In: Mechanical Engineering
1. Air enters a converging-diverging nozzle with a total pressure of 1100 kPa and a total temperature of 127°C. The exit area to throat area ratio is 1.8. The throat area is 5 cm2. The velocity at the throat is sonic and the diverging section acts as a nozzle. Determine the following:
a. The mass flow rate
b. The exit pressure and temperature
c. The exit Mach number
d. The exit velocity
2. The converging-diverging nozzle now has a throat area of 100 mm2 and an exit area of 160 mm2. The inlet flow is helium at a total pressure of 1 MPa and total temperature of 102°C. Determine the back pressure that will give sonic condition at the throat, but subsonic everywhere else.