15.3 Flashcards
Describe a diverging duct
Air is tighter as it enters and widens as it exits
Describe a converging duct
Air is wider as it enters and thins out as it exits
For air to smoothly flow into compressor the velocity should be what?
Between 0.4 and 0.7 Mach
Air inlets are designed to do what to airflow?
Decelerate it
Poor air pressure and velocity distribution results in what?
Compressor stall
During flight the inlet ducts covert kinetic energy to what?
Pressure energy
The ideal compressor inlet pressure should be the same as what?
Total head pressure at air inlet lip
What is the most efficient inlet configuration for subsonic flight?
The pitot type quasi-circular diffuser
To reduce flow separation, what can you do to the inlet lip?
Make inlet lip well rounded
What do cross winds cause?
Stall
A pitot type intake design is only practical when?
Relatively low supersonic mach numbers up to 1.5
Where and what is the critical condition?
Shockwave forms on inlet lip in the optimum position
What and where is the sub critical condition?
The shockwave detached from the inlet lip and moves further upstream. Reduces Mach number
What are where is the super critical condition?
When airflow demand is stronger than inlet can provide and pressure drops
Shockwave is swallowed
Negative effects of super critical condition?
Airflow enters inlet at supersonic velocity
Shockwaves occur before compressor and causes flow separation into compressor
What is pitot efficiency percentage?
96-99%