ME 402 Gas Dynamics

Credits: 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, and ME 331
Notes: This course is cross-listed with ME 502.

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