The Best Gas Mechanics Books of All Time

First-rate text covers introductory concepts from thermodynamics, one-dimensional gas dynamics and one-dimensional wave motion, waves in supersonic flow, flow in ducts and wind tunnels, methods of measurement, the equations of frictionless flow, small-perturbation theory, transonic flow, and much more. For advanced undergraduate or graduate physics and engineering students with at least a working knowledge of calculus and basic physics. Exercises demonstrate application of material in text.

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Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, Third Edition is a successful, self-contained text for those interested in learning hypersonic flow and high-temperature gas dynamics. Like previous editions, it assumes no prior familiarity with either subject on the part of the reader. It provides a cohesive presentation of the fundamentals, a development of important theory and techniques, a discussion of the salient results with emphasis on the physical aspects, and a presentation of modern thinking in these areas. This book is designed for two roles:.

As an effective classroom text that can be used with ease by the instructor, and understood with ease by the student. As a viable, professional working tool for engineers, scientists, and managers who have any contact in their jobs with hypersonic and/or high-temperature flow This third edition has been updated throughout and features new figures and examples, along with a user-friendly interior design. Contents. Preface. Chapter 1 Some Preliminary Thoughts. Part 1: Inviscid Hypersonic Flow. Chapter 2 Hypersonic Shock and Expansion-Wave Relations. Chapter 3 Local Surface Inclination Methods. Chapter 4 Hypersonic Inviscid Flowfields: Approximate Methods. Chapter 5 Hypersonic Inviscid Flowfields: Exact Methods. Part 2: Viscous Hypersonic Flow. Chapter 6 Viscous Flow: Basic Aspects, Boundary Layer Results, and Aerodynamic Heating. Chapter 7 Hypersonic Viscous Interactions. Chapter 8 Computational-Fluid-Dynamic Solutions of Hypersonic Viscous Flows. Part 3: High-Temperature Gas Dynamics. Chapter 9 High-Temperature Gas Dynamics: Some Introductory Considerations. Chapter 10 Some Aspects of the Thermodynamics of Chemically Reacting Gases (Classical Physical Chemistry). Chapter 11 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics. Chapter 12 Elements of Kinetic Theory. Chapter 13 Chemical and Vibrational Nonequilibrium. Chapter 14 Inviscid High Temperature Equilibrium Flows. Chapter 15 Inviscid High-Temperature Nonequilibrium Flows. Chapter 16 Kinetic Theory Revisited: Transport Properties in High-Temperature Gases. Chapter 17 Viscous High-Temperature Flows. Chapter 18 Introduction to Radiative Gas Dynamics. Appendix A Creating Hypersonic Flow in the Laboratory. Appendix B Creating Hypersonic Flow in Flight. Appendix C Hypersonic Aerodynamics on the Computer. Postface. References. Index. Supporting Materials.