FABRICATION OF A VALVELESS PULSEJET ENGINE

Project submitted in the partial fulfillment of the award of the degree

Of
Bachelor of Technology
In
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Of
Mahatma Gandhi University
By

AROMAL

11011018

BRITO MENDEZ

11011021

JAFARALI

11011024

JOBIN SAMUEL

11011026

Under the guidance of

VISHNU SASIDHARAN

March 2015

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Mount Zion College of Engineering

Kadamannitta, Pathanamthitta 689 649
Phone: 0468 2217525, 2217325 Fax: 2217425

MAHATHMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM

MOUNT ZION COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
KADAMANITTA

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
Certified that this is a bonafide record of the work
done by Aromal (11011018), Brito Mendez (11011021), Jafarali KP
(11011024), Jobin Samuel (11011026),Of Eighth semester Aeronautical
Engineering for the project (AN010 710) title FABRICATION OF A
VALVELESS PULSEJET ENGINE in the year 2014-15.

Mr.M.Yogesh
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Mr.Vishnu Sasidharan
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Acknowledgement

Yogesh , for his encouragement

To bring

and for providing all facilities for

something into existence is truly

carrying out this project. We

the work of ALMIGHTY. We

express our highest regard and

thank

sincere thanks to our project

GOD ALMIGHTY for

making this venture a success.

coordinator,

We

Mr.

Vishnu

Sasidharan ,who provided

the

express our wholehearted thanks to

necessary guidance and serious

the Management of the college,

advice to carry out this project. We

Mr.

also extend our sincere thanks to

Abraham

Kalammannil,

Chairman, for providing us an

all

opportunity to do our studies in

Aeronautical

this esteemed institution. We thank

guided us throughout the entire

our Principal Dr.N.Rajaram for

course.

the

staff

members

Department

of
who

providing the facilities for our

studies

and

encouragement

constant
in

all

achievements.
At the outset we wish
to place on record our sincere

CONTENTS

thanks to quite a few people

without whose help, this venture
would not have been a success.

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TITLE
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We would like to
express profound gratitude to our
Head of the Department, Mr. M.

ABSTRACT
LIST OF FIGURES

3.2 U-SHAPED

SYSTEM
15

INTRODUCTION
1

3.3 LINEAR SYSTEM

1.1 DESCRIPTION
OF PULSE COMBUSTION
1

16
4

2
LITERATURE
SURVEY

COMPONENTS
AND SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION
18

4.1 SPARK PLUG

18

2.1 STUDY OF
EXISTING SYSTEM

4.2 COMBUSTION
CHAMBER

20

2.2 LIMITATIONS OF
EXISTING SYSTEM

PRINCIPLE OF
OPERATION
23

2.3 STUDY OF

5.1 RIJKE TUBE

23

PROPOSED SYSTEM

5.2 THE

HELMHOLTZ
RESONATOR
26

2.4 TYPES OF PULSE

JET ENGINES
9

OPERATION OF A
VALVELESS PULSE JET
ENGINE
30

WORKING OF A
VALVELESS PULSE JET
ENGINE
34

TYPES OF
VALVELESS PULSEJETS
13
3.2 INLINE
SYSTEMS
13

7.1

9.7 ASSEMBLY
THERMODYNAMI
C CYCLE
36

OBJECT AND
APPROACH
42

10

ADVANTAGES
67

11

DISADVANTAGES
68

8.1 KADENACY
EFFECT
43

8.2 PROPAGATION
OF SOUND IN
PULSE JETS
44

66

DESIGNING AND
MODELING
48

9.1 CAD/CAE
48

9.2 MODELING
49

9.3 SOFTWARES
USED FOR
MODELING
49

9.4 MATERIALS
EMPLOYED
53

9.5
MANUFACTURIN
G PROCESS
54

9.6 INSPECTION
65

12

APPLICATIONS
69

13

CONCLUSION
70

REFERENCE

ABSTRACT

Pulsejet engine is a type of air

breathing engine. The combustion takes
place in the form of pulses in the
combustion chamber that is 300 times
per

second.

Pulsejet

engines

were

commonly used in the military purposes

in which Germans were able to produce
a thrust of 300 pounds carrying a load of
two tones. Usually pulsejet engine is the
two type valved and valveless engine.
The valved type consists of single
moving part valve which controls the
flow of fresh air in to the combustion
chamber .The valveless engine is hollow
type with Zero moving parts .Recently
a research is going on over PDE (Pulse
Detonation Engine) in NASA which is
believed that its more efficient when
compared

to

conventional

turbojet

engines.in this project. we created 3D

model & Animation is done by CREO
1.0 Software.

LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO
FIGURE NAME
PAGE NO.

1.1
General Pulse
Combustion Process
2
1.2
Chamber Explosion
3

Combustion

2.1
Interior

Typical Jet Engine

7

2.2
Schematic of
Pulse Jet Combustion Process
10
2.3
Engine
11

Valved Pulsejet

2.4
Engine
12

Valveless Pulsejet

3.1
Marconnets
Valveless Pulsejet Engine
14
3.2
Schuberts
Valveless Pulsejet Engine
14

3.3
U-Shaped
Lockwood Hiller Engine
15
3.4
Argus Engine
17

Capped Tube

4.1
23

Rijkes Tube

4.2
Rijkes Tube
25

Working of A

4.3
Resonator
27

Helmholtz

4.4
A Classic
Helmholtz Resonator
28
6.1
Valveless Pulse
Jet During Operation
30
7.1
Working of
Valveless Pulse Jet Engine
34
7.2
Layout Of A
Valveless Pulsejet Engine
35
7.3

Lenoir Cycle

37
7.4
Conical Sections
38

Comparison of

7.5
Lockwood Hiller
Combustion Chamber
39

7.6
Logan
Combustion Chamber Section
39
7.7
Runner Design
40

Standard Exhaust

7.8
Exit Condition
41

Sudden Expansion

7.9
Condition
41

Entrance Flow

9.4
56

Lathe Machine

9.5

Sawing Machine

58
9.6
58

Welding Process

9.7

Welding Operation

60
9.8
62

Drilling Process

8.1
Propagation of
Sound During Operation
42

9.9
64

Drilling Machine

8.2
43

Kadenacy Effect

9.10
Flow Chart of
Manufacturing Process
65

8.3

Standing Wave

44

9.11
66

Detailed Design

9.1
Model
representation in Creo
52
9.2
Process
54

Manufacturing

9.3
55

Metal Cutting

ii