STRMCY3 2023 TUTORIAL 2

TUTORIAL 2 (2023)

Due date: 31 March 2023

Electronic copy to be submitted via Ulink only.

QUESTION 1

Air is heated as it flows subsonically through a 10cm x 10cm square duct. The properties of
air at the inlet are maintained at Ma1 = 0.6, P1 = 350kPa, and T1 = 420K at all times.
Disregarding frictional losses, determine the highest rate of heat transfer to the air in the duct
without affecting the inlet conditions.

QUESTION 2

A supersonic jet engine contains a converging-diverging nozzle at the end. The nozzle is
designed to operate efficiently when the absolute air pressure is 25kPa outside the nozzle.
Inside the engine, the absolute stagnation pressure is 400kPa, and the stagnation
temperature is 1200K. Determine what the exit diameter and the throat diameter must be
for the nozzle if the mass flow rate through the nozzle is 15kg/s.
Take k = 1.4 and R = 256 J/kg.K.
NOTE: The nozzle is required to operate under choking conditions, but to maintain the
isentropic flow at the exit plane for maximum efficiency.