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22 4.3 Acid-Base Reactions
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify some common acids and bases
Define acid-base reactions
Recognize and identify examples of acid-base reactions
Predict the products of acid-base reactions.
Acids and Bases
The definition of an acid is often cited as: any compound that increases the amount of hydrogen ion (H+) in an aqueous solution. The chemical opposite of an acid is a base. The equivalent definition of a base is that a base is a compound that increases the amount of hydroxide ion (OH−) in an aqueous solution. These original definitions were proposed by Arrhenius (the same person who proposed ion dissociation) in 1884, so they are referred to as the Arrhenius definition of an acid and a base, respectively.
You may recognize that, based on the description of a hydrogen atom, an H+ ion is a hydrogen atom that has lost its lone electron; that is, H+ is simply a proton. Do we really have bare protons moving about in aqueous solution? No. What is more likely is that the H+ ion has attached itself to one (or more) water molecule(s). To represent this chemically, we define the hydronium ion H3O+(aq), a water molecule with an extra hydrogen ion attached to it. as H3O+, which represents an additional proton attached to a water molecule. We use the hydronium ion as the more logical way a hydrogen ion appears in an aqueous solution, although in many chemical reactions H+ and H3O+ are treated equivalently.
For purposes of this brief introduction, we will consider only the more common types of acid-base reactions that take place in aqueous solutions. In this context, an acid is a substance that will dissolve in water to yield hydronium ions, H3O+. As an example, consider the equation shown here:
The process represented by this equation confirms that hydrogen chloride is an acid. When dissolved in water, H3O+ ions are produced by a chemical reaction in which H+ ions are transferred from HCl molecules to H2O molecules (Figure 1).
The nature of HCl is such that its reaction with water as just described is essentially 100% efficient: Virtually every HCl molecule that dissolves in water will undergo this reaction. Acids that completely react in this fashion are called strong acids, and HCl is one among just a handful of common acid compounds that are classified as strong (Table 1).
| Compound Formula | Name in Aqueous Solution |
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| HBr | hydrobromic acid |
| HCl | hydrochloric acid |
| HI | hydroiodic acid |
| HNO3 | nitric acid |
| HClO4 | perchloric acid |
| HClO3 | chloric acid |
| H2SO4 | sulfuric acid |
| Table 1. Common Strong Acids | | |
A far greater number of compounds behave as weak acids and only partially react with water, leaving a large majority of dissolved molecules in their original form and generating a relatively small amount of hydronium ions.
| Compound Formula | Name in Aqueous Solution |
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| HF | hydrofluoric acid |
| HCN | hydrocyanic acid |
| HC2H3O2 | acetic acid |
| HNO2 | nitrous acid |
| HClO | hypochlorous acid |
| HClO2 | chlorous acid |
| H2SO3 | sulfurous acid |
| H2CO3 | carbonic acid |
| H3PO4 | phosphoric acid |
| Table 2. Common Weak Acids | |
Weak acids are commonly encountered in nature, being the substances partly responsible for the tangy taste of citrus fruits, the stinging sensation of insect bites, and the unpleasant smells associated with body odor. A familiar example of a weak acid is acetic acid, the main ingredient in food vinegars:
When dissolved in water under typical conditions, only about 1% of acetic acid molecules are present in the ionized form, (Figure 2). The use of a double-arrow in the equation above denotes the partial reaction aspect of this process, a concept addressed fully in the chapters on chemical equilibrium.)
A base is a substance that will dissolve in water to yield hydroxide ions, OH−. The most common bases are ionic compounds composed of alkali or alkaline earth metal cations (groups 1 and 2) combined with the hydroxide ion—for example, NaOH and Ca(OH)2. When these compounds dissolve in water, hydroxide ions are released directly into the solution. For example, KOH and Ba(OH)2 dissolve in water and dissociate completely to produce cations (K+ and Ba2+, respectively) and hydroxide ions, OH−. These bases, along with other hydroxides that completely dissociate in water, are considered strong bases.
Consider as an example the dissolution of lye (sodium hydroxide) in water:
This equation confirms that sodium hydroxide is a base. When dissolved in water, NaOH dissociates to yield Na+ and OH− ions. This is also true for any other ionic compound containing hydroxide ions. Since the dissociation process is essentially complete when ionic compounds dissolve in water under typical conditions, NaOH and other ionic hydroxides are all classified as strong bases.
Unlike ionic hydroxides, some compounds produce hydroxide ions when dissolved by chemically reacting with water molecules. In all cases, these compounds react only partially and so are classified as weak bases. These types of compounds are also abundant in nature and important commodities in various technologies. For example, global production of the weak base ammonia is typically well over 100 metric tons annually, being widely used as an agricultural fertilizer, a raw material for chemical synthesis of other compounds, and an active ingredient in household cleaners (Figure 3). When dissolved in water, ammonia reacts partially to yield hydroxide ions, as shown here:
Under typical conditions, only about 1% of the dissolved ammonia is present as NH4+ ions.
Acid-Base Reactions
An acid-base reaction is one in which a hydrogen ion, H+, is transferred from one chemical species to another. Such reactions are of central importance to numerous natural and technological processes, ranging from the chemical transformations that take place within cells and the lakes and oceans, to the industrial-scale production of fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and other substances essential to society. The subject of acid-base chemistry, therefore, is worthy of thorough discussion.
The reaction between an acid and a base is called an acid-base reaction or a neutralization reaction. Although acids and bases have their own unique chemistries, the acid and base cancel each other’s chemistry to produce a rather innocuous substance—water. In fact, the generalacid-base reaction is
acid + base water + salt
where the term salt is used to define any ionic compound (soluble or insoluble) that is formed from a reaction between an acid and a base. In chemistry, the word salt refers to more than just table salt. For example, the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between HCl(aq) and KOH(aq) is
HCl(aq) + KOH(aq) H2O(ℓ) + KCl(aq)
where the salt is KCl. By counting the number of atoms of each element, we find that only one water molecule is formed as a product. However, in the reaction between HCl(aq) and Mg(OH)2(aq), additional molecules of HCl and H2O are required to balance the chemical equation:
2 HCl(aq) + Mg(OH)2(aq) 2 H2O(ℓ) + MgCl2(aq)
Here, the salt is MgCl2. This is one of several reactions that take place when a type of antacid—a base—is used to treat stomach acid.
There are acid-base reactions that do not follow the “general acid-base” equation given above. For example, the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between HCl(aq) and NH3(aq) is
HCl(aq) + NH3(aq) NH4Cl(aq)
Example 1
Write the neutralization reactions between each acid and base.
a) HNO3(aq) and Ba(OH)2(aq) b)H3PO4(aq) and Ca(OH)2(aq)
Solution
First, we will write the chemical equation with the formulas of the reactants and the expected products; then we will balance the equation.
a) The expected products are water and barium nitrate, so the initial chemical reaction is
HNO3(aq) + Ba(OH)2(aq) H2O(ℓ) + Ba(NO3)2(aq)
To balance the equation, we need to realize that there will be two H2O molecules, so two HNO3 molecules are required:
2HNO3(aq) + Ba(OH)2(aq) 2H2O(ℓ) + Ba(NO3)2(aq)
This chemical equation is now balanced.
b) The expected products are water and calcium phosphate, so the initial chemical equation is
H3PO4(aq) + Ca(OH)2(aq) H2O(ℓ) + Ca3(PO4)2(s)
According to the solubility rules, Ca3(PO4)2 is insoluble, so it has an (s) phase label. To balance this equation, we need two phosphate ions and three calcium ions; we end up with six water molecules to balance the equation:
2 H3PO4(aq) + 3 Ca(OH)2(aq) 6 H2O(ℓ) + Ca3(PO4)2(s)
This chemical equation is now balanced.
Test Yourself
Write the neutralization reaction between H2SO4(aq) and Sr(OH)2(aq).
Answer
H2SO4(aq) + Sr(OH)2(aq) 2 H2O(ℓ) + SrSO4(aq)
Neutralization reactions are one type of chemical reaction that proceeds even if one reactant is not in the aqueous phase. For example, the chemical reaction between HCl(aq) and Fe(OH)3(s) still proceeds according to the equation
3 HCl(aq) + Fe(OH)3(s) 3 H2O(ℓ) + FeCl3(aq)
even though Fe(OH)3 is not soluble. When one realizes that Fe(OH)3(s) is a component of rust, this explains why some cleaning solutions for rust stains contain acids—the neutralization reaction produces products that are soluble and wash away. Washing with acids like HCl is one way to remove rust and rust stains, but HCl must be used with caution!
Complete and net ionic reactions for neutralization reactions will depend on whether the reactants and products are soluble, even if the acid and base react. For example, in the reaction of HCl(aq) and NaOH(aq),
HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) H2O(ℓ) + NaCl(aq)
the complete ionic reaction is
H+(aq) + Cl−(aq) + Na+(aq) + OH−(aq) H2O(ℓ) + Na+(aq) + Cl−(aq)
The Na+(aq) and Cl−(aq) ions are spectator ions, so we can remove them to have
H+(aq) + OH−(aq) H2O(ℓ)
as the net ionic equation. If we wanted to write this in terms of the hydronium ion, H3O+(aq), we would write it as
H3O+(aq) + OH−(aq) 2H2O(ℓ)
With the exception of the introduction of an extra water molecule, these two net ionic equations are equivalent.
Explore the microscopic view of strong and weak acids and bases.
Gas-forming Acid-Base reactions
A driving force for certain acid-base reactions is the formation of a gas. Common gases formed are H2, O2, and CO2.
For example:
2HCl(aq) + Na2CO3(aq) H2CO3(aq) + 2NaCl(aq) CO2(g) + H2O(l) + 2NaCl(aq)
The above example can be viewed as an acid-base reaction followed by a decomposition. The driving force in this case is the gas formation. The decomposition of H2CO3into CO2and H2O is a very common reaction. Both Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 mixed with acid result in a gas-forming acid-base reaction.
HCl(aq) + NaHCO3(aq) H2CO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) CO2(g) + H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)
Food and Drink App: Acids in Foods
Many foods and beverages contain acids. Acids impart a sour note to the taste of foods, which may add some pleasantness to the food. For example, orange juice contains citric acid, H3C6H5O7. Note how this formula shows hydrogen atoms in two places; the first hydrogen atoms written are the hydrogen atoms that can form H+ ions, while the second hydrogen atoms written are part of the citrate ion, C6H5O73−. Lemons and limes contain much more citric acid—about 60 times as much—which accounts for these citrus fruits being more sour than most oranges. Vinegar is essentially a ~5% solution of acetic acid (HC2H3O2) in water. Apples contain malic acid (H2C4H4O5; the name malic acid comes from the apple’s botanical genus name, malus), while lactic acid (HC3H5O3) is found in wine and sour milk products, such as yogurt and some cottage cheeses.
Table 3 “Various Acids Found in Food and Beverages” lists some acids found in foods, either naturally or as an additive. Frequently, the salts of acid anions are used as additives, such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is the sodium salt derived from glutamic acid. As you read the list, you should come to the inescapable conclusion that it is impossible to avoid acids in food and beverages.
| Acid Name | Acid Formula | Use and Appearance |
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| acetic acid | HC2H3O2 | flavouring; found in vinegar |
| adipic acid | H2C6H8O4 | flavouring; found in processed foods and some antacids |
| alginic acid | various | thickener; found in drinks, ice cream, and weight loss products |
| ascorbic acid | HC6H7O6 | antioxidant, also known as vitamin C; found in fruits and vegetables |
| benzoic acid | HC6H5CO2 | preservative; found in processed foods |
| citric acid | H3C6H5O7 | flavouring; found in citrus fruits |
| dehydroacetic acid | HC8H7O4 | preservative, especially for strawberries and squash |
| erythrobic acid | HC6H7O6 | antioxidant; found in processed foods |
| fatty acids | various | thickener and emulsifier; found in processed foods |
| fumaric acid | H2C4H2O4 | flavouring; acid reactant in some baking powders |
| glutamic acid | H2C5H7NO4 | flavouring; found in processed foods and in tomatoes, some cheeses, and soy products |
| lactic acid | HC3H5O3 | flavouring; found in wine, yogurt, cottage cheese, and other sour milk products |
| malic acid | H2C4H4O5 | flavouring; found in apples and unripe fruit |
| phosphoric acid | H3PO4 | flavouring; found in some colas |
| propionic acid | HC3H5O2 | preservative; found in baked goods |
| sorbic acid | HC6H7O2 | preservative; found in processed foods |
| stearic acid | HC18H35O2 | anticaking agent; found in hard candies |
| succinic acid | H2C4H4O4 | flavouring; found in wine and beer |
| tartaric acid | H2C4H4O6 | flavouring; found in grapes, bananas, and tamarinds |
Table 3. Various Acids Found in Food and Beverages
Key Concepts and Summary
Chemical reactions are classified according to similar patterns of behaviour. Acid-base reactions involve the transfer of hydrogen ions between reactants.
General acid-base reactions, also called neutralization reactions can be summarized with the following reaction equation:
ACID(aq) + BASE(aq) H2O(l) + SALT(aq) or (s)
The DRIVING FORCE for a general acid-base reaction is the formation of water.
Gas-forming acid-base reactions can be summarized with the following reaction equation:
ACID(aq) + NaHCO3 or Na2CO3(aq) H2O(l) + CO2(g) + SALT(aq) or (s)
The DRIVING FORCE for a gas-forming acid-base reaction is the formation of gas. There are three ways of
There are three ways of representing a neutralization reaction, using a molecular equation, complete ionic equation or net ionic equation, as described in section 6.1.
Review-Reflect, Extend
Predict the products of each acid-base combination listed. Assume that a neutralization reaction occurs.Write a balanced chemical equation for each neutralization reaction.
a) HCl and KOH
b) H2SO4 and KOH
Explain why the net ionic equation for the neutralization reaction between HCl(aq) and KOH(aq) is the same as the net ionic equation for the neutralization reaction between HNO3(aq) and RbOH.
Write the complete and net ionic equations for the neutralization reaction between HCl(aq) and KOH(aq) using the hydronium ion in place of H+. What difference does it make when using the hydronium ion?
Extend
Many pharmaceuticals contain N atoms in their chemical structures, and can act as weak bases in a similar fashion to ammonia. When this occurs the nitrogen picks up a hydrogen, and the molecule becomes a cation. Two important consequences arise: first, the cation can be paired an ion such as chloride or succinate to produce an ionic compound which can be made into a solid tablet. Second, the drug molecule will have increased water solubility. Why would that matter? Do a little searching on the web for “drug solubility switch” and see what you can learn.
Answers
a) KCl and H2O HCl + KOH KCl + H2O
b) K2SO4 and H2O H2SO4 + 2 KOH K2SO4 + 2 H2O
Because the salts are soluble in both cases, the net ionic reaction is just H+(aq) + OH−(aq) H2O(ℓ).
Complete ionic equation:
H3O+(aq) + Cl−(aq) + K+(aq) + OH−(aq) 2 H2O(ℓ) + K+(aq) + Cl−(aq)
Net ionic equation:
H3O+(aq) + OH−(aq) 2 H2O(ℓ)
The difference is simply the presence of an extra water molecule as a product.
Glossary
acid:substance that produces H3O+ when dissolved in water
acid-base reaction:reaction involving the transfer of a hydrogen ion between reactant species
base:substance that produces OH− when dissolved in water
neutralization reaction:reaction between an acid and a base to produce salt and water
salt:ionic compound that can be formed by the reaction of an acid with a base that contains a cation and an anion other than hydroxide or oxide
strong acid:acid that reacts completely when dissolved in water to yield hydronium ions
strong base:base that reacts completely when dissolved in water to yield hydroxide ions
weak acid:acid that reacts only to a slight extent when dissolved in water to yield hydronium ions
weak base:base that reacts only to a slight extent when dissolved in water to yield hydroxide ions |
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Bacterial central nervous system (CNS) infections are serious and carry significant morbidity and mortality. They encompass many syndromes, the most common being meningitis, which may occur spontaneously or as a consequence of neurosurgical procedures. Many classes of antimicrobials are in clinical use for therapy of CNS infections, some with established roles and indications, others with experimental reporting based on case studies or small series. This review delves into the specifics of the commonly utilized antibacterial agents, updating their therapeutic use in CNS infections from the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic perspectives, with a focus on the optimization of dosing and route of administration that have been described to achieve good clinical outcomes. We also provide a concise synopsis regarding the most focused, clinically relevant information as pertains to each class and subclass of antimicrobial therapeutics. CNS infection morbidity and mortality remain high, and aggressive management is critical in ensuring favorable patient outcomes while averting toxicity and upholding patient safety.
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pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; central nervous system infections; meningitis; ventriculitis; brain abscess; blood–brain barrier; antibiotic; antimicrobial; the specific classes and names of antimicrobial agents discussed in the review
1. Introduction
CNS infections are serious and carry significant morbidity and mortality, oftentimes with devastating outcomes. In a recent retrospective review by Sunwoo et al. of confirmed meningitis in patients admitted between 2007 and 2016, the in-hospital mortality was 10.6%, and 3 months after discharge it was 14.8%, with significant neurological complications in 39.1% of patients . Overall mortality was reported even higher, at 21%, from a cohort of patients in the Netherlands in 2004 by De Beek et al., with different rates of mortality associated with different meningitis syndromes, and an unfavorable outcome in 34% of all cases . CNS infections require immediate and aggressive management, with antimicrobial agents targeted against the most likely organism and subsequently appropriately tailored based on culture and non-culture data. Delay or lack of prompt therapy results in higher mortality [3,4]. Antimicrobial drug levels in the CSF are completely dependent on penetration from serum, as they are not metabolized in the CSF. Exit of drugs from the CSF is managed by the choroid plexus via energy-dependent pumps, which transport molecules one way back to serum . Ensuring an adequate drug level at the site of infection, the CNS, is crucial in achieving cure but challenged by the presence of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). The intrinsic role of those barriers, very similar physiologically, is primarily to protect the brain and spinal cord from compounds in the general circulatory system, a phenomenon first described in the 1880s by Paul Ehrlich [6,7]. For this review, discussion of the BBB also includes roles of the BCSFB. The BBB is composed of specialized endothelial cells with intercellular tight junctions and increased numbers of pinocytotic vesicles in microvascular endothelial cells that reduce access of bloodborne compounds into the CSF. Meningeal damage from inflammation in meningitis disrupts this mechanism, facilitating the entry of molecules from the serum to the CSF . The use of corticosteroids in inflammatory disorders, such as meningitis, reduces inflammation and consequently drug entry into the CSF, although this has not been shown with vancomycin in some studies [10,11,12]. Steroid use in CNS infections is not a focus of this review, but it is still noteworthy to mention that steroids are indicated in certain CNS infections but not in others , which indirectly suggests that the reduction in antimicrobial transfer across the BBB in inflamed meninges is one of many biological parameters in this complex pharmacokinetic formula. Likewise, entry of an antimicrobial drug from blood to the CSF is facilitated by other intrinsic properties related to the drug itself. It is more efficient in compounds with low molecular weights, a lower ionization degree at physiologic pH, high lipid solubility (lipophilicity), and low degree protein binding [14,15].
Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study examining the effect of drugs on the human body, as pertains to the time and concentration of antimicrobials at the site of infection, the CNS in this review. Pharmacodynamics define dosing and administration frequency, the goal of which is ensuring optimal efficacy of the antimicrobial agent at the site of infection. Pharmacodynamically, beta-lactams exhibit time-dependent activity, such that the time of the free (non-protein bound) drug exposure above the MIC is the major determinant of activity (fT > MIC), and higher drug levels would not cause more killing of microorganisms [11,14,16,17,18,19]. Hence, the goal of dosing those agents is always ensuring a drug level above the MIC during use, preferably four times the MIC of the targeted organism [20,21]. On the other hand, most other classes exhibit concentration-dependent activity either solely or with some degree of time dependence as well. For example, aminoglycosides, rifamycins, and fluoroquinolones cause maximal killing when their concentrations are maximized (AUC/MIC), even when serum levels eventually fall below the MIC (Cmax/MIC). Hence, the goal of dosing those agents is ensuring such high concentrations over a snapshot of time of use. Part of the efficacy for this mechanism is the ability of those agents to exert a post-antibiotic effect (PAE) defined by the stunting of bacterial regrowth after the levels in serum fall below their MIC.
On the other hand, pharmacokinetics (PK) describes the processes that govern the passage of the different drugs throughout the human body, which results in different concentrations in different body compartments [11,14,17,18,22,23]. Specifically, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion are the major parameters that define PK, and its clinical application is ensuring the safe and effective therapeutic delivery of drugs to where their action is needed. The most reliable measure of CSF penetration of a drug from serum is the AUCCSF/AUCplasma ratio [24,25]. This metric will be described for many of the antimicrobials discussed here.
This review article is an update and summary of the literature that has analyzed the PK/PD properties of antibiotics used in CNS infections, with a specific objective of discussing optimization tools to achieve a successful therapeutic target that results in favorable clinical outcomes. We reviewed MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar publications, between 1985 and July 2022. Additional papers were extracted from the references of retrieved articles based on the clinical relevance of the specific perspective being reviewed. For a detailed explanation of the PK/PD metrics, the reader is referred to Appendix A.
The final number of unique publications reviewed was 213.
The choice of antimicrobials in the management of CNS infections depends on several factors, the most important and immediate of which is the empiric selection of an agent that targets the likely organism(s) and susceptibilities. Another factor is the degree of penetration into the CSF via the BBB (and BCSFB), which is in turn defined by multiple host and antimicrobial drug-related characteristics: the presence or absence of inflammation, the molecular structure of the antimicrobial (e.g., hydrophobicity/lipophilicity), protein-binding characteristics , its molecular weight, the degree of renal clearance, and the rate of CSF production, which is oftentimes enhanced during inflammation . Upon entry into the CSF, the antimicrobial should ideally have a high and rapid degree of bactericidal activity. The most common route of administration is intravenous (IV), although direct administration into the CSF, either intraventricularly (intraventricular therapy, IVT), or into the thecal sac of the spinal cord (intrathecal therapy, ITT) are available options for certain antimicrobials with an established safety profile for that route. These, in fact, are sometimes preferentially recommended when the drug of choice is not expected to efficiently enter the BBB [24,27,28,29]. Such administration routes have been utilized for established agents, with well-defined pharmacokinetic parameters [24,30,31], but with the increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDRO) and extensively drug-resistant (XDRO) organisms, newer agents are being administered in combination therapies using innovative approaches of IV and/or IVT/ITT routes to achieve favorable outcomes in critically ill patients [28,32,33,34,35,36,37].
From a practical standpoint, treatment of CNS infections clinically relies on early identification and prompt institution of empiric antimicrobial therapy targeted against the most likely organisms, with antimicrobial resistance accounted for until sensitivities are identified. From a PK/PD perspective, essential tools in this fight against CNS infections include accurate bacterial MIC determination by the microbiology laboratory, the availability of therapeutic drug monitoring, and the ability to administer antimicrobials in alternative routes to IV, namely IVT or ITT, together with considerations for use of altered dosing strategies for optimal efficacy and favorable clinical outcomes.
In this paper, in addition to describing the available PK/PD information specific to each of the antimicrobials unitized in CNS infections, we present a synopsis of the clinical perspectives with respect to those data. As a conclusion to each section, a clinically relevant table is included for referencing the most utilized dosing regimens together with a synopsis of the agent’s PK/PD data.
2. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
Beta-lactam antibiotics, defined by the presence of a beta-lactam ring, include penicillins, cephalosporins, the monobactam aztreonam, and carbapenems. The spectrum of activity varies considerably by antibiotic within each of the beta-lactam classes, and typical coverage of meningitis-associated organisms is listed in Table 1. Beta-lactams are hydrophilic molecules and are highly ionized at a physiologic pH of 7.4 systemically and at 7.3, a typical pH within the CSF [19,38,39,40]. Together, these two chemical properties limit their penetration into the CSF through the intact blood–brain barrier [19,39,40,41,42]. All beta-lactam antibiotics have a four-membered beta-lactam ring as the carbon backbone . Penicillins and carbapenems contain asymmetric centers at C-5 and C-6, while the cephalosporins’ asymmetric centers are at C-6 and C-7 . The various substitutions at different locations in the molecular structures lead to the differences in the spectrum of activity across beta-lactams in general and between the drugs in each subclass. By manipulation of the side chains (R), the different individual antibiotics are created under each of the parent molecule. Penicillins were the first to be discovered in 1929, followed by cephalosporins, fully characterized in 1961. The discovery of monobactam and carbapenems followed. They all share the four-membered beta-lactam ring (highlighted in blue in Figure 1). This ring provides the intrinsic antibacterial properties to all beta-lactams, due to its binding and inhibition of bacterial penicillin-binding proteins. This leads to abortive synthesis of the cell wall, hence bacterial lysis and death. The molecular structure of the monobactam aztreonam has the beta-lactam moiety as the only ring. In penicillins and carbapenems, the beta-lactam ring is fused to another 5-membered ring, whereas in cephalosporins, the other ring is 6-membered. Carbapenems differ from the other beta-lactams in that they do not possess a sulfone moiety [44,45].
Figure 1.
Molecular Structure of the Beta-Lactams.
Penicillin G crosses through an active transport system within cerebral capillaries leading to more rapid entry into the CSF and a shorter duration of effective concentrations [11,19,46]. Other beta-lactams cross into the CSF through paracellular pathways exhibiting peak CSF concentrations that are delayed relative to serum levels . Penetration improves with inflammation and in purulent meningitis as the pH decreases from the typical CSF pH of 7.3 to a pH of 7.0 allowing for beta-lactams to cross more readily into the CSF [39,47,48]. Targeting early therapeutic concentrations with large systemic doses is necessary to ensure adequate concentrations at the site of infection, expecting that the rate of penetration would decrease as inflammation improves [18,49]. Additionally, the degree of inflammation affects free drug concentrations in the CSF due to the higher protein content during infection and may reduce bactericidal effects [49,50]. Despite that, highly protein bound drugs, such as ceftriaxone, were found to have a significantly lower rate of protein binding in the CSF compared to serum (CSF 18.8% ± 6.21% vs. serum 32.3% to 95%); this effect may be due to a saturation of binding sites when higher doses are utilized [51,52].
Within the penicillins, penetration is as low as 1% with intact (non-inflamed) BBB and may reach above 30% in the presence of inflammation [18,53]. Penicillin G has approximately two-thirds of its CSF elimination occurring via an efflux pump . Inflammation inhibits the penicillin efflux pump leading to higher concentrations initially with a decrease as the inflammation improves . Other beta-lactam antibiotics show a lower affinity for these active transport systems and have CSF elimination that is minimally affected by changes in inflammation [19,39]. Beta-lactams have demonstrated longer elimination times from CSF compared to serum, which may provide less fluctuation in drug concentrations compared to other sites of infection and may also provide sub-MIC effects for some pathogens [14,19].
Ampicillin has long been part of empiric meningitis treatment, particularly for niche coverage against Listeria monocytogenes in adults 50 years and older . In an early study of ampicillin and amoxicillin, Clumeck et al. found that ampicillin was able to reach therapeutic CSF concentrations in healthy volunteers without the presence of inflammation and reached concentrations higher than amoxicillin. The authors pointed to the significant advantage of penetration through an intact BBB beyond 48 h of therapy as clinical improvement occurs and the BBB normalizes . Burgess et al. performed a more recent PK/PD simulation of ampicillin and multiple other antibiotics; they found that while penicillin G demonstrated better potency based on MIC90, the pharmacokinetics of ampicillin demonstrated a longer half-life and higher unbound serum concentrations leading to a preference for ampicillin over penicillin G . The addition of sulbactam further improves the bactericidal effect of ampicillin against beta-lactamase producing strains of H. influenzae . Sulbactam has higher penetration into the CSF in the presence of inflammation, which has been found to decrease with a normal BBB or viral meningitis [57,58].
Piperacillin/tazobactam was evaluated by Ullah et al. in a simulation model of stroke patients . The authors found a delay in time to reach CSF upon initial dosing. They also found that even with more aggressive dosing regimens, pathogens with an MIC above 0.5 microg/mL (L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, E. coli, S. epidermidis, P. aeruginosa) were unlikely to be eradicated in the CNS using piperacillin/tazobactam . Evaluation of the kinetics of piperacillin–tazobactam by Nau et al. in the CSF of patients with hydrocephalus demonstrated a tazobactam concentration in the CSF lower than the desired 4 mg/liter that is required to reduce the piperacillin MIC against some Gram-negative pathogens . Hence, to achieve a higher concentration of tazobactam in the CSF, the authors concluded that currently utilized doses of tazobactam in the commercially available combination formulation may not be effective in treating CNS infection. Hence, this antimicrobial combination would be inappropriate for the prophylaxis and treatment of most CNS infections, including Pseudomonas species.
First and second generation cephalosporins also generally do not achieve adequate concentrations in the CSF for effective utilization clinically . Cefazolin is commonly used for external ventricular drain prophylaxis, and when concentrations were studied in this patient population, CSF concentrations were expected to be adequate for organisms with lower MICs but likely inadequate with standard dosing regimens (e.g., 2 g IV every 8 h) for organisms with higher MICs . In a retrospective comparison between intravenous cefazolin versus cloxacillin for staphylococcal meningitis, high dose cefazolin (6 to 12 g) administered via continuous infusion was able to achieve targeted concentrations; the authors recommended using this dosing strategy paired with therapeutic drug monitoring to ensure target attainment when clinically indicated .
Third generation cephalosporins achieve better penetration and often maintain prolonged concentrations above the mean bactericidal concentration (MBC), which may be particularly desirable in managing infections secondary to Enterobacteriaceae [14,39]. Ceftriaxone and cefotaxime have both been studied in bacterial meningitis, as they possess identical antimicrobial coverage . While both agents demonstrated similar CSF concentrations, ceftriaxone had a higher level of AUCCSF:AUCserum ratio. The authors also noted the importance of administering cefotaxime not longer than every 8 h apart to maintain its therapeutic effects due to its rapid elimination. Ceftriaxone is highly protein bound in the serum (83–96%), likely leading to the delayed entry in the CSF, but it provides benefit through a long half-life in both the serum and CSF [19,52]. In an early pediatric comparison study between ceftriaxone and ampicillin with chloramphenicol, del Rio et al. found greater bactericidal activity in the CSF with ceftriaxone . Experimental models have also shown that the BBB penetration of ceftriaxone was unaffected by the use of steroids . These characteristics have likely led to ceftriaxone being the most utilized beta-lactam in the treatment of meningitis. Cefotaxime, while used less commonly for the treatment of meningitis in adults, remains a viable monotherapy option for susceptible organisms (e.g., S. pneumoniae) . This is especially true in the pediatric population, where it has been the preferred third generation cephalosporin due to a relatively more favorable safety profile [66,67].
Ceftazidime and cefepime have a role in therapy for empiric or definitive treatment of hospital-acquired infections. Kassel et al. found that utilizing cefepime every 8 h had a higher target achievement of fT > MIC ≥ 60% for an MIC of 8 mcg/mL (70% vs. 20% for every 12 h regimen; p = 0.02) . Nau et al. studied ceftazidime pharmacokinetics in patients with external ventriculostomies and considered its use would be suboptimal, especially in pathogens with higher MIC values (e.g., Pseudomonas) ; if used, the authors recommended combination therapy with an aminoglycoside. Standard dosing regimens of cefepime and ceftazidime are likely unable to achieve adequate CSF concentrations with increasing MICs of hospital-acquired pathogens and warrant more aggressive regimens or utilization of continuous infusion . Ceftaroline is one of the newer cephalosporins approved by the FDA and has a desirable extension of the beta-lactam spectrum of activity to include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Ceftaroline has had limited evaluation for CNS infections but has been used off-label for this indication . Similar to the other beta-lactams, it has low CNS penetration. In a Monte Carlo simulation, Helfer et al. found that ceftaroline had 90% predicted target attainment for fT > MIC of 28.8% with an MIC of 1 mg/L; this improved to 99.8% and 97.2% in the presence of inflammation when ceftaroline 600 mg was administered every 8 h and every 12 h, respectively .
Aztreonam differs from traditional beta-lactam antibiotics in that it has only one beta-lactam ring, which reduces the allergic cross-reactivity rate to less than 1% of patients with a beta-lactam allergy [71,72]. Patriarca et al. found no cross-reactivity in 45 patients with a history of one or more beta-lactam allergies, but the potential for cross-reactivity with ceftazidime may be higher as they share identical side chains [73,74]. Structural differences from other beta-lactams also affect the spectrum of antimicrobial coverage. The aminothiazolyl oxime side chain provides activity against Gram-negative bacilli, while a carboxyl side chain allows for enhanced activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, even in multidrug-resistant strains [75,76,77]. An a-methyl group at position four allows for stability in the presence of beta-lactamases [75,76,77]. Aztreonam preferentially binds to penicillin-binding protein 3 (PBP-3) of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall. Since most Gram-positive and anaerobic organisms lack PBP-3, aztreonam has poor affinity for Gram-positive and anaerobic organisms . This narrow spectrum of activity has led to limitation of the clinical utility of aztreonam to primarily being an alternative agent when aminoglycosides are indicated but cannot be utilized . Aztreonam is currently the only clinically available member of the monobactam class and has been identified as one of the older antibiotics with potential to treat multidrug-resistant organisms . Aztreonam is bactericidal against common causes of Gram-negative meningitis, including H. influenzae, P. aeruginosa, and E. coli, while also having good activity against Neisseria meningitidis . The mean CSF concentrations of aztreonam in patients with non-inflamed meninges were 5–10 times the concentrations necessary to inhibit most Enterobacteriaceae. The concentration in CSF in patients with inflamed meninges was four times higher than those with non-inflamed meninges .
Carbapenems have a better rate of CSF penetration compared with other beta-lactams. Meropenem penetrates the CSF and achieves therapeutic levels in patients with inflamed meninges . Imipenem, while able to achieve therapeutic levels within the CSF, is not typically used due to the increased risk for CNS adverse effects, such as epileptic seizures . In spite of these adverse effects, imipenem/cilastatin has been used to treat pneumococcal meningitis when failure of third generation cephalosporins occurs . Fewer data are available for newer carbapenems, such as ertapenem and doripenem, regarding penetration into the CNS . A preliminary study shows that doripenem penetrates the BBB to a small extent; however, more studies are needed before any recommendations can be made to utilize this antimicrobial agent in the treatment of CNS infections . Once reaching the CSF, carbapenems do not diffuse as easily through the cell wall as other beta-lactam antibiotics; they instead enter through outer membrane proteins called porins and are then able to bind to PBPs [86,87].
Newer beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor (BLBLI) combinations have been evaluated as potential treatments for Gram-negative infections. Sime et al. examined ceftolozane–tazobactam penetration after a single dose and proposed that the concentrations would be inadequate with maximum dosing to treat Gram-negative meningitis as monotherapy . However, several cases have been published using ceftolozane–tazobactam as part of a successful salvage therapy regimen for multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative infections [89,90,91,92]. Ceftazidime–avibactam has also been used successfully for treatment of MDR Gram-negative infections including carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae [93,94,95,96]. While further studies are needed, the use of the novel BLBLI combinations remains an option for MDR CNS infections.
Table 1 summarizes the PK/PD data of beta-lactam antibiotics used in the management of CNS infections.
Table 1.
Beta-lactam antimicrobial drugs and their PK/PD data.
Table 1.
Beta-lactam antimicrobial drugs and their PK/PD data.
| Drug | CSF/Serum a (%) | Serum Protein Binding | Primary Route of Elimination | Serum Elimination Half-Life | Serum Cmax | Systemic Dosing | Spectrum of Activity | | | | | | | |
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
| | | | | | | | S. pneumoniae | S. agalactiae | S. aureus MS/MR | H. influenzae | E. coli | P. aeruginosa | N. meningitidis | L. monocytogenes |
| Beta-lactams | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penicillin G | 5–10 | ~60% | Renal (58–85% unchanged) | 31 to 50 min | 400 mg/L | 4 million units IV every 4 h | + | + | −/− | − | − | − | + | + |
| Ampicillin | 13–14 | 15 to 18% | Renal (~90% unchanged) | 1 to 1.8 h | 109 to 150 mg/L | 2 g IV every 4 h | + | + | −/− | − | − | − | + | + |
| Nafcillin | <0.2–20 | ~90% (primarily albumin) | Feces, urine (30% unchanged) | 33 to 61 min | ~30 mg/L | 2 g IV every 4 h | + | + | +/− | − | − | − | − | − |
| Oxacillin | 1.0–2.8 | ~94% (primarily albumin) | Urine and bile (unchanged) | 20 to 30 min | 43 mg/L | 2 g IV every 4 h | + | + | +/− | − | − | − | − | − |
| Piperacillin | 1.8–32 | ~16% | Urine | ~1 h | 108.2 ± 31.7 mg/L c | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Cefazolin | 0–4 | 80% | Urine (70–80% unchanged) | 1.8 h | 94 ± 30.33 mg/L | 2 g IV every 8 h (Novak 2021 CI: 6–12 g per day over 24 h | + | + | +/− | − | + | − | −
| Cefoxitin d | 0.8–35 | 65 to 79% | Urine (85% unchanged) | 41 to 59 min | 110 mg/L | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Cefuroxime e | 11.6–13.7 | 33 to 50% | Urine (66–100% unchanged) | ~1 to 2 h | 100 mg/L | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Cefotaxime | 3–48 | 31 to 50% | Urine (60% unchanged) | 1 to 1.5 h | 214.4 mg/L | 8–12 g/day divided every 4–6 h | + b | + | +/− | + | + | v | + | − |
| Ceftriaxone | 0.6–94 | 85 to 95% | Urine (33–67% unchanged) | ~5 to 9 h | 280 ± 39 mg/L | 2 g IV every 12 h | + b | + | +/− | + | + | − | + | − |
| Ceftazidime | 2.7–15 | <10% | Urine (80-90% unchanged) | 1 to 2 h | 61.9 to 79 mg/L | 2 g IV every 8 h | − | + | −/− | + | + | + | + | − |
| Cefepime | 10 | ~20% | Urine (85% unchanged) | 2 h | 129 ± 27.1 mg/L | 2 g IV every 8 h CI: 0.5 g over 30 min followed by 4 g over 24 h | + | + | +/− | + | + | + | + | − |
| Ceftaroline | 0.5–4.3 | ~20% | Urine (88% unchanged) | 1.6 to 2.7 h | 22.3 ± 5.9 to 22.6 ± 2 mg/L | 600 mg every 8-12 h | + | + | +/+ | + | + | − | + | |
| Ceftolozane | 20–40 | 16 to 21% | Urine (>95% unchanged) | ~3 to 4 h | 73.9 ± 25.4 mg/L | Variable and limited data; 3 g ceftolozane–tazobactam over 1 h every 8 h Potential off-label doses up to 4.5 g and administration as prolonged infusion over 3 h or CI | + | + | −/− | + | + | + | | |
| Aztreonam | 1–37 | ~77% | Urine (60%–70% unchanged) Feces (~12%) | 2.1 h | 204 mg/L | 6–8 g/day divided every 6–8 h | − −/− | + | + | + | + | − |
| Imipenem | 1–45 | ~20% | Urine (~70% unchanged) | ~60 min | 44.2 ± 13.26 mg/L | NR due to neurotoxic effects | | | | | | | | |
| Meropenem | 10.7–21 | ~2% | Urine (~70% unchanged, ~28% inactive metabolite) Feces (2%) | 1 h | ~49 mg/L (39 to 58 mg/L) | 2 g IV every 8 h | + | | +/− | + | + | + | + | + |
| Beta-lactamase Inhibitors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Avibactam | 38 | 5.7 to 8.2% | Urine (97% unchanged) | 2.7 h | 12 to 15.5 mg/L | | | | | | | | | |
| Clavulanate | 6–17 | ~25% | Urine (25–40% unchanged) | 1 h | 2.4 ± 0.83 mg/L | | | | | | | | | |
| Sulbactam | 13.5 (Wang 2015) | 38% | Urine (75–80% unchanged) | 1 to 1.3 h | 48 to 88 mg/L | | | | | | | | | |
| Tazobactam | 3–74 | 30% | Urine (>80% unchanged) | ~2 to 3 h | 21.7 ± 7.8 mg/L | | | | | | | | | |
| Vaborbactam | | ~33% | Urine (75–95% unchanged) | 1.68 h | 55.6 ± 11 mg/L | | | | | | | | | |
CSF, cerebral spinal fluid; t1/2, half-life; h, hours; g, grams; IV, intravenous; AUC, area under the curve; NR, not recommended; CI, continuous infusion; MS, methicillin-sensitive; MR, methicillin-resistant; a. CSF/serum concentrations will vary depending on inflamed conditions (e.g., meningitis); b. ceftriaxone or cefotaxime plus vancomycin for Streptococcus pneumoniae; c. piperacillin and tazobactam Cmax following 4 h infusion; d. cefoxitin package insert. Mylan Institutional LLC, 2017; e. claforan. Package insert. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, 2015; References [14,19,24,54,61,63,97,98,99]
The bactericidal activity of beta-lactam antibiotics is time-dependent; it is determined by the amount of time that the free drug concentration remains above the minimum inhibitory concentration (fT > MIC) for the organism [16,40]. Ideally, efficacy is improved when fT > MIC for at least 50% of the time between doses and recommended at 100% in immunocompromised individuals. Additionally, when the antibiotic concentration is 4–5 times above the MIC of the organism being targeted, efficacy is further improved. This proportion of time above the MIC is best attainable for cephalosporins and aztreonam as compared to penicillins, and it is better achieved for penicillins than it is for carbapenems [100,101].
