Recent advances in cavity-based scramjet engine-a brief review

G Choubey, Y Devarajan, W Huang, K Mehar… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
At present, the critical issue related to design of scramjet engine is to achieve efficient mixing
between the air and fuel. Among the several fuel injection strategies, cavity flame holder is …

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 …

Investigation of flame flashback phenomenon in a supersonic crossflow with ethylene injection upstream of cavity flameholder

G Zhao, M Sun, J Wu, X Cui, H Wang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, a flame flashback phenomenon inside an ethylene-fuelled scramjet
combustor equipped with a cavity flameholder is investigated under flight Mach 5.5 …

Powder fuel transport process and mixing characteristics in cavity-based supersonic combustor with different injection schemes

S Luo, Y Feng, J Song, D Xu, K Xia - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The transport process and mixing characteristics of powder fuel in the supersonic airflow are
essential for the working performance of a powder fueled scramjet. In the current …

Analysis of the maximum flight Mach number of hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet engines under the flight cruising constraint and the combustor cooling requirement

Y Wang, K Cheng, J Tang, X Liu, W Bao - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Scramjet is the optimal propulsion system for hypersonic vehicles, and it is important to study
its maximum flight Mach number. Upper limit and its influence factors of the flight Mach …

Large eddy simulation of non-reacting flow and mixing fields in a rotating detonation engine

M Zhao, H Zhang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of the non-reacting flow and mixing fields in a
Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are …

Experimental detection of two-dimensional temperature distribution in rocket-based combined cycle combustion chamber using multispectral imaging processing

S Zheng, W Cai, B Liu, S Zhu, B Zhou, R Sui, Q Lu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The extremely harsh environment and highly unsteady and transient nature during
supersonic combustion bring great challenges for quantitative diagnostics. In the present …

Energy and exergy analyses on the high-pressure bleeding-air variable cycle designed for a wide-speed-range airbreathing propulsion system

W Wang, M He, B Yu, X Chen, M Xie, X Huang, H Liu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The performance of the traditional turbojet decreases sharply with the increase of the Mach
number in the supersonic flight, especially for the turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) …

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 …

Effects of fuel injection angle on mixing performance of scramjet pylon-cavity flameholder

A Oamjee, R Sadanandan - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical investigation on the effects of fuel injection angle on various mixing parameters
within a pylon-cavity aided supersonic combustor flameholder under non-reactive flow …