An experimental and numerical study of a supersonic burner for CFD model development

G. Magnotti; A. D. Cutler

An experimental and numerical study of a supersonic burner for CFD model development

G. Magnotti^*, A. D. Cutler

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A laboratory scale supersonic burner has been developed for validation of computational fluid dynamics models. Detailed numerical simulations were performed for the flow inside the combustor, and coupled with finite element thermal analysis to obtain more accurate outflow conditions. A database of nozzle exit profiles for a wide range of conditions of interest was generated to be used as boundary conditions for simulation of the external jet, or for validation of non-intrusive measurement techniques. A set of experiments was performed to validate the numerical results. In particular, temperature measurements obtained by using an infrared camera show that the computed heat transfer was larger than the measured value. Relaminarization in the convergent part of the nozzle was found to be responsible for this discrepancy, and further numerical simulations sustained this conclusion.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit - Hartford, CT, United States Duration: Jul 21 2008 → Jul 23 2008

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Name	44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

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Other	44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
Country/Territory	United States
City	Hartford, CT
Period	07/21/08 → 07/23/08

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Aerospace Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Space and Planetary Science
General Energy
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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