DYNAMICS OF TWO-PHASE FLOW IN ROCKET NOZZLES.
Abstract
An experimental and theoretical investigation is reported for the axial and radial velocity lag of a dispersed solid phase in accelerating gases. The program objective was to generate basic information and nozzle design criteria for two-phase flow resulting from the combustion of metallized solid propellants. Various analytic studies were performed to study the character of gas-particle flow in a nozzle. The analytic ''constant lag'' solution was used to study the character of two-phase flow in the throat region of the nozzle and to predict the geometric effects on characteristics exhaust velocity performance. Also the ''constant lag'' solution was employed to show that the effect of particle channeling on c*, calculated assuming one-dimensional flow, is negligible. A computer solution was developed to obtain solutions corresponding to given initial and boundary conditions. Detailed discussions of the physical parameters appearing in the equations, i.e., particle drag coefficient, Nusselt number, and particle size, are also presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 24, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0471996