3.1.28 · Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics
Jab ek tez raftaar vehicle hawa mein ghusta hai, toh hawa bilkul surface par ruk jaati hai (no-slip).
Flow ki saari kinetic energy heat mein badal jaati hai. Isliye surface ko free-stream hawa se kaafi
zyada temperature "feel" hoti hai — yahi recovery temperature hai. Phir wall ya toh garam ho jaati hai,
ya agar aap use thanda karo, toh convective heat flux ke zariye heat bahar nikalti hai.
YEH KYUN MATTER KARTA HAI: Mach 6 par hawa ka "stagnation" temperature ~1600 K hota hai — itna zyada ki aluminium pighal jaaye.
Re-entry capsules, missiles aur SR-71-class jets sab isi ko manage karke zinda rehte hain.
Definition Stagnation (total) temperature
Agar aap ek chalti hui gas ko adiabatically rok dein, toh uski saari directed kinetic energy
internal energy mein convert ho jaati hai, aur temperature stagnation temperature T 0 tak badh jaati hai.
Derivation — energy equation se. Steady adiabatic flow mein jisme koi kaam nahi ho raha, total enthalpy conserve hoti hai:
h + 2 u 2 = h 0 = const
Yeh step kyun? Ek streamtube ke liye first law, jisme na heat add ho rahi hai aur na shaft work, kehta hai ki enthalpy aur kinetic energy conserve hoti hai. Perfect gas ke liye h = c p T , toh:
c p T + 2 u 2 = c p T 0 ⇒ T 0 = T ( 1 + 2 c p T u 2 )
Ab c p = γ − 1 γ R aur sound speed a 2 = γ R T use karo, M = u / a ke saath:
2 c p T u 2 = 2 γ R T u 2 ( γ − 1 ) = 2 ( γ − 1 ) a 2 u 2 = 2 γ − 1 M 2
Yeh step kyun? Hum sab kuch Mach number ke terms mein chahte hain, jo compressible flow ka natural variable hai.
T T 0 = 1 + 2 γ − 1 M 2
Intuition Boundary layer mein do competing effects
Patli boundary layer ke andar gas dheemi ho jaati hai (→ viscous dissipation se heating), lekin heat
sideways bhi conduct hoti hai. Yeh dono perfectly balance nahi karte. Toh wall (adiabatic, koi heat
nahi nikalti) ek temperature par settle hoti hai jo T aur T 0 ke beech mein hoti hai. Hum isse recovery temperature T r kehte hain.
Definition Recovery factor
r
r ≡ T 0 − T e T r − T e
jahan T e boundary-layer edge (≈ local free-stream) static temperature hai. r measure karta hai
ki kinetic energy ka kitna fraction wall heating ke roop mein "recover" hota hai .
Stagnation relation ke saath combine karne par adiabatic wall (recovery) temperature milti hai:
T r = T e ( 1 + r 2 γ − 1 M e 2 )
Yeh form kyun? T 0 − T e = T e 2 γ − 1 M e 2 se, r se multiply karo aur T e add karo.
r < 1 KYUN: P r < 1 matlab heat momentum se tez diffuse hoti hai, toh kuch dissipated heat near-wall region se nikal jaati hai pehle ki woh poori tarah "recover" ho sake.
Intuition Heat garam se thande ki taraf jaati hai — lekin kaunsa "garam"?
Driving temperature difference na T 0 − T w a l l hai aur na T e − T w a l l .
Yeh T r − T w a l l hai, kyunki T r wahi hai jo ek uncooled wall reach karti — woh sach muchi thermal
potential jis taraf gas wall ko push karta hai.
Definition Convective heat flux (Newton's law of cooling)
q ˙ w = h ( T r − T w )
h = convective heat-transfer coefficient [ W m − 2 K − 1 ] , T w = wall temperature.
Agar T w < T r : heat wall mein jaati hai (q ˙ w > 0 ) → wall garam hoti hai / cooling zaroori hai.
Agar T w = T r : adiabatic wall, zero net flux (yahi T r ko define karta hai).
Agar T w > T r : wall aslaan gas ko heat deti hai.
Worked example (a) Mach 3 jet ki recovery temperature altitude par
Diya hai M e = 3 , T e = 223 K (≈ 11 km), γ = 1.4 , turbulent toh r = P r 1/3 = 0.7 1 1/3 = 0.892 .
Step 1 — stagnation factor. 2 γ − 1 M 2 = 0.2 × 9 = 1.8 .
Kyun? Yeh full kinetic-energy heating fraction hai.
Step 2 — recovery apply karo. T r = 223 ( 1 + 0.892 × 1.8 ) = 223 ( 1 + 1.606 ) = 581 K .
r kyun use karo, 1 nahi? Wall dynamic temperature rise ka sirf ~89% recover karti hai.
Comparison ke liye T 0 = 223 ( 1 + 1.8 ) = 624 K. Toh T r , T 0 se thoda neeche hai. ✔
Worked example (b) Cooled wall mein heat flux
T r = 581 K, wall T w = 350 K par rakhi hai, h = 900 W m − 2 K − 1 .
Step 1. q ˙ w = h ( T r − T w ) = 900 × ( 581 − 350 ) = 900 × 231 .
T r − T w kyun? Adiabatic-wall temperature asli thermal driving potential hai.
Step 2. q ˙ w = 2.08 × 1 0 5 W/ m 2 = 208 kW/ m 2 .
