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Course Postgraduate
Semester Sem. I
Subject Code AE602
Subject Title Compressible Flow

Syllabus

1-D Gas Dynamics: governing equations – isentropic flow with area change, area-Mach num-ber relations – R-H equations – normal shocks. 1-D Wave Motion: wave propagation – simpleand finite waves – Reimann shock tube problem – 2-D waves, governing equations – obliqueshocks, charts, shock polar and pressure deflection diagrams – Prandtl–Meyer expansion waves– reflection and interaction of waves – supersonic free jets. Linearized Flow: subsonic flow –Goethert’s and Prandtl-Glauert rules – hodograph methods – supersonic flow – supersonic thinairfoils – 2-D airfoils – method of characteristics, the compatibility equation – applications, su-personic nozzle design – generalised one-dimensional flow: working equations – influence co-efficients – combined friction and heat transfer – combined friction and area change – conditionsat sonic point – transonic flow – measurements in compressible flows.

Text Books

Same as References

References

1. Shapiro, A. H.,Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Vol. 1 & 2,Wiley & Sons (1953).

2. Liepmann, H. W. and Roshko, A.,Elements of Gasdynamics, Dover Publications (2001).

3. Thompson, P. A.,Compressible Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill (1972).

4. Saad, M. A.,Compressible Fluid Flow, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (1993).

5. John, J. E. A. and Keith, T.,Gas Dynamics, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall (2006).6. Rathakrishnan, E.,Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (2009)