[Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, 200-]
Format:
Video
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965 as part of the series: Fluid mechanics films.
Accompanied by: Film notes for Channel flow of a compressible fluid / by Donald Coles. [Newton Mass.] : Education Development Center, c1968 (8 leaves)
Production Credits:
Photographer, Abraham Morochnik; graphics, Dorothy A. Lovering; editor, Jack Hirschfeld.
Participant:
Presenter: Donald Coles.
Summary:
Schlieren flow visualization and simultaneous display of the 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.