Performance of bell-shaped and linear aerospike nozzles

• Grant number: 07/02995-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2007
• End date: January 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Propulsion
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Celso Greco Júnior
• Grantee: Luiz Guilherme Noujain Corrêa
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Models of bell and linear aerospike nozzles, including the base bleed effect on the second, are developed to meet the requirements of a propulsion system for single-stage-to-orbit vehicles. The performance of each nozzle model at different altitudes is then obtained by means of CFD.