In contrast to bactericidal activity in serum, proposed slower bacterial growth in the CSF may reduce beta-lactam activity as they rely on cell wall synthesis and rapid bacterial multiplication for maximum effect [14,39,49,50]. Moreover, an impaired immune response requires minimum bactericidal concentrations to be reached rather than only inhibitory concentration . Lutsar et al. found the best linear correlation occurred between time above the mean bactericidal concentration (T > MBC) and bacterial killing rate in an experimental rabbit meningitis model using ceftriaxone [19,102]. The authors proposed that high concentrations above MIC or MBC may not be necessary, and that beta-lactams maintain time-dependent bactericidal activity in the CSF similar to the effects in the serum . In this experimental model, they found that dividing the same ceftriaxone dose into two doses per day provided continued bactericidal activity throughout the time period compared with the total dose at once, which led to a cessation of the killing effect after 12 h.
The dosing of beta-lactam antibiotics is empirically selected based on the expected PK profile of the individual drug and expected limited CSF penetration. Generally, beta-lactam antibiotics are considered to have a wide therapeutic index for safety to allow for more aggressive dosing regimens in CNS infections without the need to limit or decrease doses to avoid toxicity [17,40,103]. With the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant organisms and elevated MIC targets, dose escalation has been common, bringing into question the threshold for toxicity with supratherapeutic exposure versus clinical failure with subtherapeutic concentrations. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) studies for beta-lactams have been published since 2009, but unlike other antibiotics (e.g., aminoglycosides, vancomycin), TDM for beta-lactams is still not widely available for clinical use. This can increase the risk of either clinical failure or toxicity if the empiric dosing regimen is not correctly selected [20,104]. A study by Udy et al. evaluated unbound beta-lactam concentrations and found creatinine clearance (CrCl) was a statistically significant contributor to whether a therapeutic concentration was obtained. The authors demonstrated trough levels less than MIC in 82% and less than four times the MIC in 72% of patients with CrCl ≥ 130 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p < 0.001; p < 0.001, respectively) [20,105]. Roberts et al. similarly found that 74.2% of initial doses provided inadequate steady state concentrations for maximum effects; patients with meningitis in this study required a dose increase in 47% of the cases . TDM remains an important opportunity for future research to correlate target CSF concentrations with clinical effectiveness against pathogens including resistant ones, tailoring that to patient specific factors such as obesity, immunocompromised states, extracellular fluid deviations, and augmented renal clearance, with the intent of the optimization of PK/PD targets [40,104,106,107].
Recently, discussion has increased on the minimum and maximum acceptable doses to ascertain both efficacy and safety with this class of antibiotics . Neurotoxicity from beta-lactams is likely related to the beta-lactam ring and its binding affinity at GABA receptor sites leading to inhibition on GABA neurotransmission [108,109]. Neurotoxicity risk increases with higher doses as used in treating meningitis . Other risk factors include renal or hepatic insufficiency, hypoalbuminemia (i.e., increased free drug availability), advanced age, and other CNS disorders or predisposing conditions that increase BBB permeability (e.g., stroke) [40,109]. The risk of neurotoxicity appears to be highest with penicillin G, cefazolin, cefepime, ceftazidime, and imipenem . Historically beta-lactams were trialed for IVT administration in an attempt to circumvent poor CNS penetration. Administration of beta-lactams intraventricularly was linked to harmful CNS effects including seizures and in the most severe cases, death . IVT administration of beta-lactams is not recommended.
To maximize the time above MIC or MBC, the continuous infusion administration of beta-lactams has been evaluated. In an experimental rabbit model, no difference was seen in intermittent infusion versus continuous infusions of penicillin G; the use of an every 4 h intermittent dosing schedule was able to adequately maintain concentrations above the MBC [14,39]. One theory proposed that brief exposure to subinhibitory concentrations may allow for bacterial regrowth and optimize the beta-lactam mechanism of action [39,48]. However, with an increase in bacterial resistance, the use of continuous infusions may still be beneficial in the management of MDRO or patients with CNS infections lacking inflammation (e.g., ventriculitis) to optimize the fT > MIC. Meropenem has been studied to determine if continuous infusions can be utilized to treat CNS infections, and it has been found that infusion rates of 125 mg/h and 250 mg/h achieved sufficient concentrations greater than the MIC for susceptible organisms and intermediately resistant organisms . However, the short room temperature stability of ~4 to 6 h does make continuous infusions more difficult to manage . Huang et al. found that use of a bolus followed by continuous infusion with cefepime was able to achieve higher AUCCSF:AUCplasma ratios compared with intermittent infusion (18.4% vs. 9.7%) . They also found that the concentrations remained above MIC for greater than 75% of the time with MICs of 8 mg/mL compared with 0% of the time with intermittent dosing . Grégoire et al. recently published a dose optimization nomogram to improve ceftriaxone dosing based on renal function to avoid underdosing (Figure 2) . For example, within the nomogram, an 80 kg patient with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 50 mL/min/1.73 m2 may achieve adequate concentrations with 2 g ceftriaxone twice daily, but if the same 80 kg patient had an eGFR > 110 mL/min/1.73 m2, the same dose would be expected to be subtherapeutic. Future studies should pursue a similar focus on beta-lactam dose optimization and TDM with concentration targets correlated to clinical outcomes.
Figure 2.
Nomogram of the daily dose of ceftriaxone per kilogram of total weight to be administered to achieve a trough concentration target of 20 mg/L (full line) and to not exceed 100 mg/L (broken line) with a probability of 0.9, accounting for renal function estimated by the CKD-EPI formula (eGFR) using a twice-daily regimen. Dotted lines represent the 95% confidence interval (used with permission from Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, License ID1286030-1, ISSN1098-6596) .
Carbapenems are unique in comparison to other members of the beta-lactam family in that they exhibit a post-antibiotic effect (PAE). Meropenem in particular has been shown to have a PAE up to 2.5 h when Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterobacteriaceae were exposed to drug concentrations that were four times the MIC for 1.5 h . Meropenem’s PAE has been shown to be extended when used in combination with gentamicin .
Clinical Perspectives in Consideration of Beta-Lactam PK/PD Data
Some beta-lactam antibiotics are excellent options for CNS infections as empiric therapy, but also as definitive therapy when the infectious agent and its sensitivities are identified. They are utilized intravenously, with no role for ITT or IVT administration, as this has been shown to be harmful. Of all beta-lactams, ceftriaxone is the primary and most utilized beta-lactam in CNS infections, specifically in bacterial meningitis and brain abscess. Generally, the dose for treatment of active disease is standard and requires no adjustment in renal and hepatic failure but may require an increase in dosing with increased eGFR above eGFR > 110 mL/min/1.73 m2. Penicillin G is the primary choice for neurosyphilis and for susceptible Neisseria meningitidis strains, as well as an alternative agent to ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis with susceptible bacteria. Ceftazidime and cefepime are agents of choice in catheter or shunt-related bacterial meningitis in combination with non-beta-lactam agents for synergy. Piperacillin–tazobactam has no standard role in the treatment of CNS infections. Aztreonam, a beta-lactam antimicrobial with only one ring, is distinguished in clinical practice as primarily useful in the treatment of Gram-negative infections, including Pseudomonas, without activity against Gram-positive organisms. With its excellent tissue penetration, including the meninges across the BBB in the inflamed and non-inflamed statuses, aztreonam has a specific clinical niche in managing CNS infections such as meningitis when H. influenzae, E. coli, Neisseria meningitidis, or P. aeruginosa are suspected or confirmed, where it may be utilized as monotherapy. However, it can also be added to vancomycin if Gram-negative organisms are suspected in ventriculitis, where they may occur in 5–8% of CNS surgical site infections. Aztreonam also replaces aminoglycosides when these agents are indicated but cannot be utilized . Meropenem has a primary role in cases of bacterial resistance or contraindication to other beta-lactams. It is preferred over imipenem due to imipenem’s propensity to decrease the seizure threshold in patients with risk factors for seizure or with convulsive disorders. Inflammation of the meninges facilitates entry of beta-lactams from serum to the CSF, but that does not necessarily translate into more effective antimicrobial activity because of the factors discussed above.
3. Vancomycin
Vancomycin is a large, hydrophilic glycopeptide that is one of the most commonly used antibiotics, via several administration routes, IV, IVT, and ITT, for the empiric treatment of CNS infections [117,118]. The bactericidal activity of vancomycin is both concentration- and time-dependent, related to the ratio of the area under the concentration time curve (AUC) for the free (non-protein bound) fraction of the drug to the MIC . Although both pharmacokinetic parameters fT > MIC and Cmax are important in determining the therapeutic efficacy of vancomycin, the AUC/MIC ratio is the major determinant of its therapeutic efficacy [16,119]. Vancomycin’s therapeutic efficacy may indeed be more concentration-dependent than it is time-dependent [19,119,120]. There does not appear to be any difference in patient outcomes between vancomycin administered by continuous infusion or by intermittent administration, thus supporting the notion that vancomycin is more concentration-dependent .
Reported protein binding of vancomycin ranges between 30 and 60%, which could contribute to inadequate drug disposition into the CNS [48,122]. In the absence of meningeal inflammation, the penetration into the CSF of vancomycin is hampered by its high molecular weight and hydrophilicity [48,53,123,124]. With inflammation, the tight junctions of the blood–brain barrier cells are damaged, which facilitates entry into the CSF. While penetration in inflamed meninges is reportedly as high as 81%, and reports on penetration into the CSF in normal or mildly infected meninges are conflicting, found to vary between 0 and 36% . It is estimated that with meningitis, vancomycin achieves a level in CSF up to 22% of that in the serum . Vancomycin penetration into the CSF is slower than the clearance from the CSF. This is seen in studies in patients with ventriculitis as well as in subjects with non-inflamed meninges [30,123,125]. Wang and colleagues investigated whether the CSF concentration of intravenously administered vancomycin reached therapeutic levels following neurosurgery, where disruption of the BBB is expected. Twenty-four hours after surgery, vancomycin administration achieved a peak concentration of 4.4 mg/L in one patient. Another patient, given the dose 72 h post-operatively, had a peak of 11.9 mg/L. This demonstrates that the disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) after neurosurgical procedures may be prolonged and increase the penetration of intravenously administered vancomycin with the subsequent increase in CSF concentration [48,126].
Blassmann and colleagues reported that vancomycin achieves adequate CSF concentrations after IV administration, with dose increases being required in the setting of augmented renal clearance [20,123]. Vancomycin concentrations in CSF are at least partially dependent on the level of meningeal inflammation with relatively low CNS penetration overall and substantially variable CNS concentrations following systemic dosing alone [10,27,123]. Ricard and colleagues determined that concomitant dexamethasone (10 mg every 6 h) did not affect vancomycin therapy (continuous infusion of 60 mg/kg/day after a 15 mg/kg loading dose) because acceptable levels of vancomycin were obtained in the CSF (mean value 7.9 mg/L) . High doses of vancomycin are required to achieve optimum serum and CSF vancomycin concentrations in patients with ventricular drainage [53,117], a procedure indicated in certain neurosurgical conditions (such as hematoma, elevated intracranial pressure, acute hydrocephalus, and sometimes in meningitis).
Vancomycin can also be used synergistically with other antibiotics, such as with ceftriaxone for pneumococcal meningitis . Rifampin can be considered in addition to vancomycin for staphylococcal CNS infections if the organism is susceptible and prosthetic material is also in place and for Streptococcus pneumoniae CNS infections if the MIC to ceftriaxone is >2 ug/mL .
There is less clarity about the relevant drug exposure at the target site of infection and the regimens required to achieve these targets . Blassman and colleagues reported poor penetration of vancomycin into CSF in patients with proven or suspected ventriculitis with a median CSF/serum ratio of 3% with high interpatient variability, leading to the belief that therapeutic drug monitoring of both serum and CSF may be needed to optimize therapy. The ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients recommends the optimal vancomycin serum trough concentration for CNS infections is 15–20 mg/L in order to improve CSF penetration, increase the likelihood of reaching optimal target serum concentrations, and improve clinical outcomes . Guidelines recommend dosing vancomycin at 30–60 mg/kg/day for meningitis and ventriculitis to ensure sufficient CSF concentrations [31,121,123]. Albanèse and colleagues reported successful treatment of bacterial meningitis utilizing continuous vancomycin infusion at a mean dose of 62 mg/kg/day to obtain serum concentrations of 25–30 mg/L and CSF levels of 6–19 mg/L . ITT administration of vancomycin is also an option as there have been very few side effects reported and no contraindications for this route. ITT with vancomycin dosed at 10–20 mg every 24 h will ensure concentrations above the MIC of susceptible pathogens for the entire dosing interval , and the IDSA guidelines recommend doses from 5 to 20 mg/kg . In a recent meta-analysis by Schneider and colleagues looking at the efficacy of vancomycin in CNS infections, no superior dosing regimen could be identified for meningitis or ventriculitis . There is a need for better defined clinical outcomes, optimal pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics, and toxicodynamic parameters following vancomycin administration for CNS infections .
The IDSA guidelines recommend IVT antimicrobial therapy for patients with healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis in which the infection responds poorly to systemic antimicrobial therapy alone . IVT dosing is likely necessary for the treatment of ventriculitis allowing substantially higher concentrations . A systematic review by Beach and colleagues demonstrated no relationship between the overall CSF levels of vancomycin and clinical/microbiological cure of ventriculitis . CSF sterility and normalization of CSF parameters have been achieved sooner with the use of intraventricular therapy and intravenous therapy together as compared to intravenous therapy alone . Nau and colleagues report utilizing IVT vancomycin at a dose of 5–20 mg/kg every 24 h may result in temporary hearing loss .
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of Vancomycin PK/PD Data
Vancomycin is a glycopeptide that is very commonly used in CNS infections intravenously, but also intrathecally and intraventricularly for patients with resistant organisms. It is safe and effective by all these routes, with the pharmacodynamic activity via time-dependent and concentration-dependent bacterial killing. The drug is administered two or three times per day, but also continuous infusions are utilized to enhance the AUC maintenance above the MIC for the duration of the time of utilization. The primary spectrum of activity is against Gram-positive organisms, and hence it is used either as monotherapy for documented MRSA infections, such as with hospital associated meningitis, ventriculitis, or other shunt-related CNS infections, but also as combination therapy with beta-lactams for empiric therapy against community-acquired CNS infections until antimicrobial resistance is ruled out. Its penetration into the BBB is enhanced by meningeal inflammation or ventriculitis, as well as after neurosurgical procedures. Entry into the CSF is much less efficient when there is no CNS inflammation. Its activity, penetration, and levels in the CSF are not affected by concomitant use of dexamethasone. Additionally, multiple studies have failed to demonstrate a direct relationship between its degree of microbial killing vis-à-vis CNS levels. TDM is a tool utilized in clinical practice to monitor its levels and ensure a therapeutic serum concentration. Table 2 summarizes the PK/PD data of vancomycin.
Table 2.
Vancomycin dosing and PK/PD data.
4. Aminoglycosides
Aminoglycosides are active in vitro against Gram-negative organisms including most Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . They exhibit concentration-dependent killing; the higher the drug concentration relative to pathogen minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), the greater the rate and extent of antimicrobial activity. Aminoglycosides also exhibit PAE, which leads to persistent suppression of bacterial growth long after administration is complete [16,19]. They have limited access to the CNS due to the BBB due to their hydrophilicity and poor penetration even in the presence of meningeal inflammation [18,22]. Penetration of aminoglycosides in the presence of significant meningeal inflammation remains poor because brain capillaries lack the basement membrane pores of systemic capillaries rendering them impermeable to the aminoglycosides’ large hydrophilic molecules [14,16,128]. Systemic administration of aminoglycosides when used as monotherapy does not achieve effective blood levels . High dose IV therapy is limited by their narrow therapeutic range due to nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity and achieves too low CSF concentrations (0.1–0.45 mg/liter) to be clinically relevant [17,24]. The reported risks of concurrent vancomycin and aminoglycoside administration in humans provides conflicting information on whether there is no effect or enhanced nephrotoxicity. Rybak and colleagues found that patients who received both agents concurrently were almost 7-fold more likely to develop nephrotoxicity . According to most of the available published data, it appears there is a 3- to 4-fold increase in nephrotoxicity when these agents are used in combination. The incidence of ototoxicity may increase when aminoglycoside therapy is used in addition to vancomycin. In these instances, monitoring of these agents is important for the prevention of these toxicities from occurring .
Use of aminoglycosides may require direct instillation by IVT or ITT administration into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to achieve therapeutic levels at the infection site while limiting systemic toxicity [14,17,48]. IVT or ITT administration may be considered when IV administration alone fails to achieve a clinical or laboratory response of bacterial meningitis caused by susceptible organisms [22,122]. Case reports describe high CSF concentrations post IVT doses (>100 mg/L, 1.59 mg/L) in comparison to IV administration, which did not achieve CSF concentrations above 0.5 mg/L . In a case series of 14 patients with bacterial meningitis, survival, meningitis cure and CSF sterilization rates of 31, 64, and 86% were demonstrated with IVT therapy used in combination with IV aminoglycosides . Notably, defined pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and toxicodynamic targets for aminoglycosides in the CSF are absent from the published literature, complicated by the lack of applicability for using systemic aminoglycoside levels as surrogate markers. Similarly, there is limited guidance available for aminoglycoside drug monitoring in the CSF . Optimal dosing regimens for IVT therapy remain unclear with each drug having a range of reported doses (amikacin 5–50 mg daily, tobramycin 5–20 mg daily, gentamicin 4–20 mg daily) and a wide range of duration of therapy (3–40 days). A lack of prospective clinical trial data on the IVT administration of aminoglycoside use and the risk of adverse effects, such as temporary hearing loss, seizures, aseptic meningitis, and eosinophilic CSF pleocytosis, lead to this route being reserved for seriously ill patients for whom systemic antimicrobials have failed to eradicate the infecting organism or those with recurrent infection . IVT administration has demonstrated increased mortality in some neonatal studies .
There have been reports of ITT administration of aminoglycosides that led to CSF sterilization and lower mortality. There were no significant side effects reported for gentamicin or tobramycin, but there were reports of hearing loss and tonic-clonic seizures post-amikacin ITT administration. Optimal dosing regimens for ITT therapy remain unclear with each drug having a range of reported doses (amikacin 4–50 mg daily, tobramycin 5–20 mg daily, gentamicin 1–10 mg daily) and a wide range of durations of therapy (3–180 days) .
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of Aminoglycoside PK/PD Data
Aminoglycosides penetrate the CSF poorly, even with inflammation of the meninges. Together with their narrow therapeutic range and high degree of toxicity, they are of limited utility upon systemic administration in the management of CNS bacterial infections. IVT and ITT administrations are likewise of limited clinical utility, have no standardized dosing regimens, and can lead to direct CNS toxicity. Hence, aminoglycosides could be utilized as a last therapeutic frontier in patients with no other alternatives . The availability of more efficacious and better tolerated antimicrobials as alternatives has rendered them less attractive for use in the context of CNS infections, for which they are rarely used in clinical practice for their management.
5. Linezolid
Linezolid is an oxazolidinone antimicrobial known for its activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-positive organisms, including MRSA and VRE . The consensus on which agent is optimal for treating VRE faecium CNS infections remains to be determined . Linezolid is a bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor with bacteriostatic activity against Enterococcus species, which has raised concerns regarding its clinical benefit, particularly when used in patients who are immunocompromised or have deep-seated infections . In a systematic review comparing clinical outcomes between bacteriostatic and bactericidal agents, Wald-Dickler and colleagues concluded that in contrast to other static agents that achieved very low blood concentrations, linezolid possesses more favorable bloodstream pharmacokinetics due to having superior or no relevant differences in clinical outcomes for Gram-positive bloodstream infections when compared to bactericidal drugs such as vancomycin and teicoplanin . According to two population PK studies in critically ill neurosurgical patients, linezolid reached mean CSF concentration to serum ratios of 66% and 77%, suggesting good CSF penetration . However, other studies report a high interpatient variability in CSF concentrations, which threatens efficacy for organisms with higher MIC values of 2 and 4 mg/L , and that would suggest a higher dose may be required to achieve higher CSF levels for optimal efficacy. There has been one case report from Dietz and colleagues that described the use of linezolid 600 mg every 8 h, rather than the standard 600 mg every 12 h dosing . Among 19 cases that utilized linezolid for VRE faecium CNS infections, 15 reported a clinical cure (78.9%) of which monotherapy with linezolid was used in 53.3% (8/15) of the cases [135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142]. There is one successful case report in the literature describing ITT linezolid for the treatment of Enterococcus faecalis ventriculitis . The reported patient was administered linezolid intrathecally via an external ventricular drain (EVD) at 10 mg daily for a total of 15 days . There have also been some reports of combination therapy with daptomycin and linezolid. The proposed mechanism is that daptomycin depolarizes the cell membrane, which may increase the access of linezolid to the target ribosome . With its known myelosuppressive side effect, initially observed in clinical trial participants, and in post-marketing studies at higher rates, blood cell parameters should be closely monitored in patients on linezolid, especially with extended durations (>10 days) . Based upon these data, linezolid monotherapy may be an option for the treatment of susceptible VRE faecium CNS infections, and it has a clinical niche as an alternative to vancomycin in the treatment of MRSA brain abscesses . ITT or IVT administration cannot be recommended at this time due to the lack of supportive evidence of safety and efficacy in large numbers of patients.
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of Linezolid PK/PD Data
Linezolid therapy may be an option for the treatment of resistant Gram-positive nosocomial ventriculitis and meningitis, specifically VRE and MRSA, and as an alternative when other agents fail clinically. It requires no hepatic or renal adjustment. It has been shown in some studies to achieve CSF levels up to 77% that of serum, although this has not been reproducible in other studies. Long-term adverse effects, particularly pancytopenias, limit its use. IVT and ITT therapies cannot be recommended at this time. Table 3 summarizes the PK/PD data relevant to linezolid.
Table 3.
Linezolid dosing and PK/PD data.
6. Daptomycin
Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide with concentration-dependent pharmacokinetics that exhibit rapid bactericidal activity against Gram-positive organisms, including resistant strains such as vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is bactericidal and has been successfully utilized in the treatment of VRE bacteremia and endocarditis. Daptomycin has a large molecular weight and a high degree of protein binding (>90%), which is thought to contribute to limited penetration into the CNS . There are some reported treatment successes in bacterial meningitis [27,147,148]. Direct access to the CSF space via ITT or IVT daptomycin installation provides an alternative route of administration that has proven highly effective, especially when failure with IV linezolid and daptomycin has occurred . The optimal dose is not established but reported treatment successes utilized IVT daptomycin 5 mg either daily or every 48 h anywhere from 2 doses to 54 days [134,149,150]. Piva and colleagues studied the penetration of daptomycin in the CSF after IV infusion at the dose of 10 mg/kg and found the CSF/serum ratio to be only 0.45%, determining that it is unlikely that IV daptomycin administration could reach effective CSF concentrations to have clinical efficacy. Effective treatment with systemic administration could be obtained with doses higher than 10 mg/kg, but there are no current studies that have evaluated these higher doses . Applicability in VRE faecium CNS infections remains indeterminate, with a limited number of case reports finding success using different dosing strategies (synergy with other antibiotics, increased doses, etc.) .
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of Daptomycin PK/PD Data
Daptomycin is a relatively newer agent, a lipopeptide rarely utilized for CNS infections. With bactericidal properties against Gram-positive cocci, it has emerged as an alternative therapy when treating MRSA or VRE CNS infections when other agents are contraindicated or have failed. IV daptomycin is unlikely to effectively cross the BBB, hence ITT or IVT administrations were evaluated and shown to be successful in some case reports. The PK/PD data relevant to daptomycin are provided in Table 4.
Table 4.
Daptomycin dosing and PK/PD data.
7. Metronidazole
Metronidazole is a synthetic nitroimidazole antimicrobial introduced originally to treat Trichomonas vaginalis, and one of the current mainstay drugs used to treat infections caused by anaerobic bacteria (Bacteroides fragilis, Prevotella species, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Clostridium difficile, Gardneralla vaginalis), protozoa, and microaerophilic bacteria. It exerts a bactericidal cytotoxic effect by introducing free radicals that damage the host DNA. This inhibits protein synthesis and induces cell death. Typically administered orally or intravenously (500 mg over 30 min every 8 h), metronidazole has concentration-dependent killing with a post-antibiotic suppressive effect [152,153]. Several studies have demonstrated rare neurotoxic effects, such as metronidazole-induced encephalopathy and autonomic neuropathy that resolve upon the discontinuation of the drug [154,155,156,157,158]. This speaks to the drug’s ability to penetrate the CNS, which is likely due to metronidazole’s lipophilicity that also renders it efficacious in the treatment of bacterial meningitis and brain abscesses [11,159,160,161,162]. Numerous studies have attempted to quantify its CNS availability. With a greater than 90% oral bioavailability and high volumes of distribution approaching 60–100% of plasma concentrations [14,163], metronidazole can effectively penetrate and treat CNS infections. CNS drug distribution has traditionally been assessed by sampling cerebrospinal fluid drug concentration via lumbar puncture or external ventricular drainage. However, a recent study by Frasca et al. utilized intracerebral microdialysis in acute brain injury patients to better quantify the distribution of metronidazole in brain parenchyma by sampling the extracellular fluid (ECF) . Their results demonstrated maximal concentrations in the brain that were slightly but not significantly lower than corresponding plasma concentrations. The mean brain-to-unbound plasma ratio was equal to 102% ± 19% in brain parenchyma after the administration of 500 mg of metronidazole every 8 h. Additionally, a comparison of the concentration–time curves of the drug showed a peak concentration in the ECF comparable to that of unbound plasma concentrations . This was contrary to the CSF concentration that remained essentially flat, which supports the value of new techniques in assessing CNS drug availability in addition to new evidence of the extensive CNS penetration of metronidazole.
Clinical Perspectives in Consideration of Metronidazole PK/PD Data
Metronidazole remains a reliable CNS-penetrating antimicrobial with a unique spectrum of activity that can target susceptible anaerobic microorganisms to effectively treat brain abscesses and meningitis. Metronidazole PK/PD data are provided in Table 5.
Table 5.
Metronidazole dosing and PK/PD data.
8. Fluoroquinolone
Fluoroquinolones are small, lipophilic molecules, a class of antimicrobials, clinically versatile based on the broad spectrum of activity. Fluoroquinolones are active against Gram-negative bacteria such as Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas, Gram-positives such as Streptococci and Listeria, and organisms without cell walls such as chlamydia and mycoplasma. They also have efficacy against mycobacterial organisms [11,169,170,171]. They are bactericidal as they inhibit the bacterial DNA replication enzymes, DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV. Their effectiveness is further bolstered by a high degree of oral to serum bioavailability, with the less lipophilic (hence hydrophilic) ciprofloxacin reaching levels of around 70% and the more lipophilic moxifloxacin and levofloxacin reaching higher levels of 90 to 100% of absorption when administered orally. These favorable pharmacokinetic attributes extend to their penetration into CSF. Various studies have shown that moxifloxacin and, to a lesser but still effective degree, ciprofloxacin and other fluoroquinolones readily penetrate the CNS. Their CSF levels are comparable to concurrent serum levels with AUCCSF:AUCserum ratios approaching 1.0, and this does not seem to be significantly impacted in the setting of meningeal inflammation [11,19,171]. Hence, IVT or ITT administration is not necessary. Despite these obvious advantages, the utilization of fluoroquinolones in infections of the CNS is not strongly established, though there have been investigations of their potential effectiveness in the treatment of tuberculosis-related infections [11,19,169,170,172,173]. Fluoroquinolones exhibit a PAE on Gram-negative bacteria, which allows infrequent dosing.
These attractive features seem to be complicated, but not compromised, by the tendency of fluoroquinolones to have both concentration- and time-dependent activities. Most evidence seems to suggest that the effectiveness of this antibiotic class is best characterized by measuring the ratios of AUC/MIC, as well as the Cpeak/MIC . Levofloxacin was studied in patients with critical neurological conditions, who had external ventricular devices due to hydrocephalus. A levofloxacin dose of 500 mg IV every 12 h achieved high penetration into the CSF but reached concentrations that were deemed inadequate for pathogens with MIC <0.5 mg/L . Hence, the authors suggested that in order to achieve higher CSF concentrations for efficacy, a higher dose needs to be administered, which would not be tolerated due to significant adverse effects. Neurotoxicity described with the use of fluoroquinolones, such as encephalopathy, seizures, peripheral neuropathy, and thought rare, worsening myasthenia gravis, are all concerns that would obviate more aggressive dosing of fluoroquinolones for CNS infections [175,176,177,178].
In direct contrast, a study of 50 healthy patients who received oral moxifloxacin for prophylaxis before urological procedures demonstrated timely and effective penetration of the antibiotic into CSF . Samples of CSF were obtained over the interval of several hours after the administration of oral moxifloxacin. Those samples were incubated with isolates of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae. The study showed that moxifloxacin concentrations in CSF sampled between 2 and 6 h after oral intake had significant bactericidal activity against S. pneumoniae, which supports moxifloxacin being a potentially useful drug in the treatment of meningitis caused by penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae. The significance of this study is the absence of meningeal inflammation. Experimental animal studies of S. pneumoniae and E. coli meningitis demonstrated good penetration into the CNS . Hence, it is accordingly possible to predict even better moxifloxacin penetration of the CSF in humans with meningitis. However, standard recommendations regarding fluoroquinolone utility in bacterial meningitis are still lacking due to the absence of trials documenting its efficacy; therefore, a gap exists in the confirmatory knowledge of the potential for the clinical use of fluoroquinolones in bacterial CNS infections.
Moxifloxacin, specifically, has been more extensively investigated in the setting of tuberculous meningitis as it seems to be the fluoroquinolone with the greatest in vitro effect against tuberculosis . In two small studies of one and four patients with TB meningitis, respectively, the authors were able to demonstrate that oral administration of moxifloxacin achieved a CSF AUC/MIC ratio of 56 to 132, based on the dose administered [169,170]. Notably, the latter study had patients who continued taking the medication for weeks to months with no observed adverse effects. However, the moxifloxacin effectiveness in those studies remained debatable as only oral doses of 800 mg were able to reliably achieve the AUC/MIC ratios >100 that are desired for reducing the development of drug resistance . Of particular note is that the use of moxifloxacin in tuberculosis treatment has a specific caveat that the plasma concentrations and AUC of the agent may be reduced by nearly 30% if rifampin is concomitantly administered, likely due to rifampin-induced glucuronidation or sulfation .
Clinical Perspectives in Consideration of PK/PD Data of Fluoroquinolones
Despite their favorable PK/PD profile as small, lipophilic molecules that enable almost complete oral absorption, and similarly complete penetration into the CSF, fluoroquinolones have very sparce supportive indications for monotherapy of CNS infections. They can be administered intravenously in combination with other antimicrobials when there is concern of concomitant Gram-negative infections, such as in the treatment of ventricular drain device infection (in combination with vancomycin for example). Another niche for their clinical utility is in tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, particularly moxifloxacin. However, an area that complicates the practical use of fluoroquinolones in CNS infections is their low antimicrobial activity in CSF against S. pneumoniae meningitis, a common meningitis pathogen [11,19]; hence, they have no role in the treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. They have less of a PAE in meningitis as compared to other infections and should be administered twice daily. Increasing their dose as a PK means to achieve higher CSF concentration results in intolerable adverse effects. Further details on the PK/PD data relevant to moxifloxacin are provided in Table 6.
Table 6.
Moxifloxacin dosing and PK/PD data.
9. Trimethoprim (TMP)/Sulfamethoxazole
Trimethoprim (TMP)/sulfamethoxazole (SMX) (to be referred to as TMP-SMX) is a combination bactericidal antimicrobial agent. Both components of this combination work synergistically to inhibit folate synthesis in susceptible bacterial pathogens . Both TMP and SMX are time-dependent bacteriostatic agents, with the potential for concentration-dependent bactericidal activity for susceptible organisms. For the treatment of meningitis, where bactericidal activity is desired, appropriate concentrations need to be achieved in the CSF .
TMP and SMX are small lipophilic molecules, and thus, penetration into the CSF is higher than that of beta-lactam antimicrobials or aminoglycosides in both inflammatory and non-inflammatory meningeal conditions . Bishop and colleagues concluded through two studies in neurosurgical patients that CSF levels of TMP-SMX after oral administration were favorable. Specifically, a 5 mg/kg TMP and 25 mg/kg SMX IV dose achieved TMP concentrations of 0.5–3.2 mg/L and SMX concentrations of 5–40 mg/L. In a study of 15 patients without meningitis, who were administered IV TMP-SMX preoperatively at 5 mg/kg TMP and 25 mg/kg SMX, the CSF concentrations in 11 of 14 patients achieved levels exceeding MIC for Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis . A similar study by Dudley and colleagues reviewed the pharmacokinetic properties of TMP-SMX regarding entry into CSF in adult patients who had normal meninges. This study used a similar dosing regimen to the Wang study, (a single IV infusion of TMP-SMX in a 1:5 ratio, 5 mg/kg of TMP, 25 mg/kg of SMX) in nine adult patients who had uninflamed meninges. According to their analysis, a loading dose based on TMP at 6 mg/kg every 8 h, or 8 mg/kg every 12 h should yield steady state peak concentrations of at least 5 mcg per mL of serum, and 160 mcg of SMX per mL of serum. The CSF penetration of TMP-SMX compared to the serum level was 18% for TMP and 12% for SMX . This penetration of TMP-SMX into CSF even in non-inflamed meninges has been recommended as a rationale for the prophylaxis or therapy of CNS infections where there is minimal meningeal inflammation, such as in shunt infections .
TMP-SMX has desirable antimicrobial activity against common Gram-negative pathogens, such as Enterobacter, Acinetobacter, and Serratia, as well as Gram-positive pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes, that can cause meningitis, and which may be only moderately susceptible or resistant to third generation cephalosporins . It is important to note that TMP-SMX has a well-documented risk of causing drug-induced aseptic meningitis and is the most commonly reported antibiotic cause of this condition . This risk is higher among immunocompromised patients but is also seen in immunocompetent individuals. Symptoms are identical to standard infectious meningitis, and include fever, headache, and a stiff neck, but more severe hemodynamic instability has been reported as well. Symptoms can occur hours to weeks after the initiation of TMP-SMX.
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of TMP-SMX PK/PD Data
At doses of 20 mg/kg/day (based on TMP component) divided every 6–12 h, TMP-SMX is an agent qualified for use for CNS infections caused by susceptible bacterial pathogens. The primary indications are Listeria monocytogenes meningitis (as alternative therapy to ampicillin), meningitis caused by Gram-negative pathogens with reduced susceptibility to beta-lactams, such as Enterobacter, Acinetobacter, and Serratia species, as well as for shunt infections. ITMP-SMX also has therapeutic roles in other microbial CNS infections, such as Toxoplasma encephalitis, Nocardia CNS infections, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and some parasitic and fungal pathogens (e.g., paracoccidioidomycosis). It requires dose adjustment based on renal and hepatic functions. A concern with TMP-SMX is the potential for drug-induced aseptic meningitis, which would complicate the clinical picture of the CNS infection being treated. Hence, it is an agent that is not used empirically, and has specific therapeutic niches. Data related to PK/PD characteristics of TMP-SMX are detailed in Table 7.
Table 7.
Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim dosing by indication/targeted organisms and PK/PD data.
10. Tetracyclines
Tetracyclines are a class of antimicrobials with a broad range of clinical indications. In CNS infections, they are used for suspected or confirmed neurosyphilis, Lyme borreliosis, and neurobrucellosis. Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis is another clinical syndrome for which tetracyclines are effective . They have also been described in case reports to have clinical utility in combination with other agents in the treatment of VRE meningitis . For CNS infections, doxycycline is the agent with the most clinical experience and the most effective of its class, based on its favorable pharmacokinetics [188,189,190]. Its favorable PK data are namely its lipophilicity and high bioavailability after oral administration, ranging between 70 and 95% [191,192], its long elimination half-life of 12–25 h , and its high degree of protein binding . Its availability in oral and IV formulations adds to its clinical versatility. Yim and colleagues evaluated the penetration of doxycycline into the CSF of patients with latent or neurosyphilis, treated with oral doxycycline at 200 mg twice daily for 3 weeks . The mean CSF concentration was 1.3 mg/L, (serum concertation was 5.8 mg/L), which equated to a penetration that ranged between 11 and 56%, at a mean of 26%. The level achieved in the CSF was above the Treponema pallidum MIC. However, in a study by Doteval of 12 patients treated with doxycycline for suspected Lyme borreliosis, the CSF to serum level after the administration of oral doxycycline was found to vary between 8 and 35%, with a mean of 15% . The difference in the CSF concentration between those studies was theorized to be due to the time of sampling of the CSF after oral administration of doxycycline. In this study, the higher dose of 200 mg bid was found to achieve a CSF therapeutic level more rapidly than the 100 mg bid dose, and accordingly endorsed by the authors as preferable in cases of mild neuroborreliosis in outpatients. Hence, doxycycline is the preferred tetracycline for neuroborreliosis, and the preferred dosing is 200 mg every 12 h, orally for outpatients, or intravenously in the appropriate clinical setting.
Tigecycline is a newer tetracycline that is approved for community-acquired pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections, and complicated intraabdominal infections. It is available only in IV formulation. It is a derivative of minocycline and has the ability to resist efflux from bacterial cells and avoid mechanisms of bacterial ribosomal protection. It is active against many MDROs including MRSA, MDR Acinetobacter baumannii, and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, but has no antimicrobial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa [195,196,197].
