Air ows over a wall at a supersonic speed. The wall turns towards the ow generating an oblique shock wave. This wave is found to be at an angle of 400 to the initial ow direction. A scratch on the wall upstream of the shock wave is found to generate a very weak wave that is at an angle of 300 to the ow. Find the angle through

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Answer:

10.65°

Explanation:

To calculate the initial Mach Number

[tex]Sin \beta _{weak} = \frac{1}{Ma_1}[/tex]

[tex]Ma_1 = \frac{1}{sin \beta_weak}[/tex]

[tex]Ma_1 = \frac{1}{sin 30}[/tex]

[tex]Ma_1 = 2[/tex]

Now, to calculate the angle turned by the wall; we have the following expression.

[tex]tan \theta = \frac{2 cot \beta_i (Ma_1^2 sin^2 \beta_i -1 )}{Ma_1^2(k+cos2 \beta_i)+2}[/tex]

where:

[tex]\beta_i[/tex] = the angle between the initial flow direction = 40°

K is the ratio of specific heats o fair = 1.4

[tex]tan \theta = \frac{2 (cot 40) (2^2 (sin 40)^2 -1 )}{2^2(1.4+cos2 (40))+2}[/tex]

[tex]tan \theta = \frac{1.56}{8.295}[/tex]

[tex]tan \theta = 0.188[/tex]

[tex]\theta = tan ^{-1}( 0.188)[/tex]

[tex]\theta = 10.65^0[/tex]