Compressible Flow Lesson 10A: Introduction to Fanno Flow

Compressible Flow Lesson Series - Lesson 10A: Introduction to Fanno Flow

In this 17.5-minute video, Professor John Cimbala introduces Fanno flow - compressible flow in a duct with friction but no heat transfer. He explains the Fanno curve in detail and discusses choked flow and some of the equations of Fanno flow. Finally, he works out a simple example of choked Fanno flow.

A complete list of the videos, the annotated notes for each video, and the Equation Sheet can be found in this Excel file:
https://www.me.psu.edu/cimbala/Cengel...
The YouTube playlist containing all the lessons in this Compressible Flow Lesson Series is found here:
   • Compressible Flow Lesson Series  

These video lessons are intended for use by undergraduate or graduate students taking their first course in compressible flow. It is assumed that students have already taken an undergraduate fluid mechanics course (for which Professor Cimbala also has a popular video lesson series on his YouTube channel). The video lessons and notes closely follow the notes that Professor Cimbala uses when he teaches the course. Except for a few potential notation issues, however, these video lessons may be useful as a free resource at other schools and for anyone wishing to learn about fluid mechanics, and specifically, compressible flow.

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Professor Cimbala has also created hundreds of short videos on various topics. You can see videos of a particular category by going to one of Dr. Cimbala's playlists, listed here in alphabetical order:

Air Pollution Lesson Series    • Air Pollution Lesson Series - Learn the fu...  
Compressible Flow Lesson Series    • Compressible Flow Lesson Series  
Dramatic Bible Readings    • Dramatic Bible Readings - John Cimbala nar...  
Excel Tutorials    • Excel Tutorials  
Fluid Mechanics Lesson Series    • Fluid Mechanics Lesson Series - Video less...  
Graduate Fluid Mechanics Lesson Series    • Graduate Fluid Mechanics Lesson Series - V...  
Indoor Air Quality Engr. Lesson Series    • Indoor Air Quality Engineering Lesson Series  
Miscellaneous Videos by John M. Cimbala    • Miscellaneous Videos by John M. Cimbala  
Minute Bible Quiz    • Minute Bible Quiz - Thought-provoking quiz...  
Short Christmas Videos    • Short Christmas Videos by John Cimbala  
Short Marshmallow Peep Videos    • Short Marshmallow Peep Videos  
Thirty-Second Life Hacks (YouTube Shorts)    • Thirty-Second Life Hacks  
Thirty-Second Engineering    • Thirty Second Engineering  
Two-Minute Bible Videos    • Two-Minute Bible Videos - Helping you unde...  
Two-Minute Excel Tutorials    • Two-Minute Excel Tutorials - Helping you u...  
Two-Minute Fluid Mechanics    • Two-Minute Fluid Mechanics - Helping you l...  
Two-Minute Math and Statistics Videos    • Two-Minute Math and Statistics Videos - He...  
Two-Minute Science Videos    • Two-Minute Science Videos - Helping you un...  

Dr. John M. Cimbala (bio site at https://bio.site/johncimbala) is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. He is an educator, textbook author, Christian author, husband, father, and grandfather. He also created and maintains a website for helping people grow in their faith called Christian Faith Grower at https://www.christianfaithgrower.com/ His YouTube channel is at    / @johncimbala