Prospects for scramjet engines in reusable launch applications: A review

L Sam, PT Idithsaj, PP Nair, A Suryan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Partially or completely reusing launch vehicles significantly reduces expenses for
manufacturing and testing in space missions. Thus, Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) can …

Simulations of combustion oscillation and flame dynamics in a strut-based supersonic combustor

Z Huang, G He, S Wang, F Qin, X Wei, L Shi - international journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper numerically investigated the dynamic characteristics of combustion in a model
scramjet. Three-dimensional compressible large eddy simulation was performed on a …

Shock-induced supersonic combustion with a streamwise vortex

N Iwabayashi, K Matsushita, S Okada, T Hiejima - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Two hypermixer fuel-injector struts, which can induce streamwise vortices in the middle of a
combustor, are used to investigate numerically how the difference of vortex circulation …

A computational study of supersonic combustion behind a wedge-shaped flameholder

C Fureby, E Fedina, J Tegnér - Shock waves, 2014 - Springer
In this study, large eddy simulation (LES) has been used to examine supersonic flow,
mixing, self-ignition and combustion in a model scramjet combustor and has been compared …

A systematic literature review based on different fuel injection strategies used in scramjet combustors

SK Gugulothu - Heat Transfer—Asian Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A supersonic combustion ramjet engine is an air‐breathing propulsive system aimed at
futuristic hypersonic vehicles. The profound advantages observed in the area of defence …

Shockwave effects on supersonic combustion using hypermixer struts

T Hiejima, T Oda - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This study describes combustion features due to streamwise vorticity when using hypermixer
struts at Mach numbers of 2.5 and 3.5. Two types of struts are used with hydrogen fuel (at an …

Application of the sparse-Lagrangian multiple map** conditioning approach to a model supersonic combustor

Z Huang, MJ Cleary, H Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The Multiple Map** Conditioning/Large Eddy Simulation (MMC-LES) model is extended
for the first time to high-speed, compressible flow conditions and validated against non …

Flame stabilization mechanism study in a hydrogen-fueled model supersonic combustor under different air inflow conditions

F Qin, Z Huang, G He, S Wang, X Wei, B Liu - international journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Flame stabilization mechanisms of a hydrogen-fueled laboratory model scramjet combustor
are numerically studied. The combustor consists of a sonic fuel jet injected paralleling into a …

Tailored fuel injection for performance enhancement in a Mach 12 scramjet engine

JE Barth, DJ Wise, V Wheatley, MK Smart - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
To investigate the potential performance benefits of tailored fuel injection in a scramjet
engine, flow through a rectangular-to-elliptical shape-transitioning scramjet was simulated …

Effects of streamwise vortex breakdown on supersonic combustion

T Hiejima - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
This paper presents a numerical simulation study of the combustion structure of streamwise
vortex breakdown at Mach number 2.48. Hydrogen fuel is injected into a combustor at sonic …