Control volume Definition and 34 Threads

Hello All, I have a problem to understand this equation: $$ \dot{m}_{in} - \dot{m}_{out} = \frac{dm_{CV}}{dt} $$ It supposed to describe change in the mass of the control volume during a process. Two terms on the left are the total mass flow rates in and out of the system. I struggle to...

TL;DR Summary: Struggling to structure the problem and derive an analytical solution for gas expanding into other gas in a rigid tank. Preferred formulation is fixed control volumes. This is not a homework problem. The problem: Two control volumes (A and B) are in a rigid tank filled with air...

Summary:: Control volume question that has a brine solution entering a tank and mass accumulates over time. Hello, I'm currently struggling with a control volume approach question that has a brine solution entering a tank. I get to a point where I have a first order differential equation. I...

Homework Statement:: How to control volume by hovering and scrolling anywhere in Mac Menu Bar Relevant Equations:: none Hi, 
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Elemental fixed streamtube control volume from Professor White’s textbook “Fuid Mechanics”: I was unable to develop the intermediate steps for the following approximations: (continuity equation according to the book ) Where and (Momentum equation according to the book) In...

Why is energy balance for a control volume dE/dt = dQ/dt-dW/dt-dm/dt(ΔH+ΔKE+ΔPE) 0 = dQ/dt-dW/dt-dm/dt(ΔH+ΔKE+ΔPE) whereas for other systems it is ΔE =Q-W-(ΔU+ΔKE+ΔPE) 0 = Q-W-(ΔU+ΔKE+ΔPE) with enthalpy, h = u +pv, replaced by only the internal energy? How is the pv term accounted for...

I'm studying fluid and propulsion mechanics by myself. I stumbled upon this website from MIT: http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/SPRING/propulsion/UnifiedPropulsion2/UnifiedPropulsion2.htm#fallingblock It states that "Newton’s second law for a control volume of fixed mass" is $$\sum...

Can an expanding balloon be considered a control volume?

Homework Statement Water flows over a dam as depicted below. Across section 1 and 2 we have a hydrostatic pressure distribution. Calculate the force on the dam. The Attempt at a Solution My question is regarding control volume. The solution manual has given us this: The two hydrostatic...

Homework Statement I have a situation as illustrated by the image above, where the red box illustrates the CV. The pressure on the left side of CV is P1, while the pressure on the right side of CV is P2. Here I´ve directed the pressure forces acting inwards on CV. The problem arises with Fk. I...

I am struggling to fully grasp the concept of flow work for a non-deformabable control volume. Nearly every source puts it in this way: flow work is the work required to push fluid into and out of the control volume and as such is defined as Pv on a unit mass basis. But how can this work be...

Homework Statement As shown in Fig. P5.39, a system undergoing a power cycle develops a net power output of 1 MW while receiving energy by heat transfer from steam condensing from saturated vapor to saturated liquid at a pressure of 100 kPa. Energy is discharged from the cycle by heat transfer...

Hi guys, I need to determine the performance of a single expansion ramp nozzle (SERN) from CFD results with different nozzle pressure ratios (NPR). For some NPR the nozzle is overexpanded and for some underexpanded. Now the impact of the control volume definition on especially the axial thrust...

Homework Statement This is the Navier-Stokes equation for compressible flow. nj is the unit normal vector to the surface 'j', and ni is the unit normal vector in the 'i' direction. Is this equation written for a control volume or a material volume? Homework Equations The Attempt at a...

Homework Statement Question 1: An insulated 8-m3 rigid tank contains air at 600 kPa and 400 K. A valve connected to the tank is now opened and air is allowed to escape until the pressure inside the tank drops to 200 kPa. The air temperature is maintained constant by an electric heater during...

Hi all, I'm having some trouble figuring out why entropy is used instead of enthalpy for an open system. From what I understand, an open system uses entropy to calculate internal energy. Since the control volume is constant (i.e. Δv = 0), wouldn't using : h = u + PΔv effectively be h = u? So...

