Computational Modeling Approaches for Studying Transverse Combustion Instability in a Multi-Element Injector (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

The current study describes two modeling approaches to model an unstable seven element linear array of shear coaxial injectors. The first approach is a reduced model where the driving injectors are replaced with an artificial forcing term. The forcing amplitude can be adjusted so that the effect of the transverse instability on the center study element can be examined parametrically. The second approach models the entire domain, and can capture additional details such as the inter-element interactions and the self-excited nature of the instability. Both sets of results are compared with experimental measurements and used to provide physical insights into the underlying instability mechanisms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA623346

Entities

People

  • Bill Anderson
  • Douglas G. Talley
  • Kevin Shipley
  • Matt Harvazinski
  • Venke Sankaran

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplitude
  • Arrays
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Computational Modeling
  • Department Of Defense
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Injectors
  • Instability
  • Linear Arrays
  • Military Research
  • Static Pressure
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.