This chapter presents a review of the laws that govern the aerodynamics and thermodynamics of gases in jet engines. Mastery of these laws is crucial for understanding why and how propulsion systems work. This chapter is divided into two parts: conservation laws and thermodynamics laws. This split is somewhat arbitrary since conservation laws and thermodynamics laws overlap. For example, the energy conservation law is also known as the first law of thermodynamics.
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