Design and examination of a turboprop inlet with scavenge duct

The inlet with scavenge duct is an important part of turboprop aircraft engine.This type of inlet normally has a complex shape,of which the design is challenging and directly affects the flow field quality of the engine entrance and thus the engine performance.In this paper,the parametric design method of a turboprop aircraft inlet with scavenge duct is established by extracting and controlling the transition law of the critical characteristic parameters.The inlet’s performance and internal flow characteristics are examined by wind-tunnel experiment and numerical simulation.The results indicate that a flow tendency of winding up on both sides is formed due to the induction of the inlet profile,as well as a vortex pair on the back side of the power output shaft.The vortex pair dominates the pressure distortion index on the Aerodynamic Interface Plane(AIP).In addition,with the increase of freestream angle of attack,the total-pressure recovery coefficient of the inlet increases gradually while the total pressure distortion index decreases slightly.On the basis of the experimental results under different working conditions,the parametric design method proposed in this paper is feasible.

Experimental investigation on unstart-restart hysteresis of a supersonic inlet during throat regulation

The hysteresis during the throat regulation process of a supersonic variable inlet is unconducive to restart.Hence,detailed experimental studies of such a hysteresis and its control are necessary.A throat variable supersonic inlet was designed at a shock-on-lip Mach number of 4.0 and an Internal Contraction Ratio(ICR)ranging over 1.21–2.94.Meanwhile,a distributed bleed system was proposed to suppress the hysteresis.The wind tunnel tests were conducted at Mach number 2.9.The throat regulation processes were recorded using a high-speed schlieren and dynamic pressure acquisition system.The results indicate that the unstart and restart ICRs during the uncontrolled inlet’s throat regulation process were 1.95 and 1.48,respectively,demonstrating an unstart-restart hysteresis.Four typical flowfields were summarized during the uncontrolled inlet’s restart process.The proposed bleed control increased the unstart and restart ICRs to 2.06 and 1.75,respectively,and the inlet realized the designed state as the ICR was further decreased to 1.67.The controlled inlet’s hysteresis loop was decreased compared to the uncontrolled inlet.Finally,the mechanism of the hysteresis,dominated by the entrance separation-induced wave system,was clarified.The mechanisms of the bleed control to broaden the unstart and restart boundaries and suppress the hysteresis were elucidated.