- Author
- Hersh, S.
- Title
- SupersonicCombustion Chemistry and Mixing of High Energy Density Fuels Related to Advance Air-Breathing Engine Desing. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Dynamic Science, Irvine, CA
- Report
- AFOSR-TR-71-1382, April 1971, 40 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- combustion chemistry | mixing | high energy fuels | combustion chambers | shock tubes | boron | particle trajectories
- Identifiers
- boron particles; burning particles; two-phase flow; drag coefficient; particle trajectories
- Abstract
- The current program is directed towards answering the following question. Given a boron combustible particle of known initial size and composition moving at a high relative velocity in a gaseous medium, how are the combustion behavior and particle dynamics influenced by the particle (gas relative velocity, gas composiiton, temperature, and pressure anticipated in operational combustors)? The role of the shock tube in answering this question is discussed. An 'ideal' experiment is postulated and several possible practical experimental techniques are assessed relative to this standard. To aid in the assessment of the practicality of an experimental technique, a computer program was developed to compute particle trajectories for shock tube flows.