Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics Fundamentals

Author: Wang Xinxue
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book includes two parts: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics. The thermodynamics section introduces basic concepts, thermodynamic properties of gases, analysis of thermodynamic processes, and thermodynamic cycles, discussing the first and second laws of thermodynamics as well as ideal cycles of gas-turbine jet engines and internal combustion engines. The gas dynamics section covers basic concepts, the fundamental equations of one-dimensional steady flow, shocks and expansion waves in supersonic flow, theory of compressible one-dimensional steady pipe flow, one-dimensional unsteady pipe flow, basic concepts of viscous fluids and boundary layer knowledge, and methods for measuring fundamental fluid parameters.