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NOZZLE AND DIFFUSER CLASS NOTES FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

NOZZLE AND DIFFUSER CLASS NOTES FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING  It is a passage of variable cross section (area decreases from entrance onward). Velocity increases and pressure decreases. This is true as long as velocity at the inlet of the nozzle is sub-sonic.  Velocity is less the velocity of sound or Mach number <1.  Diffuser is a…