Simulation of Flow Unsteadiness in Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser Devices

摘要

3-DIMENSIONAL Navier-Stokes simulations of chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) hardware are performed to elucidate the unsteady fluid dynamic aspects of these flowfields. Reacting (COIL) and non-reacting flow simulations are performed on varying resolution grids to explore the unsteadiness, and comparisons to experimental data are made.