Advanced Combustion Modelling for Scramjets and Rotating Detonation Engines

该项目将开发新的基础知识和工程模型，以支持使用复杂碳氢燃料的吸气式高速推进发动机。通过分析包括撞击冲击波在内的超音速反应混合层的直接数值模拟，将获得大量的数据和新的物理理解。这些数据将被用于隔离、测试和开发计算高效的工程模型，这些模型对于旋转爆震发动机和超燃冲压发动机的高速燃烧是准确和高效的。预期成果是为进入太空、防御和高速点对点飞行开发实用和有效的超音速推进发动机所需的知识和工具。

This project will develop new fundamental knowledge and engineering models underpinning air-breathing high speed propulsion engines employing complex hydrocarbon fuels. Extensive data and new physical understanding will be garnered through analysis of direct numerical simulations of supersonic reacting mixing layers including impinging shock waves. That data will be employed to isolate, test and develop computationally efficient engineering models that are accurate and efficient for high speed combustion in rotating detonation engines and scramjets. Expected outcomes are knowledge and tools needed to develop practical and effective supersonic propulsion engines for access to space, defence and high speed point-to-point flight.