This lecture provides a comprehensive review of thermodynamics concepts essential for understanding compressible flows in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The session covers key differences between compressible and incompressible flows, fundamental gas properties, and thermodynamic laws relevant to CFD simulations. For a broader recap of these foundations, you can review Complete Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry Concepts Explained.
Compressibility and Flow Classification
Gases are significantly more compressible than liquids, with isothermal compressibility values around 10−5 m2/N for ideal gases versus approximately 10−10 m2/N for water. A change in density (Δρ/ρ) greater than 5% defines a compressible flow. A deeper dive into these principles is available in Understanding Thermodynamics: A Comprehensive Overview.
Speed and Pressure Change Analysis
- Low-speed flows (e.g., 25-50 m/s): Pressure changes are minimal (ΔP/P ≈ 0.93%), allowing approximation as incompressible
- High-speed flows (e.g., 400-500 m/s): Significant density changes occur, requiring compressible flow treatment
- Mach number relevance: As flow speed approaches or exceeds the speed of sound (≈330 m/s at sea level), density variations become critical
Compressibility Types
- Isothermal compressibility (κt): Defined as -1/V(∂V/∂P)t, for ideal gases equals 1/P
- Isentropic compressibility (κs): Relevant for flows outside boundary layers where adiabatic and reversible conditions prevail
Calorically Perfect Gas Relations
For typical atmospheric conditions (temperature <1000 K), gases can be treated as calorically perfect:
- Internal energy: e = CvT
- Enthalpy: h = CpT
- Cp - Cv = R (gas constant)
- Ratio of specific heats: γ = Cp/Cv
Degrees of Freedom and Gamma Values
- Monatomic gases (3 degrees): γ = 5/3 = 1.66 (e.g., helium)
- Diatomic gases (5 degrees): γ = 7/5 = 1.4 (e.g., N2, O2, air)
- Triatomic gases (7 degrees): γ = 9/7 = 1.33 (e.g., CO2)
First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
- First law (energy conservation): δQ = de + PdV (for reversible systems)
- Second law (entropy definition): ds = δQ/T + dsirr, where dsirr ≥ 0
- Isentropic process: Adiabatic (δQ=0) and reversible (dsirr=0), resulting in constant entropy (S2 = S1)
Entropy Relations for Perfect Gases
- In terms of T and V: S2 - S1 = Cv ln(T2/T1) + R ln(V2/V1)
- In terms of T and P: S2 - S1 = Cp ln(T2/T1) - R ln(P2/P1). Further insights into entropy and its thermodynamic connections can be found in Understanding Entropy: The Connection Between States and Thermodynamics.
Entropy depends on both temperature and pressure (or volume), unlike internal energy and enthalpy which are functions of a single variable for calorically perfect gases.
Practical CFD Implications
- Gas constant (R) changes with molecular mass: R = Ru/M (Ru = 8.314 J/(mol·K))
- Gamma depends on molecular structure, not the specific gas for the same molecular type
- For air simulations (diatomic gas): use γ = 1.4, R = 287 J/(kg·K)
- Changing from N2 to O2 requires modifying R but gamma remains 1.4 (both diatomic)
- Changing to helium requires modifying both R and gamma (1.66)
Next lecture will continue with isentropic system relations and their applications. For a complete revision of related mechanical engineering topics, see Complete One-Shot Revision: RGPV BTech Mechanical Engineering Unit 4.
