A constant-area diffuser, or 'isolator', is required in both the ramjet and scramjet operating regimes of a dual-mode engine configuration in order to prevent unstarts due to pressure feedback from the combustor. Because the nature of the combustor-isolator interaction is different in the two operational modes, however, attention is presently given to the use of thermal vs kinetic energy coordinates for these interaction processes' visualization. The results of the analysis thus conducted indicate that the isolator requires severe flow separation at combustor entry, and that its entropy-generating characteristics are more severe than an equivalent oblique shock. A constant-area diffuser is only marginally able to contain the equivalent normal shock required for subsonic combustor entry.


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    Title :

    Isolator-combustor interaction in a dual-mode scramjet engine


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit ; 1993 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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