MCG 5111 Gas Dynamics

3 units
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Review of thermodynamics. Conservation equations. Wave propagation in compressible media. Isentropic flow. Normal and oblique shock waves. Prandtl-Meyer expansion fans. Applications. Ideal gas flow in ducts of variable section, friction, heat transfer. Method of characteristics. Imperfect gas effects, dissociation, ionization. Methods of measurement. This course is equivalent to MAAJ 5101 at Carleton University.

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Lecture

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Fall
Winter

Organized

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Fair Assessments

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