Solid rocket motors (SRMs) use the combustion of a solid material, the propellant, as an
energy source. A crucial step in the operation of such an engine is its ignition, during which …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3695. vid A new framework is
presented for the simulation of ignition transients in complete solid rocket motors. The …

We utilize our tightly-coupled fluid/structure/combustion solid propellant rocket simulation
package (" Rocstar") to study the unexpectedly large deformation of propellant at the center …

IllinoisRocstar LLC is enhancing and commercializing the computational capabilities of a
comprehensive, integrated, massively parallel software suite for performing complex …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1018. vid Renewable wind energy
towers are gradually increasing in both size and in the harshness of their operating …

Изложена методика расчетов нестационарных термогазодинамических процессов в
модельных камерах твёрдотопливных ракетных двигателей (РДТТ). Трехмерная …

The body of work encompassed in this thesis merges two advanced concepts for developing
flow solutions with level sets to develop an accurate and e cient method for simulating solid …

We describe our parallel 3-D surface and volume mesh modification strategy for large-scale
simulation of physical systems with dynamically changing domain boundaries. Key …

This work presents a comprehensive investigation into the phenomenon of aluminum
agglomeration in solid rocket propellants, a critical issue that impacts the efficiency and …

This thesis seeks to advance the state of the art for conceptual and preliminary design of
solid propellant rocket motors by adapting surface vorticity solution methods to the internal …