ME 411-Lecture 04
ME 411-Lecture 04
ME 411-Lecture 04
CHAPTER 4
ISENTROPIC FLOW
4.1 INTRODUCTION
From a one-dimensional point of wiev, the fluid properties in compressible flows are affected.
(i) changes in the cross-sectional area
(ii) friction
(iii) heat transfer
Therefore
(i) steady
(ii) one-dimensional
(iii) adiabatic
(iv) reveresible
flows with area change are studied.
These isentropic flows with area change are known as simple area change flows.
For external flows around bodies and internal flows through passage, there are stream tubes which lie
outside the boundary layer.
In these stream tubes, the effects of heat transfer are negligible and the flow may be treated as isentropic
Control volume
Fp
p1 p2
1 2
Flow V2
V1
direction h2
h1
A1 A2
1
2
a) Continuity Equation
For steady flows, mass flow rate is constant
For 1D flows, flow properties are uniform (constant) over each cross-section
1A1V1 2 A2V2
m
b) Momentum Equation
For frictionless flows
Fp p1A1 p2 A2 2 A2V22 1A1V12
where Fp is the pressure force acting on the side walls of the control volüme.
Control volume
Fp
p1 p2
1 2
Flow V2
V1
direction h2
h1
A1 A2
1
2
c) Energy Equation
When there is no heat transfer between the control volüme and its surroundings
V12 V22
h1 h2
2 2
s1 s2
e) Equation of State
p RT
p p Stagnation
Stagnation
Flow Flow state
state p0, T0
V V
p0, T0 h0, 0
h h
h0, 0
T T
The stagnation enthalpy has the same value for all states, which are reachable adiabatically from a
given static state, whether the deceleration process is reversible or not.
The stagnation enthalpy may be fixed by using the second law of thermodynamics
s0 s
The deceleration process, which is governed by first and second law of thermodynamics, can be
illustrated on a Mollier diagram.
h T
p0 p0
h0 T0
Stagnation Stagnation
state state
V2/2 V2/(2cp)
p p
h T
Static state Static state
s s
s = s0 s = s0