Nozzle effects on thrust and inlet pressure of a multi-cycle air-breathing pulse detonation engine （APDE） are investigated experimentally. An APDE with 68 mm in diameter and 2 050 mm in length is operated using gasoline/air mixture. Straight nozzle, converging nozzle, converging-diverging nozzle and diverging nozzle are tested. The results show that thrust augmentation of converging-diverging nozzle, diverging nozzle or straight nozzle is better than that of converging nozzle on the whole. Thrust augmentation of straight nozzle is worse than those of converging-diverging nozzle and diverging nozzle. Thrust augmentations of diverging nozzle with larger expansion ratio and converging-diverging nozzle with larger throat area range from 20% to 40% on tested frequencies and are better than those of congeneric other nozzles respectively. Nozzle effects on inlet pressure are also researched. At each frequency it is indicated that filling pressures and average peak pressures of inlet with diverging nozzle and converging-diverging nozzle with large throat cross section area are higher than those with straight nozzle and converging nozzle Pressures near thrust wall increase in an increase order from without nozzle, with diverging nozzle, straight nozzle and converging-diverging nozzle to converging nozzle.
常用来作为促进爆震形成的Shchelkin螺旋由于流阻较大,对发动机的比冲会造成一定的损失,因此缩短缓燃向爆震转变(Deflagration to Detonation Transition,DDT)增强装置长度,对脉冲爆震火箭发动机性能的提高有着重要的意义。通过分析DDT增强段的壁温来判断爆震波的形成位置,并通过压力信号来验证。实验结果表明,DDT增强段的壁温沿轴向分布为先增加,然后保持不变,轴向温度会有一个明显的转折点;经过实验验证,壁温的转折点即为爆震波的形成位置。
