This project report describes numerical studies on combustion instability in solid rocket motors conducted by Gautham P. as part of his Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The report details the computational methodology used, including the creation of scale models, definition of boundary conditions, meshing in GAMBIT, and combustion analysis in FLUENT. Results are presented on combustion properties such as temperature, species mass fractions, and pressure oscillations to evaluate combustion instability. The study aims to provide insights into solid rocket motor instability for improved design.
This project report describes numerical studies on combustion instability in solid rocket motors conducted by Gautham P. as part of his Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The report details the computational methodology used, including the creation of scale models, definition of boundary conditions, meshing in GAMBIT, and combustion analysis in FLUENT. Results are presented on combustion properties such as temperature, species mass fractions, and pressure oscillations to evaluate combustion instability. The study aims to provide insights into solid rocket motor instability for improved design.
This project report describes numerical studies on combustion instability in solid rocket motors conducted by Gautham P. as part of his Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The report details the computational methodology used, including the creation of scale models, definition of boundary conditions, meshing in GAMBIT, and combustion analysis in FLUENT. Results are presented on combustion properties such as temperature, species mass fractions, and pressure oscillations to evaluate combustion instability. The study aims to provide insights into solid rocket motor instability for improved design.
This project report describes numerical studies on combustion instability in solid rocket motors conducted by Gautham P. as part of his Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The report details the computational methodology used, including the creation of scale models, definition of boundary conditions, meshing in GAMBIT, and combustion analysis in FLUENT. Results are presented on combustion properties such as temperature, species mass fractions, and pressure oscillations to evaluate combustion instability. The study aims to provide insights into solid rocket motor instability for improved design.
GAUTHAM .P (0001228003) in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY in
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES
HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
PADUR, CHENNAI - 603 103 April 2014
NUMERICAL STUDIES ON COMBUSTION
INSTABILITY OF SOLID ROCKET MOTOR A PROJECT REPORT-PHASE-II (AE1611) Submitted by
GAUTHAM .P (0001228003) in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY in
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES
HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
PADUR, CHENNAI - 603 103 April 2014
HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY: PADUR, CHENNAI - 603 103
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE Certified that this project report titled NUMERICAL STUDIES ON COMBUSTION INSTABILITY OF SOLID ROCKET MOTOR is the bonafide work of P.GAUTHAM (Register No: 1228003) who carried out the project work under my supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported here does not form part of any other project / research work on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
Dr. Dilip A. Shah,
SUPERVISOR Mr. Yash Pal
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Assistant professor Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Padur
Hindustan Institute of Technology
and Science, Padur
The Project Phase II Viva-Voce Examination is held on _______________
INTERNAL EXAMINER
EXTERNAL EXAMINER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost I would like to thank the Lord Almighty for His presence and immense blessings throughout the project work. Its a matter of pride and privilege for me to express my deep gratitude to the management of HITS for providing me the necessary facilities and support. I am highly elated in expressing my sincere and abundant respect to the Vice Chancellor DR.S.RAMACHANDRAN for giving me this opportunity to bring out and implement my ideas in this project. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to DR.DILIP A SHAH, Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering for much of his valuable support encouragement in carrying out this work. I would like to thank my internal guide MR. YASH PAL, for continually guiding and actively participating in my project, giving valuable suggestions to complete the project work. I would like to thank all the technical and teaching staff of the Aeronautical Engineering Department, who extended directly or indirectly all support. Last, but not the least, I am deeply indebted to my parents who have been the greatest support while I worked day and night for the project to make it a success.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Abbreviations
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Instabilities in solid rocket motor 1.3 Project objective 1.4 Motivation 1.5 Need for the Project 1.6 Thesis Organization 1.7 Summary
2. LITERATURE SURVEY 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Prior works 2.3 Summary
