Experimental Study of Ejectors Driven by a Pulse Detonation Engine
Experimental Study of Ejectors Driven by a Pulse Detonation Engine
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DOI:
10.2514/6.2007-447
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发表时间:
2007-01
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影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
A. Glaser;N. Caldwell;E. Gutmark;J. Hoke;R. Bradley;F. Schauer
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作者:
A. Glaser;N. Caldwell;E. Gutmark;J. Hoke;R. Bradley;F. Schauer
Experimental studies were performed in order to better understand the operation of ejector augmenters driven by a pulse detonation engine (PDE). This research employed a H2air PDE at 30 Hz operating frequency. Static pressure was measured along the interior surface of the ejector including the inlet and exhaust sections. Thrust augmentation provided by the ejector was calculated by integration of the static pressure measured along the ejector geometry. The calculated thrust augmentation was in good agreement with the augmentation found from direct thrust measurements. Both straight and diverging ejectors were investigated. It can be seen from the diverging ejector pressure distribution that the role of the diverging section is to act as a subsonic diffuser. Ejector axial position was also studied. The ejector pressure data follows the same trend as that of the direct thrust measurements. The optimum axial placement was found to be downstream of the PDE near x/DPDE=+2, while upstream placements tended towards a decreasing thrust augmentation. In order to better explain the observed performance trends, shadowgraph images of the detonation wave and trailing vortex interacting with the ejector inlet were obtained.