S/TD No. 1733 Technical Note No. 7 SCALING PROCEDURES FOR ROCKETS UTILIZ¬ING LIQUID PROPELLANTS OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION AND MIXTURE RATIO

摘要

Generalized scaling rules are derived for liquid-fuel rocket engines on the assumption that the dependence of the overall, effective, conversion time is a known function of propellant mixture ratio and propellant type. The resulting scaling rules provide an important supplementary approach to current programs relating to the development of rational scaling procedures for liquid fuel rocket engines.nThe present analysis serves to emphasize the importance of continued basic research on the mechanism and rates of combustion reactions in engines.