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The Calculation of the Discharge Coefficient of Profiled Choked Nozzles and the Optimum Profile for Absolute Air Flow Measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. S. Stratford
B. S. Stratford*
Affiliation:
Formerly National Gas Turbine Establishment, Pyestock, now Rolls-Royce Ltd.
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Summary

A choked nozzle with an appropriate wall contour has adischarge coefficient, CD, so close to unity that a theoretical calculation of (I—CD) would allow the nozzle to be used as an absolute meter for air flow. The high discharge coefficient results basically from the fact that ∂(ρv)∂p=0 at M=1.

Simplified calculations yield formulae for the boundary layer displacement thickness and for the flow reduction resulting from the variation in static pressure across the throat. The optimum profile for the wall at the throat of an absolute meter is suggested to be a circular arc of radius of curvature equal to about twice the throat diameter. For such a meter the theoretical discharge coefficient is found to be within ¼ per cent of 0·995 over a wide range of Reynolds numbers.

The uncertainty in the discharge coefficient for a steady flow at Reynolds numbers of 106 and over appears to be less than ±0·15 per cent, both when the boundary layer is known to be entirely turbulent and when it is known to be entirely laminar. When the state of the boundary layer is not known the corresponding figure appears to be ±0·25 per cent. Experimental information might therefore be helpful on transition—under the appropriate conditions of flow unsteadiness and rig vibration. Available experimental results with known boundary layers tend to confirm the theoretical discharge coefficients down to a Reynolds number of 0·4x106.

A pressure ratio of about 1·1/1 or less would probably be sufficient to establish fully supersonic flow if the nozzle were followed by a suitable diffuser.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 640 , April 1964 , pp. 237 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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