Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Research

Abstract

This basic research task on supersonic combustion ramjets includes work in three primary focus areas: 1) fuel control and fuel injection, wherein fundamental aspects are studied for gaseous, supercritical, and multiphase fuels; 2) ignition, flameholding, and flame propagation in supersonic flows, wherein fundamental aspects are studied with a view toward improving performance in a high-speed combustor; and 3) multidisciplinary laser measurements for benchmarking modeling and simulation and for elucidating the physics of high-speed flows. The motivation for this program is the need to develop the science basis to enable the design of high-speed, air-breathing propulsion systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563331

Entities

People

  • Campbell D. Carter

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Combustion
  • Combustors
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Optical Materials
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Supersonic Combustion
  • Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Engines
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics