Abdelkarim Hegab^*, Faisal Albatati, Mohammed Algarni

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.2, pp. 437-468, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014690 - 19 April 2021

Abstract In this paper, analytical, computational, and experimental studies are integrated to examine unsteady acoustic/vorticity transport phenomena in a solid rocket motor chamber with end-wall disturbance and side-wall injection. Acoustic-fluid dynamic interactions across the chamber may generate intense unsteady vorticity with associated shear stresses. These stresses may cause scouring and, in turn, enhance the heat rate and erosional burning of solid propellant in a real rocket chamber. In this modelling, the unsteady propellant gasification is mimicked by steady-state flow disturbed by end-wall oscillations. The analytical approach is formulated using an asymptotic technique to reduce the full… More >

Ying Chen, Jianfeng Pan^*, Qingbo Lu, Yu Wang, Chenxin Zhang

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.1, pp. 37-52, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.013349 - 17 November 2020

Abstract The effects of inlet gas parameters and sloping sidewall angle on the flame structure and combustion limit with and without sidewall were experimentally investigated. Flame height and impact angle were obtained by chemiluminescence intensity analysis of CH* distribution. First, the combustion characteristics of flame with and without sidewall at different equivalence ratios were explored; then, the influence of Reynolds number and inlet gas temperature on flame structure and combustion limit of v-shaped flame with sidewall were analyzed, and the results with sidewall were compared with those without sidewall. Finally, the variation trend of flame parameters… More >