固体火箭发动机非平衡尾焰特性计算(Ⅰ)— 推进剂配方影响机理

    Calculation of non-equilibrium tail-flame characteristics in solid rocket motors(Ⅰ) —Influence mechanisms of propellant formulations

    • 针对固体火箭发动机尾焰辐射特性的定量评估与精确调控需求,基于固体火箭发动机尾焰复燃化学反应简化机理,耦合气固两相燃烧流动模型与辐射传输数值计算方法。系统探讨了尾焰计算域的优化选取方法,针对尾焰计算域跨度大的特点,采用速度与温度过余参数微分的计算域优化选取准则,系统揭示了飞行高度与马赫数对最小计算域边界的影响规律;通过二维轴对称与三维全尺寸模型的对比验证,明确了简化物理模型在处理轴对称尾焰两相辐射问题时的适用性。在此基础上,横向对比研究了四组元丁羟(HTPB)、硝酸酯增塑聚醚(NEPE)及叠氮缩水甘油醚聚合物(GAP)三种推进剂体系在典型飞行工况下的尾焰特性。结果表明,尾焰复燃过程对不同配方间的组分差异具有显著的“均化效应”,导致辐射抑制效果相较于喷管出口热力计算预测值有所削弱。在HTPB与NEPE体系中,奥克托今(HMX)含量每增加2%,尾焰辐射强度峰值分别衰减2.33%与3.40%,NEPE体系表现出更强的敏感性;而GAP推进剂通过根本性改变燃气组分,在GAP含量每提升10%时,可使辐射强度显著降低26.83%,并具备优异的能量特性。研究结论可为低可探测固体推进剂的组分设计与特征信号优化提供定量依据。

       

      Abstract: To meet the requirements of quantitative evaluation and precise regulation of radiative characteristics of solid rocket motor tail flames, a simplified chemical reaction mechanism for plume afterburning was adopted. The mechanism couples a gas-solid two-phase combustion flow model with numerical methods for radiative transfer calculation. The study systematically investigates optimization methods for the plume computational domain. To address the wide spatial span of the plume flow field, a selection criterion based on the differential of velocity and temperature excess parameters is adopted to reveal the influence of flight altitude and Mach number on the minimum computational domain boundaries. Comparative validation between two-dimensional axisymmetric and three-dimensional full-scale models verify the applicability of simplified physical models for processing two- phase plume radiation simulation. On this basis, a cross-comparative study is conducted to analyze the plume characteristics of three propellant systems under typical flight conditions, namely four-component hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, nitrate ester-plasticized polyether and glycidyl azide polymer. The results indicate that the plume afterburning process produces a prominent homogenization effect on compositional differences between different propellant formulations, which attenuates the radiation suppression effect relative to thermodynamic predictions at nozzle exit. For the HTPB and NEPE systems, every 2% increase in HMX mass fracture reduces the peak radiation intensity by 2.33% and 3.40% respectively, the NEPE system exhibits higher sensitivity to HMX content variation. By fundamentally modifying fule gas composition, the GAP-based propellant achieves a 26.83% reduction in radiation intensity for per 10% increase in GAP mass fracture while maintaining excellent energy performance. These conclusions provide a quantitative theoretical basis for the formula design and signature optimization of low-observable solid propellants.

       

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