• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.353-356
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• 2010

A computational study on the enhancement of parallel supersonic-subsonic mixing wakes is conducted and compared with available experimental data. The first aim of the present work is to show a direct comparison between numerical predictions and equivalent experimental data for the baseline case. The Pitot pressure distribution data are in good agreement between computation and experiment, and the results show that Menter's SST model with the compressibility correction gives the best performance. Further we investigate the effects of primary parameters such as the position of the cavity, and the arrangement of the cavity at the given flow condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.75-80
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• 2013

In this study, a forced ignition method with a plasma jet torch is studied in Mach 2 laboratory scaled wind-tunnel. The hyper-mixer is used as a mixer. For two normal injection cases, the one is collided against a wedge plate of the hyper-mixer and the other is directly injected into the cold main flow. For the first case, the hyper-mixer disperses the injected fuel, leading to the mixing enhancement. Furthermore, the fuel-air mixture is provided into the plasma hot gas, which enhances the combustion performance. However, the direct injection into the main flow method spends amount of fuel without ignition in the cold supersonic flow. In the end, for the forced combustion, it is important to supply the fuel-air mixture into the heat source.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.15-15
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• 1998

마하 수 6 이상인 극초음속 비행에는 스크램제트(SCRamjet : Supersonic Combustion Ramjet) 엔진이 가장 적합한 엔진으로 알려져 있고 현재 미국을 중심으로 이 엔진의 개발에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 스크램제트 엔진의 성공적인 개발을 위해서는 초음속 공기 내에서 연료의 분사를 통한 가장 효율적인 연소를 유도할 수 있어야 한다. 초음속 상태의 공기와 연료의 혼합을 증대시키고 연소안정성을 향상시키는 방법으로 연소기 내에 인위적으로 경사충격파를 발생시키는 방안이 Marble 등에 의해 최초로 도입되었다. 본 연구에서는 스크램제트엔진 내의 연소기를 모델링하여 마하수 2.5의 초음속공기 유동 중앙에 수소 제트를 분사하여 초음속 수소-공기 화염을 만들고 연소기의 측면에 동일한 모양과 크기의 쐐기를 각각 부착시켜 평면 경사충격파를 발생시켰다 본 실험은 충격파가 초음속 화염에 미치는 영향을 연구한 최초의 실험연구이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.359-363
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• 2005

In SCRamjet engine, combustion occurs in supersonic flow with airbreathing. SCRamjet is characterized by very short combustion time in combustor, so it is very important to be mixing the air and fuel in short duration. Several methods are suggested for mixing enhancement. Among these, cavity is selected to study for enhancement of mixing. The numerical simulation is performed in the case of freestream Mach number of 2.5 and cavity located in front of fuel jet injection. CFD-Fastran, commercial code with three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation with the Menter SST turbulence model were used. The results are obtained validate experiment results for same condition. Therefore, the numerical results show the mixing enhancement characteristics with a cavity.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.33-39
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• 2008

To improve the mixing efficiency and to reduce the pressure loss, it is needed to develope a new mixing device for supersonic combustion. The vent mixer is introduced as the new supersonic fuel-air mixer. Computational analyses, that include pressure profile, density contour, and streamline tracing, have been carried out. The expansion wave generates at the end of the extended upper wall of the mixer. And it reduces the shock wave from the hole. Incoming air flow through the hole makes several recirculation regions which increase the mixing efficiency, and the separation region at the downward wall expends the boundary layer which reduces the pressure loss.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.81-86
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• 2007

The air velocity flowing in inner combustion chamber of Scramjet is supersonic and the time of its stay is very short as a few milliseconds. Within this short time, fuel injection, air-fuel mixing, and combustion process should be accomplished. Several methods are suggested for mixing enhancement. Among these, cavity is selected to study for enhancement of mixing. The numerical simulation is performed in the case of freestream Mach number of 2.5 and cavity located in front of fuel jet injection. 8 different sized cavities of length-height ratio were used in order to recognize the effect about cavity size. Also, the case without cavity was analyzed to find the effect of cavity. Used code compared with the result of experiment under identical conditions and it was verified. Through this comparison and verification, mixing enhancement by cavity could be confirmed.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.525-530
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• 2000

The effects of vortex generators, in the form of small tabs projecting into the flow at the axisymmetric supersonic nozzle exit and triangular thin tapes attached on the inner surface at the nozzle exit, on the characterixtics of supersonic mixing enhancements are experimentally investigated. Delta-shaped tabs as small as 1% of the nozzle exit area produce strong counter-rotating vortices, and is found to produce significant effects on the jet flowfield downstream of the nozzle. The effects is larger on the under-expanded cases than over- and perfect-expanded cases. Nozzle inner surface roughness also can do a role of centerline pressure decay for highly under-expanded jet cases. The effects of the angle of tabs with respect to flow direction are also investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.281-284
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• 2008

The flow of combustor in scramjet engine is supersonic speed. So residence time and mixing ratio are very important factors for efficient combustion. This study used open cavity on fuel/air mixing model and laser schlieren was carried out to investigate flow characteristics around a jet orifice and a cavity. A source of illumination has 10 ns endurance time so it can observe unsteady flow characteristics efficiently. Pressure was measured by varying momentum flux ratio. And the change of critical ignition point was observed to change of momentum flux ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

The flow of combustor in scramjet engine has supersonic speed so that the residence time and mixing ratio are very important factors for the efficient combustion. This study used open cavity(L/D=4.8) as a fuel/air mixing model. Laser schlieren visualization and pressure measurement were carried out to observe the flow characteristics around a jet orifice and a cavity at the time of fuel injection. As a result of 10ns laser schlieren, unsteady flow which was around the cavity could be observed effectively. Pressure was measured that momentum flux ratio(J) was changed. And the change of critical ignition point could be observed by the momentum flux ratio changed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.378-385
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• 2012

Vent mixer can provide main flow directly into a recirculation region downstream of the mixer to enhance fuel-air mixing efficiency. Based on experimental results of three-dimensional velocity, vorticity and turbulent kinetic energy obtained by a stereoscopic PIV method, the performance of the vent mixer was compared with that of the step mixer which was used as a basic model. Thick shear layers of the vent mixer induced the increase of the penetration height. The turbulent kinetic energy mainly distributed along a boundary layer between the main flow and the jet plume. This turbulent field activates mass transfer in a mixing region, leading to the mixing enhancement.