Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 12, Problem 47P
Air flows from the atmosphere into an evacuated tank through a convergent nozzle of 38-mm tip diameter. If atmospheric pressure and temperature are 101.3 kPa and 15°C, respectively, what vacuum must be maintained in the tank to produce sonic velocity in the jet? What is the flow rate? What is the flow rate when the vacuum is 254 mm of mercury?
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