Investigation of Flow Control for the Hypersonic Inlets via Counter Flow

Experimental results show that there exist two flow fields in the hypersonic inlets when the forebody waves interact with the lip boundary, which is similar to the shock reflection ion hysteresis phenomenon. In order to improve the performance of the flow field, counterflow is applied to control the...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqiang Fan, Yuan Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/956317
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description Experimental results show that there exist two flow fields in the hypersonic inlets when the forebody waves interact with the lip boundary, which is similar to the shock reflection ion hysteresis phenomenon. In order to improve the performance of the flow field, counterflow is applied to control the shock reflection configuration in the hypersonic inlets. For better understanding of the internal mechanism, inviscid numerical simulation is conducted. And the results demonstrate that it is feasible to realize the transition between the regular reflection configuration and the Mach reflection ion configuration in the hypersonic inlets. That is because the von Neumann criterion and detached criterion play a dominant role, respectively, in these transitions. In addition, the evolution process of Mach reflection ion in the hypersonic inlets can be divided into three stages: transmission of waves, emergence of Mach stem, and stabilization of flow field.
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spelling doaj-art-8837ab4b7cef4449aca03b228b0adced2025-02-03T01:00:45ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742015-01-01201510.1155/2015/956317956317Investigation of Flow Control for the Hypersonic Inlets via Counter FlowXiaoqiang Fan0Yuan Tao1Science and Technology on Scramjet Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaScience and Technology on Scramjet Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaExperimental results show that there exist two flow fields in the hypersonic inlets when the forebody waves interact with the lip boundary, which is similar to the shock reflection ion hysteresis phenomenon. In order to improve the performance of the flow field, counterflow is applied to control the shock reflection configuration in the hypersonic inlets. For better understanding of the internal mechanism, inviscid numerical simulation is conducted. And the results demonstrate that it is feasible to realize the transition between the regular reflection configuration and the Mach reflection ion configuration in the hypersonic inlets. That is because the von Neumann criterion and detached criterion play a dominant role, respectively, in these transitions. In addition, the evolution process of Mach reflection ion in the hypersonic inlets can be divided into three stages: transmission of waves, emergence of Mach stem, and stabilization of flow field.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/956317
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Investigation of Flow Control for the Hypersonic Inlets via Counter Flow
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