The purpose of this study was to create and investigate starting techniques aimed at allowing complex, three-dimensional, inward-turning inlets to start by swallowing the shock wave associated with unstarted inlets. The techniques are rooted in supersonic diffuser theory and the Kantrowitz limit; they attempt to alleviate the over contraction that occurs in inward-turning inlets at flight speeds below the on-design Mach number. Five cases, three geometries at two flow conditions ...
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