Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Stephen A. Whitmore
Committee
Stephen A. Whitmore
Committee
Rees Fullmer
Committee
David Geller
Abstract
This thesis examined the hypothesis that radiative heat transfer in small-scale printed-fuel hybrid rocket motors is responsible for the observed decreasing oxidizer-to-fuel (O/F) ratio shift. The magnitude of the radiation term was negligible for the motor sizes and types of propellants that have been previously tested, but was reintroduced in this study. To prove this hypothesis, a detailed enthalpy balance model was developed and tested using experimental fuel regression rate data obtained from a variety of motor scales using additively-manufactured acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) fuel grains.
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Recommended Citation
Merkley, Stephen L., "Effects of Radiation Heating on Additively Printed Hybrid Fuel Grain Oxidizer-to-Fuel Ratio Shift" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5230.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5230
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