Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body

Flow control in high-speed is challenging due to the high-pressure shock and low-pressure recirculation bubble attached around the vehicle. Wave drag, and Base drag are important accouterments of flow around high-speed objects. This paper deals with base drag, only and presents an experimental stu...

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Main Authors: Khan, Sher Afghan, Asad Ullah, Mohammed, G M, Fharukh Ahmed, Jalaluddeen, Ahmed, Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed
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Published: Trans Stellar 2018
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/1/2-67-1528969682-106.IJMPERDJUN2018106_2.pdf
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author Khan, Sher Afghan
Asad Ullah, Mohammed
G M, Fharukh Ahmed
Jalaluddeen, Ahmed
Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed
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Asad Ullah, Mohammed
G M, Fharukh Ahmed
Jalaluddeen, Ahmed
Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed
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description Flow control in high-speed is challenging due to the high-pressure shock and low-pressure recirculation bubble attached around the vehicle. Wave drag, and Base drag are important accouterments of flow around high-speed objects. This paper deals with base drag, only and presents an experimental study of aerospikes behind the base of bluff bodies to control this drag. A plate of 1 mm thickness with two spikes at 11.5 mm is placed between the nozzle and duct as a passive controller. The Mach numbers deployed for the subsonic regime were 0.6, 0.7 and for transonic regime were 0.8, 0.9 for area ratio 6.25. The L/W ratio taken were 4W, 6W, 8W and 10W. Aerospikes were found to be very effective in controlling base pressure in the transonic regime without influencing the main flow field.
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spelling iium-642722019-01-31T03:25:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/ Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body Khan, Sher Afghan Asad Ullah, Mohammed G M, Fharukh Ahmed Jalaluddeen, Ahmed Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed TL1 Motor vehicles Flow control in high-speed is challenging due to the high-pressure shock and low-pressure recirculation bubble attached around the vehicle. Wave drag, and Base drag are important accouterments of flow around high-speed objects. This paper deals with base drag, only and presents an experimental study of aerospikes behind the base of bluff bodies to control this drag. A plate of 1 mm thickness with two spikes at 11.5 mm is placed between the nozzle and duct as a passive controller. The Mach numbers deployed for the subsonic regime were 0.6, 0.7 and for transonic regime were 0.8, 0.9 for area ratio 6.25. The L/W ratio taken were 4W, 6W, 8W and 10W. Aerospikes were found to be very effective in controlling base pressure in the transonic regime without influencing the main flow field. Trans Stellar 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/1/2-67-1528969682-106.IJMPERDJUN2018106_2.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/7/64272_Flow%20control%20with%20aerospike%20behind%20bluff%20body_scopus.pdf Khan, Sher Afghan and Asad Ullah, Mohammed and G M, Fharukh Ahmed and Jalaluddeen, Ahmed and Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed (2018) Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body. International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), 8 (3). pp. 1001-1008. ISSN 2249-6890 E-ISSN 2249-8001 http://www.tjprc.org/publishpapers/2-67-1529492713-106.IJMPERDJUN2018106.pdf 10.24247/ijmperdjun2018106
spellingShingle TL1 Motor vehicles
Khan, Sher Afghan
Asad Ullah, Mohammed
G M, Fharukh Ahmed
Jalaluddeen, Ahmed
Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed
Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title_full Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title_fullStr Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title_full_unstemmed Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title_short Flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
title_sort flow control with aero-spike behind bluff body
topic TL1 Motor vehicles
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/1/2-67-1528969682-106.IJMPERDJUN2018106_2.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64272/7/64272_Flow%20control%20with%20aerospike%20behind%20bluff%20body_scopus.pdf