Date of Award

Spring 2012

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Program/Concentration

Mechanical Engineering

Committee Director

Gregory V. Selby

Committee Member

Sushil K. Chaturvedi

Committee Member

Arthur C. Taylor, III

Committee Member

Alok Verma

Abstract

A computational parametric investigation was conducted to study the effect of variations to several geometric parameters on the performance of a two-dimensional model scramjet engine (square cross section area for 3-D model). Geometric parameters included backstep location, height, and angle and fuel injector angle, diameter, and location. Two- and three-dimensional geometries have been studied, using a finite-volume computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code (FLUENT) with structured grids with sizes between 50,000 and 90,000 cells for the two-dimensional geometry and with structured hexahedral grid sizes between 650,000 and 949,725 cells for the three-dimensional geometry. Otherwise, identical values of program inputs were utilized for the two- and three-dimensional simulations.

Performance parameters investigated were combustion efficiency, thrust, pressure losses, and the equivalence ratio for the hydrogen-air combustor. A set of values for independent variables was identified which resulted in maximum thrust, minimum pressure losses, and an equivalence ratio close to unity.

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DOI

10.25777/22bs-sk78

ISBN

9781267395801

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