Exercise
number at point (1) should be lower, for example, with reference to Fig.
5.20
)(1(1)
c
o
, when followed by the Rayleigh-line flow, while
01
T
is
kept constant. In this situation, the mass flow rate drops, compared to that
of the original state.
0201
TT
, Mach number relation (for
4.1 k
In this case, if the Mach number at point (1) is supersonic 1
1
!M and a
section of the tube is heated, the Mach number at the exist of a tube, where
002
TT , becomes the sonic 1
2
M , leading the flow thermally chocked.
Figure 5.21 is a plot of Eq. (16) for air
4.1 k . As the section is heated
from a total temperature of
01
T with supersonic flow
1
M at the point (1),
the Mach number
along the tube decreases to point (2). If there is a
normal shock wave that exists in a section of the tube, the Mach number
jumps to a state of
)(2
c
, where the Mach number behind the shock wave is
subsonic. From )(2
c
, the Mach number again increases toward the exit,
where the Mach number is in unity. When the heating is high enough, the
shock wave is formed further upstream, i.e. shifting (2) to further high
Mach numbers and resulting in
)(2
c
to a further lower Mach number to-
ward the point (1), where the heating is originally started in the section of
the tube.
In engineering practice of observing shock wave formation, a higher
heating of the section of the tube may shift the shock wave to the throat of
a Laval nozzle, in which the shock disappears. As it has been verified, it is
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