Accession Number:

AD0481391

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONS IN THE SUPERSONIC FLOW OF A PERFECT GAS AND THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS CALCULATIVE TECHNIQUE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MARQUARDT CO VAN NUYS CA

Personal Author(s):

• Aucoin, P. J., Jr.

Report Date:

1963-03-25

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

An attempt is presented to bring together from the fields of thermodynamics, aerodynamics, and mathematics all of the elements of the theory underlying the Method of Characteristics in establishing the fundamental relations in the supersonic flow of a perfect gas.

Descriptors:

• *SUPERSONIC FLOW
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• THERMODYNAMICS
• SHOCK WAVES
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• EQUATIONS
• ENTHALPY
• SPECIFIC HEAT
• NOZZLE GAS FLOW
• EQUATIONS OF STATE
• ENTROPY
• RAMJET INLETS
• ONE DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• PLUG NOZZLES

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Air Breathing Engines (Unconventional)

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE