Supersonic combustion in air-breathing propulsion systems for hypersonic flight

J Urzay - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Great efforts have been dedicated during the last decades to the research and development
of hypersonic aircrafts that can fly at several times the speed of sound. These aerospace …

Turbulence/chemistry interactions in a ramp-stabilized supersonic hydrogen–air diffusion flame

JA Fulton, JR Edwards, A Cutler, J McDaniel… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Hybrid large-eddy/Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of turbulence/chemistry
interactions occurring within a ramp-injected, hydrogen-fueled scramjet combustor are …

Development and testing of the ACT-1 experimental facility for hypersonic combustion research

D Baccarella, Q Liu, A Passaro, T Lee… - … Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A new pulsed-arc-heated hypersonic wind tunnel facility, designated as ACT-1 (Arc-heated
Combustion Test-rig 1), has been developed and built at the University of Notre Dame in …

OH PLIF visualization of a premixed ethylene-fueled dual-mode scramjet combustor

LML Cantu, ECA Gallo, AD Cutler… - 54th AIAA Aerospace …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) 1 is an instantaneous, spatially-resolved optical
measurement technique that involves molecular excitation for both quantitative …

Spatially resolved water measurements in a scramjet combustor using diode laser absorption

IA Schultz, CS Goldenstein, JB Jeffries… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2014 - arc.aiaa.org
A two-color tunable diode laser sensor for detection of H 2 O absorption near 1.4 μ m was
used to simultaneously determine temperature, H 2 O column density, and velocity in a …

Scramjet combustion efficiency measurement via tomographic absorption spectroscopy and particle image velocimetry

KM Busa, BE Rice, JC McDaniel, CP Goyne… - AIAA Journal, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
The combustion efficiency of a scramjet is a metric that evaluates the overall performance of
the engine. Until recently, combustion efficiency was measured using indirect approaches …

Visualization of simulated fuel–air mixing in a dual-mode scramjet

LML Cantu, ECA Gallo, AD Cutler, BF Bathel… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Nitric oxide planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements have been performed in a
small-scale scramjet combustor at the University of Virginia Aerospace Research Laboratory …

OH imaging of partially-premixed ethylene-air flames in a dual-mode scramjet

AJ Metro, A Kim, RD Rockwell, LA Elkowitz… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2434. vid Flame stabilization in an
ethylene-fueled dual-mode scramjet combustor with a cavity flameholder is investigated …

Particle Image Velocimetry and Total Temperature Characterization of Arc-Heated Mach 4.5 Free Jet

GS Lee, J Lim, P Sakkos, IC Gessman, N Kato… - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were conducted in the Arc-Heated
Combustion Tunnel (ACT-II) on a high-enthalpy Mach 4.5 nozzle flow. The primary …

Image analysis of hydroxyl-radical planar laser-induced fluorescence in turbulent supersonic combustion

CD McRae, CT Johansen, PM Danehy… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Flow visualization and statistical analysis of a supersonic, turbulent reacting flow from
nonintrusive hydroxyl radical planar laser-induced fluorescence images are presented. The …