Consideration is given to the development of testing methods for the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program, focusing on techniques for simulating and testing scramjet engines and scramjet engine components during flight from Mach 4 to Mach 20. The flight conditions associated with the NASP are outlined and the stagnation temperatures and pressures required to simulate flight up to orbital speeds are presented. The types of test facilities needed for scramjet propulsion testing are discussed, including combustion-heated facilities, electric arc-heated facilities, convection-heated facilities, shock tunnels, and expansion tubes. Issues related to assessing the flow quality in the scramjet ground testing facilities are examined, including uniformity, contamination, dissociation, ionization, nonequilibrium, and turbulence. Direct-connect combustor versus free-jet scramjet engine tests are compared and the capabilities of current and near-future scramjet engine test facilities are evaluated.


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    Titel :

    Scramjet testing from Mach 4 to 20 - Present capability and needs for the nineties


    Beteiligte:
    Thomas, Scott R. (Autor:in) / Guy, R. Wayne (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990-06-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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