Abstract
The buzz phenomenon of a typical supersonic inlet is analyzed using the unsteady Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method. The dominant flow patterns and characteristics of the buzzed flow are obtained by decoupling the computed pressure field into spatial and temporal sub-parts based on the POD method. The supersonic inlet buzz phenomenon could be approximated as a product of decoupled temporal and spatial terms, and the one-dimensional (1D) mathematical model is therefore proposed. The standard deviations of the unsteady pressure fields from both the numerical simulation and the model prediction are compared. The limited discrepancy can be observed, and the good agreement validates the credibility of the proposed 1D model. The numerical simulation and the 1D model prediction are presented to explore the unsteady-jet control with a small perturbation. The results of the 1D model and the numerical simulation achieve good agreements with each other in terms of the overall trend. Finally, POD modal energy is employed to analyze the buzz suppression mechanism. When the jet frequency is identical to the dominant frequency of the buzz and the jet phase is opposite to the oscillation phase of the captured mass flow, the buzz suppression could be more efficient. The buzz suppression mechanism could be explained in two aspects. For one thing, the complex flow structure is suppressed and the first average modal energy in the inlet is increased. For another, the energy redistribution among each POD mode is achieved and the flow stability is gradually enhanced.