SG2215 Compressible Flow 7.5 credits

The course will be based on selected parts of the book by John D. Andersson, Modern Compressible Flow, Mc Graw Hill , 1990, from which may be cited:
"This book deals exclusively with that "marked departure", i.e., it deals with compressible flows, in which the density is not constant. In modern engineering applications, such flows are the rule rather than the exception. A few important examples are the internal flows through rocket and gas turbine engines, high-speed subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic wind tunnels, the external flow over modern airplanes designed to cruise faster than 0.3 of the speed of sound, and the flow inside the common internal combustion reciprocating engine. The purpose of this book is to develop the fundamental concepts of compressible flow, and to illustrate their use."
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
For an inviscid, compressible gas the students should be able to
- calculate pressure, velocity and temperature for quasi one-dimensional, stationary, isentropic flow
- calculate changes of pressure, velocity and temperature over normal and oblique shock waves
- calculate changes of pressure, velocity and temperature in simple expansion waves
- calculate pressure, velocity and temperature for unsteady, one-dimensional, non-linear waves
- calculate the flow field in linear theory for subsonic and supersonic flow around bodies
- understand how pressure and drag on a body changes in transsonic flow
Intended learning outcomes
Finishing this course the student should know how to:
- derive the conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy of inviscid, compressible flow and apply them to various fluid dynamical problems to e.g.
- analyse the interaction of forces between solid boundaries and flowing gases from the basic principles of compressible flow
- analyse the energy conversion process in a flowing gas from the thermodynamic principles of isentropic and irreversible flow respectively
- interpret results from performed experiments - demonstrate a physical understanding of the mathematical formulas derived
- give a physical description of the special effects appearing in hypersonic flows.
Course disposition
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
English B / English 6
Basic courses at M, P, T or F and one of SG1217, SG1220, SG2223, SG2214 or equivalent courses.
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- INL2 - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- INLA - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- LAB1 - Laboratory Work, 0.7 credits, grading scale: P, F
- LAB2 - Laboratory Work, 0.8 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Homework assignments (INL1; 1,5 university credits), (INL2; 1,5 university credits).
Laboratory work (LAB1; 0,7 university credits), (LAB2; 0,8 university credits).
Final oral exam, (TEN1; 3 university credits).
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
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Education cycle
Add-on studies
SG1219.