A Review of Recent Developments in Hybrid Rocket Propulsion and Its Applications

W Shih-Sin, L Meng-Che, A Lai, TH Chou… - …, 2024 - search.proquest.com
This paper extensively reviews hybrid rocket propulsion-related activities from combustion
engine designs to launch tests. Starting with a brief review of rocket propulsion development …

Numerical simulations of the internal ballistics of paraffin–oxygen hybrid rockets at different scales

MT Migliorino, D Bianchi, F Nasuti - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hybrid rockets are considered a promising future propulsion alternative for specific
applications to solid or liquid rockets. In order to raise their technology readiness level, it is …

Injector effects on hybrid polymethylmethacrylate combustion assessed by thermochemical tomography

IC Sanders, FA Bendana, CG Hagström… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
In this work, two representative hybrid rocket injector designs, a single-port and an axial
showerhead design, were examined experimentally to determine the comparative influence …

Time-resolved fuel regression measurement function of a hybrid rocket solid fuel integrated by multi-material additive manufacturing

K Ozawa, H Wang, T Yoshino, N Tsuboi - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
The function of time-resolved fuel regression measurement is integrated into additively
manufactured hybrid rocket fuels and conceptually demonstrated through the comparison …

Performance Comparison of Paraffin/Ethanol Fuel Blends in a Laboratory-Scale Hybrid Rocket Motor

PGC Martins, KM de Souza, RF Boschi… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper discusses the performance characteristics of a paraffin-based blend of liquid
ethanol with paraffin as compared to pure paraffin in a hybrid rocket motor. Since the …

Methyl methacrylate thermal decomposition: Modeling and laser spectroscopy of species time-histories behind reflected shock waves

IC Sanders, NM Kuenning, NQ Minesi, DI Pineda… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal decomposition of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was studied through species time-
history measurements of formaldehyde (CH 2 O), carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon …

Simplified Data-Reduction Method for Hybrid Propulsion

Y Saito, S Kameyama, T Kuwahara - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
HYBRID rockets are much safer than solid and liquid rockets because the fuel and oxidizer
are physically separated and stored as different material phases. Data reduction in static …

Hybrid Rocket Engine Performance Assessment Using Plume Luminosity Oscillations

TL Messinger, CD Hill, DT Quinn… - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Spectral analyses were performed on high-speed video of three nitrous-oxide/paraffin-
based hybrid rocket launches and one static test fire of a nitrous/paraffin-based hybrid rocket …

Combustion studies of MMA/GOx for a hybrid rocket motor

C Dhandapani, G Blanquart, AC Karp, ET Jens… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate
(MMA), which is used in a multitude of everyday applications, can also be used as a solid …

Combustion efficiency in single port hybrid rocket engines

G Zilliac, GT Story, AC Karp, ET Jens… - AIAA Propulsion and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
High combustion efficiency is a critical attribute of a successful rocket engine. Reported
combustion efficiency results from ground tests of single port hybrid rocket engines show …