Solutions To True/False Questions For Midterm Study
Solutions To True/False Questions For Midterm Study
Solutions To True/False Questions For Midterm Study
1. Other than increasing the throat area, the only way to increase the mass flow in a choked
converging nozzle is to increase the stagnation pressure. (False)
2. In a converging nozzle the exit pressure can never be less than the back pressure. (True)
3. In a converging-diverging nozzle the exit pressure can never be less than the back
pressure. (False)
4. In an isentropic converging-diverging nozzle, both stagnation temperature and stagnation
pressure are constant (True)
5. The only way to get a Mach number greater than unity in a converging nozzle is to have
the exit area less than A*. (False)
6. In adiabatic pipe flow with friction, the stagnation pressure, stagnation density, and
stagnation temperature all decrease as you move downstream. (False)
7. The presence of a shock wave in a converging-diverging nozzle will increase the value of
the critical throat area, A*. (True)
8. One way to un-choke a choked converging nozzle is to increase the downstream pressure.
(True)
9. None of the isentropic relations are valid if the fluid is helium. (False)
10. If the flow entering an adiabatic pipe, with friction, is supersonic and the length of the
pipe is greater than the critical length, then there must be a shock wave in the pipe. (True)
11. The Mach number isn't necessarily unity at the throat of a converging-diverging nozzle.
(True)
12. A normal shock wave always decreases the stagnation pressure. (True)