Handbook of Compressible Aerodynamics

List of Symbols

a: velocity (celerity) of sound

a_c: critical sound velocity (for Mach 1)

A: area of a stream tube or pipe cross-section

A_c: throat (critical) area

A_m: area of the cylindrical mixing chamber (supersonic ejector theory)

A_0p: area of the primary flux at injection (supersonic ejector theory)

A₀: area of secondary flux at injection (supersonic ejector theory)

c: airfoil chord

C_A: axial force coefficient

C_D: drag coefficient

C_t: skin friction coefficient

C_h: heat transfer coefficient

C_L: lift coefficient

C_m: pitching moment coefficient

C_N: normal force coefficient

C_p: pressure coefficient

C_p: constant pressure specific heat

Cr: Crocco number

C_v: constant volume specific heat

C_s: specific fuel consumption

(C) : steady shock wave

D: diameter

: power transmitted by species diffusion

D_h: hydraulic diameter

D_j: diffusion velocity of species (j)

D: velocity (celerity) of the shock wave

: dynalpy vector

Da: Damköhler number

e: specific internal energy (per unit of mass)

e_T: specific total internal energy (per unit of mass)

E: internal energy

E_T: total internal energy

: power transmitted by electromagnetic interaction

: power transmitted by reception (andre-emission) of thermal radiation ...