Simulation of Atlantis Intake System

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Atlantis Research Labs Inc. is seeking to follow up on the NSERC ENGAGE Grant entitled Supersonic Shockwave Propagation with Professor Craig Johansen of the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department at the University of Calgary. The original ENGAGE grant resulted in initial simulations of the Atlantic Intake System (AIS), showing that the entrainment process does occur. The main goal for this follow-up project is to investigate the entrainment mechanism of air into the AIS. This mechanism will account for various AIS geometries and with various fuels. The mechanism will be used to help optimize the AIS for supersonic flight with propane and optimize the AIS for methane destruction. This project will evolve formulae to this end. A secondary goal includes an exergy analysis of the engine system to identify potential areas of improvement. CFD simulation results will be validated against trusted experimental data of an under expanded jet published in the open literature.