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2nd YEAR FLUIDS / COMPRESSIBLE FLOW

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- A " STAGNATION SPEED OF SOUND " MAY ALSO BE DEFINED AS :

       (3.18)



   (3.19)

- EQUATIONS (3.16) TO (3.19), ARE THE BASIC EQUATIONS USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF ISENTROPIC COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS


- THE DIAGRAM BELOW SHOWS THE GRAPHS OF

EQUATIONS (3.16), (3.18) AND (3.19).

 

EQUATION (3.18) CAN ALSO BE USED TO DETERMINE WHEN A FLOW BECOMES COMPRESSIBLE :


FLOW COMPRESSIBLE WHEN < 0.95o



 

 

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