College of Engineering Adoor

(Managed By IHRD, A Govt. of Kerala

Undertaking)

B.Tech Degree VII Semester Second Internal Academic Year:

2019-2020
Examination November -2019
Slot: E Course Code & Name: ME 409 COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW

Duration: 1 Hr Max. Marks: 20

Course Outcomes:

ME409.01. To explain the fundamentals of gas dynamics, concept of Mach number, flow regimes, effect
of Mach number on compressibility, wave propagation, and methods for flow visualization &
measurements.
ME409.02. To utilize the basic fluid mechanics equations and thermodynamic relations to solve simple
compressible fluid flow problems.
ME409.03. To apply one-dimensional flow equations to isentropic flow processes through passages with
area change.
ME 409.04. To apply one dimensional flow equations to adiabatic flow through constant area duct with
fluid friction and heat transfer.
ME409.05. To apply the one dimensional flow equations to compressible flows encountered with
stationary normal and oblique shock waves.

PART A Marks CO Cognitive

Answer All the Questions level

1 Contrast between Fanno flow and Isothermal flow. 2 ME409.01 Understanding

2 Explain why shock is impossible in subsonic flow. 2 ME409.01 Understanding

3 Show a stationary normal shock wave on a h-s plane 2 ME409.01 Understanding

PART B
Answer All Questions
A circular duct passes 8.25 kg/s of air at an exit Mach
number of 0.5. The entry pressure and temperature are
3.45 bar and 38o C respectively and the mean coefficient
of friction 0.005. If the Mach number at the entry is 0.15,
4 6 ME409.04 Apply
determine i) diameter of the duct, ii) length of duct, iii)
pressure and temperature at exit and iv) stagnation
pressure loss. Utilize Fanno flow tables for air with ρ =1.4
and R=287 J/kg-K
Air enters a normal shock at 26 kPa, 230 K, and 815 m/s.
Utilize normal shock wave tables to calculate the
stagnation pressure and Mach number upstream of the ME409.05
5 shock, as well as pressure, temperature, velocity, Mach 4 Apply
number, and stagnation pressure downstream of the shock.
Calculate the entropy change of air across the normal
shock wave
Develop Prandtl-Meyer relation for stationary normal
6 4 ME409.05 Apply
shock.