Application of two-phase CFD analysis to the evaluation of asbestos-free insulation in the RSRM

Convective Heat Transfer in the Reusable Solid Rocket Motor of the Space Transportation System

“…Acceleration between 1 g and 3 g had a minimal effect on the particles' behavior in the nozzle. Third, Whitesides et al [5] conducted a two-dimensional axisymmetric two-phase flow analysis of the RSRM. The overall objective was to determine the structure of the flow field in the recirculation region underneath the submerged nozzle nose and define the gas flow and slag particle impingement environments along the surface of the aft case dome insulation.…”

“…This analysis was performed to maintain a continuity with previous analyses [3][4][5][6][7][8] of this motor; serve as a non-vectored baseline for any three-dimensional vectored nozzles; provide a relatively simple application and test for various CFD solution schemes, grid sensitivity studies, and turbulence heat transfer/modeling; and calculate the nozzle convective heat transfer coefficients. The purpose of this study was to determine the convective heat transfer in the RSRM.…”