Numerical validation and parametric investigation on the cold flow field of a typical cavity-based scramjet combustor

The three-dimensional coupled implicit Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations and the two equation standard k–ε turbulence model has been employed to numerically simulate the cold flow field in a typical cavity-based scramjet combustor. The numerical results show reasonable agreement with the schlieren photograph and the pressure distribution available in the open literature. The pressure distribution after the first pressure rise is under-predicted. There are five shock waves existing in the cold flow field of the referenced combustor. The first and second pressure rises on the upper wall of the combustor are predicted accurately with the medium grid. The other three shock waves occur in the core flow of the combustor. The location of the pressure rise due to these three shock waves could not be predicted accurately due to the presence of recirculation zone downstream of the small step. Further, the effect of length-to-depth ratio of the cavity and the back pressure on the wave structure in the combustor has been investigated. The obtained results show that there is an optimal length-to-depth ratio for the cavity to restrict the movement of the shock wave train in the flow field of the scramjet combustor. The low velocity region in the cavity affects the downstream flow field for low back pressure. The intensity of the shock wave generated at the exit of the isolator depends on the back pressure at the exit of the combustor and this in turn affects the pressure distribution on the upper wall of the combustor.     

Numerical investigation of the impact of asymmetric fuel injection on shock train characteristics

Numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the impact of asymmetric fuel injection on shock train characteristics using the commercial-code FLUENT. The asymmetry of fuel injection is examined by changing the fuel flow rates of the upper and lower wall fuel injectors. The numerical approach solves the two-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations, supplemented with a k-ω model of turbulence. As a result, different ways of fuel injections will always lead to shock train transitions, with the variations of shock train structure, strength and leading edge position. For symmetric fuel injection, the flowfield of the isolator is quite asymmetric with the boundary layer of the upper wall side developing much stronger than that of the lower wall, which is due to the heterogeneity of the incoming flow. Regarding to asymmetric fuel injection with more of lower wall side, though the pressures in the combustor are nearly the same, the first shock of the shock train converts between ‘Distinct symmetric X type shock’ and ‘Obscure and weaker asymmetric shock’ and the shock train leading edge moves upstream with the increase of the asymmetry level. With regard to asymmetric fuel injection with more of upper wall side, ‘incomplete asymmetric X type shock’ occurs and the shock train structures keep nearly the same with low level of fuel injection asymmetry. Unexpected results like unstart will happen when increasing the level of fuel injection asymmetry. And the isolator will come back to normal state by decreasing the differential of upper and lower wall sides fuel injections.     

流体式高超声速可调进气道流动机理及工作特性分析

针对基于二次流控制的定几何高超声速可调进气道设计概念,给出了其具体的流道实现方案,而后通过全流道仿真分析,检验了该可调进气道在马赫数4~6范围内的可实现性,获得了其工作特性,并对弯曲激波后的总压损失特性、二次流的能量获取及消耗机制等流动机理进行了专门分析。结果表明：该流体式可调进气道能够依靠自身高压驱动二次流来实现对口部波系的调节,使进气道在低马赫数下的流量系数相对于常规定几何高超声速进气道提高24%以上,总压恢复提高7%左右,且最大二次流消耗量只占了进气道捕获流量的1.6%左右。另外,虽然弯曲激波的波后总压和马赫数分布表现出了一定的不均匀性,但是其平均总压恢复系数与相同倾角平面激波相比下降不大。二次流循环流动所消耗的机械能由外部外流剪切力做功补充,而二次流注入会使当地边界层的速度型变得瘦弱,形状因子增大。     

超燃冲压发动机隔离段内附面层/激波串相互干扰研究

隔离段内激波串的产生和发展以及激波/附面层相互干扰现象是极为复杂的,有效地进行激波串的组织是研究隔离段的关键所在,而其性能的好坏直接影响着超燃冲压发动机的性能。采用数值模拟的方法对不同来流附面层厚度工况的二维轴对称隔离段内流场流动特性进行了数值计算,分析了附面层/激波相互作用机理和附面层对隔离段激波串及隔离段性能的影响。结构表明:压缩-膨胀-再压缩-再膨胀……的气流流动挤压过程导致激波串的形成,逆压梯度的存在构成了附面层分离;附面层厚度的增加影响着激波串起始位置和结构;随着附面层厚度的增加,出口总压恢复系数和质量平均马赫数降低,且随着反压增大,变化趋势趋于明显。     

