Compressibility

Shock wave

Oblique shock

Shock (circulatory)

Mach number

Aerodynamics

Classical mechanics

Geology

Paleontology

Supersonic speed

Physics

Mathematics

Flow (mathematics)

Compressible flow

Transonic

Internal medicine

Series (stratigraphy)

Medicine

Choked flow

Perfect gas

Mechanics

This report, which is a revision and extension of NACA-TN-1428, presents a compilation of equations, tables, and charts useful in the analysis of high-speed flow of a compressible fluid. The equations provide relations for continuous one-dimensional flow, normal and oblique shock waves, and Prandtl-Meyer expansions for both perfect and imperfect gases. The tables present useful dimensionless ratios for continuous one-dimensional flow and for normal shock waves as functions of Mach number for air considered as a perfect gas. One series of charts presents the characteristics of the flow of air (considered a perfect gas) for oblique shock waves and for cones in a supersonic air stream. A second series shows the effects of caloric imperfections on continuous one-dimensional flow and on the flow through normal and oblique shock waves. (author)

Equations, tables, and charts for compressible flow