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The Speed of Sound and Mach Number Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

V. D. Naylor
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In a recent paper the suggestion is made that “it would be sensible when discussing the flow to use a Mach number based on the actual propagation velocity in the given circumstances.”

This directs attention to the deeper question of whether or not a Mach number however defined is a rational parameter in terms of which to express effects of flow.

In certain cases the quantity γp/ρ occurs quite naturally, regardless of any physical interpretation that can be given to it.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 637 , January 1964 , pp. 63
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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