Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics

Dr. Mrinal Kaushik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Before joining this institute in 2013, he worked at the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (Pune), General Motors Technical Center (Bangalore), Indian Space Research Organization (Trivandrum), and Tata Consultancy Services (Mumbai). Dr. Kaushik received his Ph.D., M.Tech, and B.Tech degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2012, 2003, and 1999, respectively. His research interests include Shock-Wave and Boundary-Layer Interactions, and Jet Control and Base Flows. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is a member of many national and international technical societies. He has written four other books for the engineering students, namely, Instrumentation and Measurements in Compressible Flows (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA, In Progress); Theoretical and Experimental Aerodynamics (Springer Nature, Singapore, 2019); Essentials of Aircraft Armaments (Springer Nature, Singapore, 2016); and Innovative Passive Control Techniques for Supersonic Jet Mixing (Lap LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2012).

“The book is a course in gas dynamics, based on lectures by the author. The aim is declared as a complete textbook for undergraduate course in gas dynamics, and the aim has been reached. … The book contains as appendices tables, with detailed characteristics (temperature, density, pressure, speed of sound) of the standard atmosphere at the 5 m vertical grid up to 50 km. Other tables assist in numerical study of the described phenomena.” (Ilya A. Chernov, zbMATH 1544.76001, 2024)

• Kinetic Theory of Gases and Fluid Properties.- Conservation Laws for Inviscid Flows.- Thermodynamics of Compressible Flows.- Propagation of Acoustic Wave.- Steady One-Dimensional Compressible Flows.- Normal Shock Waves.- Flow in Constant-Area Ducts with Friction.- Flow in Constant-Area Ducts with Heat Transfer.- Quasi-One-Dimensional Compressible Flows.- Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves.- Velocity Potential Equation for Compressible Flows.- Small Perturbation Theory.- Similarity Rules of Compressible Flows.- Method of Characteristics.