Numerical simulations of water spray on flame deflector during the four-engine rocket launching

Z Zhou, C Lu, C Zhao, G Le - Advances in Space Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to study on the cooling effect with two types of water spray nozzle on the
flame deflector during the four-engine launch vehicle take-off. To accurately simulate the two …

Experimental and numerical investigation on design parameters of slot nozzles

H Yu, Z Wei - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Slot nozzles are altitude compensation nozzles. In the overexpansion mode, slots in the
expansion section can affect the flow separation and improve the thrust. In this study, cold …

[HTML][HTML] Design and numerical investigation to visualize the fluid flow and thermal characteristics of non-axisymmetric convergent nozzle

M Kumar, RK Sahoo, SK Behera - Engineering Science and Technology, an …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, numerical simulations are conducted to visualize the fluid flow and thermal
characteristics of a non-axisymmetric convergent nozzle. The novel design methodology is …

Three-dimensional numerical investigations on rectangular cross-section ejector

KM Arun, S Tiwari, A Mani - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
The performance and flow structure in a three-dimensional rectangular ejector have been
numerically investigated by using air as the working fluid. Commercial software ANSYS …

Analysis of fluid-solid-thermal coupling characteristics of axial-symmetric vectoring exhaust nozzle

S Yao, Z Luo, K Wei, YH Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Aiming at the problems of axial-symmetric vectoring exhaust nozzle (AVEN) mechanism due
to its complex structure, which leads to the large amount of digital simulation calculation …

On the thrust vector performance optimization and modeling of supersonic split line nozzles

D Li, G Wang, J Cheng, H Yang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2025 - Elsevier
The supersonic split line (SSSL) nozzle is one of the thrust vector nozzles. Because of the
complex internal flow, designing a high-performance SSSL nozzle, especially with a large …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical studies on four-engine rocket exhaust plume impinging on flame deflectors with afterburning

Z Zhou, C Zhao, C Lu, G Le - Defence Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper studies the four-engine liquid rocket flow field during the launching phase. Using
three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations and two-equation realizable k …

Characteristics of overexpanded nozzle flows in imposed oscillating condition

ABMT Hasan - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2014 - Elsevier
A computation study is performed to investigate the effect of imposed oscillation of nozzle
pressure ratio (NPR) on the flow structure in a two-dimensional, non-axisymmetric …

A study of the supersonic ejector–diffuser system with an inlet orifice

V Lijo, HD Kim, S Matsuo, T Setoguchi - Aerospace Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Supersonic ejectors are simple mechanical components, which generally perform mixing
and recompression of two fluid streams. Ejectors have found many applications in …

A neural network based design of a planar double divergent nozzle

K Shrivastava, AK Das, UK Saha - 25th AIAA International Space …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Rocket nozzles are the crucial components for an outer space vehicle as they generate the
necessary thrust for propulsion. Nozzles handling such supersonic flows encounter various …