Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy based temperature measurement with a single diode laser near 1.4 μm

X Liu, Y Ma - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapidly changing and wide dynamic range of combustion temperature in scramjet
engines presents a major challenge to existing test techniques. Tunable diode laser …

Cavity flameholding in an optical axisymmetric scramjet in Mach 4.5 flows

Q Liu, D Baccarella, W Landsberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
The dynamics of an optical axisymmetric scramjet, preferred for generic combustion and
flameholding studies without the corner boundary-layer effects that distort the freestream …

Implication of geometrical configuration of cavity on combustion performance in a strut-based scramjet combustor

S Lakka, P Randive, KM Pandey - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work describes the numerical investigation on the implication of the geometrical
configuration of a cavity with a strut-based scramjet combustor. Firstly, the combustion …

Combustion enhancement via tandem cavities within a Mach 8 scramjet combustor

SA Mecklem, WO Landsberg, D Curran… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a fundamental numerical investigation of an ethylene fuelled
axisymmetric scramjet using single and tandem cavity flameholders. A scramjet profile was …

Experimental investigation of inclining the upstream wall of a scramjet cavity

MA Trudgian, WO Landsberg… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cavity flameholder has been widely used in scramjets to improve mixing and
combustion rates. While many have investigated modifications to the cavity downstream …

Experimental flameholding performance of a scramjet cavity with an inclined front wall

WO Landsberg, D Curran, A Veeraragavan - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental data examining the flameholding performance of a
scramjet cavity with an inclined front wall. Mach 8 flight-equivalent flows were delivered to …

Measurements and analysis of hypersonic tripped boundary layer turbulence

KJ Hopkins, H Porat, TJ McIntyre, V Wheatley… - Experiments in …, 2021 - Springer
Surface roughness elements have been used to overcome the large prediction uncertainties
of hypersonic boundary layer transition. They provide the ability to force transition at short …

Cavity-enhanced combustion stability in an axisymmetric scramjet model

Q Liu, D Baccarella, B McGann, T Lee - AIAA journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Cavity-enhanced combustion in an optical axisymmetric scramjet with a diverging combustor
is experimentally investigated in Mach 4.5 flows. The axisymmetric scramjet emphasizes …

Dual/scram-mode combustion limits of ethylene and surrogate endothermically-cracked hydrocarbon fuels at Mach 8 equivalent high-enthalpy conditions

WO Landsberg, T Vanyai, TJ McIntyre… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the scram/dual-mode combustion limits of hydrocabon fuels within a
Mach 8, scramjet combustor. Flight-equivalent flows were delivered to the axisymmetric …

Analysis of supersonic combustion characteristics of ethylene/methane fuel mixture on high-speed measurements of CH* chemiluminescence

S Nakaya, R Kinoshita, J Lee, H Ishikawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Supersonic combustion behaviors in a Mach 2.0 scramjet model combustor were
experimentally investigated at stagnation temperatures of 1700–2300 K. An …