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An Accurate Performance Prediction of Solid Fuel Ramjets Using Coupled Intake-Combustor-Nozzle Simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2020

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A. M. Tahsini*
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School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IRAN
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*Corresponding author (am_tahsini@iust.ac.ir)
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Abstract

The performance of the solid fuel ramjet is accurately predicted using full part simulation of this propulsion system, where the flow fields of the intake, combustion chamber, and the nozzle are numerically studied all together. The conjugate heat transfer is considered between the solid phase and the gas phase to directly compute the regression rate of the fuel. The finite volume solver of the compressible turbulent reacting flow is utilized to study the axisymmetric three dimensional flow fields, and two blocks are used to discretize the computational domain. It is shown that the combustion chamber's pressure is changed due to the fuel flow rate's increment which must be taken into account in predictions. The results demonstrate that omitting the pressure dependence of the regression rate and also the effect of the combustor's inlet profile on the regression rate, which specially exists when simulating the combustion chamber individually, under-predicts the solid fuel burning rate when the regression rate augmentation technique is applied to improve the performance of the solid fuel ramjets. It is also illustrated that using the inlet swirl to increase the regression rate of the solid fuel augments considerably the thrust level of the considered SFRJ, while the predictions without considering all parts of the ramjet is not accurate.

Keywords

Burning rateCombustorIntakeNozzleRamjetSolid fuelSwirlThrust
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Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 933 - 941
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Copyright © 2020 The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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