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NASA NTRS1967

Densitometer Patent

Measuring density of single and two-phase cryogenic fluids in rocket fuel tanks

Jacobs, R. B.↗
NASA NTRS1971

Spray momentum measuring system

Technique enables accurate prediction of erosion and cavitation produced by fluid spray. Method measures high velocity sprays produced by small orifices. Originally designed to determine oxidizer-injection patterns of liquid fueled rocket engines, technique is used with other liquids, or, with appropriate modification, with gases.

Sheffield, E. W.↗
NASA NTRS1970

Polymer degradation rate control of hybrid rocket combustion

Polymer degradation to small fragments is treated as a rate controlling step in hybrid rocket combustion. Both numerical and approximate analytical solutions of the complete energy and polymer chain bond conservation equations for the condensed phase are obtained. Comparison with inert atmosphere data is very good. It is found that the intersect of curves of pyrolysis rate versus interface temperature for hybrid combustors, with the thermal degradation theory, falls at a pyrolysis rate very close to that for which a pressure dependence begins to be observable. Since simple thermal degradation cannot give sufficient depolymerization at higher pyrolysis rates, it is suggested that oxidative catalysis of the process occurs at the surface, giving a first order dependence on reactive species concentration at the wall. Estimates of the ratio of this activation energy and interface temperature are in agreement with best fit procedures for hybrid combustion data. Requisite active species concentrations and flux are shown to be compatible with turbulent transport. Pressure dependence of hybrid rocket fuel regression rate is thus shown to be describable in a consistent manner in terms of reactive species catalysis of polymer degradation.

Stickler, D. B.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Equilibrium concentrations of N2H4 and its decomposition products at elevated temperatures and pressures

Liquid hydrazine is considered as a convenient source of hydrogen rather than just as a rocket fuel. For such purposes, the hydrogen is usually obtained by passing the hydrazine through a heated catalytic bed. One convenient measure of the effectiveness of a catalytic decomposition device as a whole is to compare the quantity of hydrogen produced with the equilibrium concentration of the gaseous species N2H4, NH3, N3, and H2 which would exist at the temperature and pressure found in various parts of the device. Calculations of the concentrations were carried out and are reported here. Following presentation of the results in both tabular and graphical forms is a comparison between the computed equilibrium concentrations and available experimental data.

Smetana, F. O.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Investigation of laser holographic interferometric techniques for structure inspection

The application of laser holographic interferometric techniques for nondestructive inspection of material structures commonly used in aerospace works is investigated. Two types of structures, composite plate and solid fuel rocket engine motor casing, were examined. In conducting the experiments, both CW HeNe gas lasers and Q-switched ruby lasers were used as light sources for holographic recording setups. Different stressing schemes were investigated as to their effectiveness in generating maximum deformation at regions of structural weakness such as flaws and disbonds. Experimental results on stressing schemes such as thermal stressing, pressurized stressing, transducer excitation, and mechanical impact are presented and evaluated.

Chu, W. P.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Stratospheric aluminum oxide

Balloons and U-2 aircraft were used to collect micrometer-sized stratospheric aerosols. It was discovered that for the past 6 years at least, aluminum oxide spheres have been the major stratospheric particulate in the size range from 3 to 8 micrometers. The most probable source of the spheres is the exhaust from solid-fuel rockets.

Brownlee, D. E.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Dynamic measurement of bulk modulus

Technique based on measuring phase difference between microwave reference and test signals and has been used to determine change in bulk modulus of solid-fuel rocket propellants should be useful in studying other dielectric materials.

Dowler, W. L.↗
NASA NTRS1977

Parametric study of ascent performance of a vertically launched hydrogen-fueled single-stage reusable transport

Ascent performance characteristics were studied for a vertical-take-off, horizontal-landing, single-stage-to-orbit transport vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel rocket with a mixture of fixed- and dual-position nozzles. The analysis was made by systematically varying two sets of trajectory similarity parameters based on the propulsive and aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle and by calculating a trajectory for each combination of the parameters. The propulsion parameters were the initial thrust-weight ratio, engine combination, and the two expansion ratios of the dual-position rocket nozzles. The aerodynamic parameters were the ratio of reference area to initial weight and the ratio of maximum allowable normal force to initial weight. A first-order analysis was carried out to determine the effect on the performance of including the engine mass penalty. This analysis indicates that the configuration with the lowest initial mass for a given payload requires all dual-position nozzles with initial expansion ratio of 50 and a final expansion ratio of 150.

Rehder, J. J.↗