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The influence of the Mache effect on combustion stability in a solid rocket motor

I. G. Assovskii^a, S. A. Rashkovskiy<sup>b

a</sup> N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977, Moscow
^b Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering, Moscow

Abstract: A model of intrachamber combustion that takes into account the change in the temperature distribution in the fuel-combustion products when the pressure in the combustion chamber changes (Mache effect) is proposed. The influence of the Mache effect on the combustion stability in a solid rocket motor is investigated. It is shown that the Mache effect facilitates the appearance of low-frequency combustion instability and substantially reduces the range of parameters for stable operation of the rocket motor. A numerical study of the Mache effect is performed for typical values of the solid-propellant parameters.

UDC: 536.46

Received: 18.08.1997
Accepted: 05.12.1997

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1998, 34:5, 528–533