This is an introductory level textbook which explains the elements of high temperature and high-speed gas dynamics.
written in a clear and easy to follow style, the author covers all the latest developments in the field including basic thermodynamic principles, compressible flow regimes and waves propagation in one volume
covers theoretical modeling of High Enthalpy Flows, with particular focus on problems in internal and external gas-dynamic flows, of interest in the fields of rockets propulsion and hypersonic aerodynamics
High enthalpy gas dynamics is a compulsory course for aerospace engineering students and this book is a result of over 25 years' teaching by the author
accompanying website includes a Solutions Manual for exercises listed at the end of each chapter, plus lecture slides
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High-enthalpy flows are those with their specific heats ratio as a function of temperature. The word enthalpy is based on the Greek word enthalpies, which means to put heat into. It comes from the classical Greek prefix en-, meaning to put into, and the verb thalpein, meaning “to heat.” The earliest writings to contain the concept of enthalpy did not appear until 1875 when Josiah Willard Gibbs introduced “a heat function for constant pressure” [1]. However, Gibbs did not use the word “enthalpy” in his writings. Instead, the word “enthalpy” first appeared in the scientific literature in a 1909 publication by J. P. Dalton. According to that publication, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926) actually coined the word. Over the years, many different symbols were used to denote enthalpy [2]. It was not until 1922 that Alfred W. Porter proposed the symbol “
” as the accepted standard [3], thus finalizing the terminology still in use today.
1.1.1 Enthalpy
Enthalpy is a measure of the total energy of a thermodynamic system. It includes the internal energy, which is the energy required to create a system, and the amount of energy required to make room for it by displacing its environment and establishing its volume and pressure.
Enthalpy is a thermodynamic potential. It is a state function and an extensive quantity. The unit of measurement for enthalpy in the International System of Units (SI) is the joule, but other historical, conventional units are still in use, such as the British thermal unit and the calorie.
The enthalpy is the preferred expression of system energy changes in many chemical, biological, and physical measurements, because...
