Problem 13.

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Given: Oblique shock Mach numbers

Find: Deflection angle; Pressure after shock

Solution:

The given or available data is: k = 1.4

p1 = 75 kPa
M1 = 4
M2 = 2.5

Equations and Computations:

We make a guess for : = 33.6 o

From M 1 and , and Eq. 13.49 (using built-in function Theta (M , ,k ))

(13.49)

= 21.0 o

From M 1 and  M 1n = 2.211

From M 2, , and  M 2n = 0.546 (1)

We can also obtain M 2n from Eq. 13.48a (using built-in function normM2fromM (M ,k ))

(13.48a)

M 2n = 0.546 (2)

We need to manually change  so that Eqs. 1 and 2 give the same answer.
Alternatively, we can compute the difference between 1 and 2, and use
Solver to vary  to make the difference zero

Error in M 2n = 0.00%

Then p 2 is obtained from Eq. 13.48d (using built-in function normpfromm (M ,k ))

(13.48d)

p2 = 415 kPa