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This document contains details of an examination for the course "Compressible Fluid Flow". It includes 14 questions divided into 3 parts - Part A contains 4 questions worth 10 marks each, Part B contains 4 questions worth 10 marks each, and Part C contains 6 questions worth 10 marks each. The questions cover various topics related to compressible fluid flow, including derivation of equations for sonic velocity, normal shock waves, oblique shock waves, Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, and working of instruments like shock tubes and supersonic wind tunnels. Students need to answer a certain number of questions from each part within the duration of 3 hours.

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CFF 2020 Sep

This document contains details of an examination for the course "Compressible Fluid Flow". It includes 14 questions divided into 3 parts - Part A contains 4 questions worth 10 marks each, Part B contains 4 questions worth 10 marks each, and Part C contains 6 questions worth 10 marks each. The questions cover various topics related to compressible fluid flow, including derivation of equations for sonic velocity, normal shock waves, oblique shock waves, Fanno flow, Rayleigh flow, and working of instruments like shock tubes and supersonic wind tunnels. Students need to answer a certain number of questions from each part within the duration of 3 hours.

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Reg No.:_______________ Name:__________________________


APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Seventh semester B.Tech examinations (S), September 2020

Course Code: ME409


Course Name: COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
Use of Gas table is permitted. Assume suitable value for missing data

PART A
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks. Marks
1 a) Derive an expression for sonic velocity in medium in terms of the ratio of (4)
specific heats and difference of specific heats of the medium.
b) Show that for air at sonic flow condition, the deviation between the (6)
compressible and incompressible flow values of the pressure coefficient of a
perfect gas is about 27.5 percent.
2 a) A Schlieren photograph showing a wave front by a bullet moving in air gave a (4)
Mach angle of 400. Find the speed of the bullet if the pressure and temperature
of atmosphere are 0.95 bar and 20C.
b) Derive steady flow adiabatic ellipse equation. Represent various flow regimes (6)
on steady flow adiabatic ellipse.
3 a) m To (4)
Find the maximum value of mass flow parameter for (i) air (ii) carbon
A po
dioxide at 273 K.

1  M 
b) dA dp (6)

2
Derive the relation for one-dimensional isentropic flow
c
2
A

4 A gas is isentropically expanded from a pressure of 10 bar and temperature of (10)


0
525 C in a nozzle to a pressure of 7.6 bar. If the rate of flow of the gas is 1.5
kg/s determine
i) pressure, temperature and velocity at the nozzle throat and exit
ii) maximum possible velocity attainable by the gas
iii) throat area
Take γ = 1.3 and R = 0.464 kJ/kgK

PART B

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Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.


5 a) Explain two situations where a normal shock wave is formed. (4)
b) Prove that a normal shock wave formation is impossible in subsonic region of a (6)
flow.
6 a) Explain the formation of oblique shock wave in a concave corner and (4)
expansion fan in convex corner.
b) A stationary normal shock occurs in an air stream when the pressure, (6)
temperature and Mach number are 80 kPa, 100 0C and 1.8 respectively.
Determine its density after the shock. Compare this value in an isentropic
compression through the same pressure ratio.
7 a) Differentiate between Fanno flow and isothermal flow. Give one practical (4)
example for Fanno flow and isothermal flow.
b) Derive the equation of a Fanno curve. Prove that at the maximum entropy point (6)
Mach number is unity.
8 a) Air enters, a long circular duct of diameter 12.5 cm and mean coefficient of (10)
friction 0.0045, at a Mach number of 0.5, pressure 3 bar and temperature 312
K. If the flow is adiabatic throughout the duct, determine
i) the length of the pipe required to change the Mach number to 0.7
ii) pressure and temperature of air at M=0.7
iii) the length of the pipe required to attain limiting Mach number
iv) pressure, temperature and Mach number at the limiting condition
PART C
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks.
9 a) What is Rayleigh flow? Explain Rayleigh flow with one practical case. (3)
b) What are the assumptions made in deriving equation for Rayleigh flow? Derive (6)
an equation describing a Rayleigh curve. Show that at maximum entropy point
the flow is sonic.
10 A combustion chamber in a gas turbine plant receives air at 350 K, 0.55 bar and (10)
75 m/s. The air-fuel ratio is 29 and the calorific value of fuel is 41.87 MJ/kg.
Determine i) initial and final Mach numbers
ii) final pressure, temperature and velocity of gas
iii) percentage of stagnation pressure loss in the combustion chamber
iv) maximum stagnation temperature attainable
11 The data at inlet to a ramjet engine combustion chamber employing a (10)

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hydrocarbon fuel are as follows: velocity of air-fuel mixture = 73 m/s, static


temperature = 333 K, static pressure = 0.55 bar. The heat of reaction of the
fuel-air mixture is 1400 kJ/kg. Assuming that the working fluid has the same
thermodynamic properties as air before and after combustion, calculate
i) the lost in stagnation pressure due to heat addition
ii) the maximum heat of reaction for which flow with the specified initial
conditions can be maintained.
12 a) When does a shadowgraph preferred over a Schlieren system in studying (4)
density effects? Mention the difference in principle of the two instruments.
b) With the help of a neat sketch explain the working of an interferometer. (6)
13 Explain the working of a shock tube with neat sketch. (10)
14 Describe with the aid of a schematic diagram the working of a closed circuit (10)
supersonic wind tunnel.
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