Measuring Two-phase Flow Behavior and Heat Transfer Characteristics during Coasting Flight, Development of Experimental Equipment for S-310-43 Sounding Rocket
Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
巻
63
号
5
ページ
188(14) - 196(22)
発行年
2015-10-05
抄録(英)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the S-310-43 sounding rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center on Aug. 04, 2014 for the purpose of investigating such behavior as boiling and flow of cryogenic liquid rocket propellant in an environment simulating coasting flight on orbit by using the sounding rocket's sub-orbital ballistic flight. In the low-gravity state, the cryogenic fluid (liquid nitrogen) was introduced into the test sections of similar shapes to the flow channels in the cryogenic propulsion systems. The boiling of liquid nitrogen inside the test-sections and the transition of flow regimes from gas/liquid two-phase flow to liquid mono-phase flow were visualized. The temperatures, pressures and void fractions of each channels were measured as well. Development of the experimental equipment for S-310-43 sounding rocket is described in this paper.
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内容記述(英)
Physical characteristics: Original contains color illustrations