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Geometrical scaling effects on supersonic inlet performance

Askari, R ; Sharif University of Technology | 2017

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2017-71912
  3. Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2017
  4. Abstract:
  5. The effects of geometrical scaling on a supersonic external compression axisymmetric inlet are investigated. Various lower and higher geometrical scales of supersonic inlet are considered as the case studies. The inlet flow is simulated numerically using RANS solver along with the SST k-w turbulence model. The numerical results are in an acceptable agreement with the NACA experimental data at free stream Mach number of 1.79 and at zero angle of attack. The results show that the static pressure distribution of the inlet flow experiences some differences for various scales especially at the regions of the flow entrance and throat area. The mean flow Mach number and the mass flow rate at the Aerodynamic Interface Plane (AIP) increases with increasing the inlet scaling. The increasing of inlet geometrical scale results in an increase in the pressure recovery. However there is no sensitive variation on the flow distortion. Copyright © 2017 ASME
  6. Keywords:
  7. Boundary layer ; Geometrical scaling ; Shock wave ; Supersonic inlet ; Aerodynamics ; Angle of attack ; Boundary layers ; Inlet flow ; Intake systems ; Mach number ; Shock waves ; Turbulence models ; Aerodynamic interface planes ; Flow distortion ; Flow experience ; Numerical results ; Pressure recovery ; Static pressure distributions ; Supersonic inlets ; Geometry
  8. Source: ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017, 3 November 2017 through 9 November 2017 ; Volume 1 , 2017 ; 9780791858349 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2668681