MECHANICS OF FLUIDS presents fluid mechanics so that students gain an
understanding of and an ability to analyze the important phenomena encountered
by practicing engineers. The authors succeed in this through the use of several
pedagogical tools (Margin Notes, Chapter Outlines, Summaries, and a nomenclature
list) that help students visualize the many difficult-to-understand phenomena of
fluid mechanics. Potter and Wiggert base their explanations on basic physical
concepts and mathematics which are accessible to undergraduate engineering
students, such as differential equations and vector algebra.