1995 Catalog Data: 14:650:463 Compressible Fluid Dynamics . Credit 3.

Prerequisites: 650:312, :351

Textbook: John D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow , McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Reference: None

Coordinator: N. J. Zabusky, State of New Jersey Prof. of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Goals:

This course is designed to give seniors in mechanical and aerospace engineering a fundamental understanding of compressible flow phenomena and an introduction to use of computer techniques.

Prerequisites by topic:

1. Fluid mechanics
2. Thermodynamics
   

Topics:

1. Compressible Flow- Some History and Introductory Thoughts
2. Integral Forms of the Conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows
3. One-Dimensional Flow
4. Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves
5. Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow
6. Differential conservation Equations for Inviscid Flows
7. Unsteady Wave Motion
8. Linearized Flow
9. Numerical Techniques for Steady Supersonic Flow
10. The Time-Dependent Technique: With Application to Supersonic Blunt Bodies and Nozzles
    

Computer Usage:

The students studied nozzle design using shock-polar analysis, and 1D shock tube problem done via Riemann solvers on the computer. They were also required to write a program to conduct a parametric study of the convergence of nozzle flow to steady state.

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

Engineering science: 1.5 credits or 50%

Engineering design: 1.5 credits or 50%