3.1.9 · D1 · Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics › Converging nozzle — subsonic flow, Mach 1 at exit
Ek converging nozzle ek aisi pipe hai jo narrow hoti jaati hai, aur gas usme se squeeze hokar speed pakadti hai — lekin ek hard ceiling hai, yaani speed of sound , jise exit pe gas kabhi exceed nahi kar sakti. Yeh samajhne ke liye ki kyun aisa hota hai, hume sirf yeh track karna hai ki jaise gas accelerate hoti hai, chaar properties (pressure, temperature, density, aur speed) aapas me kaise trade off karti hain, aur yeh jaanna hai ki "top speed" is baat se set hoti hai ki pressure change gas me kitni tez travel kar sakti hai.
Yeh page kuch bhi assume nahi karta . Parent derivation touch karne se pehle, uske har letter ka matlab kuch aisa hona chahiye jo aap picture kar sako. Hum unhe ek ek karke banate hain, har ek pichle ke upar. Jahan aap koi link dekhein jaise Isentropic Flow Relations , woh baad ke liye ek deeper vault note hai — is page ko padhne ke liye aapko uski zaroorat nahi.
Is topic ki har cheez ek hi picture ke andar hoti hai: ek bada tank jisme still gas bhari hai aur woh ek narrowing pipe ke through khule hawa me khali ho rahi hai.
Yeh picture apne dimaag me rakho. Neeche diya har symbol iske kisi na kisi hisse ka label hai.
==Pressure p == woh push per unit area hai jo gas apne touch karne wali kisi bhi surface par lagaati hai. Socho ki gas ke countless tiny molecules ek wall par drum ki tarah baar baar marte hain; jitna zyada aur jitni baar woh hit karein, utna zyada pressure.
Picture: arrows jo ek wall ke andar ki taraf point kar rahe hain, tight pack hue = high p , sparse = low p .
Topic ko kyun chahiye: poori kahaani ek pressure difference se drive hoti hai. Tank me high pressure, bahar low pressure — gas high se low ki taraf flow karti hai, aur yeh kitna accelerate hota hai yeh poori tarah is difference par depend karta hai.
Units: pascals (Pa) ya kilopascals (kPa). 1 kPa = 1000 Pa .
Definition Temperature aur density
==Temperature T == yeh measure karta hai ki molecules average par kitni tez jiggle karte hain. Zyada jiggling = garam = high T . Kelvin (K) me measure hota hai, jo absolute zero (bilkul bhi jiggle nahi) se shuru hota hai, isliye T kabhi negative nahi hota.
==Density ρ == (Greek letter "rho", bolo "roe") hai har cubic metre me pack ki hui mass . Molecules paas paas cramped = high ρ ; spread out = low ρ . Units: kg/m 3 .
Intuition Teen dials kyun, ek kyun nahi
Ek gas parcel ke paas teen cheezein hain jo flow karte waqt change ho sakti hain: kitna zyada push karta hai (p ), kitna garam hai (T ), aur kitna crowded hai (ρ ). Yeh independent nahi hain — gas ko squeeze karo (raise ρ ) aur woh garam ho jaayegi aur zyada push karegi. Unhe aapas me jodhne wala rule agla hai.
==V == gas ki khud ki speed hai — poori stream pipe ke neeche kitni tez ja rahi hai, metres per second me. Still tank me V = 0 ; narrow exit par V bada hota hai.
Hum yeh Greek symbols bhi milenge, isliye abhi unhe bolna seekho:
Symbol
Bolo
Matlab
ρ
"roe"
density
γ
"gamma"
heat-capacity ratio (§7)
m ˙
"m-dot"
mass flow rate (§8)
m ˙ ke upar chhota dot hamesha "per second" matlab hai — ek rate .
Yeh poore show ka star hai, isliye isse ek figure milti hai.
Definition Speed of sound
==a == woh speed hai jis par ek chhoti si pressure disturbance (push ka ek "nudge") gas me travel karti hai — literally us gas me us waqt sound ki speed. Yeh temperature par depend karta hai:
a = γ R T
Picture: taali bajao; "kisine hawa ko dhakka diya" ka message speed a par bahar ki taraf daudta hai. Garam gas me molecules pehle se hi tez move kar rahe hain, isliye woh message ko zyada tez relay karte hain — a T ke saath badhta hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye — is page par sabse gehra reason: pressure change hi woh tarika hai jisse downstream duniya upstream gas ko "room hai, zyada tez aao" bataati hai. Woh message sirf speed a par travel kar sakta hai. Agar gas pehle se a par move kar rahi hai, toh message kabhi upstream ladh nahi sakta. Yahi choking ka poora mechanism hai.
a = γ R T ki poori derivation ke liye Speed of Sound dekhein.
M = 1 ek fixed speed hai jaise 340 m/s."
Kyun sahi lagta hai: humne school me "sound 340 m/s hai" yaad kiya tha.
Fix: a = γ R T local temperature par depend karta hai. Exit gas jo thandi hai (T ∗ = 250 K air ke liye 300 K se), usme M = 1 sirf lagbhag 317 m/s hai. M hamesha local sound speed se compare kiya jaata hai, kisi ek fixed number se nahi.
Definition Heat-capacity ratio
==γ == (gamma) ek single number hai jo yeh describe karta hai ki jab aap gas ko quickly compress karte ho toh gas kaise respond karti hai. Air ke liye, γ = 1.4 .
Picture: gas ko ek spring ki tarah socho. γ set karta hai ki woh spring kitni "stiff" hai — jab aap volume squeeze karte ho toh temperature aur pressure kitna jump karta hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: γ parent ke har formula me appear karta hai — a = γ R T me, pressure ratio me, magic number 0.528 me. Yeh "konsi gas hai" ka fingerprint hai.
Definition Stagnation conditions
==Stagnation properties p 0 , T 0 , ρ 0 == woh values hain jo gas ke paas rest me , flow shuru karne se pehle hoti hain — bade tank ke andar deep, jahan V = 0 hai. Subscript 0 ka matlab hamesha "rest par laaya gaya" hota hai.
Picture: reservoir tank ka shant interior, pipe se door, jahan kuch bhi move nahi kar raha.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: yeh known, fixed starting numbers hain. Har result inke ratio ke roop me express hota hai — p / p 0 , T / T 0 — kyunki ratios specific tank ko hata dete hain aur ek universal rule bacha dete hain.
Yeh samajhne ke liye ki ek moving parcel ke stagnation values kaise define hote hain, Stagnation Properties dekhein.
Definition Back pressure aur starred (critical) values
==Back pressure p b == us room ka pressure hai jisme pipe dump karti hai — bahar ka atmosphere.
==Starred values p ∗ , T ∗ , ρ ∗ == (bolo "p-star") woh properties hain jab exactly M = 1 exit par ho. Star hamesha sonic (choked) condition tag karta hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: poora behaviour p b (bahar ki demand for flow) aur p ∗ (nozzle ki built-in sonic limit) ke beech ek contest hai. Jab p b p ∗ se neeche girta hai, toh nozzle "lock" ho jaata hai.
Definition Mass flow rate
==m ˙ == ("m-dot") har second ek cross-section se guzarne wale gas ke kilograms hain:
m ˙ = ρ A V
jahan A us point par pipe ki cross-sectional area hai.
Picture: pipe me ek imaginary hoop se har second phisalti hui mass gino. Denser gas (ρ ), wider hoop (A ), ya faster flow (V ) — teeno count badhate hain.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: "choking" define hoti hai jab m ˙ ek ceiling hit karta hai. Poore peak-at-M = 1 argument ke liye Mass Flow Rate & Choking dekhein.
Definition Isentropic flow
Isentropic = adiabatic (pipe walls ke paas se koi heat cross nahi karti) aur reversible (koi friction nahi, koi shock losses nahi). Yeh "idealised, lossless" flow hai.
Picture: gas ek perfectly smooth, perfectly insulated pipe me glide kar rahi hai — kuch bhi waste nahi, kuch bhi leak nahi.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: sirf is assumption ke under hi p , T , ρ clean power-law relations se aapas me locked rehte hain. Parent derivation ka har step quietly is word par rely karta hai. Agar ek shock aaye, toh isentropy toot jaaye — Normal Shock Waves dekhein.
perfect gas law p = rho R T
critical star values at M = 1
choking and mass flow ceiling
Ise upar se neeche padho: teen dials gas law ko feed karte hain; temperature aur γ sound speed set karte hain; sound speed aur velocity M define karte hain; isentropy aur reservoir values milke pressure ratios dete hain; M = 1 set karne se starred values milti hain; aur woh, back pressure ke against, choking produce karte hain.
Right side cover karo aur out loud jawab do. Agar koi bhi jawab fuzzy lage, toh parent derivation se pehle woh section dobara padho.
Pressure p physically kya measure karta hai? Molecules ke kisi surface se takrane se aane wali push (force) per unit area.
Density ρ kya measure karta hai, aur ise kaise bolta hain? Mass per cubic metre; bolo "roe".
Perfect-gas law batao aur R kya karta hai. p = ρR T ; R specific gas constant hai jo density aur temperature ko pressure me convert karta hai (air ke liye 287 J/kg·K).
Speed of sound a symbols me kya hoti hai? Choking ke liye speed of sound kyun matter karta hai? Pressure "messages" a par travel karte hain; M = 1 par woh upstream nahi ja sakte, isliye flow ko tez hone ke liye nahi kaha ja sakta.
Mach number M define karo. M = V / a , flow speed divided by local speed of sound.
Kya M = 1 hamesha ek hi physical speed hoti hai? Nahi — a local temperature par depend karta hai, isliye M = 1 T ke saath badalta hai.
γ kya represent karta hai, aur air ke liye iska value?Heat-capacity ratio (gas ki "stiffness"); air ke liye γ = 1.4 .
Subscript 0 ka kya matlab hai? Stagnation / reservoir value — jab gas rest par ho (V = 0 ) tab ki property.
Ek starred quantity jaise p ∗ ka kya matlab hai? Jab exactly M = 1 ho (choked/sonic condition) tab uski value.
p b kya hai?Back pressure — us environment ka pressure jisme nozzle exhaust karta hai.
Mass flow rate ko ρ , A , V ke terms me likho. m ˙ = ρ A V .
"Isentropic" ka kya matlab hai? Adiabatic (koi heat exchange nahi) aur reversible (koi friction/shock nahi) — lossless flow.