Tigecycline has been associated with increased mortality in several studies [198,199,200], and is not recommended as monotherapy . Reasons have been postulated to be due to low serum levels resulting in a suboptimal AUC/MIC . However, higher doses than the recommended 100 mg loading dose, then 50 mg IV every 12 h, have been associated with a higher frequency of adverse effects, particularly gastrointestinal, and the safety of such a regimen is not known [203,204,205]. Hence, using this pharmacodynamic approach to augment serum concentrations in an attempt to improve CNS levels is not an option.
Tigecycline crosses the BBB less efficiently than doxycycline, with a low CSF concentration of 0.11 mg/dL . Hence, IVT or ITT administration becomes an attractive option and has been reported by several investigators in doses ranging from 2 to 10 mg twice daily. These data are published in several case reports describing the use of ITT and IVT tigecycline for the treatment of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii or MDR Klebsiella infections of the CNS with favorable outcomes [32,33,35,36,37,207]. Combination with colistin, both administered intraventricularly, has also been described in small series or case reports for similar organisms [208,209,210,211]. Other studied regimens in an individual patient were a combination of IV/IVT tigecycline–amikacin for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ventriculitis . For highly resistant enterococcal infections, IV tigecycline was reported in combination with IVT daptomycin in a toddler , and both IV plus IVT tigecycline for daptomycin-resistant VRE in an infant . Another potential niche for therapy is in rickettsial CNS infections when IV doxycycline is not available and oral doxycycline was not tolerated .
Despite the above series of cases delineating no directly attributable side effects to IT/IVT administration of tigecycline, a recent report by Li et al. described a case of spinal arachnoiditis after ITT tigecycline treatment for XDR Acinetobacter baumannii CNS infection related to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt . This complication occurred after nine doses of ITT tigecycline and resolved after its discontinuation. With increasing use of IT/IVT tigecycline for MDR CNS infections, more of such reports will surface, and, hence, need to be monitored in the literature.
Clinical Perspective in Consideration of Doxycyline and Tigecycline PK/PD Data
Doxycycline is utilized as an alternative agent to penicillin or cephalosporins for neuroborreliosis, with a recommended dose of 200 mg every 12 h, orally for outpatients, or intravenously in the appropriate clinical setting. As for tigecycline, the newer IV tetracycline, has a narrower niche for CNS infections. With the variability in data regarding the appropriate dosing and frequency of ITT administration of tigecycline, as well as the absence of its evaluation in larger numbers of patients, the use of IT/IVT tigecycline is to be reserved almost exclusively for cases with MDR or XDR organisms, especially Acinetobacter baumannii or CRE Klebsiella, for which other antimicrobial agents are not available or have failed. There is no role for IV tigecycline for the treatment of CNS infection due to poor penetration of the BBB. Further details regarding the PK/PD data relevant to doxycycline and tigecycline are summarized in Table 8.
Table 8.
Tetracyclines indications, dosing, and PK/PD data.
11. Polymyxin B and Colistin
Polymyxins are a class of antimicrobials increasingly being utilized as a last-line therapeutic option for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Polymyxin B has rapid bactericidal activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Colistin is polymyxin E, a polypeptide effective in the treatment of resistant Gram-negative organisms. It is notable that cross-resistance does exist between polymyxin B and colistin. The chemical structure of polymyxins includes a mixture of lipophilic and hydrophilic groups, which is essential to their mechanism of action, allowing them to penetrate the outer membrane of Gram-negative pathogens. Resistance among polymyxins generally involves the expression of outer membrane proteins, such as efflux pumps . Studies examining the pharmacodynamics of polymyxin show concentration-dependent bactericidal activity against Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, and Acinetobacter . The same authors indicate that regrowth could occur at colistin concentrations up to 64 x MIC, and report that population analysis profiles (PAPs) demonstrate the existence of a small proportion of colistin-resistant strains. This suggests that polymyxin monotherapy may promptly lead to the selection of bacterial resistance.
Current studies suggest that the penetration of polymyxins through the BBB is variable. Chen and colleagues reported a study of 28 neurosurgery patients who developed intracranial infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and were treated with polymyxin B and ventricular drainage. The results demonstrated bacterial clearance from CSF at 92.9% and a clinical cure rate at 82.1% .
A small study investigating colistin in five critically ill adult patients showed a CSF:serum ratio of 0.051 to 0.057 mcg/mL with 5% penetration . Bergen and colleagues similarly reported variations in CSF:serum ratios of 0.051 to 0.057, corresponding to a concentration in CSF ranging from 0.041 to 0.099 mcg/mL . These reports suggest that polymyxins are not suitable for meningitis treatment, as concentrations fall below MIC breakpoints. Information from studies on colistin are further complicated by the lack of differentiation between the sodium salt form of colistin (colistin methanesulphonate) and standard colistin.
A tertiary study of case reports and case series from 1950–2006 reviewed meningitis interventions comprised of monotherapy or combined therapy with IV or ITT polymyxin B or colistin, often used after the failure of prior antimicrobial treatment, and examined the efficacy of polymyxin treatment. Thirty-one studies were included in the report with 60 patients experiencing 64 episodes of bacterial meningitis treated with polymyxin-containing treatment regimens. Polymyxin monotherapy was utilized in 56% of Gram-negative meningitis cases with doses ranging from 20,000 to 250,000 IU in adults, and 5000 to 120,000 IU in pediatrics. The duration of treatment was 1–9 weeks. The total outcome was an 80% cure rate (51 of 64 episodes). Toxicity was reported in 28% of cases, with meningeal irritation being the most common adverse effect .
Recent reports have demonstrated that infections with carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, an infection with a high mortality rate, have had high cure rates when colistimethate sodium was combined with tigecycline or rifampin. Synergistic bactericidal activity with these combinations has been shown to reach appropriate concentrations . Additionally, IVT colistin, both as an adjunctive and alternative therapy, achieved higher CSF concentrations and 100-fold increased AUCs than with IV doses. IV doses were unable to reach concentrations above 2.75 mg/L in CSF .
Clinical Perspectives in Consideration of Polymyxin PK/PD Data
Colistin as a prototype of this class has limited therapeutic roles in CNS infections. Polymyxins are utilized as alternatives in infections with MDRO Gram-negative bacterial species such as P. aeruginosa, Acinetobacter, and Klebsiella pneumoniae when there are very limited options for the use of other antimicrobial drugs. Although the availability of colistimethate sodium has made this class more tolerable, it still has significant toxicity profiles, and the penetration into CSF is limited, which has led to the evaluation of IVT administration . Its primary utilization is in the treatment of MDRO Gram-negative rods, particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, and should be utilized with other antimicrobials in the treatment of MDRO CNS infections. Its clinical utility is primarily in ITT or IVT administration, as the IV route does not achieve a CSF blood level that would effectively treat CNS infections . Details of PK/PD data related to polymyxin B and colistin are summarized in Table 9 and Table 10.
Table 9.
Polymyxin B dosing and PK/PD data.
Table 10.
Colistin dosing and PK/PD data.
12. Conclusions
This review summarizes the literature of the optimal use of antimicrobials in the management of CNS infections, from the perspective of their PK/PD data. It focuses on the parameters that optimize the dose, route of administration, and drug-related characteristics. Optimal utilization of antimicrobial therapy occurs only with good knowledge of PK/PD metrics related to the individual drug being utilized. PD principles of concentration- vs. time-dependent activity should be applied when using drugs for CNS infections, as this allows innovative dosing and schedules, while knowledge of PK governs routes such as oral, IV, or alternatives such as IVT or ITT administration. The BBB (and BCSFB) functions primarily as the controller of the preferential passage of certain molecules vs. others, and that function is disrupted with the inflammation that occurs with meningitis or ventriculitis. For example, low BBB permeability prevents beta-lactams from passing freely, although that same BBB exhibits preferential allowance of cephalosporin passage, which explains the huge role of ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, and cefepime in today’s therapeutic regimens. Alternatively, although carbapenems cross to a lesser degree than cephalosporins, meropenem has a preferential role in several infections as it achieves a high fT > MIC in CSF. Vancomycin, another cornerstone antimicrobial for CNS infections, achieves concentrations in CSF that are at least partially dependent on the level of meningeal inflammation with relatively low CNS penetration overall and variable CNS concentrations following systemic dosing alone. That drives the need to ensure appropriate dosing and monitoring of vancomycin systemically, to improve CSF penetration and ascertain CSF levels above the MIC of the organism being treated. Other antibacterial classes, such as metronidazole, linezolid, and fluoroquinolones, have significantly better CSF penetration than beta-lactams and glycopeptides, with a documented CSF/plasma ratio above 80%, which is further bolstered with meningeal inflammation. Other antimicrobials that poorly penetrate into the CSF may be the sole option available to treat certain MDROs. Drugs, such as tigecycline, colistin, and daptomycin, achieve optimal delivery into the CSF by direct routes, such as ITT or IVT.
One must remember that interpatient variability is prominent and often explains the variable responses such that some patients do better than others when exposed to the same therapeutic approach for the same clinical condition being treated. As the armamentarium of available antimicrobials broadens, it becomes more critical to recognize the best available first-line drugs, their alternatives, and those used for de-escalation while maintaining clinical efficacy and simultaneously avoiding toxicity and preserving patient safety.
With the broader availability of antimicrobial choices, the parallel increase in antimicrobial resistance, together with the risks of severe infections due to immune senescence or immune compromise beg for maximizing the evaluation of available newer agents in the management of CNS infections so as to expand therapeutic options. There remain many gaps in our knowledge of the optimal strategies in the management of CNS infection. Examples of those are the synergism of combination therapies, use of corticosteroids or other immune modulatory agents to enhance the effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy, achievable concentrations at the site of infection, optimal delivery mechanisms, toxicity of newer agents that are rarely utilized, and dose optimization as pertains to the patient’s clinical status. These should be the next phase of research in the management of CNS infections.
Author Contributions
Each author has substantially contributed to the authorship of this review, as follows: (1) Writing the individual sections of the manuscript (N.H.: introduction, clinical perspectives synopsis of each section; tetracyclines section; J.J. and C.T.: beta-lactam section with Table 1, M.C. and J.L.: vancomycin, aminoglycosides, linezolid, daptomycin, TMP-SMX, polymyxin; S.B.: metronidazole, Y.K.: fluoroquinolones, S.B.: formatting of manuscript, organized referencing; NH: conclusion, Appendix A, all reviews prior to submission. (2) Re-vising their sections critically based on feedback as the drafts were being reviewed and updated by N.H. (3) Final approval of the version to be submitted; all have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission to Antibiotics. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge the support of Carol Kaufman who reviewed the first version of the manuscript and suggested some edits. Additionally, thanks to Tamara Sawyer (CMU) for her assistance in securing licensure for the use of Figure 2, as used with permission from the publishing entity. License available information: Order License ID1286030-1, ISSN1098-6596.
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Appendix A
AUC: Area under concentration time curve. It is the concentration of a drug in serum as a function of time. Technically, the concentration is measured at certain points in time, and mathematical rules are utilized to estimate the AUC. The measurement occurs via several biochemical means, such as chromatography, spectrometry, electrophoresis, etc. AUC correlates with efficacy of a drug.
AUCCSF: area under the drug concentration–time curve in CSF
AUCS: area under the drug concentration–time curve in serum
AUCCSF/AUCS: The ratio of the diffusion of a drug from serum to CSF is determined by the ratio of the area of its concentration–time curve in CSF and that in serum after an intravenous administration. It is the most reliable measure of the penetration of a drug from serum to CSF.
MIC: A pharmacodynamic parameter defining the susceptibility of bacterial colonies to different concentrations of the antimicrobial being evaluated. A standardized inoculum of bacteria is incubated in dilutions of the antibiotic being evaluated for efficacy. The MIC is the lowest concentration of the antimicrobial drug that inhibits growth of the bacterial organisms.
Time-dependent antimicrobials: The killing rate is maximal at low multiples of the MIC, usually four to five times the MIC. Any concentration of the antimicrobial above that level will not lead to any faster or more extensive killing of the bacterial organisms. For those agents, bacterial regrowth will soon start after serum antimicrobial concentrations fall below the MIC. For time-dependent antimicrobials, time of the free (non-protein bound) drug exposure above the MIC (fT > MIC) is hence the most important metric that correlates with therapeutic efficacy. This is true of all beta-lactams, macrolides, and clindamycin.
Concentration-dependent antimicrobials: Increasing the concentration of the antibiotic by increasing the dose will lead to a more extensive and rapid degree of bacterial killing, with a persistent effect of inhibition after the concentrations of those agents fall below the MIC. This phenomenon is called the post-antibiotic effect (see below). Aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones are concentration-dependent killers. The best parameter to correlate with efficacy is the peak concentration of the drug over the MIC (Cpeak/MIC = Cmax/MIC).
The efficacy of vancomycin, tetracyclines, and azithromycin is still best measured by the 24 h AUC/MIC due to their longer in vivo PAE, as compared to the beta-lactams, clindamycin, and macrolides (other than azithromycin).
PAE (post-antibiotic effect) is the persistence of inhibitory effects of antimicrobials after their level in serum is below the MIC or the MBC
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Figure 1.
Molecular Structure of the Beta-Lactams.
Figure 2.
Nomogram of the daily dose of ceftriaxone per kilogram of total weight to be administered to achieve a trough concentration target of 20 mg/L (full line) and to not exceed 100 mg/L (broken line) with a probability of 0.9, accounting for renal function estimated by the CKD-EPI formula (eGFR) using a twice-daily regimen. Dotted lines represent the 95% confidence interval (used with permission from Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, License ID1286030-1, ISSN1098-6596) .
Table 2.
Vancomycin dosing and PK/PD data.
| | |
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| Vancomycin Dose Requires Renal Dose Adjustment | IV: 30–60 mg/kg/Day ITT: 5–20 mg Daily IVT: 5–20 mg Daily |
| Indication/targeted organisms | Gram-positive organisms |
| PK/PD data | CSF/serum concentrations: ▪ Uninflamed meninges: 0 to 4 mg/mL ▪ Inflamed meninges: 6 to 11 mg/mL, ratio 80% Percent protein binding: 30–60% Serum half-life: 2–7 h Cmax: Variable AUC/MIC: >400 |
References [48,121,122,127].
Table 3.
Linezolid dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Linezolid Dose | IV/PO: 600 mg Twice Daily |
| Indication/targeted organisms | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Propionibacterium acnes CNS infections |
| PK/PD data | CSF/serum concentrations: 66–77% Percent protein binding: 31% Serum half-life: 2–10 h Cmax: 18–23 mg/L |
References [133,137,146].
Table 4.
Daptomycin dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Daptomycin Dose Requires Weight and Renal Dose Adjustment | IV: 6–10 mg/kg Once Daily IVT: 5 mg Daily or Every 48 h |
| Indication/targeted organisms | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CNS infections |
| PK/PD data | CSF/serum concentrations: 0.45% Percent protein binding: >90% Serum half-life1: 4–9 h Cmax: 0.24% |
References [27,29,151].
Table 5.
Metronidazole dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Metronidazole dose Does not require renal adjustment; hepatic adjustment to 50% dose in severe impairment | Orally or intravenously (500 mg over 30 min every 8 h) |
| Indications/targeted organisms: | Anaerobic bacteria (Bacteroides fragilis, Prevotella species, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Clostridium difficile, Gardneralla vaginalis), protozoa, and microaerophilic bacteria. |
| PK/PD data | Serum/CSF Penetration: 18–103% CSF/Serum AUC ratio: 0.86–1.02 Serum Cmax: 6.2–40.6 mg/L CSF Cmax: 11.0–84.1 mg/L Protein Binding: <20% Elimination half-life: 3.1–16.4 h |
References [48,162,164,165,166,167,168].
Table 6.
Moxifloxacin dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Moxifloxacin Dose Requires no renal dose adjustment | IV or PO 400 mg daily (except possibly when co-administered with rifampin, then consider 800 mg daily) | |
| Indication/targeted organisms | Tuberculous Meningitis | |
| PK/PD Data for moxifloxacin | Serum/CSF penetration: Ratios ranged from 0.0913 to 0.741, depending on time after administration Peak ratio at 4–6 h CSF/serum AUC ratio: Uninflamed/mildly inflamed meninges: 0.45 Strongly inflamed meninges: 0.79 (0.79–0.94) Serum Cmax: Moxifloxacin 400 mg/day: 4.5 mg/L Moxifloxacin 800 mg/day: 2.45–3.65 mg/L Protein binding Moxifloxacin 400 mg/day: 50–60% in serum, 10% in CSF Moxifloxacin 800 mg/day: 40% in serum, 5% in CSF Elimination half-life: Moxifloxacin 400 mg/day: 4.55–12 h (5.52–6 h in CSF) Moxifloxacin 800 mg/day: 4.09 h (5.20 h CSF) | |
References [11,169,170,171,173]
Table 7.
Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim dosing by indication/targeted organisms and PK/PD data.
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| Intracranial/spinal epidural abscess (MRSA) | IV: 5 mg/kg/dose every 8–12 h |
| Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) | Oral/IV (40–60 kg): 240 mg twice daily Oral/IV (>60 kg): 320 mg twice daily |
| Meningitis (MRSA, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae) | IV: 5 mg/kg/dose every 6–12 h |
| Nocardiosis (off-label use, not recommended for monotherapy) | IV: 15 mg/kg/day divided into 3–4 doses |
| Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis | ● Prophylaxis ○ Oral: 1 double strength tablet once daily ● Secondary prophylaxis ○ Oral: 1 double strength tablet twice daily ● Treatment ○ Oral/IV: 10 mg/kg/day divided into 2 doses |
| PK/PD Data | CSF/serum concentrations: TMP: 0.23–0.53 SMX: 0.20–0.36 Percent protein binding: TMP: ~44% SMX: ~70% Serum half-life: TMP: 6–11 h SMX: 9–12 h Cmax: CSF (TMP): 1 mcg/mL CSF (SMX): 13.8 mcg/mL Serum (TMP): 5 mcg/mL Serum (SMX): 160 mcg/mL |
References [183,186].
Table 8.
Tetracyclines indications, dosing, and PK/PD data.
| | Doxycycline | Tigecycline |
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| Indication | Neurosyphilis (alternative) | Meningitis with MDR or XDR organisms (Acinetobacter baumannii or CRE Klebsiella) |
| Dose Requires no renal or hepatic dose adjustment | IV 200 mg every 12 h PO: 200 mg every 12 h No IVT/ITT administration | Only IVT or ITT: Dosing range: 2 to 10 mg twice daily No role for IV therapy (except in combination with IVT/ITT, case reports. See text. |
| PK/PD Data | Oral bioavailability: 70–95% Elimination half-life: 12–25 h Protein binding: 93% Serum to CSF penetration: mean 26%; range 11v56%, based on a dose of 200 mg every 12 h | |
References [14,15,52,188].
Table 9.
Polymyxin B dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Dose | IV/IVT: 50,000 units once daily (in combination with systemic therapy) |
| Indication/targeted organisms | CSF Shunt-related meningitis (MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae) |
| PD/PD Data | CSF/serum concentrations: No data available Percent protein binding: 58% Serum half-life: 9–11.5 h Cmax: 2–14 mcg/mL |
References [220,221].
Table 10.
Colistin dosing and PK/PD data.
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| Dose Requires weight and renal dose adjustment | IV/IVT: 10 mg once daily (Colistimethate sodium) |
| Indication/targeted organisms | Meningitis (MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae) |
| PK/PD Data | CSF/serum concentrations: 0.05 Percent protein binding: No data available Serum half-life: 251 min Cmax: no data available |
References [28,220,221].
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问题描述
算法思路与代码实现
方法一：排序遍历法
代码1：排序遍历法
方法二：分治法
代码2：分治法
代码测试
算法心得和复杂度分析
问题描述
给定含有n个元素的多重集合S，每个元素在S中出现的次数称为该元素的重数。多重集S中最大的元素称为众数。给定一个n个自然数组成的多重集合S，设计 算法 求其众数和重数。
题目源于：王晓东.《计算机 算法设计与分析》.第5版习题2-14
例如：给出 S = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 2 ] S = [1,2,3,4,5,2] S=[1,2,3,4,5,2] 其众数是2，重数是2
算法思路与代码实现
方法一：排序遍历法
将多重集合S中的元素存入一个整型数组当中，对该数组进行排序。排序后，数组相同的元素都会相邻出现。遍历整个数组，记录在遍历过程中记录各个元素及其重数，其中重数最大的元素便是要求得的众数。
具体算法实现思路用以下伪代码说明：
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int n; scanf("%d",&n); //记录集合的总元素个数
int arr = scanf(arr); //输入集合元素
Quick_Sort(arr,n,0,n-1);//对集合元素进行排序（这里是快速排序）
// 遍历数组找众数
int z=-1,c=-1;//最终的众数，重数 (假设元素都是正数)
int zt=-1,ct=-1;//临时众数和重数 (假设元素都是正数)
//遍历数组，用类似打擂台法的方法最大的重数和其对应的众数
for(i->1~n){
if(arr[i]!=zt){ //发现新元素时记录下来，同时记录他的重数
zt = arr[i];
ct = 1;
}else if(arr[i]==zt){//排序后相同元素都相邻，如果还是旧元素，增加其记录的重数。
ct++;
}
if(ct>c){ // 如果最大重数的值发生改变，则记录下来。（类似打擂台）
c = ct;
z = zt;
}
}
printf(z,c);// 输出结果
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代码1：排序遍历法
```c
include
include // standard_library
//快速排序
int Quick_Sort(int data,int data_lenth,int low,int high){
if(low<high){
int pkey = data[low],t;
int low2 = low,high2 = high;
while(low2<high2){
while(low2=pkey)high2--;
data[low2] = data[high2];
while(low2<high2 && data[low2]<=pkey)low2++;
data[high2] = data[low2];
}
data[low2] = pkey;
int ploc = low2;
Quick_Sort(data,data_lenth,low,ploc-1);
Quick_Sort(data,data_lenth,ploc+1,high);
}
return 1;
}
int main(){
int n; printf("n="); scanf("%d",&n);
int arr = (int)malloc(sizeof(int)n);
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
}
Quick_Sort(arr,n,0,n-1);
int z=-1,c=-1;//众数，重数
int zt=-1,ct=-1;//临时众数和重数 ， 打擂台法
for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
if(arr[i]!=zt){
zt = arr[i];
ct = 1;
}else if(arr[i]==zt){
ct++;
}
if(ct>c){
c = ct;
z = zt;
}
}
printf("---------\n%d\n%d\n",z,c);
return 0;
}
```
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方法二：分治法
同样将多重集合S中的元素存入一个整型数组当中，采用分治的思想，选取一个基准数，将比基准数小的放于左侧，比基准数大的放与右侧（类似于一轮快速排序）。此时比较左部分重数最大的数，右部分重数最大的数，基准数的重数这三个数，其中重数最大的便是整个集合S的众数。这样一来，原问题就得到了分解，可以采用分治法写递归函数求解。
具体算法实现思路用以下伪代码说明：
```c
int GetMode(int data,int data_lenth,int low,int high){
//本递归函数由快速排序修改而来，data是输入数据，data_lenth是元素的个数，low是开始寻找的左侧下标，high为开始寻找的右侧下标。
//函数返回一个含有两个元素的数组，分别记录众数和重数。
int p = (int)malloc(sizeof(int)2);
//明确了递归函数的边界条件，当只有一个元素时，元素的众数是他本身，重数是1.
p = data[low];
p = 1;
//选出基准数，将较小者置于左侧，较大者置于右侧，并统计基准数的重数
if(low<high){
int pkey = data[low],t;// 基准数默认选取最左侧数，重数默认是1
//以下操作将较小者置于左侧，较大者置于右侧，与进行一轮快速排序相同。
int low2=low,high2 = high;
while(low2<high2){
while(low2=pkey){
if(data[high2]==pkey)p++;//记录重数
high2--;
}
data[low2] = data[high2];
while(low2<high2&&data[low2]<=pkey){
if(data[low2]==pkey)p++;//记录重数
low2++;
}
data[high2] = data[low2];
}
data[low2] = pkey;
int ploc = low2;
//左部分众数
int p2 = GetMode(data,data_lenth,low,ploc-1);
//右部分众数
int p3 = GetMode(data,data_lenth,ploc+1,high);
//在左右部分众数和基准数中，选取重数最大
if(p2 > p3);
else p2 = p3;
if(p > p2);
else p = p2;
}
return p;//将结果以指针形式返回
}
int main(){
int n; scanf("%d",&n); //记录集合的总元素个数
int arr = scanf(arr); //输入集合元素
int p = GetMode(arr,n,0,n-1);// 调用递归函数
printf(p,p);//输出结果
}
```
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代码2：分治法
```c
include
include // standard_library
int GetMode(int data,int data_lenth,int low,int high){
int p = (int)malloc(sizeof(int)2);
p = data[low];
p = 1;
if(low<high){
int pkey = data[low],t;
int low2=low,high2 = high;
while(low2<high2){
while(low2=pkey){
if(data[high2]==pkey)p++; // 记录基准数的众数
high2--;
}
data[low2] = data[high2];
while(low2<high2&&data[low2]<=pkey){
if(data[low2]==pkey)p++; // 记录基准数的众数
low2++;
}
data[high2] = data[low2];
}
data[low2] = pkey;
int ploc = low2;
int p2 = GetMode(data,data_lenth,low,ploc-1); //左部分众数
int p3 = GetMode(data,data_lenth,ploc+1,high); //右部分众数
if(p2 > p3);
else p2 = p3;
if(p > p2);
else p = p2;
}
return p;
}
int main(){
int n; printf("n="); scanf("%d",&n);
int arr = (int)malloc(sizeof(int)n);
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
}
int p = GetMode(arr,n,0,n-1);
printf("------\n%d\n%d\n",p,p);
return 0;
}
```
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其实还可以用构建哈希表的方法解决这个问题，复杂度也会降到O(n)，具体涉及到用什么哈希算法，就先挖个坑先不写。
代码测试
测试用例2：
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算法心得和复杂度分析
复杂度分析：
方法一：排序遍历法
此方法的时间消耗主要来源于排序和寻找众数的遍历。排序的时间消耗取决于所使用的排序算法，这里上文程序中使用的是快速排序，时间复杂度为O(nlogn)。寻找众数的遍历是打擂台方法的一个变形，只需要遍历数组一次，时间复杂度为O(n)。故总体算法时间复杂度为O(nlogn)
方法二：分治法
此算法的递归函数由快速排序修改而来，只是修改了函数返回类型以及记录了基准数的出现个数，故而整体算法的时间复杂度仍然是O(nlogn)
其他心得：
我在写第二种方法的时候，虽有大概的思路，但却纠结老久在取出基准数的相同数的问题。以为基准数左侧与右侧可能出现的与基准数相同的数会影响递归函数的结果，因此一直在想如何将这些与基准数相同的数剔除。但实际上，这些相同数的存在并不会影响最终的结果，因为就算基准数左侧或右侧的部分得到的众数与基准数相同，其重数也绝不会比基准数的重数大，因为中心的基准数不参与计算左右侧的众数计算，导致如果任意一侧的众数与基准数相同时，基准数的重数至少比对应左右侧众数的重数大1。
所以，在设计算法时，有些数据可能在经过某个环节后就没有用了，但其未必会影响算法的正常运行流程，强行取除反而可能导致程序工作量增加。
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Inequality
The subject of mathematical inequalities is tied closely with optimization methods. While most of the subject of inequalities is often left out of the ordinary educational track, they are common in mathematics Olympiads.
Contents
1 Overview
2 Solving Inequalities
2.1 Linear Inequalities
2.2 Polynomial Inequalities
2.3 Rational Inequalities
3 Complete Inequalities
4 List of Theorems
4.1 Introductory
4.2 Advanced
5 Problems
5.1 Introductory
5.2 Intermediate
5.3 Olympiad
6 Resources
6.1 Books
6.1.1 Intermediate
6.1.2 Olympiad
6.2 Articles
6.2.1 Olympiad
6.3 Classes
6.3.1 Olympiad
7 See also
Overview
Inequalities are arguably a branch of elementary algebra, and relate slightly to number theory. They deal with relations of variables denoted by four signs: .
For two numbers and :
if is greater than , that is, is positive.
if is smaller than , that is, is negative.
if is greater than or equal to , that is, is nonnegative.
if is less than or equal to , that is, is nonpositive.
Note that if and only if , , and vice versa. The same applies to the latter two signs: if and only if , , and vice versa.
Some properties of inequalities are:
If , then , where .
If , then , where .
If , then , where .
Solving Inequalities
In general, when solving inequalities, same quantities can be added or subtracted without changing the inequality sign, much like equations. However, when multiplying, dividing, or square rooting, we have to watch the sign. In particular, notice that although , we must have . In particular, when multiplying or dividing by negative quantities, we have to flip the sign. Complications can arise when the value multiplied can have varying signs depending on the variable.
We also have to be careful about the boundaries of the solutions. In the example , the value does not satisfy the inequality because the inequality is strict. However, in the example , the value satisfies the inequality because the inequality is nonstrict.
Solutions can be written in interval notation. Closed bounds use square brackets, while open bounds (and bounds at infinity) use parentheses. For instance, ![Image 49: $x \in 3,6)$ means .
Linear Inequalities
Linear inequalities can be solved much like linear equations to get implicit restrictions upon a variable. However, when multiplying/dividing both sides by negative numbers, we have to flip the sign.
Polynomial Inequalities
The first part of solving polynomial inequalities is much like solving polynomial equations -- bringing all the terms to one side and finding the roots.
Afterward, we have to consider bounds. We're comparing the sign of the polynomial with different inputs, so we could imagine a rough graph of the polynomial and how it passes through zeroes (since passing through zeroes could change the sign). Then we can find the appropriate bounds of the inequality.
Rational Inequalities
A more complex example is .
Here is a common mistake: The problem here is that we multiplied by as one of the last steps. We also kept the inequality sign in the same direction. However, we don't know if the quantity is negative or not; we can't assume that it is positive for all real . Thus, we may have to reverse the direction of the inequality sign if we are multiplying by a negative number. But, we don't know if the quantity is negative either.
A correct solution would be to move everything to the left side of the inequality, and form a common denominator. Then, it will be simple to find the solutions to the inequality by considering the sign (negativeness or positiveness) of the fraction as varies. We will start with an intuitive solution, and then a rule can be built for solving general fractional inequalities. To make things easier, we test positive integers. makes a good starting point, but does not solve the inequality. Nor does . Therefore, these two aren't solutions. Then we begin to test numbers such as , , and so on. All of these work. In fact, it's not difficult to see that the fraction will remain positive as gets larger and larger. But just where does , which causes a negative fraction at and , begin to cause a positive fraction? We can't just assume that is the switching point; this solution is not simply limited to integers. The numerator and denominator are big hints. Specifically, we examine that when (the numerator), then the fraction is , and begins to be positive for all higher values of . Solving the equation reveals that is the turning point. After more of this type of work, we realize that brings about division by , so it certainly isn't a solution. However, it also tells us that any value of that is less than brings about a fraction that has a negative numerator and denominator, resulting in a positive fraction and thus satisfying the inequality. No value between and (except itself) seems to be a solution. Therefore, we conclude that the solutions are the intervals ![Image 78: $(-\infty,-5)\cup\frac{3}{2},+\infty)$.
For the sake of better notation, define the "x-intercept" of a fractional inequality to be those values of that cause the numerator and/or the denominator to be .To develop a method for quicker solutions of fractional inequalities, we can simply consider the "x-intercepts" of the numerator and denominator. We graph them on the number line. Then, in every region of the number line, we test one point to see if the whole region is part of the solution. For example, in the example problem above, we see that we only had to test one value such as in the region , as well as one value in the region ![Image 83: $(-\infty,-5]$]( and ![Image 84: $\frac{3}{2},+\infty)$; then we see which regions are part of the solution set. This does indeed give the complete solution set.
One must be careful about the boundaries of the solutions. In the example problem, the value was a solution only because the inequality was nonstrict. Also, the value was not a solution because it would bring about division by . Similarly, any "x-intercept" of the numerator is a solution if and only if the inequality is nonstrict, and every "x-intercept" of the denominator is never a solution because we cannot divide by .
Complete Inequalities
A inequality that is true for all real numbers or for all positive numbers (or even for all complex numbers) is sometimes called a complete inequality. An example for real numbers is the so-called Trivial Inequality, which states that for any real , . Most inequalities of this type are only for positive numbers, and this type of inequality often has extremely clever problems and applications.
List of Theorems
Here are some of the more useful inequality theorems, as well as general inequality topics.
Introductory
Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean Inequality
Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
Titu's Lemma
Chebyshev's Inequality
Geometric inequalities
Jensen's Inequality
Nesbitt's Inequality
Rearrangement Inequality
Power mean inequality
Triangle Inequality
Trivial inequality
Schur's Inequality
Advanced
Aczel's Inequality
Callebaut's Inequality
Carleman's Inequality
Hölder's inequality
Radon's Inequality
Homogenization
Isoperimetric inequalities
Maclaurin's Inequality
Muirhead's Inequality
Minkowski Inequality
Newton's Inequality
Ptolemy's Inequality
Can someone fix that Ptolemy's is in Advanced?
Problems
Introductory
Practice Problems on Alcumus
Inequalities (Prealgebra)
Solving Linear Inequalities (Algebra)
Quadratic Inequalities (Algebra)
Basic Rational Function Equations and Inequalities (Intermediate Algebra)
A tennis player computes her win ratio by dividing the number of matches she has won by the total number of matches she has played. At the start of a weekend, her win ratio is exactly . During the weekend, she plays four matches, winning three and losing one. At the end of the weekend, her win ratio is greater than . What's the largest number of matches she could've won before the weekend began? (1992 AIME Problems/Problem 3)
Intermediate
Practice Problems on Alcumus
Quadratic Inequalities (Algebra)
Advanced Rational Function Equations and Inequalities (Intermediate Algebra)
General Inequality Skills (Intermediate Algebra)
Advanced Inequalities (Intermediate Algebra)
Given that , and show that . (weblog_entry.php?t=172070 Source)
Olympiad
See also Category:Olympiad Inequality Problems
Let be positive real numbers. Prove that (2001 IMO Problems/Problem 2)
Resources
Books
Intermediate
Introduction to Inequalities
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dislike; disinclination
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Why do we assume principal root for the notation $\sqrt{}$
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I'm wondering why when $n$ is even we always assume the positive root for $\sqrt[n]{}.$ For example, if we have $x = \sqrt{4}$, we always assume $x = 2$. Yet when we have $x^2 = 4,$ we write $x = \pm\sqrt{4} \Longrightarrow x = -2, 2$.
The problem is that if I take the 1st equation, and square both sides, I get $$x = \sqrt{4} \Longrightarrow x^2 = 4 \Longrightarrow x = \pm\sqrt{4} \Longrightarrow x = -2, 2$$ My teacher says that if you introduce the radical sign, use $\pm$, but those two equations are the same under the rules about radicals she taught us, so the "taking the positive root" rule feels arbitrary to me. I get that people want to make the radical mean something without ambiguity, but making arbitrary rules, like taking just the positive answer, seems to confuse things and lead to inconsistency, like in the above.
There are other examples, such as solving for $x$, then substituting the original equation with the value of $x$, and not getting it to work because you can only take the positive root.
For things like the Pythagorean theorem, people like to say it's obvious to take the positive one only, but there are ways to represent the Pythagorean theorem without relying on human judgement to decipher the final answer. Say you have a right triangle with legs $a=3$, $b=4$, and you want to find c. So you do: $3^2 + 4^2 = c^2$, $c > 0$. and solve the systems of equations, just like any other: $c = \pm\sqrt{25} \Longrightarrow c = -5, 5$. $c = -5, 5$ intersects $c > 0$ at $c = 5$, so the answer is $c = 5$. I don't see why you would need to redefine square root: $\pm\sqrt{}$ to mean principal square root: $\sqrt{}$ to find the correct answer.
Does the "taking the positive root" rule have something to do with imaginary numbers, or am I missing something? (I am not asking if $\sqrt{}$ means positive, I'm asking why.)
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$\begingroup$ One way to dodge this seemingly magical "take the $\pm$ when you take square roots on both sides of an equation" is to instead introduce the $\pm$ when you solve an absolute value equation, by introducing an additional step. In this situation you're doing $x^2=4$ hence $|x|=2$ hence $x=\pm 2$. In that first step we took the principal root; we only introduced the other one through the absolute value. $\endgroup$
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2016-11-06 02:15:19 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ Possible duplicate of Square roots -- positive and negative $\endgroup$
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2016-11-06 02:16:36 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ You don't want $\pm \sqrt{x}$ to be a function, you want $\sqrt{x}$ to be a function, basically because it's convenient for things to be functions. It works better with inequalities because $\sqrt{x}$ is a strictly increasing function on the nonnegative real numbers, so that for example $x^2 \leq 4$ is exactly equivalent to $|x| \leq 2$. It is not equivalent to $x \leq 2$, and it is certainly not equivalent to "$x \leq \pm 2$" whatever that even means. $\endgroup$
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2016-11-06 02:29:01 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ Indeed $x=\sqrt{4}\implies x^2=4$ but $x^2=4~~\not!!!\implies x=\sqrt{4}$ $\endgroup$
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2016-11-06 02:50:51 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ No, really, there is no "law of mathematics" that says that the equations $x=\sqrt{4}$ and $x^2=4$ are equivalent equations (i.e. that they characterize the same solution set). The rules only tell you that the solution set of the former is contained in the solution set of the latter. You won't be able to grasp this concept until you get that idea out of your mind. $\endgroup$
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Here is a short answer to the question in the title of OP:
Well, if we don't do so, what could a better alternative be?
What is the notation $\sqrt{}$?
The confusion seems to be from understanding of the notation $\sqrt{}$. When writing, for instance $\sqrt{16}$, one pronounces it as "square root of $16$". However, what one really means is "the principal square root of $16$".
Let's go back to the definitions. A square root of a real number $a$ is a number $y$ such that $y^2 = a$; in other words, a number $y$ whose square is $a$. For example, $4$ and $4$ are square roots of $16$ because $4^2=(-4)^2=16$. Note carefully that the notation $\sqrt{}$ is not involved in this definition at all.
Now, for every given positive real number, say $16$ again, there are two "square roots" (note carefully again that we don't write $\sqrt{x}$ for "square roots of $x$" yet) of it. What if one wants specifically to refer to the positive one? Instead of explicitly saying "I'm refering to the positive square root of $16$", one uses the notation $\sqrt{}$ to define $\sqrt{16}$ as the positive square root of $16$. Here comes the notation $\sqrt{}$. Of course you are losing "information" when you write $\sqrt{16}$ to mean "the positive square root of $16$". Because it is by definition so. What does one do for the "lost information"? One naturally has $-\sqrt{16}$ as the negative square root of $16$.
One can put two definitions together to see what is really going on:
A "square root" of a real number $a$ is a number $y$ such that $y^2=a$;
Given a positive real number $x$, the notation $\sqrt{x}$ is defined as a positive real number $y$ such that $y^2=x$. And in this case, we write $y=\sqrt{x}$.
Why is $\sqrt{}$ defined in the way above?
If one does not define $\sqrt{a}$ as the positive square root of $a$ and instead as the "square roots of $a$", then one would have $\sqrt{16}=\pm 4$. Now how would you write the answer to the following question?
What is the positive real number $x$ such that $x^2=\pi$?
[Added: ]Compare the following two possible definitions for the notation $\sqrt{}$:
I. For any positive real number $a$, define $\sqrt{a}$ as the square roots of $a$;
II. For any positive real number $a$, define $\sqrt{a}$ as the positive square root of $a$;
Now, if one uses definition I, then $\sqrt{16}=\pm4$. With this definition, you have perfectly what you might want: $$ x^2=16\Rightarrow x=\pm 4;\quad\text{and }x=\sqrt{16}=\pm4. $$
If one uses definition II instead, on the other hand, one would have $\sqrt{16}=4$.
