Discussion
Assertion (A): Stagnation temperature falls across a strong normal shock.
Reason (R): A normal shock destroys a large fraction of the stagnation pressure.
Select the correct answer from the options below.
Answer: D
The assertion is false and the reason is true. A shock is adiabatic, so the total energy and with it the stagnation temperature are unchanged however strong the shock. It is the stagnation pressure that is lost, and at Mach 2 nearly twenty-eight per cent of it goes.
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