Performance of a Ducted Micro-Turbojet Engine

Abstract

A turbo-ramjet engine configuration has possible applications in missiles or Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle's (UAV's). In order to study possible configurations, a Sophia J450 turbojet engine was used, with varying shroud configurations, to compare static thrust and specific fuel consumption measured in a test rig. A baseline shroud, which covered the engine, was tested with three ducts lengths aft of the J450's exhaust. Bach duct length was tested with and without the final convergent nozzle. An elliptic intake for the shroud was also manufactured and tested on two of the configurations. Shroud pressures were also recorded to determine the amount of entrainment of secondary flow into the shroud. The short shroud was found to produce the best performance of the three configurations tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370851

Entities

People

  • Garth V. Hobson
  • Raymond P. Shreeve

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Engines
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flow
  • Gas Turbines
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Jet Engines
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Ramjet Engines
  • Secondary Flow
  • Strain Gages
  • Turbines
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.