Comparison of Gas Dynamics Textbooks
Table 2: Extra Material
This is comparison of the material which s covered in different
text books. If You want to see and to learn what book is
suitable for you you can check the different tables to see if
can find the right book for you.
If you want to see the comparison on the standard material
you can click here.
If you want to see the comparison on the administrative
you can click here.
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Author
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Speed of Sound
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Moving Shock
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General Pipe
Theory
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Oblique Shock
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Method of
Characteristics
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John David Anderson
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very limited
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Standard pre-Bar-Meir solutions era
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Not Covered
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Standard with the partial George Emanuel analytical solution
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Standard
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Cambel, A. B. and Jennings, B. H.
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very limited or almost non
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none
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only one section 7 pp including shapiro tables 4pp
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minimal
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inrtoductory
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Michel A. Saad
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very limited
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Standard pre-Bar-Meir solutions era
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Good
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Standard without analytical solution
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Standard
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Bar-Meir, Genick
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stardard
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best
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partial missing some parts
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best (the only one that contains analytical solution)
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not included
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Ascher H. Shapiro
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Partially
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Not in volume 1
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Almost the best but the original
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Pre Bar-Meir's analytical solution good for old style
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Standard
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George Emanuel
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minimal
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some
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non
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partial solution
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minimal
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Elie Carafoli
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none
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minimal (almost none)
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none
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basic
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some discription
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Shih-I Pai, Tech, and Shijun Luo
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none
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none
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none
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don't pass the minimum
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some discription
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Shih-I Pai
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no
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none
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none
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some
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some discription
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Schreier, Stefan
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none
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none of the usual, only special issues
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none
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very minimal
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some discription
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George Turrell
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none
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none
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none
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none
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none
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James E. A. John
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some in gas media
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basic (good for pre-bar-meir era)
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some combinations
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basic
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basic
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Zucrow, Maurice J. and Hoff
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only ideal gas
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none
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full as much as shapiro even more (the best)
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missing the analytical solution
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adequate
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Chapman, Alan, J. and Walker, William, F.
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only ideal gas
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minimal
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very minimal
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average
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adequate
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Thompson, Philip, A.
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much about acoustincs but very little about spped of sound
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only fully unsteady open valve case not even the semi steady state
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none
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covered with normal shock no analytical solution
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adequate (better than others)
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Owczarek, Jerzy, A.
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only ideal gas
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some open and close valve
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none
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covered with normal shock no analytical solution but some for not constant Cp
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the best book in this area
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S. M. Yahya
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discussion on elevation on speed of sound ( temperature effects)
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1.5 pages part of normal shock
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none
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very minimal (not mentioning third solution) 16 problems
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none
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