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Experiments have shown that the transition from lami-nar
Chapter 6, Problem 6.26(choose chapter or problem)
Experiments have shown that the transition from lami-nar to turbulent conditions for flow normal to the axis of a long cylinder occurs at a critical Reynolds numberof ReD,c2?105, where Dis the cylinder diameter.Moreover, the transition from incompressible to com-pressible flow occurs at a critical Mach number of Mac0.3. For air at a pressure of p?1 atm and tem-perature T?27C, determine the critical cylinderdiameter Dcbelow which, if the flow is turbulent, com-pressibility effects are likely to be important.
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Experiments have shown that the transition from lami-nar to turbulent conditions for flow normal to the axis of a long cylinder occurs at a critical Reynolds numberof ReD,c2?105, where Dis the cylinder diameter.Moreover, the transition from incompressible to com-pressible flow occurs at a critical Mach number of Mac0.3. For air at a pressure of p?1 atm and tem-perature T?27C, determine the critical cylinderdiameter Dcbelow which, if the flow is turbulent, com-pressibility effects are likely to be important.
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The speed of the sound for given atmospheric conditions is calculated as,
For , and
The speed of the air is calculated as,
For and .