基于热力学效应修正的诱导轮空化模型研究

液体火箭发动机的诱导轮抽吸性能受到工质热力学效应的影响,低温工质的热力学效应对诱导轮空化工况下的工作性能影响尤为显著。由于热力学效应对气泡的增长有抑制作用,低温工质的热力学效应能改善诱导轮在空化工况下的工作特性,但目前国内对此问题的认识依然只停留在定性的层面。为了更准确地理解诱导轮在低温工质中的工作特性,必须定量地考虑这种由热力学效应所导致的影响。在Rayleigh-Plesset方程的基础上推导出了一种基于热力学效应修正的空化模型,并将此模型编译成程序模块应用于液体火箭发动机氧泵诱导轮的数值计算。对数值计算结果进行定量的后处理分析,并与发动机空化工况下的热试车数据进行对比验证了模型的准确性。

An Experiment on Cavitating Flow in Rocket Engine Inducer

An experiment for rocket engine inducer cavitating flow is conducted on a new experimental platform.The experiment platform,using water as working medium,can be used to investigate the steady and unsteady flows of cavitating and noncavitating turbopumps.The experimental platform is designed as a flexible and versatile apparatus for any kind of fluid dynamic phenomena relating to high performance liquid rocket engine turbopumps.Design details for the platform is introduced.Various extend of cavitation images and dynamic pressure impulse are obtained,which provides a reference for cavitating flow study in rocket engine inducer.