期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2021; 37 (4)
In this study, a 1.35 kW HEP-100X Hall thruster is used to explore effective methods for improving the global efficiency of a Hall thruster across a w......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2021; 37 (1)
The paper presents an efficient method for analyzing complex periodic unsteady flows within turbomachinery. The method transforms the original initial......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2021; 37 (1)
Aging induced changes in the mechanical properties of solid propellant can lead to defects, such as cracks and grain-liner separations, which limit th......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (1)
Cavitation is one of the main causes of failure in rocket engine cryopumps. Based on a visual experimental platform for liquid-nitrogen (LN2) cavitati......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (1)
In this work, a krypton Hall thruster is used to study the influence of low-frequency oscillation on the focusing characteristics of the plasma beam. ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (3)
The predictive numerical simulation of near-limit turbulent premixed combustion, in which the turbulent intensity is high and the fuel/air mixture is ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (3)
To investigate the effect of water temperature on the cavitating flow characteristics inside a rotating inducer, a series of experiments have been con......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (4)
This work provides the design methodology of a radioisotope thermophotovoltaic system (RTPV) using spectral control for space missions. The focus is o......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2020; 36 (5)
This paper presents the use of a conventional computational-fluid-dynamics-based throughflow method to model the effects of a bypass fan in a propulsi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2019; 35 (6)
Laminar-turbulent transition plays a critical role in the aerodynamic performance of compressors and is sensitive to flow conditions and external dist......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2019; 35 (6)
A plasma injector is designed to improve the flame stabilization of a typical coaxial injector. Based on the plasma injector experimental system, the ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2019; 35 (6)
Supercritical thermal cracking experiments using n-dodecane (C12) and two hydrocarbon fuels (HF-I and HF-II) were conducted, and the compositions of t......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2019; 35 (1)
A repetitively pulsed plasma was used to stabilize a lean premixed turbulent swirl flame under flow pulsations with amplitudes ranging between 10 and ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 2019; 35 (1)
Experiments are performed to investigate the combustion features in a laboratory-scale hydrogen (H-2)/air annular rotating detonation combustor under ......