Exercises — Hypersonic flow — Mach 5+, high temperature effects
3.1.27 · D4· Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics › Hypersonic flow — Mach 5+, high temperature effects
Symbols jo hum reuse karte hain (saare parent mein defined hain):
- — Mach number, flow kitni baar sound se faster move karta hai.
- — temperature par gas mein speed of sound.
- — ratio of specific heats, , jahan active "energy storage drawers" (degrees of freedom) count karta hai.
- — stagnation temperature, gas ko rest mein laane par jo temperature milti.
- — pressure coefficient, pressure rise ko stream ke "dynamic push" ke units mein measure kiya gaya.
Level 1 — Recognition
L1.1 Kya ye hypersonic hai?
Ek aircraft se wali air mein aur ke saath fly kar raha hai. compute karo. Kya flow hypersonic hai?
Recall Solution
WHAT: speed of sound nikalo, phir divide karo. WHY: "hypersonic" se define hota hai, isliye humein chahiye.
Kyunki , flow hypersonic hai. Real-gas heating ab matter karne lagti hai.
L1.2 Stagnation temperature, cold-gas estimate
Usi flight ke liye (, , ), calorically-perfect formula use karke estimate karo.
Recall Solution
WHAT: parent note ki boxed stagnation-temperature ratio mein numbers plug karo. WHY: ye stream ki kinetic energy ko ek temperature mein convert karta hai jo wall feel karegi agar gas adiabatically ruk jaye.
Ye already ~800 K vibration threshold se upar hai aur O dissociation ke paas — perfect-gas number sirf ek upper estimate hai.
Level 2 — Application
L2.1 Inclined face par Newtonian pressure
Ek flat surface hypersonic stream se par inclined hai. Newtonian impact theory, , use karke iska pressure coefficient nikalo.

Recall Solution
WHAT: ko Newtonian formula mein substitute karo. WHY this tool: parent note ne dikhaya ki ek thin shock layer mein, particles wall ke normal direction mein apna momentum simply kho dete hain; sirf flow se inclination matter karta hai, isliye ko ya ki zaroorat nahi. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: figure mein, plate ke perpendicular sirf velocity component (laal arrow) impact par destroy hoti hai; parallel part slide karta rehta hai.
L2.2 Density ratio ceiling
Normal shock ke across jab , density ratio ceiling tak pahunchi hai. Cold air () aur dissociated air () ke liye ye ceiling evaluate karo.
Recall Solution
WHAT: har ko limiting ratio mein plug karo. WHY: parent note explain karta hai ki ye Rankine–Hugoniot Relations se aata hai jahan aur mass conservation hoti hai.
Cold air: Dissociated air:
Real-gas girta hai, ratio double se bhi zyada ho jata hai, aur shock layer body ke against aur bhi thin squeeze ho jati hai. Dekho Normal and Oblique Shock Waves.
Level 3 — Analysis
L3.1 Real gas temperature kyun lower karta hai
, par, calorically-perfect stagnation temperature () ko ek real-gas estimate se compare karo jo effective use karta hai (energy vibration aur dissociation mein drain ho rahi hai). kis factor se girta hai?
Recall Solution
WHAT: do baar compute karo, ek baar har ke liye, aur ratio lo. WHY: parent ka steel-man warn karta tha ki vibration aur bond-breaking energy soakh lete hain, isliye lower same kinetic energy ke liye smaller temperature rise model karta hai.
Perfect gas: Effective: Drop factor:
Naive tables temperature rise ko roughly do guna overpredict karte hain. Yahi exact reason hai ki thermal-protection design Real Gas Thermodynamics & Dissociation use karni chahiye, na ki calorically-perfect Stagnation Properties & Isentropic Relations.
L3.2 Degrees of freedom bookkeeping
Moderate temperature par air mein hota hai. Jab vibration fully activate hoti hai, girke ho jata hai. use karke, har case mein effective degrees of freedom nikalo aur confirm karo ki vibration ne expected amount add kiya.
Recall Solution
WHAT: ko invert karke pao. WHY: active "storage drawers" count karta hai. Rearrange karne se pata chalta hai kitne open hain.
Cold air: (3 translational + 2 rotational — bina vibration ke ek diatomic molecule.)
