Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

Reviewed by Fatma Elseid, Lecturer of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Metropolitan State University of Denver on 2/23/23

Comprehensiveness rating: 3 see less

The text does not cover all areas and ides of the topics, instead ,for example, briefly covers some topics such as CFD

Content Accuracy rating: 4

There are grammar mistakes but unbiased content.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 3

Content is not up-to-date, all topics is analysis of well-known fluid Mechanics equations, such as Bernoulli and Navier Stokes equations and are briefly discussed

Clarity rating: 4

The text is written in a clear way and accessible, but some equations are written in complex way, for example, Bernoulli Equation is written in vector notation which makes it complicated for some readers.

Consistency rating: 4

The text is consistent in terms of terminology and framework.

Modularity rating: 4

The text is divided to smaller to moderate reading sections as needed and easy to read, there are titles and subtitles.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 4

The topics in the text are presented in a logical, and in some points also in clear fashion.

Interface rating: 4

The text is free of significant interface issues. The contents page contains links take the reader to each topic individually if click in that link.

Grammatical Errors rating: 3

text contains grammatical errors such as but not limited to
streamfunction, page42
has lead , page 124
occurs, and spatio-temporal variations page 151
data bases, page165

Cultural Relevance rating: 5

The text is not offensive in any way.

Comments

I do not recommend this book for undergraduate students who will study fluid mechanics for the first time because there are no solved examples provided to apply the fluid mechanics concepts or examples that are applied to real-life problems.

Reviewed by Derrel Fincher, Assistant Instructional Professor, Pittsburg State University on 5/5/22

Comprehensiveness rating: 4 see less

The book is compreshensive for the areas it covers, but it only has a table of contents and lacks both an index and a glossary. As it has been several years since I worked with fluid dynamics and tensor calculus, I really noticed the absence. An effective index and glossary would increase this rating to a five.

Content Accuracy rating: 4

I did not notice any content errors in the book although the print PDF version had Latex code showing instead of the symbol or equation in several areas.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

The content uses well-established theory.

Clarity rating: 5

Overall, I found the prose clear and understandable.

Consistency rating: 4

Overall the book is internally consistent, although I did find a couple of headings that used a different font and/or case than others at the same level.

Modularity rating: 5

The book has an adequate number of subheadings that will make assigning readable "chunks" possible.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

Content is developed logically from previously introduced concepts.

Interface rating: 4

I used the Print PDF version for review. Overall, it was consistent, but in several captions, Latex code was present rather than the symbols. Overall, figures use vector graphics so they are clear at different zooms, but Figure 2.3 appears to be a PNG image rather than using vector graphics, so some of the curves and text have artifacts. Also, the lift coefficient equation is still in Latex rather than rendering as an equation.

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

Overall, grammar is meets expectations and is internally consistent.

Cultural Relevance rating: 5

The book does not have human actors, and does not reference cultural issues.

Comments

Overall, I appreciated the book and found it to be a good refresher. It is primarily a reference book rather than a text book as it has no problems for students to work. The biggest drawback for me was lack of an index and glossary. The book referred several times to another book on Viscous Fluid Flow by F.M. White, and it would have been nice to have a full reference to the work in a references section.