LAB REPORT NO.

RAMJET TEST STAND

SUBMITTED TO:
LEC M. NADEEM KHAN

SUBMITTED BY :
Mesum Ali Irfani 170101016
Muhammad Ahsan 170101025
Usama Mughal 170101056
Naveed Khalid 170101076

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Exp. 6: Pressure variations inside Ram-Jet using Manometer Lab Report No IST-ARO-GORM-N04-00/00

EXPERIMENT NO. 1
Find the Static and Total Pressure at different Probe Position inside a Ramjet (for Air Only)
using manometer.

OBJECTIVE
To observe and understand the behavior of pressure variation inside a Ram-Jet for Air only

APPARATUS
Ramjet Test Stand
PARTS:
1. Centrifugal Compressor
2. Ramjet Stand
1 . Centrifugal Compressor:
a. Damper
b. Electric motor
c. Stand
d. Temperature gauge
e. Nozzle
f. Air Supply total pressure
2 Ramjet Section :
a. Ramjet Engine
b. Probe
c. Two cooling pipes
d. Static pressure port
e. Total pressure port
f. U-tube Manometer

SAFETY & PRECAUTIONS

1. Keep open all windows and doors.
2. Use proper clothing and shoes etc.
3. Do not touch the Ram-Jet during Experiment.

THEORY
A ramjet is a form of air breathing jet engine using the engine's forward motion to compress
incoming air, without a rotary compressor. Ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and
thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill. It is therefore require propulsion through other
means to accelerate the vehicle to a speed where the ramjet begins to produce thrust.
A ramjet is usually designed around its inlet. An object moving at high speed in air generates
high and low pressure regions in front and a low to the rear respectively. A ramjet uses this high
pressure in front of the engine to force air through the tube, where it is heated by combusting
some of the air with fuel. It is then passed through a nozzle to accelerate to supersonic speeds.
This gives the ramjet forward thrust.

Probe Positions Fuel

5 L.E 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Propulsion Lab Exhaust Section 2

Inlet Section
 RAMJET SECTION

PROCEDURE
1. Open the blower valve at appropriate air supply pressures (cm H2O)
2. Now find the total and static pressure at different probe positions mentioned in Table No.1
3. Repeat the procedure at three different air supply pressures (cm H2O)
4. At each air supply pressure, note down the readings for different probe position as listed in
Table.1

Figure 1: RAMJET TEST STAND

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1 Total Air Supply

1. 56 61 68
Pressure (cm H2O)
2 Probe Position
STATIC cm H2O TOTAL STATIC cm H2O TOTAL STATIC cm H2O TOTAL
(cm)
5 39 53.5 38.5 38 38.25 65

L.E 37 50.5 36.5 54 35.5 60.25

5 39 48.25 38.25 51 38.5 56.25

10 39 46.5 38.5 48 38 52

15 39.5 45.5 39.5 46.75 39 50.5

20 40.25 43.25 40.25 45.25 40.5 46.25

25 40.5 42 40.5 42.5 40.75 43.5

Table. 1
RESULTS
a. Results are also plotted showing probe position along x-direction and manometer reading
along y-directio

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OBSERVATIONS

We observed that the total pressure decreased with probe position and the static pressure had less
changes but it decreased until leading edge and increased inside the ramjet engine .

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THE RELATION BETWEEN PRESSURE & VELOCITY OF AIR

IN RAMJET

EXPERIMENT NO. 2
Find the relation between Pressure & Velocity of air in Ramjet.

OBJECTIVE
To observe and understand the behavior of PV diagram inside a Ram-Jet for Air only

APPARATUS
Ramjet Test Stand

SAFETY & PRECAUTIONS

1. Keep open all windows and doors.
2. Use proper clothing and shoes etc.
3. Do not touch the Ram-Jet during Experiment.

THEORY
A ramjet is a form of air breathing jet engine using the engine's forward motion to compress
incoming air, without a rotary compressor. Ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and
thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill. It is therefore require propulsion through other
means to accelerate the vehicle to a speed where the ramjet begins to produce thrust.
A ramjet is usually designed around its inlet. An object moving at high speed in air generates
high and low pressure regions in front and a low to the rear respectively. A ramjet uses this high
pressure in front of the engine to force air through the tube, where it is heated by combusting
some of the air with fuel. It is then passed through a nozzle to accelerate to supersonic speeds.
This gives the ramjet forward thrust.

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Probe Positions Fuel

5 L.E 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Exhaust Section
Inlet Section

Diffuser TBurner
able 1
Probe

RAMJET SECTION

PROCEDURE
1. Open the blower valve at appropriate air supply pressures (cm H2O)
2. Now find the total and static pressure at different probe positions mentioned in Table No.1
3. Repeat the procedure at three different air supply pressures (cm H2O)
4. At each air supply pressure, note down the readings for different probe position as listed in
Table.1

FORMULAS
The following formulas use
1. 𝑷 = 𝑷𝑷𝑷𝑷
2. 𝑷 = □𝑷𝑷/𝑷𝑷𝑷𝑷
3. 𝑷 = 𝑷 + 𝑷𝑷𝑷
Total Air Supply Velocity of
Total Air Supply Temperature (K ) Air (m/s) Velocity of
S. No Pressure (Pa)
Pressure (m H2O) K= C+273 Air (ft/s)
𝑷 = 𝑷□𝑷ℎ 𝑷 = □2𝑷/𝑷□□□
1 0.1 309.5 980 39.9186 131.7314

2 0.15 317.5 1470 48.8901 161.3374

3 0.16 308 1568 50.4935 166.6285

4 0.20 317.5 1960 56.4534 186.2964

5 0.21 313 2058 57.8476 190.8970

6 0.25 316 2450 63.1169 208.2857

7 0.28 313 2744 66.7966 220.4289

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RESULTS
Results are plotted showing Air Supply Pressure along x-direction and Velocity of Air along y-
direction.

Velocity (m/s)

OBSERVATIONS
It is very clear from the graph that the velocity is having a direct relationship with the air supply
pressure and it can be deduced that this relation is almost a linearly varying relationship. From

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this result we can conclude that when the aircraft moves with a higher velocity it experiences
higher pressure forces.

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