46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit 2010 Nashville, Tennessee, USA 25 – 28 July 2010 Volume 1 of 7 ISBN: 978-1-61782-337-4 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. The contents of this work are copyrighted and additional reproduction in whole or in part are expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of the Publisher or copyright holder. The resale of the entire proceeding as received from CURRAN is permitted. For reprint permission, please contact AIAA’s Business Manager, Technical Papers. Contact by phone at 703-264-7500; fax at 703-264-7551 or by mail at 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191, USA. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 EJECTOR/ENGINE/NACELLE INTEGRATION FOR INCREASED THRUST MINUS DRAG ........................................................1 S. Khalid, J. Sokhey POWERED MODEL WIND TUNNEL TESTS OF A HIGH-OFFSET SUBSONIC TURBOPROP AIR INTAKE ..........................12 L. Ruiz-Calavera, D. Funes-Sebastian, D. Perdones-Diaz PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY LIFECYCLE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS ......................................................................................29 J. Robinson, R. Rhodes PROPULSION SYSTEM CHOICES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS .....................................................................................................48 C. Joyner II, D. Levack, R. Rhodes, J. Robinson CRITICAL TEMPERATURE DETERMINATIONS FOR THE LEAD-FREE PRIMARY EXPLOSIVES DBX-1 AND KDNP .......................................................................................................................................................................................................76 W. Sanborn, J. Fronabarger, M. Williams RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARRHENIUS FREQUENCY FACTOR (A) CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEFLAGRATION-TO-DETONATION TRANSITION (DDT) ................................................................................................................90 L. Yang ORBITAL ANALYSIS OF MACRON PROPULSION.............................................................................................................................115 J. Schonig, A. Ketsdever, D. Kirtley DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROWAVE CUSP ACCELERATOR DRIVEN BY ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE .................................................................................................................................................................................................128 B. Sommers, J. Foster IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF THE ECR WAVEGUIDE PLASMA CATHODE WITH PERMANENT MAGNETS......................................................................................................................................................................................................136 B. Weatherford, J. Foster EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AN 8-GHZ MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER .............................150 D. Clemens, M. Micci, S. Bilen, J. Hopkins, J. Blum, C. Deforce, S. Chianese MULTIPLEXED ELECTROSPRAY FOR SPACE PROPULSION APPLICATIONS .......................................................................161 G. Lenguito, J. Mora, A. Gomez A 2-STAGE CYLINDRICAL HALL THRUSTER FOR AIR BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION ......................................172 K. Diamant NEW APPROACH TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HALL THRUSTER ..............................................................................181 K. Kwon, D. Mavris, M. Walker A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF KRYPTON LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE..........................................................................200 W. Hargus Jr. ADVANCED HYBRID MODELING OF HALL THRUSTER PLUMES ..............................................................................................211 T. Huismann, I. Boyd LIF VELOCITY MEASUREMENT OF SPUTTERED BORON ATOMS FROM BORON NITRIDE TARGET...........................226 L. Tao, A. Yalin DESIGN OF A MICROWAVE ASSISTED DISCHARGE INDUCTIVE PLASMA ACCELERATOR............................................233 A. Hallock, K. Polzin VISCOUS LOSSES IN PLASMA ACCELERATORS..............................................................................................................................242 P. Madhavi, A. Sheshadri INVESTIGATION OF A GALLIUM MPD THRUSTER WITH AN ABLATING CATHODE .........................................................252 R. Thomas, R. Burton, K. Polzin EVALUATION OF DISCHARGE BEHAVIOR OF THE PULSED PLASMA THRUSTER SIMP-LEX.........................................268 T. Schonherr, K. Komurasaki, R. Kawashima, Y. Arakawa, G. Herdrich ADVANCED SCALING MODEL FOR SIMPLIFIED THRUST AND POWER SCALING OF AN APPLIED- FIELD MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC THRUSTER ...........................................................................................................................280 