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A three-dimensional upwind PNS code for chemically reacting scramjet flowfields. [Parabolized Navier Stokes]

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OSTI ID:7083868
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  1. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames (United States) NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (United States)

A new upwind, parabolized Navier-Stokes (PNS) code has been developed to compute the three-dimensional (3D) chemically reacting flow in scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engines. The code is a modification of the 3D upwind PNS (UPS) airflow code which has been extended in the present study to permit internal flow calculations with hydrogen-air chemistry. With these additions, the new code has the capability of computing aerodynamic and propulsive flowfields simultaneously. The algorithm solves the PNS equations using a finite-volume, upwind TVD method based on Roe's approximate Riemann solver that has been modified to account for 'real gas' effects. The fluid medium is assumed to be a chemically reacting mixture of thermally perfect (but calorically imperfect) gases in thermal equilibrium. The new code has been applied to two test cases. These include the Burrows-Kurkov supersonic combustion experiment and a generic 3D scramjet flowfield. The computed results compare favorably with the available experimental data. 38 refs.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, CA (United States). Ames Research Center
OSTI ID:
7083868
Report Number(s):
AIAA-Paper--92-2898; CONF-9207154--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English