You might be happier with definition I and ask why on earth one prefers II. Here is "why". Suppose you are asked to solve the following problem.
Find the solution to the equation $x^2-\pi=0$ such that $x>0$.
If one uses definition II, then one immediately has $x=\sqrt{\pi}$.
Now if one uses definition I, $x=\sqrt{\pi}$ would be the WRONG answer.
One more lesson from Terry Tao:
Its worth bearing in mind that notation is ultimately an artificial human invention, rather than an innate feature of the mathematics one is working on; sometimes, two writers happen to use the same symbol to denote two rather different concepts, but this does not necessarily mean that these concepts have any deeper connection to them.
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$\begingroup$ $\sqrt{\pi}$. I understand the notation, I'm wondering why, not what. Take for example, the first example I provided. As a programmer, I have a good understanding of what a function is. I see the square root function as an unbalanced chemical equation. Even though "9/10 times", you want the positive root, mathematics doesn't care, and you will get conundrums like my first example. I get that it's easier to say $\pm\sqrt{x}$ than $-\sqrt{x}$ (like you said, when we would like to refer to the negative). I don't get why we treat the square root function like the mathematical $\pm\sqrt{}$. $\endgroup$
Vityou
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2016-11-09 01:59:54 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ By unbalanced chemical equation, I mean that you can deduce a balanced one, but if you try to use the unbalanced one, you will get incorrect results. $\endgroup$
Vityou
– Vityou
2016-11-09 02:01:17 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ @codersarecool, that mathematics doesn't care is irrelevant: mathematicians do. Our notations are purely based on convenience, and the accepted practice is the most convenient one. $\endgroup$
Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
2016-11-09 03:40:18 +00:00
Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 3:40
$\begingroup$ Accept when it doesn't actually work. Mathematics exists regardless of what mathematicians define as standards. $\endgroup$
Vityou
– Vityou
2016-11-09 04:00:12 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ Square roots can be defined in the complex plane by taking the logarithm and putting e to the power of half of it, which is what introduces the branches in the first place. The principal branch is the one with an integer branch identifier of 0 (arg(x) + 02pi in this case). Both are equally valid when this symbol is used, but make sure to write a note about your definition of it just in case! $\endgroup$
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What happens is that when you squared you got an equation that seems to be equivalent to the original, but in reality it is not. The original implicitly has the restriction that the $x$ must be a non-negative number, but the second does not.
As the one you are solving is the first and not the second, the restriction must remain present, and if it cannot be implicitly, you must write it explicitly:
$$ x^2 = 4, x\geq0 $$
And so nothing has changed. When we solve an equation we must identify firstly what the restrictions are and keep them present, because sometimes algebraic manipulations change the set of solutions.
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Instead of looking at a specific equation, like $x^3 = 8$, you need to look at the bigger problem $x^3 = y$. What you want is, given $y$, to find what $x$ is. In other words, you want a function $f$ such that $x = f(y)$. In this example, $x = \sqrt y$ and you problem is solved. This point of view works great when the exponent is an odd number.
Now consider the equation $x^2 = y$. We have a problem because, for example, $3^2 = 9$ and $(-3)^2 = 9$. A function $x = f(y)$ can only return one value for each $y$. So either $3 = f(9)$ or $-3 = f(9)$ but we can't have both if we want $f$ to be a function. So, if we want $f(y) =\sqrt y$ to be a function, then we have to choose. The choice was $f(y) = \sqrt y$ is the positive square root of $y$.
So, when you see an equation like $x^2 = 25$. Then $x = \sqrt{25}$ gives you a solution $x=5$. If you want both solutions, then you have to write $x = \pm \sqrt{25}$.
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$\begingroup$ $x^2=25$ gives you $x = 5$ or $x = -5$. $x = \sqrt{25}$ gives you $x = 5$. The only way you could plot something like $y^2 = x$ is to make a graph of y and graph $f(y)=y^2$. It's not impossible to represent in a visual way even. $\endgroup$
Vityou
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2016-11-09 02:08:00 +00:00
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$\begingroup$ @codersarecool - It's not hard to plot $y^2 = x$. But it is not the graph of a function. The function $ y=\sqrt x$ is a branch of $y^2 = x$ that provides a solution. To get both solutions you need to use the other branch function $y = -\sqrt x$. $\endgroup$
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$\begingroup$ I guess another question I'd have is why do functions need to have only one solution. I'd assume it's by definition. So then I'd ask what purpose does having one solution have. Simplicity? Passing the vertical line test? Those all seem like arbitrary goals. You lose sign info when squaring, and the square root should be able to deal with that. What's the problem with having an x correspond to 2 y values? $\endgroup$
Vityou
– Vityou
2016-11-12 17:37:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2016 at 17:37
$\begingroup$ Functions do not have one solution. They have one value for each input. The value nowadays is that that value can be computed on a calculator. From that value, the other solutions can, in may cases, be calculated easily. $\endgroup$
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Mathematicians use the principal square root more often.
We would rather use $ \pm \sqrt x $ in a few cases then have to write $ |\sqrt x|$ all the time.
That's pretty much the only reason why.
$ \sqrt \cdot $ is usually how we notate a principal square root. It is not an inverse operation.
$ \pm \sqrt \cdot $ is usually how we notate a (true) square root. Is is the inverse operation of $ \cdot^2 $.
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The problem is that it shouldn't be presented as a "rule". The reason we don't apply the plus and minus when solving even radical equations is because the domain for these functions is intentionally restricted. It must be restricted to values of x for which the radicand is positive. In the "Real Number System" we cannot take even roots of negative numbers. This would require complex numbers. Therefore we take only the "Principal Root" because under the restricted domain, there is no alternative.
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$\begingroup$ To extend this statement, it's because of the branches in the complex plane we even consider the alternative at times. 2^1.5 is often defined as being positive in the real plane, but it is both that and negative in the complex plane, so be careful! $\endgroup$
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I'm wondering why when $n$ is even we always assume the positive root for $\sqrt[n]{}.$
$\sqrt4=2$ is true by definition and agreementnot by provisional assumption.
The problem is that I get $$x = 2 \color{red}\implies x^2 = 4 \color{red}\implies x = \pm\sqrt{4} \color{red}\implies x = \pm2\tag1$$ I get that people want to make the radical mean something without ambiguity, but making arbitrary rules, like taking just the positive answer, seems to confuse things and lead to inconsistency, like in the above.
Statement $(1)$ is not a problem nor an inconsistency: it can be summarised as $$\text{if $x$ equals $2,\,$ then $x$ equals either $-2$ or $2$},$$ which is perfectly correct. Analogously, $$\text{if today is Monday, then today is a weekday}.$$
To be clear: statement $(1)$ claims neither that $$x = \pm2\implies x = 2\\text{(if today is a weekday, then today is Monday)}$$ nor that $$x = \pm2 \iff x = 2\\text{(weekdays and Mondays are synonyms)}.$$
More generally, letting $A(x)$ and $B(x)$ be equations, the statement $$A(x)\color{red}{\implies}B(x)$$ means that every solution of $A(x)$ is a solution of $B(x),$ while the statement $$A(x)\color{red}{\iff}B(x)$$ means that $A(x)$ and $B(x)$ have the same solutions.
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It depends entirely on the context in which the square-root is being used.
$\pm$ is used when finding solutions to a condition to accurately describe the domain in which the condition is true. For instance, take $x^2 + 5 = 14$. Isolate $x^2$: $x^2 = 9$. This condition is satisfied such that $x = \pm 3$; thus, to encompass the full domain in which the condition is true, we use the $\pm$ operator.
$\pm$ is not used for algebraically manipulated functions that happen to involve radicals, such as $f(x) = \sqrt{x}$. Functions are defined as input-output systems such that each input has one output (i.e. only one branch). $f(x) = \pm \sqrt{x}$ contradicts this definition because it outputs two quantities for one input. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that you cannot declare $f(x)$ to be $\pm \sqrt{x}$, but $f(x)$ will not be an I/O function and will lose certain properties that comes with the consequence of having more than one branch when dealing with applied mathematics. Multi-valued I/O systems are almost exclusively used for solving a condition (e.g. the Lambert W Function $W(x)$).
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okay in this video I'm going to do some examples about factoring the difference of two squares sometimes people will say it's factoring uh the difference of two perfect squares um and the formula that we're going to use it basically says if you have something squared minus something squared you can put that in parentheses by just taking the things that are being squared and one set of parentheses make it a minus and the other set make it a plus that's all you got to do um be very careful F if you have a^2 plus B2 uh if the exponents are squares this doesn't Factor you can't do anything at all to this so people will often try to make it do something somehow Factor it but uh it it's it's not correct so be very careful about that if the exponents are both threes it does factor in that case so just some you know little nuances that to uh be aware of but anyway okay so just a couple basic examples here uh 9 x^2 - 49 and then uh 36 y 4 - 100 all you have to do and we can even rewrite it first um we want some we want to rewrite the first term as something squared well to write nine as something squared we would need a three and then to get x2 we just need an X so if you multiply 3x by 3x we get 9^ 2 and then 4 49 we can write that as 7^ s i I typically skip this step honestly but uh just to illustrate so this is our a this is our B and hey it says we have a 2 minus b^ 2 well that factors it says we take a which is 3x and it doesn't matter the order in which you put the negative and the positive uh in the parentheses so we'll take 3x - 7 and 3x + 7 and now we have have it factored so typically what I always do um kind of the shortcut for me at least the way I think about it anytime I see something with two terms so here's one term here's the other term if there's a a minus in between them it always factors basically I just take the square root of the first term which um I I guess you know maybe maybe you've seen it square roots a little bit maybe you haven't worked with them a lot but the sare < TK of 9 uh x^2 would just be 3x and 3X and the square < TK of 49 will just be seven and seven and then I just stick a minus and a plus in between them so maybe we can do kind of the same idea uh on this one 36 y 4us 100 so I recognize there's two terms there's a minus in between so I say hey that's going to factor uh I think what number times itself is 36 well I would need a six and a six what would I have to multiply by itself to get y 4th we would need y^2 and y^2 and then I think well what number multiply what's the square root of 100 uh it's just going to be 10 and then I just stick a negative and a positive inside of there and again now I have it factored okay so nothing nothing worse than that and again you can distribute these out and make sure in fact that everything cancels out and you do get this original expression back |
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Fisher's exact test is a statistical significance test widely used to analyze 2x2 contingency tables, particularly in situations where sample sizes are small. Unlike the chi-squared test, which approximates P-values and assumes minimum expected frequencies of at least five in each cell, Fisher's exact test calculates the exact probability (P-value) of observing the data or more extreme results under the null hypothesis. This feature makes it especially valuable when the assumptions of the chi-squared test are not met due to low expected frequencies.
This test is non-parametric, meaning it does not rely on the data following any specific distribution. Its exactness ensures accurate results, even in cases with sparse data. As a result, Fisher's exact test is often preferred in scenarios involving small sample sizes or low cell counts, where other methods may fail or provide unreliable outcomes.
Fisher's exact test is applicable when data can be represented in a 2x2 contingency table and one or both variables are categorical. It is particularly useful when expected cell counts are low, such as fewer than five observations in any cell of the table. Its ability to handle small datasets and its precision make it a robust alternative to the chi-squared test, especially in studies where obtaining large sample sizes is not feasible.
The test is used in various fields, including biology, medicine, and social sciences. For example, in medical research, it is commonly employed in small clinical trials to evaluate treatment effects. In biology, it is used to analyze genetic associations or experimental outcomes, while in social sciences, it helps examine relationships between categorical variables. Fisher's exact test is highly versatile, offering a reliable method to assess statistical significance when other tests might be unsuitable due to the limitations of sample size or data distribution.
In summary, Fisher's exact test is a precise and reliable tool for analyzing associations between categorical variables in small datasets. Its exact nature and robustness make it an essential method for researchers working with contingency tables where traditional approaches like the chi-squared test may falter.
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Fisher's exact test determines the significance of a nonrandom relationship between two categorical variables in a two-by-two contingency table.
Unlike the chi-square test, which approximates the probability of observed outcomes, Fisher's test yields an exact P-value.
It helps analyze unequally distributed data with small sample sizes, especially for expected frequency values of less than five.
Despite its computational demands, Fisher's exact test ensures precision and integrity in result interpretation.
Researchers apply this test in various fields, including medicine, to compare the effectiveness or safety of treatments.
For example, it is used to compare the efficacy of drugs A and B, where the accurate P-value determines whether the differences in the success rate between the drugs are statistically significant.
The small P-value calculated implies that the difference between drug efficacy for the drugs is statistically significant.
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5510 | http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~luke/classes/194/homework.pdf | 22S:194 Statistical Inference II Homework Assignments Luke Tierney Spring 2003 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 1 Problem 6.3 Problem 6.6 Due Friday, January 31, 2003.
Problem 6.9 Problem 6.10 Due Friday, January 31, 2003.
Problem 6.14 Problem 6.20 Due Friday, January 31, 2003.
Solutions 6.3 The joint density for the data is f(x1, . . . , xn|µ, σ) = 1 σn exp{− X (xi −µ)/σ} Y 1(µ,∞)(xi) = 1 σn exp n −n σx + nµ σ o 1(µ,∞)(x(1)) So, by the factorization criterion, (X, X(1)) is sufficient for (µ, σ).
6.6 The density of a single observation is f(x|α, β) = 1 Γ(α)βαxα−1e−x/β = 1 Γ(α)βα exp ½ (α −1) log x −1 β x ¾ This is a two-parameter exponential family, so (T1, T2) = (P log Xi, P Xi) is sufficient for (α, β). Since Q Xi is a one-to-one function of P log Xi, the pair (Q Xi, P Xi) is also sufficient for (α, β).
6.9 a. Done in class already.
1 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney b. Θ = R, X = Rn, and f(x|θ) = e−P xi+nθ1(θ,∞)(x(1)) Suppose x(1) = y(1). Then f(x|θ) = exp{ X yi − X xi}f(y|θ) for all θ. So k(x, y) = exp{P yi −P xi} works.
Suppose x(1) ̸= y(1). Then for some θ one of f(x|θ), f(y|θ) is zero and the other is not. So no k(x, y) exists.
So T(X) = X(1) is minimal sufficient.
c. Θ = R, X = Rn. The support does not depend on θ so we can work with ratios of densities. The ratio of densities for two samples x and y is f(x|θ) f(y|θ) = e−P(xi−θ) e−P(yi−θ) Q(1 + e−(yi−θ))2 Q(1 + e−(xi−θ))2 = e−P xi e−P yi Q(1 + e−yieθ)2 Q(1 + e−xieθ)2 If the two samples contain identical values, i.e. if they have the same order statistics, then this ratio is constant in θ.
If the ratio is constant in θ then the ratio of the two product terms is constant.
These terms are both polnomials of degree 2n in eθ.
If two polynomials are equal on an open subset of the real line then they are equal on the entire real line. Hence they have the same roots. The roots are {−exi} and {−eyi} (each of degree 2). If those sets are equal then the sets of sample values {xi} and {yi} are equal, i.e. the two samples must have the same order statistics.
So the order statistics (X(1), . . . , X(n)) are minimal sufficient.
d. Same idea: f(x|θ) f(y|θ) = Q(1 + (yi −θ)2) Q(1 + (xi −θ)2) If the two samples have the same order statistics then the ratio is constant.
If the ratio is constant for all real θ then two polynomials in θ are equal on the complex plane, and so the roots must be equal. The roots are the complex numbers θ = xj ± i, θ = yj ± i with i = √−1. So again the order statistics are minimal sufficient.
2 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney e. Θ = R, X = Rn. The support does not depend on θ so we can work with ratios of densities. The ratio of densities for two samples x and y is f(x|θ) f(y|θ) = exp{ X |yi −θ| − X |xi −θ|} If the order statistics are the same then the ratio is constant. Suppose the order statistics differ. Then there is some open interval I containing no xi and no yi such that #{xi > I} ̸= #{yi > I}. The slopes on I of P |xi −θ| and P |yi −θ| as functions of θ are n −2(#{xi > I}), n −2(#{yi > I}) So P |yi −θ| −P |xi −θ| has slope 2(#{xi > I} −#{yi > I}) ̸= 0 and so the ratio is not constant on I.
So again the order statistic is minimal sufficient.
6.10 To thos that the minimal sufficient statistic is not complete we need to fins a function g that is not identically zero but has expected value zero for all θ. Now E[X(1)] = θ + 1 n + 1 E[X(n)] = θ + n n + 1 So g(X(1), X(n)) = X(n) −X(1) −n−1 n+1 has expected value zero for all θ but is not identically zero for n > 1.
6.14 X1, . . . , Xn are i.i.d. from f(x−θ). This means Zi = Xi −θ are i.i.d. from f(z).
Now e X = e Z + θ X = Z + θ So e X −X = e Z −Z is ancillary.
6.20 a. The joint density of the data is f(x1, . . . , xn|θ) = 2n ³Y xi ´ 1(0,θ)(x(n)) 1 θ2n T = X(n) is sufficient (and minimal sufficient). X(n) has density fT(t|θ) = 2nt2n−1 1 θ2n1(0,θ)(t) 3 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Thus 0 = Z θ 0 g(t) 2n θ2nt2n−1dt for all θ > 0 means 0 = Z θ 0 g(t)t2n−1dt for almost all θ > 0, and this in turn implies g(t)t2n−1 = 0 and hence g(t) = 0 for all t > 0. So T = X(n) is complete.
b. Exponential family, T(X) = P log(1 + Xi), {w(θ) : θ ∈Θ} = (1, ∞) which is an open interval.
c. Exponential family, T(X) = P Xi, {w(θ) : θ ∈Θ} = {log θ : θ > 1} = (0, ∞) which is an open interval.
d. Exponential family, T(X) = P e−Xi, {w(θ) : θ ∈Θ} = {−eθ : θ ∈R} = (−∞, 0) which is an open interval.
e. Exponential family, T(X) = P Xi, {w(θ) : θ ∈Θ} = {log θ −log(1 −θ) : 0 ≤θ ≤1} = [−∞, ∞] which contains an open interval.
4 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 2 Problem 7.6 Problem 7.11 Due Friday,February 7 , 2003.
Problem 7.13 Problem 7.14 Due Friday, February 7, 2003.
Solutions 7.6 The joint PDF of the data can be written as f(x|θ) = θn Y x−2 i 1[θ,∞)(x(1)) a. X(1) is sufficient.
b. The likelihood increases up to x(1) and then is zero. So the MLE is b θ = X(1).
c. The expected value of a single observation is Eθ[X] = Z ∞ θ xθ 1 x2dx = θ Z ∞ θ 1 xdx = ∞ So the (usual) method of moments estimator does not exist.
7.11 a. The likelihood and log likelihood are L(θ|x) = θn ³Y xi ´θ−1 log L(θ|x) = n log θ + (θ −1) X log xi The derivative of the log likelihood and its unique root are d dθL(θ|x) = n θ + X log xi b θ = − n P log xi Since log L(θ|x) →−∞as θ →0 or θ →∞and the likelihood is differen-tiable on the parameter space this root is a global maximum.
5 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Now −log Xi ∼Exponential(1/θ) = Gamma(1, 1/θ). So −P log Xi ∼ Gamma(n, 1/θ). So E · − n P log Xi ¸ = n Z ∞ 0 θn xΓ(n)xn−1e−θxdx = nΓ(n −1) Γ(n) θ = n n −1θ and E "µ n P log Xi ¶2# = n2Γ(n −2) Γ(n) θ2 = n2 (n −1)(n −2)θ2 So Var(b θ) = θ2 n2 n −1 µ 1 n −2 − 1 n −1 ¶ = θ2n2 (n −1)2(n −2) ∼θ2 n →0 as n →∞.
b. The mean of a single observation is E[X] = Z 1 0 θxθdx = θ θ + 1 So X = θ θ + 1 is the method of moments equation, and e θX + X = e θ or e θ(X −1) = −X or e θ = X 1 −X We could use the delta method to find a normal approximation to the distribution of b θ. The variance of the approximate disrtibtion is larger than the variance of the MLE.
7.13 The likelihood is L(θ|x) = 1 2 exp{− X |xi −θ|} We know that the sample median e X minimizes P |xi −θ|, so b θ = e X. The minimizer is unique for odd n. For even n any value between the two middle order statistics is a minimizer.
6 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 7.14 We need the joint “density” of W, Z: P(W = 1, Z ∈[z, z + h)) = P(X ∈[z, z + h), Y ≥z + h) + o(h) = h1 λe−z/λe−z/µ + o(h) = h1 λe−z( 1 λ + 1 µ) + o(h) and, similarly, P(W = 0, Z ∈[z, z + h)) = h 1 µe−z( 1 λ + 1 µ) + o(h) So f(w, z) = lim h↓0 1 hP(W = w, Z ∈[z, z + h)) = 1 λwµ1−w e−z( 1 λ + 1 µ) and therefore f(w1, . . . , wn, z1, . . . , zn|λ, µ) = 1 λ P wiµn−P wi e−P zi( 1 λ + 1 µ ) Since this factors, f(w1, . . . , wn, z1, . . . , zn|λ, µ) = 1 λ P wi e−P zi/λ 1 µn−P wi e−P zi/µ it is maximized by maximizing each term separately, which produces b λ = P zi P wi b µ = P zi n −P wi In words, if the Xi represent failure times, then b λ = total time on test number of observed failures 7 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 3 Problem 7.22 Problem 7.23 Due Friday, February 14, 2003.
Problem 7.33 Due Friday, February 14, 2003.
Problem 7.38 Problem 7.39 Due Friday, February 14, 2003.
Solutions 7.22 We have X|θ ∼N(θ, σ2/n) θ ∼N(µ, τ 2) a. The joint density of X, θ is f(x, θ) = f(x|θ)f(θ) ∝exp ½ −n 2σ2(x −θ)2 −1 2τ 2(θ −µ)2 ¾ This is a joint normal distribution. The means and variances are E[θ] = µ E[X] = E[θ] = µ Var(θ) = τ 2 Var(X) = Var(θ) + σ2 n = τ 2 + σ2 n The covariance and correlation are Cov(θ, X) = E[Xθ] −µ2 = E[θ2] −µ2 = µ2 + τ 2 −µ2 = τ 2 ρ = τ 2 p (τ 2 + σ2/n)σ2/n b. This means that the marginal distribution of X is N(µ, τ 2 + σ2/n).
8 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney c. The posterior distribuiton of θ is f(θ|x) ∝exp ½ −n 2σ2(X −θ)2 −1 2τ 2(θ −µ)2 ¾ ∝exp ½µ n σ2x + 1 τ 2µ ¶ θ −1 2 µ n σ2 + 1 τ 2 ¶ θ2 ¾ This is a normal distribution with mean and variance Var(θ|X) = µ n σ2 + 1 τ 2 ¶−1 = τ 2σ2/n τ 2 + σ2/n E[θ|X] = Var(θ|X) µ n σ2X + 1 τ 2µ ¶ = τ 2 τ 2 + σ2/nX + σ2/n τ 2 + σ2/nµ 7.23 We have S2|σ2 ∼Gamma((n −1)/2, 2σ2/(n −1)) and f(σ2) = 1 Γ(α)βα 1 (σ2)α+1e−1/(βσ2) The posterior distribution σ2|S2 is therefore f(σ2|s2) ∝ 1 (σ2)(n−1)/2e−s2(n−1)/(2σ2) 1 (σ2)α+1e−1/(βσ2) = IG(α + (n −1)/2, (1/β + (n −1)s2/2)−1) If Y ∼IG(a, b), then V = 1/Y ∼Gamma(a, b). So E[Y ] = E[1/V ] = Z ∞ 0 1 v 1 Γ(a)bava−1e−v/bdv = 1 bΓ(a) Z ∞ 0 za−2e−zdz = Γ(a −1) bΓ(a) = 1 b(a −1) So the posterior mean of σ2 is E[σ2|S2] = 1/β + (n −1)S2/2 α + (n −3)/2 9 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 7.33 From Example 7.3.5 the MSE of b pB is E[(b pB −p)2] = np(1 −p) (α + β + n)2 + µ np + α α + β + n −p ¶2 = np(1 −p) ( p n/4 + p n/4 + n)2 + Ã np + p n/4 p n/4 + p n/4 + n −p !2 = np(1 −p) + (np + p n/4 −p(√n + n))2 (√n + n)2 = np(1 −p) + ( p n/4 −p√n)2 (√n + n)2 = n (√n + n)2 ¡ p(1 −p) + (1/2 −p)2¢ = n (√n + n)2 ¡ p −p2 + 1/4 + p2 −p)2¢ = n/4 (√n + n)2 which is constant in p.
7.38 a. The population density is θxθ−1 = θx−1eθ log x So T(X) = 1 n log Xi is efficient for τ(θ) = Eθ[log X1].
τ(θ) = Z 1 0 log xθxθ−1dx = − Z ∞ 0 yθe−θydy = 1/θ b. The population density is log θ θ −1θx = log θ θ −1ex log θ So X log f(xi|θ) = n(log log θ −log(θ −1)) + X xi log θ X ∂ ∂θ log f(xi|θ) = n µ 1 θ log θ − 1 θ −1 + x θ ¶ = n θ µ 1 log θ − θ θ −1 + x ¶ = n θ µ x − µ θ θ −1 − 1 log θ ¶¶ So X is efficient for τ(θ) = θ θ−1 − 1 log θ 7.39 Done in class.
10 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 4 Problem 7.44 Problem 7.48 Due Friday, February 21, 2003.
Problem 7.62 Problem 7.63 Problem 7.64 Due Friday, February 21, 2003.
Solutions 7.44 X1, . . . , Xn are i.i.d. N(θ, 1). W = X −1/n has E[W] = θ2 + 1 n −1 n = θ2 Since X is sufficient and complete, W is the UMVUE of θ. The CRLB is (2θ)2 In(θ) = (2θ)2 n = 4θ2 n Now E[X 2] = θ2 + 1 n E[X 4] = E[(θ + X/√n)4] = θ4 + 4θ3 1 √nE[Z] + 6θ2 1 nE[Z2] + 4θ 1 n3/2E[Z3] + 1 n2E[Z4] = θ4 + 6θ2 1 n + 3 n2 So Var(W) = Var(X 2) = θ4 + 6θ2 1 n + 3 n2 −θ4 −1 n2 −2 nθ2 = 4 nθ2 + 2 n2 > 4 nθ2 11 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 7.48 a. The MLE b p = 1 n P Xi has variance Var(b p) = p(1−p) n . The information is In(p) = −E · ∂2 ∂θ2 ³X Xi log p + ³ n − X Xi ´ log(1 −p) ´¸ = −E · ∂ ∂θ µP Xi p −n −P Xi 1 −p ¶¸ = − µ −np p2 −n −np (1 −p)2 ¶ = n p + n 1 −p = n p(1 −p) So the CRLB is p(1−p) n .
b. E[X1X2X3X4] = p4. P Xi is sufficient and complete.
E[W| X Xi = t] = P(X1 = X2 = X3 = X4 = 1| X Xi = t) = ( 0 t < 4 P(X1=X2=X3=X4=1,Pn 5 Xi=t−4) P(Pn 1 Xi=t) t ≥4 = 0 t < 4 p4(n−4 t−4)pt−4(1−p)n−t (n t)pt(1−p)n−t t ≥4 = t(t −1)(t −2)(t −3) n(n −1)(n −2)(n −3) So the UMVUE is (for n ≥4) b p(b p −1/n)(b p −2/n)(b p −3/n) (1 −1/n)(1 −2/n)(1 −3/n) No unbiased estimator eists for n < 4.
7.62 a.
R(θ, aX + b) = Eθ[(aX + b −θ)2] = a2Var(X) + (aθ + b −θ)2 = a2σ2 n + (b −(1 −a)θ)2 b. For η = σ2 nτ 2+σ2, δπ = E[θ|X] = (1 −η)X + ηµ So R(θ, δπ) = (1 −η)2σ2 n + (ηµ −ηθ)2 = (1 −η)2σ2 n + η2(µ −θ)2 = η(1 −η)τ 2 + η2(µ −θ)2 12 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney c.
B(π, δπ) = E[E[(θ −δπ)2|X]] = E[E[(θ −E[θ|X])2|X]] = E[Var(θ|X)] = E · σ2τ 2 σ2 + nτ 2 ¸ = σ2τ 2 σ2 + nτ 2 = ητ 2 7.63 From the previous problem, when the prior mean is zero the risk of the Bayes rule is R(θ, δπ) = τ 4 + θ2 (1 + τ 2)2 So for τ 2 = 1 R(θ, δπ) = 1 4 + 1 4θ2 and for τ 2 = 10 R(θ, δπ) = 100 121 + 1 121θ2 With a smaller τ 2 the risk is lower near the prior mean and higher far from the prior mean.
7.64 For any a = (a1, . . . , an) E[ X L(θi, ai)|X = x] = X E[L(θi, ai)|X = x] The independence assumptions imply that (θ1, Xi) is independent of {Xj : j ̸= i} and therefore.
E[L(θi, ai)|X = x] = E[L(θi, ai)|Xi = xi] for each i. Since δπi is a Bayes rule for estimating θi with loss L(θi, ai) we have E[L(θi, ai)|Xi = xi] ≥E[L(θi, δπi(Xi))|Xi = xi] = E[L(θi, δπi(Xi))|X = x] with the final equality again following from the independence assumptions. So X E[L(θi, ai)|Xi = xi] ≥ X E[L(θi, δπi(Xi))|X = x] = E[ X L(θi, δπi(Xi))|X = x] and therefore E[ X L(θi, ai)|X = x] ≥E[ X L(θi, ai)|Xi = xi] for all a, which implies that δπ(X) = (δπ1(X1), . . . , δπn(Xn)) is a Bayes rule for estimating θ = (θ1, . . . , θn) with loss P L(θi, ai) and prior Q πi(θi).
13 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 5 Problem 8.5 Problem 8.6 Due Friday, February 28, 2003.
Solutions 8.5 a. The likelihood can be written as L(θ, ν) = θnνnθ Q xθ+1 i 1[ν,∞)(x(1)) For fixed θ, this increases in ν for ν ≤x(1) and is then zero. So b ν = x(1), and L∗(θ) = max ν L(θ, ν) = θn Y µx(1) xi ¶θ 1 Q xi ∝θne−θT So b θ = n/T.
b. The likelihood ratio criterion is Λ(x) = L∗(1) L∗(b θ) = e−T ¡ n T ¢n e−n = const × T ne−T This is a unimodal function of T; it increases from zero to a maximum at T = n and then decreases back to zero. Therefore for any c > 0 R = {x : Λ(x) < c} = {x : T < c1 or T > c2} c. The conditional density of X2, . . . , Xn, given X1 = x and Xi ≥X1, is f(x2, . . . , xn|x1, xi ≥x1) = f(x1) · · · f(xn) f(x1)P(X2 > X1|X1 = x1) · · · P(Xn > X1|X1 = x1) = f(x2) · · · f(xn) P(X2 > x1) · · · P(Xn > x1) and P(Xi > y) = Z ∞ y θνθ xθ+1dx = νθ yθ 14 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney So f(x2, . . . , xn|x1, xi ≥x1) = θn−1 n Y i=2 xθ 1 xθ+1 i 1{xi>x1} Let Y1 = Xi/x1, i = 2, . . . , n. Then fY (y2, . . . , yn|x1, xi > x1) = xn−1 1 f(y2x1, . . . , ynx1|x1, xi > x1) = θn−1 yθ+1 2 , . . . , yθ+1 n i.e. Y2, . . . , Yn are i.i.d. with density θ/yθ+1, and T = log Y2 + · · · + log Yn.
If Z = log Y , then fZ(z) = fY (y)dy dz = θ e(θ+1)z ez = θe−θz and thus T|{X1 = x1, Xi > X1} ∼Gamma(n−1, 1/θ). By symmetry, this means that T|X(1) ∼Gamma(n −1, 1/θ), which is indepentent of X(1), so T has this distribution unconditionaly as well.
For θ = 1, T ∼Gamma(n −1, 1) 2T ∼Gamma(n −1, 2) = χ2 n−1 8.6 a. The likelihood ratio criterion is Λ = ³ n+m P Xi+P Yi ´n+m e−n−m ³ n P Xi ´n e−n ³ n P Yi ´m e−m = (n + m)n+m nnmm (P Xi)n(P Yi)m (P Xi + P Yi)n+m The test rejects if this is small.
b. The likelihood ratio criterion is of the form Λ = const × T n(1 −T)m. So the test rejects if T is too small or too large.
c. Under H0, T ∼Beta(n, m).
15 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 6 Problem 8.14 Problem 8.17 Due Friday, March 7, 2003.
Problem 8.15 Problem 8.25 Due Friday, March 7, 2003.
Problem 8.28 Problem 8.33 Due Friday, March 7, 2003.
Solutions 8.14 Use R = {x : P xi > c}. α = 0.01 means 0.01 = P( X Xi > c|p = 0.49) ≈P µ Z > c −0.49 √0.49 × 0.51 √n ¶ So c −0.49 √0.49 × 0.51 √n = 2.326 β = 0.99 implies 0.99 = P( X Xi > c|p = 0.51) ≈P µ Z > c −0.51 √0.49 × 0.51 √n ¶ So c −0.51 √0.49 × 0.51 √n = −2.326 So c −0.49 = 2.326 √ 0.49 × 0.51 1 √n c −0.51 = −2.326 √ 0.49 × 0.51 1 √n or √n × 0.002 = 2 × 2.326 √ 0.49 × 0.51 n = (100)2 × (2.326)2 × 0.49 × 0.51 = 13521 16 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 8.17 For X1, . . . , Xn i.i.d. Beta(µ, 1) L(µ|x) = µn Y xµ−1 i = µneµ P log xie−P log xi So b µ = − n P log xi L(b µ|x) = µ − n P log xi ¶n exp{−n − X log xi} and Λ(x) = ³ − n+m P log xi+P log yi ´n+m exp{−n −m −P log xi −P log yi} ³ − n P log xi ´n exp{−n −P log xi} ³ − m P log yi ´m exp{−m −P log yi} = (n + m)n+m nnmm T n(1 −T)m So {Λ < c} = {T < c1 or T > c2} for suitable c1, c2.
Under H0, −log Xi, −log Yi are i.i.d. exponential, so T ∼Beta(n, m).
To find c1 and c2 either cheat and use equal tail probabilities (the right thing to do by symmetry if n = m), or solve numerically.
8.15 L(σ2|x) = 1 (σ2)n/2 exp ½ −1 2σ2 X x2 i ¾ L(σ2 1) L(σ2 0) = µσ0 σ1 ¶n/2 exp ½1 2 X x2 i µ 1 σ2 0 −1 σ2 1 ¶¾ If σ1 > σ2 then this is increasing in P x2 i . So L(σ2 1)/L(σ2 0) > k for some k if and only if P X2 i > c for some c.
Under H0 : σ = σ0, P X2 i /σ2 0 ∼χ2 n, so c = σ2 0χ2 n,α 17 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 8.25 a. For θ2 > θ1 g(x|θ2) g(x|θ1) = exp n −(x−θ2)2 2σ2 o exp n −(x−θ1)2 2σ2 o = const × exp{x(θ2 −θ1)/σ2} This in increasing in x since θ2 −θ1 > 0.
b. For θ2 > θ1 g(x|θ2) g(x|θ1) = θx 2e−θ2/x!
θx 1e−θ1/x! = const × µθ2 θ1 ¶x which is increasing x since θ2/θ2 > 1.
c. For θ2 > θ1 g(x|θ2) g(x|θ1) = ¡n x ¢ θs 2(1 −θ2)n−x ¡n x ¢ θs 1(1 −θ1)n−x = const × µθ2/(1 −θ2) θ1/(1 −θ1) ¶x This is increasing in x since θ/(1 −θ) is increasing in θ.
8.28 a.
f(x|θ2) f(x|θ1) = eθ1−θ2 (1 + ex−θ1)2 (1 + ex−θ2)2 = const × µeθ1 + ex eθ2 + ex ¶2 Let g(y) = A + y B + y g′(y) = B + y −A −y (B + y)2 = B −A (B + y)2 Then g′(y) ≥0 if B ≥A. So we have MLR in x.
b. Since the ratio is increasing in x, the most powerful test is of the form R = {x > c}. Now Fθ(x) = 1 − 1 1 + ex−θ So for H0 : θ = 0 and α = 0.2 = 1/(1 + ec), so 1 + ec = 5 ec = 4 c = log 4 = 1.386 The power is β(1) = 1 1 + elog(4)−1 = 1 1 + 4/e = 0.405 c. Since we have MLR, the test is UMP. This is true for any θ0. This only works for n = 1; otherwise there is no one-dimensional sufficient statistic.
18 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 8.33 a.
P(Y1 > k or Yn > 1|θ = 0) = P(Y1 > k|θ = 0) = (1 −k)n = α So k = 1 −α1/n.
b.
β(θ) = P(Yn > 1 or Y1 > k|θ) = P(Yn > 1|θ) + P(Y1 > k and Yn ≤1) = ( 1 θ > 1 1 −(1 −θ)n + (1 −max{k, θ})n θ ≤1 c.
f(x|θ) = 1(θ,∞)(Y1)1(−∞,θ+1)(Yn) Fix θ′ > 0. Suppose k ≤θ′. Then β(θ′) = 1.
Suppose k > θ′. Take k′ = 1 in the NP lemma. Then f(x|θ′) < f(x|θ0) ⇒ 0 < Y1 < θ′ < k, so x ̸∈R f(x|θ′) > f(x|θ0) ⇒ 1 < Yn < θ′ + 1, so x ∈R So R is a NP test for any θ′.
So R is UMP.
d. The power is one for all n if θ > 1.
19 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 7 Problem 8.31 Problem 8.34 Due Friday, March 14, 2003.
Problem 8.49 Problem 8.54 Due Friday, March 14, 2003.
Problem 8.55 Problem 8.56 Due Friday, March 14, 2003.
Solutions 8.31 a. The joint PMF of the data is f(x|λ) = λ P xie−nλ Q xi!
For λ2 > λ1, f(x|λ2) f(x|λ1) = µλ2 λ1 ¶P xi en(λ1−λ2) is increasing in P xi, so has MLR. So a test which rejects the null hypoth-esis if X > c is UMP of its size.
b. If λ = 1, then X ∼AN(1, 1/n), so c ≈1 + zα/√n.
If λ = 2, then X ∼AN(2, 2/n), so P(X > 1 + zα/√n|λ = 2) ≈P µ Z > µ zα √n −1 ¶ rn 2 ¶ = P µ Z > zα √ 2 − rn 2 ¶ For α = 0.05, zα = 1.645.
For β(2) = 0.9, zα √ 2 − rn 2 = −z0.1 = −1.282 20 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney so n = (zα + √ 2z1−β)2 = (1.645 + √ 2 × 1.282)2 = 11.27 so this suggest using n = 12.
It might be better to use the variance-stabilizing transformation √ X. Ei-ther way, use of the CLT is a bit questionable.
8.34 a. T ∼f(t −θ), T0 ∼f(t). So P(T > c|θ) = P(T0 + θ > c) This is increasing in θ.
b. First approach: MLR implies that T > c is UMP of θ1 against θ2 for size α = P(T > c|θ1). Since φ′(t) ≡α is size α and β′(t) = E[φ′(T)|θ] = α for all θ, UMP implies that β(θ2) ≥β′(θ2) = α = β(θ1).
