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ME 420 - Gas Dynamics
ME 420 - Gas Dynamics The dynamics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow. Equations of motion for inviscid gas flows, one-dimensional gas flows, oblique shock and expansion waves, quasi-one-dimensional flows, nozzle and diffuser operation, flows with friction, flows with heating and cooling, two-dimensional flows, introduction to numerical methods in gasdynamics. Students who have completed ME 420 cannot take ME 530. Prerequisite(s): ME 340. 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Mechanical Engineering Department Course Attributes: College 06 - Fee Assess

ME 420 - Gas Dynamics

ME 420 - Gas Dynamics The dynamics and thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow. Equations of motion for inviscid gas flows, one-dimensional gas flows, oblique shock and expansion waves, quasi-one-dimensional flows, nozzle and diffuser operation, flows with friction, flows with heating and cooling, two-dimensional flows, introduction to numerical methods in gasdynamics. Students who have completed ME 420 cannot take ME 530. Prerequisite(s): ME 340.
3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Mechanical Engineering Department

Course Attributes:
College 06 - Fee Assess

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