24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-6.6.4

ENGINE STARTING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AT STATIC STATE CONDITIONS USING SUPERSONIC AIR INTAKE

T. Nishikido, I. Murata, H. Futamura*
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan; *Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

Keywords: engine, starting performance, static state, supersonic, air intake, distortion

The supersonic air intake has sharp lips that possibly causes harmful flow distortion to the stable engine operation on the ground. We have conducted engine run up using a turbojet engine along with a supersonic intake to evaluate the influence of it on engine ground operation.

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