Miscellaneous

Introductory CFD lecture notes [PDF (153K, 46 pages)]

Handout notes (minus most of the figures) from an introductory lecture on CFD, given as part of a short course at the University of Kansas on "Propulsion System Integration and Design."

Difference formulas [PDF (12K, 5 pages)]

Centered finite difference formulas for first and second derivatives on unequally spaced meshes, and one-sided formulas for both equally and unequally spaced meshes.

Color charts

Six-page color charts illustrating the colors available on a PostScript printer, using the RGB color model [PostScript (25K, 6 pages)] or the CMYK color model [PostScript (25K, 6 pages)]. Each of the three basic colors varies from 0.0 to 1.0 in 0.1 increments.

TRU-PLOT card [PDF (8K, 1 page)]

PDF version of NASA Form M-346, the "TRU-PLOT" card, used to read numerical values from a printed x-y plot.