Gas Dynamics For Engineers

P. BALACHANDRAN (Ph.D., IIT Madras) is Senior Scientist and Deputy Divisional Head of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Earlier, he worked as Assistant Professor at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala for about 12 years. He has teaching and research experience of over 25 years. A member of various scientific bodies of India, Dr. Balachandran has published a number of research papers in national and international journals. His areas of interest include, apart from Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Heat Transfer and Refrigeration.

"Intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of aerospace/mechanical engineering and as a reference book for practising engineers, this book provides the most readable approach to the study of gas dynamics with emphasis on the fundamental concepts that help readers develop a strong conceptual base.

This concise and well-organised text covers a wide range of interesting topics such as isentropic flow, Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, simple flow with mass addition, waves in supersonic flow and measurement techniques in gas dynamics. The topics are dealt with in a carefully designed sequence with proper explanations along with simple mathematical formulations.

Key Features :

• Explains the fundamentals through extensive use of line drawings.

• Contains a large number of solved illustrative examples to help students comprehend the concepts with ease.

• Includes review questions to test students comprehension of the subject.

• Provides answers to unsolved problems.

• Presents flow tables in appendices."

ISBN: 9788120340213
Published by: PHI Learning
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