12/28/2017 Gas Dynamics - - Unit 4 - Week - 3 : Introduction to Compressible flows

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Unit 4 - Week - 3 : Introduction to Compressible flows

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Week -1 : 1) Methane and helium have different speeds of sound at a given temperature because of 1 point
Revision of Fluid
Mechanics & different ratios of specific heat capacity only
Thermodynamics different values of gas constant only
concepts - I
different values of gas constant and specific heat capacity ratios

Week - 2 : None of the above

Revision of Fluid
Mechanics &
Thermodynamics
concepts - II Accepted Answers:
different values of gas constant and specific heat capacity ratios
Week - 3 :
Introduction to 2) What is the final pressure of air for an isothermal flow through a constant area horizontal pipe with
Compressible no losses when the velocity changes from 300m/s to 200m/s. (Assume initial temperature and pressure
flows to be 300K and 1 bar) (Give answer in number of bars) (Take gas constant of air as 287 J/kgK)
Energy
Equation

Concept of
stagnation
Accepted Answers:
Discussion on
stagnation (Type: Range) 1.2,1.4
properties
1 point
Velocity of
sound 3) Newton considered that sound wave traveled through an isothermal process, which was later
discovered to be erroneous by Laplace. If Newton made the calculation for the speed of sound at 300K
Discussion on v calculated −v actual
using the isothermal process assumption the error in the calculation (defined as error = )
velocity of v actual

sound and would be equal to (give answer as an absolute value) (Take R=287J/kgK and ratio of specific heat as
mach number 1.4)
Quiz :
Assignment 3

Feedback for
week 3
Accepted Answers:
Solution to
assignment 3 (Type: Range) 0.15,0.16

1 point
Week - 4 : Wave
motion & 4) Pressure taps in a low speed wind tunnel reveals that the difference in stagnation and static
Variable Area
Flows pressure to be 3.45kPa. Calculate the test section air velocity (in m/s) under the assumption that air
density is constant at 1.225kg/m3 (Cp = 1.005kJ /kgK , R = 287J /kgK)
Week - 5 : More
on Variable Area

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Adiabatic flow

Week - 6:
Accepted Answers:
Isentropic flow
through (Type: Range) 139,141
converging
nozzles 1 point

5) What is the speed of sound in a methane environment at 300K? (Answer is m/s)

Week - 7 :
Isentropic flow
through
Converging -
Diverging
Nozzles
Accepted Answers:
Week - 8: Normal (Type: Range) 450,455
Shocks
1 point

Week 9 - Normal 6) Find the sonic velocity of helium at 300K in m/s. (Note: Helium is monoatomic)
Shock (Cont'd)

Week 10: Moving

normal shocks &
Oblique shocks
Accepted Answers:
Week 11: Oblique (Type: Range) 950,1090
shock reflection,
Prandtl-Meyer 1 point
flow and Prandtl-
Meyer function 7) Air flows at 300m/s at 300K. It is then isentropically brought to rest. Find the final temperature (
Cp = 1.005kJ /kgK , Cv = 0.718kJ /kgK )
Week 12

Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 344,345

1 point

8) The enthalpy of a flow increases by 237.25kJ/kg when the velocity changes from 300m/s to 100m/s.
The amount of heat added or extracted by the flow (assuming a reversible and adiabatic flow) is

Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 197,198

1 point

9) Consider a flow at constant pressure. Air is flowing at 300m/s at 300K. It is then slowed down to
200m/s, adiabatically. The ratio of the stagnation pressure is? (Cp = 1.005kJ /kgK , R = 287J /kgK)

Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.8,0.9

1 point

10)Water flowing through a pipe has a static pressure equal to 10kPa and velocity 15m/s. The
stagnation pressure is _______ kPa.

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Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 121,123

1 point

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