Motor Flow Instabilities - Part 2. Intrinsic Linear Stability of the Flow Induced by Wall Injection

Abstract

Thrust oscillations generally occur in large solid propellant motor during a few seconds of the flight, they exactly correspond to the frequencies of the cavity modes. The excitation of cavity modes has been reproduced in small scale solid propellant motors and also in cold gas facilities. However as extensively exposed by F. Vuillot in the present VKI lecture series, there are different possible causes of this excitation and all of them may play a role. Among them, as suggested by F. Vuillot, see 1, there is the intrinsic instability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA425774

Entities

People

  • F. Vuillot
  • G. Casalis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Cold Gases
  • Differential Equations
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Flow Visualization
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Hot Wire
  • Instability
  • Measurement
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Plane Geometry
  • Solid Propellants
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.