Igniter jet dynamics in solid fuel ramjets

AM Tahsini, M Farshchi - Acta Astronautica, 2009 - Elsevier
… gain insight into the dynamics of the igniter flow field in solid fuel ramjet motors. Solid fuel
ramjets operate by ingestion of air and subsequent combustion with a solid fuel grain such as …

Solid fuel ramjet combustor design

S Krishnan, P George - Progress in aerospace sciences, 1998 - Elsevier
… , an igniter, and the combustion chamber containing solid fuel. The liquid fuel used in LFRJ
and the solid fuel … Therefore, the fuel heating values per unit mass are essentially the same (…

Experimental and numerical investigation on the ignition and combustion stability in solid fuel ramjet with swirling flow

O Musa, C Xiong, Z Changsheng - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
… ] have numerically investigated igniter jet dynamics in solid fuel ramjets and ignition in solid
… the solid fuel pyrolysis, ignition, and sustained combustion taking place in a solid fuel ramjet

Small-scale solid ramjet fuel ignition experiment

TD Hedman, JN Quigley, J Kalman… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
… is the ignition behavior of the solid fuel. Robust ignition is important because it directly
influences system-level considerations for reliable transition from boost to ramjet operation. …

Experimental characterization of a solid-fuel ramjet combustor at flight-relevant conditions

JV Evans, WC Senior, R Gejji… - AIAA Propulsion and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
… The torch igniter is installed halfway down the FCS to ensure deliberate and controlled
ignition of the solid fuel grain. The combustor houses a backward-facing step subassembly at the …

Design of a solid fuel Ramjet Ground launch demonstrator

AG Martinez, SW Kubicki, J Rohwer - AIAA Propulsion and Energy …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
… The largest disadvantage of the selected concept of ignitor is that if the solid fuel fails to …
ignition delay, regression rate of both the fuel and pyrogen, and the conditions for good ignition

Combustion characteristics and turbulence modeling of swirling reacting flow in solid fuel ramjet

O Musa, C Xiong, Z Changsheng - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
igniter jet dynamics in solid fuel ramjets and ignition in solid … on the ignition and flame stability
in solid-fuel ramjet with … It is found that using swirling flow decreases the ignition time delay…

An accurate performance prediction of solid fuel ramjets using coupled intake-combustor-nozzle simulation

AM Tahsini - Journal of Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
… have better ignition process. Tahsini [14] also studied the piloted-ignition of the solid fuel and
igniter with long ignition delay-time to have a reliable ignition process, because the strong …

Flame dynamics in an optically accessible solid fuel ramjet combustor

WCB Senior, RM Gejji, CD Slabaugh - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
… Products from the igniter enter the flow resulting in elevated core flow temperatures necessary
for the ignition of the solid fuel grain downstream. Igniter operation occurs for ∼ 0.36 s as …

Unsteady simulation of ignition of turbulent reactive swirling flow of novel design of solid-fuel ramjet motor

O Musa, X Chen, Y Li, W Li, W Liao - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
… investigation of ignition and combustion stabilization of a novel design of a solid-fuel ramjet
(SFRJ) … jet dynamics in SFRJs. Furthermore, Tahsini [24] studied supersonic hydrogen/air …