Aircraft Propulsion·compressor-mass-flow-rate-calculation

Compressor Mass Flow Rate Calculation

Given the inlet specific flow (mass flow per unit area) and the inlet tip speed of a compressor rotor, along with geometric parameters such as rotor inlet diameter or annulus area, calculate the total mass flow rate through the compressor.

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Inputs

Inlet specific flow

Mass flow per unit area in kg/(m²·s)

Inlet annulus area

Cross-sectional flow area at compressor inlet in m²

Test cases

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#	Inputs	Expected	Got	Status
1	{"specific_flow":193.173,"inlet_area":0.154}	29.73	29.748642	✓
2	{"specific_flow":200,"inlet_area":0.15}	30	30	✓

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Endpoint

POST/api/calculators/aircraft-propulsion/compressor-mass-flow-rate-calculation/compute

Inputs (2)

specific_flownumberdefault 193.173
inlet_areanumberdefault 0.154

Example

curl -sX POST http://localhost:3001/api/calculators/aircraft-propulsion/compressor-mass-flow-rate-calculation/compute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputs":{"specific_flow":193.173,"inlet_area":0.154}}'

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Source: Pattern from: 19870008266.pdf. Reproduces a standard compressor-mass-flow-rate-calculation computation; problem text paraphrased.

AI disclosure: Calculator code generated by anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001; verified by 2 test cases.