Theoretical studies of the Performance of Heat Engines Using Pressure Waves

Abstract

Theoretical performance investigations have been undertaken for a number of wave-engine configurations using the techniques of the method of characteristics. The use of these nonsteady flow techniques permits a determination of intermittent engine performance parameters such as thrust per unit area, specific fuel consumption, compression efficiency and cycle time which are much more realistic than those obtained by the use of the conventional quasi-steady or steady-flow methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1954
Accession Number
AD0056235

Entities

People

  • J. G. Logan Jr.

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Heat Engines
  • High Pressure
  • Ignition Lag
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Flow
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Sea Level
  • Thermodynamic Cycles
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Wave Phenomena

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.