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Heat Transfer, Combustion

2003

Scramjet

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Numerical Studies On Supersonic Mixing And Combustion Phenomena, Tarek M. Abdel-Salam Apr 2003

Numerical Studies On Supersonic Mixing And Combustion Phenomena, Tarek M. Abdel-Salam

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

A numerical study is conducted to investigate the mixing, combustion, and flow characteristics of different scramjet-combustor configurations. Three-dimensional models for the combustors have been used. Numerical results are obtained using a finite volume computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code with unstructured grids with sizes between 200,000 and 400,000 cells.

In the first part of the current study, the effects of the side angle of the fuel injectors in both mixing and combustion processes are investigated. Raised (compression) and relieved (expansion) wall-mounted ramps are used with side angles of 0 (unswept), 5, and 10 degrees. Results are obtained for nonreacting flows as …