• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.03a
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• pp.62-68
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• 2004

A comprehensive numerical analysis has been carried out for both non-reacting and reacting flows in a scramjet engine combustor with and without a cavity. The theoretical formulation treats the complete conservation equations of chemically reacting flows with finite-rate chemistry of hydrogen-air. Turbulence closure is achieved by means of a k-$\omega$ two-equation model. The governing equations are discretized using a MUSCL-type TVD scheme, and temporally integrated by a second-order accurate implicit scheme. Transverse injection of hydrogen is considered over a broad range of injection pressure. The corresponding equivalence ratio of the overall fuel/air mixture ranges from 0.167 to 0.50. The work features detailed resolution of the flow and flame dynamics in the combustor, which was not typically available in most of the previous studies. In particular, the oscillatory flow characteristics are captured at a scale sufficient to identify the .underlying physical mechanisms. Much of the flow unsteadiness is related not only to the cavity, but also to the intrinsic unsteadiness in the flow-field. The interactions between the unsteady flow and flame evolution may cause a large excursion of flow oscillation. The roles of the cavity, injection pressure, and heat release in determining the flow dynamics are examined systematically.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.32-36
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• 2002

A numerical study was carried out to investigate combustion phenomena in a model Scramjet engine, which had been experimentally studied at the University of Tokyo using a high-enthalpy supersonic wind tunnel. The main airflow was Mach number 2.0 and the total temperature of hot flow was 1800K. Equivalence ratio was set to be 0.26 which is higher than that of experiment to investigate the effect of strong precombustion shock. The results showed that self-ignition occurred at the rear bottom wall of the combustor and combined with the shear layer flame between fuel jet and main airflow. Then, precombustion shock was generated at the step location and reversely enhanced the mixing and combustion process behind the shock. Due to the high equivalence ratio, the precombustion shock moved upstream of the step compared with that of experiment.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.127-132
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• 2001

A numerical study was carried out to investigate the combustion phenomena in a model Scramjet engine, which had been experimentally studied in the University of Tokyo using a high-enthalpy supersonic wind tunnel. The main airflow was 2.0 in Mach number and the total temperature of hot flow was 1800K. Equivalence ratio was set to be rather higher value of 0.26 than that of experiment to investigate the effect of strong precombustion shock. The results showed that self-ignition occurred at the rear bottom wall of the combustor and combined with the shear layer flame between fuel jet and main airflow. Then, precombustion shock was generated at the step location and reversely enhanced the mixing and combustion process behind the shock. Due to the high equivalence ratio, the precombustion shock moved upstream of the step compared with that of experiment.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.117-122
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• 1998

A numerical study is carried out to investigate the transient process of combustion phenomena associated with hypersonic propulsion devices. Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations for reactive flows are used as governing equations with a detailed chemistry mechanism of hydrogen-air mixture and two-equation SST turbulence modeling. The governing equations are discretized by a high order accurate upwind scheme and solved in a fully coupled manner with a fully implicit time accurate method. At first, oscillating shock-induced combustion is analyzed and the comparison with experimental result gives the validity of present computational modeling. Secondly, the model ram accelerator experiment was simulated and the results show the detailed transient combustion mechanisms. Thirdly, the evolution of oblique detonation wave is simulated and the result shows transient and final steady state behavior at off-stability condition. Finally, shock wave/boundary layer interaction in combustible mixture is studied and the criterion of boundary layer flame and oblique detonation wave is identified.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

The cavity inside the combustor increases the mixing efficiency of fuel and air by inducing a oscillation of the flow and the recirculation area with a low speed, and enables continuous combustion by maintaining the flame. In this study, the characteristics of the internal flow by change in the shape parameters of the cavity were analyzed through experiments and two-dimensional computational analysis. It was observed that the flow in the supersonic combustor was greatly influenced by various shape parameters of cavity besides L/D. Even with the same L/D, it was confirmed that the flow type varies depending on the depth of the cavity, either open or closed type, and the aft ramp angle of the cavity and the height of the combustor also affect the flow characteristics. As a result, the change in the shape parameters of the cavity had a great influence on the total pressure loss.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.189-194
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• 2001

In this paper, non-reacting and reacting flowfields were computed using a preconditioned Navier-Stokes solver. The preconditioning technique of Merkle et al. and TVD scheme or Chakravarthy and Osher was employed and the results obtained using developed code have a good agreement with the previous results and experimental data. The preconditioned Wavier-Stokes equation set with low Reynolds number $\kappa-\epsilon$ equation and species continuity equations, are discretized with strongly implicit manner and time integrated with LU-SSOR scheme. For the purpose of treating unsteady problem the duel-time stepping scheme was employed. For the validation of the code in incompressible flow regime, steady driven square cavity flow was considered and calculation result shows reasonably good agreement with the result of incompressible code. Shock wave/boundary layer interaction problem was considered to show the shock capturing performance of preconditioned-TVD scheme. To validate unsteady flow, acoustic oscillation problem was calculated, and supersonic premix flame of $H_2$-air reaction problem which is calculated with turbulence model, 9-species/18-reaction step reaction model, shows reasonable agreement with the previous results. As a result, the preconditioning method has an advantage to calculate incompressible and compressible flow through one code and preconditioned solver easily developed from standard compressible code with minor efforts. But additional computational time and computer memory is required due to preconditioning matrix.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.321-326
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• 2006

Vitiated air heater which could supply air of 700K and 6 bar was designed conceptually for the firing test on the ground of the air breathing propulsion engines. This vitiated air heater consists of premixer with air and excessive gas oxygen, mixing head, combustor with gas passage, convergent-divergent nozzle and diffuser. the fuel was natural gas and/or liquefied natural gas. Through computational fluid dynamics, each component of the air heater was analyzed and flame-holding after ignition was investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.1-13
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• 2007

Scramjet engine is one of the most promising propulsion systems for future transport. For the ground test with T4 shock tunnel, model scramjet engine is designed. Design flight Mach number is 7.6 and flight altitude is 30km. Engine intake is designed by Levenberg-Marquardt optimization method and Korkegi relation. Furthermore, cowl cut out region is installed by the rule of Kantrowitz limit. Inside the combustor, cavity type flame holder is installed. Cavity is designed by Rayleigh line relation and PSR model. Numerical analysis is performed for the design confirm.