Flow quality in an M-Busemann wavecatcher intake

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Abstract

The detailed design steps and the idea of connecting M-flow and truncated Busemann flow are given in this paper. A new improved method is proposed to effectively reduce the size of the expansion zone in the original parent flowfield. The database of MBus parent flowfield at free-stream Mach 4 and Mach 6 is provided. Finally, a Mach-6 M-Busemann intake is designed to verify the performance of the improved parent flowfield. The CFD results show that the overall performance of M-Busemann intake has a good aerodynamic achievement, with a total pressure recovery reaching a very high value of 0.55. The influence of the calorically perfect model and thermally perfect model on the performance of the intake is not particularly obvious.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107376
JournalAerospace Science and Technology
Volume121
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Busemann flow
  • Hypersonic
  • Streamline tracing
  • Wavecatcher intake

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