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A Scramjet Compression System for Hypersonic Air Transportation Vehicle Combined Cycle Engines

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  • Devendra Sen

    (Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels Research (CAPF), Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University, London UB8 3PH, UK)

  • Apostolos Pesyridis

    (Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels Research (CAPF), Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University, London UB8 3PH, UK
    Metapulsion Engineering Limited, Northwood, Middlesex HA63LG, UK)

  • Andrew Lenton

    (Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels Research (CAPF), Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University, London UB8 3PH, UK)

Abstract

This paper proposes a compression system for a scramjet, to be used as part of a combined cycle engine on a hypersonic transport vehicle that can achieve sustained flight at 8 Mach 8. Initially research into scramjet compression system and shock wave interaction was conducted to establish the foundation of the scramjet inlet and isolator sections. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) campaign was conducted, where the shock structure and flow characteristics was analysed between Mach 4.5–8. The compression system of a scramjet is of crucial importance in providing air at suitable Mach number, pressure and temperature to the combustion chamber. The use of turbojet engines in over-under configuration with the scramjet was investigated as well as the study of a combined cycle scramjet-ramjet configuration. It was identified that locating the scramjet in the centre with a rotated ramjet on either side, where its ramps make up the scramjet wall was the most optimal configuration, as it mitigated the effect of the oblique shocks propagating from the scramjet walls into the adjacent ramjet. Furthermore, this meant that the forebody of the vehicle could solely be used as the compression surface by the scramjet. In this paper, the sizing of the scramjet combustion chamber and nozzle were modified to match the flow properties of the oncoming flow with the purpose of producing the most optimum scramjet configuration for the cruise speed of Mach 8. CFD simulations showed that the scramjet inlet did not provide the levels of compression and stagnation pressure recovery initially required. However, it was found that the scramjet provided significantly more thrust than the drag of the aircraft at sustained Mach 8 flight, due to its utilisation of a very aerodynamic vehicle design.

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  • Devendra Sen & Apostolos Pesyridis & Andrew Lenton, 2018. "A Scramjet Compression System for Hypersonic Air Transportation Vehicle Combined Cycle Engines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-32, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:6:p:1568-:d:152599
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    1. Stephen M. Neill & Apostolos Pesyridis, 2017. "Modeling of Supersonic Combustion Systems for Sustained Hypersonic Flight," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-22, November.
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    2. Andrew Ridgway & Ashish Alex Sam & Apostolos Pesyridis, 2018. "Modelling a Hypersonic Single Expansion Ramp Nozzle of a Hypersonic Aircraft through Parametric Studies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-29, December.
    3. Omer Musa & Xiong Chen & Yingkun Li & Weixuan Li & Wenhe Liao, 2019. "Unsteady Simulation of Ignition of Turbulent Reactive Swirling Flow of Novel Design of Solid-Fuel Ramjet Motor," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-32, June.
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