Internal Combustion Processes of Liquid Rocket Engines: Modeling and Numerical Simulations [Hardcover]

This book concentrates on modeling and numerical simulations of combustion in liquid rocket engines, covering liquid propellant atomization, evaporation of liquid droplets, turbulent flows, turbulent combustion, heat transfer, and combustion instability. It presents some state of the art models and numerical methodologies in this area.? The book can be categorized into two parts. Part 1 describes the modeling for each subtopic of the combustion process in the liquid rocket engines. Part 2 presents detailed numerical methodology and several representative applications in simulations of rocket engine combustion.Preface x

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Basic Configuration of Liquid Rocket Engines 2

1.1.1 Propellant Feed System 2

1.1.2 Thrust Chamber 6

1.2 Internal Combustion Processes of Liquid Rocket Engines 13

1.2.1 Start and Shutdown 13

1.2.2 Combustion Process 15

1.2.3 Performance Parameters in Working Process 18

1.3 Characteristics and Development History of Numerical Simulation of the Combustion Process in Liquid Rocket Engines 19

1.3.1 Benefits of Numerical Simulation of the Combustion Process in Liquid Rocket Engines 19

1.3.2 Main Contents of Numerical Simulations of Liquid Rocket Engine Operating Process 19

1.3.3 Development of Numerical Simulations of Combustion Process in Liquid Rocket Engines 21

1.4 Governing Equations of Chemical Fluid Dynamics 22

1.5 Outline of this Book 24

References 25

2 Physical Mechanism and Numerical Modeling of Liquid Propellant Atomization 26

2.1 Types and Functions of Injectors in a Liquid Rocket Engine 27

2.2 Atomization Mechanism of Liquid Propellant 28

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