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Dense gas flow in minimum length nozzles

Journal Article · · Journal of Fluids Engineering
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2817140· OSTI ID:100655
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  1. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Recently, dense gases have been investigated for many engineering applications such as for turbomachinery and wind tunnels. Supersonic nozzle design can be complicated by nonclassical dense-gas behavior in the transonic flow regime. In this paper, a method of characteristics (MOC) is developed for two-dimensional (planar) and axisymmetric flow of a van der Waals gas. A minimum length nozzle design code is developed that employs the MOC procedure to generate an inviscid wall contour. The van der Waals results are compared to perfect gas results to show the real-gas effects on the flow properties and inviscid wall contours.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
100655
Journal Information:
Journal of Fluids Engineering, Journal Name: Journal of Fluids Engineering Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 117; ISSN 0098-2202; ISSN JFEGA4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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