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Gas Dynamics notes

This is a book of notes for the ME 461/561: Gas Dynamics course taught by Prof. Kyle Niemeyer at Oregon State University.

The primary reference textbook for this course is Fundamental of Gas Dynamics, by Robert Zucker & Oscar Biblarz, 2nd edition, Wiley 2002. Additional references will also be used.

2D Schlieren image of supersonic air flowing at Mach 2 over a wedge

The logo for these notes shows a two-dimensional Schlieren image of supersonic air flowing at Mach 2 over a wedge, with oblique shock waves followed by Prandtl-Meyer expansion fans. It comes from the Penn State University Gas Dynamics Laboratory, and is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license. It was created by Settles1 and is hosted on Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2D-wedge-oblique-shock-expansion-Mach_2-Penn-State-Gas-Dynamics-Lab.jpg.

References
  1. Zucker, R. D., & Biblarz, O. (2002). Fundamental of Gas Dynamics (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Gas Dynamics Notes
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