Heated Barrel Mode for a Hypersonic Ludwieg Tube with Free-Piston Compression: Preliminary Performance
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Paper/Presentation Title | Heated Barrel Mode for a Hypersonic Ludwieg Tube with Free-Piston Compression: Preliminary Performance |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Birch, Byrenn, Malpress, Ray, Saleh, Khalid and Buttsworth, David |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (23AFMC) |
Article Number | 183 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | University of Sydney |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.afms.org.au/proceedings/23/Birch_et_al_2022.pdf |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://www.afms.org.au/proceedings/23.html |
Conference/Event | 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC2022) |
Event Details | 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC2022) Parent Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Delivery In person Event Date 04 to end of 08 Dec 2022 Event Location Sydney, Australia Event Venue University of Sydney Event Web Address (URL) |
Abstract | The upgrade of the University of Southern Queensland’s hypersonic facility to enable access to higher flow enthalpy conditions– potentially up to true Mach 4 conditions– is presented. To produce higher flow enthalpy conditions, the test gas is heated in its pre-compressed state in the barrel. Early experimental results from the commissioning phase of this upgrade show that the uniform barrel heating mode produces conditions that can be well predicted by existing models. Further commissioning of a non-uniform initial gas temperature distribution to compensate for heat losses from the test gas during compression and nozzle discharge shows potential, however further development of design tools or augmentation of the pre-heated gas state is required. |
Keywords | hypersonic facility; flow enthalpy; conditions |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400106. Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerothermodynamics |
Byline Affiliations | School of Engineering |
Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/v8774/heated-barrel-mode-for-a-hypersonic-ludwieg-tube-with-free-piston-compression-preliminary-performance
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