Numerical investigation on hydrogen combustion in a scramjet with 3D sidewall compression inlet

Numerical simulations were employed to analyze the flowfield of a scramjet with three-dimensional (3D) sidewall compression inlet, and the effect of inlet distortion on the mixing and combustion process was examined. The numerical approach solved the compressible Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations supplemented with a finite rate chemical reacting model for the combustion of hydrogen fuel and air. Turbulence closure was achieved using Menter shear-stress transport (SST) model. To verify the accuracy of the simulation, the computed wall pressure was compared with the experimental data of the direct-connect combustor test. The metrics employed in the simulations included qualitative assessments related to flow structure as well as quantitative values of fuel mixing efficiency, combustion efficiency and static pressure distribution. Intake sidewalls were found to strongly affect the inlet flow structure, which became more complex in the nonuniform flowfield. The shock train system affected the combustion region located upstream of the injection and led to pairs of asymmetric separation bubbles. Nevertheless, the shock train system dissipated due to the reactions, the combustion patterns of each fuel jets in downstream region were nearly identical, and the degree of improvement of mixing and combustion efficiency near the downstream injectors was less than that near the upstream injectors.     

Recent Advances in the Theoretical and Applied Study on Compressible Turbulent Flow over Aerospace Vehicles

This paper focused on the fundamental and applied research of turbulent flows encountered in the hypersonic flight of aerospace vehicles,which take place in the boundary layer and mixing layer.As to the plate boundary layer,LES approach has been used to simulate the flows over compression corners and incident shock waves,revealing that turbulent flows would significantly inhibit the boundary layer separation caused by shock wave-boundary layer interaction(SWBLI).The boundary layer transition over a circular cone has been analyzed through stability analysis and wind-tunnel test,by which the angle-of-attack effect in case of small angle of attack has been studied.Non-linear evolution process and secondary instability structure in the supersonic mixing layer(Mc=0.5) were initially figured out through the study of mixing layer,and knowledge of the flow control mechanism of the boundary layer and mixing enhancement mechanism of the mixing layer has been obtained through this research.Artificial boundary-layer transition technique based on subharmonic resonance has been proposed and applied to the flow control in a scramjet inlet,inhibiting the flow separation of the boundary layer while improving the inlet performance.To guarantee the mixing of kerosene and supersonic airflow in the scramjet combustor,the mixing enhancement method based on subharmonic resonance has been adopted and a concept of combustor with smooth wall and low internal drag has been proposed for ignition and stable combustion.Finally,future turbulence research and technological development of aerospace vehicles is predicted.     

双模态冲压发动机燃烧室流场数值模拟研究

在三维、粘性、湍流及有化学反应的Navier-Stokes方程基础上，通过有限化学反应速率／涡扩散模型模化湍流燃烧，对以H2为燃料的双模态冲压发动机燃烧室流场进行了研究，分析了空燃比、燃料入射角、飞行马赫数对燃烧室工作模态的影响，并分析了燃烧室隔离段的作用。     

空气节流对煤油燃料超燃燃烧室燃烧性能影响

采用非定常数值模拟方法研究了空气节流对煤油燃料超燃冲压发动机燃烧性能的影响,并研究了节流流量和节流撤去时间对节流效果的影响。在发动机入口马赫数2.0、静温656.5K、静压0.125MPa的条件下,无空气节流时发动机下壁面稳焰失败,壁面压力较低;有空气节流时发动机下壁面燃料稳定燃烧,壁面压力较高。空气节流可以有效地提高发动机的推力性能,可以改变发动机的燃烧模态。随着节流流量和节流撤去时间的增加,燃烧越来越剧烈,壁面压力逐渐升高,可能影响进气道的起动。节流可能促使流场产生振荡现象,通过改变节流流量也可以消除振荡现象。     

