Product Description
This Student Solutions Manual is meant to accompany Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, which is the number one text in its field, respected by professors and students alike for its comprehensive topical coverage, its varied examples and homework problems, its application of the visual component of fluid mechanics, and its strong focus on learning. The authors have designed their presentation to allow for the gradual development of student confidence in problem solving… More >>
Student Solutions Manual and Student Study Guide to Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
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#1 by Brian E. Ward on June 27, 2010 - 12:23 pm
The ’solutions manual’ only gives solutions to the study guide questions in the solutions manual. Completely worthless. Don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by R. Perez on June 27, 2010 - 1:07 pm
First, there are a few things about the format of this book that I didn’t expect.
First, the chapter review that the book has every chapter in the text, this is a great idea. The solutions manual goes over all the important formulas, ideas, and main concepts of each chapter in 2-3 pages of reading. It’s great for those who don’t want to sit down and read 50+ pages of material and just want to get down to the meat of it. With all that said, this manual does not go over the derivations of formulas, midway formulas and the equalities thereof that can be used to solve some of the problems in faster.
Second, this manual has lots of examples per chapter, I’d say around a total of 15 examples in each chapter. It starts of with simple examples and explains in detail how the formula was used, why it was used and what the meaning of some of the variables, assumptions and answers are. Then it goes on to answer the review questions of each chapter, with full solution explanation and diagrams, it’s great! The examples REALLY help with understanding what is being taught in the chapter, makes the formulas look easy to use and understand.
Third (and this is a big one that I didn’t see coming) DON’T EXPECT TO HAVE THE SOLUTIONS FOR THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER FROM THE TEXT. IF YOUR INSTRUCTOR HAS YOU TURN IN HOMEWORK, THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLMEMS YOURSELF. This book doesn’t go over any of the questions at the end of the chapter, so don’t expect to get any help with that!!
Overall though, this book has saved my butt in the class, if I read the text and didn’t quite understand how to use all the formulas I would read through the review in the solutions manual and get a clear understanding of what was being asked to do. Then the examples really made it easy to apply the formulas myself. It’s a great buy for the money.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY STUDENT.
This book wasn’t exactly what I expected in a solutions manual
Rating: 4 / 5