Accelerative Starting of Busemann Air Intakes
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Abstract
The flow-starting requirements play a crucial role in the design of air intakes.It may be challenging to achieve flow-starting in high-contraction ratio intakes using the quasi-steady techniques.However, this quasi-steady assumption of Kantrowitz's theory can be circumvented by introducing unsteady effects in the flow during the starting process.One effective method to induce unsteady effects is through high flow acceleration during the initial phases of starting, known as accelerative starting.This study presents a numerical investigation into the accelerative starting of Busemann air intakes using unsteady computational fluid dynamics.The numerical results were obtained using an in-house finite volume, two-dimensional, unstructured code to solve time-dependent Euler (inviscid, non-heat-conducting) equations with an accelerative force term.A detailed systematic parametric analysis was performed to explore the dependency of the required acceleration for starting on the design Mach number, index of startability, and shape and length of the intakes.The numerical study shows that the critical acceleration (the minimal acceleration values sufficient for starting) has a concave-shaped dependency with the design Mach number, a power-law dependency with the index of startability, and a hyperbolic dependency with intake length.Additionally, it also changes significantly with variations in the intake shape.To quantify these relationships, curve fitting was performed on the numerical results to derive mathematical functions that best describe the dependency of critical acceleration on these parameters.An order-of-magnitude analysis of critical acceleration was performed to interpret the numerical results.The simulations revealed that shock waves within the intakes play a key role during the accelerative starting process.Hence a brief discussion on the effect of shock waves is also presented in this manuscript.I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Evgeny Timofeev for providing me with the invaluable opportunity to work under his guidance.His dedication to fostering mentorship, insightful feedback, and the comprehensive knowledge and skills imparted through his courses "Unsteady Gasdynamics" and "Computational Gasdynamics" were instrumental in shaping this research and significantly enhanced my understanding of the subject matter.
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