NONEQUILIBRIUM ROCKET NOZZLE RECOMBINATION LOSSES

Abstract

Nonequilibrium performance losses are interpreted in terms of radical concentrations and extent of recombination throughout the expansion process. A brief description of the Bray method for determining the location of departure from equilibrium flow in a rocket nozzle is given. The analysis is applied to N2O4-aerozine, H2-O2 and H2-F2 propellants and a hypothetical H2-C12 system to obtain the point of effective freezing as a function of area ratio. The kinetic rates for the reactions occurring in the combustion process are discussed, and the values for the rates are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0452236

Entities

People

  • E. A. Cook
  • L. Schieler

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerozine
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chlorine
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Equations
  • Exchange Reactions
  • Fluorine
  • Free Radicals
  • Gas Turbine Nozzles
  • Nozzles
  • Propellants
  • Recombination Reactions
  • Rocket Nozzles
  • Rockets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.