Fundamentals of Compressible Fluid Mechanics Genick Bar–Meir, Ph. D. 1107 16th Ave S. E. Minneapolis, MN 55414-2411 email:
[email protected] Copyright © 2006, 2005, and 2004 by Genick Bar-Meir See the file copying.fdl or copyright.tex for copying conditions. Version (0.4.4.2 aka 0.4.4.1j May 21, 2007) `We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants” from The Metalogicon by John in 1159 CONTENTS GNU Free Documentation License . xvii 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS . xviii 2. VERBATIM COPYING . xix 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY . xix 4. MODIFICATIONS . xx 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS . xxii 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS . xxii 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS . xxiii 8. TRANSLATION . xxiii 9. TERMINATION . xxiii 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE . xxiii ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents . xxiv Potto Project License . xxv How to contribute to this book . xxvii Credits . xxvii John Martones . xxvii Grigory Toker . xxviii Ralph Menikoff . xxviii Your name here . xxviii Typo corrections and other ”minor” contributions . xxviii Version 0.4.3 Sep. 15, 2006 . xxxv Version 0.4.2 . xxxv Version 0.4 . xxxvi Version 0.3 . xxxvi Version 4.3 . xli Version 4.1.7 . xlii Speed of Sound . xlvi iii iv CONTENTS Stagnation effects . xlvi Nozzle . xlvi Normal Shock . xlvi Isothermal Flow . xlvi Fanno Flow . xlvii Rayleigh Flow . xlvii Evacuation and filling semi rigid Chambers . xlvii Evacuating and filling chambers under external forces . xlvii Oblique Shock . xlvii Prandtl–Meyer . xlvii Transient problem . xlvii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What is Compressible Flow ? . 1 1.2 Why Compressible Flow is Important? .