Question: ( 2 0 points ) Consider a low - speed open - circuit subsonic wind tunnel with an inlet - to - throat area ratio

(20 points) Consider a low-speed open-circuit subsonic wind tunnel with an inlet-to-
throat area ratio of 9. The tunnel is turned on, and the pressure difference between the
inlet (the settling chamber) and the test section is 4000 N/m2. The air density is 1.23
kg/m3. The static pressure in the test section is 98,000 Pa. Assume the flow can be treated
as incompressible and inviscid.
a. Calculate the velocity of the air in the test section.
b. Calculate the dynamic pressure in the test section.
c. What stagnation (total) pressure would be read by a Pitot-static probe placed in
the test section?
d. What stagnation (total) pressure would be read by a Pitot-static probe place in the
wind tunnel inlet (settling chamber)?

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