Thermal protection of rocket nozzle by using film cooling technology - effect of lateral curvature

Thermal protection of rocket nozzle by using film cooling technology - effect of lateral curvature

Ahmed GuelailiaAzzeddine Khorsi Abdelmadjid Boudjemai Jin Wang 

Centre of Satellite Development (CDS), Space Mechanical Research Department, BP 4065 Ibn Rochd USTO, Oran 31001, Algeria

University of Sciences and Technology of Oran, Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, BP 1505, El M'Nouar, Oran 31001, Algeria

School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China

Department of Energy Sciences, Division of Heat Transfer, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden

Corresponding Author Email: 
guelailia@yahoo.fr
Page: 
1070-1074
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.360338
Received: 
3 December 2017
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Accepted: 
28 August 2018
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Abstract: 

The present paper aims to analyze the applicability of film cooling method to a rocket as a thermal protection. Lateral curvature effect on film cooling performance through a single row of cylindrical holes with different spanwise angles is investigated. Four different lateral curvature cases (C = ∞, 100, 60, 20) with four inclination angles of cooling injection holes   (β= 35°, 45°, 55°, 65°) are considered. The ANSYS CFX has been used for this computational simulation. The turbulence is approximated by a shear stress transport model (SST). Detailed film effectiveness distributions are presented for several blowing ratios (0.5, 1 and 1.5). The numerical results are compared with experimental data.

Keywords: 

computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, thermal protection, rocket nozzle, film cooling, propulsion

1. Introduction
2. Numerical Method
3. Geometry
4. Mesh Generation
5. Boundary Conditions
6. Results and Discussion
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgements

The corresponding author, GUELAILIA Ahmed, dedicates this paper to the memory of Professor ABIDAT Miloud.

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