Rotation of adiabatic tube

Consider an adiabatic tube which is divided into compartments by movable adiabatic pistons of negligible mass. The compartments have same length. Initially each of the compartments contains gas of same pressure and temperature.

Now, the tube starts to rotate at uniform angular velocity ω \omega about axis through center perpendicular to length. The length of the compartments are small enough to consider the pressure in a particular compartment constant.

After some period of time, the system comes to equilibrium.

Let, x x represents the initial position (from the center of the tube) of a piston, and y y represents its final position.

In the graph y v s x y~ vs~ x , the slope at some point ( x , y ) (x,y) , d y d x \frac{dy}{dx} can be expressed as ( A y 2 + B ) n (Ay^2 + B)^n , where A , B A, B and n n are constants.

Calculate the absolute value of n A nA in 1 0 5 m 2 10^{-5}~m^{-2} unit.

Details and assumptions:

Initial temperature T 0 = 298 K T_0 = 298~ K

Angular velocity ω = 3 r a d s 1 \omega = 3~ rad \cdot s^{-1}

Molar gas constant R = 8.314 J K 1 m o l 1 R = 8.314~ J\cdot K^{-1} \cdot mol ^{-1}

Molecular mass of the gas M = 32 × 1 0 3 k g m o l 1 M = 32 \times 10^{-3} kg\cdot mol^{-1} and the gas is diatomic.


The answer is 4.15152992.

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1 solution

Arpon Paul
Apr 29, 2016

Suppose, in figure 2, pressure and density in the compartment at distance y y are p p and ρ \rho respectively. Also, suppose that the initial density of the gas is ρ 0 \rho_0 .

As the process is adiabatic [for diatomic gas, heat capacity ratio γ = 7 5 \gamma\ = \frac{7}{5} ], p 0 ( Δ x ) γ = p ( Δ y ) γ p_0 (\Delta x) ^ \gamma = p (\Delta y) ^\gamma Δ y Δ x = ( p 0 p ) 1 γ . . . . . . . . . ( i ) \rightarrow \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x} = (\frac{p_0}{p})^{\frac{1}{\gamma}} ~~~...~~~...~~~...~~~(i) Again, the number of molecules in the compartment is same in both figures. Therefore, ρ 0 ρ = Δ y Δ x \frac{\rho _0}{\rho} = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x} Using eqn (i), ρ = ( p p 0 ) 1 γ ρ 0 . . . . . . . . . ( i i ) \rho = (\frac{p}{p_0})^{\frac{1}{\gamma}} \cdot \rho_0 ~~~...~~~...~~~...~~~(ii) Let the cross-sectional area of the tube is A 0 A_0 . So, the net force on the compartment we are talking about is [ p ( y + Δ y ) p ( y ) ] A 0 [p(y+\Delta y) - p(y)]A_0 . And this is equal to the centripetal force. Therefore, [ p ( y + Δ y ) p ( y ) ] A 0 = ( ρ A 0 Δ y ) ω 2 y [p(y+\Delta y) - p(y)]A_0 =(\rho A_0 \Delta y) \omega ^2 y Δ p = ρ ω 2 y Δ y \rightarrow \Delta p =\rho \omega ^2 y \Delta y Using eqn (2), Δ p = ( p p 0 ) 1 γ ρ 0 ω 2 y Δ y \Delta p = (\frac{p}{p_0})^{\frac{1}{\gamma}} \cdot \rho_0 \omega ^2 y \Delta y p 1 γ Δ p = ( ρ 0 ω 2 p 0 1 γ ) y Δ y \rightarrow p^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}} \Delta p = (\frac{\rho_0 \omega ^2}{p_0 ^{\frac{1}{\gamma}}}) y \Delta y Let the pressure at the center compartment be p 1 p_1 in fig 2. Integrating both sides, p 1 p p 1 γ d p = ρ 0 ω 2 p 0 1 γ 0 y y d y \int ^{p} _{p_1} p^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}} \,dp = \frac{\rho_0 \omega ^2}{p_0 ^{\frac{1}{\gamma}}} \int ^y _0 y \,dy p 1 γ + 1 p 1 1 γ + 1 1 γ + 1 = ( ρ 0 ω 2 2 p 0 1 γ ) y 2 \rightarrow \frac{p^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}+1} - {p_1}^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}+1}}{-\frac{1}{\gamma} + 1 } = (\frac{\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2p_0 ^{\frac{1}{\gamma}}}) y^2 ( p p 0 ) 1 γ + 1 p 0 1 γ + 1 p 1 1 γ + 1 = ( 1 γ + 1 ) ( ρ 0 ω 2 2 p 0 1 γ ) y 2 \rightarrow (\frac{p}{p_0})^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}+1} \cdot p_0 ^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}+1} - {p_1}^{-\frac{1}{\gamma}+1} = (-\frac{1}{\gamma} + 1 )(\frac{\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2p_0 ^{\frac{1}{\gamma}}}) y^2 Using eqn. 1, ( Δ y Δ x ) γ ( γ 1 γ ) p 0 γ 1 γ p 1 γ 1 γ = ( ( γ 1 ) ρ 0 ω 2 2 γ p 0 1 γ ) y 2 (\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x})^{-\gamma(\frac{\gamma - 1}{\gamma})} \cdot p_0 ^{\frac{\gamma - 1}{\gamma}} - {p_1}^{\frac{\gamma - 1}{\gamma}} = (\frac{(\gamma - 1)\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2 \gamma p_0 ^{\frac{1}{\gamma}}}) y^2 d y d x = [ ( ( γ 1 ) ρ 0 ω 2 2 γ p 0 ) y 2 + ( p 1 p 0 ) γ 1 γ ] 1 γ 1 \rightarrow \frac{dy}{dx} = [(\frac{(\gamma - 1)\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2 \gamma p_0}) y^2 + (\frac{p_1}{p_0})^{\frac{\gamma -1}{\gamma}}]^{-\frac{1}{\gamma-1}} So we have, A = ( γ 1 ) ρ 0 ω 2 2 γ p 0 A = \frac{(\gamma - 1)\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2 \gamma p_0} n = 1 γ 1 n = -\frac{1}{\gamma-1} Therefore, n A = ρ 0 ω 2 2 p 0 γ nA = - \frac{\rho_0 \omega ^2}{2 p_0 \gamma } Using ideal gas equation, ρ 0 p 0 = M R T 0 \frac{\rho _0}{p_0} = \frac{M}{RT_0} Therefore, n A = M ω 2 2 R T 0 γ nA= -\frac{M\omega^2}{2RT_0\gamma }

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