APPENDIX DRayleigh Flow
The parameters corresponding to a Rayleigh line, for a calorically perfect gas (i.e., γ = constant), are summarized below:
(D.1)
(D.2)
(D.3)
(D.4)
(D.5)
(D.6)
We have derived these expressions in Chapter 2.
Rayleigh Flow γ = 1.4
| M | p/p* | T/T * | ρ/ρ* | Tt/T  |
pt/p |
 s/R |
| 0.10 | 2.3669E+00 | 5.6020E−02 | 4.2250E+01 | 4.6777E−02 | 1.2591E+00 | 1.0949E+01 |
| 0.12 | 2.3526E+00 | 7.9698E−02 | 2.9519E+01 | 6.6606E−02 | 1.2554E+00 | 9.7088E+00 |
| 0.14 | 2.3359E+00 | 1.0695E−01 | 2.1842E+01 | 8.9471E−02 | 1.2510E+00 | 8.6724E+00 |
| 0.16 | 2.3170E+00 | 1.3743E−01 | 1.6859E+01 | 1.1511E−01 | 1.2461E+00 | 7.7865E+00 |
| 0.18 ... |
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