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Numerical Analysis on Radiative Heating of a Plume Base in Liquid Rocket Engine  

Sohn Chae Hoon (조선대학교 항공우주공학과)
Kim Young-Mog (한국항공우주연구원 추진제어그룹)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.9, no.3, 2005 , pp. 85-91 More about this Journal
Abstract
Radiative heating of a liquid rocket base plane due to plume emission is numerically investigated. Calculation of flow and temperature fields around rocket nozzle precedes and thereby realistic plume shape and temperature distribution inside the plume are obtained. Based on the calculated temperature field, radiative transfer equation is solved by discrete ordinate method. With the sample rocket plume, the averaged radiative heat flux reaching the base plane is calculated about 5 kw/m$^{2}$ at the flight altitude of 10.9 km. This value is small compared with radiative heat flux caused by constant-temperature (1500 K) plume emission, but it is not negligibly small. At higher. altitude (29.8km), view factor between the base plane and the exhaust plume is increased due to the increased expansion angle of the plume. Nevertheless, the radiative heating disappears since the base plane is heated to high temperature (above 1000 K due to convective heat transfer.
Keywords
Liquid Rocket Engine; Radiative Heating; Plume; Radiative T.ansfer Equation; Discrete 0.finale Method;
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