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MECH 461 - Course Outline
MECH 461 - Course Outline
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Laboratory: The lab manual is available at the Copy Center (Library Building).
Course Description:
Review of one-dimensional compressible flow. Normal and oblique shock waves; Prandtl-Meyer flow;
combined effects in one-dimensional flow; non-ideal gas effects; multi-dimensional flow; linearized flow;
method of characteristics. Selected experiments in supersonic flow, convergent-divergent nozzles,
hydraulic analogue and Fanno tube. Lectures: three hours per week. Laboratory: two hours per week,
alternate weeks. Prerequisite: MECH 351, 361.
Course Aim:
This course is an introductory course to the subject of Gas Dynamics where the effect of compressibility
on fluid flow is introduced. It starts with some basic notions of fluid flow and thermodynamics followed
by one dimensional compressible flow typically in internal flow. It then treats the problem of shock
waves, moving and stationary, in internal and external flow. Some methods for solving some of these
flows are also presented and used in computer assignments.
Textbook:
Please see list of suggested texts below. Sample Problems will be posted regularly on your MOODLE site
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Topics:
1. Introduction
a. Basic equations of compressible flow
b. Wave propagation in compressible media
References:
1. J.D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Fluid Flow with Historical Perspective, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2003.
2. J. Saad, Compressible Fluid Flow, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 1993.
3. Liepmann and Roshko, Elements of Gasdynamics, Wiley, 1957
4. A. Shapiro, The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Wiley, 1953
5. John and Keith, Gas Dynamics, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 2006.
6. Maurice J. Zucrow and Joe D. Hoffman, Gas Dynamics Volume , Wiley, 1976
Grading Scheme:
Graduate Undergraduate
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MECH 6111/461 Sec. XX Gas Dynamics Fall 2019
General notes:
• Sample Problems will be posted on the MOODLE site for this course. They do not carry any weight
in the grade, however it is imperative that you solve these problems to pass the course.
• Absence: If you miss a lecture, make sure that you get informed from a friend or colleague of the
material given in that lecture.
• Graduate students will do a project to account for the difference in credit value between the
undergraduate and graduate credit hours.
• Midterm and final exam: All tests are closed book; you are allowed a standard ENCS calculator and
you will be provided with the Gas Dynamics tables.
• Grade review: Students wishing to review their final grade, for a valid reason, can do so in the 2nd
week of the winter term. A sign-up sheet will be posted on my door during the 1st week of the winter
term for those who wish to review their grade.
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