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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2004.28.1.016

Acoustic Tests on Atmospheric Condition in a Liquid Rocket Engine Chamber  

Ko, Young-Sung (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
Lee, Kwang-jin (한국항공우주연구원 엔진그룹)
Kim, Hong-Jip (한국항공우주연구원 엔진그룹)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.28, no.1, 2004 , pp. 16-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
Acoustic characteristics of unbaffled and baffled combustion chamber are experimentally investigated under atmospheric condition to preliminarily determine baffle for mitigation of combustion instability. To investigate the effect of the baffle which has several configurations such as radial baffles and hub/blade baffle, resonant-frequency shift and damping factors of the chamber were analyzed and compared quantitatively with those of the unbaffled combustion chamber. From a view of acoustic characteristics, radial baffles with several configurations have not much difference in resonant-frequency shift and damping factor ratio with each other. On the other hand, hub and blade baffle is very effective to suppress the first tangential mode which was found to be the most harmful acoustic mode in KSR(Korean Sounding Rocket)-III engine. But more study on design parameters such as hub size and axial length should be done for complete optimization of hub and blade baffle. The present study based on linear acoustic analysis is expected to be a useful confirming tool to predict acoustic field and design a passive control devices such as baffle and acoustic cavity.
Keywords
Liquid Rocket Engine; Combustion Instability; Resonant Frequency; Damping Factor; Baffle;
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