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six hello everyone welcome back today uh we are going to do some review of the ther Dynamics this is
essential because as we discussed in the earlier class that most of the compu flow dynamics that will be studying in
this course will be related to the compressive flows and uh for the compressive flow it's very important to
have a good understanding about the about the thermodynamics because you will have change in temperature and the
internal energy and there exchange of energy between uh the kinetic energy internal energy uh Etc so we'll review
some of the thermodynamics aspect which will be useful for us for the cfd course so before we go to the
thermodynamics okay I want to just uh recap the last class that we studied so uh we discussed in the last class that
uh uh the gases are more compressible so gases are more compressible than liquids
okay and we also found out that uh if you talk about this isothermal compressibility okay t t which would be
defined as - 1 by v d v by d p at constant temperature and the value of this was
for an ideal gas it will come to 1 by P and for a atmosphere temperature let's say pressure equal to 1 atmosphere which
is uh 1 1325 Pascal so the to Value will be around 10^ minus 5 m Square per Newton
right and we said that for the liquid this Stout is of the order of 10^ minus 10 around something like 5us
10 okay so there is at least four order of difference this is for water okay of difference between the
compressibility of water and the air and uh then we derived the expression that uh uh
our DV or D if you say it will become row to DP
right so because the top of air is higher for a given change in pressure you will have higher change in density
okay and we said that if the change in density uh is more than 5% that means your D by row is greater than 5% then it
will be a case of compressible flow we can no longer ignore
the uh the density here density change here right so uh finally uh we ended with the
thought that uh so this uh compressibility is a property of the fluid right so now we have found out
that uh the gases are more compressible than liquids at least four order more compressible than liquids but is there
any situation where we can treat uh the flow in a gas also as incompressible right that means the
density change is less than 5% right so uh I just want to give you uh one small example okay so there's a
difference between flow and fluid that we discussed the flow is something which is Flowing the flow when the fluid has
got motion then it's a flow right so if you have an arrow foil okay like
this okay and let's say you have some flow coming in okay and a low speed flow let's say I would say that this is
around 5 25 m/s okay and uh as it goes over there file it accelerates and let's say it goes to a value of 50 m/ second
Max of 50 m/ second right so this is my B1 and this is your V2 okay so what is the change in
pressure right so now there is a flow there's a flow which is coming in so the the medium is here let's say the medium
is here okay and the flow is coming in and then uh because of
that uh we want to find out what is the change in the pressure so that it can give us estimate of whether the flow can
be compressible or not right so typically you cannot use uh bar knowledge equation for the conversal
flow right but here since the speed is uh very low okay uh so we can uh try to use the B equation and just try to
estimate uh the change in pressure although it may not be that accurate because uh even if the the flow is
subsonic or the mark number is low or basically flow is at lowest speed then also you I mean the B equation ideally
is not valid it's valid only for purely incomp flow but the change will be not that high so let's say for this flow try
to use the B equation and you all know the B equation so if this is my point one and this is my point 2 right so this
is P1 + half row V1
squ is equal to P2 + half row V2 squ okay I'm assuming that uh the flow is nearly
incompressible right so this P1 minus P2 will become half row B2 s minus B1 squ and let's take uh for Simplicity
take row is equal to 1 okay this value is around 1.2 to5 or something like 1.3 kg per met CU but for Simplicity just
take r equal to 1 it will not change the conclusion that want to find out okay this will be 1X 2 into 1 into 50 s - 25
s okay so that is like uh 2500 - 625 so that will be around something around uh 1,00 by 2 so 950 okay so around it will
be some it will this value will be around 930 or 950 right so then if you do P1 minus P2 by P1 so P1 you can
assume that it's an atmospheric PR so which is by basically basically our DP by P so this will be 9:30 and P1 is
let's say one atmosphere so we can take it approximate to uh uh 10 5 Pascal right so you can see
uh the the value is 0.93 right so this is basically change is very very small the change in
pressure is around 93% okay not even 1% okay so that is why we are saying that if the speed is very very low your uh
change in pressure is very very small and uh despite uh the flow being compressible which you can see here uh
still the change in density is not enough to consider this flows compressible okay we can make uh uh this
relation more accurate but B equation that we have by considering the oiler equation which we'll discuss when we go
to the conservation of momentum right but this is one aspect that I wanted to tell you that when the speed is low your
change is uh the pressure with respect to the initial pressure is very very small let's say now you change it to uh
a higher value okay so let's say I want to say that uh it started with uh um yeah it started 400
m/s and this went to 500 m/s right so in this part particular case remember this is a compressible
