Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 17 - Compressible Flow - Problems - Page 890: 17-27

Answer

$c_{1}/c_{2} = 1.41$

Work Step by Step

Given that temparature $T1= 350.2K$ Initial air pressure $P_{1} =2.2$ Final air pressure $P_{2} = 0.4$ Specific heat ratio $k = 1.667$ As per the relation between P and T $p_{1}/p_{2} = (T_{1}1/T_{2})^(k/(k-1))$ re-arranging $(T_{1}1/T_{2}) =(p_{1}/p_{2})^((k-1)/k)$ $T_{2} = T_{1}(p_{2}/p_{1})^((k-1)/k)$ Substituting the values We get $T_{2} = 177K$ Initial speed $c_{1} = \sqrt(K_{1}RT_{1}$ Final speed $c_{2} = \sqrt(K_{2}RT_{2})$ $K_{1} =K_{2}$ , because of ideal gas behavior. So the ratio $c_{1}/c_{2} = \sqrt(KRT_{1})/\sqrt(RT_{2})$ =$\sqrt(T_{1})/\sqrt(T_{2})$ substituting the values $c_{1}/c_{2} = 1.41$
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