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Generalized intrinsic form of the characteristic relations in the steady supersonic flow of a gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

E. R. Suryanarayan
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University of Queensland, AustraliaUniversity of Rhode Island, U.S.A.
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Coburn [1] has derived the intrinsic form of the characteristic relations, for the steady, supersonic, three-dimensional motion of a polytropic gas. The purpose of this paper is to obtain a generalized form of these relations and to apply them to obtain two classes of complex-screw motions [2].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1968

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