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Question Paper Code : 21509

B.E. / B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2024

Fifth Semester
Mechanical Engineering
19MEC03 – GAS DYNAMICS AND JET PROPULSION
(Regulations: Mepco – R2019)
(Use of Gas Tables is permitted)
Duration: 3 Hours Max. : 100 Marks
Answer ALL Questions
PART A – (10  2 = 20 Marks)
BTL, CO

R, CO1 1. The region outside the Mach cone is called as ___________. Justify your answer.
A) Zone of silence B) Zone of action
C) Control space D) Control volume
R, CO1 2. Define Mach number.
U, CO2 3. Fanno flow is a flow in constant area duct_________. Justify your answer.
A) With friction and heat transfer but in the absence of work
B) With friction and heat transfer accompanied by work
C) With friction but in the absence of heat transfer or work
D) Without friction but accompanied by heat transfer or work
U, CO2 4. Compare isothermal flow and Rayleigh flow.
U, CO3 5. In a normal shock in a gas, the ___________. Justify your answer.
A) Upstream shock is supersonic B) Upstream shock is subsonic
C) Downstream flow is sonic
D) Both downstream flow and upstream flow are supersonic
U, CO3 6. Shock waves cannot develop in subsonic flow. State the reason.
R, CO4 7. A jet engine works on the principle of ___________. Justify your answer.
A) Conservation of mass B) Conservation of momentum
C) Conservation of energy D) Conservation of discharge
R, CO4 8. Define propulsive efficiency.
R, CO5 9. The surrounding air is not used as oxidizer in ___________. Justify your answer.
A) Flying bomg B) Rocket propulsion
C) Turbo prop D) Aircraft gas turbine
R, CO5 10. List the various types of rocket engines.
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 PART B – (5  16 = 80 Marks)
A, CO1 11. a) Air (Cp=1.05kJ/kgk, γ=1.38) at p1=3x105 N/m2 and T1= 500 K
flows with a velocity of 200 m/s in a 0.3 m diameter duct.
Calculate: A) mass flow rate, stagnation temperature, B) Mach
number, and C) stagnation pressure values assuming the flow as
compressible and incompressible respectively. (16 Marks)
OR
A, CO1 11. b) A nozzle in a wind tunnel gives a test section Mach number of 2.
Air enters the nozzle from a large reservoir at 0.69 bar and 310 K.
The cross sectional area of the throat is 1000 cm2. Determine the
following quantities for the tunnel for one dimensional isentropic
flow : A) Pressures, temperatures and velocities at the throat and
test sections. B) Area of cross section of the test section C) Mass
flow rate D) Power required to drive the compressor. (16 Marks)

A, CO2 12. a) Air is flowing in an insulated duct with friction coefficient

f = 0.002. At inlet, the velocity is 130 m/s, temperature 400 K and
pressure is 250 kPa. The diameter of the duct is 16 cm. A) Find the
length of the pipe required that gives 20% drop in stagnation
pressure B) Find the properties of air at a section 3.5 m from inlet,
and C) Find the maximum length of pipe. (16 Marks)
OR
A, CO2 12. b) Air enters a constant area duct at M1=3,p1=1atm and T1=300K.
Inside the duct the heat added per unit mass is Q = 3x105 J/kg.
Calculate the flow properties M2,p2,T2,T02 and P02 at the exit. (16 Marks)

A, CO3 13. a) Starting from the energy equation, derive Prandtl-Meyer relation. (16 Marks)
OR
A, CO3 13. b) A convergent-divergent duct is operating under off design
conditions as it conducts air from a high pressure tank where
p0 = 210 kPa and T0 = 37oC. A normal shock is present in the
divergent section. Find the exit pressure, loss in stagnation pressure
and increase in entropy given the following areas. A1 = 13 cm2,
Aexit = 26 cm2 , Area at which shock appears Ax = Ay = 19.5 cm2 (16 Marks)

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A, CO4 14. a) Demonstrate the operation of a turbojet engine and turbofan engine
with neat sketches. (16 Marks)
OR
A, CO4 14. b) A turbojet aircraft flies at 875 kmph at an attitude of 10,000 m
above mean sea level. Calculate A) air flow rate through the engine
B) thrust C) specific thrust D) specific impulse E) thrust power and
F) TSFC from the following data :
Diameter of the air at inlet section = 0.75 m
Diameter of jet pipe at exit = 0.5 m
Velocity of the gases at the exit of the jet pipe = 500 m/s
Pressure at the exit of the jet pipe = 0.30 bar
Air fuel ratio = 40. (16 Marks)

A, CO5 15. a) Demonstrate the working of solid propelled rocket and liquid
propelled rocket engine. (16 Marks)
OR
A, CO5 15. b) The following conditions refer to a rocket:
Propellant flow rate = 193 kg/s
Thrust Chamber Pressure = 37 bar and temperature 3000 K
Nozzle exit diameter = 600 mm
Nozzle exit pressure = 1.1 bar
Ambient pressure = 1.013 bar
Thrust produced = 380 kN
Calculate effective jet velocity, actual jet velocity, specific impulse
and specific propellant consumption.
Recalculate the values of thrust and specific impulse for an altitude
of 20000 m (16 Marks)

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