Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics (Aiaa Education)

Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, Third Edition is a successful, self-contained text for those interested in learning hypersonic flow and high-temperature gas dynamics. Like previous editions, it assumes no prior familiarity with either subject on the part of the reader. It provides a cohesive presentation of the fundamentals, a development of important theory and techniques, a discussion of the salient results with emphasis on the physical aspects, and a presentation of modern thinking in these areas. This book is designed for two roles: As an effective classroom text that can be used with ease by the instructor, and understood with ease by the student As a viable, professional working tool for engineers, scientists, and managers who have any contact in their jobs with hypersonic and/or high-temperature flow This third edition has been updated throughout and features new figures and examples, along with a user-friendly interior design. Contents Preface Chapter 1 Some Preliminary Thoughts Part 1: Inviscid Hypersonic Flow Chapter 2 Hypersonic Shock and Expansion-Wave Relations Chapter 3 Local Surface Inclination Methods Chapter 4 Hypersonic Inviscid Flowfields: Approximate Methods Chapter 5 Hypersonic Inviscid Flowfields: Exact Methods Part 2: Viscous Hypersonic Flow Chapter 6 Viscous Flow: Basic Aspects, Boundary Layer Results, and Aerodynamic Heating Chapter 7 Hypersonic Viscous Interactions Chapter 8 Computational-Fluid-Dynamic Solutions of Hypersonic Viscous Flows Part 3: High-Temperature Gas Dynamics Chapter 9 High-Temperature Gas Dynamics: Some Introductory Considerations Chapter 10 Some Aspects of the Thermodynamics of Chemically Reacting Gases (Classical Physical Chemistry) Chapter 11 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics Chapter 12 Elements of Kinetic Theory Chapter 13 Chemical and Vibrational Nonequilibrium Chapter 14 Inviscid High Temperature Equilibrium Flows Chapter 15 Inviscid High-Temperature Nonequilibrium Flows Chapter 16 Kinetic Theory Revisited: Transport Properties in High-Temperature Gases Chapter 17 Viscous High-Temperature Flows Chapter 18 Introduction to Radiative Gas Dynamics Appendix A Creating Hypersonic Flow in the Laboratory Appendix B Creating Hypersonic Flow in Flight Appendix C Hypersonic Aerodynamics on the Computer Postface References Index Supporting Materials