5 Compressible Flow
Tdsdhdp
derived from Eq. (2.5.15). As shown in Fig. 5.8(a) and (b),
at 1
the entropy
reaches the maximum, yielding the flow character-
istics for
1
2
!kM as follows
0!
dh
ds
, 1!
(supersonic)
0
dh
ds
, 1
(sonic)
0
dh
ds
, 11 Mk (subsonic)
It is readily confirmed that at
kM 1
, the enthalpy becomes maximum
and for
11 Mk ,
dsdh
is negative, while everything other than this
region
dsdh
is positive. In Rayleigh flows, as indicated by the Rayleigh
line, the increase of entropy is due to heat given from outside the system,
since no friction is assumed. Therefore, in comparison with the Fanno flow,
which is represented by the Fanno line, self-heating of a compressible flow
has an effect to encourage the flow to reach 1
, and this implicitly
suggests the friction effect of the Fanno flow.
As we will see later in this chapter, a normal shock is characterized
with the mass continuity equation, the momentum equation and the energy
equation. Thus, the thermodynamic states represented at points (1) and (2)
in Fig. 5.8(a) and (b), where the Fanno and Rayleigh lines across for a
given mass flux
G
, satisfy the three equations for a normal shock. This
fact represents that through the occurrence of the normal shock the entropy
increases from points (1) to (2) of the thermodynamic states behind and
ahead of the normal shock respectively.
5.4 Normal Shock Waves
In a Laval tube, as studied in the previous section, when the exit pressure
is well below the reservoir pressure, there is a discontinuity in pressure as
observed in Fig. 5.5(a) and (b). The discontinuity of pressure, density and
temperature that occurs in the direction of compressible flow is a promi-
nent feature of normal shock. Also for the points where Fanno and
Rayleigh lines cross, there is an entropy increase as verified in Fig. 5.8(a)
and (b). The points (1) and (2) in Fig. 5.8(a) and (b) meet the following
conditions
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