An investigation of the nonreacting flow associated with pylon-aided gaseous fuel injection into a Mach 2 crossflow is described. In this study, a small pylon was positioned just upstream of a circular flush-wall fuel injector. Three pylon geometries were studied, along with a no-pylon reference case. In all cases, a typical cavity-based flameholder was positioned downstream of the fuel injector. The injectant plume characteristics were interrogated using a variety of ...
Cavity-based fuel injection and flame holding, typically found in hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet applications, are of current interest for use in supersonic combustors. The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFlT) are investigating the enhancement of fuel-air mixing with small pylons that project into the supersonic flow upstream of a flame holder. The pylons were of three sizes and were shaped as a thin triangular wedge ...
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