Scramjet Combustion: Fundamentals and Advances

Scramjet Combustion is a book that delves into the development of high-speed scramjet engines for air and space transport applications, focusing on efficient air-fuel combustion and design modifications.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 20 July 2022
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Scramjet Combustion delves into the realm of developing high-speed scramjet engines that operate in the supersonic and hypersonic ranges, catering to diverse air and space transport applications. This comprehensive book offers a clear and concise explanation of the fundamental structure, components, working cycle, and governing equations, making it accessible to both advanced and novice audiences alike. Special emphasis is placed on achieving efficient air-fuel combustion, exploring both the underlying principles of combustion and strategies to optimize combustion efficiency. Methods for achieving the chemically correct air-fuel ratio, developing stable flames, and stabilizing combustion as air enters at supersonic speeds are outlined. Furthermore, the book encompasses ongoing efforts, innovations, and advancements in the design modification of scramjet combustors, as well as diverse fuel injection strategies aimed at enhancing performance. It also highlights current and future challenges in the field.

Scramjet Combustion explores the development of a high-speed scramjet engine operating in the supersonic/hypersonic range for various air and space transport applications. The book explains the basic structure, components, working cycle, and the relevant governing equations in a clear manner that speaks to both advanced and more novice audiences. Particular attention is paid to efficient air–fuel combustion, looking at both the underlying fundamentals of combustion as well strategies for obtaining optimum combustion efficiency. Methods for reaching the chemically correct air–fuel ratio, subsequent flame, and combustion stabilization as air enters at supersonic speed are also outlined. Further, it includes the continuous on-going efforts, innovations, and advances with respect to the design modification of scramjet combustors, as well as different strategies of fuel injections for obtaining augmented performance while highlighting the current and future challenges.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323995658