AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MIXING HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR WITH AMBIENT BYPASS AIR BY UPSTREAM INJECTION

Abstract

A mixing chamber employing upstream injection of the secondary airflow was designed and tested in conjunction with a Mach 4.0 nozzle. Mixing chamber configurations with total length to maximum diameter ratios of 1.7 and 2.3 were investigated. The mixer was designed for a secondary to primary mass flow ratio of 2.57 and a primary to stilling chamber pressure ratio of 4.78. A uniform temperature profile with not more than 5 percent variation at the exit of the Mach 4.0 nozzle was required. The mixing chamber was experimentally investigated at secondary to primary mass flow ratios of 0.86 to 2.70. The primary mass flow ranged from 0.99 to 1.5 lb/sec at temperatures from 1730 to 2240R, depending upon the heater flow rate. The secondary flow temperature was approximately 470R. Temperature and pressure profiles obtained in the mixing chamber and 0.5 in. downstream of the Mach 4.0 nozzle exit substantiated satisfactory mixer performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0641712

Entities

People

  • C. E. Simmons
  • J. R. Henson

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Heaters
  • Air Supplies
  • Contracts
  • Diameters
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Heaters
  • High Temperature
  • Instrumentation
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Secondary Flow
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.