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Development of Phenomenological Liquid Spray Design Tool for Augmentor Operability and Performance

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-04-M-2442
Agency Tracking Number: F041-181-2600
Amount: $99,995.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF04-181
Solicitation Number: 2004.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-05-15
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-02-15
Small Business Information
2766 Indian Ripple Rd
Dayton, OH 45440
United States
DUNS: 884812025
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Terrence Meyer
 Research Engineer
 (937) 904-4007
 trmeyer @innssi.com
Business Contact
 Larry Goss
Title: President
Phone: (937) 429-4980
Email: gosslp@innssi.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The combination of empirical spray modeling, dense- and dilute-spray diagnostics, and CFD simulation will be used to provide a more accurate spray-design tool for gas-turbine augmentors. A global model of liquid breakup and droplet dispersion will be assembled based on existing correlations for liquid-jet trajectory, surface breakup, column breakup, secondary breakup of droplets, and evaporation. The model will be validated for liquid-jet injection into a gaseous crossflow under augmentor conditions, including the effects of high inlet temperature and flame-holder geometry. A newly demonstrated diagnostic technique called ballistic imaging shadowgraphy, made possible by the availability of ultrafast lasers, will be used to capture high-resolution images through the dense-spray region. This will provide critical new data on ligamentation, jet-core instabilities, jet-core breakup, and dense-spray effects. A one-way-coupled Lagrangian numerical simulation will be used as the test-bed for parametric studies. Finally, a fully-coupled large-scale CFD simulation will be performed by our partners in the gas-turbine industry to test the performance of the global model.

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