The Scramjet Engine

Zusammenfassung The renewed interest in high-speed propulsion has lead to increased activity in the development of the supersonic combustion ramjet engine for hypersonic flight applications. Corin Segal, a leading researcher, describes the processes and characteristics of the scramjet engine in a unified manner, reviewing both the theoretical and experimental research.

Autorentext

Corin Segal has been a member of the faculty at the University of Florida in the Mechanical and Aerospace Department since completing his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. He leads research in the Combustion and Propulsion Laboratory. Prior to his graduate studies Dr Segal spent over eleven years in the aerospace industry as a senior aerodynamicist, project manager, and as a leader of the technical bureau. His current research covers a range of topics including mixing and combustion in high speed flows, supercritical mixing, high pressure combustion and cavitation. Results of his group's research have appeared in national and international publications. He is an associate editor of the AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power and an Associate Fellow in the AIAA.

Klappentext

Demand for high-speed propulsion has renewed development of the supersonic combustion ramjet engine (Scramjet engine) for hypersonic flight applications.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical background; 3. High temperature gas dynamics and hypersonic effects; 4. Cycle analyses and energy management; 5. Inlets and nozzles; 6. Supersonic combustion processes and characteristics; 7. Testing methods and wind-tunnels; 8. Computational fluid dynamics methods and solutions for high speed reacting flows.