Second approach: Let α = P(T > c|θ1), h(t) = g(t|θ2)/g(t|θ1). Then P(T > c|θ2) −α = E[φ(T) −α|θ2] = E[(φ(T) −α)h(T)|θ1] E[h(T)|θ1] ≥h(c)E[φ(T) −α|θ1] E[h(T)|θ1] = h(c)(α −α) E[h(T)|θ1] = 0 Can also go back to the NP proof.
8.49 a. The p-value is P(X ≥7|θ = 0.5) = 1 −P(X ≤6|θ = 0.5) = 0.171875.
This can be computed in R with > 1 - pbinom(6,10,0.5) 0.171875 b. The p-value is P(X ≥3|λ = 1) = 1 −P(X ≤2|λ = 1) = 0.0803014. This can be computed in R with > 1 - ppois(2, 1) 0.0803014 c. If λ = 1 then the sufficient statistic T = X1 + X2 + X3 has a Poisson distribution with mean λT = 3. The observed value of T is t = 9, so the p-value is P(T ≥9|λT = 3) = 1 −P(T ≤8|λT = 3) = 0.001102488.
21 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 8.54 a. From problem 7.22 the posterior distribution of θ|x is normal with mean and variance E[θ|X = x] = τ 2 τ 2 + σ2/nx Var(θ|X = x) = τ 1 + nτ 2/σ2 So P(θ ≤0|x) = P Ã Z ≤−(τ 2/(τ 2 + σ2/n))x p τ 2/(1 + nτ 2/σ2) !
= P Ã Z ≥ τ p (σ2/n)(τ 2 + σ2/n) x !
b. The p-value is P(X ≥x|θ = 0) = P µ Z ≥ 1 σ/√nx ¶ c. For τ = σ = 1 the Bayes probability is larger than the p-value for x > 0 since 1 p (σ2/n)(1 + σ2/n) < 1 p 1/n d . As n →∞, τ p (σ2/n)(τ 2 + σ2/n) x = 1 p (σ2/n)(1 + σ2/(τ 2n)) x → 1 σ/n and therefore P(θ ≤0|x) converges to the p-value.
8.55 The risk functions for these tests are given by R(θ, δ) = ( b(θ0 −θ)(1 −β(θ)) for θ < θ0 c(θ −θ0)2β(θ) for θ ≥θ0 = ( b(θ0 −θ)P(Z + θ > θ0 −zα) for θ < θ0 c(θ −θ0)2P(Z + θ ≤θ0 −zα) for θ ≥θ0 = ( b(θ0 −θ)(1 −Φ(θ0 −θ −zα) for θ < θ0 c(θ −θ0)2Φ(θ0 −θ −zα) for θ ≥θ0 where Z is a stnadard normal random variable and Φ is the standard normal CDF.
8.56 The risk function for a test δ and zero-one loss is R(θ, δ) = ( 1 −β(θ) for θ ∈Θ1 β(θ) for θ ∈Θ0 22 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney For the two tests in the problem this produces R(p, δI) = ( 1 −P(X ≤1|p) for p > 1/3 P(X ≤1|p) for p ≤1/3 and R(p, δI) = ( 1 −P(Xge41|p) for p > 1/3 P(X ≥4|p) for p ≤1/3 A graph of the risk functions is 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 p r2 Test I Test II Test II has lower risk for large and small values of p; Test I has lower risk for p between 1/3 and approximately 5.5.
These risk function graphs were produced in R using b <- pbinom(1, 5, p) b1 <- pbinom(1, 5, p) b2 <- 1-pbinom(3, 5, p) r1<-ifelse(p <= 1/3, b1, 1-b1) r2<-ifelse(p <= 1/3, b2, 1-b2) plot(p,r2,type="l") lines(p,r1, lty = 2) legend(0.7,0.7,c("Test I", "Test II"), lty=c(1,2)) 23 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 8 Problem 9.1 Problem 9.2 Due Friday, March 28, 2003.
Problem 9.4 Due Friday, March 28, 2003.
Problem 9.12 Problem 9.13 Due Friday, March 28, 2003.
Solutions 9.1 Since L ≤U, {L ≤θ ≤U}c = {L > θ} ∪{U < θ} Also {L > θ} ∩{U < θ} = ∅ So P({L ≤θ ≤U}c) = P(L > θ) + P(U < θ) = α1 + α2 and thus P(L ≤θ ≤U) = 1 −α1 −α2 9.2 This can be interpreted conditionally or unconditionally. Given X1, . . . , Xn, P(Xn+1 ∈x ± 1.96/√n|x) = P(Z ∈x −θ ± 1.96/√n) ≤P(Z ∈0 ± 1.96/√n) < 0.95 if n > 1 ≤0.95 if n = 1 Equality holds only if n = 1 and x = θ.
Unconditionally, P(Xn+1 ∈X ± 1.96/√n) = P(Z −Z ∈0 ± 1.96/√n = P Ã Z′ ∈0 ± 1.96 √n p 1 + 1/n !
= P(Z′ ∈0 ± 1.96/ √ n + 1) < 0.95 for n ≥1 24 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 9.4 In this problem Xi are i.i.d. N(0, σ2 X) Yi/ p λ0 are i.i.d. N(0, σ2 X) a.
Λ = ³ n+m P X2 i +P Y 2 i /λ0 ´(n+m)/2 ³ n P X2 i ´n/2 ³ m P Y 2 i /λ0 ´m/2 = CT n/2(1 −T)m/2 with T = 1 1 + P Y 2 i λ0 P X2 i = 1 1 + m n F So Λ < k if and only if F < c1 or F > c2.
b. F/λ0 ∼Fm,n. Choose c1, c2 so c1 = Fm,n,1−α1, c2 = Fm,n,α2, α1 + α2 = α, and f(c1) = f(c2) for f(t) = µ 1 1 + m n t ¶n/2 µ 1 − 1 1 + m n t ¶m/2 c.
A(λ) = {X, Y : c1 ≤F ≤c2} = ½ X, Y : c1 ≤ P Y 2 i /m λ P X2 i /n ≤c2 ¾ C(λ) = ½ λ : P Y 2 i /m c2 P X2 i /n ≤λ ≤ P Y 2 i /m c1 P X2 i /n ¾ = · P Y 2 i /m c2 P X2 i /n, P Y 2 i /m c1 P X2 i /n ¸ This is a 1 −α level CI.
9.12 All of the following are possible choices: 1. √n(X −θ)/S ∼tn−1 2. (n −1)S2/θ ∼χ2 n−1 3. √n(X −θ)/ √ θ ∼N(0, 1) The first two produce the obvious intervals.
For the third, look for those θ with −zα/2 < Q(X, θ) = X −θ p θ/n < zα/2 If x ≥0, then Q(x, ·) is decreasing, and the confidence set is an interval.
25 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney α/2 zα/2 -z θ 0 L U If x < 0, then Q(X, θ) is negative with a single mode. If x is large enough (close enough to zero, then the confidence set is an interval, corresponding to the two solutions to Q(x, θ) = −zα/2.
If x is too small, then there are no solutions and the confidence set is empty.
α/2 0 U -z L 0 -z α/2 9.13 a. U = log X ∼exp(1/θ), θU ∼exp(1). So P(Y/2 < θ < Y ) = P(1/2 < θU < 1) = e−1 −e−1/2 = 0.239 26 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney b. θU ∼exp(1).
P(−log(1 −α/2) < θU < −log(α/2)) = 1 −α P µ−log(1 −α/2) U < θ < −log(α/2) U ¶ = 1 −α [−log(1 −α/2)Y, −log(α/2)Y ] = [0.479Y, 0.966Y ] c. The interval in b. is a little shorter, b a = 0.487 0.5 though it is not of optimal length.
27 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 9 Problem 9.27 Problem 9.33 Due Friday, April 4, 2003.
Problem 10.1 Due Friday, April 4, 2003.
Solutions 9.27 a. The posterior density is π(λ|X) ∝1 λne−P xi/λ 1 λa+1e−1/(bλ) = 1 λn+a+1e−[1/b+P xi]/λ = IG(n + a, [1/b + X xi]−1) The inverse gamma density is unimodal, so the HPD region is an interval [c1, c2] with c1, c2 chosen to have equal density values and P(Y > 1/c1) + P(Y < 1/c2) = α, with Y ∼Gamma(n + a, [1/b + P xi]−1).
.b The distribution of S2 is Gamma((n −1)/2, 2σ2/(n −1)). The resulting posterior density is therefore π(σ2|s2) ∝ (s2)(n−1)/2−1 (σ2/(n −1))(n−1)/2e−(n−1)s2/σ2 1 (σ2)a+1e−1/(bσ2) ∝ 1 (σ2)(n−1)/2+a+1e−[1/b+(n−1)s2]/σ2 = IG((n −1)/2 + a, [1/b + (n −1)s2]−1) As in the previous part, the HPD region is an interval that can be deter-mined by solving a corresponding set of equations.
c. The limiting posterior distribution is IG((n −1)/2, [(n −1)s2]−1). The limiting HPD region is an interval [c1, c2] with c1 = (n −1)s2/χ2 n−1,α1 and c2 = (n −1)s2/χ2 n−1,1−α2 where α1 + α2 = α and c1, c2 have equal posterior density values.
28 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 9.33 a. Since 0 ∈Ca(x) for all a, x, Pµ=0(0 ∈Ca(X)) = 1 For µ < 0, Pµ(µ ∈Ca(X)) = Pµ(min{0, X −a} ≤µ) = Pµ(X −a ≤µ) = Pµ(X −µ ≤a) = 1 −α if a = zα. For µ > 0, Pµ(µ ∈Ca(X)) = Pµ(max{0, X −a} ≥µ) = Pµ(X + a ≥µ) = Pµ(X −µ ≥−a) = 1 −α if a = zα.
b. For π(µ) ≡1, f(µ|x) ∼N(x, 1).
P(min{0, x −a} ≤µ ≤max{0, x −a}|X = x) = P(x −a ≤µ ≤x + a|X = x) = 1 −2α if a = zα and −zα ≤x ≤zα. For a = zα and x > zα, P(min{0, x −a} ≤µ ≤max{0, x −a}|X = x) = P(−x ≤Z ≤a) →P(Z ≤z) = 1 −α as x →∞.
10.1 The mean is µ = θ/3, so the method of moments estimator is Wn = 3Xn. By the law of large numbers Xn P →µ = θ/3, so Wn = 3Xn P →θ.
29 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 10 Problem 10.3 Problem 10.9 (but only for e−λ; do not do λe−λ) Due Friday, April 11, 2003.
Problem: Find the approximate joint distribution of the maximum likelihood estimators in problem 7.14 of the text.
Due Friday, April 11, 2003.
Problem: In the setting of problem 7.14 of the text, suppose n = 100, P Wi = 71, and P Zi = 7802. Also assume a smooth, vague prior distribution. Find the posterior probability that λ > 100.
Due Friday, April 11, 2003.
Solutions 10.3 a. The derivative of the log likelihood is ∂ ∂θ µn 2 log θ − P(Xi −θ)2 2θ ¶ = −n 2θ + P(Xi −θ)2 1θ2 + 2 P(Xi −θ) 2θ = −n 2θ + P X2 i −nθ2 2θ2 = nW −θ −θ2 2θ2 So the MLE is a root of the quadratic equation θ2 + θ −W = 0. The roots are θ1,2 = 1 2 ± r 1 4 + W The MLE is the larger root since that represents a local maximum and since the smaller root is negative.
b. The Fisher information is In(θ) = −nE · ∂ ∂θ µθ2 + θ −W 2θ2 ¶¸ = nE[W] θ3 −n 2θ2 = nE[W] −θ/2 θ3 = nθ2 + θ −θ/2 θ3 = nθ + 1/2 θ2 So b θ ∼AN(θ, θ2 n(θ+1/2)).
30 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney 10.9 (but only for e−λ; do not do λe−λ) The UMVUE of e−λ is Vn = (1 −1/n)nX and the MLE is e−X. Since √n(Vn −e−X) = √nO(1/n) = O(1/√n) both √n(Vn−e−λ) and √n(eX−e−λ) have the same normal limiting distribution and therefore their ARE is one.
In finite samples one can argue that the UMVUE should be preferred if unbi-asedness is deemed important. The MLE is always larger than the UMVUE in this case, which might in some contexts be an argument for using the UMVUE.
A comparison of mean square errors might be useful.
For the data provided, e−X = 0.0009747 and Vn = 0.0007653.
Problem: Find the approximate joint distribution of the maximum likelihood estimators in problem 7.14 of the text.
Solution: The log-likelihood is ℓ(λ, µ) = − X wi log λ −(n − X wi) log µ − X zi µ1 λ + 1 µ ¶ So ∂ ∂λℓ(λ, µ) = − P wi λ + P zi λ2 ∂ ∂µℓ(λ, µ) = −n −P wi µ + P zi µ2 ∂2 ∂λ2ℓ(λ, µ) = P wi λ2 −2 P zi λ3 ∂2 ∂µ2ℓ(λ, µ) = n −P wi µ2 −2 P zi µ3 ∂2 ∂λ∂µℓ(λ, µ) = 0 E[Wi] = µ λ + µ E[Zi] = λµ λ + µ So E · −∂2 ∂λ2ℓ(λ, µ) ¸ = 2 n λ2 µ λ + µ −n λ2 µ λ + µ = n λ2 µ λ + µ E · −∂2 ∂µ2ℓ(λ, µ) ¸ = n µ2 λ λ + µ 31 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney and thus ·b λ b µ ¸ ∼AN Ã·λ µ ¸ , " λ2(λ+µ) nµ 0 0 µ2(λ+µ) nλ #!
Problem: In the setting of problem 7.14 of the text, suppose n = 100, P Wi = 71, and P Zi = 7802. Also assume a smooth, vague prior distribution. Find the posterior probability that λ > 100.
Solution: The MLE’s are b λ = P Zi P Wi = 109.89 b µ = P Zi n −P Wi The observed information is b In(b λ, b µ) = " P Wi b λ2 0 0 n−P Wi b µ2 # Thus the marginal posterior distribution of λ is approximately N(b λ, b λ2/ X Wi) = N(109.89, 170.07) So P(λ > 100|X) ≈P µ Z > 100 −109.89 √ 170.07 ¶ ≈0.7758 32 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 11 Problem: Let X1, . . . , Xn be a random sample from a Pareto(1, β) distribution with density f(x|β) = β/xβ+1 for x ≥1. Find the asymptotic relative efficiency of the method of moments estimator of β to the MLE of β.
Due Friday, April 18, 2003.
Problem: Let X1, . . . , Xn be i.i.d. Poisson(λ) and let W = e−X. Find the parametric bootstrap variance Var∗(W) and show that Var∗(W)/Var(W) P →1 as n →∞.
Due Friday, April 18, 2003.
1. Let X1, . . . , Xn be a random sample that may come from a Poisson distribution with mean λ. Find the sandwich estimator of the asymptotic variance of the MLE b λ = X.
2. Let g(x) = e−x for x > 0 be an exponential density with mean one and let f(x|θ) be a N(θ, 1) density. Find the value θ∗corresponding to the density of the form f(x|θ) that is closest to g in Kullback-Liebler divergence.
Due Friday, April 18, 2003.
Solutions Problem: Let X1, . . . , Xn be a random sample from a Pareto(1, β) distribution with density f(x|β) = β/xβ+1 for x ≥1. Find the asymptotic relative efficiency of the method of moments estimator of β to the MLE of β.
Solution: The mean is finite and E[X] = β/(β −1) if β > 1. So the method of moments estimator is b βMM = X/(X −1) if X > 1 and undefined otherwise.
The variance is finite and Var(X) = β (β−1)2(β−2) if β > 2. So for β > 2 the central limit theorem implies that √n(X −β/(β −1)) D →N µ 0, β (β −1)2(β −2) ¶ Since b βMM = g(X) with g(x) = x/(x −1) and g′(x) = −1/(x −1)2, we have g′(β/(β −1)) = −(β −1)2 and the delta method shows that √n(b βMM −β) D →N µ 0, g′(β/(β −1))2β (β −1)2(β −2) ¶ = N(0, β(β −1)2/(β −2)) 33 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney The MLE is b β = n/(P log Xi) and the Fisher information is In(β) = n/β2. So the asymptotic relative efficiency of the method of moments estimator to the MLE is ARE(b βMM, b β) = β2 β(β −1)2/(β −2) = β(β −2) (β −1)2 for β > 2. For β ≤2 the method of moments estimator will exist for large n but will not he √n-consistent; it makes sense to say the asymptotic relative efficiency is zero in this case.
Problem: Let X1, . . . , Xn be i.i.d. Poisson(λ) and let W = e−X. Find the parametric bootstrap variance Var∗(W) and show that Var∗(W)/Var(W) P →1 as n →∞.
Solution: Using the MGF of the Poisson distribution we have E[W|λ] = MP Xi(−1/n) = exp{nλ(e−1/n −1)} E[W 2|λ] = MP Xi(−2/n) = exp{nλ(e−2/n −1)} The variance of W is therefore Var(W|λ) = E[W 2|λ] −E[W|λ]2 = exp{nλ(e−2/n −1)} −exp{2nλ(e−1/n −1)} = exp{2nλ(e−1/n −1)}(exp{nλ(e−2/n −2e−1/n + 1)} −1) = exp{2nλ(e−1/n −1)}(exp{nλ(e−1/n −1)2} −1) = λbng(anλ, bnλ) with g(x, y) = ( e2x ey−1 y if y ̸= 0 e2x if y = 0 an = n(e−1/n −1) bn = n(e−1/n −1)2 = a2 n n The bootstrap variance is Var∗(W) = Var(W|λ = X) = exp{2nX(e−1/n −1)}(exp{nX(e−1/n −1)2} −1) = Xbng(anX, bnX) Now g is continuous, an →1 and bn →0. So by the law of large numbers, Slutsky’s theorem, and the continuous mapping theorem Var∗(W) Var(W|λ) = Xg(anX, bnX) λg(anλ, bnλ) P →λg(λ, 0) λg(λ, 0) = 1 34 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Problem: 1. Let X1, . . . , Xn be a random sample that may come from a Poisson dis-tribution with mean λ. Find the sandwich estimator of the asymptotic variance of the MLE b λ = X.
2. Let g(x) = e−x for x > 0 be an exponential density with mean one and let f(x|θ) be a N(θ, 1) density. Find the value θ∗corresponding to the density of the form f(x|θ) that is closest to g in Kullback-Liebler divergence.
Solution: 1. For the Poisson distribution ∂ ∂λ log f(X|λ) = X −λ λ ∂2 ∂λ2 log f(X|λ) = −X λ2 So the sandwich estimator of the asymptotic variance of the MLE is d Var(√n(b λ −λ) = 1 n P ³ ∂ ∂λ log f(Xi|b λ) ´2 ³ 1 n P ∂2 ∂λ2 log f(Xi|b λ) ´2 = 1 n X (Xi −X)2 2. The Kullback-Liebler divergence from any distribution with density g to a N(θ, 1) distribution is KL(g, f) = Z log g(x) f(x|θ)g(x)dx = const + 1 2 Z (x −θ)2g(x)dx This is minimized by θ∗= Eg[X]; for this particular choice of g this means θ∗= 1.
35 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 12 Problem 10.30 (b) Due Friday, April 25, 2003.
Problem: Consider the setting of Problem 10.31. Derive an expression for −2 log Λ, where Λ is the likelihood ratio test statistic, and find the approximate distribution of this quantity under the null hypothesis.
Due Friday, April 25, 2003.
Problem 10.38 Due Friday, April 25, 2003.
Solutions 10.30 (b) For the Huber M-estimator ψ(−∞) = −k and ψ(∞) = k, so η = 1/(1+1) = 1/2 and the breakdown is 50%.
The formula for the breakdown given in this problem is only applicable to monotone ψ functions. For redescending ψ functions the estimating equation need not have a unique root. To resolve this one can specify that an estimator should be determined using a local root finding procedure starting at, say, the sample median. In this case the M-estimator inherits the 50% breakdown of the median. See Huber, pages 53–55, for a more complete discussion.
Problem: Consider the setting of Problem 10.31. Derive an expression for −2 log Λ, where Λ is the likelihood ratio test statistic, and find the approximate distribution of this quantity under the null hypothesis.
Solution: The restricted likelihood corresponds to n1 +n2 Bernoulli trials with S1 + S2 successes and common success probability p, so the MLE of p is b p = (S1+S2)/(n1+n2). The unrestricted likelihood consists of two independent sets of Bernoulli trials with success probabilities p1 and p2, and the correpsonding MLS’s are b p1 = S1/n1 and b p2 = S2/n2. The likelihood ratio statistic is therefore Λ = b pS1+S2(1 −b p)F1+F2 b p1 S1(1 −b p1)F1b pS2 2 (1 −b p2)F2 = µ b p b p1 ¶S1 µ b p b p2 ¶S2 µ 1 −b p 1 −b p1 ¶F1 µ 1 −b p 1 −b p2 ¶F2 and −2 log Λ = 2 µ S1 log b p1 b p + S2 log b p2 b p + F1 log 1 −b p1 1 −b p + F2 log 1 −b p2 1 −b p ¶ 36 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney The restricted parameter space under the null hypothesis is one-dimensional and the unrestricted parameter space is two-dimensional. Thus under the null hypothesis the distribution of −2 log Λ is approximately χ2 1.
10.38 The log likelihood for a random sample from a Gamma(α, β) distribution is log L(β) = n µ −log Γ(α) −α log β + (α −1) 1 n X log Xi −X/β ¶ So the score function is Vn(β) = ∂ ∂β log L(β) = n µ −α β + X β2 ¶ = nx −αβ β2 and the Fisher information is In(β) = −nE · α β2 −2X β3 ¸ = n2αβ β3 −n α β2 = n α β2 So the score statistic is Vn(β) p In(β) = √nX −αβ √αβ = √nX −αβ p αβ2 37 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney Assignment 13 Problem 10.41 Due Friday, May 2, 2003.
Problem: Let x1, . . . , xn be constants, and suppose Yi = β1(1 −e−β2xi) + εi with the εi independent N(0.σ2) ramdom variables.
a. Find the normal equations for the least squares estimators of β1 and β2.
b. Suppose β2 is known. Find the least squares estimator for β1 as a function of the data and β2.
Due Friday, May 2, 2003.
Problem: Let x1, . . . , xn be constants, and suppose Yi = β1 + β2xi + εi Let y∗be a constant and let let x∗satisfy y∗= β0 + β1x∗ that is, x∗is the value of x at which the mean response is y∗.
a. Find the maximum likelihood estimator b x∗of x∗.
b. Use the delta method to find the approximate sampling distribution of b x∗.
Due Friday, May 2, 2003.
Solutions 10.41 This problem should have stated that r is assumed known.
a. The log likelihood for p is log L(p) = const + n(r log p + x log(1 −p)) 38 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney The first and second partial derivatives with respoct to p are ∂ ∂p = nr p − nx 1 −p ∂2 ∂p2 = −nr p2 − nx (1 −p)2 So the Fisher information is In(p) = nr p2(1−p) and the score test statistic is √n nr p − nx 1−p q nr p2(1−p) = rn r µ(1 −p)r + px √1 −p ¶ b. The mean is µ = r(1 −p)/p. The score statsitic can be written in terms of the mean as rn r µ(1 −p)r + px √1 −p ¶ = √n µ −x p µ + µ2/r A confidence interval is give by C = ( µ : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ √n µ −x p µ + µ2/r ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ≤zα/2 ) The endpoints are the solutions to a quatriatic, U, L = r(8x + z2 α/2) ± q rz2 α/2 q 16rx + 16x2 + rz2 α/2 8r −2z2 α/2 To use the continuity corection, replace x with x + 1 2n for the upper end point and x − 1 2n for the lower end point.
Problem: Let x1, . . . , xn be constants, and suppose Yi = β1(1 −e−β2xi) + εi with the εi independent N(0.σ2) ramdom variables.
a. Find the normal equations for the least squares estimators of β1 and β2.
b. Suppose β2 is known. Find the least squares estimator for β1 as a function of the data and β2.
Solution: 39 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney a. The mean response is µi(β) = β1(1−e−β2xi). So the partial derivatives are ∂ ∂β1 µi(β) = 1 −e−β2xi ∂ ∂β2 µi(β) = β1(1 −e−β2xi)xi So the normal equations are n X i=1 β1(1 −e−β2xi)2 = n X i=1 (1 −e−β2xi)Yi n X i=1 β2 1(1 −e−β2xi)2xi = n X i=1 β1(1 −e−β2xi)xiYi b. If β2 is known then the least squares estimator for β1 can be found by solving the first normal equation: b β1 = Pn i=1(1 −e−β2xi)Yi Pn i=1(1 −e−β2xi)2 Problem: Let x1, . . . , xn be constants, and suppose Yi = β1 + β2xi + εi Let y∗be a constant and let let x∗satisfy y∗= β0 + β1x∗ that is, x∗is the value of x at which the mean response is y∗.
a. Find the maximum likelihood estimator b x∗of x∗.
b. Use the delta method to find the approximate sampling distribution of b x∗.
Solution: This prolem should have explicitly assumed normal errors.
a. Since x∗= (y∗−β1)/β2, the MLE is b x∗= y∗−b β1 b β2 by MLE invariance.
b. The partial derivatives of the function g(β1, β2) = (y∗−β1)/β2 are ∂ ∂β1 g(β1, β2) = −1 β2 ∂ ∂β2 g(β1, β2) = −y∗−β1 β2 2 40 Statistics 22S:194, Spring 2003 Tierney So for β2 = 0 the variance of the approximate sampling distribution is d Var(b x∗) = ∇gσ2(XTX)−1∇gT = 1 nβ2 2 P x2 i −2x y∗−β1 β3 2 + (y∗−β1)2 β4 2 P(xi −x)2 = 1 nβ2 2 P(xi −x)2 + (y∗−β1−β2x)2 β4 2 P(xi −x)2 = 1 nβ2 2 + (y∗−β1 −β2x)2 β4 2 P(xi −x)2 So by the delta method b x∗∼AN(x∗, d Var(b x∗)).
The approximation is reasonably good if β2 is far from zero, but the actual mean and variance of b x∗do not exist.
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Dr. Pedro Pinheiro
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What is tinea cruris?
Tinea cruris, also known as jock itch or jockey itch, is a common fungal infection that belongs to the group of dermatophytosis, also known as tinea or impinge.
This condition primarily affects the area around the inguinal folds (groin), causing significant discomfort and impacting quality of life. As a naturally warm and moist area, the groin provides ideal conditions for the growth of the fungi responsible for the infection.
The most common symptoms include intense itching, redness, and peeling of the skin in the affected area. In many cases, jock itch has well-defined edges and a ring shape that can expand over time, reaching nearby areas such as the inner thighs or buttocks. This combination of symptoms often causes not only physical discomfort but also embarrassment, especially when the lesion is extensive.
Although jock itch is more common in men, it can also occur in women, especially in situations that favor the proliferation of fungi, such as intense physical activity, wearing tight clothing, or frequent exposure to heat and humidity. In addition, factors such as obesity, diabetes, or a weakened immune system can increase the predisposition to developing this infection.
In this article, we will present images of cases of jock itch to illustrate how this infection manifests visually. Our goal is to aid in the early identification of the condition and provide an additional resource for those seeking to better understand the signs of this infection. It is important to remember that when noticing similar symptoms, medical evaluation is essential to confirm the diagnosis and begin appropriate treatment.
Images of tinea cruris (jock itch) lesions
The main symptoms of jock itch are intense itching and redness in the area around one or both groins.
Rounded lesion with sharper edges.
Tinea cruris usually begins with a reddish plaque on the inside of one or both thighs, with well-demarcated borders. The lesion can spread over the inner thighs to the pubic area and buttocks. The lesions usually expand in the shape of circles.
Groin ringworm – reddish plaque on the inside of the thigh.
In men, the scrotum and penis are usually spared or have milder redness. This feature helps distinguish between tinea cruris and yeast infections, since candidiasis in the inguinal region in men often affects the scrotum and penis.
Jock itch in men: Lesions in the groin, sparing the scrotum and penis.
Jock itch
Tinea cruris: Reddish lesion with rounded edges.
Tinea cruris.
As you can see in the photos, rounded lesions that expand from the center to the periphery are very common. The edges are typically redder and more prominent, while the center is lighter.
Jock itch – Dermatophytic folliculitis
Some patients may present with dermatophytic folliculitis, which appears as papules or pustules along the margin, as shown in the image above.
Tinea cruris
Tinea cruris
What causes jock itch?
The fungi that cause dermatophytosis are called dermatophytes. There are more than 50 species of dermatophyte fungi, distributed among 9 genera. In humans, the main genera that cause infection are Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton.
Tinea can appear on any area of the skin, hair, or nails. The main types of dermatophytosis are:
Tinea pedis: dermatophyte infection of the foot, also called athlete’s foot.
Tinea cruris: tinea infection of the groin.
Tinea capitis: tinea infection of the hair on the scalp.
Tinea unguium: fungal infection of the nail, also called onychomycosis.
Tinea barbae: infection of the beard hairs.
Tinea corporis: infection by dermatophytes on skin surfaces apart from the feet, groin, face, scalp or beard.
For more information on tinea cruris, go to: Photos of Jock Itch (Tinea Cruris or Groin Ringworm).
References
Diagnosis and Management of Tinea Infections–American Family Physician.
Tinea cruris – DermNet New Zealand.
Tinea Cruris– Medscape.
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Dr. Pedro Pinheiro
Pedro Pinheiro holds a medical degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, certified by the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN). He is currently based in Lisbon, Portugal, with his credentials recognized by the University of Porto and the Portuguese Nephrology Specialty College.
