Combustion instabilities in liquid rocket engines testing and development practices in Russia - Dranovsky, Mark L.; Yang, Vigor; Culick, F. (Fred), 1933-; Talley, Douglas G.; ebrary, Inc. (Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007)
Introduction -- Terms and definitions -- Mechanisms of transition from noise to high-frequency oscillations or to noise at a new level -- Uncertainty in conversion of propellant to combustion products -- Studies of operating process stability at various stages of combustor development -- Quantitative characteristics for estimating stability of LRE combustion chambers for gas generators -- Acoustic study of combustion chamber stability characteristics -- Determination of stability of oscillations from natural disturbances -- Evaluation of LRE process stability by use of artificial pressure disturbances -- Model firing tests for selection of injector head elements -- Estimation of operating process stability from pressure oscillation decrements -- Test results for pulsing liquid-liquid chambers -- Stability of gas-liquid combustion chambers -- Gas-liquid combustion-chamber tests for stability to hard excitation -- Injector head for RD-170 engine combustion chamber -- Stability characteristics of engines with adjustable injectors -- Control of stability in production of the proton engine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Liquid propellant rockets; Rocket engines -- Combustion -- Russia (Federation) -- Testing; Liquid fuels -- Combustion -- Russia (Federation) -- Testing; Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Russia (Federation) -- Testing; Electronic books