The text covers the basic principles of Fluid Mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real world engineering examples. It helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing on the physics, with well drawn figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics.

In other words this text communicates directly with tomorrow’s engineers in simple yet precise manner.

Salient Features :

• Emphasis on Physics - This is a distinctive feature of the book considering the need to understand the underlying physical mechanisms and solving practical problems at the UG level.


• Visual Program - Our book has the largest number of illustrations and photographs. Some of these serve as page summaries and emphasize key concepts.


• Systematic Solution Procedure - Well structured approach for problem solving while maintaining informal conversational style.


• Self Instructing - Derivations in the text are based on physical arguments and thus are easy to follow and understand.


• Application Spotlights - written by guest authors, this feature highlights the diverse applications of fluid mechanics in a wide variety of fields.


• Chapter on Computational Fluid Dynamics describes its fundamentals, explains how to use commercial CFD codes as a tool to solve complex fluid mechanics problems – Available on the website.