高超声速乘波飞行器气动实验研究

以绕楔高超声速流场为基础，用流线追踪法生成了一种高超声速飞行器气动概念构形、初步探索了高超声速飞行器机身/推进系统一体化气动构形设计方法，开展了高超声速测压实验，结果表明：该类构形飞行器在高超声速飞行时，可以产生较高的升阻比，前体的预压缩效果明显，是以吸气式冲压发动机动力的有效途的飞行器构形。     

冲压发动机超声速进气道研究进展

超声速进气道是冲压发动机的关键部件之一。简要介绍了冲压发动机常用的典型进气道。重点叙述了进气道的最新研究成果,主要包括等溢流角弯曲前缘侧壁压缩进气道设计概念、支板引射压缩进气道、双模态超燃冲压发动机变几何进气道、全外压缩式超声速“参数进气道”、固定型面方转椭圆形超声速进气道（REST）等的设计概念与方案。最后概括了先进进气道的发展趋势。     

高超声速进气道优化设计初探

以总压恢复系数为目标,利用无粘流斜激波关系式和约束最优化计算方法,在考虑混合气体比热随温度变化的条件下,对二维混压式高超声速进气道设计方法作了初步探索,利用数值模拟软件对附面层作了修正,研究了进气道的基本性能。数值模拟结果表明:该进气道在飞行马赫数Ma=4～6.5范围内能够可靠工作。     

非对称来流下带后掠斜楔的短隔离段实验研究

为了提高超燃冲压发动机隔离段耐反压能力以及缩短其长度,在前期后掠斜楔数值研究基础上,设计了一种带后掠斜楔的隔离段,斜楔放置在隔离段进口的下壁面上,距隔离段进口长度约15%处,在非对称的隔离段进口来流速度为1.98马赫数的条件下完成吹风实验.实验结果表明,隔离段添加后掠斜楔后的最大承受反压从来流静压的3.55倍上升到3.90倍,提高了9.89%.相同反压下,带后掠斜楔的短隔离段长度缩短了15%.相同长度的带后掠斜楔的隔离段出口平均总压恢复系数由基准隔离段的0.694上升到0.710,提高了2.3%.     

超声速进气道喘振的机理研究

应用数值模拟方法对中心锥中心进气混压式进气道的喘振现象进行了研究。在数值计算的基础上,根据进气道出口截面每个网格点的压力、密度、速度等参数计算了进气道喘振过程中流量系数和总压恢复系数随时间的变化情况。同时给出了在喘振过程中激波振荡的振幅、频率、对应的波系图案。并根据进气道头部分离涡的发展情况以及进气道内通道中状态参数的变化情况对喘振产生的机理进行了分析,认为进气道头部分离涡对喘振的产生起关键的作用。     

隔离段对二维混压式进气道出口参数的影响

利用Fluent仿真软件,对二维混压式高超音速前体/进气道在设计状态和非设计状态下的性能和流场进行了计算。分析表明,进气道在设计状态下的性能得到了明显的提高。同时,有无隔离段以及隔离段长度对进气道出口参数的影响,文中进行了初步的分析,结果表明:有无隔离段以及隔离段长度对进气道出口总温没有太大的影响;隔离段较短时,进气道出口总压比无隔离段小,但当隔离段长度增大到一定值后,进气道出口总压比无隔离段大;隔离段较短时,进气道出口马赫数比无隔离段大,但当隔离段长度增大到一定值后,进气道出口马赫数比无隔离段小。     

某固体火箭发动机点火启动过程三维流场一体化仿真

以某固体发动机的燃烧室和喷管为一体化研究对象,采用三维流场控制方程,应用有限体积法计算了发动机点火启动过程中燃烧室和喷管内燃气的流场特性。发动机药柱上的着火点最初出现在药柱星角尖上,然后向四周扩展;在药柱点火初期,燃气压力波先于火焰峰到达喷管;随着燃烧室内燃气压力升高,压力沿轴向分布逐渐平缓;当喷管进口压力与出口背压比达到某一值时,喷管扩张段内出现一道激波,随着压力比的升高,激波最终移出喷管,燃气流速在喷管出口处达到最大值。     

影响高超声速进气道起动能力的因素分析

对一系列不同收缩比、不同波系配置的内压缩通道二维流场进行了数值模拟。研究了面积收缩比、飞行高度和来流攻角对高超声速进气道起动性能的影响，提出了进口起动马赫数和来流起动马赫数的概念。研究表明，当进气道收缩比增大时，进气道的进口起动马赫数增大；来流起动马赫数由外压波系强度和进口起动马赫数决定，所以来流攻角变化改变外压波系强度，从而改变来流起动马赫数；随着飞行高度的增加，来流起动马赫数和进口起动马赫数增大，造成这一变化的原因是飞行高度不同，来流雷诺数不同，造成收缩段进口截面附面层厚度不同。     

一种正向乘波前体设计方法初步研究

以定楔角乘波体设计方法为基础,研究了影响高超/超声速乘波体"乘波"的主要因素,给出了前体前缘实际气流压缩角的确定方法及影响因素,可知在相同的来流马赫数和压缩角δ下,随着前缘角θ和气流与前缘夹角α的增加,实际气流偏转角γ减小。据此,基于幂函数进气道前体构形,给出了前缘激波不脱体的限制条件及具体的判定方法,分析了乘波体典型几何特征参数对前缘激波不脱体的影响规律,结果显示在相同的来流马赫数和压缩角度下,增大前缘形状因子n,减小前体的长宽比L/W及增大前缘角均有利于激波不脱体。根据给出的前体几何参数对前缘激波脱体的影响规律曲线,对一种"前体几何外形构造+前缘激波附体条件限制"的正向前体乘波器工程设计方法进行了研究,给出了具体设计流程,并进行了初步的数值仿真验证,表明通过该方法设计的乘波前体流动特征与预期的结果吻合,说明文中所给出的激波附体条件及影响规律是可信的,乘波前体设计方法是可行的。     

多级压缩锥导乘波体设计与分析

提出了多级压缩锥导乘波体的设计方法,该方法应用吻切锥理论和零攻角圆锥绕流基准流场通过流线追踪生成具有多个压缩面的乘波体。对以吸气式冲压发动机为动力的高超声速飞行器,应用多级压缩乘波前体可充分发挥前体的预压缩作用,为进气道的正常工作提供所需的均匀流场。以二级压缩乘波体为例阐述了该设计方法,设计方法通过对二级压缩基准流场进行重构,使其符合Taylor-Maccoll流动模型以获得新的二级压缩基准流场。同时编写设计程序生成了一级、二级和三级压缩乘波体,通过数值模拟结果校验设计方法的正确性,并对其压缩性、升阻比、总压恢复系数等性能进行了对比分析。     

基于类咽式进气道的高超声速飞行器一体化设计

针对吸气式高超声速飞行器高空巡航飞行时净推力和升力不足的难题,探索了一种基于类咽式进气道的高超声速飞行器一体化设计方法。该方法耦合了具有高升阻比特性的乘波机体和气流压缩性能优异的三维内收缩进气道,获得了一种气动性能较优的高超声速飞行器一体化构型。在设计过程中,对一种咽式进气道的几何外形和激波系结构进行了适当改变,得到了能与楔形乘波前体进行一体化设计的类咽式进气道构型,并采用遗传算法对进气道参数进行了优化;以所得到的进气道和乘波体为基础对飞行器整体构型进行了飞行器内外流一体化设计。无黏计算所得流场与理论设计吻合良好,有黏计算结果表明该飞行器在马赫数7时最大升阻比达到3.4,具有良好的气动性能。     

Numerical investigation on cavity structure of solid-fuel scramjet combustor

The influences of miscellaneous combustor structures for solid fuel scramjet combustion on the performance are investigated, including a detailed interaction analysis between shocks/waves and combustion. Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene is chosen as the solid fuel with the non-premixed equilibrium probability density function combustion model. The results show combustion enhancement when structure of combustor is modified. The radical emphasis is to examine the sensitivity of the properties due to variations on the length-to-depth ratio of cavity, aft wall angle, and offset ratio. It is noted that there is an appropriate structure of cavity (L/D=4, θ=45°, and D_d/D_u=1.25–1.5) regarding the combustion efficiency, total pressure loss and specific impulse. The observation of function for combustor components provides instructional insight into the design considerations for a combustor of a solid-fuel scramjet.