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all right hello everybody and welcome to chapter eight uh today we're gonna be going over central force motion uh in the textbook classical dynamics of particles um so without further ado uh first we're going to talk about introduction and reduce math get into some conservation theorems and then basically do some problems on it and look at what kepler to solve so let's get started with the introduction okay so basically when we have a system whose motion consists of two bodies affected by a force directed along the line connecting the center of the two bodies in other words a force directed towards the center um we basically have a central force problem and this problem is really important when we deal with like stuff in space like orbiting bodies uh or even simpler stuff like a car around a circular race track so this chapter is going to be dedicated to kind of talking about these special kinds of problems and yeah so in order to um solve these problems we need to get into a concept called the reduced mass reduced mass so if we want to describe a system consisting of two particles we have to basically specify six quantities in other words we have two things right and we have some arbitrary origin and we have two vectors pointing the two and each of those has three quantities right x y and z okay so um the other hand we can choose to basically take these six quantities and break it into just three quantities if we define if i call this r1 r2 we can define r as r1 minus r2 and then basically this describes the position of the two particles so let's look at kind of what this looks like so these are two methods to kind of describe um position of two particles so here we have r1 r2 and then we have this big r which just points to the center of mass right there and then we have this other r vector which is defined as the difference between r2 r1 and we can see the same explanation here these are just different ways of writing the same thing so um if we basically um use the center of mass vector big r um we can kind of simplify our problems and have to deal with less numbers less variables to carry along so let's restrict our attention to systems without frictional losses and where the potential energy is a function only of r is equal to r1 minus r2 so we can write the lagrangian then as um basically one-half mv squared to the first particle one-half mv square to the second particle minus the potential which again is dependent on these right here between the two objects and um because we don't really care about the translational motion of a system if we're dealing with orbiting systems like for example we don't care that the earth is actually moving like this when the moon is orbiting it we can just assume the earth is stationary from our point of view and we're just looking at the moon orbit um we could basically choose the origin for a coordinate system to be the particle's center of mass in other words r is equal to zero that's our origin and then we can basically write then that m1 r1 plus m2 r2 is equal to zero from definition center mass if this is our origin or r1 is defined as that r2 is defined as that okay so if we combine this with the definition of [Music] r right here we get um some equations uh that relates r1 and r2 in terms of normal r so then we can rewrite um the lagrangian as so with this pre-factor mu for m instead where mu is defined as the reduced mass which is um m1 m2 over m1 plus m2 which you'll probably recognize from the center of mass equation right since x center of mass is equal to sum over i m i x i over sum over m i i okay and all they basically did here is just factor out the r but okay so we basically reduced a problem with two particles right into an equivalent one body problem where we just basically have to determine the motion of this mu mass and that's the point of the reduced mass okay so now let's get into some conservation theorems um the first integrals of the motion okay so the system that we want to discuss basically from the reduced mass rate just consists of a particle of mass mu moving into central force field described by our potential of r not r1 or r2 of r which is the difference between them so because the potential energy depends only on the distance of the particle from the force center not the orientation we can say the system possesses spherical symmetry so basically tells us the system's rotation about any fixed axis through the center of force cannot affect the equations of motion in other words angular momentum is conserved okay so from this we can basically understand that both the radius vector and the linear momentum vector of the particle always lie in plane normal to the angular momentum vector l okay which is fixed in space in other words it's just a restatement of this expression here and therefore we have a two-dimensional problem since we have um l and p and we can rewrite the lagrangian in terms of the reduced mass in polar coordinates it's written as so now the lagrangian is cyclic and theta right so the angular momentum um is conserved so if i write down the equations we know it's the partial is zero with respect to theta which then also then tells us that the total time derivative of the partial respect to theta dot also has to be zero okay so let's draw a picture and kind of understand what we're talking about so notice that l is that orthogonal to r and p okay now [Music] in this diagram here we have some path of a particle given as r of t um and then we have um a way to basically relate um let's think here we have our two uh radius vectors at two different times and we basically want to get um our path integral from that and we see that an angle is swept out and as time goes on and then from that we can basically get the differential area element from geometry then we have a relationship between d a and d t in other words that the angular momentum dl del theta dot is equal to the reduced mass r squared theta dot from here which is constant in other words a momentum is conserved okay now this quantity um p theta or i guess angle momentum is the first integral of the motion and we give it its constant value by the symbol lowercase l which is given by the reduced mass r squared theta dot now l can be negative as well as positive um it's just that l is a constant tells us a basically a geometric interpretation so if we look in this figure right we see that the path r of t the radius vectors sweeps out that area one half r squared d theta and the time dt so that tells us da is one half r squared d theta and when we divide by the time interval so d a over dt is equal to one half r squared d theta dt which is just one half r squared theta dot which is just l over two mu which is constant and in other words the aerial velocity is constant in time and if you've ever taken an astronomy class before that should sound familiar because that's kepler's second law right kepler's second law that says in any orbiting motion a body like this if we have like this angle this area element here has to be equal to the amount here in the same amount of time um and that's what this expression here is telling us geometrically that the aerial velocity has to be um the same sorry let me drink some water and since we're dealing with non-dissipative systems in other words no friction we can write that the kinetic energy plus the potential energy is equal to the total energy which is constant okay and we can rewrite this as e is equal to our expression for the kinetic energy one half mu and then spherical r dot squared plus r squared theta dot squared plus the potential which if we rewrite in terms of our lowercase l we have one half mu r dot squared plus one half l squared over mu r squared plus u of r perfect okay now let's get into the equations of motion so if u of r is specified then basically this equation right here completely describes the motion of the system and the integration of this equation gives you the general solution of the problem in terms of e and l and if we solve this equation uh in terms of sorry 4 r dot the equation above we get r dot is just the rdt which is just uh solving the quadratic basically not the quadratic why yes it is a quadratic we're solving for r dot square here okay and this equation can then be solved for dt and then integrated to basically get t is equal to t of r and we can invert that equation to get r is equal to r of t and we can get our path right here okay so we can write d theta as d theta dt dt dr dr right because these are just substitute in and we can write d theta as theta dot over r dot d r and then um we can basically oops when we can remember that theta dot is equal to l divided by mu r squared and then if we plug into this expression here we can get theta of r is equal to the integral plus or minus l over r squared dr right so we have theta dot here over square root 2 mu where we brought the mu into the square root down here e minus u minus l squared over 2 mu r squared okay and then since l is constant in time that tells us that theta dot can't change signs and therefore theta t must increase or decrease monotonically with time okay so we've basically figured out a way to write it in terms of theta of r and now we can also see um well we basically got the orbit right in terms of angle and now we can also look at this problem by using lagrange's equation for the coordinate r so remember lagrange's equation is del l del r minus total time derivative of del l del r dot is equal to zero so plugging in with the reduced mass we get mu of r double dot minus r uh thetas dot squared is equal to the negative partial of the potential energy with respect to the radius or the force okay in other words f is equal to kind of an m and an a right so we can um make a simple change of variable and we can define um oh i hate this notation u as one over r so not mu u um and then uh we can get the total time derivative d u d theta as negative one over r squared d r d theta which is equal to negative one over r squared d r d t d t d theta putting in dts there which is just negative one over r squared r dot theta dot and then remember again theta dot is equal to l over mu r squared so that then tells us that d u d theta is equal to negative mu over l r dot or this is a mu not a u okay so now we can find the um second order derivative and we get uh negative mu over l theta dot r double dot so then we can solve for our two values in our equation of motion right here in terms of u we get these expressions and then we can basically transform the equations of motion so that [Music] the second derivative of u with respect to theta how do you do it um we're basically just plugging these equations into this equation right here and then instead of f of r we have f of 1 over u now we can rewrite this by retransforming it back to r as so and this is very useful because it lets us find uh r of r let's just find r which is equal to r of theta so now we've basically completed the inverse transformation of theta is equal to theta of r do that little u substitution okay let's look at an example now so i'll just screenshot the whole example and go over it so i want to find the force law for a central force field that allows a particle to move into logarithmic spiral orbit given by r is equal to k e to the alpha theta where k and alpha are just some constants so we can use equation 8.21 8.21 is the equation right above us right here to determine the force slot f of r so dd theta one over r is equal to td theta of we plug in our force right our value for r um e to the negative alpha theta over k and taking the derivative we get this and then we take the derivative again we're left with alpha squared over r so now we can get f of r because f of r is equal to in terms of l this expression here and then we find that we get basically f of r is proportional to one over r cubed okay okay let's look at one more problem so let's determine r of t and theta t for the probability example 8.1 so 8.1 is an example right above us um so we want to determine r of t and theta t so uh from equation 8.10 8.10 was l is equal to mu r squared theta dot l is actually defined as that um we can basically solve for theta dot and then plug in our value for r right here and now we can rearrange this um and we get this expression here since remember this is just d theta dt okay and then we can integrate and if we integrate this we have e to the two alpha theta over two alpha is equal to l t over mu k squared plus some constant c uh i guess we'll call it c prime and then we can move the two alpha to the other side i'll just screenshot the work actually because it's easier and then me just writing okay so we move the two alpha to the other side and we rename c is equal to two alpha c prime and now we can solve for theta of t by basically outlining both sides and we can solve for theta of ts so and then if we examine these equations we realize we can get r of t now and we get this expression for r of t okay now let's continue on with this example with example 8.3 by finding the total energy of the orbit in this example so the energy is found from equation 8.14 8.14 if you guys remember was just the energy in terms of the reduced mass l right here this is equation 8.14 okay so plugging in for u of r same we plug in our values for the force and we separate the inverse i guess cubic r to make the integration um easier and we're left with this expression and then we let the potential already at infinity equals zero because it's a one over r squared relationship so as you let r tend to infinity you get zero um we can rewrite uh these equations to determine r dot and we get r dot is equal to alpha l over mu r and then we can substitute these two equations into this equation right here since we have our dot now array and we have u of r so we get e is equal to oops it's a pretty impressive result um one half mu alpha l over mu r squared so that's what we got from number r dot is just alpha over mu r so that squared goes in here where we substitute this here and then let me highlight the red this express oops and then the potential energy with respect to r is just right here and we see that actually equals zero so total energy of the orbit is zero if the potential vanishes at infinity so very interesting result now let's look at 8.5 which is orbits in a central field so the radial velocity of a particle moving in a central field is given by equation 8.15 where 8.15 was i'll just screenshot it actually okay that's the radial velocity in a central field um and that lets us then write that the energy minus the potential oh i'm sorry minus rl constant over 2 reduced mass r squared has to be equal to zero because basically this equation right here indicates that r dot vanishes at the roots of the radical in other words where this right here happens so basically the fact that r dot vanishes implies that there's a turning point in the motion in other words that this equation right here e minus u of r minus l squared over two mu r squared is equal to zero um has two roots in other words we have some r max and some armament which as we know about orbiting planets and stuff we know that at one point the earth is the farthest it's going to be for its cycle from the sun and at one point the closest right so therefore the motion of the particle then has to be contained between r max is greater than or equal to r which is greater than equal to r min hence the naming conventions and certain combinations of the potential and the parameters enl um will only produce one root for equation 8.3 and if that happens then basically your bounding r max and r min are the same so r is the same everywhere r is a constant if you only get one root so if the motion of the particle in the potential u of r is periodic then the orbit is closed that is after a finite number of excursions between our max and our min um the motion repeats itself which that's which is what we call closed but if the orbit does not close then after um then it is considered open basically so we can compute the change uh the angle theta that results from transitioning from r to r max and back to our min and one complete uh transit and because the motion is symmetric in time the angular changes twice that which result and the passage from our max to our min thus we can kind of shorthand the uh change in angle since it's symmetric by putting in a two and we just plug in our original expression from before uh where was it right here for theta of r and since we want the change we know it's symmetric we're just basically putting a 2 here a 2 in front of the integral and that's where that delta theta comes from that's all they're saying here and the path is closed only if this delta theta is a rational fraction of 2 pi in other words if delta theta oops is equal to 2 pi times a over b where a and b are integers um then under these conditions after b periods the radius vector of the particle will make a revolutions okay now we can show this uh and one of the practice problems 8.35 that if the potential varies with some integer power in other words if u of r is equal to alpha oh sorry it's proportional is proportional to r to the n plus one then a closed non-circular path can result only if n is equal to negative two or one in other words if r is to the negative one or r is uh squared okay r negative one uh is the inverse square force law like we know f is equal to k q q over r squared right and we know that's um symmetric or the gravitational force to write g m over r squared and the n1 case corresponds to the harmonic oscillator potential right where we have like uh f is equal to negative kx and then u is equal to one half kx squared something like that okay uh and there's an exercise to show that this only happens if the um if n is equal to negative two or one okay so now let's look at centrifugal energy and the effective potential so basically um when we were looking at r dot delta theta there's a common term in the radical that was this total energy minus potential minus l squared over 2 mu r squared we saw that a lot and the last term in this radical this right here um can also be written as one half mu r squared theta dot squared from our definition of theta dot or from our definition to l actually and we can interpret this quantity as some potential energy so let's call that potential energy uh uc is defined as this right here so l squared over two mu r squared and then therefore we can find some kind of force that's related to this fc and you'll see what we're calling it fc is just remember the partial which is just l squared over oops two goes away mu r cubed which is equal to mu r theta dot um squared um and this quantity traditionally when we get from the letter c you guys can probably guess is called the centrifugal force now you might have heard your physics professors talking about how the centrifugal force is not a real force uh it's unfortunate that we've kind of gotten stuck with this terminology so we're gonna keep calling it that but just know it's not a real force um so therefore we can basically talk about this l squared over two mu r squared as some centrifugal potential energy and therefore um we can include it with u of r to get an effective potential energy so let's define v of r as the effective potential energy and that's defined as the potential energy plus this l squared over 2 r squared the centrifugal potential now v of r is a fictitious potential because it combines the real potential function with a term associated with the angular motion about the center of force so for this case of the inverse square law central force motion we can say f of r remember negative k over r squared basically anything like coulomb or gravitational and then our potential u of r is equal to negative f of r dr which is just negative k over r where k again is just some arbitrary constant relating to either the gravitational electrostatic whatever um and therefore um we can write our effective potential as just negative k over r plus our centrifugal potential 2 mu r squared and remember the value of the potential is taken to be zero at r is equal to infinity um again we see the relationship of the inverse over r so if we put r to infinity you get zero and now we can kind of look as uh how the total energy versus potential effective potential changes so let's look at some graphs so here we have our um centrifugal potential right and here we have our force um and then our square law force and then we can see what we get effectively has this little dip um that looks a lot like graphs you might have seen with um uh the potential of like an atom or something okay so let's look at a more in-depth graph of this okay so we can basically see a lot about the motion by if we look at the total energy um on a potential energy plot this is this graph remember is e of r um so let's look at for example at the first energy level e1 um the particle's motion then is unbounded right because there's no local minimum um and at energy two it's bounded uh with r2 and r4 right it's stuck in this little potential well and then for energy r is equal to r3 it's at the exact minimum so therefore you have a circle it's circular a motion circular this is basically another way to see um if something is closed or open okay and then we can look at one more example with the coolant potential which is what i was talking about with the nucleus and stuff um so we can set l equal to 25 h bar 20 h bar zero h bar and see what happens um so total potential we have coulomb nuclear centrifugal for scattering given in silicon and carbon for various angular momentum values um we basically can see the relationship of where the minimum minimums and maximums exist okay oh and just one quick thing these values r2 and r4 since they occur the same energy level are considered the turning points or the absolute distances okay and if we have energy less than uh basically less than e3 right here then that's not a physical real motion because the velocity would have to be imaginary okay now these methods that we were just talking about are used a lot in the nuclear sense for nuclear physics and this figure right here basically shows the effective total nucleus nucleus potentials for the scattering of silicon and carbon and the total potential includes both coulomb nuclear and centrifugal contributions and then basically notice the difference in potential depending on the given angular momentum because remember the l is related to the centrifugal term so for l is equal to zero right uh right here uh there's no centrifugal term um but if l is equal to 20 right we can kind of see a dip here so a place where it could be bounded um in other words they can be bound together and then for l is equal to 25 as we increase it this centrifugal term dominates and there's no place to form a bound state okay let's get into something that's probably more akin to what you would be thinking about when we talk about centrifugal stuff which is planetary motion or kepler's problem kepler was a really smart dude he was the first person to accurately describe the movement of celestial bodies so let's grab our equation for um theta of r right the angle of with respect to the distance away and we're using um this a square law sorry inverse square law for the force um and we can basically evaluate this integral um if we change u if we define a u substitution as l over r put that in there and so forth and then you can put in an integral calculator calculator [Music] if you want and let's define um basically um the minimum value of r to be at theta is equal to zero so theta of zero equals r min then we can find that cosine theta is equal to this expression here and we can define some constants uh let's let alpha be l squared over mu k right here and then epsilon be this expression here so then we have alpha over r minus one divided by epsilon is equal to cosine theta or alpha over r is equal to one plus epsilon cosine theta where epsilon you might have heard of this in astronomy or astrophysics epsilon is equal to the or is defined as the eccentricity so if you know your what's it called ovals you've heard about ecentricity and two alpha is defined as the lattice rectum of the orbit um so the minimum value for r and this equation right here right occurs when theta is equal to zero because then this right here goes to one and then this right side that's maximum so r has to be at its minimum um and then basically the choice of our integration constant in this expression here um corresponds to measuring theta from our min which is the position called the paracenter pair this is just like astronomy terms perry center is our min and then the apocenter r max and then the general term for these kind of turning points is the app sides now you might have heard of instead of these words perihelion and epihelion uh and that basically is just relating it to earth and the sun helio um well for the sun it's perihelion epihelion and for earth it's perigee apogee but okay let's look at um what happens with different eccentricities and what kind of motions you get so if you remember from oh did i say ovals i'm in ellipses jesus sorry about that um uh for ellipses so elliptical orbits which is what like our planets are um we always have an eccentricity from zero to one uh or zero if you get zero you just have the special case and ellipsis circle um and then if we go bigger than that inside exactly one you get a parabola and then at greater than one you get a hyperbola okay and i guess this is just a table so when you have a circle right your total energy is just equal to the minimum uh fictitious potential energy or effective sorry effective potential um the ellipse uh tells you that your total energy is a bit greater than that um and then if it's at a parabola your total energy is zero which we saw earlier um then if it's at a hyperbola it's greater than zero so for planetary motion the orbits are ellipses with major and minor axis axes equal to 2a and 2b if we remember how ellipses work you have i think a and i think that's b i remember which is major nope a is major sorry a is major b is minor so then the total distance right is 2a and that's 2b right because we have 2a and then we have 2b and then you can define these in terms of alpha and the eccentricities as shown and we see that the major axis depends only on the energy of the particle whereas the minor axis right is a function of both the first integrals of the motion in other words e and l so the geometry of elliptical orbits in terms of the parameters um alpha epsilon a and b are shown in this figure right here so you can kind of see what we're dealing with okay and we see again b kind of how i try to drop here we see a is the longer axis and we see how the eccentricity plays out and we see our value for alpha and then remember these points right here are the foci so from here uh right we could get our min and r max in terms of alpha and epsilon and if we want to find the period of the elliptical motion um remember we had uh d a this is equation 8.12 i think is equal to uh l over 2 mu dt i think so we can rewrite this as dt is equal to 2 mu over lda and remember a or i guess the entire area of the ellipse right so we have some ellipse the entire area is swept out in one period tau so then if we integrate from zero to tau dt we just can just immediately integrate the area element 0 to a of d a jesus sorry about that and then we just get tau is equal to 2 mu over l a and remember for an ellipse a is equal to pi a b instead of pi r squared right for a circle it's a times b and if we use our expressions from over here or uh over here for a and b we can basically rewrite tau in a nicer way in terms of the energy and the reduced mass and we get this expression here after a bit of algebraic manipulation okay now we also know from these equations not these equations sorry these equations right here that um we could basically write we can relate b and a right by the square root of alpha through this like relationship since we have uh i pass it again jesus yeah so we have two equations right here a and b and they're in terms of alpha you can basically write a in terms of the other okay since the since they have kind of like a square relationship right since uh where is it since if i square a right then or sorry if i square b then i have um the same relationship with e on the bottom it's like a is proportional to b squared and it's proportional by the factor alpha like so so then since we also know remember alpha is equal to l squared over mu k then we can write t as 4 pi squared mu over k a cubed now this should be a familiar expression of t squared sorry we square this right here um now this is this should be a familiar expression if you've ever taken an astrophysics class again because this is kepler's third law all right since if you if you remember that it always says the period squared is proportional to the cube of the seven major axis okay now if we note that this result is concerned with the equivalent one body problem because we're talking again in terms of mu right but kepler actually concluded the squares the periods of the planets were proportional to the cubes the major axes with the same proportionally constant for all planets in other words kepler was a little wrong because the reduced mass is different for each planet and that's because the gravitational force remember is g m m over r squared we'll just define that as just negative k over r squared so if we um basically plug that into this expression here all right where k is remember g m one over m two uh we get this expression here but notice we had to make an approximation saying like for example this is the earth this is the sun so kepler was basically only correct uh in the way he formulated it because he didn't use the reduced mass to use the mass um if uh basically you're dealing with like a sonnet earth situation where one mass is much much larger than the other so dominates it so we can now summarize kepler's three laws as so planets move in elliptical orbits about the sun with the sun at one focus uh the area per unit time swept out by the radius vector from the sun to a planet is constant that was that theta of our equation and then the square of a planet's period is proportional to the cube of the major axis of the planet's orbit that's the expression we have right above okay and we can look at now just for curiosity's sake some properties of principal objects in the solar system so we can see just kind of how big um the semi-major axis is and these are again all an astronomical units au's which are really large like 1au is wow for context the speed of light is 3 times 10 to the 8 meters per second so that's faster than like a light second um and then so take a while to travel 1au and we can kind of see here i guess just interesting to note i think let's look at the eccentricities so some of these right here right venus has almost a circular orbit point zero zero six eight sees anyone smaller uh two zeros now venus has the most swell venus is orbits almost circular wow that's really cool um i guess it's just a bunch of stuff here and then we note that hallie the comment right is just barely almost at one so it's it's gonna have you know like a really that's the sun that's the comet it's gonna have a really uh non-circular orbit right very stretched out and i guess excellent transition um to the next problem because it's actually about haley's comment um wow they let you talk about venus too wow excellent i didn't even read the next page so very good glad that my observations are similar to what the books about elitists do it's okay so since it's so eccentric right the orbit is gonna have a super high period right if you look at the period right okay also just the distance itself from the sun is very far so since we know haley's common rate is much less than the mass the sun we can use kepler's equation and we can solve for the semi-major axis as distance so we can solve for a so we have remember i'll redraw the photo this we're solving for this distance right here a we plug in the equation we get this number remember we want r min and our max and if you guys remember they're given by these equations right here so we can just plug in directly to them and we see our min 8.8 times 10 to the net times 10 to the 10. so right here our min would be like defined as this distance right here from how i drew it that's a i don't like that color i'll do blue our min and then our max would be right here okay and what i want you guys to notice is look at the stark stark stark difference between these two we have 5.27 times 10 to the 12 versus 8.8 times 10 to the 10. if we just look at the order's magnitude that's a really big difference that's like uh you know being i guess one centimeter away versus one meter away right that's a huge difference okay so this orbit takes the comet inside the path of venus almost to mercury's orbit and out past even where neptune's orbiting almost at the orbit of pluto now edmund halley is giving credit for basically bringing taking newton's work on gravitational forces um and then basically popularizing it and then he observed this comet wrote about it and then he got it um basically what happened was actually very interestingly so was that hallie was very alive at the same time as newton and was talking in contact with him and wanted to know um what paths the planets must follow newton was like an ellipse of course and it turns out newton was very you know secretive hadn't published his results same story like with calculus right where he didn't publish it for a while and leibniz did and he's like no i actually solved it first but um basically haley was the first guy to predict the next occurrence of this comment and using basically uh the math that newton and kepler had developed okay that's enough i guess aside for history-ish um let's get into 8.8 the orbital dynamics okay uh so basically what the first line basically tells you is probably as you expect this uh central force motion is probably the most useful where in space right because we see a lot of it there because of gravity because gravity is a very weak force it only works it's very large bodies or we can only examine stuff with very large bodies so now we're going to be looking into the dynamics of orbital motion so um let's examine two simple aspects a proposed trip to mars and flybys past comets and planets so we can orbits can be changed by either single or multiple thrust of rocket engines and the simplest maneuver is a single thrust applied on the orbital plane that does not change the direction of the angular momentum but does change the eccentricity and energy simultaneously now the most economical method of interplanetary transfer consists of going in a circular heliocentric orbit um to another orbit in the same plane so earth and mars represent such a system reasonably well and a home in transfer represents the path of minimum total energy expenditure so let's look at this diagram so we can kind of see what all those words mean so we have earth we have mars and then this path right here right here is the minimum energy expenditure um given my homan so basically we need two engine burns the first burn basically uh takes us out from earth's circular orbit into an orbit that intersects with mars and the second burn uh basically brings us back to earth um so we can calculate the velocity changes needed for the home and transfer by calculating the velocity of the spacecraft moving in the orbit of the earth around the sun and then the velocity needed to kick it into a elliptical transfer orbit that can reach mars orbit so we're calculating this like v1 that we need to basically give us get us into mars orbit okay so for circles and ellipses uh we have that e is equal to negative k over 2a and for a circular path around the sun this becomes e is equal to negative k over 2 r1 which is just one half mv one squared minus k over r1 okay and again remember e since we're not dealing with friction or anything is equal to t plus u so we can solve for v1 and we get v1 is equal to square root k over mr1 and we can denote the semi-major axis of the transfer ellipse by aft so we have 2 a t is equal to r1 plus r2 right r1 r2 or i guess r2 r1 and then we have our little ellipse here okay so we can get the energy for the transfer which is negative k over r1 plus r2 remember negative k over 2a um and that's just one half m v one i'm sorry v one t squared minus k over r where v1t is the perihelion transfer speed and the direction is right like so um so then we can solve for one t as square root two k over m r one r two over r one plus r two from this equation right here um and then we just need the speed transfer so delta v one is just v1t minus v1 um and then the same math holds for um delta v2 which is just v2 minus v2t it's just backwards right because now we're going from here to here right okay so we can solve for v2 as square roots k over m r2 with the same math as we had for v1 right and then we can get v2t is equal to again square root literally just i'm just substituting in the variables mr2 r1 r1 plus r2 notice it's the exact mirror copy of this we just i literally just did a like an indicy swap between one and two because the math is identical it's symmetric so then the total speed increment that can be calculated is basically delta v is equal to delta v1 plus delta v2 and the total time required to make the transfer is a half period of the transfer orbit so t t is equal to tau t over two which is equal to pi square root m over k this is outside the a t to the three halves if you guys remember it used to it was two pi for tau we just got rid of that because it's over two and then this right here is the basically transverse major axis and we have our answer right because we were asked to solve for uh well i guess we were just talking about this we just wanted to find the transfer time uh but now let's actually solve for something so let's calculate the actual time needed for the spacecraft um to go from earth to mars assuming both planets are in coplanar orbits so basically we have this expression right here this is 8.58 um and we need to assert insert the appropriate constants so i won't bore you guys with uh you know putting in my calculator and wasting time since they did it for us let's just kind of see how long it takes so for the minimum energy it takes a total of 259 days just by plugging in the values and this in this expression here okay we can also get the heliocentric speed needed for the transfer using the earlier equation for vt1 and v1 and we see that's pretty fast okay so the home and transfer rep uh path represents the least energy expenditure however it does not represent the shortest time uh a round trip um from earth to mars the spacecraft would have to remain on mars for 460 days until earth and mars were positioned again to do the home and transfer again so that'd be a 2.7 year long trip if you count the time it takes to get there wait on mars and then come back which is probably you know too long for any actual mission so basically as is always the case in real life we take more stuff into account than the simplified textbook problem so yeah several spacecraft in recent years have escaped earth's gravitational attraction to explore our solar system um i'm blanking on the name of like the most famous one i can't remember if it's called a voyager or whatever the one that's really far away in our solar system but basically an interplanetary transfer can be divided into three segments uh one the escape from earth two a heliocentric transfer to wherever you wanna go and three an encounter with another body getting into like the orbit of a different planet or something or a comet and the spacecraft fuel for these missions are usually enormous but what we can do is we can design stuff to steal energy from other solar system bodies in other words we could just use their gravitational pull just kind of slingshot our way through okay and let's look at kind of an example of a slingshot okay so we have um round trips from earth to mars so the homan we kind of already looked at um that's a right b is a much shorter mission but we need to use a lot more fuel because we orbit closer to the sun and then we can basically improve that if we start to include venus into our mission and then use a gravity assist during the flyby and we can kind of see the difference between that here that's step four right we're close to venus we get really close slingshot off of it and then we get there faster okay oh maybe it is the wager actually well yeah i was right okay yeah nice okay uh uh voyagers are great examples of slingshot stuff okay uh the rest kind of of this chapter just details uh history about spacecraft and stuff which i don't know if i need to focus on um you see i guess just for interest sake just we can kind of see that it gets confusing kind of fast yeah i guess this part of the chapter is optional or no the next part's optional sorry but see i'll probably end the video soon but um we can kind of see how the voyager was launched passed by jupiter saturn uranus and it used a bunch of gravitational assists so we don't have to burn basically a lot of fuel that we couldn't otherwise have stored and we can see another example along the moon and earth okay uh there's one more part i think in this chapter obsidial angles and procession it's optional though so i will not be going over it unfortunately there's two more parts actually and the stability of circular orbits but won't be going over that but so i guess yeah without further ado i guess that's it for chapter eight um hope you guys enjoyed it and stay tuned because i'll be doing chapter 9 i think relatively soon since my class is actually ending soon and i need to you know catch up on the chapters i missed all right see you guys |
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Midline in Trapezoid
In a trapezoid, a midline (or a midsegment) is the line joining the midpoints of the sides.
In a trapezoid, the midline is parallel to the bases and its length is half their sum. Conversely, the line joining points on the two sides of a rapezoid, parallel to its bases and half as long is their sum is the midline.
A. Bogomolny, 19 January 2015, Created with GeoGebra
Proof
Assume AD is the smaller of the two bases. Let AB and CD meet at E. In ΔBCE, AD∥BC so that, by Thales' Theorem,
AEDE=ABCD=AB/2CD/2.
If M′ is the midpoint of AB and N′ that of CD, then the above implies AM′AE=DN′DE, from which, in turn, it follows that EM′AE=EN′DE. With another reference to Thales' Theorem, M′N′∥AD.
Thus there are three parallel lines and three similar triangles which supply several proportions. Of interest for us are the following:
EBEM′=BCM′N′
and
EAEM′=ADM′N′,
which add up to
EB+EAEM′=BC+ADM′N′
but EB+EA=2EM′ such that finally 2M′N′=BC+AD.
Reversing the steps yields the converse. Indeed, 2M′N′=BC+AD implies EB+EA=2EM′, meaning that M′ is the midpoint of AB. N′ is similarly shown to be the midpoint of CD.
The midline of a trapezoid is directly related to the midlines of triangles formed by its diagonals. In part, if M and N are the points of intersection of M′N′ with AC and BD, then M and N are the midpoints of AC and BD, respectively. In addition,
M′N=MN′=AD2
and
MM′=NN′=BC2.
In a trapezoid, the line joining the midpoints M and N of the diagonals is the midline because the latter passes through these points. I mention that with a problem for young mathematicians offered at a Moscow Math Olympiad in 1957 in mind. It is considered on a separate page.
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FAMILY Details for Monodactylidae - Moonyfishes or fingerfishes
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| Family Monodactylidae - Moonyfishes or fingerfishes |
| Order Eupercaria/misc | |
| Class Teleostei |
| No. in FishBase Genera : 1 | Species : 4 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes |
| Environment Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes |
| Division Marine |
| Aquarium some |
| First Fossil Record lower Tertiary lower Eocene | Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958 |
| Remark Distribution: west Africa, Indo-Pacific. Chiefly marine and brackish; occasionally entering freshwater. Body deep and highly compressed. Pelvic fins present in juveniles, lacking or vestigial in adults in Monodactylus. Dorsal fin with the base long and scaly; 5-8 short and graduated spines. Anal fin base long; 3 spines. Scales cycloid or ctenoid. Often silvery. Feed on small fish and invertebrates. Assumed to be nonguarders (RF). In large schools in river mouths. Common freshwater aquarium fish. |
| Etymology Greek, monos = only + Greek, daktylos = finger ( Ref. 45335). |
| Reproductive guild nonguarders |
| Typical activity level
| Main Ref. Nelson, J.S. 1994 |
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If you have ever simplified an algebraic expression or solved a math problem, you might have come across the Distributive Property. While it's often taught in the context of mathematics, its applications extend far beyond the confines of the classroom.
In this article, we'll explore various real-life scenarios where the Distributive Property plays a significant role, demonstrating its practical relevance beyond mathematical equations.
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What is Distributive Property?
Applications of the Distributive Property
What is Distributive Property?
Distributive Property is a fundamental concept in mathematics that explains how operations interact when we distribute one operation over another. In simpler terms, it illustrates how multiplication distributes over addition or subtraction.
This property is expressed as a(b + c) = ab + ac, where 'a', 'b', and 'c' are any real numbers or variables.
Applications of the Distributive Property
Before learning about real-life examples, let's briefly revisit how the Distributive Property operates in mathematics. In basic arithmetic operations, such as 2(3 + 4), we distribute the 2 to both terms inside the parentheses, resulting in 2 × 3 + 2 × 4 = 6 + 8 = 14 . Examples of Distributive Property in Real Life are:
Example of Distributive Property in Shopping and Budgeting
When you go shopping, you can figure out how much everything will cost overall by using the distributive property. For instance, if you purchase 3 pairs of trousers at ₹2400 each and 3 shirts for ₹1200 each, you may figure up the entire cost like this:
3 × 1200 + 3 × 2400 = 3 × (1200 + 2400)
Example of Distributive Property in Interior Design and Painting
It could be necessary to multiply the cost per square foot by the total area of the various walls when figuring out how much painting will cost in a certain space. The distributive property can be used to determine the overall cost if two walls are 10 feet wide and 8 feet high and 12 feet wide and 8 feet high.
10 × 8 + 12 × 8 = (10 + 12) × 8
Example of Distributive Property in Gardening and Landscaping
You may figure out how much it will cost to plant different areas of a garden. For example, you can utilize the distributive property if your garden has two areas that are 15 and 20 square feet, respectively, and the cost per square foot is 300.
(15 + 20) × 3 = 15 × 3 + 20 × 3
Example of Distributive Property in Tax Calculation
You may utilise the distributive property to compute deductions from various sources of income when calculating income tax. For example, if your tax rate is 10% and your taxable income is divided into ₹50,000 from job A and ₹30,000 from job B, the total tax can be computed as follows:
10% × (50,000 + 30,000) = 10% × 50,000 + 10% × 30,000
Example of Distributive Property in Travel Planning
Distributive property can be used to determine the total distance travelled while making travel plans. If you travel the same route for both legs of the trip—100 Km one day and 150 Km the next—you can compute the overall distance as follows:
2 × (100 + 150) = 2 × 100 + 2 × 150 = 500 Km
Example of Distributive Property in Construction Projects
The distributive property can be used in construction to determine how much building materials will cost. For example, you can use the distributive property to get the total cost if you need 50 square feet of wood and 50 square feet of steel, and the cost per square foot is ₹5 and ₹10, respectively.
(50 × 5) + (50 × 10) = 50 × (5 + 10) = ₹350
Example of Distributive Property in Cooking and Baking
The distributive property can be used in baking or cooking to modify a recipe according on how many servings it calls for. If you wish to make eight servings out of a recipe that calls for two cups of flour for four, for instance, you may determine how much flour you'll need by using the following formula:
2 × (8 / 4) = (2 × 8) / (2 × 4) = 4 cups
Conclusion
Understanding the Distributive Property is not only crucial for excelling in mathematics but also for navigating everyday situations that involve distribution and allocation. Whether it's dividing resources, sharing expenses, or analyzing economic policies, a solid grasp of this concept empowers individuals to make informed decisions and solve practical problems more effectively.
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By the end of this section, you should be able to:
Identify relevant terms for energy balances for open and closed systems
Use thermodynamic data tables to identify enthalpy, internal energy, and other thermodynamic properties using system temperatures and pressures
Solve energy balance problems using thermodynamic data
Forms of Energy
Systems are typically divided into three main categories depending on how the system interacts with its surroundings:
Isolated – No energy or mass transfer between system and surroundings, energy may change form within the system
Closed – Energy, but no mass transfer between system and surroundings
Open – Energy and mass transfer between systems and surroundings, typically use a ˙˙ with quantities that change over time in these open systems to denote the flow rate of energy or mass.
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Kinetic Energy – EkEk
Kinetic Energy is energy associated with motion, which can be described as translational or rotational energy.
Ek=12mu2
Ek=12mu2(4.1.1)
˙Ek=12˙mu2
E˙k=12m˙u2(4.1.2)
where mm is mass and uu is velocity relative to a reference. Generally we refer to earth’s surface as stationary.
Potential Energy – EpEp
Potential energy can be described as energy present due to position in a field, such as gravitational position or magnetic position
Usually for chemical processes, we consider the potential energy change due to the gravitational position of the process equipments.
Ep=mgz
Ep=mgz(4.1.3)
˙Ep=˙mgz
E˙p=m˙gz(4.1.4)
ΔEp=Ep2−Ep1=mg(z2−z1)
where m is mass, g is the gravitational acceleration (approximately 9.8 m/s2), and z is the height about the point of reference.
Internal Energy – U
Internal energy can be described as all other energy present in a system, including motion, and molecular interaction.
Heat – Q
Heat is the energy flow due to temperature difference
Heat flows from higher temperatures to lower temperatures
Heat is generally defined as positive when it is transferred from the surroundings to the system
Work – W
Work is energy resulting from driving forces (not temperature) such as force, torque, or voltage
We will define work as positive when work is done by the surroundings on the system, this is a typical convention in chemistry. With this convention, we would write “Q + W” in our energy balances. However, historically work has also been defined in physics as positive when work is done by the system on the surroundings. In this other case, the energy balance would be written with “Q – W”. Both can be used and this is accounted for in the sign we use in front of the work term in energy balances.
Energy Transfer in Closed Systems
Closed systems are defined as systems with no mass transfer across the system’s boundaries. All the energy forms described above are applicable to closed systems.
Exercise: Energy Balance Sign Conventions
Consider a system that consists of a stirred tank reactor where an exothermic reaction is taking place, where an external motor is mixing the contents in the reactors. What are the signs of Q and W for this system?
Solution
For an exothermic reaction, heat is produced by the system. Therefore, Qis negative.
For an external motor that is mixing the contents in the reactor, work is being done by the surroundings on the system. Therefore, W is positive.
Energy Balances on Closed Systems
Energy in closed systems follows the Law of Conservation of Energy
Accumulation=Input−Output
In terms of general energy:
Esystem,final−Esystem,initial=Esystem,transferred
The initial energy in the system can be defined as:
Ui+Ek,i+Ep,i
The final energy in the system can be defined as:
Uf+Ek,f+Ep,f
The energy transfer of the system can be defined as:
Q+W
This yields the following closed system energy balance, defined as the First Law of Thermodynamics:
(Uf−Ui)+(Ek,f−Ek,i)+(Ep,f−Ep,i)=Q+W
or as commonly expressed
ΔU+ΔEk+ΔEp=Q+W
Assumptions made by the First Law of Thermodynamics
If no acceleration exists in the system, the change in the kinetic energy term will be 0, and can be omitted from the balance
If no change in height (or other fields) exist in the system, the change in the potential energy term will be 0, and can be omitted from the balance
Internal energy depends on chemical composition, state (solid, liquid, or gas) and temperature; Pressure’s effect is negligible.
If the system has the same temperature as its surroundings or is adiabatic, the heat term will be 0, and can be omitted from the balance
If there are no moving parts, electrical currents, or radiation in the system, the work term will be 0 and can be omitted from the balance
Work in Open Systems
Open Systems:
Open systems are defined as systems where both mass and energy cross the system’s boundaries.
Two types of work are typically observed in these systems:
Shaft Work – Wsor ˙Ws
Shaft work is work done on process fluid by a moving part, such as a pump, rotor, or a stirrer.
Flow Work – Wfl or ˙Wfl
Flow work is work done on process fluid (inlet minus outlet). For the work flow in, the surroundings do work on the system, therefore it is positive. For the work flow out, the system does work on the surroundings, therefore it is negative.
˙Wfl=˙Wfl−in−˙Wfl−out=Pin˙Vin−Pout˙Vout
Steady-State Open-System Energy Balance
Energy Conservation for a Steady-State System
For stream ‘j’ in a system:
Σin˙Ej+˙Q+˙W=Σout˙Ej
Rearranging the energy terms, we get:
˙Q+˙W=Σout˙Ej−Σin˙Ej
Example: Energy Flow in a System
Consider the following system:
There are 2 streams with energy entering the system (streams 1 and 2), and 2 streams with energy exiting the system (streams 3 and 4).
For this system:
˙E1+˙E2+˙Q+˙W=˙E3+˙E4
Recall the three forms of energy:
˙Ej=˙Uj+˙Ek,j+˙Ep,j
Each energy flow term can be further separated into: ˙Uj=˙m∗ˆUj
Specific Property “^” : This denotes an intensive property obtained by dividing an extensive property by a total amount of flow rate (can be total number of moles or total mass)
ˆV=Vn
or
ˆU=˙U˙m
Combining all these terms:
˙Q+˙W=Σout˙mj∗(ˆUj+ˆEk,j+ˆEp,j)−Σin˙mj∗(ˆUj+ˆEk,j+ˆEp,j)
Recall the work terms expansion:
˙W=˙Wfl+˙Ws
where flow work is dependant on system pressure and volume
˙Wfl=Σin˙mjPjˆVj−Σout˙mjPjˆVj
Now we have:
˙Q+˙Ws=Σout˙mj∗(ˆUj+PjˆVj+ˆEk,j+ˆEp,j)−Σin˙mj∗(ˆUj+PjˆVj+ˆEk,j+ˆEp,j)
Because ˆU+PˆV usually appear together in the energy balances, we define them to be "enthalpy" (ˆH):
ˆH=ˆU+PˆV
where ˆU is the internal energy and PˆV is the flow work
The following terms are defined:
Δ˙H=Σout˙mj∗ˆHj−Σin˙mj∗ˆHj
Δ˙Ek=Σout˙mj∗ˆEk,j−Σin˙mj∗ˆEk,j
Δ˙Ep=Σout˙mj∗ˆEp,j−Σin˙mj∗ˆEp,j
Finally, an open system steady-state energy balance is defined:
˙Q+˙Ws=Δ˙H+Δ˙Ek+Δ˙Ep
Exercise: Heat for an Ideal Gas
Prior to entering a furnace, air is heated from 25∘C to 150∘C and the change in specific enthalpy for the whole heating process is 3640 J/mol. The flow rate of air at the outlet of the heater is and the air pressure at this point is 150 kPa absolute.
Calculate the heat needed for the process in kW. Assume the ideal gas behavior and that kinetic and potential energy changes from the heater inlet to the outlet are negligible.
Solution
Step 1: Calculate the molar flowrate using the ideal gas law.
˙n=1.5m3min∗273K150+273K∗150kPa101.3kPa∗1mol22.4L∗103L1m3˙n=64.0molmin
Step 2: Calculate the heat using the specific enthalpy. Since the potential and kinetic energy changes are zero, the following calculations are made
˙Q=Δ˙H=˙nΔˆH˙Q=64.0molmin∗1min60s∗3640Jmol∗kW103J/s˙Q=3.88kW
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Reference State: a substance at some pressure, temperature, and state of aggregation (solid, liquid, gas; pure or mixture).
It is much easier to estimate the energy of a system as a change from a reference state rather than the absolute energy.
Exercise: Cooling in a Heat Exchanger
Water is used to cool a liquid in a heat exchanger. Water enters the heat exchanger at 10∘C and exits at 100∘C. Using the table below, find the change in enthalpy of water in its liquid state.
| Entry # | T(∘C) | ˆHL(kJkg) |
---
| 1 | 5 | 21.02 |
| 2 | 10 | 42.02 |
| 3 | 100 | 419.17 |
Solution
Step 1: Determine which reference state you are going to use. In this case, we are using 10∘C as the reference state.
ΔˆH=ˆH100∘C−ˆH10∘C
Step 2: Find the change in enthalpy by taking the difference of the system's specific enthalpies at different temperatures.
ΔˆH=ˆH3−ˆH2ΔˆH=(419.17−42.02)kJ/kgΔˆH=377.15kJ/kg
Steam Tables
Since water is a commonly used resource in processes for heating and cooling, detailed information on its state properties at different temperatures and pressures is available.
For example, the steam table below provides ˆU, ˆH, and ˆV at multiple sets of temperature and pressure:
| T(∘C) | P(MPa) | | | | | | | | | | | |
--- --- --- --- --- ---
| 0.01 | 0.000612 | 0.001000 | 205.9912 | 0.00 | 2374.92 | 2374.92 | 0.00 | 2500.92 | 2500.92 | 0.0000 | 9.1555 | 9.1555 |
| 5 | 0.000873 | 0.001000 | 147.0113 | 21.02 | 2360.76 | 2381.78 | 21.02 | 2489.04 | 2510.06 | 0.0763 | 8.9485 | 9.0248 |
| 10 | 0.001228 | 0.001000 | 106.3032 | 42.02 | 2346.63 | 2388.65 | 42.02 | 2477.19 | 2519.21 | 0.1511 | 8.7487 | 8.8998 |
| 15 | 0.001706 | 0.001001 | 77.8755 | 62.98 | 2332.51 | 2395.49 | 62.98 | 2465.35 | 2528.33 | 0.2245 | 8.5558 | 8.7803 |
How to Access Steam Tables on NIST
Steam tables can be found on NIST
Select 'Water' from the 'Please select the species of interest:' drop-down menu
Choose the steam table units you'd like to work with, in step 2.
In Step 3, choose what kind of data you're looking to obtain. For an isothermal system, select 'Isothermal properties'. For a constant pressure system, select 'Isobaric properties'.
Select the desired standard state convention. This course will most likely only use the 'Default for fluid' convention.
Exercise: Steam Tables
Superheated steam at 40 bar absolute and 500∘C flowing at a rate of is sent to an adiabatic turbine which expands to 5 bar. The turbine outputs 1250 kW. The expanded steam is then sent to a heat exchanger where isobaric heating occurs, resulting in the stream being reheated to its initial temperature. Assume no changes in kinetic energy. Write the energy balance for the turbine and determine the outlet stream temperature.
Solution
Step 1: Determine the enthalpy values for water vapor at 500∘C and 40bar and 5bar. From the steam tables:
For water vapor at 500∘C and 40bar, the specific enthalpy is
For water vapor at 500∘C and 5bar, the specific enthalpy is
Step 2: Write the energy balance. Since there are no changes in potential and kinetic energy and no heat transfer, the change in enthalpy will be equal to a negative shaft work.
Δ˙H=−˙WsΔ˙H=˙m∗(ˆH2−ˆH1)
ˆH2=ˆH1−˙Ws˙m=3445kJkg−1250kJs∗min200kg∗60s1min=3070kJkg
Step 3: Determine the temperature of the steam corresponding to 5bar and . From the steam tables:
T=302∘C
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The "center" of a data set is also a way of describing location. The two most widely used measures of the "center" of the data are the mean (average) and the median. To calculate the mean weight of 50 people, add the 50 weights together and divide by 50. To find the median weight of the 50 people, order the data and find the number that splits the data into two equal parts. The median is generally a better measure of the center when there are extreme values or outliers because it is not affected by the precise numerical values of the outliers. The mean is the most common measure of the center.
NOTE
The words “mean” and “average” are often used interchangeably. The substitution of one word for the other is common practice. The technical term is “arithmetic mean” and “average” is technically a center location. However, in practice among non-statisticians, “average" is commonly accepted for “arithmetic mean.”
When each value in the data set is not unique, the mean can be calculated by multiplying each distinct value by its frequency and then dividing the sum by the total number of data values. The letter used to represent the sample mean is an x with a bar over it (pronounced “x bar”): .
The Greek letter μ (pronounced "mew") represents the population mean. One of the requirements for the sample mean to be a good estimate of the population mean is for the sample taken to be truly random.
To see that both ways of calculating the mean are the same, consider the sample: 1; 1; 1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 4; 4; 4; 4
In the second calculation, the frequencies are 3, 2, 1, and 5.
You can quickly find the location of the median by using the expression .
The letter n is the total number of data values in the sample. If n is an odd number, the median is the middle value of the ordered data (ordered smallest to largest). If n is an even number, the median is equal to the two middle values added together and divided by two after the data has been ordered. For example, if the total number of data values is 97, then = = 49. The median is the 49th value in the ordered data. If the total number of data values is 100, then = = 50.5. The median occurs midway between the 50th and 51st values. The location of the median and the value of the median are not the same. The upper case letter M is often used to represent the median. The next example illustrates the location of the median and the value of the median.
Example 2.26
Problem
A hospital administrator keeps track of the ages (in years) of patients visiting the emergency room over a one-week period (data are sorted from smallest to largest):3; 4; 8; 8; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 15; 16; 16; 17; 17; 18; 21; 22; 22; 24; 24; 25; 26; 26; 27; 27; 29; 29; 31; 32; 33; 33; 34; 34; 35; 37; 40; 44; 44; 47; Calculate the mean and the median.
Solution
The calculation for the mean is:
To find the median, M, first use the formula for the location. The location is: Starting at the smallest value, the median is located between the 20th and 21st values (the two 24s): 3; 4; 8; 8; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 15; 16; 16; 17; 17; 18; 21; 22; 22; 24; 24; 25; 26; 26; 27; 27; 29; 29; 31; 32; 33; 33; 34; 34; 35; 37; 40; 44; 44; 47;
Using the TI-83, 83+, 84, 84+ Calculator
To find the mean and the median:
Clear list L1. Pres STAT 4:ClrList. Enter 2nd 1 for list L1. Press ENTER.
