Quasi-One-Dimensional Modeling of an Adiabatic-Compression Preheated Ludwieg Tube

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dc.contributor.advisorLaurence, Stuart Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorChung, Joseph Dong ilen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T05:37:22Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T05:37:22Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractA novel hypersonic facility is proposed that will reproduce the high pressures and temperatures necessary for the accurate simulation of hypersonic flight conditions. It will provide sufficient test times for investigating unsteady, transient flow effects while maintaining high flow quality due to the absence of vitiation contaminants and shocks in the generating flow. An electrically preheated Ludwieg tube provides the initial means of heating while the piston-compression is used to further increase the pressure and temperature. Preliminary constraints on the design space for optimal operation are presented through the method of characteristics (MOC). Further characterization is performed with quasi-one-dimensional Euler computations. The MOC approach shows the optimal operating condition constrains the compression ratio and Ludwieg tube to nozzle exit diameter ratio, assuming proper simulation of flight conditions. The unsteady Euler computations predict the presence of pressure oscillations generated during the piston-compression process. Methods are investigated to mitigate these oscillations.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2GW5V
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16812
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfree pistonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhypersonic facilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinverse lax-wendroffen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLudwieg tubeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWENOen_US
dc.titleQuasi-One-Dimensional Modeling of an Adiabatic-Compression Preheated Ludwieg Tubeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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