ALREST High Fidelity Modeling Program Approach

Abstract

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) to develop improved computational tools to predict better combustion stability of hydrocarbon-fueled liquid rocket engines. The Advanced Liquid Rocket Engine Stability Technology -High Fidelity Model (ALREST-HFM) code will be designed to improve the prediction of combustion instability using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has assembled a team that includes Professor Suresh Menon and coworkers at the Georgia Institute of Technology who have developed the LESLIE3D for supercritical hydrocarbon combustion; HyPerComp, Inc., a small business located in Westlake Village, CA, that specializes in the research and development of computational tools for fluid mechanics and combustion; and United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) in East Hartford, CT, who have extensive experience with hydrocarbon combustion and fluid properties. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will lead the code development and provide its expertise in hydrocarbon-fueled rocket engines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2011
Accession Number
ADA548586

Entities

People

  • Brian Lariviere
  • Douglas G. Talley
  • Edward D. Lynch
  • Suresh Menon

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engines
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Instability
  • Military Research
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reliability
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Turbulent Mixing

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Research Science/Academic Research