Welcome to The Potto Project!

About Potto

The Potto Project was created by Dr. Genick Bar-Meir and friends to build open content textbooks and open source software for college students. Potto Project's books are designed to be the best books. read more

Latest Announcements

Hard copy of the "Fundamentals of Compressible Fluid Mechanics" is available now. For more information click here.

Fundamentals of Die Casting Design

On 1st April 2009, the latest version 0.1.2 was released. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download.

Basics of Fluid Mechanics

A new version of the book was released.

On 21st Dec 2011, a new version 0.3.1.1 (452 pages 3.6M) was released. While this book is in the middle stage, it contains the best chapter on Fluid Statics and one of the best on Reynolds Transport Theory (mass conservation). It also have a chapter on introduction to multi-phase flow. All are invited to use, check and contribute to the book new version. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download (3.6M 452pp),

Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics

On 1st Jan 2011, the latest version 0.4.9.0 (3.6M 432 pages) was released. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download. This release is a part of the change to the new standard and inclusion of the chapter on introduction to fluid mechanics.

Potto Gas Dynamics Calculator

On 25th January 2008, the latest version 0.5.1 was released. This version, as far as we know, provides by far the best and the most extensive gas dynamics calculations. Now, it also generates the oblique shock figure to any arbitrary specific heat, k. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Software.

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Download Area

The books, software and tables can be downloaded from here. The books are available in source (LaTeX), dvi, postscript, pdf. The software is available in source and executable, no rpm yet (sorry). The tables are available for a number of languages and operating systems. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download.

Take a Tour

This tour explains in a nutshell what the Potto Project is about.

Screenshots

Screenshots let you see what Potto-GDC looks like while it's running. They can give you a good feel for what Potto-GDC is like without downloading the program. You also can the cover pages of the books (back and front).

Read On Line

The "Fundamentals of compressible Flow" can be read on line here. The other books are in process to make then available on line too.

Gas Dynamics Tables

Here you can see and get tables generated by the software and ideas. The Gas dynamics tables can be downloaded in several formats.

About Potto Project

Potto Project has been created by Dr. Genick Bar-Meir and friends to build open source software and open content textbooks for college students. Over 500,000 (half million) Potto Project books were downloaded from 165 different countries since 2005.

Potto Project is under open content licenses, which means that you will always have the freedom to use it, make copies of it, and improve it. You are encouraged to make use of these freedoms and share the textbooks and program with your family and friends!