In FY19, this project developed a test method which employed heated ethane in the physical simulation of rocket plume aerodynamics. Based on this work, EUS partnered with significant leveraged funding. A portable, self-contained test bed was also fabricated to support validation of the new method. In FY20, this project focused on the formal validation of ethane’s performance as an aerodynamic simulant as well as the development of the analytical and hardware infrastructure required to carry out that task. The test bed was activated, a series of heated-ethane tests on one or more rocket/diffuser configurations were conducted, and characterizations of the performance of the ethane simulation compared to hot-fire were performed. A series of 127 tests were conducted on 13 aerodynamic configurations to evaluate ethane’s performance as a simulant. It was found that the new methodology can reproduce rocket plume flow fields with +/- 0.5% pressure error at ~3% physical scale. The result is a cost-per-test reduction of ~99% compared to the hot-fire subscale testing typically used to obtain equivalent data. Some initial efforts have taken place, and future efforts are being planned with LaRC supersonic retro propulsion and MSFC SLS aerodynamics teams, which are interested in using the ethane system to wind-tunnel test human-rated Mars lander retrorockets and SLS Booster. Details of the prototypical experiments were published as NASA TM 2020-5009122,and have been presented in JANNAF Virtual Conference paper, "New Developments in Retro propulsion Testing for Mars Entry, Descent and Landing".


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    Titel :

    Hydrocarbon Cold-Flow Simulation of LOX/LH2 Rocket Aerodynamics


    Beteiligte:
    Daniel Jones (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-04-05


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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