RANS based numerical simulation of a GCH4/GO2 rocket engine combustion chamber with film cooling and improvement of wall heat flux prediction

J Liu, S Zhang, J Wei, OJ Haidn - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane/Oxygen rocket engine is becoming one of the most promising rocket engines today
due to its cost-effectiveness and reusability. In the design process of rocket engines, cooling …

Mixture fraction statistics in methane-oxygen turbulent combustion for space propulsion

D Martinez-Sanchis, A Sternin… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two high-pressure turbulent non-premixed methane-oxygen flames are simulated using the
unsteady reactive solver EBI-DNS. The results are used to investigate the statistics of the …

Simulation of a GOx-GCH4 rocket combustor and the effect of the GEKO turbulence model coefficients

E Strokach, V Zhukov, I Borovik, A Sternin, OJ Haidn - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, a single injector methane-oxygen rocket combustor is numerically studied. The
simulations included in this study are based on the hardware and experimental data from …

Subgrid Turbulent Flux Models for Large Eddy Simulations of Diffusion Flames in Space Propulsion

D Martinez-Sanchis, A Sternin, S Banik, O Haidn… - Fluids, 2024 - mdpi.com
Subgrid scale models for unresolved turbulent fluxes are investigated, with a focus on
combustion for space propulsion applications. An extension to the gradient model is …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of film cooling in single-element injector gaseous CH4/O2 rocket engine with coupled wall function

J Liu, S Zhang, J Wei, OJ Haidn - AIP Advances, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The investigation of film cooling in CH 4/O 2 rocket engines holds paramount importance in
the advancement of rocket propulsion. However, the wall heat flux is always overestimated …

Reduced kinetic mechanism for methane/oxygen rocket engine applications: a reliable and numerically efficient methodology

G Saccone, P Breda, P Natale… - Combustion Theory and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
CFD simulations of turbulent reacting flows based on finite rate chemistry often employ
reduced kinetic mechanisms to decrease the computational cost, especially if the …

[PDF][PDF] Simulation of a GOx-GCH4 Rocket Combustor and the Effect of the GEKO Turbulence Model Coefficients. Aerospace 2021, 8, 341

E Strokach, V Zhukov, I Borovik, A Sternin, OJ Haidn - 2021 - academia.edu
In this study, a single injector methane-oxygen rocket combustor is numerically studied. The
simulations included in this study are based on the hardware and experimental data from …