case typically you might be knowing about this speed of sound and we'll cover that again today okay more
formally but that is around 3 30 m/s okay uh in the atmosphere for a temperature around
300 Kelvin and pressure one atmosphere right so that is speed of sound so these both are basically more than speed of
sound right so these These are the cases of your supersonic flow of course I'm considering uh uh the temperature and
pressure conditions to the SE level right so these are the cases where the velocities are more than speed of sound
so these are cases of High Mark number and you cannot use bur knowledge there you can use oer equation there to find
out what is the change in pressure due to the change in velocity right and you would find that this D row is very very
high in that particular case much higher than 5% and you cannot ignore the change inity if you are very simpleminded and
let's say applied the burol here for this case which is not applicable then also you'll see that this P1 minus P2 by
P1 will be much much higher than 5% right because simply is that the change in pressure Delta P varies as ch v²
right so B2 Square minus B1 square right so when you do like this you will find that the changes uh in the pressure is
very very high and that is why the density change is very very high okay so I hope I convince you that as
the speed increases as the I mean in other words the Run number increases or the mark number increases okay so uh you
would notice that uh the consideration of density becomes important okay the another thing uh that is important which
is more useful is what is the value to S discussed about two compressibility uh one is the isothermal compressibility
another is isotropic compressibility and by using p equal to row RT we basically found what is your isothermal
compressibility right uh but in many situation uh beer flow is not isothermal okay but it can it can be
isentropic especially let's say take the same example that we had okay we have a an arrow file okay and let's say this is
your bond layer okay this is very close this is your bond layer but if you go away from the bond layer okay let's say
in this region okay so flow is more likely to be uh isentropic okay so
isentropic you might have read in the literature it's a process which is both adiabetic and reversible right so why
the flow is going to as Tropic here because there's no heat exchange here and secondly the effect of viscosity
outside the bond is not enough okay so there is the flow can be we assumed to be reversible right so in this
particular case the flow is more likely to be entropic so what is important is what is the value of to S okay what is
the isentropic compressibility so before we go into what is the value of isentropic compossibility and how do we
calculate that let's look at the in tropy a little bit more formally okay and the entropic processes let's review
the laws of thermodynamics and then we'll come back and calculate this value of
TS okay so uh first very brief review for a perfect guess so for most of the
discussion we have we'll assume it to be calorically perfect gas okay so that means
your uh e will be equal to CVT and your H will be equal to CPT okay if it is thermally perfect we had
discussed that that will be D = to CV DT okay that means your CP and CV May VAR with the temperature but for normal
practical conditions of nearly atmospheric uh pressure and temperature less than 1,000 Kelvin we can use this
calorically perfect gas right so for that those cases we can have this uh uh perfect gas equation okay these are the
relations of internal energy and enthalpy okay with change in with the specific volume at constant volume
specific uh Heat at constant pressure okay and CP minus v as you know it's a it's a gas constant R okay and uh we
have discussed about the relation of R okay and the ratio of CP by CB is the ratio of a specific which is usually
denoted by gamma right and if you use this two relation so let's say CP minus CV = to R so divide the both sides by CV
so this is CP by CV minus 1 V will be R by CV so this is GMA - 1 = R by CV okay and that is basically CV equal
to R by gamma minus 1 okay and similarly because uh CP equal to CV + r so that will be gamma R by
gamma minus one remember this these relations because this we'll be using again and again when we go to the
compressible shaped equations uh let's say for example when we go to uh the energy conservation laws okay now
uh in the last class we discussed that uh the value of R okay it depends on the gas because this is basically Ru by
molecular mass okay so Ru is equal to 8.314 okay uh JW per mole Kelvin I think Jew or yeah I think this should be okay
and molecular mass is is so if you want to find out R of oxygen or let's say R of air you want to find out that is Ru
by molecular mass of air which is around 29 okay and that will give you around 287 which is JW per kg Kelvin so far so
good uh so if you are simulating with a different gas you need to change the value of R right the gas constant in
your shd simulation what about Gamma okay so let's say I'm doing if I'm using nitrogen or oxygen okay your our value
of R will change okay but what will happen to our gamma will will the gamma change in this case or
not okay so as it so happens that the ratio of a specific heat basically gamma it depends on the degrees of freedom so
what is the degrees of freedom that what are the different kind of ways uh a a gas molecule can change the energy okay
so uh I without going into the discussion uh so we can have uh basically uh internal energy for per
degree of Freedom will be around RT by2 okay so if you have n degrees of freedom your internal energy will
be uh stored energy will be D equal to nrt by2 right so uh if you use the relation CB
equal to so CB equal to D by DT so that d by DT at constant volume okay so that will be
