The test seeks to find the effectiveness of thrust augmentation due to air entrainment at the rocket nozzle exit. Shrouds are attached to the primary nozzle to entrain the ambient air for further expansion. Compressed air is used to simulate a propellant in the primary flow; therefore, combustion and afterburning are excluded. Perfect expansion is used in the primary (unshrouded) nozzle to further rule out the suspicion that the shrouds simply act as a nozzle extension in the event that thrust augmentation is observed. The goal is to find the effectiveness of thrust augmentation as the result of air entrainment alone. Thrust and flow data are recorded for different shrouds at over, fully, and under-expanded conditions. Recorded mass flow rate data will be used to calculate the entrainment rate. Results of this experiment will be verified with a computer code.


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    Title :

    Thrust Augmentation of a Shrouded Nozzle


    Contributors:
    Liou, Larry (author) / Patton, Owen (author)


    Publication date :

    1994-11-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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