Find the upstream Mach number if there is a entropy increase across the normal shock wave of 220\,J/\left( {kg.K} \right).
Find the upstream Mach number if there is an entropy increase across the normal shock wave of 220\,J/\left( {kg.K} \right).
Entropy is a measure of molecular disorder or randomness in any system. Useful work is obtained when there is a ordered molecular motion, so entropy of a system is the measure of thermal energy per unit temperature which is unavailable for doing any useful work. Entropy change across a normal shock is given by
\frac{{{p_{02}}}}{{{p_{01}}}} = {e^{ – \left( {{s_2} – {s_1}} \right)/R}}
\Rightarrow \frac{{{p_{02}}}}{{{p_{01}}}} = {e^{ – \left( {220} \right)/287}} = 0.46
Therefore, from normal shock properties table, for, \frac{{{p_{02}}}}{{{p_{01}}}} = 0.46, upstream Mach number M_1, is around 2.6.