25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-5.2.3

NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS FOR DESIGNING A SCRAMJET INTAKE

M. Krause, B. Reinartz, J. Ballmann
RWTH, Germany

Keywords: Hypersonic flow, compression ramp flow, computational air intake design

A mixed compression inlet model with a subsequent isolator section is tested under Mach 7 flight conditions. Different configurations of the isolator are assessed with respect to their compression efficiency. The numerical simulations are performed with the well-known Navier-Stokes code FLOWer.

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