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Basics / August 23, 2021

Critical flow variables

For compressible flows two regions of different behavior can be recognized depending on the Mach number. If the flow velocity is smaller than the local speed of sound, i.e.

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For compressible flows two regions of different behavior can be recognized depending on the Mach number. If the flow velocity is smaller than the local speed of sound, i.e.