Question: A rocket motor is fitted with a converging - diverging nozzle which has a ratio of exit to throat area of 4 . 0 .

A rocket motor is fitted with a converging-diverging nozzle which has a ratio of exit to throat area of 4.0. The exhaust gases are generated in a combustion chamber with a stagnation pressure of 1750 kPa, and a stagnation temperature of 2600 K. Assuming that the flow inside the nozzle is isentropic, and that the flow at the exit is supersonic,
a) determine the mass flow rate out of the rocket in kg/s, if the throat area is 0.32 m2.
(Assume atmospheric pressure =101.325 kPa, \gamma =1.4 and R =287.1 J/(kgK).)

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