Analysis of supersonic flows using k-epsilon model and the RPLUS code: Progress towards high speed combustor analysis

Abstract

The problem of interest here is the analysis of chemically reacting flow inside of supersonic ramjet combustors. Two key parameters need to be determined: mixing/combustion efficiency and kinetic energy efficiency. In order to determine these parameters, several potential loss mechanisms must be modeled correctly, including mixing, shear, turbulence, vorticity, shock waves, heat transfer, fuel injector drag, poor wall pressure integral, and chemical dissociation. This document discusses k-epsilon turbulence models for use in the RPLUS code for numerical modeling of combustor flow fields.