• DocumentCode
    2421669
  • Title

    Combustion Chamber Fluid Dynamics and Hypergolic Gel Propellant Chemistry Simulations for Selectable Thrust Rocket Engines

  • Author

    Nusca, Michael J. ; Chen, Chiung-Chu ; McQuaid, Michael J.

  • Author_Institution
    Weapons & Mater. Res. Directorate, US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-17 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the application of high performance computing to accelerate the development of hypergolic propulsion systems for tactical missiles. Computational fluid dynamics is employed to model the chemically reacting flow within a systempsilas combustion chamber, and computational chemistry is employed to characterize propellant physical and reactive properties. Accomplishments from the past year are presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    aerospace propulsion; chemically reactive flow; combustion; computational fluid dynamics; defence industry; missiles; propellants; rocket engines; CFD; chemically reacting flow; combustion chamber fluid dynamics; computational fluid dynamics; hypergolic gel propellant chemistry simulations; hypergolic propulsion systems; tactical missiles; thrust rocket engines; Acceleration; Chemistry; Combustion; Computational modeling; Engines; Fluid dynamics; High performance computing; Missiles; Propulsion; Rockets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    DoD HPCMP Users Group Conference, 2008. DOD HPCMP UGC
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3323-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DoD.HPCMP.UGC.2008.28
  • Filename
    4755850