Compressible

Viscous

Note: Other effects could have

been included in this
Compressible Incompressible Compressible diagram. e.g. steady vs.
Inviscid Viscous Boundary Layer unsteady flows

Compressible Incompressible Incompressible

Potential Invicid Boundary Layer

Small Disturbance Incompressible

Comp. Potential Potential

Small Disturbance
Subsonic Transonic Supersonic Inc. Potential

*Each arrow indicates an additional assumption has been applied

*More than one path to a given approximation