Main description:

The purpose of this book is to give an introduction to the theoretical and computational fluid dynamics of a compressible fluid. Emphasis is laid on the basic assumptions and the formulation of the theory of compressible flow as well as on the methods of solving problems. This book is intended for the students of fluid dynamics who are interested in the essential results and the useful techniques in the theoretical analysis and numerical methods of compressible flow. The authors also hope that the book may serve as a useful reference to research workers in this field. After the introduction, the thermodynamical and physical properties of gases are briefly reviewed. These serve as a foundation for the fluid dynamics of compressible fluid. In order to limit the size of this book, we consider main­ ly the flow of an ideal compressible fluid in which the effects of transport phenomena are neglected (Chapter I to XVI). However, the transport phenomena do have much influence on the flow ofa compressible fluid. Hence in Chapter XVII, some basic concepts of transport phenomena are discussed, which prepare the students for further study of some important aspects of a compressible fluid flow.

Contents:

Thermodynamics and Physical Properties of Compressible Fluids.- One-Dimensional Flow of an Inviscid Compressible Fluid.- Shock Waves.- Fundamental Equations of the Dynamics of a Compressible Inviscid, Non-Heat-Conducting and Radiating Fluid.- Method of Small Perturbations, Linearized Theory.- Two-Dimensional Subsonic Steady Potential Flow.- Hodograph Method and Rheograph Method.- Exact Solutions of Two-Dimensional Isentropic Steady Flow Equations.- Two-Dimensional Steady Transonic and Hypersonic Flows.- Method of Characteristics.- Linearized Theory of Three-Dimensional Potential Flow.- Nonlinear Theory of Three-Dimensional Compressible Flow.- Anisentropic (Rotational) Flow of Inviscid Compressible Fluid.- Electromagnetogasdynamics.- Multiphase Flows.- Flows of a Compressible Fluid with Transport Phenomena.