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Oblique Shock

The discontinuities in supersonic flows do not always exist as normal to the flow direction. There are oblique shoc…

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Rayleigh Line Flows

Consider the effects of heat transfer on a frictionless compressible flow through a duct, the governing Eq. (41.1),…

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Fanno Line Flows

If we consider a problem of frictional adiabatic flow through a duct, the governing Eqs (41.1), (41.3), (38.8), (41.…

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Normal Shocks

Shock waves are highly localized irreversibilities in the flow . Within the distance of a mean free path, the fl…

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Convergent - Divergent Nozzle

Suppose a nozzle is used to obtain a supersonic stream starting from low speeds at the inlet (Fig. 40.3). Then the M…

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Stagnation and Sonic Properties

Stagnation and Sonic Properties The stagnation properties at a point are defined as those which are to be obtained …

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Bernoulli and Euler Equations

For inviscid flows, the steady form of the momentum equation is the Euler equation, (39.11) Integrating alo…

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Speed of Sound

The so-called sound speed is the  rate of propogation of a pressure pulse  of infinitesimal strength through a st…

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Isentropic

An isentropic process is a reversible-adiabatic process. For an adiabatic process  =0, and for a reversible proce…

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First Law of Thermodynamics

Let us imagine a control-mass system with a fixed mass of gas. If   amount of heat is added to the system across t…

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Internal Energy and Enthalpy

Microscopic view of a gas is a collection of particles in random motion. Energy of a particle consists of  trans…

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Perfect Gas

A perfect gas is one in which  intermolecular forces are neglected . The equation of state for a perfect gas can…

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