Figure P6.95 provides steady-state test data for a control volume in which two entering streams of air mix to form a single exiting stream. Stray heat transfer and kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. A hard-to-read photocopy of the data sheet indicates that the pressure of the...

where i can found an example A FORTRAN control volume finite element method code FOR FLUID FLOW PROBLEMS thanks for help

So this is probably a very basic question. I'm studying EE so this is kind of out of my field as i have never taken this but I'm working on a project and it involves a pressurized container releasing air into a tube and launching something out the nozzle. The problem I'm having is that I'm not...

Homework Statement http://postimg.org/image/4a8sv6umh/ Why do the pressure forces due to p1 and p2 act in the same direction? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I thought that, given the direction of the flow, the pressure force on the bottom and top would act in opposite directions

Homework Statement http://postimg.org/image/i4p19540z/ Homework Equations Resultant force on the control volume = Mass flow rate (Velocity outlets -Velocity inlets) The Attempt at a Solution I am just wondering if the 4cm is called depth, then what is the term for the "into the paper"...

Folks, I am having difficulty correctly representing a mechanical system within a correct "control volume at an instant" in order to identify the various energy balance terms given below ##\displaystyle \dot E_{st}=\frac{d E_{st}}{dt}=\dot E_{in} - \dot E_{out}+ \dot E_g## (1) that...

Homework Statement I know how to apply the linear momentum equation for the control volume, but I am not sure why the V2 (velocity of flow from section 2) is V*cos(60). The only reason I can see is the velocity being constant. And since there are two outlet with equal area, the velocity is...

Homework Statement http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/postop/equationsmomentum_zpse8c8d44a.png Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Can somebody explain to me in the two equations above what is the "u" and what is the "v"? In the question, it says that the water at...

Hello, My professor did a lecture about mass conservation in a system. He basically explained the lining that separates the system from the surroundings is the control surface, and all that is contained within the system is the control volume. I think it was explained rather loosely, and...

Homework Statement A horizontal water jet produces a wide sheet of parallel-flowing liquid that strikes an inclined plate and then divides, with a fraction of the liquid flowing up the plate and the remainder flowing down the plate. The figure shows a section of the flow. All surfaces of the...

Homework Statement Air is to be compressed from 120 kPa and 310 K to 700 kPa and 430 K. A heat loss of 20 kj/kg occurs during the compression process. For air: cv=0.7165 kj/kg.K and R=0.287 kj/kg.K . A) Neglecting kinetic energy changes determine the power input required for a mass flow...

Homework Statement Consider a system in which R 134-A is moved through an evaporator. The evaporator removes energy from the the surroundings at a rate of 0.54 kW. The pressure = 120 kPa and x = 0.2 right before the fluid enters the evaporator. After exiting the evaporator, the pressure = 120...

Homework Statement Prior to completing an experiment in which the objective was to analyze control volume energy and entropy in a vortex tube in the Thermal and Fluid Science Laboratory course I am taking, I was required to solve the following two thermodynamics problems: 1. A vortex tube...

Homework Statement The velocity components of a flow are given by: u=-x v=y Compute the volume of fluid flowing per unit time per unit area through a small surface at (1,2) whose normal makes an angle of 60 deg with the positive x-axis. Homework Equations V= u i + y j (velocity vector)...

Homework Statement Air enters a car radiator at 50 km/hr, 25 C. The radiator is 1 m2 facial area. 2 kg/s of water enters the radiator from the engine at 10 bar, 200 C and leaves at 10 bar, 180 C. What is the temperature of the air as it leaves the radiator? Homework Equations I did...

Homework Statement Steam flows through an uninsulated pipe at 0.5 kg/s, entering at 5 bar, 440 C and exiting at 3 bar, 320 C. How much energy is lost from the steam per hour? Homework Equations Which terms in the energy eqn can drop out? I'm having trouble with that. Is there only...

navier-stokes smoothness problem almost solved Penny Smith has made progress with showing that smooth conditions exist for all time in a domain for the Navier Stokes equations http://notes.dpdx.net/2006/10/06/penny-smiths-proof-on-the-navier-stokes-equations/ However a flaw was found in the...

Found the site doing a Google search. Just need to know if this is possible. I have an old amplifier that does not have any remote control. I wondered if it would be possible to do something that will alow me to at least control the volume remotely. Any ideas. Thanx.