A three-dimensional, forward-swept sidewall-compression inlet has been tested in the Mach 4 Blowdown Facility at the NASA Langley Research Center to examine parameters that affect inlet starting, operability, and performance. The inlet was designed to simultaneously provide good starting and mass capture characteristics through the combination of forward-swept sidewalls and the aft placement of the downstream cowl. Parametrics examined included top surface compression, geometric contraction ratio, sidewall compression angle, boundary-layer thickness on the vehicle undersurface, and cowl position. To simulate combustion effects on inlet operation, the inlet was mechanically back pressured to determine maximum achievable combustor-to-inlet pressure ratio prior to inlet unstart. Inlet operability and performance are shown in terms of inlet starting (pulsed and self-starting) and unstarting characteristics, inlet static pressure distributions, combustor back pressure limits, mass capture, and flow uniformity.
Operating characteristics at Mach 4 of an inlet having forward-swept, sidewall-compression surfaces
1992-07-01
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English
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