AE 602 Compressible Flows: Tutorial 3
1. A normal shock wave is standing in the test section of a supersonic wind tunnel. Upstream of
the wave, MI = 3, p1, = 0.5 atm, and TI = 200 K. Find M2, p2, T2. and u2 downstream of the
wave.
2. A blunt-nosed missile is flying at Mach 2 at standard sea level. Calculate the temperature
and pressure at the nose of the missile.
3. Air enters a constant-area duct at MI = 3, p1, = I atm, and TI = 300 K. Inside the duct, the heat
added per unit mass is q = 3 x 105 J/kg. Calculate the flow properties M2, p2. T2, ρ2, P02, T02 at
the exit of the duct.
4. Consider the flow of air through a pipe of inside diameter = 0.15 m and length = 30 m. The
inlet flow conditions are MI = 0.3, p1, = 1 atm, and TI = 273 K. Assuming f = const = 0.005,
calculate the flow conditions at the exit, M2, , p2, T2, and ρ2.
5. During the entry of the Apollo space vehicle into the Earth's atmosphere, the Mach number
at a given point on the trajectory was M = 38 and the atmosphere temperature was 270 K.
Calculate the temperature at the stagnation point of the vehicle, assuming a calorically
perfect gas with y = 1.4. Do you think this is an accurate calculation? If not, why? If not, is
your answer an overestimate or underestimate?
6. Consider a Mach 2.5 flow of air entering a constant-area duct. Heat is added to this flow in
the duct; the amount of heat added is equal to 30 percent of the total enthalpy at the
entrance to the duct. Calculate the Mach number at the exit of the duct.
7. Air is drawn from a large storage tank (400 kPa (abs), 320 K) through a pipe that is 200 m
long with an internal diameter of 50 mm and is discharged into the atmosphere (patm = 100
kPa (abs)). The Darcy pipe friction factor is 0.0114. Assume the flow is adiabatic. Find: a. the
mass flow rate through the pipe, b. the Mach number of the flow at the pipe entrance and
exit, c. sketch the process on a T-s diagram.
8. A constant area combustor is to pass 215 kg/sec of air (stagnation pressure and temperature
of 800 kPa (abs) and 400 K, respectively) through a 5 m long chamber with a flow area of
0.25 m2. The combustion process adds heat at 600 kJ/kg. Assume ideal gas behavior with
γ=1.4 and cp=1.004 kJ/(kg⋅K). Find: a. the Mach number of the flow at the combustor
entrance, b. the stagnation temperature of the flow leaving the combustor, c. the Mach
number of the flow leaving the combustor, and d. sketch the process on a T-s diagram.
9. In a gas turbine, the combustor increases the thermal energy of the gas by burning fuel. A
basic model for this process is a simple heat addition flow. Consider the one-dimensional
flow of air, a perfect gas, in a frictionless, constant-area duct with energy added by heat
addition. The air enters the duct with a total temperature of 450 K, a total pressure of 8 atm
(abs), and a Mach number of 0.3. a. Determine the heat addition per unit mass that chokes
the flow at the exit and the exit total temperature and total pressure. b. For an exit Mach
number of 0.6, determine the heat addition per unit mass and the exit total temperature
and pressure. c. Sketch the T-s diagram for the case described in (b).
