https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=4EM10&collegejaar=2025&taal=enGas dynamics is that part of fluid mechanics in which fluid compressibility, characterized by the speed of sound, is important. The following subjects will be discussed during the course: compressible gas turbine flow, one-dimensional propagation of waves in tubes, distortion of high-amplitude waves, the formation of almost discontinuous pressure-waves, characterized by a large change in velocity and thermodynamic state (shock waves). The possibility to create well-defined shock waves in a laboratory using a shock tube and its use for studying physical and chemical properties of gases will be treated, as well as the analogy between waves in gases and waves in traffic density on a highway. We treat the generation and propagation of detonation waves. The principle and application of the Method of Characteristics (MoC) is exercised.Basic knowledge of quasi-one-dimensional steady and unsteady compressible flow phenomena.Written examination