Compressible Fluid Flow

by Patrick H. Oosthuizen, William E. Carscallen, William Carscallen, et al.

Book Overview

Introduction to Compressible Fluid Flow, Second Edition offers extensive coverage of the physical phenomena experienced in compressible flow. Updated and revised, the second edition provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070481970
• ISBN13: 9780070481978
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

alot of typos

Best book I have found on compressible flow. Easy to read and understand. Everything is derived. A must-have for those studying fluids. Only down side is that there are alot of typos.

Comprehensive Introduction to 1-D Compressible Fluid Flow

This is the second textbook by Oosthuizen that I've used and it provides a good and comprehensive introduction to 1-D compressible fluid flow. Oosthuizen develops all of the fundamental equations in a straight forward manner and there are a sufficient number of worked examples that are oriented towards applications in other fields of engineering, not just aerodynamics. Each flow regime is developed separately to facilitate the student's comprehension of the subject starting with isentropic flow, then developing normal, oblique shock theory, and expansion waves, followed by flows with: variable area, friction, and then heat addition before applying these concepts to more complex flow regimes. There is an introduction to 2-D flow, hypersonic flow, and numerical applications. Compressible flow tables for air are provided as appendices. Be careful using the software as it has been reported that there are some errors in it and some of the examples are incorrect: e.g. E 10.6 which incorrectly assumes dA is constant. This review applies to the paperback edition.