Assessment of an Innovative Experimental Facility for Testing Diffusing Serpentine Inlets with Large Amounts of Boundary Layer Ingestion

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dc.contributor.authorHylton, Michael Ronnieen
dc.contributor.committeecochairO'Brien, Walter F. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairNg, Faien
dc.contributor.committeememberDancey, Clinton L.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:20Zen
dc.date.adate2008-08-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:20Zen
dc.date.issued2008-07-09en
dc.date.rdate2010-12-22en
dc.date.sdate2008-07-11en
dc.description.abstractAn innovative experimental facility was developed for testing flush-mounted, diffusing serpentine inlets intended for use on blended-wing-body aircraft. The static ground test facility was able to simulate the boundary layer profile expected to be ingested by inlets mounted on the aft sections of these aircraft. It generated Mach numbers ranging from 0.19 to 0.4 and boundary layer thicknesses between 36% and 45%. The circumferential distortions at the aerodynamic interface plane of the serpentine inlet were also calculated, and ranged between 0.0042 for the lowest Mach number, to 0.0098 for the highest Mach number. Reynolds numbers for the tests ranged between 1.2 million and 2.4 million depending on engine speed and Mach number. The results of the experiment were compared to a previous NASA report, and showed close agreement in distortion patterns and pressure losses at a Mach number of 0.25.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07112008-182200en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112008-182200/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33969en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspart19840005426_1984005426.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartPermission_Florea_UTRC.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartFS-1997-07-24-LaRC.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartHYLTON_THESIS.pdfen
dc.relation.haspart19940017118_1994017118-NP.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBoundary-Layer-Ingestingen
dc.subjectBlended-Wing-Bodyen
dc.subjectAerodynamic Interface Planeen
dc.subjectSerpentine Inleten
dc.subjectDistortionen
dc.titleAssessment of an Innovative Experimental Facility for Testing Diffusing Serpentine Inlets with Large Amounts of Boundary Layer Ingestionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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