Compressible Fluid Dynamics

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Mass Conservation, Euler’s Equation Sound Speed, Mach Number
2	Thermo Ideal Gases Steady Isentropic Flow, Stagnation State	Problem set 1 out (7 days after session 2)
3	Variable Area Flow, Choked Flow, Subsonic and Supersonic Nozzles, Restrictors
4	Energy Equation Entropy Equation Flow with Fricton, Fanno Line	Problem set 1 due
5	Flow with Heat Addition, Rayleigh Line Shock Waves: Conservation Relations
6	Hugoniot Relation, Normal Shocks, Moving Shocks, Weak and Strong Shocks	Problem set 2 out
7	Oblique Shocks Detonations	Problem set 2 due
8	Continuum Shock Wave Structure Condensation Discontinuities Unsteady 1D Flows: Finite Amplitude Waves, Characteristics, Riemann Invariants
9	Piston Problems, Boundary Interactions, Shock Tubes	Problem set 3 out
10	Steady 2D Supersonic Flows: Mach Waves, Prandtl-Meyer Function, Expansion Fans	Problem set 3 due
11-12	Term Paper Presentations	Final project due