Gas Dynamics for Engineers

by P. Balachandran

Intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of aerospace/mechanical engineering and as a reference book for practising engineers, this book provides the most readable approach to the study of gas dynamics with emphasis on the fundamental concepts that help readers develop a strong conceptual base.This concise and well-organized text covers a wide range of interesting topics such as isentropic flow, Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, simple flow with mass addition, waves in supersonic flow and measurement techniques in gas dynamics. The topics are dealt with in a carefully designed sequence with proper explanations along with simple mathematical formulations.KEY • Explains through extensive use of line drawings.• Contains a large number of solved illustrative examples to help comprehend the concepts with ease.• Includes review questions to test students comprehensive of the subject.• Provides answers to unsolved problems.• Presents flow tables in appendices

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2010