Analytical Studies of Three-Dimensional Combustion Processes

Abstract

This report summarizes the significant contributions from a research program sponsored at Argonne National Laboratory by the Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Advanced Propulsion Division. The objectives of this study were to develop advance computational techniques and physical models for calculating the multidimensional flow and combustion process in subsonic ramjet and ducted rocket configurations. A number of significant accomplishments were made during the course of this study. These include: (a) development of efficient solution techniques for subsonic, elliptic fluid flows; (b) application and assessment of the two-equation turbulence model to swirling and nonswirling flows in a sudden expansion geometry; (c) analysis of combustion processes in a prototypical ducted rocket configuration. Keywords: Ramjets; Ducted rockets; Combustion; Computer models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211903

Entities

People

  • S. P. Vanka

Organizations

  • Argonne National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mathematical Models
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.