[HTML][HTML] A new system design tool for a hybrid rocket engine

EQ Granado, J Hijlkema, JY Lestrade, J Anthoine - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
A new system design tool for the simulation of a full hybrid rocket engine is developed in this
article. This tool enables to simulate the behaviour of the engine at different conditions …

Prediction of the fuel regression-rate in a HDPE single port hybrid rocket fed by liquid nitrous oxide

G Gallo, L Kamps, S Hirai, C Carmicino… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a computational thermo-fluid-dynamic model of the hybrid rocket
internal ballistics, which was developed with the specific aim of predicting the axial position …

[HTML][HTML] Regression Rate and Performance Analysis via Ballistic Reconstruction of a Small-Scale H2O2-Based Hybrid Rocket Fuelled by Polyvinyl Chloride

S Cassese, S Mungiguerra, R Guida, A Cecere… - Aerospace Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The first goal of this work is to find a regression law for PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) coupled to
hydrogen peroxide on a 10-N-scale hybrid thruster, which appears to be suitable for small …

Measurement of hybrid rocket solid fuel regression rate for a slab burner using deep learning

G Surina III, G Georgalis, SS Aphale, A Patra… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents an imaging-based deep learning tool to measure the fuel regression
rate in a 2D slab burner experiment for hybrid rocket fuels. The slab burner experiment is …

Effect of grain length on GOx-paraffin hybrid rocket engines performance and regression rate

G Gallo, S Mungiguerra, R Savino, D Cardillo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
An experimental campaign was carried out on a hybrid rocket engine, using gaseous
oxygen and paraffin wax-based fuel, to investigate the effect of fuel grain length on motor …

Regression rate model assessed by ballistic reconstruction technique in hybrid rocket engines burning liquefying fuels

G Gallo, R Savino - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel approach for the modelling of the regression rate in hybrid rocket
engines loaded with paraffin-fuel. Two different motor thrust classes have been considered …

Effect of gas injection holes on mixing and combustion in solid propellant ducted rockets

Y Zhang, Z Wu, Z Zhang, P Chen, Y Niu, X Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion efficiency is an important parameter of the combustion chamber. Gas injection
holes have an important influence on the mixing and combustion in solid propellant ducted …

Pseudo-Two-Dimensional Modeling and Validation of a Hybrid Rocket Combustion Chamber

E Quero Granado, J Hijlkema, JY Lestrade… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
A pseudo-two-dimensional (pseudo-2-D) model for the cylindrical combustion chamber of a
hybrid rocket is developed in this paper with the purpose of its integration in a system design …

Numerical study on the effect of multi-hole injector on three-dimensional flow and heat transfer properties of a novel combined solid rocket motor

Z Chen, L Wang, S Liu, J Wang, Z Xia, S Hu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The injection mode of oxidizer gas significantly affects the flow and heat transfer
characteristics of rocket motors with separated oxidizer and fuel propellants. In the present …

Model for Combustion Instability in Hybrid Rocket Engines Burning Liquefying Fuels

G Gallo, C Carmicino - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Starting from the data measured in several static firings of two laboratory-scale hybrid rocket
engines of different sizes burning gaseous oxygen with either a liquefying fuel or a …