ME-4464: Introduction to Compressible Flows

Description: Derivation of mass, momentum, and energy conservation equations for one dimensional (1-D), steady, inviscid, compressible gas flows of calorically perfect gases. Departure from incompressible flow theory. Importance of Mach number. Isentropic flows. Steady and unsteady 1-D normal shock flows. Oblique shock flows (with surface reflections) and/or Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves. Converging and converging-diverging quasi-1-D nozzle flows. Inviscid flows in straight ducts with heat addition; adiabatic flows in straight ducts with friction. Introduction to Newtonian hypersonic flow theory, high temperature effects, and rarefied gas principles.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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