An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows

The drag force is an essential factor in any projectile from road vehicles to rocket or aircraft. The total drag includes skin friction drag, wave drag, and base drag. The base drag is the drag due to low pressure in the base region of the projectile. In the case of suddenly expanded flows, due to t...

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Main Authors: Pathan, Khizar Ahmed, Dabeer, Prakash S, Khan, Sher Afghan
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Dabeer, Prakash S
Khan, Sher Afghan
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description The drag force is an essential factor in any projectile from road vehicles to rocket or aircraft. The total drag includes skin friction drag, wave drag, and base drag. The base drag is the drag due to low pressure in the base region of the projectile. In the case of suddenly expanded flows, due to the sudden expansion of flow from the nozzle into the enlarged duct, the low pressure is created in the base region of the enlarged tube, which results in base drag and hence overall thrust reduced. In this paper Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is used to analyze the effect of secondary air blowing jets called control jets to control base pressure in the base region of the suddenly enlarged duct. These control jets are placed at different Pitch Circle Diameters (PCD) on the base face of the enlarged pipe. The objective of this work is to increase the base pressure up to atmospheric pressure and hence reduces the base drag. Mach number 3.0 is considered for analysis. The CFD analysis is done for different combinations of Area Ratios (AR) (2, 5 and 8), Nozzle Pressure Ratios (NPR ) (2, 5 and 8) and PCD (d 1, d 2, and d3. Further analysis is done for different air blowing pressure ratios (BPR) to optimize air blowing pressure. The analysis results are plotted for different area ratios, nozzle pressure ratios, and PCD of control jets. By observing results, it can be concluded that the base pressure is strongly influenced by AR, NPR, and PCD of control jets. The air blowing pressure should be optimum to save energy, and the optimum values can be selected from the results.
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spelling iium-802242021-01-18T02:11:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/ An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows Pathan, Khizar Ahmed Dabeer, Prakash S Khan, Sher Afghan TL780 Rockets The drag force is an essential factor in any projectile from road vehicles to rocket or aircraft. The total drag includes skin friction drag, wave drag, and base drag. The base drag is the drag due to low pressure in the base region of the projectile. In the case of suddenly expanded flows, due to the sudden expansion of flow from the nozzle into the enlarged duct, the low pressure is created in the base region of the enlarged tube, which results in base drag and hence overall thrust reduced. In this paper Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is used to analyze the effect of secondary air blowing jets called control jets to control base pressure in the base region of the suddenly enlarged duct. These control jets are placed at different Pitch Circle Diameters (PCD) on the base face of the enlarged pipe. The objective of this work is to increase the base pressure up to atmospheric pressure and hence reduces the base drag. Mach number 3.0 is considered for analysis. The CFD analysis is done for different combinations of Area Ratios (AR) (2, 5 and 8), Nozzle Pressure Ratios (NPR ) (2, 5 and 8) and PCD (d 1, d 2, and d3. Further analysis is done for different air blowing pressure ratios (BPR) to optimize air blowing pressure. The analysis results are plotted for different area ratios, nozzle pressure ratios, and PCD of control jets. By observing results, it can be concluded that the base pressure is strongly influenced by AR, NPR, and PCD of control jets. The air blowing pressure should be optimum to save energy, and the optimum values can be selected from the results. Yildiz Technical University Press 2020-02-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/7/80224%20An%20investigation%20of%20effect%20of%20control%20jets%20location.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/13/80224_An%20investigation%20of%20effect%20of%20control%20jets%20location_SCOPUS.pdf Pathan, Khizar Ahmed and Dabeer, Prakash S and Khan, Sher Afghan (2020) An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows. Journal of Thermal Engineering,, 6 (2 (Special Issue 11)). pp. 15-23. E-ISSN 2148-7847 http://www.eds.yildiz.edu.tr/journal-of-thermal-engineering/ContentDetails?Volume=6&IssueNumber=2 10.18186/thermal.726106
spellingShingle TL780 Rockets
Pathan, Khizar Ahmed
Dabeer, Prakash S
Khan, Sher Afghan
An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title_full An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title_fullStr An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title_full_unstemmed An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title_short An investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
title_sort investigation of effect of control jets location and blowing pressure ratio to control base pressure in suddenly expanded flows
topic TL780 Rockets
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/7/80224%20An%20investigation%20of%20effect%20of%20control%20jets%20location.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/80224/13/80224_An%20investigation%20of%20effect%20of%20control%20jets%20location_SCOPUS.pdf