Separation efficiency theoretical model of swirl-vane separator based on bidirectional vortex

S Ouyang, Z Xiong, J Zhao, R Kang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Swirl vane separator is a vital component to separate liquid water from gas to provide high
quality steam to turbines in liquid water reactors. The gas rotating flow in the riser of a swirl …

[HTML][HTML] Solid rocket motor internal ballistics using an enhanced surface-vorticity panel technique

GA DiMaggio, RJ Hartfield, J Majdalani, V Ahuja - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This work explores the use of surface-mesh flow solvers to model solid rocket internal
ballistics with arbitrary grain geometry. Specifically, a surface-vorticity approach, originally …

On the compressible bidirectional vortex in a cyclonically driven Trkalian flow field

BA Maicke, OM Cecil, J Majdalani - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
In this study, the Bragg–Hawthorne equation (BHE) is extended in the context of a steady,
inviscid and compressible fluid, thus leading to an assortment of partial differential equations …

[HTML][HTML] On steady rotational high speed flows: The swirling compressible Trkalian profile with headwall injection

OM Cecil, DS Little, J Majdalani - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This work considers a uniquely configured swirling motion that develops inside a porous
tube due to sidewall injection. The bulk fluid motion is modeled as a steady inviscid Trkalian …

Asymptotically based self-similarity solution of the Navier–Stokes equations for a porous tube with a non-circular cross-section

M Bouyges, F Chedevergne, G Casalis… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
This work introduces a similarity solution to the problem of a viscous, incompressible and
rotational fluid in a right-cylindrical chamber with uniformly porous walls and a non-circular …

Convergence of two internal mean flow solutions for spinning rocket motors

OM Cecil, J Majdalani - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
In this work, two mathematical procedures are used to derive the incompressible mean flow
profile in a simulated solid rocket motor that is modeled as a spinning right-cylindrical …

Solid Rocket Motor Internal Ballistics with a Surface-Vorticity Solver

GA DiMaggio, RJ Hartfield, J Majdalani… - AIAA SCITECH 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1898. vid This work explores the
use of surface-mesh flow solvers to model solid rocket internal ballistics with arbitrary grain …

On the swirling Trkalian mean flow field in solid rocket motors

A Fist, J Majdalani - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
In this work, an exact Euler solution is derived under the fundamental contingencies of
axisymmetric, steady, rotational, incompressible, single-phase, non-reactive and inviscid …

On the viscous core boundary layer of the injection and suction driven channel flows with expanding or contracting walls

J Majdalani, LJ Xuan - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied Mathematics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This work extends a sequence of studies devoted to the analysis of the laminar flow in
porous channels with retracting walls. This problem was originally used to model slab …

[PDF][PDF] CFD Analysis of Convergent-Divergent Nozzle for Low Altitude Rocket

AHA Hamid, NMHN Ismail, Z Salleh, MHM Noh… - academia.edu
The convergent-divergent nozzle in rocket engines is used to turn the chemical energy
developed via the combustion chamber into kinetic energy. The wall of the nozzle is properly …