2103-566 Compressible Fluid Dynamics

Homework 3: Local Isentropic Reference States and Properties: Stagnation and Sonic
Asi Bunyajitradulya

2103-566 Compressible Fluid Dynamics

Homework 3: Local Isentropic Reference States and Properties: Stagnation and Sonic

Problem 1. [Adapted from Fox et al., SI 8th Edition, Problem 12.77, p. 687.]
Air is cooled as it flows without friction at a rate of 0.05 kg/s in a duct. At point 1 the conditions
are M 1 = 0.5, T1 = 500 oC, p1 = 500 kPa (abs). Downstream, at point 2, the conditions are M 2 = 0.2,

T2 = -18.57 oC, p 2 = 639.2 kPa (abs). (Four significant figures are given to minimize round-off error.)
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a. Compute and compare the stagnation temperatures at points 1 and 2, and explain the result.
b. Compute and compare the stagnation pressures at points 1 and 2, and explain the result.
c. Compute the rate of cooling (in Watts).
d. Is this isentropic process? Justify your answer by computing the change in specific entropy
between points 1 and 2, s2  s1 in J/kg-K?
e. Plot static and stagnation state points on a T-s diagram. Make sure that you sketch the
diagram with appropriate relative magnitude.

Problem 2. [Adapted from Fox et al., SI 8th Edition, Problem 12.83, p. 687.]
Air enters a turbine at M 1 = 0.4, T1 = 1,250 oC, p1 = 625 kPa (abs). Conditions leaving the turbine

are M 2 = 0.8, T2 = 650 oC, p 2 = 20 kPa (abs).

a. Evaluate the local isentropic stagnation conditions ( po , To , so ) at both the turbine inlet and

exit.
b. Compute the change in specific entropy across the turbine, s2  s1 in J/kg-K?
c. Plot static and stagnation state points on a T-s diagram. Make sure that you sketch the
diagram with appropriate relative magnitude.
2103-566 Compressible Fluid Dynamics
Homework 3: Local Isentropic Reference States and Properties: Stagnation and Sonic
Asi Bunyajitradulya
Problem 3. MATLAB problem
Write a matlab function (.m file) that takes two inputs
1. a vector of Mach number M , and
2. a specific heat ratio  ,
and calculates and outputs 3 vectors of local isentropic stagnation property ratios:
1. To / T , 2. po / p , 3.  o /  ,
and 3 vectors of local isentropic sonic property ratios:
4. T * / T , 5. p * / p , 6.  * /  ,
with the function declaration

function [ To / T , po / p ,  o /  , T * / T , p * / p ,  * /  ] = IsenStagSonicPropRatio( M ,  ).

Requirements
1. The function must save all variables in the workspace as .mat file in the directory
c:\Temp\2103-566. If the directory does not exist, the function must create the directory.
2. The function must plot and display these relations
To / T , po / p ,  o /  , T * / T , p * / p ,  * /  vs M
on the same graph on the computer monitor with
➢ appropriate primary- y and secondary- y axes such that all property ratios are reasonably
well-represented on the graph (i.e., variation of y spans reasonable range of the
corresponding y axis)
➢ appropriate axes labels, and
➢ legends indicating the corresponding parameters of each line on the plot.
3. The function must save the plot in (2) as .fig file in the directory c:\Temp\2103-566.
4. The function must save the plot in (2) as .jpg file in the directory c:\Temp\2103-566.

Submission
1. For Problems 1-2, the problems are to be submitted as both paper in class and uploaded to 2103-566
CourseVille.
2. For Problem 3,
a. Paper: The example of the resulting plot for the range of M, 0  M  2 or 3 is to be
submitted in paper form in class.
b. CourseVille:
i. The .m file, and
ii. the example of the resulting plot saved as .jpg file for the range of M, 0  M  2 ,
are to be uploaded to 2103-566 CourseVille.