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Everything about Compressibility
Parameter used to calculate the volume change of a fluid or solid in response to pressure
In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, the compressibility is a measure of the instantaneous relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure change. In its simple form, the compressibility may be expressed as, Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CompressibilityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Membrane homeostasis beyond fluidity: control of membrane compressibilityInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Image and video compression for multimedia engineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Compressibility of Media under Extreme PressuresCited 8,341 times
- Go sideways: Bulk modulusA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Specific heat capacityA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The degree to which something is compressible.
Noun The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Compressibility of Media under Extreme Pressures
Prediction of New Low Compressibility Solids
Antibacterial adhesive injectable hydrogels with rapid self-healing, extensibility and compressibility as wound dressing for joints skin wound healing
On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays
Density, thermal expansivity, and compressibility of liquid water from 0.deg. to 150.deg.. Correlations and tables for atmospheric pressure and saturation reviewed and expressed on 1968 temperature scale
Low-Compressibility Carbon Nitrides
The effect of cracks on the compressibility of rock
Mechanical metamaterials associated with stiffness, rigidity and compressibility: A brief review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Membrane homeostasis beyond fluidity: control of membrane compressibility
Bayesian neural network-based uncertainty modelling: application to soil compressibility and undrained shear strength prediction
Effect of Biopolymeric Stabilization on the Strength and Compressibility Characteristics of Cohesive Soil
Effects of biochar on the compressibility of soil with high water content
Hardwood vessel-inspired chitosan-based sponge with superior compressibility, superfast adsorption and remarkable recyclability for microplastics removal in water
📚 Books worth reading
Image and video compression for multimedia engineeringYun Q. Shi, Huifang Sun · 1999
Helium Research Center internal reportTed C. Briggs · 1964
Compressed airGardner Dexter Hiscox · 1901
Compressed air practice in miningDavid Penman · 1917
Compressed air plantRobert Peele · 1910- 📕Compressed air and gas dataCharles W. Gibbs · 1969
Compressed air handbookCompressed Air and Gas Institute. · 1947
Air compression and transmissionHalsten Joseph Berford Thorkelson · 1913
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