Analyses of flow field structures around linear-type aerospike nozzles using LIF and PSP

Author

Niimi, Tomohide ; Mori, Hideo ; Okabe, Kazuki ; Masai, Yusuke ; Tanigu, Mashio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

25-29 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

20

Abstract

Aerospike nozzles have been expected as a candidate for an engine of reusable Space Shuttles to respond to growing demand for rocket-launching at the lower cost. In this study, the flow field structures in any cross sections around the linear-type aerospike nozzle are visualized and analyzed, using laser induced fluorescence (LIF) of NO seeded in the carrier gas N₂. Since the flow field structure is affected mainly by the pressure ratio (P_s/P_a), the linear-type aerospike nozzle is set inside the vacuum chamber to carry out the experiments in the wide range of pressure ratios from 75 to 250. Flow fields are visualized in several cross-sections, demonstrating the complicated three-dimensional flow field structures. Pressure sensitive paint (PSP) of PtTFPP bound by poly(TMSP) is also applied successfully to measurement of the complicated pressure distribution on the spike surface.

Keywords

aerodynamics; flow visualisation; jet engines; nitrogen compounds; nozzles; pressure measurement; rocket engines; space vehicles; LIF; N₂ gas; NO; NO seeding; aerospike nozzles; flow visualization; laser induced fluorescence; pressure measurement; pressure ratio; pressure sensitive paint; rocket launch; space shuttles; spike surface; three dimensional flow field structures; vacuum chamber; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Costs; Engines; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Space shuttles; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation in Aerospace Simulation Facilities, 2003. ICIASF '03. 20th International Congress on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8149-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIASF.2003.1274847

Filename

1274847