Methods of determination of the gas-dynamic characteristics of a jet nozzle of an aerodynamic object

The efficiency of aerodynamic objects with jet engines is the result of many factors, among which nozzle parameters are of great importance in relation to the general engine design and the energy source, that determines the composition and properties of the engine working medium. In this respect, an urgent need was to calculate nozzle gas-dynamic characteristics and geometric parameters at various designing and testing stages of jet engines. Relatively simple calculations involving a large number of assumptions and detailed modeling with regard to the maximum possible number of factors are the basis of the existing modeling approaches. In the present work, the problem was to assess an agreement between such modeling methods of a specific ‘high-energy material – working medium – nozzle’ system and the experimental ones. The calculations using one-dimensional nozzle theory and the gas dynamics modeling method revealed a 6 % difference in the results of various parameters. At the same time, a closer agreement was noted between the experimental data and the results predicted by the gas dynamics modeling method. Moreover, in comparison to one-dimensional theory, the gas dynamics modeling method of an engine jet nozzle is more labor-intensive and expensive for calculations. Therefore, from the practical viewpoint, it is advisable to give preference to one-dimensional theory to calculate the engine construction and to verify calculations with the use of the modeling methods.

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