Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. CAMUI Hybrid Rocket Engine and Simulator
1.2. Scaling of Regression Model
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Regression Rate Formulas
2.2. Iterative Simulator
2.3. Test Setup
2.4. Motors Included
2.5. Fuel Measurement Method
2.6. Equivalent Burn Time
2.7. Method of Comparison
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Nomenclature
Empirical constant | |
Port diameter (m) | |
Initial port diameter (m) | |
Propellant mass flux (kg/s/m2) | |
Height (between fore- and back-end surfaces) (m) | |
Initial height (m) | |
Empirical constant (back-end surface) | |
Empirical constant (port) | |
Empirical constant (fore-end surface) | |
Empirical constant (back-end surface) | |
Empirical constant (fore-end surface) | |
Regression rate back-end surface (m) | |
Regression rate port (m) | |
Regression rate fore-end surface (m) | |
RMS | Root Mean Square |
Burn time (seconds) |
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Engine Name | Nr. of Fuel Blocks pr. Engine | Fuel Diameter (mm) | Nominal Thrust Level (kN) | Propellant Flux (kg/m2/s) | Burn Times (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D100 | 10 | 100 | 2.5 | 200–570 | 2–5 |
D230 | 10 | 230 | 10 | 290–740 | 5–10 |
D400 | 16 | 400 | 40 | 230–420 | 7 |
Motor Series | Error rms (%) |
---|---|
RIE | 14.1 |
TTY | 10.8 |
Motor Series | Analysis Series Used | Error rms (%) |
---|---|---|
D400 | D230 | 22 |
D400 | D100 | 26 |
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Viscor, T.; Kamps, L.; Yonekura, K.; Isochi, H.; Nagata, H. Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results. Aerospace 2022, 9, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9010001
Viscor T, Kamps L, Yonekura K, Isochi H, Nagata H. Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results. Aerospace. 2022; 9(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleViscor, Tor, Landon Kamps, Kazuo Yonekura, Hikaru Isochi, and Harunori Nagata. 2022. "Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results" Aerospace 9, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9010001
APA StyleViscor, T., Kamps, L., Yonekura, K., Isochi, H., & Nagata, H. (2022). Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results. Aerospace, 9(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9010001