Comparison of Gas Dynamics Textbooks
Table 1: Standard Material
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Author
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Isentropic Flow
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Normal Shock
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Isothermal Flow
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Fanno Flow
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Oblique Shock
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Rayleigh flow
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John David Anderson
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Standard
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Standard
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Not covered
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Not Covered only 1 page!
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Standard with the partial George Emanuel analytical solution
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minimal fraction of a chapter
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Cambel, A. B. and Jennings, B. H.
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elementrary
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basic and spread over several pages
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only the isothermal nozzle
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elementary
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minimal
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minimal
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Michel A. Saad
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Standard
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Standard
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Minimal
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Standard
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Standard without analytical solution
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standard
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Bar-Meir, Genick
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best
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best
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best
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Standard
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best (the only one that contains analytical solution)
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elementary
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Ascher H. Shapiro
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Standard
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Standard
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Standard
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Standard
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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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minimal
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non
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non
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partial solution
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some
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Elie Carafoli
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basic
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basic
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none
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none
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basic
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none
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Shih-I Pai, Tech, and Shijun Luo
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no basic, only advance
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some
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none
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none
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don't pass the minimum
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none
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Shih-I Pai
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none
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basic
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none
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none
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some
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none
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Schreier, Stefan
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very basic
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hiden
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none
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none
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very minimal
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none
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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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none
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James E. A. John
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basic
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basic
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basic
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basic
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basic
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basic
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Zucrow, Maurice J. and Hoff
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standard
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averge
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good
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good
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missing the analytical solution
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good
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Chapman, Alan, J. and Walker, William, F.
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basic plus some non-constant Cp
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averge
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basic
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good
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average
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basic
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Thompson, Philip, A.
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non standard material e.g. seperation of flow in nozzle.
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non-standard material
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none
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none (4 trivial pages)
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covered with normal shock no analytical solution
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none
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Owczarek, Jerzy, A.
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basic plus some non-constant Cp
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adequate
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none
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some
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covered with normal shock no analytical solution but some for not constant Cp
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minimal
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S. M. Yahya
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28 pages with 15 problems including 4 solved ? examples) very basic
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very basic 36 pages 15 problem and exampls including the confusion of Prandtl-Meyer relationship (may be rankine hugoniot relationship?)
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very minimal, 8 pages
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very basic 14 pages 15 problem including isothermal flow
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very minimal (not mentioning third solution) 16 problems
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18 pages, 12 problems
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