Mixing in compressible shear layers

Mohan, Ratheesvar

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Mixing in compressible shear layers

dc.contributor.advisor	Sankar, Lakshmi
dc.contributor.author	Mohan, Ratheesvar
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Jagoda, Jeff
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Scarborough, David
dc.contributor.department	Aerospace Engineering
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-28T18:32:36Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-28T18:32:36Z
dc.date.created	2014-05
dc.date.issued	2016-07-18
dc.date.submitted	May 2014
dc.date.updated	2017-07-28T18:32:36Z
dc.description.abstract	Efficient fuel-air mixing is vital to supersonic combustion, which is the basis of supersonic combustion RAMjets, or SCRAMjets, the preferred method of combustion for hypersonic flight. This study investigates mixing in compressible shear layers and its dependence on convective Mach number. The primary stream is air at Mach 2.5 and the secondary stream is seeded with acetone. PLIF and Schlieren imaging techniques are used to quantify mixing. Reduction of data is still in progress; this thesis reviews literature on the topic, outlines the experimental method employed, presents preliminary Schlieren results and presents the raw data obtained. Additionally, mass flow rates of both streams are calculated. It was determined that the experiments are highly repeatable, evidenced by the low standard deviations of the mass flow rates during runs.
dc.description.degree	Undergraduate
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58455
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject	Mixing
dc.subject	Compressible
dc.subject	Convective
dc.subject	Mach
dc.subject	Schlieren
dc.subject	PLIF
dc.subject	shear
dc.title	Mixing in compressible shear layers
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename	Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	College of Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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thesis.degree.level	Undergraduate