Numerical investigation on geometric sensitivity and flame stabilisation mechanism in H2 fueled two-strut based scramjet combustor

G Choubey, P Gaud, AM Fatah, Y Devarajan - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The layout of the strut fuel injector has a significant impact on the flame stabilization process
of the strut-based scramjet combustor. That's why a two-strut-based scramjet model has …

Large eddy simulation of turbulent supersonic hydrogen flames with OpenFOAM

H Zhang, M Zhao, Z Huang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
A high-fidelity numerical solver, RYrhoCentralFoam, is developed based on OpenFOAM® to
simulate turbulent compressible reactive flows. It is designed for accurately simulating …

Kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling based on skeletal mechanisms

W Yao - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2019 - Springer
A brief review of the recent advances in kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling is
present by comparing the fuels, reviewing the kinetic mechanisms, and introducing recent …

Numerical investigations of supersonic combustion characteristics of thermally cracked fuels at typical pyrolysis temperatures

D Zhang, F Shan, L Hou - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Insight into supersonic combustion characteristics of thermally cracked fuels in a scramjet
combustor is crucial for the development of next-generation supersonic flight vehicles. In the …

Effects of thermal/chemical nonequilibrium on a high-mach ethylene-fueled scramjet

W Yao, H Liu, Z Zhang, X Zhang, L Yue… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
An ethylene-fueled scramjet operating at Mach 10 was experimentally tested in the JF-24
shock tunnel and modeled using improved delayed detached eddy simulation based on up …

Nonequilibrium effects in hypersonic combustion modeling

W Yao - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
A zonal nonequilibrium model (ZNM) based on the concept of zonal representation of the
nonequilibrium relaxation times is proposed. ZNM, together with dynamic zone flamelet …

Research on influence of oxygen on flow/combustion characteristics in a scramjet combustor equipped with an O2-pilot strut

H Tian, J Zhang, H Qiu, W Bao, S Li - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
With the help of an O 2-pilot strut, the stable supersonic combustion was achieved in a
scramjet combustor fueled by liquid kerosene. Objective of this work is to investigate the …

Performance analysis of a strut-aided hypersonic scramjet by full-scale IDDES modeling

W Yao, H Liu, L Xue, Y Xiao - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The uninstalled performance of a full-scale scramjet operating over Mach 7 to 10 and
altitudes of 28 to 40 km was numerically analyzed by using high-fidelity Improved Delayed …

On jet-wake flame stabilization in scramjet: A LES/RANS study from chemical kinetic and fluid-dynamical perspectives

K Wu, P Zhang, X Fan - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional hybrid LES (Large Eddy Simulation)/RANS (Reynolds-averaged Navier–
Stokes) study dedicated to understanding the jet-wake flame stabilization under high inflow …

Control-oriented unsteady one-dimensional model for a hydrocarbon regeneratively-cooled scramjet engine

J Ma, J Chang, J Zhang, W Bao, D Yu - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A control-oriented unsteady 1-D model for regeneratively-cooled scramjet engine which is
composed of flow-combustion module, regenerative cooling module, is presented in this …