Vibrating air:
se badhkar approximately ho gaya: ek vibrational mode two half- pieces contribute karta hai (kinetic + oscillator ka potential), yaani , jo parent note ki table entry se match karta hai (, ).
Level 4 — Synthesis
L4.1 Angle of attack par flat plate ki lift
Ek flat plate Mach 8 par, angle of attack se fly kar rahi hai. Newtonian theory use karke: (a) windward nikalo; (b) leeward nikalo; (c) normal-force coefficient nikalo; (d) lift coefficient nikalo. Mach number ke role par comment karo.

Recall Solution
WHAT: har face par apply karo, phir lift/normal directions par project karo. WHY the geometry (figure): windward face stream se par inclined hai; leeward face shadow mein hai. Pressure ko body-normal par aur phir vertical par project karne se normal force aur lift milti hai.
(a) Windward: (b) Leeward (shadow): . (c) Normal force: (d) Lift:
Comment: kahin bhi appear nahi kiya. Yahi Mach-independence principle hai: high hypersonic Mach numbers par aerodynamic coefficients par depend karna band kar dete hain. Geometry rule karta hai.
L4.2 Stagnation heating aur nose radius
Stagnation heat flux scale karta hai, jahan nose radius hai. Capsule A ka hai; ek sharp probe B ka hai. ka ratio kya hai? Interpret karo.
Recall Solution
WHAT: scaling law ka ratio banao. WHY: parent note argue karta hai ki blunt bodies re-entry mein isliye survive karti hain kyunki heating bade nose radius ke saath girti hai. Dekho Boundary Layers & Aerodynamic Heating.
Sharp probe blunt capsule se approximately 7 guna zyada stagnation heat flux suffer karta hai — yahi vivid quantitative reason hai ki capsules round hoti hain aur Shuttle ka belly blunt tha.
Level 5 — Mastery
L5.1 Measured density ratio se effective reverse-engineer karna
Ek hypersonic experiment ek limiting normal-shock density ratio measure karta hai (6 ki ceiling se kaafi zyada). Effective deduce karo jo real, partly dissociated gas describe karta hai, aur effective degrees of freedom nikalo.
Recall Solution
WHAT: ko invert karke solve karo. WHY: density ratio ka ek direct, measurable fingerprint hai; kyunki real-gas chemistry lower karti hai, ek high ratio humein batata hai ki chemistry kitni far progress hui hai.
Maano . Toh Degrees of freedom:
Gas aise behave karta hai jaise uske ~11 active degrees of freedom hain — cold diatomic air ke 5 se kaafi zyada — jo vibration fully excited plus dissociation ke chemical storage kholne se consistent hai.
L5.2 Full re-entry temperature chain
Ek capsule se , , wali air mein enter karta hai. (a) nikalo. (b) Calorically-perfect nikalo. (c) Real gas energy dissociation mein dump karta hai isliye actual peak temperature sirf ambient se perfect-gas rise ka hai. Real peak temperature estimate karo aur batao ki wahan kaunse real-gas effects active hain.
Recall Solution
WHAT & WHY: tools chain karo — speed of sound se Mach, boxed ratio se stagnation temperature, phir real-gas energy absorption ke liye downward correct karo.
(a) Speed of sound aur Mach:
(b) Perfect-gas stagnation temperature:
(c) Ambient se upar rise . Real rise , isliye ~10,000 K par, air fully dissociated aur ionizing hai — plasma form hoti hai, jisse re-entry communications blackout hoti hai. Perfect-gas 24,650 K physically impossible hai; energy instead broken bonds aur free electrons mein lock ho jaati hai. Dekho Real Gas Thermodynamics & Dissociation.
Recall Self-test recap
Kaun sa formula Mach-independent hai? ::: Newtonian pressure coefficient — sirf geometry. High measured density ratio low kyun imply karta hai? ::: Kyunki badhta hai jab ghatta hai; real-gas chemistry ko lower karti hai. Kaun si conserved quantity fix rehti hai jab temperature perfect-gas prediction se neeche girta hai? ::: Total enthalpy (energy) — ye sirf internal/chemical modes mein redistribute ho jaati hai.