THERMODYNAMICS OF GAS FLOW

Abstract

Contents: Conservation of mass; Newton's second law of motion and the momentum equation; first law of thermodynamics; combination of the laws of thermodynamics and of fluid mechanics for incompressible fluid flow; the velocity of sound; total pressure and total temperature; nozzle design; nozzle operating characteristics; simple area flow; compressibility phenomena; normal shock wave; oblique shock wave; simple frictional flow; simple T sub o flow; supersonic diffusers; steadily moving shock wave.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1956
Accession Number
AD0605761

Entities

People

  • D. H. Daley

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Back Pressure
  • Control Surfaces
  • Equations Of State
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mach Number
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Steady Flow
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow