GAS DYNAMICS

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This course covers advanced topics in gas dynamics. The course starts with one-dimensional compressible flow. This is followed by a focus on the effect of compressibility on fluid in internal flow, including isentropic flow, normal and oblique shock waves, expansion fan, flows with heat transfer (Rayleigh line), and friction (Fano line). Several computational procedures, such as a non-iterative method to locate a normal shock in converging-diverging nozzles and in a constant area duct with friction, are introduced. (3 credits)