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Channel flow of a compressible fluid

Title
Channel flow of a compressible fluid / [presented by] the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films ; Donald Coles ; produced and directed by Alan H. Pesetsky ; produced by Educational Services Incorporated.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. [distributor], [1988?], ©1965.

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Moving imageRequest in advance QA911 .C38 1988gOff-site

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Additional Authors
  • Coles, D. E. (Donald Earl), 1924-2013.
  • Pesetsky, Alan.
  • Hirschfeld, Jack.
  • National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films.
  • Educational Services, Inc.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Description
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
Schlieren flow visualization and simultaneous display of pressure distribution along a channel of varying area demonstrate the phenomena of choking, blocking and starting. Shows supersonic flow, Mach waves, normal shock waves and supersonic compression.
Series Statement
Fluid mechanics films
Uniform Title
Fluid mechanics films.
Subject
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Aerodynamics, Supersonic
  • Compressibility
Note
  • Originally issued as a 16 mm. motion picture in 1965.
Credits (note)
  • Photographer, Abraham Morochnik ; graphics, Dorothy A. Lovering ; editor, Jack Hirschfeld.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Issued also in other videorecording formats and as a motion picture.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
OCLC
ocm31333040
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries