Exercises — Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves — isentropic, supersonic turning
3.1.16 · D4· Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics › Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves — isentropic, supersonic turni
Shuru karne se pehle, yeh toolbox dekh lo jo baar baar kaam aayegi. Har symbol parent note mein define kiya gaya tha; yeh bas woh shelf hai jahan se tum utha sakte ho.
Yahan Mach number hai (flow speed divided by local speed of sound), woh angle hai jitna wall flow se door mud jaati hai, static pressure hai, static temperature hai, aur subscript stagnation (rest par laaya gaya) value mark karta hai. Radians aur degrees dono neeche aate hain — main hamesha bataunga kaun sa, kyunki radians mein paida hota hai lekin degrees mein tabulate hota hai.
Figure s01 (L1 se pehle padho). Ek convex corner scale ke saath bana hua hai: incoming supersonic stream (teal, neeche left) wall se milti hai, jo door mud jaati hai ek angle se. Corner point se Mach lines ka fan khulta hai — do bold orange lines pehli (steep, par) aur aakhri (shallow) waves hain; thin plum lines intermediate waves hain. Doosri taraf teal arrow dikhata hai ki flow faster nikl rahi hai () aur naye wall direction mein turn ho gayi hai. L1–L3 ke har problem mein is geometry ka reference hai, isliye abhi isko yaad kar lo: pehli wave steep, aakhri wave shallow, flow speed up hoti hai.

Level 1 — Recognition
Recall Solution L1.1
Parent note ka mnemonic hai "Expand = Away = Add."
- badhta hai — flow accelerate hoti hai (expansion ka yahi poora point hai).
- ghatta hai — static pressure drop hoti hai jab internal energy kinetic energy ban jaati hai.
- ghatta hai — gas cool hoti hai usi reason se.
- : jab badhta hai, ghatta hai, isliye ghatta hai — waves downstream shallower hoti jaati hain.
Yeh kaisa dikhta hai: figure s01 mein bold orange pehli wave steep hai aur bold orange aakhri wave shallow hai — wave angle ka yeh visible shrinkage hi ka decrease hai, aur entry arrow se teal exit arrow ka lamba hona hi ka increase hai.
Recall Solution L1.2
Tool 1 use karo: . kyun? Hum ratio jaante hain aur poochhte hain "kaun sa angle hai jiska sine yeh hai?" — yahi (inverse sine) answer karta hai.
Recall Solution L1.3
False. Fan isentropic hota hai — infinitesimally weak Mach waves ka ek continuum, jisme se har ek entropy contribute karta hai . Kyunki entropy constant hai, constant hai. (Oblique shock waves se compare karo, jahan sach mein girta hai — dekho Entropy and the second law.)
Level 2 — Application
Recall Solution L2.1
ke saath: , isliye , aur uska reciprocal . Aur , isliye . Convert karte hain: . Pehle radians kyun? Dono terms radians return karte hain; main sirf end mein convert karta hun taaki dono pieces same footing par subtract hon.
Recall Solution L2.2
Tool 3: . Invert karo (given): . Add kyun karte hain? Expansion flow ko door turn karta hai, isliye hum add karte hain — corner aur "turning budget" spend karta hai, flow ko higher par push karta hai.
Recall Solution L2.3
use karo: Exponent kyun? . Pressure lagbhag tak aa gayi — expansion static pressure low karti hai, bilkul jaise predict kiya tha.
Level 3 — Analysis
Recall Solution L3.1
Kyunki by definition (sonic turning score ka zero hai), turn rule collapse ho jaata hai par, jise hum directly read karte hain. Invert karte hain: . Kaisa dikhta hai: fan ki bilkul pehli Mach wave par khadi hai — flow ke perpendicular — yeh sabse steep wave hai jo fan start kar sakta hai.
Recall Solution L3.2
Pehli wave: . Aakhri wave: . Lekin flow khud bhi se swing ho chuki hai. Mach lines local flow direction se measure hoti hain, isliye fan edges ki lab-frame angular spread hai subtract kyun? Aakhri wave par hai already-turned flow se, aur woh flow wall ki taraf rotate ho chuki hai. Original flow direction se measure karo toh aakhri edge par hai. Figure s02 teeno angles explicitly draw karta hai: teal arrow original flow hai, plum arrow turned flow hai ( se rotate, wall ki taraf), solid orange line pehli wave hai par, aur dashed orange line aakhri wave hai — orange lines ke beech ka gap hi boxed hai.

Recall Solution L3.3
Subtraction compression direction hai: yeh ko lower karta hai, isliye lower hota hai — flow mein ghus ke turn karna (shock family), expansion nahi. Convex corner ke liye add karna chahiye: (L2.2 jaisa hi). Rule of thumb: agar tumhara "expansion" ya deta hai, toh tumhara sign flipped hai.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Recall Solution L4.1
Step 1 — pressure match se nikalo. Kyunki fixed hai (isentropic), tool 4 use karo ke saath: ke saath: Step 2 — turning scores se nikalo. : ke saath, , Ab hai, isliye product hai (na ki — woh multiplication dhyan se karo): Phir . Yeh order kyun? Pressure condition downstream state fix karta hai; turning score difference phir batata hai ki jet boundary kitna swing hoti hai. Dekho Nozzle design and overexpansion.
Recall Solution L4.2
Turning scores simply accumulate hote hain kyunki ek common origin (sonic) se define hota hai: Invert karo: . Hum dono angles add kyun kar sakte hain? Har fan isentropic hai aur ek hi share karta hai, isliye intermediate state alag se compute karne ki zaroorat nahi — sirf total turn matter karta hai. Yeh Method of characteristics ka discrete cousin hai.
Recall Solution L4.3
Gas apne temperature (kelvin mein) ke lagbhag tak cool hoti hai — modest, kyunki turn sirf hai. Kyunki fan isentropic hai, yeh drop puri tarah recoverable hai: flow ko wapas rest par lao aur unchanged wapas aata hai.
Level 5 — Mastery
Recall Solution L5.1
Jab : , isliye dono terms approach karti hain:
=\frac{\pi}{2}\left(\sqrt{\frac{\gamma+1}{\gamma-1}}-1\right).$$ $\gamma=1.4$ ke liye: $\dfrac{\pi}{2}(\sqrt6-1)=\dfrac{\pi}{2}(1.4495)=2.2769\ \text{rad}=\boxed{130.45^\circ}$. **Interpretation:** sonic se shuru karke tum stream ko kabhi $\approx130.5^\circ$ se zyada nahi mod sakte. Us se aage gas ko infinite Mach number aur **zero** static pressure chahiye hogi — perfect vacuum mein expansion. Koi bhi aur wall turn sirf flow aur wall ke beech ek vacuum void chhod deta hai.Recall Solution L5.2
Likho jahan , , . Differentiate kyun karte hain? ko integrate karke bana tha; closed form sahi hai ya nahi iska ek honest check yahi hai ki derivative wapas chalao aur same integrand milta hai ya nahi.
use karke:
Second term. , aur , isliye
First term. Maano hai isliye , , aur . Tab
=\frac{k\sqrt{c}\,M}{\sqrt{M^2-1}\,\big(1+c(M^2-1)\big)}.$$ Note karo $k\sqrt{c}=\sqrt{\tfrac{\gamma+1}{\gamma-1}}\sqrt{\tfrac{\gamma-1}{\gamma+1}}=1$, aur $1+c(M^2-1)=\dfrac{(\gamma+1)+(\gamma-1)(M^2-1)}{\gamma+1}=\dfrac{2+(\gamma-1)M^2}{\gamma+1} =\dfrac{2}{\gamma+1}\big(1+\tfrac{\gamma-1}{2}M^2\big)$. Isliye pehla term ban jaata hai $$\frac{M}{\sqrt{M^2-1}}\cdot\frac{\gamma+1}{2\big(1+\frac{\gamma-1}{2}M^2\big)}.$$ **Subtract karo.** Ek common factor $\dfrac{1}{M\sqrt{M^2-1}}$ bahar nikaalne ke baad (pehla term $M$ ke upar likh ke), algebra collapse ho jaata hai $$\frac{d\nu}{dM}=\frac{\sqrt{M^2-1}}{M\big(1+\frac{\gamma-1}{2}M^2\big)},$$ bilkul wahi integrand. **Yahi woh confirmation hai jo reviewer chahta tha**: closed form sach mein antiderivative hai. Numerically $M=2$, $\gamma=1.4$ par: $$\frac{d\nu}{dM}=\frac{\sqrt3}{2(1.8)}=\frac{1.7321}{3.6}=\boxed{0.4811\ \text{rad}}.$$ (Poori symbolic simplification VERIFY mein machine-checked hai.)Recall Solution L5.3
— pehli Mach wave flow ke normal hai. Yeh geometric edge case hai, failure nahi: finite aur well-defined hai, aur jab , isliye se smoothly niklata hai (zero slope ke saath). Flow bas apna pehla kuch turning right-angle wave se start karke build up karti hai. Yeh figure s02 mein sabse baayeen, vertical solid-orange wave hai.
Recall Solution L5.4
, isliye . Helium ko sonic se maximum hi mod sakte hain — air ke se kaafi kam. Kyun? Bada matlab stiffer gas (per unit temperature kam internal energy), isliye ek given expansion ke liye kam speed available hai, total turn limit ho jaata hai.
Recall Jaane se pehle ek-line self-check
Expansion ⇒ add karo, , , , , fixed. Agar inme se koi bhi ulta aaya, apna sign dobara check karo.