9 Textbooks

Required:

  1. Kundu, Pijush K, Cohen, Ira M, & Dowling, David R, Fluid Mechanics. Academic Press, Fifth Edition, 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-382100-3. (This book includes the Homsy DVD mentioned below.)

The following references are useful:

  1. ? Aris, R, Vectors, tensors and the basic equations of fluid mechanics.
  2. Batchelor, G. K, An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge University Press 1988.
  3. Currie, I. G, Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids. McGraw-Hill Second Edition 1993. ISBN 0-07-015000-1.
  4. Karamcheti, Krishnamurty Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics. Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co, 1980.
  5. ? Granger, Robert A, Fluid Mechanics. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985. ISBN 0-03-062951-9.
  6. Homsey, G.M., Multimedia Fluid Mechanics DVD-ROM Cambridge University Press (Included for free in the required text book.)
  7. Liepmann, H. W, and Roshko, A, Elements of Gasdynamics. John Wiley & Sons, 1957.
  8. Panton, Ronald L, Incompressible Flow. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Third Edition, 2005. ISBN-10 0-471-26122-X; ISBN-13 978-0-471-26122-3. (Typically considered a very helpful book by many students.)
  9. Schlichting, H, Boundary Layer Theory. McGraw-Hill, 1968.
  10. Spiegel, Murray R, Complex Variables. Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, 1964. ISBN 07-060230-1.
  11. White, Frank M, Viscous Fluid Flow. McGraw-Hill, Second Edition, 1991. ISBN 0-07-069712-4. Third Edition, 2006. ISBN 0-07-240231-8.