EFFECTS OF SELECTED GAS STREAM PARAMETERS AND COOLANT PHYSICAL PROPPERTIES ON FILM COOLING OF ROCKET MOTORS

Abstract

The effects were studied of changes in the temperature, pressure, and Reynolds number of a hot gas stream upon the required flow rates of a single liquid (water) used for film cooling different lengths of a cylindrical test section. The effects were also studied of the physical properties of water, anhydrous ammonia, ethanol, and Freon-113 on the required film coolant flow rates for a single condition of gas stream temperature, pressure, and Reynolds number. Heat flux and wall temperature distribution downstream from the liquid film were measured. A brief investigation of combined film cooling and convective cooling was conducted. Theoretical studies also were conducted to obtain relationships for predicting the convective heat transfer coefficient between a liquid film and a flowing hot gas stream, the insulation effect provided by the film coolant vapor for areas downstream from the liquid film, and the cooling requirements when external convective cooling is supplemented with internal film cooling. The resulting equations correlated the experimental data with reasonable accuracy. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284921

Entities

People

  • D.l. Emmons

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooling
  • Experimental Data
  • Film Cooling
  • Flow Rate
  • Gases
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Hot Gases
  • Liquids
  • Physical Properties
  • Reynolds Number
  • Rocket Engines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene