Introductory Fluid Mechanics book.

In summary, the conversation is about recommendations for a good introductory fluid mechanics book. Some suggestions include David Acheson's Elementary Fluid Dynamics, G K Batchelor's Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, and Prof. Fitzpatrick's lecture notes. Another recommendation is Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by Philip J. Pritchard.
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Could someone recommend me a good Introductory Fluid Mechanics book? It's only an introductory course so it doesn't have to be too comprehensive at all. Thanks.
 
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Brilliant. I'll have a look into both. Thanks.
 
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Actually, it's a general Fluid Mechanics book that I'm interested in. Not exclusively dynamics, but some statics too. Anybody else have some suggestions?
 
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Prof. Fitzpatrick at UT Austin has his lecture notes (really is a book!) on his teaching web page:

http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching.html

The book is at the uppder division undergrad level, and has an early chapter is on hydrostatics.

jason
 
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Thanks. I'll have a look!
 
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Since you are looking for general reading, I recommend Fox and McDonald's Introduction to fluid mechanics by Philip J.Pritchard.
 
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I'll look into it. Thanks.
 

1. What is fluid mechanics?

Fluid mechanics is the study of how fluids (liquids and gases) behave and interact with their surroundings. This includes the principles of fluid motion, forces acting on fluids, and the effects of fluid flow on objects.

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