G. Herdrich, A. Boxberger, D. Petkow, R. Gabrielli, S. Fasoulas, M. Andrenucci, R. Albertoni, F. Paganucci, P. Rossetti NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF UNSTEADY FLOW PHENOMENA IN AN HP AXIAL FLOW COMPRESSOR INCORPORATING STATOR SHROUD CAVITIES' ................................................................................................299 T. Frobel, H. Kau, C. Groth, V. Gummer A DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF STATOR-ROTOR INTERACTION IN AN AXIAL COMPRESSOR..............................................................................................................................................................................................312 M. Rai A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF VANE CLOCKING EFFECTS ON EMBEDDED COMPRESSOR STAGE EFFICIENCY...................................................................................................................................................................................334 J. Salontay, N. Key, R. Fulayter FORCED RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF AERODYNAMICALLY ASYMMETRIC CASCADES.......................................................344 K. Ekici, R. Kielb, K. Hall PARAMETRIC STUDY OF UNSTEADY TURBINE PERFORMANCE DRIVEN BY A PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTOR................................................................................................................................................................................................360 K. Rouser, P. King, F. Schauer, R. Sondergaard, J. Hoke FUEL CELL HYBRID PROPULSION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION......................................................................................................................................................................................................372 B. Roth, R. Giffin III HYBRID EVOLUTIONARY METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MIXED-FLOW CIVIL TURBOFAN ...................................387 L. Casalino, D. Pastrone MAIN EFFECTS OF INTERCOOLING AND REGENERATION ON AERONAUTICAL GAS TURBINE ENGINES ........................................................................................................................................................................................................397 R. Andriani, F. Gamma, U. Ghezzi A HISTORICAL SYSTEMS STUDY OF LIQUID ROCKET ENGINE THROTTLING CAPABILITIES......................................405 E. Betts, R. Federick Jr. A HISTORICAL STUDY OF PAYLOAD MASSES TO EARTH ORBIT AND BEYOND.................................................................423 R. McNutt Jr. SACADURA CABRAL AND THE DAWN OF PORTUGUESE AVIATION .......................................................................................430 F. Neves, J. Barata, A. Silva GASEOUS OXYGEN INJECTION EFFECTS IN HYBRID LABSCALE ROCKET MOTOR OPERATIONS .............................442 S. Gomes, L. Rocco Jr., J. Rocco, K. Iha VISUALIZATION OF FLAMES IN COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF SWIRLING-OXIDIZER-FLOW-TYPE HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES.....................................................................................................................................................................452 M. Masugi, T. Ide, S. Yuasa, T. Sakurai, N. Shiraishi, T. Shimada MEASUREMENT OF AXIAL-DIRECTION FUEL REGRESSION RATE OF SWIRLING-OXIDIZER-FLOW- TYPE HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES.........................................................................................................................................................460 C. Sezaki, M. Sakamoto, K. Hirata, S. Yuasa, T. Sakurai, N. Shiraishi EXHAUST GAS ANALYSIS OF A VORTEX OXIDIZER INJECTION HYBRID ROCKET MOTOR ..........................................467 D. Myre, P. Caton, J. Cowart, C. Jones ANALYSIS OF A LOW-EMISSION COMBUSTION STRATEGY FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE TRANS- ATMOSPHERIC AIRCRAFT ENGINE.....................................................................................................................................................482 S. Amabile, L. Cutrone, F. Battista, R. Tuccillo ACOUSTICALLY DRIVEN COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES IN DUMP COMBUSTORS ............................................................499 A. Ghosh, S. Park, K. Yu PERMEATION OF INERT AND SUPERCRITICAL REACTIVE FLUIDS THROUGH METALLIC AND COMPOSITE MEDIA...................................................................................................................................................................................512 N. Gascoin, G. Fau, J. Bioud, P. Gillard ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR HYPERSONIC PROPULSION ........................................................................................529 B. Maicke, J. Majdalani EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SHORT ISOLATOR WITH THE RAMP UNDER ASYMMETRIC INCOMING FLOW..........................................................................................................................................................546