Enter data into the list editor. Press STAT 1:EDIT.
Put the data values into list L1.
Press STAT and arrow to CALC. Press 1:1-VarStats. Press 2nd 1 for L1 and then ENTER.
Press the down and up arrow keys to scroll.
= 23.6, M = 24
Try It 2.26
The following data show the number of months patients typically wait on a transplant list before getting surgery. The data are ordered from smallest to largest. Calculate the mean and median.
3; 4; 5; 7; 7; 7; 7; 8; 8; 9; 9; 10; 10; 10; 10; 10; 11; 12; 12; 13; 14; 14; 15; 15; 17; 17; 18; 19; 19; 19; 21; 21; 22; 22; 23; 24; 24; 24; 24
Example 2.27
Problem
Suppose that in a small town of 50 people, one person earns $5,000,000 per year and the other 49 each earn $30,000. Which is the better measure of the "center": the mean or the median?
Solution
M = 30,000
(There are 49 people who earn $30,000 and one person who earns $5,000,000.)
The median is a better measure of the "center" than the mean because 49 of the values are 30,000 and one is 5,000,000. The 5,000,000 is an outlier. The 30,000 gives us a better sense of the middle of the data.
Try It 2.27
In a sample of 60 households, one house is worth $2,500,000. Twenty-nine houses are worth $280,000, and all the others are worth $315,000. Which is the better measure of the “center”: the mean or the median?
Another measure of the center is the mode. The mode is the most frequent value. There can be more than one mode in a data set as long as those values have the same frequency and that frequency is the highest. A data set with two modes is called bimodal.
Example 2.28
Statistics exam scores for 20 students are as follows:
50; 53; 59; 59; 63; 63; 72; 72; 72; 72; 72; 76; 78; 81; 83; 84; 84; 84; 90; 93
Problem
Find the mode.
Solution
The most frequent score is 72, which occurs five times. Mode = 72.
Try It 2.28
The number of books checked out from the library from 25 students are as follows:
0; 0; 0; 1; 2; 3; 3; 4; 4; 5; 5; 7; 7; 7; 7; 8; 8; 8; 9; 10; 10; 11; 11; 12; 12 Find the mode.
Example 2.29
Five real estate exam scores are 430, 430, 480, 480, 495. The data set is bimodal because the scores 430 and 480 each occur twice.
When is the mode the best measure of the "center"? Consider a weight loss program that advertises a mean weight loss of six pounds the first week of the program. The mode might indicate that most people lose two pounds the first week, making the program less appealing.
NOTE
The mode can be calculated for qualitative data as well as for quantitative data. For example, if the data set is: red, red, red, green, green, yellow, purple, black, blue, the mode is red.
Statistical software will easily calculate the mean, the median, and the mode. Some graphing calculators can also make these calculations. In the real world, people make these calculations using software.
Try It 2.29
Five credit scores are 680, 680, 700, 720, 720. The data set is bimodal because the scores 680 and 720 each occur twice. Consider the annual earnings of workers at a factory. The mode is $25,000 and occurs 150 times out of 301. The median is $50,000 and the mean is $47,500. What would be the best measure of the “center”?
The Law of Large Numbers and the Mean
The Law of Large Numbers says that if you take samples of larger and larger size from any population, then the mean of the sample is very likely to get closer and closer to µ. This is discussed in more detail later in the text.
Sampling Distributions and Statistic of a Sampling Distribution
You can think of a sampling distribution as a relative frequency distribution with a great many samples. (See Sampling and Data for a review of relative frequency). Suppose thirty randomly selected students were asked the number of movies they watched the previous week. The results are in the relative frequency table shown below.
| # of movies | Relative Frequency |
--- |
| 0 | |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
Table 2.25
If you let the number of samples get very large (say, 300 million or more), the relative frequency table becomes a relative frequency distribution.
A statistic is a number calculated from a sample. Statistic examples include the mean, the median and the mode as well as others. The sample mean is an example of a statistic which estimates the population mean μ.
Calculating the Mean of Grouped Frequency Tables
When only grouped data is available, you do not know the individual data values (we only know intervals and interval frequencies); therefore, you cannot compute an exact mean for the data set. What we must do is estimate the actual mean by calculating the mean of a frequency table. A frequency table is a data representation in which grouped data is displayed along with the corresponding frequencies. To calculate the mean from a grouped frequency table we can apply the basic definition of mean: mean = We simply need to modify the definition to fit within the restrictions of a frequency table.
Since we do not know the individual data values we can instead find the midpoint of each interval. The midpoint is . We can now modify the mean definition to be where f = the frequency of the interval and m = the midpoint of the interval.
Example 2.30
Problem
A frequency table displaying professor Blount’s last statistic test is shown. Find the best estimate of the class mean.
| Grade Interval | Number of Students |
--- |
| 50–56.5 | 1 |
| 56.5–62.5 | 0 |
| 62.5–68.5 | 4 |
| 68.5–74.5 | 4 |
| 74.5–80.5 | 2 |
| 80.5–86.5 | 3 |
| 86.5–92.5 | 4 |
| 92.5–98.5 | 1 |
Table 2.26
Solution
Find the midpoints for all intervals
| Grade Interval | Midpoint |
--- |
| 50–56.5 | 53.25 |
| 56.5–62.5 | 59.5 |
| 62.5–68.5 | 65.5 |
| 68.5–74.5 | 71.5 |
| 74.5–80.5 | 77.5 |
| 80.5–86.5 | 83.5 |
| 86.5–92.5 | 89.5 |
| 92.5–98.5 | 95.5 |
Table 2.27
Calculate the sum of the product of each interval frequency and midpoint.
Try It 2.30
A researcher conducted a study on the effect that playing video games has on memory recall. As part of the study, they compiled the following data:
| Hours Teenagers Spend on Video Games | Number of Teenagers |
--- |
| 0–3.5 | 3 |
| 3.5–7.5 | 7 |
| 7.5–11.5 | 12 |
| 11.5–15.5 | 7 |
| 15.5–19.5 | 9 |
Table 2.28
What is the best estimate for the mean number of hours spent playing video games?
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Metallic hydrogen is a hypothetical state of hydrogen where the electrons are delocalized, allowing them to flow freely and conduct electricity like a metal. This unique form of hydrogen is believed to exist under the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the interiors of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
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Metallic hydrogen is believed to exist in the cores of Jupiter and Saturn, where the immense pressure and temperature conditions allow for this exotic state of matter to form.
The transition from molecular hydrogen to metallic hydrogen is thought to occur gradually, with a gradual increase in the degree of ionization and electron delocalization.
Metallic hydrogen is predicted to have extremely high electrical and thermal conductivity, making it a potential superconductor at room temperature.
The existence of metallic hydrogen has not been conclusively demonstrated in the laboratory, as the extremely high pressures required (over 3 million atmospheres) have not yet been achieved.
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Describe the unique properties of metallic hydrogen and how they differ from the more common molecular form of hydrogen.
Metallic hydrogen is a hypothetical state of hydrogen where the electrons are delocalized, allowing them to flow freely and conduct electricity like a metal. This is in contrast to the more common molecular form of hydrogen, where the atoms are bonded together in pairs (H2) and do not exhibit metallic properties. The transition from molecular to metallic hydrogen is believed to occur gradually under the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the interiors of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn. Metallic hydrogen is predicted to have exceptionally high electrical and thermal conductivity, making it a potential superconductor at room temperature.
Explain the role of metallic hydrogen in the magnetic fields of Jupiter and Saturn.
The intense magnetic fields of Jupiter and Saturn are believed to be generated by the presence of metallic hydrogen in their cores. Under the extreme conditions found in the interiors of these giant planets, hydrogen is compressed to the point where the electrons become delocalized, allowing them to flow freely and create strong electric currents. These electric currents, in turn, generate the powerful magnetic fields that extend far out into the Solar System. The unique properties of metallic hydrogen, such as its high electrical conductivity, are thought to be crucial in sustaining the complex and dynamic magnetic environments of these gas giants.
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The experimental verification of the existence of metallic hydrogen has proven to be an immense challenge, as the extremely high pressures required (over 3 million atmospheres) have not yet been achieved in a laboratory setting. Researchers have been working to develop new techniques and technologies to reach these extreme conditions, but the technical hurdles are significant. If metallic hydrogen could be successfully created and studied, it would have profound implications for our understanding of the interiors of giant planets, as well as the potential applications of this exotic state of matter. Metallic hydrogen is predicted to have exceptional electrical and thermal conductivity, making it a potential superconductor at room temperature, which could revolutionize energy storage and transmission technologies. The creation of metallic hydrogen in the lab would also provide valuable insights into the fundamental nature of matter under extreme conditions, furthering our knowledge of the universe and the processes that shape the formation and evolution of planets.
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5523 | https://teachmephysiology.com/gastrointestinal-system/other/exocrine-pancreas/ | Exocrine Pancreas
Written by Kamashi Pandirajan
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The pancreas is an abdominal organ located deep in the retroperitoneum. It is a gland with mixed function: both exocrine and endocrine. In this article, we will consider just the exocrine functions of the pancreas, the synthesis of pancreatic enzymes and the regulation of enzyme secretion. Finally, we will consider the clinical relevance of the pancreatic exocrine functions.
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Exocrine Function of the Pancreas
When we consider the functions of the pancreas, it is simpler to view it as a mix of two glands. We can divide the pancreas into an exocrine gland, containing the acinar and duct tissue, and the endocrine gland containing the islets of Langerhans.
The majority of the pancreas is made up of the exocrine portion (85% by mass) and secretes digestive enzymes, water and bicarbonate to assist in digestion.
The bicarbonate helps in neutralising the stomach acid. This is a vital part of digestion as the small intestine is not specialised to withstand the strong acids from the stomach. This is because the small intestine, unlike the stomach, lacks a thick protective mucous layer. Additionally, the digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas reach their optimum function at a basic pH. This is achieved by the bicarbonate secretions of the pancreas.
Exocrine Pancreas – The Functional Unit
The functional unit of the exocrine pancreas includes the acinus and its duct system. The word acinus is from the Latin term for “berry in a cluster”. These acinar cells are specialised in enzyme synthesis, storage and secretion. The duct system modifies the aqueous secretions. This mechanism is stimulated by the parasympathetic system and inhibited by the sympathetic system.
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Fig 1
The functional unit of the exocrine pancreas includes the acinus and its duct system.
Digestive Enzyme Secretion
The acinar cells produce digestive enzymes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum. They are then moved to the Golgi complex where they form condensing vacuoles. These condensing vacuoles are then concentrated into inactive zymogen granules in pancreatic acinar cells and stored for secretion. They are secreted into the main pancreatic duct, which merges with the bile duct at the head of the pancreas and forms the Ampulla of Vater. From here it enters the duodenum.
Enzymes secreted:
Proteases
Chymotrypsinogen and Trypsinogen
Digest proteins and peptides to single amino acids
Pancreatic lipase
Digests triglycerides, monoglyceride and free fatty acids
Amylase
Starch and maltose (disaccharides)
Other enzymes include ribonuclease, gelatinase, elastase etc.
Bicarbonate Secretion
Water and carbon dioxide combine in a reaction catalysed by the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. The product formed is carbonic acid (H2CO3).
H2O + CO2 -> H2CO3
Carbonic acid then dissociates into hydrogen ions (H+) and bicarbonate ions (HCO3–)
H2CO3 -> H+ + HCO3–
H+ ions are transported out of the pancreatic ductal cells into the blood in exchange for Na+ ions by an H+/Na+antiporter. The Na+ ions that enter the cell are then removed by the Na+/H+/ATPase.
The HCO3– produced from the dissociation of carbonic acid is then transported into the intercalated ducts of the pancreas in exchange for Cl–. An intracellular build up of Cl– is avoided by a chloride channel which allows chloride ions to return to the lumen of the intercalated ducts.
The bicarbonate ions, Na+ ions and water then move through the intercalated ducts and end up at the main pancreatic duct ready for secretion into the duodenum upon an appropriate stimulus.
Regulation of Pancreatic Secretions
There are a number of factors involved in triggering the pancreas to release its secretions. Vagal innervation to the pancreas stimulates the secretion of enzymes. This stimulation occurs when we see, smell or taste food, or when the stomach wall is stretched.
There are also other ways in which the body encourages pancreatic secretions. Besides the vagal stimulation, acidic chyme entering the duodenum stimulates S cells to release secretin. Secretin is a hormone that causes the pancreatic cells to secrete the alkaline parts of the pancreatic juices.
The fatty acids and protein present in the chyme, combined with the acidic pH, trigger I cells in the duodenum to release the hormone cholecystokinin (CCK). This hormone also leads to secretion of digestive enzymes in the pancreatic juices. In addition, CCK stimulates bile secretion via gallbladder contraction.
Anatomically, the main pancreatic duct merges with the bile duct, which leads to the Ampulla of Vater. It is here that these secretions pour into the duodenum and help neutralise and digest chyme.
Clinical Relevance
Tumours of the Pancreas
The most common cancer of the pancreas occurs in the exocrine portion and are called ductal adenocarcinomas.
Ductal adenocarcinomas can disrupt exocrine secretions, causing patients to develop pancreatitis and pain. Digestive enzymes are secreted into the pancreas instead of the duodenum. As key digestive enzymes are not reaching the duodenum effectively, this can lead to diarrhoea and incomplete digestion of food.
Pancreatic cancers are mostly diagnosed at a very late stage, as symptoms will only present once the cancer reaches a certain size. At this point it is often too late for surgery, which is the only curative treatment option available. This type of cancer is very difficult to treat and as such has a poor prognosis.
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H&E Stain of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Clinical Relevance
Pancreatitis
An inflammation of the pancreas is known as pancreatitis. Pancreatitis can be diagnosed by detection of pancreatic amylase and lipase in a blood test. A common presentation would be intense pain in the central abdomen radiating to the back. Patients may complain of pale stools and dark urine. In pancreatitis, the digestive enzymes of the pancreas damage the tissue and structure of the pancreas.
The digestive enzymes do not reach the duodenum, leading to incomplete digestion of fatty acids. This results in fatty stools (steatorrhoea), which have a pungent smell and float in water.
Clinical Relevance
Cystic Fibrosis
Bicarbonate secretion in ductal cells depends on the protein CFTR. This is both a chloride channel and a bicarbonate channel. When the CFTR protein is defective, as it is in Cystic Fibrosis, the secretion of bicarbonate by duct cells is affected. This leads to a blockage in the pancreatic ducts and inappropriate zymogen activation. This causes damage to acinar and duct cells.
Patients suffering from a complete lack of CFTR function are usually born with pancreatic insufficiency. This means their pancreas releases an inadequate amount of digestive enzymes. These patients require constant treatment with digestive enzyme supplements.
To a lesser degree, patients with less severe mutations in CFTR proteins with some limited channel function still have an increased risk of developing pancreatitis.
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5524 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKH-dX46Bc | Is sin(x) even or odd? Explanation using a graph in 1.5 minutes.
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Are you confused about whether the sine function is even or odd? Look no further! In this video, we'll answer that question using a graph.
First, we'll create a graph of the sine function. Then, we'll take an arbitrary value of x and trace its output on the graph. Next, we'll show you what happens when we make x negative. We'll use a brace to illustrate the concept of the y-coordinate, and we'll move it straight down to show that sine of negative x is the negative of sine of x.
So, is sine of x even or odd? We can say that it's odd, because sine of negative x is the negative of sine of x.
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1️⃣ What is the sine function?
Answer The sine function is a mathematical function that maps angles to their corresponding sine values.
2️⃣ What is an even function?
Answer An even function is a function that satisfies the equation f(-x) = f(x).
3️⃣ What is an odd function?
Answer An odd function is a function that satisfies the equation f(-x) = -f(x).
4️⃣ How do you graph the sine function?
Answer To graph the sine function, you can plot points by inputting different angles into the function and then connect the points to form a smooth curve.
5️⃣ What is the period of the sine function?
Answer The period of the sine function is 2π.
6️⃣ What is the amplitude of the sine function?
Answer The amplitude of the sine function is the maximum absolute value of the function, which is 1.
7️⃣ What is the domain of the sine function?
Answer The domain of the sine function is all real numbers.
8️⃣ What is the range of the sine function?
Answer The range of the sine function is between -1 and 1.
9️⃣ How do you find the zeros of the sine function?
Answer The zeros of the sine function occur at every multiple of π, so you can find the zeros by setting the sine function equal to 0 and solving for x.
🔟 Is the sine function odd or even?
Answer The sine function is odd.
1️⃣1️⃣ What is the difference between an even and odd function?
Answer The difference between an even and odd function is the sign change of the function under reflection.
1️⃣2️⃣ What is a reflection in math?
Answer In math, a reflection is a transformation that flips a figure over a line.
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Answer In math, a brace is a symbol that is used to group terms together or to indicate a concept, such as the y-coordinate.
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Answer In math, a y-coordinate is
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Intro welcome in this one take a look at answering any question is the sign function even or odd so let Begin by making a graph when you graph it it looks as shown here on a graph like this grab some value of x some arbitrary value of x say up through here it doesn't have to be x equals 1 it can just be some value of x then the output Graph would be traced as follows on a graph like this you'd go over to here and then you would come out over here right here so this would be S of X at that position now let's see what happens when you make X it's negative image so that means basically the following take this to the other side so this here would represent X so for example if x is one this would be negative 1 and so on so then when you trace this it's going to go through the curve over to the y- AIS about over here this way now take a look Illustration at something let's draw a brace here that will help us to illustrate a concept so imagine that this is a brace right here okay and it represents the y coordinate so if I take this take a look I move it straight down do you see how it's exactly the same height but it's below the xais so that means the following s ofx could be equivalently written as the negative of the S of X and I know that because for example whatever y-coordinate is here at Point a it's the same y-coordinate down below at point B the only difference is that it's negative which means that s ofx is the negative of the S of x so the lastly to answer the question is s of X even or odd I would say it's odd for that simple reason that is it thanks so much please leave a like And subscribe I'll see you in another video |
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The number is written as the sum of not necessarily distinct two-digit numbers. What is the least number of two-digit numbers needed to write this sum?
Solution 1
Since we want the least number of two-digit numbers, we maximize the two-digit numbers by choosing as many s as possible. Since we choose twenty s and one for a total of two-digit numbers.
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We claim the answer is . This can be achieved by adding twenty 's and a . To prove that the answer cannot be less than or equal to , we note that the maximum value of the sum of or less two digit numbers is , which is smaller than , so we are done. Thus, the answer is .
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. Since , . Therefore a total of two-digit numbers are needed.
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The maximum -digit number is , but try . is a little more than , and the remainder is less than , by intuition, so there's the remainder .
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5526 | https://www.nsstc.uah.edu/mips/personnel/kevin/thermo/Chap-2ppt.pdf | 1 Chap. 2 Equation of State (Ideal Gas Law) Quiz: True or False?
(Some have caveats) 1. Atmospheric pressure is just the weight of the atmosphere above us.
2. Absolute zero is the temperature at which all motion ceases.
3. As temperature increases, so does pressure, and vice versa.
4. Cold air is denser that hot air.
2 Quiz: True or False?
(Some have caveats) 1.
Atmospheric pressure is just the weight of the atmosphere above us. True, if dw/dt = 0 2.
Absolute zero is the temperature at which all motion ceases. 3.
As temperature increases, so does pressure, and vice versa. Must assume that V = const.
4.
Cold air is denser that hot air. Depends on pressure.
From elementary kinetic theory . . .
• Assume an ideal gas has the following properties: – The molecules are in random motion and obey Newton's laws of motion.
– The total number of molecules is large.
– The volume of molecules is negligible relative to the volume occupied by the gas.
– No appreciable (molecular) forces act on the molecule during a collision.
– Collisions among molecules are elastic and of negligible duration.
– In addition, the following assumptions are made regarding the interaction between molecules and a surface membrane or wall, which contains the molecules.
– The collision with the wall is elastic.
– There is no loss in momentum, in the direction parallel to the wall, during the collision with the wall (i.e., no friction).
3 Derivation of the equation of state from kinetic theory – in abbreviated form • mvcosθ - (-mvcosθ) = 2mvcosθ change in momentum (wall collision) • mv2dn-vsinθcos2θdθ incremental change from all collisions • (mv2/3)dnv integration over all angles • dF = (m/3)(∫v2dnv)dA differential force from molecules • p ≡dF/dA = (m/3)∫v2dnv definition of pressure + algebra • p = mn〈v2〉/3 simplification using vbar • pV = (1/3)Nm〈v2〉 assume dN = ndV (uniform distribution) • pαm = (1/3)N0〈v2〉 definition of molar specific volume • (3/2)kT = (1/2) 〈mv2〉 definition of temperature • pαm = kN0T = RT substitution α = αm / M, definition • pα = (R/M)T = RT, substitution This is the final result Equation of State from experimental results • Boyles Law: V ∝p-1 for an isothermal (T = const) process.
• First Law of Gay-Lussac: V ∝T for an isobaric (p = const) process • Second Law of Gay-Lussac: p ∝T for an isochoric (volume = const) process 4 Boyles Law: V ∝p-1 for an isothermal process • p1V1 = p2V2 (T = const) • (from google on “Boyle’s Law”) First Law of Gay-Lussac (Charles’ Law): V ∝T for an isobaric process • dV = aV0dT “a” is the coefficient of thermal expansion at constant pressure, a = 1 / 273 deg-1, V0 is the volume at 0 °C Integrated form: V – V0 = aV0T T V 0 °C -273 °C p = const V0 Extrapolation to T = -273 C suggests that V = 0.
This temperature is absolute zero Discussion? (theoretical) 5 Second Law of Gay-Lussac: p ∝T for an isochoric process • dp = bp0dT “b” is the pressure coefficient of thermal expansion at constant volume (= 1 / 273 deg-1) Integrated form: p = p0(1 + bT) T p 0 °C -273 °C V = const p0 See Application at the bottom of page 12 (Tsonis).
Does such a pressure difference really exist?
Equation of state by inference • Combination of the laws of Boyle and Gay-Lussac: • pV/T = p’V’/T’ = A • pV = AT, where A is a constant, which can be equated to nR (or mR) as follows.
pV = nRT = m(R/M)T = mRT • p = ρRT • pα = RT (α = ρ-1) 6 In summary • The equation of state (pα = RT) is general – Boyle’s Law is a special case of the equation of state: V ∝p-1 (T=const) – First Law of Gay-Lussac (Charles’ Law) is a special case of the equation of state: V ∝T (p = const) – Second Law of Gay-Lussac is a special case of the equation of state: p ∝T (V = const or α = const) Dalton’s Law of partial pressures • The equation of state is valid for individual gases, as well as for a mixture of gases that comprise the atmosphere. For the ith gas, the equation of state is: piαi = RiT. • Dalton’s Law of partial pressures – p = ∑pi(T,V) (pi is the partial pressure of gas i), – The pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each component gas – See bottom of p. 17 (Tsonis) 7 Eq. of State for the atmosphere • The value of R for the dry atmosphere in Eqs. (2.12a,b of the notes) is Rd = 287.05 J kg-1 K-1 • For the dry atmosphere, pα α α α = RdT Usage of the equation of state • Used to derive the individual ideal gas laws (working backwards from our derivation) • Use of Ideal Gas Law Equation to determine the density of a gas; ρ is difficult to measure directly. [The only instrument that can do this is the “direct detection” lidar which measures backscatter from molecules.] • Solve for Partial Pressure of a known amount of gas in a gas mixture (p1 = n1RT/V and p2 = n2RT/V) 8 Applications of the eq. of state • A 1 liter (L) sample of air at room temperature (25 ° C) and pressure (1 atm) is compressed to a volume of 3.3 mL at a pressure of 1000 atm. What is the temperature of the air sample?
• Use pV/T = const Eq. of state in graphical form isotherms isobars ischores 9 Equation of state for moist air • commonly used in atmospheric thermodynamics: – water vapor pressure (e): the partial pressure due to water vapor molecules. (How could this be measured? We will see later that it can be determined theoretically/analytically with the Clausius-Clapeyron equation.) – mixing ratio: rv = mv/md – specific humidity: qv = (mv/(mv+md)) = rv/(1+rv) • As an aside, we note that the eq. of state applies to water vapor: e = ρvRvT • p = ρmT[(mdRd+mvRv)/(md+mv)] (mass weighted), Rv = R/MH2O • ρm = (md+mv)/V = ρd + ρv • Eventually, we derive the eq. of state for moist air, using the new variable Tv: p = ρmRdTv 10 Forms of the equation of state for dry air • pV = NRT (R = 8314.5 J K-1 kmol-1) • pV = mRdT (Rd = 287.05 J K-1 kg-1) • pα = RT • Notes: Rd = R/md Empirical eq. of state with corrections to account for non-ideal gas • Vander Waals’ equation – (p + aV-2)(V - b) = RT – viation5.html • Kammerlingh-Omnes (HW problem on this one) – pV = A(1 + B'p + C'p2 + . . . . ) – A=RT; B’ from Table 2.1 (p2 term can be ignored to good approximation 0.9999 0.9999 -0.13 50 0.9994 0.9997 -0.59 0 0.9984 0.9992 -1.56 -50 0.9996 0.9980 -4.0 -100 P = 1000 mb P = 500 mb pV/RT B' (10-8 m2N-1) T (°C) 11 A linearized equation of state • Linearize the equation about a dry reference state • The reference state obeys the gas law p0α0=RdT0 • Substitue the following into the eq. of state α=αo+α', p=p'+po, T=T'+To, and rv=rv' • Then: po(1+p'/po) αo(1+α'/αo) = Rd(1+0.61rv')To(1+T'/To) • Take natural log of both sides, expand the log in a Taylor’s series, and ignore the higher order terms. The result is α'/αo = T'/To + 0.61 rv' - p'/po Example Typical perturbations within a cloud are: T' ~ 1 K (up to 15 K) rv' ~ 2 g kg-1 (up to 8 g kg-1) p' ~ 0.2 mb (up to 1-2 mb) Thus, T'/To = 1/273 = 0.0037 , rv' = 0.002, and p'/po = 0.2/800 = 0.00025. Discussion Temperature and moisture perturbations are comparable and thus provide the most important contributions to density fluctuations in the cloud (or cloud-free) environment. Only in limited regions of cloud systems does p' exceed 0.2-0.4 mb. [It is the density fluctuations that control cloud dynamical processes.] 12 2.5 Measurements of temperature, pressure, and water vapor Temperature: thermometer, thermister, thermocouples, IR emission, microwave emission (O2 band) Density: lidar Pressure: barometer (mercury, aneroid), transducer Water vapor: wet bulb temperature, RH directly, lidar differential absorption, microwave emission Virtual temperature: radio acoustic sounding system (RASS – speed of sound ∝Tv) Sonic temperature time series Review of variables Given (but it can be estimated) Gas constant R Radiometer (indirectly); eq. of state calculation Water vapor density ρv Need T and rv to calculate; Radio Acoustic Sounding System -- RASS Virtual temp.
Tv Lidar; eq. of state calculation Density ρ α = ρ-1 Specific volume α Special cases only Volume V Thermometer, thermister, etc.
Temperature T Barometer, pressure transducer Pressure p Measurable?
Variable Variable symbol 13 Useful web links: • Wikipedia discussion of the ideal gas law: • Hyperphysics, Georgia State Univ.: • Gas Law animation y/GLP.htm as.html?CFID=6636104&CFTOKEN=35135960 Review, from 14 Back to the quiz Atmospheric pressure is just the weight of the atmosphere above us. Yes, but one needs to be careful with this (dw/dt=0) Absolute zero is the temperature at which all motion ceases. One cannot assume that the ideal gas law is valid at T = 0 K.
As temperature increases, so does pressure, and vice versa. This assumes that V = const. (Does not generally apply in the atmosphere) Cold air is denser that hot air. This assumes that p = const. (Generally true in the atmosphere, but be careful!) Relation between T and p?
15 Example: If at 0 ° C the density of dry air alone is 1.275 kg m-3 and the density of water vapor alone is 4.770 x 103 kg m-3, what is the total pressure exerted by a mixture of the dry air and water vapor at 0 ° C?
Solution: From Dalton’s law of partial pressures, the total pressure exerted by the mixture of dry air and water vapor is equal to the sum of their partial pressures. The partial pressure exerted by the dry air is pd = ρdRdT where rd is the density of the dry air (1.275 kg m-3 at 273 K), Rd is the gas constant for 1 kg of dry air (287.0 J K-1 kg-1), and T is 273.2 K. Therefore, pd = 9.997 x 104 Pa = 999.7 hPa Similarly, the partial pressure exerted by the water vapor is e = ρvRvT where ρv is the density of the water vapor (4.770 x 103 kg m-3 at 273 K), Rv is the gas constant for 1 kg of water vapor (461.5 J K-1 kg-1), and T is 273.2 K.
Therefore, e = 601.4 Pa = 6.014 hPa Hence, the total pressure exerted by the mixture of dry air and water vapor is p = pd + e = 999.7 + 6.014 = 1005.7 hPa.
HW problems 1.
Petty 3.1 2.
Petty 3.5 3.
Petty 3.10 4.
Now, show that the density of moist air is less than that for dry air at the same temperature and pressure. Interpret your results. Does this difference have any relevant atmospheric applications? (Hint: Refer to Petty and the previous problem) 5.
Determine the number of molecules in a 1 cm3 volume of air having a pressure of 1 atm. Make any other reasonable assumption if required. [Ans: about 3x1019 cm-3 – your answer will be more precise]. (Note, this is similar to problem 3.5 in Tsonis.) (b) What is the mean free path for the average molecule in this volume? Mean free path is determined from ∆xmfp = (nσ)-1, where n is the number of molecules per unit volume, σ = πdo 2 is the collision cross section (σ is about 3 x 10-15 cm2 for an air molecule), and do is the diameter of an average molecule. You can check your answer with Fig. 1.1b.
6.
At what pressure is the ideal gas law in error by 1%, for air with T = 0 °C? [Ans: 17 atm; Hint: Use Table 1.3] 7.
(a) Calculate some extremes in air density at the surface for different scenarios. For example, consider (a) International Falls in the winter under high pressure (anticyclone) conditions: T = -40 °F, p=1050 mb, rv=0.1 g kg-1; (b) Denver in the summer with T = 95 ° F, p=850 mb (actual station pressure) and rv=10 g kg-1. (c) What are some practical implications (e.g., aircraft lift, wind drag on a vehicle)?
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[Fleagle and Businger Prob. 1, ch. 2.] If 106 molecules are required in order to ensure a statistically uniform distribution of velocities in all directions, what is the minimum volume in which the state can be defined at standard atmospheric conditions (p=1013 mb, T=0 °C)? [Ans. 37.21x10-21 m3, which corresponds to a linear distance of 3.34x10-7 m for a cube. Hint: use the definition dN = ndV].
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How to Calculate Substance Deposited Using Faraday’s Laws?
Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis are very important in chemistry and help students learn how electricity and chemical reactions are connected. They explain how much material is deposited or released at electrodes during electrolysis, which is used to make pure metals and in electroplating.
What is Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis in Chemistry?
The Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis describe how the amount of substance deposited at an electrode is related to the electric charge passed through an electrolyte. It is a central topic in electrochemistry and is part of chapters like Redox Reaction, and Cations and Anions.
Understanding these laws is helpful for science exams and real-world applications like electroplating and refining metals.
Molecular Formula and Composition
Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis are not tied to a single compound, but they use formulas related to charge (Q), current (I), time (t), electrochemical equivalent (Z), and the mass deposited (m). The key equation is m = ZIt, which relates mass deposited to current and time for a given substance.
Preparation and Synthesis Methods
Although there is no preparation, Faraday’s Laws are used during the electrolysis process. In a typical setup, a battery or power source passes current through an electrolytic solution.
The amount of product formed at each electrode depends on the charge passed, which can be measured and calculated using Faraday's formulas.
Physical Properties of Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis
The laws themselves do not have physical properties, but in electrolysis, physical attributes like the appearance of metal deposits, amount of gas evolved, and the rate of electrode reactions are determined by the amount of current and time, as described by Faraday’s principles.
Chemical Properties and Reactions
During electrolysis, the chemical reaction at the electrode can be a reduction (gain of electrons) or oxidation (loss of electrons) process. Faraday’s first law tells us how much product forms; the second law lets us compare two different substances using their equivalent weights.
For example, when passing the same charge through solutions of copper(II) and aluminum(III) ions, the amount deposited depends on their charge and atomic mass.
Frequent Related Errors
Mixing up the first and second laws of electrolysis.
Not using the correct unit for the electrochemical equivalent (Z).
Confusing between mass deposited and equivalent mass.
Forgetting to convert minutes to seconds in calculations.
Missing the difference between a mole of electrons and a mole of substance.
Uses of Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis in Real Life
Faraday’s Laws are used in electroplating jewelry and utensils, refining metals like copper and silver, making batteries, and even in some medical devices. These laws also help in environmental monitoring (e.g., measuring water quality) and in various chemistry lab experiments.
Relation with Other Chemistry Concepts
Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis are closely related to the process of electrolysis, redox reactions, and electroplating process. They bridge concepts of current, charge, and chemical change, creating a link between physics and chemistry.
Step-by-Step Reaction Example
Suppose you pass a current of 2 amperes through a solution of copper sulfate for 30 minutes.
First, convert time: 30 minutes × 60 = 1800 seconds.
Calculate total charge (Q): Q = I × t = 2 × 1800 = 3600 coulombs.
Use the electrochemical equivalent for copper (Z = 0.000329 g/C).
Find mass (m): m = Z × Q = 0.000329 × 3600 = 1.1844 grams.
Final answer: 1.18 grams of copper will deposit at the cathode.
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State both Faraday’s first and second law of electrolysis in your own words.
Calculate the mass of silver deposited when 1 ampere current passes through silver nitrate solution for 10 minutes. (Use Z for Ag = 0.001118 g/C)
Name two industries where Faraday’s Laws are used daily.
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FAQs on Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis Explained with Examples
What is Faraday's first law of electrolysis?
Faraday's first law states that the mass of a substance deposited or liberated at an electrode during electrolysis is directly proportional to the quantity of electricity (charge) passed through the electrolyte. This means the more charge passed, the more substance is deposited or liberated. The relationship is expressed by the equation: m = ZIt, where m is the mass deposited (in grams), Z is the electrochemical equivalent (grams per coulomb), I is the current (in amperes), and t is the time (in seconds).
What is Faraday's second law of electrolysis?
Faraday's second law states that when the same quantity of electricity is passed through different electrolytes, the masses of the substances deposited or liberated are proportional to their respective equivalent weights (or chemical equivalents). This means that if you pass the same charge through solutions of different substances, the ratio of the masses deposited will be equal to the ratio of their equivalent weights. The equivalent weight is calculated as Atomic weight / Valency.
What is the formula for Faraday's law?
The primary formula used in Faraday's law calculations is m = ZIt for the first law. The second law is expressed as a ratio: m₁/m₂ = E₁/E₂, where m₁ and m₂ are the masses of substances deposited, and E₁ and E₂ are their respective equivalent weights. Remember that Z (electrochemical equivalent) is related to equivalent weight (E) and Faraday's constant (F): Z = E/F, with F ≈ 96500 C/mol.
What is the electrochemical equivalent (Z)?
The electrochemical equivalent (Z) is the mass of a substance deposited or liberated at an electrode when one coulomb of electricity is passed through the electrolyte. Its units are grams per coulomb (g/C). Z is a constant for a given substance under specified conditions. It is directly related to the equivalent weight and Faraday's constant as stated in the previous answer.
What are the applications of Faraday's laws of electrolysis?
Faraday's laws have numerous practical applications, including:
Electroplating: Coating a metal object with a thin layer of another metal for protection or aesthetics.
Electrorefining: Purifying metals by selectively depositing pure metal from an impure solution.
Quantitative analysis: Determining the amount of a substance in a solution using electrolysis and Faraday's law calculations.
Extraction of metals: Electrolysis is used for extracting reactive metals (like aluminum) from their ores.
What is Faraday's constant (F)?
Faraday's constant (F) represents the magnitude of charge carried by one mole of electrons. Its value is approximately 96,500 Coulombs per mole (C/mol). It's a crucial constant in relating the amount of charge passed to the number of moles of substance deposited or liberated.
How do Faraday's laws relate to redox reactions?
Electrolysis involves redox reactions at the electrodes. At the cathode, reduction occurs (gain of electrons), and at the anode, oxidation occurs (loss of electrons). Faraday's laws quantify the amount of substance undergoing these redox changes based on the charge passed.
Under what conditions might Faraday's laws fail?
Faraday's laws are idealizations; deviations can occur when:
Side reactions compete with the primary electrode reactions.
Current efficiency is less than 100% due to factors such as secondary reactions or escape of products.
The electrolyte is non-ideal, exhibiting deviations from assumed behavior.
There is electrode polarization, affecting the potential difference and current flow.
How can I calculate the mass of a substance deposited using Faraday's laws?
To calculate the mass (m) of a substance deposited, use the formula m = ZIt. First, determine the electrochemical equivalent (Z) using Z = E/F, where E is the equivalent weight and F is Faraday's constant. Then, substitute the known values of current (I) and time (t) into the equation to solve for m.
What is the difference between the first and second law of electrolysis?
Faraday's first law focuses on the relationship between the mass of a single substance deposited and the charge passed. The second law compares the masses of different substances deposited when the same charge is passed, relating them to their equivalent weights.
Can Faraday's laws be applied to both cation and anion deposition?
Yes, Faraday's laws apply to both cation (positive ion) deposition (reduction at the cathode) and anion (negative ion) deposition (oxidation at the anode). In the case of anions, it often involves gas evolution.
How does the number of electrons transferred affect Faraday's law calculations?
The number of electrons (n) transferred in the redox reaction at the electrode is implicitly accounted for in the equivalent weight (E). A higher number of electrons transferred per mole of substance means a higher equivalent weight, and therefore a greater mass deposited for a given amount of charge.
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Volume 35, Issue 3, March 1986, Pages 235-237
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Adipose tissue contains both aromatase and 17β-steroid dehydrogenase activity. Therefore, to see whether there was a relationship between obesity and certain parameters of androgen and estrogen metabolism we infused 88 women, mean age 51.1 ± 0.3 years and mean weight 140 ± 3 lbs, with 3 H-testosterone (T)14 C-estradiol (E 2) and 3 H-androstenedione (A)14 C-estrone (E 1) on separate occasions. Blood samples were obtained during the infusion and all urine was collected for 4 days following the start of the infusion. The blood samples were analyzed for radioactivity as A, T, E 1, E 2, and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the urines were analyzed for radioactivity as E 1 and E 2. From these data we calculated the percent of A converted to T [ϱ]BB A,T = percent of A infused measured as T in the blood, [ϱ]BB T,A[ϱ]BB E1,E2, and [ϱ]BB E2,E1. We also measured the ratio of radioactivity as 3 H-DHT to radioactivity as 3 H-A (CR A,DHT) and 3 H-T (CR T,DHT) during the respective androgen infusions. From the ratio of 3 H 14 C as estrone or estradiol in the urine following 3 H-A or 3 H-T infusions, we calculated the percent of A or T that was aromatized to E 1 or E 2 ([ϱ]BM A,E1; [ϱ]BM T,E2). When the data from these women were related to weight or Quetelet's Index (QI =wt ht 2) by unweighted linear regression, the only values that were significantly correlated with weight and QI were [ϱ]BM T,E2 and [ϱ]BM A,E1; for all other [ϱ] and CR values there was no correlation with weight or QI. We conclude that peripheral aromatization is positively correlated with adiposity but androgen interconversions and estrogen interconversions are not related to adiposity.
