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Direct thrust force measurement of pulse detonation engine

Abdul Wahid, Mazlan and Ahmad Faiz, M. Z. and Saqr, Khalid M. (2012) Direct thrust force measurement of pulse detonation engine. In: 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids, IMAT 2011. American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, pp. 1257-1263. ISBN 978-073541032-9

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4704344

Abstract

In this paper we present the result of High-Speed Reacting Flow Laboratory (HiREF) pulse detonation engine (PDE) experimental study on direct thrust measurement. The thrust force generated by the repetitive detonation from a 50 mm inner diameter and 600 mm length tube was directly measured using load cell. Shchelkin spiral was used as an accelerator for the Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) phenomenon. Propane-oxygen at stoichiometric condition was used as the combustible fuel-air mixture for the PDE. The PDE was operated at the operation frequency of 3Hz during the test. The amount of thrust force that was measured during the test reaching up to 70N. These values of thrust force were found to be fluctuating and its combustion phenomenon has been analyzed and discussed.

Item Type:Book Section
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Uncontrolled Keywords:deflagration to detonation transition, pulse detonation engine, shchelkin spiral, thrust force
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:35242
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Deposited On:30 Oct 2013 00:50
Last Modified:02 Feb 2017 01:14

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