Based upon a simplified representation of the mode of operation of the pulse-jet tube, the effect of the influences mentioned in the title were investigated and it will be shown that, for a jet tube with a form designed to be aerodynamically favorable, the ability to operate is at least questionable. By taking into account the course of the development of pressure by combustion, a new insight has been obtained into the processes of motion within the jet tube, an insight that explains a number of empirical observations, namely: certain particulars of the sequence of pressure variations; the existence of an optimum valve-opening ratio; the occurrence of an intrusion of air; and the existence of a flight speed above which the jet tube ceases to operate. At too great an opening ratio or at too great a flight s-peed, the continuous flow through the tube is too predominant over the oscillaory process to permit the occurrence of an explosion powerful enough to maintain continuous operation. Certain possible means of making the operation of the jet tube more independent of the flight speed and of reducing the flow losses were proposed and discussed.
Gas Dynamic Investigations of the Pulse-Jet Tube. Parts I and II
1947
113 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aerodynamics , Fluid Mechanics , Gas dynamics , Jets , Leakage , Pulses , Jet flow , Combustion , Valves , Flight speeds , Pressure effects , Wave propagation , Flow velocity
Gas-Dynamic Investigations of the Pulse-Jet Tube
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