@inproceedings{aa8d756adc854cda8505dd47c9449de6,
title = "Simulation of surface instabilities in liquefying hybrid rocket fuels",
abstract = "In this study, computational fluid dynamics simulations are used to investigate the formation and entrainment of liquid fuel droplets in hybrid rockets. A liquid paraffin wax, starting at rest, is subjected to a shear force caused by a gas moving with an initial velocity with a sinusoidal inference between the two fluids. Particular attention is paid to the creation of the entrained droplets and the amplitude and frequency of the waves created in the liquid fluid. It is found that increasing operating pressure and gas-phase velocity lead to an increase in droplet formation and entrainment. Increasing amplitude has a minor effect on entrainment, but the effect seems to vanish underneath a certain amplitude threshold.",
author = "Knol, {Isaac M.} and Maicke, {Brian A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research is partially funded by the Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.; AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, 2019 ; Conference date: 19-08-2019 Through 22-08-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.2514/6.2019-3919",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781624105906",
series = "AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, 2019",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA",
booktitle = "AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, 2019",
}