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Dynamics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow

Ascher H. Shapiro

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Partial table of contents: BACKGROUND. Foundations of Fluid Dynamics. Foundations of Thermodynamics. ONE--DIMENSIONAL FLOW. Isentropic Flow. Normal Shock Waves. Flow in Ducts with Heating or Cooling. INTRODUCTION TO FLOW IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. The Equations of Motion for Steady, Irrotational Flow. SUBSONIC FLOW. Hodograph Method for Two--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. Three--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. SUPERSONIC FLOW. Two--Dimensional, Supersonic Flow with Small Perturbations. Oblique Shocks. Appendices. Index.

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Partial table of contents: BACKGROUND. Foundations of Fluid Dynamics. Foundations of Thermodynamics. ONE--DIMENSIONAL FLOW. Isentropic Flow. Normal Shock Waves. Flow in Ducts with Heating or Cooling. INTRODUCTION TO FLOW IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. The Equations of Motion for Steady, Irrotational Flow. SUBSONIC FLOW. Hodograph Method for Two--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. Three--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. SUPERSONIC FLOW. Two--Dimensional, Supersonic Flow with Small Perturbations. Oblique Shocks. Appendices. Index.

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Partial table of contents: BACKGROUND. Foundations of Fluid Dynamics. Foundations of Thermodynamics. ONE--DIMENSIONAL FLOW. Isentropic Flow. Normal Shock Waves. Flow in Ducts with Heating or Cooling. INTRODUCTION TO FLOW IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS. The Equations of Motion for Steady, Irrotational Flow. SUBSONIC FLOW. Hodograph Method for Two--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. Three--Dimensional, Subsonic Flow. SUPERSONIC FLOW. Two--Dimensional, Supersonic Flow with Small Perturbations. Oblique Shocks. Appendices. Index.

Key concepts: Compressible flow, Mechanics, Isothermal flow, Supercritical flow, Flow (mathematics), Choked flow, Fluid dynamics, Supersonic speed

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