Curated list of fluid mechanics textbooks?

[Mays, David]

Colleagues,

 

Hello from Denver, Colorado and happy new year 2023!

 

Can anyone point me to a curated list of fluid mechanics textbooks? I am looking for a new textbook, prompted by student feedback, which indicates that my current textbook emphasizes brevity at the expense of clarity. This is for a required, junior-level, introductory course for undergraduate civil engineers. To provide some context, I was happy with Finnemore and Franzini’s (2002) Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications (10 edition) until it went out of print. I plan to evaluate 4-6 desk copies, but there are far more options on the market, so I am hoping to start with a curated list comparing the topics, level, and emphasis of various textbooks.

 

Many thanks!

David

 

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David C. Mays, P.E., Ph.D.

Professor of Civil Engineering

College of Engineering, Design and Computing

University of Colorado Denver

303-315-7570

david...@ucdenver.edu

https://engineering.ucdenver.edu/dmays

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[Alexander J. Smits]

Hi David:

It might be of interest to you and your students that my u’grad textbook is available for free on eFluids.com.

http://efluids.com/

All the best.

Lex Smits

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[Jean Hertzberg]

Hi David.

I don’t know of a curated list of texts. Maybe you could start one, and we can all add our comments?

I don’t assign a specific text any more. I tell my students that almost any text will do, as long as they take the time to make friends with it. I want them to know where to find information in it, and I want them to keep it, not sell it back or rent it. I use the notation from the Munson series for consistency, and I tell them that any old edition is fine.  They can find used copies for as little as $4 (5^th edition). I also always point out Lex’s book (thanks for making that freely available Lex!).

 

Jean

Jean Hertzberg

Professor, Dept. Mechanical Engineering

University of Colorado Boulder

http://jeanbizhertzberg.com

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