Numerical investigation of strake profile and maximum thickness position in the ram-rotor

Abstract

Numerical investigation of ram-rotors with different strake profiles and maximum thickness positions has been performed. Four types of strake profiles are modeled firstly and the results show that total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency of the ss-sym, ss-ps, and ss-ss schemes are improved in different degrees compared with the sym-sym scheme, in which the comprehensive performance of the ss-ss scheme is relatively optimal, and its total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency are increased by 26.275% and 2.554%, respectively. The results of different strake maximum thickness positions indicate that the total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency are gradually increasing with the backward movement of starting point of maximum thickness, and the pressure rising capacity can come to a peak value. As the ending point of maximum thickness moves backward, there both exist peak values of the total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency. Compared with the ss-ss scheme, the scheme that combines optimal starting and ending point positions of maximum thickness takes advantage of these two schemes to achieve a higher aerodynamic performance, with total pressure ratio and adiabatic efficiency increasing 0.182% and 1.928%, respectively. Moreover, in comparison to the original sym-sym scheme, the total pressure ratio and the adiabatic efficiency of the combination scheme are improved much by 26.50% and 4.53%.

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Ram-rotor strake profile maximum thickness position aerodynamic performance numerical investigation

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