This paper discusses the methodology utilized to characterize exhaust plume expansion of the 490 N bipropellant engine and provides an analysis of exhaust plune impingement effects on the Mars Observer oxidizer tank structure. Nozzle and plume continuum flowfields are computed with a method of characteristics solution while transitional and rarefied regions of the exhaust gas flow were defined by a direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Results of this study provide sufficient data for an assessment of spacecraft thermal impacts due to plume heating effects and thrust losses from exhaust plume impingement.


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    Titel :

    Bipropellant engine plume analyses for the Mars Observer scientific spacecraft


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.07.1990


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch