Through eight editions, Fox and McDonald’s Fluid Mechanics has been one of the most widely adopted textbooks in the field. This highly-regarded text continues to provide readers with a balanced and comprehensive approach to mastering critical concepts, incorporating a proven problem-solving methodology that helps readers develop an orderly plan to finding the right solution and relating results to expected physical behavior. The ninth edition features a wealth of example problems integrated throughout the text as well as a variety of new end of chapter problems.
Fluid Mechanics integrates case studies at the beginning of each chapter, motivating students by demonstrating how the concepts of fluid mechanics are applied to solve real-world problems. Videos demonstrating various fluid phenomena are integrated throughout the text, building students visualization skills. The coverage of compressible flow has been combined into a single chapter at the end of the book.