Flow Separation Within the Engine Inlet of an Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV)
| Autor: | James D. Paduano, Steve Braddom, Jeffry Scott Philhower, Michael J. Brear, John F. Mangus, Zachary Warfield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Flow visualization
Engineering geography geography.geographical_feature_category Computer simulation business.industry Mechanical Engineering Aerodynamics Inlet Flow separation symbols.namesake Flow control (fluid) Fuselage Mach number System level symbols Environmental science Aerospace engineering business Marine engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fluids Engineering. 126:266-272 |
| ISSN: | 1528-901X 0098-2202 |
| Popis: | This paper discusses the structure of the flow within the engine inlet of an uninhabited combat air vehicle (UCAV). The UCAV features a top-mounted, serpentine inlet leading to an engine buried within the fuselage. The performance of the inlet is found to depend strongly on a flow separation that occurs within the inlet. Both the time-averaged and the unsteady structure of this separation is studied, and an argument relating the inlet performance to the behaviour of this separation is suggested. The results presented in this paper also suggest that there are considerable aerodynamic limitations to further shortening or narrowing of the inlet. Since there are substantial, system level benefits from using a smaller inlet, the case for separated flow control therefore appears clear.Copyright © 2003 by ASME |
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