Computational model of impinging-stream/swirl injectors in a hypergolic fuel engine

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Nusca, Michael J ^a   Scott Michaels, R ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CONTROL; COMBUSTION PATTERNS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; PERFORMANCE TESTS;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

ENGINES;

EID: 84897765864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Thompson, D. M., Allan, B. D., and Chew, W. M., "MICOM In-House Gel Propulsion Testing, " Proceedings of the 1995 JANNAF Gel Propulsion Technology Symposium, CPIA Pub. 627, Sept. 1995, pp. 65-74.
2. Thompson, D. M., and Allan, B. D., "Higher Density Impulse for Bipropellant Gel Propulsion Systems Using High Density Fuel and Oxidizer Gels, " Proceedings of the 1995 JANNAF Gel Propulsion Technology Symposium, CPIA Pub. 627, Sept. 1995, pp. 65-74.
3. Chew, W. M., May, D. L., and Thompson, D. M., "Non-Newtonian Rheology of Gelled Propellants, " Proceedings of the 1998 JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, CPIA Pub. 675, Vol. 1, July 1998, pp. 141-149.
4. Thompson, D. M., Wilson, B. F., and Stephenson, W., "Hypergolic Azide Liquid Fuels, " Proceedings of the 1999 JANNAF Propellant Development and Characterization Subcommittee Meeting, CPIA Pub. 627, Sept. 1999, pp. 65-74.
5. McQuaid, M. J., "Computational Characterization of 2-Azidocycloalkanamines: Notional Variations on the Hypergol 2-Azido-N, N-Dimethylethanamine (DMAZ), " US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen proving Ground, MD, ARL-TR-2806, September 2002.
6. Michaels, R. S., and Wilson, B. F., "The Low L/D Vortex Engine for Gel Propulsion, " Proceedings of the 1995 JANNAF Gel Propulsion Technology Symposium, CPIA Pub. 627, Sept. 1995, pp. 9-16.
7. Wilson, B. F., and Connaughton, J. W., "Investigation of a Unique Design Engine Assembly, " Proceedings of the 3rd AIAA Propulsion Joint Specialist Conference, Washington, DC, 17-21 July 1967 (see also U. S. Army MICOM Technical Report C67-7175, Redstone Army Arsenal, AL).
8. Nusca, M. J., Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Wave Attenuation in Nonequilibrium Chemically Reacting Flows, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1998, pp. 217-238.
9. Nusca, M. J., Numerical Simulation of the Ram Accelerator Using a New Chemical Kinetics Mechanism, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 18, No. 1, January-February 2002, pp. 44-52.
10. Nusca, M. J., McQuaid, M. J., and Anderson, W. R., Numerical Model of the Plasma Jet Generated by an Electrothermal-Chemical Igniter, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 16, N1, Jan-Mar 2002, pp. 44-52.
11. McBride, B. J., and Gordon, S., "Computer Program for Calculation of Complex Chemical Equilibrium Compositions and Applications, II. Users Manual and Program Description, " NASA RP 1311, 1996.
12. Rahimi, S., and Natan, B., Numerical Solution of the Flow of Power-Law Gel Propellants in Converging Injectors, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2000, pp. 203-212 (also, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 16, No. 3, May-June 2000, pp. 458-464).
13. Spalart, P. R., and Allmaras, S. R., "A One-Equation Turbulence Model for Aerodynamic Flows, " AIAA Paper No. 92-0439, Jan 1992.
14. Nusca, M. J., Dinavahi, S. P. G., and Soni, B., "Grid Adaptation Studies for Reactive Flow Modeling of Propulsion Systems, " AIAA Paper No. 99-0970, January 1999.
15. Burrows, M. C., and Kurkov, A. P., "Analytical and Experimental Study of Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen in a Vitiated AirStream, " NASA TM X-2828, Sept. 1973 (see also NASA TMX-67840).
16. Green, J. M., Rapp, D. C., and Roncace, J., "Flow Visualization of a Rocket Injector Spray Using Gelled Propellant Simulants, " AIAA Paper No. 2198, June 1991.
17. Miller, R. S, Harstad, K., and Bellan, J., "Evaluation of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Evaporation Models for Many-Droplet Gas-Liquid Flow Simulations, " International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 24, No. 6, 1998, pp. 1025-1055.