SHOCK-WAVE PROPAGATION IN LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES.

Abstract

A model is presented for longitudinal shock-wave propagation in liquid propellant rocket engines. The equations, which include the effects of gaseous dissociation, contain appropriate terms to account for the drag, possible shattering, evaporation, and subsequent combustion of the liquid fuel drops. The equations are solved numerically on a digital computer. A comparison of the results obtained with previous experimental work performed in a shock tube indicates good agreement for shock-wave pressure ratios above about 3.5. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0614201

Entities

People

  • Vito D. Agosta
  • Wallace Chinitz

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Engines
  • Equations
  • Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rockets
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.