RESEARCH STUDIES FOR SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION.

Abstract

A summary is presented of research on supersonic combustion conducted during a 4 year period by GASL. The research discussed is oriented toward fuels and conditions pertaining to supersonic combustion in ramjet engines. Fields encompassed are (1) reaction kinetics of a hydrogen air system, (2) diffusion and combustion of reacting gases, and (3) the testing of highly idealized combustion processes. Studies in the latter field indicate the speed range for supersonic combustion ramjets can be lowered to the 3-6 Mach number range. It is concluded that sufficient progress has been made on the understanding and analysis of supersonic combustion processes to give a sound basis for application to the design of a practical ramjet engine. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619091

Entities

People

  • J. Tamagno

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Combustion
  • Engines
  • Kinetics
  • Mach Number
  • Ramjet Engines
  • Supersonic Combustion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics