Both at the component and system level, rotating detonation rocket engines have substantial potential performance benefits for rocket propulsion applications. However, this technology is not fully developed and significant technical effort is required to verify theoretical performance benefits. Fundamental questions such as the energy conversion process efficiency as well as practical system level design considerations remain unclear and require further investigation. This work describes the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rocket Propulsion Division, Combustion Devices Branch's presently on-going combined fundamental and developmental research efforts to evaluate rotating detonation rocket engine technology's potential to transition to rocket propulsion applications of interest to the Air Force. This work describes both near and far term development goals leading to a potential technology demonstration. In addition, the results of recent experimental and numerical campaigns are described as are future avenues of investigation.
Air Force Research Laboratory Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Development (Conference Paper)
2018
26 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Combustion & Ignition , Fluid Mechanics , Alkanes , Combustion chambers , Fluid dynamics , Heat transfer , High pressure , Hydrocarbons , Ignition systems , Measurement , Air force research laboratories , Combustion , Geometry , Ignition , Rocket propulsion , Department of defense , Hydrocarbon fuels , Rocket engines , Combustors , Laser induced fluorescence , Combustion products , Computational fluid dynamics
Air Force Research Laboratory Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Development (AIAA 2018-4876)
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