Fiscal Year	2015
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s)	Brophy, Christopher M.
Sponsor	Sierra Engineering, Inc. (Other)
Summary	The use of a fuel-rich layer near the walls of liquid rocket engines has historically been used on numerous designs to cool the outer combustion chamber walls and often results in a high level of carbon deposition when kerosene-like fuels are utilized for this purpose. This effort aims to understand what type of carbon-based precipitation is deposited and how it affects the material properties (and associated heat transfer properties) of the combustion chamber walls. The research will benefit the Navy by improving the capability to model current rocket engine systems for both performance and failure analysis/prediction.
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