水下火箭水平射流初期特征研究

水中工作固体火箭发动机处于重浮力同时作用环境下, 与工作于大气环境下的固体火箭发动机具有不同的工作特性. 为进一步掌握水下固体火箭发动机的工作特性, 对具有重浮力特征的水下射流进行研究, 重点分析重浮力作用下水平喷射射流结构及推力振荡情况, 采用VOF模型对水平喷射且具有重浮力特征的三维发动机模型进行仿真模拟, 对比有/无重浮力下射流气泡的上浮特征, 并采用动量原理对发动机工作初期的射流扰动进行分析, 获得了重浮力下水下固体火箭发动机的推力振荡特征. 研究结果表明: 由于重浮力逐渐占据主导地位, 射流气泡具有明显的上浮特征, 推力与重浮力耦合后在竖直方向产生的翻转力矩更大, 通过与文献中实验对比可见, 采用VOF模型并考虑重浮力后仿真所得射流结构与实验结果更吻合.

Horizontal jet characteristics of an underwater solid rocket motor at the beginning of working

Compared with the conventional solid rocket motor which works in atmosphere, the underwater solid rocket motor has different performance characteristics, because the buoyancy of water cannot be neglected, while in the atmosphere only gravity is present. In order to get a deep understanding of the mechanism of thrust oscillation characteristics and of the jet structure of underwater solid rocket motor, a 3-D numerical simulation using the volume of fluid (VOF) model is given in this paper to investigate the horizontal jet structure and the oscillating flow field induced by the gravity and buoyance. The principle of momentum is carried out to analyze the oscillating flow field in the initial working period. Result of analysis indicates that the behavior of rising gas bubbles is remarkably influenced by gravity and buoyancy. Compared to the conventional solid rocket motor in the atmosphere environment, the phenomenon shows that the rising gas bubbles are more obvious in the water. It is concluded that thrust-gravity and buoyancy coupling can generate bigger roll moment in the vertical direction than the conventional solid rocket motor. Numerical calculations in conjunction with experiment in the references proves that the model contains gravity, buoyancy and the VOF model can be used to describe the jet structure and thrust oscillation of underwater solid rocket motor; gravity and buoyancy cannot be ignored in the research of underwater solid rocket motor performance characteristics.