Streamline tracing: Technique for designing hypersonic vehicles
Streamline tracing: Technique for designing hypersonic vehicles
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DOI:
10.2514/2.5591
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发表时间:
2000-05-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Kothari, AP
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作者:
Billig, FS;Kothari, AP
The methodology for creating a large family of designs of streamline traced planar and axisymmetric inlets for hypersonic airbreathing engines is presented. The subject is introduced by a discussion of streamline tracing of Busemann inlet flowfields, which was the procedure that was used to design the Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Missile (SCRAM) engine. A brief synopsis of test results of SCRAM is presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the streamline tracing technique. The generalized model covers the complete range of flow fields from outward-turning isentropic spikes to inward turning inlets. The radial deviation parameter is introduced as the variable to describe the members of the design family. A variety of inlet shapes and vehicle configurations are shown to demonstrate the design procedure. Arguments are made to support the viability of engine designs based of streamline traces of inward-turning flowfields.