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    In meteorology, isentropic analysis is a technique used to find the vertical and horizontal motion of airmasses during an adiabatic (i.e. non-heat-exchanging)...
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    An isentropic process is an idealized thermodynamic process that is both adiabatic and reversible.[excessive citations] The work transfers of the system...
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  • fact is used in isentropic analysis, a form of synoptic analysis which allows visualization of air motions and in particular analysis of large-scale vertical...
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  • mechanics, isentropic nozzle flow describes the movement of a fluid through a narrow opening without an increase in entropy (an isentropic process). Whenever...
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    constructed from: Top and bottom of the loop: a pair of quasi-parallel and isentropic processes (frictionless, adiabatic reversible). Left and right sides of...
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    flows. Two-dimensional steady non-isentropic analysis. Anti-shock criterion, and shock tube simulations for isentropic flows" (PDF). European Journal of...
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    by isentropic compression and expansion, and isobaric heat addition and rejection, though practical engines have adiabatic rather than isentropic steps...
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    Rankine Cycle 1->2 Isentropic compression in a pump Ideal Carnot Cycle 4->1 Isentropic compression Ideal Otto Cycle 1->2 Isentropic compression Ideal Diesel...
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    {\displaystyle \Delta S_{H}=Q_{H}/T_{H}} . Isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expansion of the gas (isentropic work output). For this step (2 to 3 on Figure...
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    mass flow rate is constant. The gas flow through a de Laval nozzle is isentropic (gas entropy is nearly constant). In a subsonic flow, sound will propagate...
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  • 1952 – July 25, 2006) was an American meteorologist who advanced isentropic analysis, jet stream dynamics, cyclogenesis, and heavy precipitation forecasting...
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    816253. Shir, F.; Mavriplis, C.; Bennett, L. H.; Torre, E. D. (2005). "Analysis of room temperature magnetic regenerative refrigeration". International...
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    heat removed from the system, as the work done by the system is zero. Isentropic : The process is one of constant entropy ( S = c o n s t a n t {\displaystyle...
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    distinct processes: 1→2 : isentropic compression of the fluid (blue) 2→3 : constant pressure heating (red) 3→4 : isentropic expansion (yellow) 4→1 : constant...
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  • often used in the design and analysis of nozzles. In a nozzle, the converging or diverging area is modeled with isentropic flow, while the constant area...
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    system during adiabatic process) isentropic (reversible adiabatic process, no heat is added or removed during isentropic process) Energy portal Carnot heat...
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    mentioned that real compressors and turbines are not isentropic, but instead have an isentropic efficiency of around 85%. The result is that round-trip...
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    / TH from the high temperature reservoir. Isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expansion of the gas (isentropic work output). For this step (B to C) the piston...
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  • be extended to include compressible flows. For compressible flow the isentropic relations can be used (also valid for incompressible flow): q = p s (...
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    ideal cycle described by the engine's theoretical model, the expansion is isentropic and the evaporation and condensation processes are isobaric. In any real...
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  • important contributions to air–sea interactions, isentropic analysis, the study of spatial and temporal analysis of sea level, and the equatorial current system...
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    ideal Humphrey cycle consists of 4 processes: Reversible, adiabatic (isentropic) compression of the incoming gas. During this step incoming gas is compressed...
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    to heat capacity at constant volume. It is sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor. For an ideal gas, evaluating the partial derivatives...
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    isentropic Bulk modulus K s = ρ ( ∂ P ∂ ρ ) s . {\displaystyle K_{s}=\rho \left({\frac {\partial P}{\partial \rho }}\right)_{s}.} For an isentropic process...
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  • ζ θ {\displaystyle \zeta _{\theta }} is the relative vorticity on an isentropic surface—a surface of constant potential temperature, and Δ = − δ p / g...
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    In fluid dynamics, isentropic expansion waves are created when a supersonic flow is redirected along a curved surface. These waves are studied to obtain...
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    cycle, which is an altered version of the Carnot cycle in which the two isentropic processes featured in the Carnot cycle are replaced by two constant-volume...
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    which implies, δ ( T 0 ) isentropic = U c p ( V f 2 tan ⁡ α 2 − V f 1 tan ⁡ α 1 ) {\displaystyle \delta (T_{0})_{\text{isentropic}}={\frac {U}{c_{p}}}\left(V_{f2}\tan...
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    force-balance analysis. If ambient pressure is lower, while the force balance indicates that the thrust will increase, the isentropic Mach relations...
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    follows: Suppose that the temperature of a substance can be reduced in an isentropic process by changing the parameter X from X2 to X1. One can think of a...
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