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Kinematic formulation of rotational gas flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

M. Vinokur
M. Vinokur
Affiliation:
Lockhead Aircraft Corporation, Missiles and Space Division, Sunnyvale, California
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Abstract

It is shown that for the steady isoenergetic rotational flow of an ideal gas, both the specific enthalpy and the speed of sound can be expressed as functions of the velocity. As a result, it is possible to formulate the equations of motion so that the velocity is the only dependent variable. For a gas whose enthalpy and sound speed are functionally related, the results are a generalization of those for a perfect gas. If the enthalpy and sound speed are independent variables, the new formulation leads to a single vector equation whose solution completely determines the flow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1960 , pp. 533 - 542
Copyright
© 1960 Cambridge University Press

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