Textbook, ME 420

Textbook, ME 420

Prepared by Professor J. M. Cimbala, Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University
Latest revision, 26 August 2019

The recommended textbook for this course is:
Modern Compressible Flow with Historical Perspective, Edition 3 (but older versions are acceptable too)
John D. Anderson, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 2003.

Other notes and articles will be provided by the instructor.

Comments:

Here is a link to a website that carries this book for a very reasonable price: Buy online .
A Penn State special edition of this book is available through the PSU bookstore. It has a different cover, but is pretty much identical otherwise. I am not sure if the price is better than the above website.
My undergraduate fluid mechanics textbook that you used for ME 320 has a chapter on compressible flow, Chapter 12. This is a good summary of compressible flow, but we will go into much more detail than that chapter. Nevertheless, I advise you to refer to Chapter 12 of the Cengel-Cimbala fluids book throughout this course.