TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Online ISSN : 1884-0485
ISSN-L : 1884-0485
a) Chemical Propulsion and Air-breathing Engines
Estimation of Hybrid Rocket Nozzle Throat Erosion History
Yuji SAITOTsutomu UEMATSUHikaru ISOCHIMasashi WAKITATsuyoshi TOTANIHarunori NAGATA
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2016 Volume 14 Issue ists30 Pages Pa_145-Pa_151

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A nozzle throat erosion problem occurs in developing a 15 kN-thrust class motor. To obtain a history of the nozzle throat area in a hybrid rocket static firing test, a new method is developed. Although the specific heat ratio of the combustion gas, which depends on the oxidizer to fuel ratio ξ, is necessary to calculate a nozzle throat area, it is difficult to obtain temporal ξ in hybrid rockets. A reconstruction technique, which estimates temporal ξ, needs chamber pressure, oxidizer flow rate, and nozzle throat area as input data. These two equations are solved simultaneously to acquire two convergence calculations for nozzle throat area and ξ. The new method was applied to a static firing test. The results show a typical erosion history, showing the validity of this method.

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