ME 402/502 Gas Dynamics

Credits: (3-0) 3

This course will review fundamental concepts from thermodynamics including isentropic flow and normal shock functions. The equations of motion will be derived in differential form and wave theory will be introduced. Multidimensional flows and oblique shock theory will be discussed. Integral methods for inviscid, compressible flow will be developed and numerical methods (including the method of characteristics for hyperbolic equations) will be employed in the second half of the course.

Prerequisites: ME 312, ME 313, ME 331
Notes: Students enrolled in ME 502 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ME 402.

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