Subject Code: ME6L152
Prerequisites: None
Compressible Flows L – T – P : 3 –1 – 0 Credits: 4
Fundamental Aspects of Compressible Flow: Introduction, Isentropic flow in a stream tube, speed of sound, Mach waves; One dimensional Isentropic Flow; Normal Shock Waves; Oblique Shock Waves; Prandtl-Meyer Expansion; Flow over bodies involving shock and expansion waves; Variable Area Flow, operating characteristics of nozzles, convergent-divergent supersonic diffusers; Adiabatic Flow in a Duct with Friction : Flow in a constant area duct, friction factor variations, the Fanno line; Flow with Heat addition or Removal. Review of Eigen Vectors & Eigen Values, Linearization of PDEs, Perturbation; Introduction to Instability & Transition of Fluid Flows; Linear Stabiltiy& Normal Modes as Perturbations; KH Instability; Stability of Parallel Flows, Orr-Sommerfield Equation; Blasius Boundary Layer – Secondary Instability & Bypass Transition.
Recommended Books:
  1. Modern Compressible Flow with Historical Perspective 3 rd – John D. Anderson – McGraw-Hill
  2. The Dynamics & Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow (Vol 1 &Vol 2) – Asher H. Shapiro
  3. Incompressible Flow 3ed - R. L. Panton – Wiley
  4. Viscous Fluid Flow 3ed - F. M. White - McGraw-Hill
  5. Boundary Layer Theory 8 Ed - H. Schlichting& K. Gersten – Springer
  6. Gas Dynamics 3 Ed – James John & Theo Keith – Pearson
  7. Elements of Gas Dynamics - Liepmann and Roshko
  8. Gas Dynamics for Engineers – P. Balachandran - PHI
  9. Fundamentals of Compressible Fluid Dynamics – P. Balachandran – PHI