1. Single pulse combustion test of high-frequency instability of rocket engine
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Ryoya Umeoka, Takeshi Kanda, and Yuuki Mishina
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Propellant ,020301 aerospace & aeronautics ,Jet (fluid) ,animal structures ,business.product_category ,Materials science ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Aerospace Engineering ,Injection port ,02 engineering and technology ,Injector ,Mechanics ,Combustion ,01 natural sciences ,Instability ,law.invention ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Rocket ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Rocket engine ,business ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics - Abstract
Combustion tests were conducted to investigate the high-frequency combustion instability of liquid-propellant rocket engines. An experimental apparatus was designed to examine the rapid and large pressure increase that occurs near the propellant injector, based on the mechanism of the off-design combustion model. The propellants were 2-propanol and gaseous oxygen. The propanol jet created a semi-enclosed base space near the injection port. Pressure in the semi-enclosed space due to combustion was 1.5–3 times higher than the pressure prior to combustion. The duration of the pressure increase ranged from 0.03 to 2 ms. The pressure increase and its duration agreed with the features of the high-frequency combustion instability of liquid-propellant rocket engines. The model temperatures affected the pressure increase and the duration of pressure change.
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- 2021
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