TA6-Inlets Nozzles Combustor
TA6-Inlets Nozzles Combustor
TA6-Inlets Nozzles Combustor
1) A jet engine with a subsonic inlet in an aircraft flying at M=0.9 ingests an airflow of 100
kg/s through an inlet area of 3.07 m2. Adiabatic efficiency of the diffuser is 0.9 and the Mach
number of the flow entering the compressor is 0.4. Ambient temperature and pressure are 222
K and 9.57 kPa respectively.
a) Determine the ratio of the inlet static pressure (at entrance to the engine intake) to the
ambient pressure.
b) Determine the static pressure ratio across the internal diffuser.
c) What fraction of the inlet dynamic pressure is converted to static pressure in the intake?
[1.373, 1.08, 0.37]
2) A 2D supersonic diffuser shown below produces no net turning of the flow. Calculate the
overall stagnation pressure ratio across the diffuser for a flight Mach number of 3.0. Neglect
all the losses except those due to oblique and normal shock.
M=3
10°
[0.82]
3) During a static test, fluid enters the afterburner at a temperature of 900 K, pressure of
0.235 MPa and mass flow rate of 75 kg/s. Without afterburning, stagnation pressure loss
between afterburner entrance and exit is 3% and specific heat ratio is 1.33. With afterburner
operating, the exit stagnation temperature rises to 1800 K, stagnation pressure loss increases
to 8% and specific heat ratio drops to 1.29. In both the cases, nozzle is convergent and
choked. Determine the nozzle exit area without and with afterburner.
fraction of the inlet dynamic pressure is converted to static pressure in the intake
(P1-P2)/(0.5ρ1u12) = 0.37
Solution 2
Use charts or tables (If asked in exam, chart will be provided in question paper)
Deflection angle is always 10 degrees (including the one for the reflected wave)
(Note that the flow close to the wall is parallel to the wall although the rest of it gets deflected
by wedge angle. Hence the shock reflection happens as if there were a wedge of 10 degrees)
Using this strategy, the exit Mach number at different stations is estimated using the above
charts
M=3 3 5
4 6
1 2
10°
Station 1 2 3 4 5 6
Solution 3:
1 2
3
Afterburner
Exit of Afterburner
Choked nozzle M3 = 1
Without afterburner
A = m/(ρU) = 0.249 m2
With afterburner
T02 = T03 = 1800 K
A = m/(ρU) = 0.375 m2
Solution 4:
a 2 3
Diffuser CC Flame holders Nozzle
Exhaust jet
Fuel
supersonic
compression
Subsonic Combustion Expansion
compression
Ma = 4, Ta = 223 K, M2 = 0.3
𝑃2 1 + 𝛾𝑀23 𝑀3 𝑇2
= =
𝑃3 1 + 𝛾𝑀22 𝑀2 𝑇3
(1)
𝑇03
𝑇3 =
𝛾−1 2
1+ 𝑀3
2
Here, T03 is known and M3 is the only unknown. Solve for Mach number at the exit of the
combustion chamber iteratively
M3 = 0.705
Estimate P2/P3 from equation (1) as we know all the quantities on RHS
P03/P02 = 0.869