Code Validation of CFD Heat Transfer Models for Liquid Rocket Engine Combustion Devices

Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a new heat transfer test rig for exploratory testing of new technologies for controlling chamber wall heat transfer. The design of the rig and its capabilities are described. A second objective of the test rig is to provide CFD validation data under conditions relevant to liquid rocket engine thrust chambers. The approach to validation that was adopted was to establish the minimum level of validation uncertainty that can be achieved for a fully-reacted, uniform flow. A method for characterizing the surface temperature and heat flux to the wall is described based on sensors embedded within the wall of the chamber.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Mar 23, 2007
• Accession Number: ADA467839

Entities

People

• E. B. Coy

Organizations

• Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force Research Laboratories
• Boundary Layer
• Chambers
• Combustion
• Combustion Chambers
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Engines
• Heat Flux
• Heat Transfer
• Materials
• Measurement
• Rocket Engines
• Rockets
• Surface Properties
• Surface Temperature
• Three Dimensional
• Thrust Chambers

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
• Rocket Propulsion.
• Software Engineering.