Investigation of Critical Burning of Fuel Droplets.

Abstract

A description of the research conducted under this grant is given including theoretical and experimental methods, and major results. Three areas are discussed: (1) combustion of bipropellant droplets with particular emphasis on high presure conditions where the drop approaches or exceeds its thermodynamic critical point during combustion; (2) combustion of hydrazine fuels, treating hybrid drop combustion in combustion gas environments and the open-loop response of hydrazine strands, drops and sprays to imposed pressure oscillations; and (3) combustion of sprays, where the development of a locally homogeneous flow model of spray combustion is described and evaluated with a variety of single- and two-phase flows. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077689

Entities

People

  • G. M. Faeth

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Alkanes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Theoretical Analysis.