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1) The flow areas are constant at stations 4, 4.5, 6, 16, 6A, and 8 dry (afterburner
off).
2) The flow is choked at the high-pressure turbine entrance nozzles (choking
area 4), at the low-pressure turbine entrance nozzles (choking area 4.5), and at the
exhaust nozzle (station 8). Because the exhaust nozzle may unchoke at low throttle
settings and affect the fan operating line (see Fig. 7.E 10), the case of the unchoked
exhaust nozzle (station 8) is also included in this analysis.
3) The component efficiencies
(Of, OcL, OcH, Oh, OtH, rltL, 1TAB, OmL, rlml-l, ~]mPL,
and
rlmeH)
and total pressure ratios (rOb, Zrgmax,
rCaBary,
and rrn) do not change
from their design values.
4) Bleed air and cooling air fractions are constant. Power takeoffs are constant.
5) The air and combustion gases are modeled as perfect gases in thermody-
namic equilibrium, and their properties are based on the NASA Glenn thermo-
chemical data and the Gordon-McBride equilibrium algorithm reference, s
6) The simplifying gas model of a calorically perfect gas is included in the
analysis. It assumes that the gases are calorically perfect upstream and downstream
of the bumer and afterburner and values of gt,
Cpt, FAB, and CpZ B
do not vary with
throttle setting, but included is the variation of g and
Cp
due to mixing with bypass
ratio. For this model, fuel-air ratios f and
faB are
ignored when compared with
unity.
7) The exit
area A9
of the exhaust nozzle is adjustable so that the pressure ratio
Po/P9
can be set to a predetermined value.
8) The area at each engine station is constant. However the area of station 8
changes with the afterburner setting to maintain constant pressure at the mixer exit
or nozzle entrance.
9) The diffuser total pressure ratio, 7rd, is given by Eqs. (4.12a-4.12d).
5.2.3 Referencing and the Mass Flow Parameter (MFP)
Two techniques are worthy of discussion at this point to prepare the path for their
efficient and frequent use in the analysis to follow. The first is called referencing
and involves the use of reference point conditions to evaluate constants appearing
in equations for the dependent performance variables. The second exploits the mass
flow parameter, introduced in Sec. 1.9.3, to capitalize on the law of conservation
of mass.
Referencing.
The functional relations for engine cycle analysis are based on
the application of mass, energy, momentum, and entropy considerations to the
one-dimensional steady flow of a perfect gas at an engine reference or off-design
steady state operating point. Thus, if at any off-design point
f(r, zr) = constant
represents a relationship between the two performance variables r and Jr at a steady
state operating point, then the constant can be evaluated at the reference point, so
that
f(r, 7r) =
f(re,
ZrR) = constant