ELEMENTS oF GASDYNAMICSCOALCIT AERONAUTICAL SERIES Aetonvsauces or mee Arereant. By Clark B ‘tito Marane sto ‘Tessox Casevtos want Aretck "hond to. Mecmuvicy, Exareyy 0 ‘Aenonatecs, By Arte Dc Bussey Exoitoamce. By Bread “Sle. ssi Tatoo Arora ere By anes ov Gaswas By H.W. Le ‘monn and ev te oes repration ELEMENTS OF GASDYNAMICS H.W. LIEPMANN A. ROSHKO California Iai of Technology GALCIT AERONAUTICAL SERIES JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc. Now Werk Landon» Sreyconmmen © 161 A Rigs Reseed hs book oy prt her) an a Ed em Liteary of Genres Canoe Cant Number 565625 Editors’ Preface The sim of the present woe isto modernize and extend the treatment of compre ad aerodynamics which appeared in 1947 nthe GALCITY ‘eres under the authorship of Hans W. Lipmann and Alen, Packet, ‘The new volume includes a review of maay problems of high-speed aero= dynamics which have received incensed attention by engineers and sen- tits ia the ast decade, Te elifosbalive that nation to such exter- Sons inthe teatment of arodyamicproblens, the reader wil welcome the incision ofthe Ist chapter, containing a shor presentation ofthe funda- renal concepts of th kinetic theory of gases, and also the references in (Chapter 1 to some problems in aeothermochemisty, such a8 the La of ‘mass action and dissociation. Tt appears that cerain fundamentals of Physics and chemical Kneis are gaining more and more importance inthe fei of aeronatial engineering "Tals bok is intended manly forthe we of students in aeronautics, but ts hoped that it wil also be useful to practicing caginers and scientists ‘tho work on problems involving the acoyaamics of compressible fis. ‘Turoooxe vos: Karte Chant B, Maaxa ‘agree Arona Latrtry, Calor Ina of Teng