Addition of Heat to a Compressible Fluid in Motion

Abstract

The nature of nonadiabatic, frictionless, steady flow of a compressible fluid in a pipe of constant cross section is summarized. The flow conditions can most conveniently be describe in terms of the local Mach number M. It was found that steady flow cannot occur when heat is being added to the fluid at a point where its velocity equals the local velocity of sound (M = 1), and that the maximum temperature of the fluid occurs at M = (1/(square root of gamma)), where gamma is the ratio of specific heats. These results are illustrated by application to high-speed flow through combustion chambers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1945
Accession Number
ADA801505

Entities

People

  • Bruce L. Hicks

Organizations

  • Glenn Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Compressible Flow
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fuel Air Ratio
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Flow
  • Shock Waves
  • Steady Flow
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.