ABSTRACT
In this chapter we shall discuss the one-dimensional flow of an inviscid compressible fluid. Since the effect of viscosity is limited to regions of very large variation in velocity, such as the boundary layer or a shock front, we may neglect viscosity in the study of flow fields outside the boundary layer or the shock. This gives us a very good approximation to the real physical situation in a very large group of aerodynamic problems, as, for example, the pressure distribution over a solid body in a fluid flow. In Chapters III to XIV we shall discuss only the flow problems of an inviscid compressible fluid.
