Fluid mechanics book recommendation for new grad

[amalak]

Hey all,

I'm a Math major (most of my coursework was in PDEs) and just got accepted into Grad school (yay) for Mechanical Engineering. I need to be very familiar with fluid mechanics and have about 5 months to do so. Trouble is, the last fluid mechanics course I took was about 3-4 years ago and my physics is quite rusty.

I'm looking for suggestions for a book (or books) to take me from the very basics (I really don't remember anything about it) to a level expected of someone who majored in Mechanical Engineering and possibly beyond. I'll be covering some as my coursework, but I prefer to be very thorough and prepared.

Worked examples generally are the most instructive for me, but I'm looking for any books that users would recommend.

Thanks!

 

[Aero51]

Grangers book on fluid mechanics is the best introductory level book. It is by Dover so its only ~$20 and it is old school. Buy this book if you want to learn the core material.

 

[Aero_UoP]

Amazon.com: Fluid Mechanics, Fifth Edition (9780123821003): Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling Ph.D. Aeronautics California Institute of Technology: Books

 

[Chestermiller]

Transport Phenomena, by Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot. This book has stood the test of time for over 50 years, and was recently updated to include recent developments.

Chet

 

[potto]

I would suggest that you check the "Basic of Fluid Mechanics" by Bar-Meir at www.potto.org with no contest the book contains the best chapters on several topics such as Static and integral equations/analysis and dimensional analysis. While you are there you should also grep the compressible flow book. These books are free and available in several formats.