Turbulent Reacting Flows and Supersonic Combustion

Abstract

An experimental and computational investigation of supersonic non- reacting and combustion flows is in progress. The principal objective of the research is to gain a more fundamental understanding of mixing and chemical reaction in supersonic flows. The research effort comprises three inter-related elements: (1) an experimental study of mixing and combustion in a supersonic plane mixing layer; (2) development of laser-induced fluorescence techniques for time-resolved two-dimensional imaging of species concentration, temperature, velocity and pressure; and, (3) numerical simulations of compressible reacting flows. The specific objectives and the status of the research of each of these program elements are summarized in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251065

Entities

People

  • C. T. Bowman
  • M. G. Mungal
  • Ronald Kenneth Hanson
  • William C. Reynolds

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Temperature
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics