Title :
Combustion Chamber Fluid Dynamics and Hypergolic Gel Propellant Chemistry Simulations for Selectable Thrust Rocket Engines
Author :
Chen, Chiung-Chu ; Nusca, Michael J. ; Kotlar, Anthony J. ; McQuaid, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Weapons & Mater. Res. Directorate (ARL/WM-BD), US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
Abstract :
Challenge Project C2N is dedicated to developing and applying high performance computing capabilities to accelerate the development of hypergolic and hybrid rocket engine concepts. Computational fluid dynamics is employed to model chemically reacting flows within engine combustion chambers and computational chemistry is employed to characterize propellant physical and reactive properties. Accomplishments are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
chemically reactive flow; combustion; computational fluid dynamics; propellants; rocket engines; chemically reacting flows; combustion chamber; computational chemistry; computational fluid dynamics; hypergolic gel propellant chemistry simulations; selectable thrust rocket engines; Combustion; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Engines; Fuels; Kinetic theory; Propulsion;
Conference_Titel :
DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group Conference (HPCMP-UGC), 2009
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5768-7
DOI :
10.1109/HPCMP-UGC.2009.25