become uh NR by 2 right and if you use the CP = to CV + r that will become NR + 2 by 2
right and then if you take the ratio of CP by CV okay you'll get the expression which is equal
to n + 2 by n right where n is the degree of Freedom so for the Atomic gas okay uh for you will have three degrees
of freedom okay three ways it can exhibit the motion or it can uh uh basically exchange energy so in that
case your gamma will be 3 + 2 by uh by 3 that will be 5x 3 it will be 1.66 for the case of diatomic gas which
is hydrogen nitrogen and oxygen or any dimic gas okay so n will be five because you'll have two extra degrees of freedom
okay there is dimic molecule you'll have two extra degrees of freedom okay you can have vibrational energy okay so then
in this case you have Nal 5 and GMA = 7 5 and that will become GMA = to 1x 4 so this is the value that we use let's say
if we are doing a cfd simulation with air right so here we assume that the content of carbon dioxide or nitrogen
dioxide or n is very very small and it's largely basically uh 79% let's say N2 and 21% O2 is largely diatomic so uh and
uh the component of other gases is less than 1% so in that cases we can assume it to be diatomic and we can use this
gamma equal to 1x 4 however if let's say if we doing a simulation if you change the medium and do the simulation let's
say with ozone or carbon dioxide and so on and so forth in that case you will have the degrees of freedom even higher
that case n equal to 7 okay and then gamma will become 7 + 2 by 7 which is 9 by 7 and you have to use this gamma
value of 1.33 right so coming back to this question n22 if you change from N2 to O2
you have to change the r but the gamma will remain the same because your it is both are diatomic gases right however if
you go to like let's say your from this to let's say you go to helium okay in that case your both R will change as
well as gamma will change okay you have to use the gamma of 1.66 okay so these are some of the care that
we need to keep when you are trying to uh basically uh set up your CBD simulation okay so first of all you have
to understand whether you can assume it to be the calorically perfect gas okay if it is fine then what
kind of gas is it it's a diatomic triatomic monatomic and so on and so forth then you check up the gamma
according to that okay and then you can uh uh set up the value of r based on the molecular mass of the gas okay and then
you can uh assume the CP and CB to be constant if it is uh caloric per gas and set the value of CP and CB for that
particular uh medium that you're using okay now uh let's review the laws of thermodynamics very briefly because I
expect that you have gone through this course uh in undergrad uh first year or second year okay and uh you have basic
knowledge of this LW of thermodynamics okay so the if you go to the first law okay so the first law is simply it's a
energy conservation okay so basically if you add heat anywhere which is this Delta Q so it's a basically system and
the surrounding okay so if the heat is added to a system okay it is used to basically increase
the internal energy plus First Love of thermodynamics there are many different forms or many different ways of writing
it okay we'll just uh sometimes they take this Delta W to be negative okay that is
when the system is work done on the system okay so if there's work done on the system then uh the Delta W is
negative if the work done is by the system then Delta W is positive okay and for a reversible system okay if the
system is reversible that means there is no dissipation uh due to viscosity or other effects then you can uh take this
Delta W as equal to pdb and there are several derivations available in the third course please go through that and
for that you can write Delta Q equal to D plus pdv okay so this is your first law of
thermodynamics okay for a reversible system now why we are I mean talking about the reversible system as we have
discussed that uh if we are away uh from the places where the viscous effects are important or D is important uh you
likely find the process to be reversible okay so that's why many of the theories that are developed in the literat is for
the reversible in fact reversible adiabetic flow which is the isentropic flow and uh the definition of entropy
comes from the second L of thermodynamics okay where it says that the change in entropy which is uh for
any system okay which is given by your Delta Q basically you're supplying some heat divided by the temperature plus uh
there are some losses due to irreversibility okay which is given by DS
irreversible okay so uh it should be greater than equal to zero that means that uh I mean
the DS reversible irreversible okay it will be basically uh greater than equal to zero
okay so the the overall even if uh there is no hit transfer okay because of this uh uh dissipation your entropy may
increase right so this is the the statement of the second law and it basically dictates which direction the
heat will flow okay it will flow in the direction where the entropy is always going to increase because this DS
irreversible is always either either at the best case it will be equal to zero if there's no dissipation there's no
loss otherwise it will be greater than zero right so if uh we are talking about a adab reversible system if the system
is adiabetic then Delta Q equal to0 if the system is reversible then D is irreversible equal to Z okay and then in
that case your D equal to Z that means you can uh say that my entropy remains constant S2 equal to S1 for any
reversible tic process from 1 to two Okay there won't be any change in entropy okay so that is what uh it says
about the second says about the uh the isentropic system it also gives you the definition of entropy it
