The effects of oscillatory backpressure on the air induction system for pulse detonation engines were examined for a two-dimensional, mixed-compression configuration at a freestream Mach number of 3.5. The pressure perturbations at the diffuser exit were produced by injecting air through four ports located at the corners of the exit cross section. The frequency, coupling of the ports and airflow rates through the ports were varied, simulating the operation of detonation tubes. A terminal normal shock in the diffuser oscillated in the excited inlet, causing large pressure fluctuation amplitudes at some locations. Large injection mass flows resulted in inlet flow oscillations throughout the inlet, increased the spillage, yet did not cause inlet unstart.
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