3.6 The Entropy Equation
Chalmers University of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Division of Fluid Dynamics
From the second law of thermodynamics
DtDe=TDtDs−pDtD(ρ1) From the energy equation on differential non-conservation form internal energy formulation
DtDe=q˙−ρp(∇⋅v) The continuity equation on differential non-conservation form
DtDρ+ρ(∇⋅v)=0⇒∇⋅v=−ρ1DtDρ and thus
DtDe=q˙+ρ2pDtDρ DtDρ=−ν21DtDν ρDtDe=ρq˙−ρν2pDtDν=ρq˙−ρpDtDν ρ[DtDe+pDtDν−q˙]=0⇒DtDe=q˙−pDtDν Insert De/Dt in Eqn. (3.78)
q˙−pDtD(ρ1)=TDtDs−pDtD(ρ1)⇒ TDtDs=−q˙ Adiabatic flow:
TDtDs=0 In an adiabatic, steady-state, inviscid flow, entropy is constant along a streamline.