Methyle Long Endurance Test Facility for Dual-Mode Ramjet Combustor Technologies
The development of operational, civilian or military, application of the hypersonic air breathing propulsion depends of two key points: · capability to predict with a reasonable accuracy, and to optimise, the aero-propulsive balance (or generalized thrust-minus-drag), · development of needed technologies for the propulsion system as a low weight, highly robust fuel-cooled structure for the combustor. For this second point, a large part of the technology development effort can be based on ground testing and classical numerical simulation (thermal analysis, mechanics...). In order to provide the ground testing capabilities needed by this technology development effort, MBDA and ROXEL upgraded their hypersonic test line in their Bourges Subdray test center. The new test facility, METHYLE, allows performing long endurance test with total temperature up to 2400K (～Mach7.5). Thanks to a modular water-cooled dual-mode ramjet combustor, SMR, METHYLE makes possible a large set of technology tests: endothermic fuels reforming and burning, variable geometry, sealing system, fuel-cooled structure, measurement techniques, engine control system... Today, METHYLE acceptance test series has been performed and first operational tests have been performed in late 2009.
F.Falempin J.P.Minard B.Le Naour
MBDA Le Plessis-Robinson et Bourges, France
国际会议
The 3rd International Symposium on Jet Propulsion and Power Engineering(第三届喷气推进与动力工程国际会议 ISJPPE)
南京
英文
355-363
2010-09-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）