Numerical investigation of combustion instability in a liquid rocket engine: Interaction effect between hydrodynamics and acoustic mode

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, W Ao, G Xu, Y Guan - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the numerical evidence of multiple bifurcations in thermoacoustic
instability as we decrease the equivalence ratio (ϕ) from fuel-rich (ϕ= 1.5) to fuel-lean (ϕ …

Experimental and numerical investigation of transverse combustion instability in a rectangle multi-injector rocket combustor

Y Ren, K Guo, S Feng, Y Tong, W Lin, W Nie - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Rocket engines are prone to suffer from transverse combustion instabilities, manifesting as
periodic oscillations in pressure and heat release rate. Self-excited transverse instabilities in …

Effects of recess length on combustion instability in a model chamber with a gas-centered swirl coaxial injector

Y Wang, CH Cho, J Du, CH Sohn - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Combustion instability is investigated in a model chamber by changing the recess length of
a gas-centered swirl coaxial injector ranging from 0 mm to 20 mm with a 4 mm interval …

Large eddy simulation of effects of oxidizer inlet temperatures on the transition routes before and after thermoacoustic instability in a subcritical hydrogen peroxide …

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, W Ao, Y Guan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents the first numerical evidence of the intermittency routes that exist before
and after the occurrence of thermoacoustic instability in a subcritical single-element liquid …

Orifice flow dynamics in a rocket injector as an excitation source of injector-driven combustion instabilities

M Son, M Börner, W Armbruster, JS Hardi - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
To investigate a hypothesis of the orifice flow-induced instability in rocket engine thrust
chambers, a single liquid oxygen (LOX) injector with an optically accessible orifice module …

Investigation on spray and flame stabilization of a LOX/methane swirl coaxial injector

P Cao, C Cui, P Cheng, X Bai, Q Li - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Variable-thrust cryogenic propellant rocket engines are gaining significant research interest
in space exploration. However, low-frequency unstable combustion is still a challenging …

Spatiotemporal visualization of instantaneous flame structure in a hydrogen-fueled axisymmetric supersonic combustor

Q Li, B Yan, M Sun, Y Tian, M Wan, Z Wang, X Yang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Spatiotemporal visualization of instantaneous flame structures in a hydrogen-fueled
axisymmetric supersonic combustor was investigated using multiview planar laser-induced …

On the understanding of a cryogenic two-phase LOX/GH2 flame: Parametric sensitivity, characteristic scaling and phase instability

Y Chen, Y Lv - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study concerns the cryogenic hydrogen combustion in subcritical pressure conditions,
with practical relevance to rocket engine applications. A cryogenic two-phase flame in the …

Whistling potential of throttling orifices and its connection to liquid rocket combustion instability

M Muthaiah, S Saini, S Varunkumar - Applied Acoustics, 2025 - Elsevier
Orifice whistling is recently established as a cause of high frequency combustion instability
in liquid rocket engines. The series of studies on the experimental thrust chamber, known as …

Selection Rules for Resonant Longitudinal Injector-Coupling in Experimental Rocket Combustors

T Horchler - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates different types of longitudinal mode coupling in subscale rocket
combustion chambers using experimental data and numerical simulations. Based on a one …