Hypersonic mixing and combustion studies in the hypulse facility

Hydrogen-air mixing and combustion experiments at air velocities approaching 17,000 ft/s have been conducted in the HYPULSE facility expansion tube. The results proved to be repeatable and indicated increasing extent of reaction as the fuel equivalence ratio was increased from one to three. Comparisons were made with the results of a one-dimensional, finite-rate chemistry code and one-dimensional cycle codes that assume equilibrium chemistry. These comparisons indicate that the magnitudes and trends of the measured longitudinal pressure distributions are predicted by the one-dimensional codes provided the relevant physical phenomena are accounted for in the computations.