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Intelligent reconstruction method of isolator flow field with combined detail feature enhancement
Journal of National University of Defense Technology 2026, 48(1): 274-286
Published: 01 February 2026
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The existing model relies too much on the pressure data, which not only increases the workload and cost of experiment and measurement, but also makes the model extremely sensitive to the quality and accuracy of the data. In addition, it is often difficult for existing models to capture and retain the characteristics of complex wave system structure in an all-round way, and it is unable to effectively capture the time evolution characteristics of the unsteady flow field, resulting in the inaccurate identification of the leading edge position of the shock string in isolator. In this paper, the flow field prediction model was established to extract the complex features of the flow field and enhanceed the details of the wave system features, so as to realize the high-precision prediction of the flow field.

Methods

A NNCDFE (neural network model based on combined detail feature enhancement) for isolator flow field reconstruction was proposed, comprising a wave system structure feature extraction network and a detail feature enhancement network. The model achieved high-fidelity reconstruction through a composite architecture design. The wave system structure feature extraction network employed an encoder-decoder framework, where the encoder utilized transposed convolutional layers to progressively reconstruct high-resolution feature maps from compressed input data, establishing the primary shock wave system characteristics. The decoder further processed these features through convolutional layers and refined the spatial distribution via fully connected layers. To address the loss of subtle flow details in multi-layer convolutions, a residual network with skip connections was implemented in the detail enhancement module, enabling multi-scale feature refinement by fusing shallow and deep layer outputs. Ultimately, the synthesized output delivered reconstructed flow field images with enhanced shock wave system integrity and resolved boundary layer vortices, demonstrating superior capability in preserving transient flow features compared to conventional methods.

Results

Experimental validation on the isolator flow field dataset demonstrated the superior performance of the proposed NNCDFE method. Compared with four benchmark approaches, NNCDFE achieved average metrics of 24.661 dB peak signal-to-noise ratio, 0.886 structural similarity index measure, and 0.857 correlation coefficient, indicating significantly enhanced reconstruction fidelity. Furthermore, the model attained a 0.71% average relative error in STLE (shock train leading edge) localization against numerical simulation references, validating its precision in resolving wave system details. Notably, NNCDFE maintained robust performance under progressively sparse pressure input conditions, proving its capability for high-accuracy density gradient field prediction from limited pressure measurements.

Conclusions

The NNCDFE model proposed in this study effectively compensates for the flow field details overlooked by multi-layer convolutional neural networks during feature extraction through its combined neural network framework. By enhancing the details of the reconstructed flow field, it improves the detection accuracy of the STLE position. Simultaneously, the NNCDFE model retains density gradient field prediction capability under sparse pressure data conditions, demonstrating strong robustness. This provides data support for subsequent scramjet STLE position control.

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Experimental study of pulsed injection on combustion mode transition in a dual-mode supersonic combustor
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 2025, 38(9)
Published: 25 June 2025
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This paper describes an experimental study investigating the effects of sinusoidal pulsed injection on the combustion mode transition in a dual-mode supersonic combustor. The results are obtained under inflow conditions of 2.9 MPa stagnation pressure, 1900 K stagnation temperature, and Mach number of 3.0. It has been observed that, at the same equivalence ratio, the combustion mode and flow field structure undergo irreversible changes from a weak combustion state to a strong combustion state at a specific pulsed jet frequency compared to steady jet. For steady jet, the combustion mode is dual-mode. As the frequency of the unsteady jet changes, the combustion mode also changes: it becomes a transition mode at frequencies of 171 Hz and 260 Hz, and a ramjet mode at 216 Hz. Combustion instability under steady jet manifests as a transition in flame stabilization mode. In contrast, under pulsed jet, combustion instability appears either as a transition in flame stabilization mode or as flame blow-off and flashback. The flow field oscillation frequency in the non-reacting flow is 171 Hz, which may resonate with the 171 Hz pulsed jet frequency, making the combustion oscillations most pronounced at this frequency. When the jet frequency is increased to 216 Hz, the combustion intensity significantly increases, and the combustion mode transfers to the ramjet mode. However, further increasing the frequency to 260 Hz results in a decrease in combustion intensity, returning to the transition mode. The frequency of the flow field oscillations varies with the coupling of the pulsed injection frequency, shock wave, and flame, and if the system reaches an unstable state, that is, pre-combustion shock train moves far upstream of the isolator during the pulsed jet period, strong combustion state can be achieved, and this process is irreversible.

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Recent progress and prospects of ammonia combustion for gas turbines
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 2025, 38(10)
Published: 11 June 2025
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Thermoacoustic instability: Challenges, advances, and future directions in combustors
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 2025, 38(5)
Published: 04 March 2025
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Vitiation effects on scramjet operational characteristics
Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica 2024, 45(19): 030027
Published: 15 October 2024
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Characteristics of internal flow and combustion in the scramjet engine have been constantly and extensively investigated, with experimental research strongly reliant on the combustion heated facilities. The combustion of fuels such as alcohol, hydrogen, and kerosene is able to heat the tested gas to the designed conditions, and the mole fraction of oxygen is ensured by the oxygen supplementation. Meanwhile, the combustion of fuels inevitably imports multiple vitiated air contaminants, the existence of which in the combustion heated facilities deviates the ground-test results from those obtained in the actual atmospheric flight conditions. Vitiation effects thus become an urgent problem to solve for improving the accuracy of ground-test result extrapolation. This paper comprehensively reviews five typical aspects, including the vitiation effects on ignition characteristics, scramjet performance, combustion mode transition, typical flow-parameter-matching scheme, and vitiation effect correction. The research progress of vitiation effects has also been introduced. The results show that in most cases, the vitiation component H2O will reduce the ignition delay time and promote fuel ignition, CO2 will inhibit combustion and free radicals and intermediates will significantly promote ignition for methane, ethylene, kerosene and other fuels. The inhibition effect of CO2 on combustion is more significant than that of H2O with the same mole fraction, and the inhibition effect shows a nonlinear trend. At present, the parameter matching schemes commonly used are difficult to reduce the vitiation effects, that is, the deviation of the results obtained from the ground test and the real flight test in the wide range of velocity and equivalent ratio. The correction of vitiation effects is still difficult to achieve.

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