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Department of Mechanical Engineering

MODEL EXAMINATION
ME 6604 Gas Dynamics and Jet Propulsion
Class: VI Semester B.E. Mechanical Engineering
Date: 06.05.2016
PART-A (10 X 2 = 20 Marks)

Duration: 3 hrs
Max Marks: 100

1. Find the sonic velocity through air at 0oC.

2. Why is it more convenient to use M* instead of M?
3. What is choked flow through a nozzle?
4. What is Rayleigh line and Fanno line?
5. Explain chocking in Fanno flow.
6. Define Fannings co-efficient of skin friction.
7. Write any four differences between jet propulsion and rocket propulsion.
8. Define escape velocity.
9. What is IWR?
10. Name some oxidizers used in rockets.
PART-B ( 5 X 16 = 80 marks)
11. (a) Air is discharged from a receiver at p0 = 6.91 bar and T0 = 3250C through a nozzle to an exit
pressure of 0.98 bar. If the flow rate is 3600 kg/hr. Determine for isentropic flow. (1) Area, pressure
and velocity at throat (2) Area and Mach number at exit (3) Maximum possible velocity.
(16)
(OR)
(b) In settling chamber air is maintained at a temperature of 400K and a pressure of 6bar. Calculate
the following: (i) Stagnation enthalpy (ii) Stagnation velocity of sound (iii) Maximum velocity (iv)
Critical velocity of fluid (v) Critical velocity of sound
(16)
12. (a) A conical air diffuser has an inlet area of 0.11m2 and an exit area of 0.44 m2. Air enters the
diffuser with a static pressure of 0.18 MPa, static temperature of 37 0C and velocity of 267 m/s.
Calculate (1) The mass flow rate of air through the diffuser (2) The Mach number, static temperature
and static pressure of the air leaving diffuser (3) The net thrust acting upon the diffuser due to
diffusion.
(16)
(OR)
(b) A combustion chamber in a gas turbine plant receives air at 350 K, 0.55 bar and 75 m/s. The
air-fuel ratio is 29 and the calorific value of the fuel is 41.87 MJ/kg. Taking = 1.4 and R = 0.287
kJ/kg K for the gas. Determine (i) the initial and final Mach number (ii) final pressure, temperature
and velocity of the gas (iii) % of stagnation pressure loss (iv) the maximum stagnation temperature
attainable.
(16)
13. (a) A circular duct passes 8.25 Kg/s of air at an exit Mach number of 0.5. The entry pressure and
temperature are 3.45 bar and 38C respectively and the coefficient of friction 0.005. If the Mach
number at entry is 0.15, determine: (i) The diameter of the duct (ii) Length of the duct (iii) Pressure
and temperature at the exit (iv) Stagnation pressure loss (v) Verify the exit Mach number through exit
velocity and temperature.
(16)
(OR)

(b) A gas ( =1.3, R= 0.287 kJ/Kg K) at P1 =1bar, T1 = 400 K enters a 30cm diameter duct at a Mach
number of 2.0. A normal shock occurs at a Mach number of 1.5 and the exit Mach number is 1.0, If the
mean value of the friction factor is 0.003, determine: 1) Lengths of the duct upstream and downstream
of the shock wave (2) Mass flow rate of the gas and (3) Change of entropy upstream of the shock,
across the shock and downstream of the shock.
(16)
14. (a) Calculate the thrust, specific impulse, propulsive efficiency, thermal and overall efficiencies of
a rocket engine from the following data: Effective jet velocity = 1250 m/s; Flight to jet speed ratio =
0.8; Oxidizer flow rate = 3.5 kg/s; Fuel flow rate = 1 kg/s; Heat of reaction of exhaust gases =
2500kJ/kg.
(16)
(OR)
(b) A rocket nozzle has a throat area of 18 cm2 and combustor pressure of 25 bar. If the specific
impulse is 127.42 sec and the rate of flow of propellant is 44.145 N/s, determine the thrust coefficient,
propellant weight flow coefficient, specific propellant consumption and characteristic velocity. (16)
15. (a) A rocket has the following data: Propellant flow rate = 5 kg/s; Nozzle exit diameter = 10 cm;
Nozzle exit pressure = 1.02 bar; Ambient pressure = 1.013 bar; Thrust chamber pressure = 20 bar;
Thrust = 7 kN; Determine (i) Effective jet velocity, (ii) Actual jet velocity, (iii) Specific impulse, (iv)
Specific propellant consumption.
(16)
(OR)
(b) With the help of neat sketches explain the arrangements used for fuel feeding in liquid
propellant rocket systems.
(16)

Faculty In-Charge

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