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Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective

John Anderson

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1 Compressible Flow - Some History and Introductory Thoughts 2 Integral Forms of the Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 3 One-Dimensional Flow 4 Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves 5 Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow 6 Differential Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 7 Unsteady Wave Motion 8 General Conservation Equations Revisited: Velocity Potential Equation 9 Linearized Flow 10 Conical Flow 11 Numerical Techniques for Steady Supersonic Flow 12 The Time-Marching Technique: With Application to Supersonic Blunt Bodies and Nozzles 13 Three-Dimensional Flow 14 Transonic Flow 15 Hypersonic Flow 16 Properties of High-Temperature Gases 17 High-Temperature Flows: Basic Examples Appendix A Appendix B An Illustration and Exercise of Computational Fluid Dynamics

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1 Compressible Flow - Some History and Introductory Thoughts 2 Integral Forms of the Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 3 One-Dimensional Flow 4 Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves 5 Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow 6 Differential Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 7 Unsteady Wave Motion 8 General Conservation Equations Revisited: Velocity Potential Equation 9 Linearized Flow 10 Conical Flow 11 Numerical Techniques for Steady Supersonic Flow 12 The Time-Marching Technique: With Application to Supersonic Blunt Bodies and Nozzles 13 Three-Dimensional Flow 14 Transonic Flow 15 Hypersonic Flow 16 Properties of High-Temperature Gases 17 High-Temperature Flows: Basic Examples Appendix A Appendix B An Illustration and Exercise of Computational Fluid Dynamics

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1 Compressible Flow - Some History and Introductory Thoughts 2 Integral Forms of the Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 3 One-Dimensional Flow 4 Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves 5 Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow 6 Differential Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows 7 Unsteady Wave Motion 8 General Conservation Equations Revisited: Velocity Potential Equation 9 Linearized Flow 10 Conical Flow 11 Numerical Techniques for Steady Supersonic Flow 12 The Time-Marching Technique: With Application to Supersonic Blunt Bodies and Nozzles 13 Three-Dimensional Flow 14 Transonic Flow 15 Hypersonic Flow 16 Properties of High-Temperature Gases 17 High-Temperature Flows: Basic Examples Appendix A Appendix B An Illustration and Exercise of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Key concepts: Inviscid flow, Transonic, Compressible flow, Mechanics, Flow (mathematics), Supersonic speed, Isothermal flow, Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines

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