Possible Flow Regimes of Adiabatic One-Dimensional Compressible Fluid Flow with Friction in Convergent and Divergent Ducts

Abstract

An analytical solution for the compressible one-dimensional flow in convergent and divergent ducts with friction is obtained. It is found that a non-dimensional parameter, N, can be formed using the friction factor, duct half-angle and the ratio of specific heats of the gas. Seven flow regimes are describable with the solution, based on certain bounds on the magnitude of N. The regimes are discussed and corollary data are presented graphically.