Fluid Mechanics in SI Units, 1st edition

For Fluid Mechanics courses found in Civil and Environmental, General Engineering, and Engineering Technology and Industrial Management departments.

Fluid Mechanics provides a comprehensive and well-illustrated introduction to the theory and application of Fluid Mechanics. The text presents a commitment to the development of student problem-solving skills and features many of the same pedagogical aids unique to Hibbeler texts.

Teaching and Learning Experience

This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience

• Individualized Coaching:

MasteringEngineering provides students with wrong-answer specific feedback and hints as they work through tutorial homework problems.

Problem Solving:

A large variety of problem types stress practical, realistic situations encountered in professional practice, with varying levels of difficulty.

Visualization:

The photos are designed to help students visualize difficult concepts.

Review and Student Support:

A thorough end-of-chapter review provides students with a concise reviewing tool.

Accuracy Checking:

The accuracy of the text and problem solutions has been thoroughly checked by other parties.

Alternative Coverage:

After covering the basic principles in Chapters 1-6, the remaining chapters may be presented in any sequence, without the loss of continuity. MasteringEngineering is not included. Students, if MasteringEngineering is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MasteringEngineering is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

MasteringEngineering is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to personalize learning and improve results. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts.

R.C. Hibbeler's text features a large variety of problem types from a broad range of engineering disciplines, stressing practical, realistic situations encountered in professional practice, with varying levels of difficulty.

• Homework Problems. The majority of problems in the book depict realistic situations encountered in engineering practice. This realism is intended to both stimulate interest in the subject, and provide a means for developing the skills to reduce any problem from its physical description to a model or symbolic representation to which the principles of fluid mechanics may then be applied. 
• End of Chapter Problems. Apart from the Fundamental and Conceptual Problems, there are numerous standard problems in the book that depict realistic situations encountered in engineering practice. Throughout the book there is an approximate balance of problems using either SI or FPS units and in any problem set, an attempt has been made to arrange the problems in order of increasing difficulty. Answers to all of the Fundamental and End-of-Chapter problems are included in the back of the book (with an exception of every fourth problem, as indicated in the book by an asterisk).
• Fundamental Problems. These problem sets are selectively located just after the example problems. They offer students simple applications of the concepts and, therefore, provide them with the chance to develop their problem-solving skills before attempting to solve any of the standard problems that follow. The problems offer students an excellent means of preparing for exams and they can be used at a later time to prepare for the Fundamentals in Engineering Exam. All of the fundamental problems have complete solutions and answers in the back of the book.
• Conceptual Problems. Throughout the text, usually at the end of a chapter, there is a set of problems that involve conceptual situations related to the application of the principles presented in that chapter. These analysis and design problems are intended to engage students in thinking through a real-life situation as depicted in a photo. They can be assigned after the students have developed some expertise in the subject matter and they will work well either for individual or team projects.
• Procedures for Analysis. This feature provides students with a logical and orderly method for applying theory and building problem solving skills. The example problems are then solved using this outlined method in order to clarify its numerical application.
• Example Problems. The worked examples illustrate the application of fundamental theory to practical engineering problems and reflect problem-solving strategies discussed in associated Procedures for Analysis.
• Important Points. This feature provides a summary of the most important concepts in a section and highlights the most significant points that should be realised when applying the theory to solve problems.

 

Visualisation

• Photographs.  Many photographs are used throughout the book to explain how the principles of fluid mechanics apply to real-world situations.
• Review and Student Support
• End of Chapter Review.

A thorough end of chapter review includes each important point accompanied by the relevant equation and art from the chapter providing students with a concise tool for reviewing chapter contents.

Alternative Coverage

The basic principles of Fluid Mechanics are covered in Chapters 1-6. The remaining chapters may be presented in any sequence, without the loss of continuity. An asterisk indicates sections involving more advanced topics and most of these topics are placed in the later chapters of the bo