Author:
Longmire Nelson P.,Banuti Daniel T.
Abstract
Flows in liquid propellant rocket engines (LRE) are characterized by high pressures and extreme temperature ranges, resulting in complex fluid behavior that requires elaborate thermo-physical models. In particular, cubic equations of state and dedicated models for transport properties are firmly established for LRE simulations as a way to account for the non-idealities of the high-pressure fluids. In this paper, we review some shortcomings of the current modeling paradigm. We build on the common study of property errors, as a direct measure of the density or heat capacity accuracy, to evaluate the quality of cubic equations of state with respect to pseudo boiling of rocket-relevant fluids. More importantly, we introduce the sampling error as a new category, measuring how likely a numerical scheme is to capture real fluid properties during a simulation, and show how even reference quality property models may lead to errors in simulations because of the failure of our numerical schemes to capture them. Ultimately, a further evolution of our non-ideal fluid models is needed, based on the gained insight over the last two decades.
Funder
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AFRL
Cited by
3 articles.
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