine.Whilethere,heworkedforayearinthelasertechnologygroupatBoeingAerospace,andthenforalmostthreeyearsasapost-docattheAppliedPhysicsLaboratoryoftheUniversityofWashington.In1992,heacceptedafacultypositionattheUniversityofMichigan.Prof.Dowlingiscurrentlyconductingresearchinacousticsandfluidmechanics.HeisafellowoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica,amemberoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,andamemberoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety.HeisaUScitizen.PositionsattheUniversityofMichigan:Professor,Sept2005toPresentAssociateProfessor,Sept1999thruAugust2005AssistantProfessor,Sept1992thruAugust1999VisitingAssistantProfessor,July1992thruAugust1992