Description
Book SynopsisPart of the Princeton Aeronautical Paperback series designed to bring to students and research engineers outstanding portions of the twelve-volume High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion series. These books have been prepared by direct reproduction of the text from the original series and no attempt has been made to provide introductory material or to eliminate cross reference to other portions of the original volumes.
Originally published in 1960.
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Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vi*Contents, pg. 1*Section D. The Basic Theory of Gasdynamic Discontinuities, pg. 3*1. Basic Relations in a Normal Discontinuity, pg. 4*2. The Normal Shock Wave, pg. 15*3. Exothermic Discontinuities, pg. 20*4. Internal Stability Considerations, pg. 29*5. Navier-Stokes Shock Structure, pg. 35*6. Navier-Stokes Structure of Exothermic Discontinuities, pg. 54*7. The Physics of Shock Waves, pg. 63*8. Cited References, pg. 67
