Modern Research Topics in Aerospace Propulsion

In Honor of Corrado Casci
Herausgegeben von Angelino, Gianfranco; De Luca, Luigi; Sirignano, William A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume, published in honor of Professor Corrado Casci, celebrates the life of a very distinguished international figure devoted to sCientific study, research, teaching, and leadership. The numerous contributions of Corrado CasCi are widely admired by scientists and engineers around the globe. He has been an impressive model and outstanding colleague to many researchers. Unfortunately, only a few of them could be invited to contribute to this honorific volume. Everyone of the invited contributors responded with enthusiasm. v Corrado Casci Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX Curriculum Vitae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xl Publications of Corrado Casci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix . . . . . . .. . I. Combustion 1. Mechanics of Turbulent Flow in Combustors for Premixed Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. K. OPPENHEIM 2. A Pore-Structure-Independent Combustion Model for Porous Media with Application to Graphite Oxidation 19 M. B. RICHARDS AND S. S. PENNER 3. Stabilization of Hydrogen-Air Flames in Supersonic Flow. . 37 G. WINTERFELD 4. Thermodynamics of Refractory Material Formation by Combustion Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 I. GLASSMAN, K. BREZINSKY, AND K. A. DAVIS 5. Catalytic Combustion Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 A. P. GLASKOVA 6. Stability of Ignition Transients of Reactive Solid Mixtures 83 V. E. ZARKO 7. Combustion Modeling and Stability of Double-Base Solid Rocket Propellants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 L. DE LUCA AND L. GALFETTI 8. Combustion Instabilities and Rayleigh's Criterion 135 F. E. C. CULICK II. Liquid Sprays 9. On the Anisotropy of Drop and Particle Velocity Fluctuations in Two-Phase Round Gas Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 A. TOMBOULIDES, M. l ANDREWS, AND F. V. BRACCO vii viii Contents 10.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4612-6956-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781461269564
• ISBN-10: 1461269563
• Artikelnr.: 36938586

Inhaltsangabe

I. Combustion.- 1. Mechanics of Turbulent Flow in Combustors for Premixed Gases.- 2. A Pore-Structure-Independent Combustion Model for Porous Media with Application to Graphite Oxidation.- 3. Stabilization of Hydrogen-Air Flames in Supersonic Flow.- 4. Thermodynamics of Refractory Material Formation by Combustion Techniques.- 5. Catalytic Combustion Processes.- 6. Stability of Ignition Transients of Reactive Solid Mixtures.- 7. Combustion Modeling and Stability of Double-Base Solid Rocket Propellants.- 8. Combustion Instabilities and Rayleigh's Criterion.- II. Liquid Sprays.- 9. On the Anisotropy of Drop and Particle Velocity Fluctuations in Two-Phase Round Gas Jets.- 10. Unsteady, Spherically-Symmetric Flame Propagation Through Multicomponent Fuel Spray Clouds.- III. Computational Fluid Dynamics.- 11. Efficient Solution of Compressible Internal Flows.- 12. An Upwind Formulation for Hypersonic Nonequilibrium Flows.- 13. Numerical Methodologies for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations for Two-Phase Flows.- IV. Turbomachinery and Power Cycles.- 14. Convective Heat Transfer with Film Cooling Around a Rotor Blade.- 15. Unsteady Flow in Axial Flow Compressors.- 16. Organic Working Fluid Optimization for Space Power Cycles.- V. Flight Dynamics.- 17. Highly Loaded Turbines for Space Applications: Rotor Flow Analysis and Performance Evaluation.- 18. Perspectives on Wind Shear Flight.