Computer model for the recombination zone of a microwave-plasma electrothermal rocket

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6285274

Filpus, J W; Hawley, M C

As part of a study of the microwave-plasma electrothermal rocket, a computer model of the flow regime below the plasma has been developed. A second-order model, including axial dispersion of energy and material and boundary conditions at infinite length, was developed to partially reproduce the absence of mass-flow rate dependence that was seen in experimental temperature profiles. To solve the equations of the model, a search technique was developed to find the initial derivatives. On integrating with a trial set of initial derivatives, the values and their derivatives were checked to judge whether the values were likely to attain values outside the practical regime, and hence, the boundary conditions at infinity were likely to be violated. Results are presented and directions for further development are suggested. 17 references.

• OSTI ID: 6285274
• Report Number(s): AIAA-Paper-87-1014; CONF-870558-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
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NOZZLES
PLASMA
RADIATIONS
ROCKET ENGINES
SIMULATION