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The main aim of this study is to propose a new structure of compression surfaces of a supersonic inlet in order to improve target performance parameter i.e. total pressure recovery ratio. This idea resulted in developing a new type of supersonic inlet, utilizing four ramps and a cone as compression surfaces simultaneously.A prototype of this type of inlet has been designed for Mach 3 and its performance has been studied via numerical simulation in design point and off design conditions. Eventually the new inlet compared to experimental performance survey data from two cases of two-cone inlets and also analytical calculations of ideal performance of some types of supersonic inlets. Results of... 

The aim of this investigation is the experimental study of nozzle exhaust jet flow effects on aerodynamic behavior of an air vehicle at transonic speeds. For this sake, a secondary jet injection is used by the ejector into test model. The ejector total pressure for jet injection varies between 0 (jet off) to 4 bar for simulating nozzle exhaust jet flow and supplying intake’s required mass flow rate. All tests were conducted at QRC Trisonic wind tunnel and at Mach number of 0.5 to 0.85 and angles of -4 to 6 deg. The aerodynamic force and pressure results were recorded in order to analyze the exhaust jet flow. This study revealed that the aerial vehicle drag becomes bigger than its free flight... 

This study aims to evaluate aerodynamic coefficients of an airplane with air breathing engine experimentally. In these experiments, an ejector is used to better simulate flying conditions and aerodynamic interferences generated in inlet and exhaust engine. Therefore, at first, an ejector was designed for simultaneous simulation of exit cold flow and inlet flow of engine. All tests were conducted at QRC Trisonic wind tunnel and at Mach number of 0.5 to 0.85, angles of -4 to 6 deg. and for various amounts of pressure ejector and control surfaces angles. Finally, for the Mach number of 0.5, effect of roughness on the aerodynamic coefficients was examined. The results showed that, drag... 

High-altitude simulation lab of chemical thrusters is one of the most important infrastructures for the development of space thrusters technology. In these laboratories, different sections are designed according to the requirements for simulation of the thrusters at specific pressure and temperature. The purpose of this research is to design a subset of the creation and preservation of vacuum for the purpose of ground testing of chemical thrusters. Vacuum preservation is more comprehensive than the vacuum creation and is usually the bottleneck of design, so the design of this subset is intended in the present study. To illustrate this, after introducing the basic concepts required, two... 

Inlets must decelerate the air with lowest loss and drag together with a given pressure and Mach number with best quality and uniformity to the engine. This is done based on flight Mach number, by an arrangement of shock waves and surfaces gradient in the inlet. Any distortion in the flow field and the inlet geometry parameters may disrupt such arrangement and influence on the inlet performance, in addition, under critical conditions, it might affect the stability of the intakes. Any distortion in the flow field and the inlet geometry parameters may disrupt such arrangement and influence on the inlet performance, in addition, under critical conditions, it might affect the stability of the... 

As an essential laboratory instrument in aerospace engineering, wind tunnels need to be calibrated. Therefore, this thesis takes into account the calibration of the subsonic wind tunnel at the Sharif University of Technology, with the test section dimensions of 90 × 42 × 30 cm3. It is necessary to accurately and correctly determine the effective parameters for the wind tunnel results to be reliable. A pitot-static tube, a standard wing, pressure sensors, a force balance, a turbulence sphere, rake, yawhead, a digital level, a protractor, and a data acquisition system were used for this experiment. For calibration, variables including flow uniformity, flow Angularity, turbulence intensity,... 

In this thesis a computational method for the design of optimum nozzle contour with consideration for chemical reactions has been presented. This method combines the method of characteristics, CFD and an optimization algorithm to develop a nozzle suitable for a specific operational condition. First using the method of characteristics an isentropic nozzle contour is achieved. then using the FLUENT solver, this initial contour is solved for flow containing finite-rate reactions and boundary layer effects and by iterating this process combined with an optimization algorithm, an optimum nozzle is found. Properties took into consideration in this method, in addition to chemical reaction between... 

Monopropellant thrusters are one of the most common types of propulsion systems that are used extensively in space applications. Especially thrusters with a capacity of less than 50N, they are used on space satellites and are developing rapidly. Problems such as contamination, toxicity of the propellant, difficulty in storing and custody, as well as price, led to the removal of the hydrazine from the focus of attention and focus on green propulsion. One of these, is the green propellant of hydrogen peroxide, which is decomposed in the proper catalytic vicinity, and the only chemical decomposition products are oxygen and water vapour. The present study aims to design and construct mono... 

The characteristics of unsteady flow field around a low-aspect-ratio pitching wing with an airfoil section used in horizontal axis wind turbine are investigated at Reynolds number 2.8×105 and Mach number 0.06. The major objective of this study was to investigate the effects of reduced frequency, oscillating amplitude, mean angle of attack and 3D effects on aerodynamic coefficients. Using aerodynamic coefficients, the unsteady aerodynamics in pre-, near-, and post-static stall regions are analyzed and the results are validated with the corresponding experimental data. The two-dimensional simulation results demonstrate the significant effects of reduced frequency, mean angle of attack and... 

One of the most modern types of inlets in aircraft is the Diverterless supersonic inlet, which is used in some new UAVs and fighters, and has many advantages over other types of inlets, especially in removing the boundary layer. The most important part of DSI design is the creation of bump geometry, which requires special precision and elegance. There are various methods for designing and creating bump geometry, some of which are mentioned in this report, and finally the method of creating bump geometry is selected based on the flow around the primary cone, which is in accordance with the analytical method and is in fact the most basic and widely used method.In this study, a DSI with cowl... 

Supersonic intakes with mixed compression has an appropriate performance in the critical point, but in the subcritical performance, when inlet mass flow rate is reduced to a certain amount, a self-sustained instability occurs in the flow. In this case, instability appears in the form of shock waves system oscillation which is called Buzz phenomenon. An axisymmetric supersonic air intake with mixed compression which is designed for a Mach number of 2 has been investigated experimentally in order to study buzz frequency. The intake has been experimented in different Mach numbers, angles of attack and mass flow rates. Besides, the intake with wind tunnel wall has been modeled and analyzed in... 

Fault occurrence is an inevitable problem in industrial plants. These faults have numerous types. Some common kinds of faults are faults in actuators, faults in system dynamics, and faults in sensors. In many cases it is not possible to change or repair the broken part immediately. On the other hand, it is not reasonable to shut-down the whole system due to a minor failure. Therefore we should take a measure to have the best output possible in a faulty plant. In this thesis we have proposed a new static compensator by which we distribute the contribution of the faulty actuator among the other ones. At the end we evaluate the method by means of simulations  

In recent years, dust storms have turned into one of the most prominence environmental issues, existing in Tehran. The infiltration of dust through west borders has led to significant increase in the concentration of Tehran’s pollutants. The main abroad source of these dusts are deserts located in Middle East. The contribution of Middle East deserts in daily concentration of PM10, without the inclusion of local emission sources, was analyzed in previous studies. In this study, we analyzed the contribution of dust storms, formed in Middle East, in Tehran’s PM10 and PM2.5 concentration, using CMAQ model. Dust periods between 2012 and 2014, was identified using observation data and satellite... 

A projectile was tested in a wind tunnel at various free sream Mach numbers and angles of attack. The tests were carried out at the transonic wind tunnel of the Imam Hussein University.The experiments were performed at subsonic and supersonic speeds and at different angles of attack. The aerodynamic behavior of the model was investigated using force and moment measurements. The results showed that in the range of measured angles of attack the separation did not occurr and variations of lift coefficient remained linear for all Mach numbers except for a free stream Mach number of 2.0. For this Mach number, the asymmetric bow shock makes a pressure difference between leeward and windward sides,... 

Hybrid engines are one of a variety of chemical propulsion systems that have been given special attention in recent years by various industries such as space and defense. The most important reasons for considering this type of system are its high safety, its affordable price compared with liquid fuel propulsion systems, the possibility of switching on and off and changing thrust. This system has a lot of disadvantages as well. This system cannot meet all the needs of different industries due to the low regression rate and, consequently, the limitation of the operating range, thrusts and special impulse. As a result, increasing the fuel regression rate in these engines can greatly expand... 

This study aimed to estimate and simulate the phenomenon of buzz in a supersonic air intake and examine the effects of turbulence models on the accuracy and quality of modeling this phenomenon was divided into two parts. In the first part, turbulence models and characteristics of each of them in modeling supersonic flow was studied as well as available researches were investigated to achieve appropriate numerical method for numerical analysis of intakes using turbulence models. In the second part, one axial symmetry intake of the compound density type was taken which designed for Mach number of 2.0 in order to achieve accurate numerical methods and validate it to model intakes flow. With ... 

The physics of the flow around the wing in the oscillatory motion of the wing has various patterns, including the leading edge vortex, the tip vortex and trailing edge vortex escape. The interaction of these vortices forms a complex flow structure around the wing, which will have a direct effect on the aerodynamic performance of the wing. Therefore, controlling these structures can be considered as a way to improve the performance of the flapping wing. One of the passive flow control techniques that has recently been taken into consideration is a leading-edge protuberance method. Another type of passive flow control is geometric correction, using corrugation method. According to studies, two... 

Excavation of tunnel beneath groundwater level, and drainage of water from the sides of the tunnel, causes disturbance of hydrogeological balance and change in the stress and pore water pressure distribution, which causes ground subsidence. Various parameters effect on stress distribution and surface settlement caused by tunneling. In this thesis, Effects of soil geotechnical properties such as the angle of internal friction, cohesion, modulus of elasticity, permeability and tunnel parameters such as depth, depth of groundwater level, the tunnel advance rate, structure weight, foundation eccentricity relative to the axis of the tunnel and foundation dimensions are evaluated. To do this with... 

Recently, due to the major need of the development of underground spaces in dense urban areas, excavating tunnels near to the earth surface is arising. Therefore, there is a possibility that the new tunnels drill and construct in the vicinity or along the available tunnels. Thus, the interaction mechanism of this tunnels on each other and on land subsidence should be taken into consideration. In this research using ABAQUS finite element analysis software the interactions of the cross road subway station of Bimeh-Mehrabad airport in the line 4 of the Tehran city subway lines which is excavated using multistage drilling method is investigated. This model includes Eastern, Western and a... 

Most propulsion systems use nozzles to increase the velocity of exhaust gas. Therefore, the efficiency of nozzles is important. Losses due to geometry and physical phenomena inside the nozzle define this efficiency. The length and divergence angle of the nozzle, the throat diameter, the Reynolds number, and the specifications and the combinations of fuel have a direct impact on these losses. Solid propellant rockets are widely used and today optimization of rockets is most noticeable. On the other hand, in different phases of design and optimization, empirical experiments are necessary, which are costly in real dimensions. The use of laboratory motors with specific considerations decrease...