Numerical investigation of bleeding control method on section-controllable wavecatcher intakes

The bleeding control method and analysis of advantages, challenges on wavecatcher (inward turning) intakes are investigated in this paper. Firstly, a quantitative analysis on the substantial advantages of wavecatcher intakes for ramjet is presented comparing to two-dimensional planar symmetry compression. According to the results, with the same parameters in the entrance and exit section, the total pressure recovery of Internal Conical Flow of C increases by 28.0%; the compression surface length decreases by 5%; the wetted area decreases by 15.7% and the pressure drag decreases by 12.1%. However, due to high compressive efficiency of wavecatcher intake, the boundary layer experiences a higher adverse pressure gradient, contributing to enhance shock wave/boundary layer interaction (SBLI). Secondly, the effects of bleeding control on wavecatcher intake are elucidated by numerical simulations. The bleeding control improves the flow structures by decreasing the boundary layer thickness to weaken the SBLI and bleeding the spanwise vortex out. Furthermore, due to the weak interaction, the terminal shock wave is stable closely behind the throat section, increasing the resistance against the back pressure, decreasing the Mach number before the terminal shock wave and improving the total pressure recovery of the exit section by 3.73% relatively.