The mass flow through a convergent – divergent nozzle is maximum...
Choked flow is a limiting condition where the mass flow will not increase with a further decrease in the downstream pressure environment while upstream pressure is fixed.
For chocked flow in convergent – divergent nozzle, Mach number at throat is equal to 1 and the pressure at throat is equal to the critical pressure.
Critical pressure ratio for a choked nozzle:
Where p* is the critical pressure and p
0 is the inlet pressure
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The mass flow through a convergent – divergent nozzle is maximum...
The mass flow through a convergent nozzle can be calculated using the continuity equation, which states that the mass flow rate is constant for an incompressible fluid.
The continuity equation is given by:
A1 * V1 = A2 * V2
where A1 and A2 are the cross-sectional areas of the nozzle at the inlet and outlet, respectively, and V1 and V2 are the velocities of the fluid at the inlet and outlet, respectively.
In a convergent nozzle, the area decreases as the fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet, and therefore the velocity increases. This means that A1 > A2 and V1 < v2.="" />
To calculate the mass flow rate, we can rearrange the equation to solve for the velocity at the outlet:
V2 = (A1/A2) * V1
The mass flow rate (m_dot) is then given by:
m_dot = rho * A2 * V2
where rho is the density of the fluid.
Substituting the expression for V2, we get:
m_dot = rho * A2 * ((A1/A2) * V1)
Simplifying, we get:
m_dot = rho * A1 * V1
So, the mass flow rate through a convergent nozzle can be calculated by multiplying the density of the fluid by the cross-sectional area of the nozzle at the inlet (A1) and the velocity of the fluid at the inlet (V1).