Question: Problem 1 : A nozzle with circular cross - section is connected to a large reservoir of air at p 0 and T 0 .

Problem 1: A nozzle with circular cross-section is connected to a large reservoir of air at p0 and T0. At the nozzle inlet the Mach number is 0.5 and the inlet radius is 20 cm. The nozzle outlet velcity is sonic. The edges of the nozzle are straight, having an angle of 10\deg with the
horizontal (e.g. the radius decreases linearly with x ).
a. Determine the area distribution for the nozzle. e.g. find A(x).
b. Determine the Mach number variation in the nozzle. e.g. compute M (x ). In order to do that, you will have to solve
A A2=1 M22 +11+ 12 M2 +1/1
Using a simple Newton-Raphson technique, express Equation (1) as a function of Mach number, f(M). Then take the derivative, df/dM. The Newton-Raphson technique makes a new Mach number estimate based on an old estimate as
M_new = M_old f(M_old)/(df/dM (M_old))
when Mnew and Mold are sufficently close, you have determined the Mach number. Include sufficient details of your solution procedure and clearly state your acceptance threshold
c. Plot M (x ), T(x ) and p(x ) vs. the length of the nozzle for a reservoir temperature of 400 K and reservoir pressures of 250 kPa, 500 kPa and 750 kPa.
Problem 1 : A nozzle with circular cross -

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