Closed Loop Throttle Control of a Liquefying Fuel Hybrid Rocket Motor [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2021 The thrust produced by a hybrid rocket motor (HRM) can be controlled by varying the oxidizer flow rate to the combustion chamber. This feature is useful in shaping motor thrust profiles and optimizing a vehicle flight trajectory, but propellant ...
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Modeling and CFD Simulation of Regression Rate in Hybrid Rocket Motors [PDF]
Fire, 2023 As the research on hybrid rocket motors advances, more accurate tools are needed to estimate the performance of the system by determining its fundamental parameters. One of them is certainly the regression rate of the solid fuel.
Alessandro Rampazzo, Francesco Barato
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An Application of Analytical Target Cascading for a Hierarchical Multidisciplinary System: The Preliminary Design of a Launch Vehicle Powered by Hybrid Rocket Motors [PDF]
Aerospace, 2022 Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a method for coordinating hierarchical system design optimization with a decomposition-based framework. Since a launch vehicle (LV) is usually powered by two or more stages of rocket motors, the overall design of the ...
Pengcheng Wang +4 more
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Effect of Varying Design Options on the Transient Behavior of a Hybrid Rocket Motor [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2014 Hybrid rockets provide compelling features for use in atmospheric and space rocket propulsion. One of the prominent applications of hybrid rockets which foster on its characteristics is the propulsion of micro air launch vehicles. In this paper, a set of
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Solid Rocket Motor Design Using Hybrid Optimization [PDF]
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2012 A particle swarm/pattern search hybrid optimizer was used to drive a solid rocket motor modeling code to an optimal solution. The solid motor code models tapered motor geometries using analytical burn back methods by slicing the grain into thin sections ...
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Design Optimization and Parameter Analysis of a Hybrid Rocket Motor-Powered Small LEO Launch Vehicle [PDF]
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2021 In this paper, the effects of different grain shapes of a hybrid rocket motor (HRM) and different payload mass/orbit heights on the design of small launch vehicles (SLVs) are systematically discussed.
Hao Zhu +5 more
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A LABSCALE HYBRID ROCKET MOTOR IGNITION SYSTEM [PDF]
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 2012 ABSTRACTThe hybrid propulsion has the superiority of safety (Non-explosive), simplicity (highreliability), low environmental pollution and available technology over traditional solidand liquid propulsion, all these benefits have a tendency to low cost and laboratorywork.
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Large-Scale CAMUI Type Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling, Modeling, and Test Results [PDF]
Aerospace, 2021 An understanding of the scalability of hybrid rocket regression models is critical for the enlargement and commercialization of small-scale engines developed within universities and similar research institutions.
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Experimental Study of the Swirling Oxidizer Flow in HTPB/N2O Hybrid Rocket Motor [PDF]
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2017 Effects of swirling oxidizer flow on the performance of a HTPB/N2O Hybrid rocket motor were studied. A hybrid propulsion laboratory has been developed, to characterize internal ballistics characteristics of swirl flow hybrid motors and to define the ...
Mohammad Mahdi Heydari +1 more
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Thrust Control of Lab-Scale Hybrid Rocket Motor with Wax-Aluminum Fuel and Air as Oxidizer [PDF]
Aerospace, 2022 This article explores the throttling aspect of the hybrid rocket motor through experiments using a lab-scale motor. The lab-scale motor utilizes a wax-Al based fuel and compressed air as the oxidizer.
Anandu Bhadran +2 more
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