Fluid Mechanics Demystified: A self technic guide
by Merle C. Potter, Ph.D.

Fluid Mechanics Demystified is intended to accompany a text used in that first course in fluid mechanics that is required in all mechanical engineering and civil engineering departments, as well as several other departments.

Fluid Mechanics Demystified provides a succinct presentation of the material so that students more easily understand the difficult parts.

Many fluid mechanics texts are very long and it is often difficult to ferret out the essentials due to the excessive verbiage.

Fluid Mechanics Demystified presents those essentials.

We have included a derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations with several solved flows.

It is not necessary, however, to include them if the elemental approach is selected.

Either method can be used to study laminar flow in pipes, channels, between rotating cylinders, and in laminar boundary layer flow.

The basic principles upon which a study of fluid mechanics is based are illustrated with numerous examples and practice exams that allow students to develop their problem-solving skills.

The solutions to all problems in the practice exams are included at the end of the book. Examples and problems are presented using SI metric units.

The practice exams at the end of each chapter contain four-part, multiple-choice problems similar to those found on national exams,

such as the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (the first of two exams required in the engineering registration process) or the Graduate Record Exam (required when applying for most graduate schools).

There are also partial-credit practice exams at the end of each chapter. Engineering courses do not, in general, utilize multiple-choice exams but it is quite important that students gain experience in taking such exams.

This book allows that experience, if desired. If one correctly answers 50% or more multiple-choice questions correctly, that is quite good.