A review on enhanced mixing methods in supersonic mixing layer flows

J Tan, D Zhang, L Lv - Acta Astronautica, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of supersonic and hypersonic aeronautical projects has led to a renewal
of interest and research in supersonic mixing processes and methods to control them. Due …

Investigation of drag and heat reduction induced by a novel combinational lateral jet and spike concept in supersonic flows based on conjugate heat transfer approach

L Zhu, X Chen, Y Li, O Musa, C Zhou - Acta astronautica, 2018 - Elsevier
When flying at supersonic or hypersonic speeds through the air, the drag and severe
heating have a great impact on the vehicles, thus the drag reduction and thermal protection …

Coupled investigation on drag reduction and thermal protection mechanism induced by a novel combinational spike and multi-jet strategy in hypersonic flows

L Zhu, Y Li, L Gong, X Chen, J Xu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drag and heat reduction strategy in hypersonic vehicle design has already attracted
worldwide attention. In this paper, a novel combinational spike and multi-jet strategy has …

Experimental investigation on thermal-hydraulic characteristics of endothermic hydrocarbon fuel in 1 mm and 2 mm diameter mini-channels

Y Guo, Q Bi, Z Liu, Z Yang, L Jiang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The thermal-hydraulic characteristics of endothermic hydrocarbon fuel were experimentally
investigated in circular mini-channels with inner diameters of 1.0 and 2.0 mm and heated …

Experimental investigation on the onset of thermo-acoustic instability of supercritical hydrocarbon fuel flowing in a small-scale channel

H Wang, J Zhou, Y Pan, N Wang - Acta Astronautica, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermo-acoustic instability accompanied with abnormal sounds was observed for
supercritical hydrocarbon fuel (RP-3) flowing in a heated small-scale channel. The instability …

Hypersonic aerodynamic interference investigation for a two-stage-to-orbit model

J Jia, D Fu, Z He, J Yang, L Hu - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the aerodynamic interference challenges for hypersonic vehicles, a new type
of conceptual TSTO model is considered, which consists of a trapezoid wing as the booster …

Experimental study on the onset of flow instability in small horizontal tubes at supercritical pressures

Z Yang, Y Shan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The flow instability of hydrocarbon fuel is an important factor in the design of a regenerative
cooling channel due to flow excursion accidents. To explore the mechanism of the instability …

Hydrodynamic characteristics of cyclohexane in a horizontal mini-tube at trans-and supercritical pressures

Z Yang, Y Shan, B Zhang, Y Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, an experimental study on the hydrodynamic characteristics of cyclohexane has
been conducted at pressures of 2.5–5.5 MPa, inlet temperature of 30–100° C and heat flux …

Experimental investigation on the characteristics of thermo-acoustic instability in hydrocarbon fuel at supercritical pressures

H Wang, J Zhou, Y Pan, N Wang - Acta Astronautica, 2016 - Elsevier
In the investigation of forced-convection heat transfer in a small-scale channel, the
phenomenon of thermo-acoustic instability was observed in hydrocarbon fuel (RP-3) at …

Investigation on flow and mixing characteristics of supersonic mixing layer induced by forced vibration of cantilever

D Zhang, J Tan, L Lv - Acta Astronautica, 2015 - Elsevier
The mixing process has been an important issue for the design of supersonic combustion
ramjet engine, and the mixing efficiency plays a crucial role in the improvement of the …