Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in a weakly ionized, radiating plasma
Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in a weakly ionized, radiating plasma
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弱电离辐射等离子体中的磁流体动力学不稳定性
作者:
M. L. Hougen;J. Mccune
In any characterization of the performance of an engine such as the secondary combustor of an air-augmented rocket, a combustion efficiency is defined as the experimentally determined change in some parameter (e.g., temperature) divided by its theoretically calculated value. One contributing factor to discrepancies in efficiency can arise in calculation of this latter value, because the composition of the fuel, specifically its particulate components, is frequently unknown. In the present study it has been demonstrated that these particles can contain NH4B508-4H20, NH4C1, C, and other organics in addition to B and B203. Clearly, before the performance of a motor is compared with theory, tests similar to those reported here must be conducted to determine the input for the analytical calculation. : Size analyses of the particles collected in the present investigation have also been discussed. The as-received B has a mode on the order of 0.25 jut, and electron micrograph studies of the particles collected from the primary motor exhaust suggest that no significant change in this mode has occurred. However, since the influence of the experimental collection method on the measured particle size distribution is unknown, this conclusion cannot be stated unequivocally.