Effect of Passive Bleed System on an Integrated Diverterless Supersonic Inlet

The present work is an extension of our earlier computational study (24) on an integrated Diverterless Supersonic Inlet (DSI) where complete external and internal (intake duct) flow features along with intake performance characteristics were presented. In this paper the computed flow and performance characteristics at low angle-of-attack (AOA) of a passive bleed system on the same DSI are presented near intake design mass flow rate. The passive bleed system comprises of a porous wall segment on the bump compression surface that is connected to a bleed chamber with a single outlet exposed to a specific pressure. The bleed mass flow rate is controlled through controlling the bleed chamber outlet pressure. The subsonic characteristics of this passive bleed system on the DSI are evaluated at M∞=0.8 while the supersonic characteristics are evaluated at M∞=1.7, which is near the design Mach number for the intake. The results of the present study indicates that although some low energy bleed chamber air seeps into the intake duct at M∞=0.8, however the passive bleed system on the whole results in some improvement in engine face total pressure recovery due to removal of part of bump compression surface residual boundary layer. At supersonic conditions (M∞=1.7) the boundary layer diversion mechanism behind the shock wave (24) prevents the low energy bleed chamber seepage air, along with upstream boundary layer from entering the intake duct. However, the passive bleed system results in significant deterioration of engine face total pressure recovery due to its affect on the inlet shock wave structure and related flow field.