Introduction to molecular beams gas dynamics /

Sanna, Giovanni.

Introduction to molecular beams gas dynamics / Molecular beams gas dynamics Giovanni Sanna, Giuseppe Tomassetti. - London : Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2005. - xviii, 383 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gas properties -- The non-equilibrium equations and the relaxation of the internal degrees of freedom -- The fundamental equations of gas dynamics -- Isoentropic flow. Characteristic lines -- The method of characteristics -- The shock waves -- The flow in nozzles and jets -- The supersonic free jet -- Application of the Boltzmann equation to a jet of monatomic gas -- Characterization of a particle source and extraction of the molecular beam -- The condensation in a supersonic free jet -- Some different topics -- Appendixes.

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Molecular beams.
Gas dynamics.
Jets--Fluid dynamics.
Supersonic nozzles.

QC173.4.M65 / S25 2005

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