Introduction to Compressible Fluid Flow

Patrick H. Oosthuizen, William E. Carscallen

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781439877913
• eBook ISBN:
  9781482225747
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Aerodynamics
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Introduction to Compressible Fluid Flow, Second Edition offers extensive coverage of the physical phenomena experienced in compressible flow. Updated and revised, the second edition provides a thorough explanation of the assumptions used in the analysis of compressible flows. It develops in students an understanding of what causes compressible flows to differ from incompressible flows and how they can be analyzed. This book also offers a strong foundation for more advanced and focused study.

The book begins with discussions of the analysis of isentropic flows, of normal and oblique shock waves and of expansion waves. The final chapters deal with nozzle characteristics, friction effects, heat exchange effects, a hypersonic flow, high-temperature gas effects, and low-density flows. This book applies real-world applications and gives greater attention to the supporting software and its practical application.

• Includes numerical results obtained using a modern commercial CFD (computer fluid dynamics) code to illustrate the type of results that can be obtained using such a code

• Replaces BASIC language programs with MATLAB® routines

• Avails COMPROP2 software which readers can use to do compressible flow computation

Additional problems have been added, and non-numerical problems illustrating practical applications have been included. A solutions manual that contains complete solutions to all of the problems in this book is available. The manual incorporates the same problem-solving methodology as adopted in the worked examples in this book. It also provides summaries of the major equations developed in each chapter. An interactive computer program also accompanies this book.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Nomenclature
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Authors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Equations f or Steady One-Dimensional Compressible Fluid Flow
• 3 Some Fun damental Aspects of Compressible Flow
• 4 One-Dim ensional Isentropic Flow
• 5 Normal Sh ock Waves
• 6 Oblique S hock Waves
• 7 Expansion Waves: Prandtl–Meyer Flow
• 8 Variable Area Flow
• 9 Adiabatic Flow in a Duct with Friction
• 10 Flow wit h Heat Transfer
• 11 Hyperson ic Flow
• 12 High-Temperature Flows
• 13 Low-Den sity Flows
• 14 An Intro duction to Two-Dimensional Compressible Flow
• Appendix A: COMPROP2 Code for Compressible Flow Properties
• Appendix B: Numerical Examples
• Appendix C: Mini-Project–Type Assignments
• Appendix D: Optical Methods in Compressible Flows
• Appendix E: Isentropic Flow Table for ү = 1.4
• Appendix F: Normal Shock Table for y = 1.4
• Appendix G: Table for One-Dimensional Adiabatic Flow with Friction for ү = 1.4
• Appendix H: Table for One-Dimensional Flow with Heat Exchange for ү = 1.4
• Appendix I: Table for One-Dimensional Isothermal Flow with Friction for ү = 1.4
• Appendix J: Oblique Shock Wave Charts for γ = 1.4
• Appendix K: Approximate Properties of the Standard Atmosphere
• Appendix L: Properties of Dry Air at Atmospheric Pressure
• Appendix M: Constants, Conversion Factors, and Units
• Bibliography
• Index