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ME614

The document outlines a graduate level course on compressible flow and gas dynamics that aims to provide understanding of compressible flow problems commonly encountered in engineering applications. The course covers topics like one-dimensional and two-dimensional compressible flows, compressible pipe flow, and compressible potential flow. Suggested textbooks for the course are also listed.

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ME614

The document outlines a graduate level course on compressible flow and gas dynamics that aims to provide understanding of compressible flow problems commonly encountered in engineering applications. The course covers topics like one-dimensional and two-dimensional compressible flows, compressible pipe flow, and compressible potential flow. Suggested textbooks for the course are also listed.

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Approval: 3rd Senate Meeting

ME614 Compressible Flow and Gas Dynamics


Credit: 3
Prerequisites: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Conservation Laws
Students intended for: MS/PhD
Elective or Core: Elective Semester: Odd/Even

Course objective: The course aims to provide students understanding in compressible flow problems
commonly encountered in basic engineering applications, including, but not limited to, nozzle flows,
shock wave motion, moving and oblique shocks, natural gas flow in pipelines, Prandtl-Meyer Flow,
Fanno Flow, Rayleigh Flow, and reaction propulsion systems. etc. The course builds on previous
concepts learned in basic courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.
Course content:
● Introduction: Gas dynamics, review of basic mass, momentum and energy conservation lass for
compressible flows, speed of sound, wave equation, regimes of mach number, shocks , wave
propagation, sound speed, Mach number, isentropic flow, static and stagnation properties, [6]
● One Dimensional Flow: Converging-diverging nozzles, shock waves, moving and reflected
waves, blast waves, wind tunnels, supersonic engines [8]
● Two Dimensional Flow: Oblique shock wave theory, conical oblique shock waves, Prandtl-Mayer
expansion Fans, supersonic inlets and diffusers. [8]
● Compressible Pipe Flow: Fanno-Line flow, Rayleigh pipe flow, natural gas flow in pipelines [3]
● Compressible Potential Flow: Method of characteristics, supersonics nozzle design [6]

Suggested Books:
J.D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow (With Historical Perspective), McGraw-Hill (2nd-
Edition), 1990
S M Yahya , Fundamentals of Compressible Flow, New Age International 2010
Shapiro, Ascher H., Dynamics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow, John Wiley 1953

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