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 [ZB02]. Additional references will also be used.
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.
