Experimental and Numerical Studies of Transcritical LOX Droplets

Abstract

A 137 atm pressure vessel has been developed for the study of transcritical liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen droplets and jets. At the same time, numerical modeling of the same phenomena is being pursued using scaled and unscaled molecular dynamics. Experimental and numerical results both show the disappearance of surface tension as the droplet passes through its critical point and the effect of various environment mixtures on the critical point.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA409836

Entities

People

  • Douglas G. Talley
  • L. N. Long
  • M. M. Micci
  • R. D. Woodward
  • T. L. Kaltz

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Critical Temperature
  • Equations Of State
  • Evaporation
  • Fluids
  • Heat Transfer
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Rocket Engines
  • Simulations
  • Surface Tension

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.