PDF A Comparison of the Performance of Four Side-mounted Inlets Over a Mach Number Range of 0.88 to 2.2 and Angles of Attack to 14° Download
- Author: Leroy L. Presley
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- Category : Aerodynamics
- Languages : en
- Pages : 58
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Two models each utilizing a scoop inlet located at the maximum-body-diameter station operating mass-flow ratios from 0.76 to 0.96 have been flight tested at an angle of attack of approximately zero degrees over a Mach number range from 0.8 to 1.8, and a Reynolds number range from 2,000,000 to7,000,000 based on body maximum diameter. One of the scoop inlets had a circular cross section with a boundary-layer diverter. The other scoop inlet had a semicircular cross section wrapped partly around the body with a boundary-layer splitter plate ahead of the inlet.
An experimental investigation to determine the external and internal flow characteristics of a typical ram-jet-inlet configuration of an external-compression type utilizing an isentropic spike and a subsonic diffuser was conducted in the NACA Lewis 8- by 6-foot supersonic wind tunnel. The model was investigated of a range of mass-flow ratios at angles of attack up to 10 degrees, free-stream Mach numbers of 1.59, 1.79, and 1.99, and a Reynolds number of approximately 2,400,000 based on inlet diameter.