Isliye active cooling/heat-shields bilkul zaroori hain. ✔
Worked example (c) Laminar vs turbulent recovery,
M = 6 , T e = 250 K
2 γ − 1 M 2 = 0.2 × 36 = 7.2 .
Laminar r = 0.71 = 0.843 : T r = 250 ( 1 + 6.07 ) = 1768 K.
Turbulent r = 0.892 : T r = 250 ( 1 + 6.42 ) = 1856 K.
Turbulent zyada garam kyun? Zyada r → zyada KE recover hoti hai AUR turbulence h badha deta hai, toh heat flux
aur bhi zyada jump karta hai (aksar 3–5×). Yeh step matter kyun karta hai: transition location TPS design ko dominate karta hai.
Common mistake "Wall stagnation temperature
T 0 tak pahunch jaati hai."
Yeh sahi kyun lagta hai: gas wall par ruk jaati hai (no-slip), toh zaroor T = T 0 hoga.
Fix: no-slip sirf bulk motion rokta hai, lekin conduction dissipated heat ko sideways leak kar deti hai
(P r < 1 ). Wall T r = T e ( 1 + r 2 γ − 1 M 2 ) par settle hoti hai jisme r < 1 hai, yaani T 0 se thoda neeche .
Common mistake "Heat flux driver
T 0 − T w hai."
Yeh sahi kyun lagta hai: T 0 aas paas ki sabse zyada temperature hai.
Fix: sahi potential T r − T w hai. T 0 use karne se heating overestimate hogi. Adiabatic
wall par T w = T r zero flux deta hai — sirf T r hi yeh consistent banata hai.
Common mistake "Wall ko cool karne se recovery temperature kam ho jaati hai."
Yeh sahi kyun lagta hai: cooling se saari temperatures kam honi chahiye.
Fix: T r depend karta hai M e , T e , r par — flow properties par, T w par nahi . Cooling se T w kam hota hai,
jo flux h ( T r − T w ) ko badhata hai . T r flow se fixed hai.
Recall Feynman: ek 12-saal ke bacche ko samjhao
Socho tum car ki khidki se haath bahar nikal ke daud rahe ho. Dheemi speed: thandi hawa. Bahut tez: haath ki
hatheli garam lagti hai kyunki tum hawa ko rok ke ragar rahe ho, aur ragad se heat banti hai. Ek rocket
ITNA tez jaata hai ki hawa ko itna zyada dabata hai ki hawa laal-garam ho jaati hai. "Recovery temperature"
bas yeh hai ki tumhari hatheli kitni garam hogi agar tum use kabhi thanda na karo. Agar tumhari hatheli us
se thandi hai, toh heat usme aati rehti hai — wahi flow "heat flux" hai. Spaceships ke aage ek special shield
lagaate hain taaki shield garam ho, andar ke logon ki jagah.
Mnemonic Chain yaad rakho
"STAR-FLUX": ST agnation → A pply R ecovery factor → FLUX ko T r − T w se drive karo.
Aur factor ke liye: "Lam = root, Turb = cube" (r = P r laminar, r = P r 1/3 turbulent).
Stagnation properties & isentropic relations — T 0 / T = 1 + 2 γ − 1 M 2 ka source
Boundary layers & viscous dissipation — recovery factor ka origin
Prandtl number & thermal boundary layer — kyun r , P r par depend karta hai
Reynolds analogy & Stanton number — q ˙ w ko skin friction se link karta hai
Hypersonic re-entry & thermal protection systems — engineering application
Normal & oblique shock heating — in formulas ko feed karne wala post-shock T e
High-speed surface par kya heat mein convert hota hai, jisse temperature badhti hai? Flow ki directed kinetic energy, jo wall par gas ke ruk jaane (no-slip + viscous dissipation) par dissipate hoti hai.
Stagnation temperature ratio formula? T 0 / T = 1 + 2 γ − 1 M 2 , c p T + u 2 /2 = c p T 0 se derived.
Recovery factor r ki definition? r = ( T r − T e ) / ( T 0 − T e ) — adiabatic wall par dynamic temperature rise ka kitna fraction recover hota hai.
Laminar vs turbulent air flow mein recovery factor? Laminar
r = P r ≈ 0.84 ; turbulent
r = P r 1/3 ≈ 0.89 (air,
P r = 0.71 ).
Recovery temperature formula? T r = T e ( 1 + r 2 γ − 1 M e 2 ) .
T r , T 0 se kam kyun hoti hai?Kyunki P r < 1 : heat momentum se tez conduct hoti hai, toh r < 1 aur saari KE recover nahi hoti.
Convective heat-flux law aur uska driving potential? q ˙ w = h ( T r − T w ) ; driver T r − T w hai, T 0 − T w ya T e − T w NAHI.
Adiabatic wall kya define karta hai? T w = T r , jisse zero net heat flux q ˙ w = 0 milta hai.
Wall ko cool karne ka T r aur heat flux par effect? T r unchanged rehta hai (flow se set hota hai); flux h ( T r − T w ) , T w ke girne se badh jaata hai.
Heat flux ka Stanton-number form? q ˙ w = ρ e u e c p S t ( T r − T w ) , jisme Reynolds analogy se S t ≈ C f /2 .
Pr < 1 so heat diffuses faster
Air brought to rest at wall
Energy equation: h + u2/2 const
T0/T = 1 + half gamma-1 M2