CHAPTER 7
Compressible Flow
OUTLINE
- Introduction
- Isentropic Flow Through Variable Area
- Adiabatic Frictional Flow Through Constant Area Duct—Fanno Flow
- Isothermal Flow with Friction
- Flow Through Smooth Constant Area Duct with Heat Transfer—Rayleigh Flow
- Normal Shock Wave
7.1 Introduction
We learnt some of the properties of the fluids in Chapter 1. However, the gases are compressible and as a result not only the density of the fluid changes but also some other properties, especially the compressibility coefficient changes. Therefore, Mach number, defined as ratio of the inertia and the elastic force, becomes an important non-dimensional number in the study of the behaviour of the compressible fluids. Moreover, as was mentioned in Chapter ...
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