NASA has successfully evaluated the performances and survivability of two additively manufactured (AM) continuously rotating detonation cycle rocket engine (RDRE) thrust chambers. The AM hardware was subjected to long duration continuous detonative environments in excess of 100 seconds. Performance trends were directly compared to theory and similar scale constant pressure engines with identical propellants. The performance benefits of RDREs include higher combustion efficiency at a more compact design trade space, which allow advantages for future NASA missions. A major finding of this work is that the heat fluxes experienced are substantially higher than traditional liquid rocket engines at the same operating conditions. In addition, completion of combustion occurs rapidly in an annular geometry at ¼ that of the L* and L’ of an equivalent state-of-the-art thrust chamber. Finally, all hardware survived the extreme environments and achieved the major goal of the test project by demonstrating hot fire conditions with detonation modes up to 133 seconds in duration. Follow-on efforts funded by STMD Early Career Initiative (ECI) award are now focused on achieving higher performances than the previous designs and closing the remaining technology risks.


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    Titel :

    High Performance Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine for Mars Interplanetary Transport


    Beteiligte:
    Thomas Teasley (Autor:in) / Shawn Skinner (Autor:in) / Tessa Fedotowsky (Autor:in) / Jonah Burgin (Autor:in) / Robert Thacker (Autor:in) / Ben Williams (Autor:in) / Doug Perkins (Autor:in) / Michael Allison (Autor:in) / Dalton Luedke (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Marshall Space Flight Center Jamboree 2023 ; 2023 ; Marshall Space Flight Center, US


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch