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    the compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility or, if the temperature is held constant, the isothermal compressibility) is a...
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    before compressibility can be calculated. Alternatively, the compressibility factor for specific gases can be read from generalized compressibility charts...
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  • Compressible flow (or gas dynamics) is the branch of fluid mechanics that deals with flows having significant changes in fluid density. While all flows...
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  • mechanics and thermodynamics the compressibility equation refers to an equation which relates the isothermal compressibility (and indirectly the pressure)...
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    reduced temperature and reduced pressure, have approximately the same compressibility factor and all deviate from ideal gas behavior to about the same degree...
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    Gas (section Compressibility)
    the assumption that the compressibility factor Z is set to 1 meaning that this pneumatic ratio remains constant. A compressibility factor of one also requires...
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    updraft. The compressibility of water is a function of pressure and temperature. At 0 °C, at the limit of zero pressure, the compressibility is 5.1×10−10 Pa−1...
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    when reporting the effects of compressibility on the P-38 aircraft in 1942. Mach number is a measure of the compressibility characteristics of fluid flow:...
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    effects of compressibility. Compressibility is a description of the amount of change of density in the flow. When the effects of compressibility on the solution...
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    flow pressure becomes). Acoustic problems always require allowing compressibility, since sound waves are compression waves involving changes in pressure...
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  • the compressibility β = 1 ρ d ρ d p . {\displaystyle \beta ={\frac {1}{\rho }}{\frac {\mathrm {d} \rho }{\mathrm {d} p}}.} If the compressibility is acceptably...
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    the medium's compressibility and density. In solids, the compression waves are analogous to those in fluids, depending on compressibility and density,...
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  • 7 or so, or once transonic flow starts to appear. The interest in compressibility research emerged after the WWI, when the aircraft propeller tips started...
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  • In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with...
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    \partial \rho }\right)_{s}}},} by the definition of the isoentropic compressibility: K s ( ρ , p ) ≡ ρ ( ∂ p ∂ ρ ) s , {\displaystyle K_{s}(\rho ,p)\equiv...
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  • The Carr index (Carr's index or Carr's Compressibility Index) is an indicator of the compressibility of a powder. It is named after the scientist Ralph...
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    [user-generated source] Brake fluids must maintain a low level of compressibility, even with varying temperatures to accommodate different environmental...
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    came from NACA engineer John Stack, the head of NACA's compressibility division. Compressibility is a major issue as aircraft approach Mach 1, and research...
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  • incompressible and compressible flow generally depends on the Mach number M, where for a range of zero to supersonic compressible equations are applied...
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  • is the isothermal compressibility. From this latter relation, several inferences can be made: Since the isothermal compressibility β T {\displaystyle...
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  • equivalent airspeed (EAS) is calibrated airspeed (CAS) corrected for the compressibility of air at a non-trivial Mach number. It is also the airspeed at sea...
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    of the bulk modulus at fixed temperature is called the isothermal compressibility. The bulk modulus K {\displaystyle K} (which is usually positive) can...
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    modulus of compressibility of the liquid in the pipe, expressed in Pa. The latter follows from a series of hydraulic concepts: compressibility of the liquid...
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    compressibility less than that of the surrounding fluid, the object's equilibrium is stable and it remains at rest. If, however, its compressibility is...
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    In reality, air is compressible and viscous. While the effects of these properties are negligible at low speeds, compressibility effects in particular...
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    dive. Once caught in this dive, the fighter would enter a high-speed compressibility stall and the controls would lock up, leaving the pilot no option but...
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  • least compressible but don't require other video frames to decode. P‑frames can use data from previous frames to decompress and are more compressible than...
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  • λ i {\displaystyle \lambda _{i}} are the principal stretches. For a compressible neo-Hookean material the strain energy density function is given by W...
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  • be called viscous fluids. Fluids may be classified by their compressibility: Compressible fluid: A fluid that causes volume reduction or density change...
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    the speed of sound caused by a slight change of pressure added to a compressible flow. These weak waves can combine in supersonic flow to become a shock...
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