Advances in Hybrid Rocket Technology and Related Analysis Methodologies

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; "green" propellants; 3-D printing; 3D printing; aluminum agglomeration; aluminum aggregation; ballistic reconstruction technique; blowing factor; c∗ efficiency; carbon fiber composite; coated aluminum; combustion; computational fluid dynamics; diffusion-limited; electric feed system; energy of activation; engine test; error propagation analysis; feedback loop control; fluoropolymer; fuel grain; fuel regression; fuel regression rate; fuel-rich composite powder; gas torch; HTPB; hybrid; hybrid combustion; hybrid propulsion; hybrid rocket; hybrid rocket engine; hybrid rocket engines; hybrid rocket motor; hybrid rocket propulsion; idling operation; ignition system; internal ballistics; lightweight design; low-energy polymer; magnesium; marine propulsion; Marxman; mass burning rate; mechanically activated aluminum; methane-oxygen combustion; micron-sized aluminum; modeling and simulation; multidisciplinary design optimization; n/a; nano-sized aluminum; nitrous oxide decomposition; nozzle erosion; oxygen; paraffin; paraffin-based fuel; ramjet motor; regression; regression rate; resistor-based sensors; robust optimization; rocket; rupture disc; self-disintegration; sounding rocket; swirl oxidizer injection; testing; total impulse; underwater environment; vortex combustion chamber
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 The book is an amazing collection of technical papers dealing with hybrid rockets. Once perceived as a niche technology, for about a decade, hybrid rockets have enjoyed renewed interest from both the propulsion technical community and industry. Hybrid motors can be used in practically all applications where a rocket is employed, but there are certain cases where they present a superior fit, such as sounding rockets, tactical missile systems, launch boosters and the emerging field of commercial space transportation. The novel space tourism business, indeed, will benefit from their safety and lower recurrent development costs. The subjects addressed in the book include the cutting edge technology employed to push forward this relatively new propulsion concept, spanning systems to improve fuel regression rate, control of the mixture ratio to optimize performance, computational fluid dynamics applied to the simulation of the internal ballistics, and some other novel system applications.