简介:Heattransferinthethrustchamberisofgreatimportanceinthedesignofliquidpropellantrocketengines.Regenerativecoolingisandadvancedmethodwhichcanensurenotonlytheproperrunningbutalsohigherperformanceofarocketengine.Thetheoreticalmodeliscomplicated,itrelatestofluidbynamics,heattransfer,combustion.etc…,Inthispaper,aregenerativecoolingmodelispresented.Effectssuchasradiation,heattransfertoenvironment,variablethermalpropertiesandcokingareincludedinthemodel.Thismodelcanbeappliedtoallkindsofliquidpropellantrocketenginesaswellassimilarconstructions.Themodularizedcomputercodeiscompletedinthework.
简介:Thisworkpresentsanumericalsimulationoftheflowfieldinaliquidpropellantrocketenginechamberandexitnozzleusingtechniquestoallowtheresultstobetakenasstartingpointsfordesigningthosepropulsivesystems.ThiswasdoneusingaFiniteVolumemethodsimulatingthedifferentflowregineswhichusuallytakeplaceinthosesystems.Astheflowfieldhasregionsrangingfromthelowsubsonictothesupersonicregimes,thenumericalcodeused,initiallydevelopedforcompressibleflowsonly,wasmodifiedtoworkproficientlyinthewholevelocityrange.ItiswellknownthatcodeshavebeendevelopedinCFD,foreithercompressibleofincompressibleflows,thejointtreatmentofbothtogetherbeingcomplexeventoday,giventhesmallnumberofreferencesavailableinthisarea.Hereanexistingcodeforcompressibleflowwasusedandprimitivevariables,thepressure,theCartesiancomponentsofthevelocityandthetemperatureinsteadoftheconservedvariableswereintroducedintheEulerandNavier-Stokesequations.ThiswasdonetopermitthetreatmentatanyMachnumber.Unstructuredmesheswithadaptiverefinementswereemployedhere.Theconvectivetermsweretreatedwithupwindfirstandsecondordermethods.ThenumericalstabilitywaskeptwithartificialdissipationandinthespatialcoverageoneusedafivestageRunge-KuttaschemefortheFluidMechanicsandtheVODE(ValueofOrdinaryDifferentialEquations)schemealongwiththeChemkinIIinthechemicalreactingsolution.Duringthedevelopmentofthiscodesimulatingtheflowinarocketengine,comparisontestsweremadewithseveraldifferenttypesofinternalandexternalflows,atdifferentvelocities,seekingtoestablishtheconfidencelevelofthetechniquesbeingused.ThesecomparisonsweredonewithexistingtheoreticalresultsandwithothercodesalreadyvalidatedandwellacceptedbytheCFDcommunity.
简介:AgingofasolidcompositepropellantcontainingHTPB/AP/ALwasperformedinordertovalidatetheconformanceoftheacceleratedagingdatatotheArrheniuslaw.Themainobjectiveoftheworkwastoexaminetheinfluenceoftheaziridinebondingagentsfamilyonthepropellantaging.Agingofthepreparedpropellantsampleswasconductedasfollows:1.Foursamples,onefreeofbondingagents,andthreecontainingaziridinebasedbondingagentsMAPO,HX-752,MAT4wereagedat65°C.2.AnotherfoursamplesbasedonHX-752,MAT4withdifferentcuringagentswereagedat65°C.Themeasuredmechanicalpropertiesofthefreebondingagentpropellantsampleswereveryfarfromthespecificationsandthisillustratestheimportanceofthebondingagentsinboththepreparationandtheagingphases.Thepreparedbondingagent"MAT4"gaveremarkableimprovementsofthemechanicalpropertiescomparingwithHX-752andMAPO.Theaziridinebondingagentsfamilyinhibitedtherateofdecompositionofthepropellantduringtheagingperiodsandsupportedthepropellantmatrixagainstdecompositionattheelevatetemperatures.UsingofHMDIascuringagentgaveslightbettermechanicalpropertiestotheIPDI.
简介:Atime-resolvednumericalcomputationalapproach,involvingthecombustionofdouble-basepropellantisperformedonthermalprotectionmaterialforSRMnozzle.AnimplicitNavier-StokesSolverisselectedtosimulatetwo-dimensionalaxial-symmetricunsteadyturbulentflowofcompressiblefluid.ThegoverningequationsarediscreditedbyusingthefiniteVolumemethod.S-Aturbulencemodelisemployed.CFDschemeisimplementedtoinvestigatethetemperaturedistributioncausesatnozzlethroatinsertscompositematerial.DifferentparametershavebeenselectedfortheanalysistovalidatethetemperaturevariationinthethroatinsertsandbakingmaterialofSRMnozzle.TheadvancedSRMnozzlecompositematerialisalsocharacterizedforthehighthermostabilityandhighthermomechanicalcapabilitiestomakeitmorereliable,simplerandlighter.
简介:Inthispaper,astudyofthehigh-speedgasjetofarocketnozzleunderwaterwascarriedoutusingcommerciallyavailableCFDsoftwareFLUENTwithit'suser-defined-function.Thevolumeoffluidtechniquebasedonfinitevolumemethodwasadoptedtosolvethetime-dependentmultiphaseflowincludingacompressiblephase,andthePISOalgorithmwasincluded.Thecomputedresultsshowthatthisproblemwascalculatedsuccessfully.Thegasbubblebehindthenozzle,andthewavestructureexistinginhighlycompressedgasinwaterwerecapturedaccurately.