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Length scale for the estimation of buzz frequency in the limit of high mechanical blockage in mixed-compression intakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2021

Manoj Kumar K. Devaraj
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560055, India
Prahallada Jutur
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560055, India
Srisha M.V. Rao*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560055, India
Gopalan Jagadeesh
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560055, India
Ganesh T.K. Anavardham
Affiliation:
Defence Research Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, 500058 Telangana, India
*
Email address for correspondence: srisharao@iisc.ac.in

Abstract

Oscillatory flow features are common in the unstart of hypersonic mixed-compression intakes and can be classified as low-amplitude or high-amplitude oscillatory unstarted flows. The low-amplitude oscillatory unstarted flow is driven by the shear layer from shock interactions ahead of the cowl, while the high-amplitude oscillatory unstarted flow is driven by the separation caused by shock–boundary-layer interaction on the ramp. While previous studies have observed these flow features and reported their associated frequency, there is no simple criterion available for predicting which mode will occur, and there is a lack of consensus on the appropriate frequency scaling parameter. We study a mixed-compression hypersonic intake in a hypersonic wind tunnel by varying the internal contraction ratio and the throttling ratio to observe various kinds of unstart regimes. Two significant conclusions emerge from considering the results for high-throttling-ratio conditions $(TR > 0.55)$ from the current as well as previous studies. Firstly, the actual shock-on-lip condition at the cowl corresponding to the unthrottled condition, as observed from schlieren images, demarcates the boundary between the two modes of oscillatory unstart flows upon throttling. Secondly, a suitable length scale $(l^*)$, defined as the extent of the subsonic region in the unstarted flow (as observed from the experimental schlieren images), gives the appropriate frequency scaling parameter ($f^* = a_0/4l^*$ where $a_0$ is the stagnation acoustic speed).

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Figure 1. Schematic depicting the geometrical aspects of (a) supersonic and (b) hypersonic unstart scenarios.

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Figure 2. Schematic depicting different forebody/external compression shock impingement locations with respect to the cowl lip: (a) $\varDelta < 0$, (b) $\varDelta = 0$ and (c) $\varDelta > 0$, where $\varDelta$ represents the normal distance (to the free-stream flow) between the external compression shock and the cowl lip, as observed from experimental schlieren images.

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Figure 3. Schematic of the intake model indicating the movable cowl and flap. (All dimensions are in mm.)

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Figure 4. Time-averaged schlieren images at (a) $ICR = 1.37$, (b) $ICR = 1.27$ and (c) $ICR = 1.19$, showing the started flow through the intake. (d) Pressure profile along the isolator for different $ICR$ conditions that correspond to started flow in the intake.

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Figure 5. Time-averaged schlieren images corresponding to $TR = 0.56$ at (a) $ICR = 1.37$ (see supplementary movie 1, available at https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.230) and (b) $ICR = 1.28$.

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Figure 6. Variation of pressure with time, corresponding FFT of the B5 signal and DMD of the schlieren visualizations, in the case $ICR = 1.37$, with (a) $TR = 0.56$ and (b) $TR = 0.68$.

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Figure 7. Sequence of events observed for $TR = 0.56$ at $ICR = 1.19$ : (a) $t_{ref}$, (b) $t_{ref} + 0.4$ ms, (c) $t_{ref} + 0.8$ ms and (d) $t_{ref} + 1$ ms (see supplementary movie 2).

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Figure 8. Variation of pressure with time, corresponding FFT of the B5 signal and DMD of the schlieren visualizations, in the case $ICR = 1.19$, with (a) $TR = 0.56$ and (b) $TR = 0.68$.

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Figure 9. (a) A plot representing the higher-$TR$ conditions in the purview of Kantrowitz and isentropic limits. (b) Comparison of non-dimensional location of shock impingement with normalized Mach number from various studies, including the present one.

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Figure 10. (a) Schematic of flow features observed during unstart, clearly marking the appropriate length scale that needs to be considered for frequency estimation based on the quarter-wave resonator model where the flow oscillations are caused by (i) ramp-side separation (Dailey criterion) and subsonic spillage, (ii) cowl-side separation (Ferri criterion) and subsonic spillage, and (iii) ramp-side separation and supersonic spillage (Tan et al.2009; Li et al.2013). (b) A plot of frequency normalized with the frequency ($f$) estimated using the quarter-wave resonator ($f^* = a_0/4l^*$), as a function of $TR$ for $TR > 0.5$.

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Table 1. Details of normalized Mach number at the entry to the internal contraction section ($M_i$/$M_{\infty }$), normalized distance of the forebody shock impingement location from the cowl lip, driving flow feature (SL – shear layer; RSSB – ramp-side separation bubble), type of spillage and a comparison of frequency values observed during experiments and the theoretical estimate ($a_0/4l^*$), along with the individual values of $a_0$ and $l^*$, from different experimental studies pertaining to hypersonic intakes.

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Figure 11. Time-averaged schlieren images for the cases corresponding to (a) $ICR = 1.61, TR = 0$, (b) $ICR = 1.61, TR = 0.56$, (c) $ICR = 1.85, TR = 0$ and (d) $ICR = 1.85, TR = 0.75$.

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Figure 12. Variation of pressure with time, corresponding FFT of the B5 signal and DMD of the schlieren visualizations, in the cases (a) $ICR = 1.61, TR = 0.56$ and (b) $ICR = 1.85, TR = 0.75$.

Devaraj et al. supplementary movie 1

Low-amplitude unstarted flow at ICR=1.37, TR=0.56.

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Devaraj et al. supplementary movie 2

High-amplitude unstarted flow at ICR=1.19, TR=0.56

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