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flows
Introduc)on
to
Aeronau)cal
Engineering
Ir.
Nando
Timmer
• Isentropic
flow
• Isentropic
rela>ons
• Energy
equa>on
Isentropic
flow
• Adiaba>c
process:
• Reversible
process
No
fric2onal
or
dissipa2ve
effects
• Isentropic
process
Both
adiaba2c
and
reversible
Rela2onships
between
p,
T,
ρ
For
isentropic
flow
of
a
perfect
gas:
Ra2o
of
specific
heats
Now
define
the
ra>o
of
specific
heats:
For
air:
Isentropic
flow
Remember:
Isentropic
flow
(2)
Only
relevant
for
compressible
flow
Energy
equa2on
Physical
principle:
Energy
can
neither
be
created,
nor
destroyed.
For
fric>onless
flow
the
Euler
equa>on
gives:
Also
Energy
equa2on
(3)
Integra>ng
along
a
streamline:
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Energy
equa2on
(4)
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Summary
of
equa2ons