Despite dramatic advances in numerical and experimental methods of fluid mechanics, the fundamentals are still the starting point for solving flow problems. This textbook introduces the major branches of fluid mechanics of incompressible and compressible media, the basic laws governing their flow, and gasdynamics. "Fluid Mechanics" demonstrates how flows can be classified and how specific engineering problems can be identified, formulated and solved, using the methods of applied mathematics. The material is elaborated in special applications sections by more than 200 exercises and separately listed solutions. The final section comprises the Aerodynamics Laboratory, an introduction to experimental methods treating eleven flow experiments. This class-tested textbook offers a unique combination of introduction to the major fundamentals, many exercises, and a detailed description of experiments.

From the reviews: "...an attractive book with all of the material one would want for courses covering the standard topics of fluid mechanics and with a large number of problems..." (Paul A. Libby, AIAA Journal, August 2005)

Gives an introduction to fluid mechanics as well as to gas dynamics Provides more than 200 problems and solutions Describes in detail 11 experiments for an aerodynamics laboratory tutorial All approaches are analytical, no numerics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras