A large-scale low-boom inlet concept was tested in the NASA Glenn Research Center 8- x 6- foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. The purpose of this test was to assess inlet performance, stability and operability at various Mach numbers and angles of attack. During this effort, two models were tested: a dual stream inlet designed to mimic potential aircraft flight hardware integrating a high-flow bypass stream; and a single stream inlet designed to study a configuration with a zero-degree external cowl angle and to permit surface visualization of the vortex generator flow on the internal centerbody surface. During the course of the test, the low-boom inlet concept was demonstrated to have high recovery, excellent buzz margin, and high operability. This paper will provide an overview of the setup, show a brief comparison of the dual stream and single stream inlet results, and examine the dual stream inlet characteristics.


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    Title :

    Experimental Investigation of a Large-Scale Low-Boom Inlet Concept



    Conference:

    29th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference ; 2011 ; Honolulu, HI, United States


    Publication date :

    2011-06-27


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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