Development and Validation of a Compressible Reacting Gas-Dynamic Flow Solver for Supersonic Combustion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Governing Equations
2.2. Subgrid Flow Equations
2.3. Closure of Combustion Model
2.4. Numerical Methods
3. Results
3.1. Solver Validation
3.1.1. Shock Tube Problem
- Inert Multicomponent Shock Tube
- Reactive Multicomponent Shock Tube
3.1.2. Simulation of Ladenburg Jet Problem
3.1.3. Simulation of DLR Scramjet Combustor
- Simulation of Cold Flow DLR Combustor
- Simulation of Reacting Flow DLR Combustor
3.2. Influence of Turbulence Models on Scramjet Combustion
3.3. Analysis of Turbulence–Combustion Interaction in Scramjet Combustor
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gilmanov, A.; Gokulakrishnan, P.; Klassen, M.S. Development and Validation of a Compressible Reacting Gas-Dynamic Flow Solver for Supersonic Combustion. Dynamics 2024, 4, 135-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/dynamics4010008
Gilmanov A, Gokulakrishnan P, Klassen MS. Development and Validation of a Compressible Reacting Gas-Dynamic Flow Solver for Supersonic Combustion. Dynamics. 2024; 4(1):135-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/dynamics4010008
Chicago/Turabian StyleGilmanov, Anvar, Ponnuthurai Gokulakrishnan, and Michael S. Klassen. 2024. "Development and Validation of a Compressible Reacting Gas-Dynamic Flow Solver for Supersonic Combustion" Dynamics 4, no. 1: 135-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/dynamics4010008