Oblique Shock
The discontinuities in supersonic flows do not always exist as normal to the flow direction. There are oblique shoc…
The discontinuities in supersonic flows do not always exist as normal to the flow direction. There are oblique shoc…
The easiest way to analyze a normal shock is to consider a control surface around the wave as shown in Fig. 41.2. T…
It is possible to obtain physical picture of the flow through a normal shock by employing some of the ideas of Fanno…
Consider the effects of heat transfer on a frictionless compressible flow through a duct, the governing Eq. (41.1),…
If we consider a problem of frictional adiabatic flow through a duct, the governing Eqs (41.1), (41.3), (38.8), (41.…
Shock waves are highly localized irreversibilities in the flow . Within the distance of a mean free path, the fl…
Consider the flow in a convergent-divergent nozzle (Fig. 40.9). The upstream stagnation conditions are assumed con…
Consider a convergent nozzle as shown in Fig. 40.7(a). Figure 40.7(b) shows the pressure ratio p/ p 0 along the len…
Suppose a nozzle is used to obtain a supersonic stream starting from low speeds at the inlet (Fig. 40.3). Then the M…
Consider the mass flow rate of an ideal gas through a converging nozzle. If the flow is isentropic, we can write …
In considering the effect of area variation on flow properties in isentropic flow, we shall determine the effect o…
Stagnation and Sonic Properties The stagnation properties at a point are defined as those which are to be obtained …
For inviscid flows, the steady form of the momentum equation is the Euler equation, (39.11) Integrating alo…
For steady one-dimensional flow, the equation of continuity is Differentiating(after taking log), we get …
Here we will study a class of compressible flows that can be treated as one dimensional flow. Such a simplification …
Consider a point source emanating infinitesimal pressure disturbances in a still fluid, in which the speed of sound …
The so-called sound speed is the rate of propogation of a pressure pulse of infinitesimal strength through a st…
An isentropic process is a reversible-adiabatic process. For an adiabatic process =0, and for a reversible proce…
Equation (38.24) does not tell us about the direction (i.e., a hot body with respect to its surrounding will gain te…
Let us imagine a control-mass system with a fixed mass of gas. If amount of heat is added to the system across t…
Microscopic view of a gas is a collection of particles in random motion. Energy of a particle consists of trans…
A perfect gas is one in which intermolecular forces are neglected . The equation of state for a perfect gas can…