Cavitation is one of the major problems in the development of rocket engines. There have been few experimental studies to visualize cryogenic foil cavitation. Therefore a new cryogenic cavitation tunnel of blowdown ty...Cavitation is one of the major problems in the development of rocket engines. There have been few experimental studies to visualize cryogenic foil cavitation. Therefore a new cryogenic cavitation tunnel of blowdown type was built. The foil shape is “piano-convex”. This profile was chosen because of simplicity, but also of being similar to the one for a rocket inducer impeller. Working fluids were water at room temperature, hot water and liquid nitrogen. In case of Angle of Attack （AOA）=8°, periodical cavity departure was observed in the experiments of both water at 90℃ and nitrogen at -190℃ under the same velocity 10 m/sec and the same cavitation number 0.7. The frequencies were observed to be 110 and 90 Hz, respectively, and almost coincided with those of vortex shedding from the foil. Temperature depression due to the thermodynamic effect was confirmed in both experiment and simulation especially in the cryogenic cavitation.展开更多
In 'in-tube propulsion,' that is the combination of conventional rocket propulsion and ballistic range operation,propulsion performance can be enhanced with increases in thrust due to spatial confinement and i...In 'in-tube propulsion,' that is the combination of conventional rocket propulsion and ballistic range operation,propulsion performance can be enhanced with increases in thrust due to spatial confinement and in payload capa-bility because propellant can be placed off board a projectile.This paper describes proofed concepts of in-tube propulsion by using repetitive laser pulses.展开更多
文摘Cavitation is one of the major problems in the development of rocket engines. There have been few experimental studies to visualize cryogenic foil cavitation. Therefore a new cryogenic cavitation tunnel of blowdown type was built. The foil shape is “piano-convex”. This profile was chosen because of simplicity, but also of being similar to the one for a rocket inducer impeller. Working fluids were water at room temperature, hot water and liquid nitrogen. In case of Angle of Attack （AOA）=8°, periodical cavity departure was observed in the experiments of both water at 90℃ and nitrogen at -190℃ under the same velocity 10 m/sec and the same cavitation number 0.7. The frequencies were observed to be 110 and 90 Hz, respectively, and almost coincided with those of vortex shedding from the foil. Temperature depression due to the thermodynamic effect was confirmed in both experiment and simulation especially in the cryogenic cavitation.
文摘In 'in-tube propulsion,' that is the combination of conventional rocket propulsion and ballistic range operation,propulsion performance can be enhanced with increases in thrust due to spatial confinement and in payload capa-bility because propellant can be placed off board a projectile.This paper describes proofed concepts of in-tube propulsion by using repetitive laser pulses.
