Lifting Surface Theory for Thrust Augmenting Ejectors
Abstract
The circulation theory of airfoil lift has been applied to predict the static performance of thrust augmenting ejectors. The ejector shroud is considered to be 'flying' in the velocity field induced by the entrainment of the primary jets, so that the thrust augmenting force is viewed as analogous to the lift on a wing. Vortex lattice methods are used to compute the augmentation from the surface pressures on the shroud. The thrust augmentation is shown to depend on the length and shape of the shroud, as well as its position and orientation. Predictions of this new theory are compared with the results of classical momentum theories for calculating the augmentation from the stream thrust.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADP000338
Entities
People
- P. M. Bevilaqua