Investigation at High Altitudes of Rocket Exhaust Plume Symmetry and Interaction with a Plate with a Scaled MOL Thruster

Abstract

A 1-lb-thrust rocket engine was tested to determine plume symmetry and Mach number contours at 400,000-ft altitude. Total pressure surveys were made with and without a flat plate in the plume. The tests without the plate indicated the plume was symmetrical, and measured results compared well with computed values. In tests with the plate, the shock interaction and boundary-layer buildup on the plate were measured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0855842

Entities

People

  • D. W. Hill Jr.

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Engineering
  • Engines
  • Exhaust Plumes
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Rate
  • High Altitude
  • Instrumentation
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Exhaust
  • Thrust
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Structural Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster