Component Performance and Stability Characteristics of an Engine Propulsion Simulator with Uniform and Distorted Inlet Pressure Profiles at Reynolds Number Indices of 0.39, 0.78, and 0.91

Abstract

An investigation was conducted on an engine propulsion simulator (S/ N 001/02) to determine sea-level-static component performance and to determine the compressor performance and stability characteristics with uniform and distorted inlet pressure profiles at Reynolds number indices of 0.39 and 0.78. Steady-state component performance data are presented and are compared with predicted data. The effect of Reynolds number indices and the effect of circumferential inlet distortion of the compressor performance are shown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0775996

Entities

People

  • C. R. Darlington
  • J. O. Brooks
  • R. M. Brooksband

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Back Pressure
  • Compressors
  • Control Systems
  • High Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Recording Systems
  • Reynolds Number
  • Sea Level
  • Simulators
  • Static Pressure
  • Steady State
  • Strain Gages
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).