Source code for aerosandbox.atmosphere.thermodynamics.choked_flow

from aerosandbox.atmosphere.thermodynamics.gas import universal_gas_constant


[docs]def mass_flow_rate(
    mach,
    area,
    total_pressure,
    total_temperature,
    molecular_mass=28.9644e-3,
    gamma=1.4,
):
    specific_gas_constant = universal_gas_constant / molecular_mass
    return (
        (area * total_pressure)
        * (gamma / specific_gas_constant / total_temperature) ** 0.5
        * mach
        * (1 + (gamma - 1) / 2 * mach**2) ** (-(gamma + 1) / (2 * (gamma - 1)))
    )