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Experimental investigation of the role of struts in high speed mixing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

S. L. N. Desikan  and
J. Kurian
S. L. N. Desikan*
Affiliation:
Experimental Aerodynamics Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India
J. Kurian
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

This paper presents the experimental results of the role of struts in supersonic mixing. Experiments were carried out with novel strut configurations to show their capabilities on mixing with reasonable total pressure losses. The performances were compared with the Baseline Strut configurations (BSPI and BSNI). The analysis presented includes the mixing quantifications using Mie scattering signature, flow field visualisation, measurement of wall static pressure and the total pressure loss calculations. The results clearly demonstrated that the proposed strut configurations achieved increased mixing (7-8%) compared to BSPI with increase in total pressure loss (2%). On the other hand, when compared with BSNI, the mixing performance was found to be decreased by 6% with reduced total pressure loss (12%).

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 117 , Issue 1188 , February 2013 , pp. 193 - 211
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2013 

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