[ Order This Book ] More Info: Preface Summary Table of Contents Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers Author: Wilkes, James O. Cover: Hard cover Pages: 599 List Price: $89.00 Published by Prentice Hall Date Published: 07/1998 ISBN: 0137398972 Table of Contents Preface. 1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 2. Mass, Energy, and Momentum Balances. 3. Fluid Friction in Pipes 4. Flow in Chemical Engineering Equipment 5. Differential Equations of Fluid Mechanics 6. Solution of Viscous-Flow Problems 7. Laplace's Equation for Irrotational and Porous Medium Flows. 8. Boundary-Layer and Other Nearly Unidirectional Flows. 9. Turbulent Flow 10. Bubble Motion, Two-Phase Flow, and Fluidization. 11. Non-Newtonian Fluids 12. The MATLAB PDE Toolbox for Solving Some Fluid Mechanics Problems. Index. Appendix A: Useful Mathematical Relationships. Appendix B: Answers to the True/False Assertions. Index. The Authors