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Title: Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

Abstract

An ultra-high pressure device provides a high enthalpy (> 2500 kJ/kg), low entropy (< 5 kJ/kg-K) air source for the RDHWT/MARIAH II Program Medium Scale Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. The design uses stagnation conditions of 2300 MPa (330,000 Psi) and 750 K (900 F) in a radial configuration of intensifiers around an axial manifold to deliver pure air at 100 kg/s mass flow rates for run times suitable for aerodynamic, combustion, and test and evaluation applications. Helium injection upstream of the nozzle throat reduces the throat wall recovery temperature to about 1200 K and reduces the oxygen concentration at the nozzle wall.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
791325
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-139269
TRN: US200510%%154
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-Eng-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 21st American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Advanced Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, Denver, CO (US), 06/19/2000--06/22/2000; Other Information: PBD: 2 Jun 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COMBUSTION; CONFIGURATION; DESIGN; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; HELIUM; NOZZLES; OXYGEN; STAGNATION; TESTING; WIND TUNNELS

Citation Formats

Costantino, M, Brown, G, Raman, K, Miles, R, and Felderman, J. Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. United States: N. p., 2000. Web. doi:10.2514/6.2000-2275.
Costantino, M, Brown, G, Raman, K, Miles, R, & Felderman, J. Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2000-2275
Costantino, M, Brown, G, Raman, K, Miles, R, and Felderman, J. 2000. "Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel". United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2000-2275. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/791325.
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title = {Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel},
author = {Costantino, M and Brown, G and Raman, K and Miles, R and Felderman, J},
abstractNote = {An ultra-high pressure device provides a high enthalpy (> 2500 kJ/kg), low entropy (< 5 kJ/kg-K) air source for the RDHWT/MARIAH II Program Medium Scale Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. The design uses stagnation conditions of 2300 MPa (330,000 Psi) and 750 K (900 F) in a radial configuration of intensifiers around an axial manifold to deliver pure air at 100 kg/s mass flow rates for run times suitable for aerodynamic, combustion, and test and evaluation applications. Helium injection upstream of the nozzle throat reduces the throat wall recovery temperature to about 1200 K and reduces the oxygen concentration at the nozzle wall.},
doi = {10.2514/6.2000-2275},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/791325}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2000},
month = {Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2000}
}

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RDHWT/MARIAH II hypersonic wind tunnel program overview and requirements
conference, August 2000

  • Best, J.; Fetterhoff, T.; Crook, R.
  • 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference
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Performance models and predictions for the RDHWT/MARIAH II hypersonic wind tunnel
conference, August 2000

  • Anderson, R.; Brown, G.; Miles, R.
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