28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS2012-P4.12

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A SCRAMJET INLET-ISOLATOR USING EXPERIMENTAL & NUMERICAL METHODS

A. Che Idris, M. R. Saad, H. Zare-Behtash, E. Erdem, K. Kontis
Univ. of Manchester, UK

Keywords: scramjet, inlet-isolator, performance, experimental, numerical

The effects of variable geometry inlet on its performance were studied extensively. Experimental methods involved are Pressure Sensitive Paint, Particle Image Velocimetry, Colour Schlieren, oil flow and many other standard methods. Results show how flow structures inside inlet-isolator could determine its performance.

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