Evaluation of a Multi-fluid Method for Reactive Subcritical Rocket Engine Using Large Eddy Simulation
摘要
RocketGioud, T.Odier, N.Schmitt, T. engines may face various thermodynamic conditions, including subcritical regimes where liquid and gaseous phases coexist in a reactive, compressible environment. In this context, a multi-fluid approach, which assumes equilibrium of temperature, pressure, velocity, and Gibbs potentials, is considered to simulate these flows. Surface tension forces, which play a crucial role in atomization phenomena, are accounted for in this work. The method is evaluated on a reactive configuration representative of rocket engine conditions (test bench investigated at Technische Universität München (TUM)), presenting very promising results and highlighting the benefits of simulating the liquid jet compared to a method that models it through the injection of Lagrangian particles.