Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Ron Darby, Raj P. Chhabra

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781032777061
• Edition: 4
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040631621
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Thoroughly revised and expanded, the Fourth Edition of Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics continues to provide a balanced treatment of the basics and applications the practicing chemical engineer needs to know. With emphasis on problem solving, the book demonstrates how to make approximations and solve complex fluid mechanics problems. This updated edition features a new chapter on Differential Mass and Momentum Balances, discussing the differential forms of continuity and momentum (Navier–Stokes) equations. The utility of these equations is demonstrated through examples of one-dimensional steady flows.

Features:

• Revised and expanded new edition of the well-loved previous edition, a Choice "Highly Recommended" title
• Presents the fundamental (macroscopic and microscopic) conservation equations that govern the behavior of fluids and applies these to a wide variety of practical situations
• Includes both Newtonian and non-Newtonian incompressible fluids and compressible fluids in subsonic through choked flow regimes as well as internal and external flows
• Delivers broad coverage of topics from multiphase flows and gas–liquid to separations
• Features a new chapter on Differential Mass and Momentum Balances
• Offers end-of-chapter summaries and problems to reinforce learning

Aimed at chemical engineering students taking applied fluid dynamics courses, this textbook also serves as a valuable reference for researchers and professional engineers.

A solutions manual and PowerPoint slides are available to adopting professors.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Authors
• Unit Conversion Factors
• Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
• Chapter 2 Dimensional Analysis and Scale-Up
• Chapter 3 Fluid Properties in Perspective
• Chapter 4 Fluid Statics
• Chapter 5 Conservation Principles
• Chapter 6 Differential Mass and Momentum Balances
• Chapter 7 Pipe Flow
• Chapter 8 Internal Flow Applications
• Chapter 9 Pumps and Compressors
• Chapter 10 Compressible Flows
• Chapter 11 Flow Measurement
• Chapter 12 Safety Relief and Control Valves
• Chapter 13 External Flows
• Chapter 14 Fluid–Solid Separations by Free Settling
• Chapter 15 Flow in Porous Media
• Chapter 16 Fluidization and Sedimentation
• Chapter 17 Two-Phase Flow
• Appendix A: Viscosities and Other Properties of Gases and Liquids
• Appendix B: Generalized Viscosity Plot
• Appendix C: Properties of Gases
• Appendix D: Pressure–Enthalpy Diagrams for Various Compounds
• Appendix E: Microscopic Conservation Equations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates
• Appendix F: Standard Steel Pipe Dimensions and Capacities
• Appendix G: Flow of Water/Air through Schedule 40 Pipe
• Appendix H: Typical Pump Head Capacity Range Charts
• Appendix I: Fanno Line Tables for Adiabatic Flow of Air in a Constant Area Duct
• Index