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Basics of Fluid Mechanics, 2014a

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456 CHAPTER 11. COMPRESSIBLE FLOW ONE DIMENSIONAL<br />

11.7.7 The Pressure Ratio, P 2 / P 1 , effects<br />

In this section the studied parameter is the variation <strong>of</strong> the back pressure and thus, the<br />

pressure ratio (P 2 / P 1 ) variations. For very low pressure ratio the flow can be assumed<br />

as incompressible with exit Mach number smaller than < 0.3. As the pressure ratio<br />

increases (smaller back pressure, P 2 ), the exit and entrance Mach numbers increase.<br />

According to Fanno model the value <strong>of</strong> 4 fL<br />

D<br />

is constant (friction factor, f, is independent<br />

<strong>of</strong> the parameters such as, Mach number, Reynolds number et cetera) thus the<br />

flow remains on the same Fanno line. For cases where the supply come from a reservoir<br />

with a constant pressure, the entrance pressure decreases as well because <strong>of</strong> the increase<br />

in the entrance Mach number (velocity).<br />

Again a differentiation <strong>of</strong> the feeding is important to point out. If the feeding<br />

nozzle is converging than the flow will be only subsonic. If the nozzle is “converging–<br />

diverging” than in some part supersonic flow is possible. At first the converging nozzle<br />

is presented and later the converging-diverging nozzle is explained.<br />

ΔP<br />

P 1 P 2<br />

a shock in<br />

the nozzle<br />

fully subsoinic<br />

flow<br />

P 2<br />

P 1<br />

critical point a<br />

critical point c<br />

critical point b<br />

critical point d<br />

4fL<br />

D<br />

Fig. -11.28. The pressure distribution as a function <strong>of</strong> 4 fL<br />

D<br />

for a short<br />

4 fL<br />

D .

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