gives you a handle which is called entropy and which is a state variable okay so you can calculate the entropy at
two entropy at 1 and if you subtract the value of S2 - S1 you can find out what is the Ching entropy and it it has to be
a positive number okay S2 - S1 has to be a positive because either positive or zero because the that's a law that it
always has to increase the entropy has to increase okay in this case I forgot to mention
one thing so here the D is basically a state variable so you can calculate a variable at the end point and the first
point uh but Delta q and Delta W they are not State variables they are path variables it depends on the path okay so
now we will basically combine Delta q and uh first law and second law and derive some very useful
relations okay so we'll combine both the first laws and Second Law first and second laws okay and we assume the
system to be reversible okay right now it's not adiabetic reversible only reversible okay so in that case you can
write Delta W as pdv okay uh and Delta Q can be written as TDS because we are assuming that
DS irreversible equal to Z because a reversible system so when you use
that so you have TDS Plus is equal to cvdt plus p p
DV okay so then it can be written as D is equal to CV
DT by t + P by T D B now we can use uh uh this uh ideal gas equation which is pbal to
PB = to RT right so then it will give you P by T is equal to R by V right so if you use this two relation DS will
become CV DT by T plus r DV by V right and if you integrate it okay
let's say from point 1 to point 2 and assume it to be theorically perfect gas okay 1 2
2 1 2 2 1 2 2 you'll get this will become S2 - S1 will be become CV Ln T2 by T1 and plus r
Ln B2 by B1 okay so one interesting thing you can see here okay is that even for the clor
equally perfect gas the f s depends on both T and V okay it's a function of both T and V
unlike uh our energy and enthalpy which is only function of either pressure or volume right here function of both TR b
or TR P whatever you want to say right so it depends on T and depends on V okay and if we use the the relation which is
basically in terms of T and P okay and then you can write your H equal to okay let mention here H equal
to e + p v right and this will become DH equal to D+ pdv plus
VDP right so TDS can be written as
D+ pdv okay and and that will be DH minus VDP right and that can be written as TDs
is equal to cpdt D equal to cpdt minus VDP okay and this can be written as DS equal to CP DT by
T and plus minus so now V by T you can use the same uh law PB = to RT so that will be R by P minus
R DP by P okay and if you integrate this you'll get this relation okay S2 - S1 = to Ln T2 - T1 and R Ln P2 P1 so uh your
entropy uh depends on both temperature as well as pressure even for the caloric gas okay unlike
the other case where uh unlike the energy internal and enthalpy which depends on only the pressure or the
volume okay so with this uh we will stop for uh the class today in the next class we'll discuss about the isentropic
system we'll use this relation and see some interesting relations thank you [Music]
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A compressible flow occurs when the change in density (Δρ/ρ) exceeds 5%, typically at high speeds (e.g., 400-500 m/s) or when flow approaches the speed of sound. In CFD, this is critical because ignoring density variations in such flows leads to significant inaccuracies; for example, low-speed flows (25-50 m/s) can be approximated as incompressible, but hypersonic flows require full compressible treatment.
Isothermal compressibility (κt) measures volume change under constant temperature, defined as -1/V(∂V/∂P)t, and equals 1/P for ideal gases. Isentropic compressibility (κs) applies to adiabatic and reversible (isentropic) processes, relevant for flows outside boundary layers. In CFD, isentropic compressibility is often used to model high-speed flows where heat transfer is negligible.
A calorically perfect gas has constant specific heats (Cv, Cp) and is valid for temperatures below 1000 K. Key relations include: internal energy e = CvT, enthalpy h = CpT, and Cp - Cv = R (gas constant). The ratio of specific heats γ = Cp/Cv depends on molecular structure: γ ≈ 1.4 for diatomic gases (e.g., air, N2), 1.66 for monatomic (e.g., He), and 1.33 for triatomic (e.g., CO2).
An isentropic process is both adiabatic (no heat transfer) and reversible (no internal irreversibilities), resulting in constant entropy (S2 = S1). In CFD, many external compressible flows (e.g., around airfoils) are modeled as isentropic because shock-free regions approximate adiabatic and reversible conditions, simplifying energy conservation equations.
For calorically perfect gases, internal energy and enthalpy depend only on temperature (e = CvT, h = CpT), while entropy depends on both temperature and pressure (or volume). The entropy change is given by ΔS = Cp ln(T2/T1) - R ln(P2/P1) or ΔS = Cv ln(T2/T1) + R ln(V2/V1), meaning entropy varies with both state variables, unlike energy functions.
The gas constant R = Ru / M (universal gas constant over molecular mass), so R changes with molecular weight (e.g., R = 287 J/kg·K for air, but differs for O2 or N2). Gamma γ depends only on molecular structure (degrees of freedom), not on the specific gas; thus, both N2 and O2 have γ = 1.4 (diatomic). Changing to helium (monatomic) alters both R and γ (1.66).
γ directly affects compressible flow properties like Mach number relations, shock wave strength, and temperature changes. For air simulations (γ=1.4, R=287 J/kg·K), standard compressible flow equations apply. Using the wrong γ (e.g., using γ=1.66 for air) would miscompute pressure and temperature distributions, leading to erroneous CFD results for aerodynamic or propulsion applications.
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