Research progress on strut-equipped supersonic combustors for scramjet application

J Chang, J Zhang, W Bao, D Yu - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Scramjets are regarded as one of the most efficient air-breathing propulsion devices in
supersonic flight conditions, and combustors are critical components in scramjet engines …

Review of cavity ignition in supersonic flows

Z Cai, T Wang, M Sun - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
The cavity-based flameholder is a promising device in supersonic combustion issues in a
scramjet engine and it also provides a favorable ignition environment inside the cavity owing …

Effect of a revolved wedge strut induced mixing enhancement for a hydrogen fueled scramjet combustor

OR Kummitha, KM Pandey, AKR Padidam - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The mixing concept of fuel and air is the burning issue for hypersonic vehicles (scramjet)
due to the less resident time of supersonic air in the combustion chamber. So far, significant …

Experimental investigation of inclining the upstream wall of a scramjet cavity

MA Trudgian, WO Landsberg… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cavity flameholder has been widely used in scramjets to improve mixing and
combustion rates. While many have investigated modifications to the cavity downstream …

Experimental flameholding performance of a scramjet cavity with an inclined front wall

WO Landsberg, D Curran, A Veeraragavan - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental data examining the flameholding performance of a
scramjet cavity with an inclined front wall. Mach 8 flight-equivalent flows were delivered to …

Influence of flow control on aerodynamic properties of an open cavity in rarefied hypersonic flows

G Guo, S Jiang, H Chen, L Zhu - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The discontinuity at the thermal protection system tiles covered on an aerospace vehicle is
modeled as an open cavity to numerically investigate rarefied hypersonic flows over it under …

Numerical simulation for rarefied hypersonic flows over non-rectangular deep cavities

X Jin, X Cheng, Q Wang, B Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A comprehensive numerical study is performed to investigate rarefied hypersonic flows past
various non-rectangular cavity configurations using the direct simulation Monte Carlo …

Influence of upstream wall slope on aerodynamic properties of a rectangular cavity in rarefied hypersonic flows

G Guo, C Pu, J Gong, Y Bian - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A comprehensive numerical study is performed to reveal influence of the upstream wall
slope on aerodynamic properties as rarefied hypersonic flows pass through the two-and …

Experimental study on the ignition in a scramjet with a self-designed water plasma ignitor

S Zhang, J Zhang, H Tian, Z Wan, W Bao - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, aiming at the problematic situation of igniting and improving combustion
efficiency in a supersonic combustor, a self-designed water plasma ignitor is designed for …

LES study on the effect of cavity configuration on combustion characteristics of a scramjet combustor with air-throttling

S Chakravarthy, P Randive - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is performed to numerically
investigate the implication of air throttling on the combustion performance of ethylene fueled …