Acoustics research of propulsion systems

Internal Fluid Mechanics Research on Supercomputers for Aerospace Propulsion Systems

mechan ics (ICFM) to a s t a t e o f p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n for aerospace p r o p u l s i o n systems. The s t r a t e g i e s used to a c h i e v e t h i s g o a l a r e t o (1) pu rsue an u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f f low p h y s i c s , s u r f a c e h e a t t r a n s f e r , and combus t ion v i a a n a l y s i s and fundamental exper imen ts , ( 2 ) i n c o r p o r a t e...

Direct injection of methane in advanced propulsion systems: effects of thermodynamic conditions

The direct injection of gaseous fuels involves the presence of under-expanded jets due to the high pressure-ratios and the strong gas compressibility. Understanding the physical development of such processes is essential for developing Direct Injection (DI) devices suitable for application in internal combustion engines fueled by methane or hydrogen. In this work a coupled experimental-numerica...

Acoustics in Pumping Systems

This tutorial will explain the pumping system speed of sound concept (how to account for acoustic velocity changes due to pipe wall flexibility and liquid properties), the definition of quarter-wave, half-wave, and higher order acoustic mode shapes, the importance of each mode shape, and examples of how to estimate these mode shapes and frequencies. The use of basic acoustics to identify and re...

Propulsion Systems for Hypersonic Flight

Very Long Endurance Propulsion Systems

All-Electric power and propulsion system architectures have been investigated in order to demonstrate the feasibility of such an approach to increase the endurance of a high altitude long endurance UAV to a target mission duration of 1 week. System modelling studies demonstrate the possibility of utilising combined fuel cell and photo-voltaic systems as power sources for an electric distributio...