Supersonic Combustion Ramjets, or SCRAMJETS, will be used to propel future flight vehicles to hypersonic speeds. The test facility at the UVa Aerospace Research Lab reproduces the conditions in a SCRAMJET combustor for a vehicle flying at a Mach number of 5. Hydrogen fuel is injected into air flows at speeds of about 1 km/sec and burned. Advanced laser measurement techniques are used to measure important flow properties in order to understand the complex flow physics in the combustor and to develop computational predictions of the engine performance.Feb
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Supersonic Combustion Facility
Supersonic Combustion Ramjets, or SCRAMJETS, will be used to propel future flight vehicles to hypersonic speeds. The test facility at the UVa Aerospace Research Lab reproduces the conditions in a SCRAMJET combustor for a vehicle flying at a Mach number of 5. Hydrogen fuel is injected into air flows at speeds of about 1 km/sec and burned. Advanced laser measurement techniques are used to measure important flow properties in order to understand the complex flow physics in the combustor and to develop computational predictions of the engine performance.