Analysis of the choking condition of one-dimensional diabatic flows with wall friction

Abstract

The choking condition of a one-dimensional steady-state diabatic flow, with wall friction, of a perfect gas through a constant cross-section pipe has been analysed by applying a recent analytical solution. Such a choking condition can be achieved for an initially subsonic flow and a supersonic one, even when the heat flux goes from the fluid to the wall. Entropy–enthalpy diagrams have been analysed, and a universal choking condition for compressible diabatic flows with wall friction has been determined. The analytical solution of a supersonic flow, in which a normal shock occurs, has been obtained for a diabatic flow with wall friction and compared with the results of a numerical model.