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An experimental investigation of unsteady thrust augmentation using a speaker-driven jet
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wernet, Mark P. Paxson, Daniel E. John, Wentworth T. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | An experimental investigation is described in which a simple speaker-driven jet was used as a pulsed thrust source (driver) for an ejector configuration. The objectives of the investigation were twofold: first, to add to the experimental body of evidence showing that an unsteady thrust source, combined with a properly sized ejector generally yields higher thrust augmentation values than a similarly sized, steady driver of equivalent thrust. Second, to identify characteristics of the unsteady driver that may be useful for sizing ejectors, and predicting what thrust augmentation values may be achieved. The speaker-driven jet provided a convenient source for the investigation because it is entirely unsteady (having no mean component) and because relevant parameters such as frequency, time-averaged thrust, and diameter are easily variable. The experimental setup will be described, as will the various measurements made. These include both thrust and Digital Particle Imaging Velocimetry of the driver. It will be shown that thrust augmentation values as high as 1.8 were obtained, that the diameter of the best ejector scaled with the dimensions of the emitted vortex, and that the so-called Formation Number serves as a useful dimensionless number by which to characterize the jet and predict performance. |
| File Size | 443117 |
| Page Count | 17 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20040035569 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4jm77469 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Propulsion And Power Root-mean-square Errors Turbulence Vortices Reynolds Number Contours Unsteady Aerodynamics Ejectors Thrust Augmentation Particle Image Velocimetry Pulsejet Engines Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
