High-speed gas flows like those found in rockets, airplanes, turbomachinery, and gas handling equipment exhibit different physics compared to standard incompressible flows. This course establishes when compressibility must be accounted for, develops the key governing equations, and covers standard compressible flows such as shock waves, expansion waves, and converging/diverging nozzles. Advanced concepts such as rarefied gas dynamics, hypersonics, and high temperature gas dynamics are introduced. Emphasis is on the use of computational tools and the application of theory to devices such as rocket nozzles, aircraft intake systems, and shock tubes. (Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
High-speed gas flows like those found in rockets, airplanes, turbomachinery, and gas handling equipment exhibit different physics compared to standard incompressible flows. This course establishes when compressibility must be accounted for, develops the key governing equations, and covers standard compressible flows such as shock waves, expansion waves, and converging/diverging nozzles. Advanced concepts such as rarefied gas dynamics, hypersonics, and high temperature gas dynamics are introduced. Emphasis is on the use of computational tools and the application of theory to devices such as rocket nozzles, aircraft intake systems, and shock tubes. (Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
