Multimedia Fluid Mechanics - Multilingual Version CD-ROM
Cambridge University Press
Published on 12. July 2004
Software
CD-ROM
978-0-521-60476-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The first release of Multimedia Fluid Mechanics broke new ground by providing a cross-platform, interactive, visual resource, of use and appeal to students and professional alike. By helping users to visualise the enormous complexity of fluid flows, it complemented traditional mathematical treatments and enabled users literally to get a picture of the phenomenon in question. This new issue takes advantage of developments in technology to broaden the appeal by including, on one disk, versions in English, Spanish and French.
Reviews / Votes
'Homsy and his colleagues have now provided us with a new and powerful teaching aid ... This CD is an ambitious project, and, in my view, it has been accomplished with remarkable success ... I have no doubt that this CD-ROM should be regarded as a 'set text' for viscous fluid mechanics courses at the undergraduate or starting graduate levels.' J. M. Rallison, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 'It is impossible to do justice in a short review to the range of video clips available ... A student could learn a lot from browsing through the material on his or her own PC ... Overall I liked the CD very much indeed, and at the price it represents excellent value. It should be snapped up immediately by university lecturers, students and school Physics departments.' Richard Bridges, Mathematical Gazette '... a superb rendition of some of the most important concepts in fluid mechanics, including an excellent library of flow visualization pictures ... the CD is very moderately priced ... This reviewer estimates the ratio (educational value to cost) to be (almost) infinite ... this reviewer highly recommends the CD to both instructors as well as students ... Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics is an excellent study-companion ... it is also a bargain.' T. F. Balsa, Applied Mechanics Review '... a very useful addition to standard fluid mechanics courses for undergraduate students.' Oleg Titow, Zentralblatt fuer MathematikMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
CD-ROM
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
105 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-60476-5 (9780521604765)
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G. M. Homsy
Multimedia Fluid Mechanics DVD-ROM
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04/2008
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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G. M. Homsy | H. Aref | K. S. Breuer
Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics CD-ROM
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10/2000
Cambridge University Press
€26.43
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Persons
Stephen R. Turns has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University since completing his PhD at the University of Wisconsin in 1979. Before completing his PhD Steve spent five years in the Engine Research Department of General Motors Research Laboratories in Warren, Michigan. His active research interests include the study of pollutant formation and control in combustion systems, combustion engines, combustion instrumentation, slurry fuel combustion, energy conversion, and energy policy. He has published numerous refereed journal articles on many of these topics. Steve Turns is a member of the ASME and many other professional organizations and an ASME-ABET Program Evaluator since 1994. Steve is also a dedicated teacher for which he has won numerous awards including the Penn State Teaching and Learning Consortium, Hall of Fame Faculty Award; Penn State's Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching; the Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society; and the Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society. Steve's talent as a teacher is also reflected in his best-selling advanced undergraduate textbook Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications 2 ed. Steve's commitment to students and teaching is reflected in the innovative approach and design of Thermal-Fluid Sciences: An Integrated Approach and its companion volume Thermodynamics, also published by Cambridge University Press.
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