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These associations are well-documented effects of excess body weight on these hormones. Excess adiposity leads to increased aromatization of androgens in the adipose tissue leading to higher circulating estradiol levels (42, 43). Hyperinsulinemia, secondary to obesity-related insulin resistance, decreases SHBG production in the liver (44, 45). Show abstract To examine the association between body weight and measures of male reproductive potential. Cross-sectional study. Fertility clinic in an academic medical center. Four hundred eighty-three male partners of subfertile couples. None. Standard semen analysis, sperm DNA fragmentation, and serum levels of reproductive hormones. As expected, body mass index (BMI) was positively related to estradiol levels and inversely related to total testosterone and sex hormone-binding glogulin (SHBG) levels. There was also a strong inverse relation between BMI and inhibin B levels and a lower testosterone:LH ratio among men with a BMI ≥35 kg/m 2. Body mass index was unrelated to sperm concentration, motility, or morphology. Ejaculate volume decreased steadily with increasing BMI levels. Further, men with BMI ≥35 kg/m 2 had a lower total sperm count (concentration × volume) than normal weight men (adjusted difference in the median [95% confidence interval] = −86 × 10 6 sperm [−134, −37]). Sperm with high DNA damage were significantly more numerous in obese men than in normal-weight men. These data suggest that despite major differences in reproductive hormone levels with increasing body weight, only extreme levels of obesity may negatively influence male reproductive potential.
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Build systems of linear models.
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Elan is a college student who plans to spend a summer in Seattle. Elan has saved $3,500 for the trip and anticipates spending $400 each week on rent, food, and activities. How can we write a linear model to represent the situation? What would be the x-intercept, and what can Elan learn from it? To answer these and related questions, we can create a model using a linear function. Models such as this one can be extremely useful for analyzing relationships and making predictions based on those relationships. In this section, we will explore examples of linear function models.
Identifying Steps to Model and Solve Problems
When modeling scenarios with linear functions and solving problems involving quantities with a constant rate of change, we typically follow the same problem strategies that we would use for any type of function. Let’s briefly review them:
Identify changing quantities, and then define descriptive variables to represent those quantities. When appropriate, sketch a picture or define a coordinate system.
Carefully read the problem to identify important information. Look for information that provides values for the variables or values for parts of the functional model, such as slope and initial value.
Carefully read the problem to determine what we are trying to find, identify, solve, or interpret.
Identify a solution pathway from the provided information to what we are trying to find. Often this will involve checking and tracking units, building a table, or even finding a formula for the function being used to model the problem.
When needed, write a formula for the function.
Solve or evaluate the function using the formula.
Reflect on whether your answer is reasonable for the given situation and whether it makes sense mathematically.
Clearly convey your result using appropriate units, and answer in full sentences when necessary.
Building Linear Models
Now let’s take a look at the student in Seattle. In Elan's situation, there are two changing quantities: time and money. The amount of money they have remaining while on vacation depends on how long they stay. We can use this information to define our variables, including units.
Output: money remaining, in dollars
Input: time, in weeks
So, the amount of money remaining depends on the number of weeks:
We can also identify the initial value and the rate of change.
Initial Value: They saved $3,500, so $3,500 is the initial value for
Rate of Change: They anticipate spending $400 each week, so –$400 per week is the rate of change, or slope.
Notice that the unit of dollars per week matches the unit of our output variable divided by our input variable. Also, because the slope is negative, the linear function is decreasing. This should make sense because they are spending money each week.
The rate of change is constant, so we can start with the linear model Then we can substitute the intercept and slope provided.
To find the intercept, we set the output to zero, and solve for the input.
The intercept is 8.75 weeks. Because this represents the input value when the output will be zero, we could say that Elan will have no money left after 8.75 weeks.
When modeling any real-life scenario with functions, there is typically a limited domain over which that model will be valid—almost no trend continues indefinitely. Here the domain refers to the number of weeks. In this case, it doesn’t make sense to talk about input values less than zero. A negative input value could refer to a number of weeks before Elan saved $3,500, but the scenario discussed poses the question once they saved $3,500 because this is when the trip and subsequent spending starts. It is also likely that this model is not valid after the intercept, unless Elan will use a credit card and go into debt. The domain represents the set of input values, so the reasonable domain for this function is
In the above example, we were given a written description of the situation. We followed the steps of modeling a problem to analyze the information. However, the information provided may not always be the same. Sometimes we might be provided with an intercept. Other times we might be provided with an output value. We must be careful to analyze the information we are given, and use it appropriately to build a linear model.
Using a Given Intercept to Build a Model
Some real-world problems provide the intercept, which is the constant or initial value. Once the intercept is known, the intercept can be calculated. Suppose, for example, that Hannah plans to pay off a no-interest loan from her parents. Her loan balance is $1,000. She plans to pay $250 per month until her balance is $0. The intercept is the initial amount of her debt, or $1,000. The rate of change, or slope, is -$250 per month. We can then use the slope-intercept form and the given information to develop a linear model.
Now we can set the function equal to 0, and solve for to find the intercept.
The intercept is the number of months it takes her to reach a balance of $0. The -intercept is 4 months, so it will take Hannah four months to pay off her loan.
Using a Given Input and Output to Build a Model
Many real-world applications are not as direct as the ones we just considered. Instead they require us to identify some aspect of a linear function. We might sometimes instead be asked to evaluate the linear model at a given input or set the equation of the linear model equal to a specified output.
How To
Given a word problem that includes two pairs of input and output values, use the linear function to solve a problem.
Identify the input and output values.
Convert the data to two coordinate pairs.
Find the slope.
Write the linear model.
Use the model to make a prediction by evaluating the function at a given value.
Use the model to identify an value that results in a given value.
Answer the question posed.
Example 1
Using a Linear Model to Investigate a Town’s Population
A town’s population has been growing linearly. In 2004 the population was 6,200. By 2009 the population had grown to 8,100. Assume this trend continues.
ⓐ Predict the population in 2013.
ⓑ Identify the year in which the population will reach 15,000.
Solution
The two changing quantities are the population size and time. While we could use the actual year value as the input quantity, doing so tends to lead to very cumbersome equations because the intercept would correspond to the year 0, more than 2000 years ago!
To make computation a little nicer, we will define our input as the number of years since 2004:
Input: years since 2004
Output: the town’s population
To predict the population in 2013 we would first need an equation for the population. Likewise, to find when the population would reach 15,000, we would need to solve for the input that would provide an output of 15,000. To write an equation, we need the initial value and the rate of change, or slope.
To determine the rate of change, we will use the change in output per change in input.
The problem gives us two input-output pairs. Converting them to match our defined variables, the year 2004 would correspond to giving the point Notice that through our clever choice of variable definition, we have “given” ourselves the y-intercept of the function. The year 2009 would correspond to giving the point
The two coordinate pairs are and Recall that we encountered examples in which we were provided two points earlier in the chapter. We can use these values to calculate the slope.
We already know the y-intercept of the line, so we can immediately write the equation:
To predict the population in 2013, we evaluate our function at
If the trend continues, our model predicts a population of 9,620 in 2013.
To find when the population will reach 15,000, we can set and solve for
Our model predicts the population will reach 15,000 in a little more than 23 years after 2004, or somewhere around the year 2027.
Try It #1
A company sells doughnuts. They incur a fixed cost of $25,000 for rent, insurance, and other expenses. It costs $0.25 to produce each doughnut.
ⓐ Write a linear model to represent the cost of the company as a function of the number of doughnuts produced. ⓑ Find and interpret the y-intercept.
Try It #2
A city’s population has been growing linearly. In 2008, the population was 28,200. By 2012, the population was 36,800. Assume this trend continues.
ⓐ Predict the population in 2014.
ⓑ Identify the year in which the population will reach 54,000.
Using a Diagram to Model a Problem
It is useful for many real-world applications to draw a picture to gain a sense of how the variables representing the input and output may be used to answer a question. To draw the picture, first consider what the problem is asking for. Then, determine the input and the output. The diagram should relate the variables. Often, geometrical shapes or figures are drawn. Distances are often traced out. If a right triangle is sketched, the Pythagorean Theorem relates the sides. If a rectangle is sketched, labeling width and height is helpful.
Example 2
Using a Diagram to Model Distance Walked
Anna and Emanuel start at the same intersection. Anna walks east at 4 miles per hour while Emanuel walks south at 3 miles per hour. They are communicating with a two-way radio that has a range of 2 miles. How long after they start walking will they fall out of radio contact?
Solution
In essence, we can partially answer this question by saying they will fall out of radio contact when they are 2 miles apart, which leads us to ask a new question:
“How long will it take them to be 2 miles apart?”
In this problem, our changing quantities are time and position, but ultimately we need to know how long will it take for them to be 2 miles apart. We can see that time will be our input variable, so we’ll define our input and output variables.
Input: time in hours.
Output: distance in miles, and distance in miles
Because it is not obvious how to define our output variable, we’ll start by drawing a picture such as Figure 2.
Figure 2
Initial Value: They both start at the same intersection so when the distance traveled by each person should also be 0. Thus the initial value for each is 0.
Rate of Change: Anna is walking 4 miles per hour and Emanuel is walking 3 miles per hour, which are both rates of change. The slope for is 4 and the slope for is 3.
Using those values, we can write formulas for the distance each person has walked.
For this problem, the distances from the starting point are important. To notate these, we can define a coordinate system, identifying the “starting point” at the intersection where they both started. Then we can use the variable, which we introduced above, to represent Anna’s position, and define it to be a measurement from the starting point in the eastward direction. Likewise, can use the variable, to represent Emanuel’s position, measured from the starting point in the southward direction. Note that in defining the coordinate system, we specified both the starting point of the measurement and the direction of measure.
We can then define a third variable, to be the measurement of the distance between Anna and Emanuel. Showing the variables on the diagram is often helpful, as we can see from Figure 3.
Recall that we need to know how long it takes for the distance between them, to equal 2 miles. Notice that for any given input the outputs and represent distances.
Figure 3
Figure 2 shows us that we can use the Pythagorean Theorem because we have drawn a right angle.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we get:
In this scenario we are considering only positive values of so our distance will always be positive. We can simplify this answer to This means that the distance between Anna and Emanuel is also a linear function. Because is a linear function, we can now answer the question of when the distance between them will reach 2 miles. We will set the output and solve for
They will fall out of radio contact in 0.4 hours, or 24 minutes.
Q&A
Should I draw diagrams when given information based on a geometric shape?
Yes. Sketch the figure and label the quantities and unknowns on the sketch.
Example 3
Using a Diagram to Model Distance between Cities
There is a straight road leading from the town of Westborough to Agritown 30 miles east and 10 miles north. Partway down this road, it junctions with a second road, perpendicular to the first, leading to the town of Eastborough. If the town of Eastborough is located 20 miles directly east of the town of Westborough, how far is the road junction from Westborough?
Solution
It might help here to draw a picture of the situation. See Figure 4. It would then be helpful to introduce a coordinate system. While we could place the origin anywhere, placing it at Westborough seems convenient. This puts Agritown at coordinates and Eastborough at
Figure 4
Using this point along with the origin, we can find the slope of the line from Westborough to Agritown:
The equation of the road from Westborough to Agritown would be
From this, we can determine the perpendicular road to Eastborough will have slope Because the town of Eastborough is at the point (20, 0), we can find the equation:
We can now find the coordinates of the junction of the roads by finding the intersection of these lines. Setting them equal,
The roads intersect at the point (18, 6). Using the distance formula, we can now find the distance from Westborough to the junction.
Analysis
One nice use of linear models is to take advantage of the fact that the graphs of these functions are lines. This means real-world applications discussing maps need linear functions to model the distances between reference points.
Try It #3
There is a straight road leading from the town of Timpson to Ashburn 60 miles east and 12 miles north. Partway down the road, it junctions with a second road, perpendicular to the first, leading to the town of Garrison. If the town of Garrison is located 22 miles directly east of the town of Timpson, how far is the road junction from Timpson?
Building Systems of Linear Models
Real-world situations including two or more linear functions may be modeled with a system of linear equations. Remember, when solving a system of linear equations, we are looking for points the two lines have in common. Typically, there are three types of answers possible, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5
How To
Given a situation that represents a system of linear equations, write the system of equations and identify the solution.
Identify the input and output of each linear model.
Identify the slope and y-intercept of each linear model.
Find the solution by setting the two linear functions equal to one another and solving for or find the point of intersection on a graph.
Example 4
Building a System of Linear Models to Choose a Truck Rental Company
Jamal is choosing between two truck-rental companies. The first, Keep on Trucking, Inc., charges an up-front fee of $20, then 59 cents a mile. The second, Move It Your Way, charges an up-front fee of $16, then 63 cents a mile3. When will Keep on Trucking, Inc. be the better choice for Jamal?
Solution
The two important quantities in this problem are the cost and the number of miles driven. Because we have two companies to consider, we will define two functions.
| | |
--- |
| Input | distance driven in miles |
| Outputs | cost, in dollars, for renting from Keep on Trucking cost, in dollars, for renting from Move It Your Way |
| Initial Value | Up-front fee: and |
| Rate of Change | /mile and /mile |
Table 1
A linear function is of the form Using the rates of change and initial charges, we can write the equations
Using these equations, we can determine when Keep on Trucking, Inc., will be the better choice. Because all we have to make that decision from is the costs, we are looking for when Move It Your Way, will cost less, or when The solution pathway will lead us to find the equations for the two functions, find the intersection, and then see where the function is smaller.
These graphs are sketched in Figure 6, with in blue.
Figure 6
To find the intersection, we set the equations equal and solve:
This tells us that the cost from the two companies will be the same if 100 miles are driven. Either by looking at the graph, or noting that is growing at a slower rate, we can conclude that Keep on Trucking, Inc. will be the cheaper price when more than 100 miles are driven, that is
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Interpreting a Linear Function
2.3 Section Exercises
Verbal
1.
Explain how to find the input variable in a word problem that uses a linear function.
Explain how to find the output variable in a word problem that uses a linear function.
3.
Explain how to interpret the initial value in a word problem that uses a linear function.
Explain how to determine the slope in a word problem that uses a linear function.
Algebraic
5.
Find the area of a parallelogram bounded by the y-axis, the line the line and the line parallel to passing through
Find the area of a triangle bounded by the x-axis, the line and the line perpendicular to that passes through the origin.
7.
Find the area of a triangle bounded by the y-axis, the line and the line perpendicular to that passes through the origin.
Find the area of a parallelogram bounded by the x-axis, the line the line and the line parallel to passing through
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: A town’s population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 5,900. By 2012 the population had dropped to 4,700. Assume this trend continues.
9.
Predict the population in 2016.
Identify the year in which the population will reach 0.
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: A town’s population has been increased at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 46,020. By 2012 the population had increased to 52,070. Assume this trend continues.
11.
Predict the population in 2016.
Identify the year in which the population will reach 75,000.
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: A town has an initial population of 75,000. It grows at a constant rate of 2,500 per year for 5 years.
13.
Find the linear function that models the town’s population as a function of the year, where is the number of years since the model began.
Find a reasonable domain and range for the function
15.
If the function is graphed, find and interpret the x- and y-intercepts.
If the function is graphed, find and interpret the slope of the function.
17.
When will the output reached 100,000?
What is the output in the year 12 years from the onset of the model?
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: The weight of a newborn is 7.5 pounds. The baby gained one-half pound a month for its first year.
19.
Find the linear function that models the baby’s weight as a function of the age of the baby, in months,
Find a reasonable domain and range for the function .
21.
If the function is graphed, find and interpret the x- and y-intercepts.
If the function W is graphed, find and interpret the slope of the function.
23.
When did the baby weight 10.4 pounds?
What is the output when the input is 6.2? Interpret your answer.
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: The number of people afflicted with the common cold in the winter months steadily decreased by 205 each year from 2005 until 2010. In 2005, 12,025 people were afflicted.
25.
Find the linear function that models the number of people inflicted with the common cold as a function of the year,
Find a reasonable domain and range for the function
27.
If the function is graphed, find and interpret the x- and y-intercepts.
If the function is graphed, find and interpret the slope of the function.
29.
When will the number of people afflicted with the common cold reach 0?
In what year will the number of people afflicted with the common cold be 9,700?
Graphical
For the following exercises, use the graph in Figure 7, which shows the profit, in thousands of dollars, of a company in a given year, where represents the number of years since 1980.
Figure 7
31.
Find the linear function where depends on the number of years since 1980.
Find and interpret the y-intercept.
33.
Find and interpret the x-intercept.
Find and interpret the slope.
For the following exercises, use the graph in Figure 8, which shows the profit, in thousands of dollars, of a company in a given year, where represents the number of years since 1980.
Figure 8
35.
Find the linear function where depends on the number of years since 1980.
Find and interpret the y-intercept.
37.
Find and interpret the x-intercept.
Find and interpret the slope.
Numeric
For the following exercises, use the median home values in Mississippi and Hawaii (adjusted for inflation) shown in Table 2. Assume that the house values are changing linearly.
| Year | Mississippi | Hawaii |
---
| 1950 | $25,200 | $74,400 |
| 2000 | $71,400 | $272,700 |
Table 2
39.
In which state have home values increased at a higher rate?
If these trends were to continue, what would be the median home value in Mississippi in 2010?
41.
If we assume the linear trend existed before 1950 and continues after 2000, the two states’ median house values will be (or were) equal in what year? (The answer might be absurd.)
For the following exercises, use the median home values in Indiana and Alabama (adjusted for inflation) shown in Table 3. Assume that the house values are changing linearly.
| Year | Indiana | Alabama |
---
| 1950 | $37,700 | $27,100 |
| 2000 | $94,300 | $85,100 |
Table 3
In which state have home values increased at a higher rate?
43.
If these trends were to continue, what would be the median home value in Indiana in 2010?
If we assume the linear trend existed before 1950 and continues after 2000, the two states’ median house values will be (or were) equal in what year? (The answer might be absurd.)
Real-World Applications
45.
In 2004, a school population was 1,001. By 2008 the population had grown to 1,697. Assume the population is changing linearly.
ⓐ How much did the population grow between the year 2004 and 2008?
ⓑ How long did it take the population to grow from 1,001 students to 1,697 students?
ⓒ What is the average population growth per year?
ⓓ What was the population in the year 2000?
ⓔ Find an equation for the population, of the school t years after 2000.
ⓕ Using your equation, predict the population of the school in 2011.
In 2003, a town’s population was 1,431. By 2007 the population had grown to 2,134. Assume the population is changing linearly.
ⓐ How much did the population grow between the year 2003 and 2007?
ⓑ How long did it take the population to grow from 1,431 people to 2,134 people?
ⓒ What is the average population growth per year?
ⓓ What was the population in the year 2000?
ⓔ Find an equation for the population, of the town years after 2000.
ⓕ Using your equation, predict the population of the town in 2014.
47.
A phone company has a monthly cellular plan where a customer pays a flat monthly fee and then a certain amount of money per minute used for voice and video calling. If a customer uses 410 minutes, the monthly cost will be $71.50. If the customer uses 720 minutes, the monthly cost will be $118.
ⓐ Find a linear equation for the monthly cost of the cell plan as a function of x, the number of monthly minutes used.
ⓑ Interpret the slope and y-intercept of the equation.
ⓒ Use your equation to find the total monthly cost if 687 minutes are used.
A phone company has a monthly cellular data plan where a customer pays a flat monthly fee of $10 and then a certain amount of money per megabyte (MB) of data used on the phone. If a customer uses 20 MB, the monthly cost will be $11.20. If the customer uses 130 MB, the monthly cost will be $17.80.
ⓐ Find a linear equation for the monthly cost of the data plan as a function of , the number of MB used.
ⓑ Interpret the slope and y-intercept of the equation.
ⓒ Use your equation to find the total monthly cost if 250 MB are used.
49.
In 1991, the moose population in a park was measured to be 4,360. By 1999, the population was measured again to be 5,880. Assume the population continues to change linearly.
ⓐ Find a formula for the moose population, P since 1991.
ⓑ What does your model predict the moose population to be in 2003?
In 2003, the owl population in a park was measured to be 340. By 2007, the population was measured again to be 285. The population changes linearly. Let the input be years since 2003.
ⓐ Find a formula for the owl population, Let the input be years since 2003.
ⓑ What does your model predict the owl population to be in 2012?
51.
The Federal Helium Reserve held about 16 billion cubic feet of helium in 2010 and is being depleted by about 2.1 billion cubic feet each year.
ⓐ Give a linear equation for the remaining federal helium reserves, in terms of the number of years since 2010.
ⓑ In 2015, what will the helium reserves be?
ⓒ If the rate of depletion doesn’t change, in what year will the Federal Helium Reserve be depleted?
Suppose the world’s oil reserves in 2014 are 1,820 billion barrels. If, on average, the total reserves are decreasing by 25 billion barrels of oil each year:
ⓐ Give a linear equation for the remaining oil reserves, in terms of the number of years since now.
ⓑ Seven years from now, what will the oil reserves be?
ⓒ If the rate at which the reserves are decreasing is constant, when will the world’s oil reserves be depleted?
53.
You are choosing between two different prepaid cell phone plans. The first plan charges a rate of 26 cents per minute. The second plan charges a monthly fee of $19.95 plus 11 cents per minute. How many minutes would you have to use in a month in order for the second plan to be preferable?
You are choosing between two different window washing companies. The first charges $5 per window. The second charges a base fee of $40 plus $3 per window. How many windows would you need to have for the second company to be preferable?
55.
When hired at a new job selling jewelry, you are given two pay options:
Option A: Base salary of $17,000 a year with a commission of 12% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 5% of your sales
How much jewelry would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income?
When hired at a new job selling electronics, you are given two pay options:
Option A: Base salary of $14,000 a year with a commission of 10% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $19,000 a year with a commission of 4% of your sales
How much electronics would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income?
57.
When hired at a new job selling electronics, you are given two pay options:
Option A: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 12% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $26,000 a year with a commission of 3% of your sales
How much electronics would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income?
When hired at a new job selling electronics, you are given two pay options:
Option A: Base salary of $10,000 a year with a commission of 9% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 4% of your sales
How much electronics would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income?
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Synonyms:NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, TYPE I; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, TYPE I, SOMATIC; NF1; Peripheral type neurofibromatosis; VON RECKLINGHAUSEN DISEASE
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A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in heterozygotes. In the context of medical genetics, an autosomal dominant disorder is caused when a single copy of the mutant allele is present. Males and females are affected equally, and can both transmit the disorder with a risk of 50% for each child of inheriting the mutant allele.
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Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cafe-au-lait spots, Lisch nodules, and fibromatous tumors of the skin. Individuals with the disorder have increased susceptibility to the development of benign and malignant tumors. NF1 is sometimes referred to as 'peripheral neurofibromatosis.' The worldwide incidence of NF1 is 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000 individuals (reviews by Shen et al., 1996 and Williams et al., 2009). Type II neurofibromatosis (NF2; 101000) is a genetically distinct disorder caused by mutation in the gene encoding merlin (NF2; 607379) on chromosome 22q12. NF2, sometimes known as 'central neurofibromatosis,' is characterized by bilateral acoustic neuroma and meningioma, but few skin lesions or neurofibromas (Rouleau et al., 1993). Some patients with homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in mismatch repair genes (see, e.g., MLH1; 120436 and MSH2; 609309) have a phenotype characterized by early onset malignancies and mild features of NF1, especially cafe-au-lait spots; this is known as the mismatch repair cancer syndrome (see MMRCS1, 276300), sometimes referred to as brain tumor-polyposis syndrome-1 or Turcot syndrome. These patients typically do not have germline mutations in the NF1 gene, although a study by Wang et al. (2003) suggested that biallelic mutations in mismatch repair genes may cause somatic mutations in the NF1 gene, perhaps resulting in isolated features resembling NF1. See also Legius syndrome (611431), a genetically distinct disorder with a similar phenotype to NF1.
From MedlinePlus Genetics
Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a condition characterized by changes in skin coloring (pigmentation) and the growth of tumors along nerves in the skin, brain, and other parts of the body. The signs and symptoms of this condition vary widely among affected people.
Beginning in early childhood, almost all people with neurofibromatosis type 1 have multiple café-au-lait spots, which are flat patches on the skin that are darker than the surrounding area. These spots increase in size and number as the individual grows older. Freckles in the underarms and groin typically develop later in childhood.
Most adults with neurofibromatosis type 1 develop neurofibromas, which are noncancerous (benign) tumors that are usually located on or just under the skin. These tumors may also occur in nerves near the spinal cord or along nerves elsewhere in the body. Some people with neurofibromatosis type 1 develop cancerous tumors that grow along nerves. These tumors, which usually develop in adolescence or adulthood, are called malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. People with neurofibromatosis type 1 also have an increased risk of developing other cancers, including brain tumors and cancer of blood-forming tissue (leukemia).
During childhood, benign growths called Lisch nodules often appear in the colored part of the eye (the iris). Lisch nodules do not interfere with vision. Some affected individuals also develop tumors that grow along the nerve leading from the eye to the brain (the optic nerve). These tumors, which are called optic gliomas, may lead to reduced vision or total vision loss. In some cases, optic gliomas have no effect on vision.
Additional signs and symptoms of neurofibromatosis type 1 vary, but they can include high blood pressure (hypertension), short stature, an unusually large head (macrocephaly), and skeletal abnormalities such as an abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis). Although most people with neurofibromatosis type 1 have normal intelligence, learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) occur frequently in affected individuals.
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Clinical features
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Lipoma
MedGen UID: 44173 •Concept ID: C0023798 •Neoplastic Process
Benign neoplasia derived from lipoblasts or lipocytes of white or brown fat. May be angiomatous or hibernomatous.
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Pheochromocytoma
MedGen UID: 18419 •Concept ID: C0031511 •Neoplastic Process
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma (PGL/PCC) syndromes are characterized by paragangliomas (tumors that arise from neuroendocrine tissues distributed along the paravertebral axis from the base of the skull to the pelvis) and pheochromocytomas (paragangliomas that are confined to the adrenal medulla). Sympathetic paragangliomas cause catecholamine excess; parasympathetic paragangliomas are most often nonsecretory. Extra-adrenal parasympathetic paragangliomas are located predominantly in the skull base and neck (referred to as head and neck paragangliomas [HNPGLs]) and sometimes in the upper mediastinum; approximately 95% of such tumors are nonsecretory. In contrast, extra-adrenal sympathetic paragangliomas are generally confined to the lower mediastinum, abdomen, and pelvis, and are typically secretory. Pheochromocytomas, which arise from the adrenal medulla, typically lead to catecholamine excess. Symptoms of PGL/PCCs result from either mass effects or catecholamine hypersecretion (e.g., sustained or paroxysmal elevations in blood pressure, headache, episodic profuse sweating, forceful palpitations, pallor, and apprehension or anxiety). The risk for developing metastatic disease is greater for extra-adrenal sympathetic paragangliomas than for pheochromocytomas. Additional tumors reported in individuals with hereditary PGL/PCC syndromes include gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), pulmonary chondromas, and clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
MedGen UID: 20561 •Concept ID: C0035412 •Neoplastic Process
A malignant soft tissue tumor which develops from cells of striated muscle. It is the most common form of tumor found in children and adolescents.
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
MedGen UID: 104910 •Concept ID: C0206656 •Neoplastic Process
A poorly circumscribed morphologic variant of rhabdomyosarcoma. It is characterized by the presence of primitive skeletal muscle differentiation in any stage of myogenesis.
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Neurofibrosarcoma
MedGen UID: 104927 •Concept ID: C0206729 •Neoplastic Process
A form of malignant cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves. Given its origin and behavior, it is classified as a sarcoma.
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Medullary thyroid carcinoma
MedGen UID: 66772 •Concept ID: C0238462 •Neoplastic Process
The presence of a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
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Parathyroid gland adenoma
MedGen UID: 75502 •Concept ID: C0262587 •Neoplastic Process
A benign tumor of the parathyroid gland that can cause hyperparathyroidism.
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Genu valgum
MedGen UID: 154364 •Concept ID: C0576093 •Anatomical Abnormality
The legs angle inward, such that the knees are close together and the ankles far apart.
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Coarctation of aorta
MedGen UID: 1617 •Concept ID: C0003492 •Congenital Abnormality
Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing or constriction of a segment of the aorta.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
MedGen UID: 2881 •Concept ID: C0007194 •Disease or Syndrome
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined by the presence of increased ventricular wall thickness or mass in the absence of loading conditions (hypertension, valve disease) sufficient to cause the observed abnormality.
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Atrial septal defect
MedGen UID: 6753 •Concept ID: C0018817 •Congenital Abnormality
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital abnormality of the interatrial septum that enables blood flow between the left and right atria via the interatrial septum.
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Ventricular septal defect
MedGen UID: 42366 •Concept ID: C0018818 •Congenital Abnormality
A hole between the two bottom chambers (ventricles) of the heart. The defect is centered around the most superior aspect of the ventricular septum.
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Hypertensive disorder
MedGen UID: 6969 •Concept ID: C0020538 •Disease or Syndrome
The presence of chronic increased pressure in the systemic arterial system.
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Mitral stenosis
MedGen UID: 44466 •Concept ID: C0026269 •Disease or Syndrome
An abnormal narrowing of the orifice of the mitral valve.
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Renal artery stenosis
MedGen UID: 19727 •Concept ID: C0035067 •Disease or Syndrome
The presence of stenosis of the renal artery.
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Pulmonic stenosis
MedGen UID: 408291 •Concept ID: C1956257 •Disease or Syndrome
A narrowing of the right ventricular outflow tract that can occur at the pulmonary valve (valvular stenosis), below the pulmonary valve (infundibular stenosis), or above the pulmonary valve (supravalvar stenosis).
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Short stature
MedGen UID: 87607 •Concept ID: C0349588 •Finding
A height below that which is expected according to age and gender norms. Although there is no universally accepted definition of short stature, many refer to "short stature" as height more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender (or below the 3rd percentile for age and gender dependent norms).
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Overgrowth
MedGen UID: 376550 •Concept ID: C1849265 •Finding
Excessive postnatal growth which may comprise increased weight, increased length, and/or increased head circumference.
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Colon cancer
MedGen UID: 2839 •Concept ID: C0007102 •Neoplastic Process
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the colon. Representative examples include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma.
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Low-set ears
MedGen UID: 65980 •Concept ID: C0239234 •Congenital Abnormality
Upper insertion of the ear to the scalp below an imaginary horizontal line drawn between the inner canthi of the eye and extending posteriorly to the ear.
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Astrocytoma
MedGen UID: 438 •Concept ID: C0004114 •Neoplastic Process
Astrocytoma is a neoplasm of the central nervous system derived from astrocytes. Astrocytes are a type of glial cell, and thus astrocytoma is a subtype of glioma.
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Glioma
MedGen UID: 9030 •Concept ID: C0017638 •Neoplastic Process
The presence of a glioma, which is a neoplasm of the central nervous system originating from a glial cell (astrocytes or oligodendrocytes).
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Hydrocephalus
MedGen UID: 9335 •Concept ID: C0020255 •Disease or Syndrome
Hydrocephalus is an active distension of the ventricular system of the brain resulting from inadequate passage of CSF from its point of production within the cerebral ventricles to its point of absorption into the systemic circulation.
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Meningioma
MedGen UID: 7532 •Concept ID: C0025286 •Neoplastic Process
The presence of a meningioma, i.e., a benign tumor originating from the dura mater or arachnoid mater.
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Intellectual disability, mild
MedGen UID: 10044 •Concept ID: C0026106 •Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Mild intellectual disability is defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) in the range of 50-69.
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Neurofibroma
MedGen UID: 45058 •Concept ID: C0027830 •Neoplastic Process
A benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that generally appears as a soft, skin-colored papule or small subcutaneous nodule. Individuals with neurofibromatosis can have numerous neurofibromas.
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Seizure
MedGen UID: 20693 •Concept ID: C0036572 •Sign or Symptom
A seizure is an intermittent abnormality of nervous system physiology characterized by a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
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Spina bifida
MedGen UID: 38283 •Concept ID: C0080178 •Congenital Abnormality
Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, whereby some vertebral arches remain unfused and open. The mildest form is spina bifida occulta, followed by meningocele and meningomyelocele.
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Plexiform neurofibroma
MedGen UID: 64640 •Concept ID: C0206728 •Neoplastic Process
A neurofibroma in which Schwann cells proliferate inside the nerve sheath, producing an irregularly thickened, distorted, tortuous structure.
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Aqueductal stenosis
MedGen UID: 75614 •Concept ID: C0266476 •Congenital Abnormality
Stenosis of the cerebral aqueduct (also known as the mesencephalic duct, aqueductus mesencephali, or aqueduct of Sylvius), which connects the third cerebral ventricle in the diencephalon to the fourth ventricle, which is between the pons and cerebellum.
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Pilocytic astrocytoma
MedGen UID: 87271 •Concept ID: C0334583 •Neoplastic Process
The most common form of astrocytoma (WHO Grade I) in childhood. These typically have MAPK signaling pathway abnormalities.
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Optic nerve glioma
MedGen UID: 138056 •Concept ID: C0346326 •Neoplastic Process
A glioma originating in the optic nerve or optic chiasm.
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Hypsarrhythmia
MedGen UID: 195766 •Concept ID: C0684276 •Finding
Hypsarrhythmia is abnormal interictal high amplitude waves and a background of irregular spikes. There is continuous (during wakefulness), high-amplitude (>200 Hz), generalized polymorphic slowing with no organized background and multifocal spikes demonstrated by electroencephalography (EEG).
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Cerebellar glioma
MedGen UID: 869274 •Concept ID: C4023700 •Neoplastic Process
A glioma affecting the cerebellum.
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Spinal neurofibroma
MedGen UID: 869787 •Concept ID: C4024217 •Neoplastic Process
A neurofibroma (benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor) localized in the spine.
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Specific learning disability
MedGen UID: 871302 •Concept ID: C4025790 •Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Impairment of certain skills such as reading or writing, coordination, self-control, or attention that interfere with the ability to learn. The impairment is not related to a global deficiency of intelligence.
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Kyphosis
MedGen UID: 44042 •Concept ID: C0022821 •Anatomical Abnormality
Exaggerated anterior convexity of the thoracic vertebral column.
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Scoliosis
MedGen UID: 11348 •Concept ID: C0036439 •Disease or Syndrome
The presence of an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
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Pectus carinatum
MedGen UID: 57643 •Concept ID: C0158731 •Finding
A deformity of the chest caused by overgrowth of the ribs and characterized by protrusion of the sternum.
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Pectus excavatum
MedGen UID: 781174 •Concept ID: C2051831 •Finding
A defect of the chest wall characterized by a depression of the sternum, giving the chest ("pectus") a caved-in ("excavatum") appearance.
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Macrocephaly
MedGen UID: 745757 •Concept ID: C2243051 •Finding
Occipitofrontal (head) circumference greater than 97th centile compared to appropriate, age matched, sex-matched normal standards. Alternatively, a apparently increased size of the cranium.
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Tibial pseudarthrosis
MedGen UID: 869786 •Concept ID: C4024216 •Pathologic Function
Pseudarthrosis, or "false joint" of the tibia is the result of a developmental failure in the tibia progressing to spontaneous fracture and subsequent fibrous nonunion. The fracture is rarely present at birth but commonly develops during the first 18 months of life.
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Sphenoid wing dysplasia
MedGen UID: 1705905 •Concept ID: C5233103 •Congenital Abnormality
Hypoplasia or aplasia of the greater or lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, typically resulting in widening of the superior orbital fissure, elevation of the [lesser sphenoid wing, and ipsilateral orbital enlargement.
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Pericarditis
MedGen UID: 18377 •Concept ID: C0031046 •Disease or Syndrome
Inflammation of the sac-like covering around the heart (pericardium).
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Webbed neck
MedGen UID: 113154 •Concept ID: C0221217 •Congenital Abnormality
Pterygium colli is a congenital skin fold that runs along the sides of the neck down to the shoulders. It involves an ectopic fibrotic facial band superficial to the trapezius muscle. Excess hair-bearing skin is also present and extends down the cervical region well beyond the normal hairline.
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Downslanted palpebral fissures
MedGen UID: 98391 •Concept ID: C0423110 •Finding
The palpebral fissure inclination is more than two standard deviations below the mean.
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Freckling
MedGen UID: 5272 •Concept ID: C0016689 •Finding
The presence of an increased number of freckles, small circular spots on the skin that are darker than the surrounding skin because of deposits of melanin.
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Inguinal freckling
MedGen UID: 320315 •Concept ID: C1834297 •Finding
The presence in the inguinal region (groin) of an increased number of freckles, small circular spots on the skin that are darker than the surrounding skin because of deposits of melanin.
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Axillary freckling
MedGen UID: 348082 •Concept ID: C1860335 •Finding
The presence in the axillary region (armpit) of an increased number of freckles, small circular spots on the skin that are darker than the surrounding skin because of deposits of melanin.
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Cafe au lait spots, multiple
MedGen UID: 396266 •Concept ID: C1861975 •Disease or Syndrome
The presence of six or more cafe-au-lait spots.
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Hypopigmented macule
MedGen UID: 760487 •Concept ID: C2047793 •Finding
A white or lighter patch of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by decreased skin pigmentation.
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Few cafe-au-lait spots
MedGen UID: 870435 •Concept ID: C4024881 •Finding
The presence of two to five cafe-au-lait macules.
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Breast carcinoma
MedGen UID: 146260 •Concept ID: C0678222 •Neoplastic Process
The presence of a carcinoma of the breast.
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Glaucoma
MedGen UID: 42224 •Concept ID: C0017601 •Disease or Syndrome
Glaucoma refers loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy usually associated with increased intraocular pressure.
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Hypertelorism
MedGen UID: 9373 •Concept ID: C0020534 •Finding
Although hypertelorism means an excessive distance between any paired organs (e.g., the nipples), the use of the word has come to be confined to ocular hypertelorism. Hypertelorism occurs as an isolated feature and is also a feature of many syndromes, e.g., Opitz G syndrome (see 300000), Greig cephalopolysyndactyly (175700), and Noonan syndrome (163950) (summary by Cohen et al., 1995).
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Lisch nodules
MedGen UID: 395461 •Concept ID: C1860334 •Finding
The presence of pigmented, oval and dome-shaped raised hamartomatous nevi of the iris..
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Abnormality of head or neck
Downslanted palpebral fissures
Webbed neck
Abnormality of limbs
Genu valgum
Abnormality of the breast
Breast carcinoma
Abnormality of the cardiovascular system
Atrial septal defect
Coarctation of aorta
Hypertensive disorder
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mitral stenosis
Pulmonic stenosis
Renal artery stenosis
Ventricular septal defect
Abnormality of the digestive system
Colon cancer
Abnormality of the eye
Glaucoma
Hypertelorism
Lisch nodules
Abnormality of the immune system
Pericarditis
Abnormality of the integument
Axillary freckling
Cafe au lait spots, multiple
Few cafe-au-lait spots
Freckling
Hypopigmented macule
Inguinal freckling
Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
Kyphosis
Macrocephaly
Pectus carinatum
Pectus excavatum
Scoliosis
Sphenoid wing dysplasia
Tibial pseudarthrosis
Abnormality of the nervous system
Aqueductal stenosis
Astrocytoma
Cerebellar glioma
Glioma
Hydrocephalus
Hypsarrhythmia
Intellectual disability, mild
Meningioma
Neurofibroma
Optic nerve glioma
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Plexiform neurofibroma
Seizure
Specific learning disability
Spina bifida
Spinal neurofibroma
Ear malformation
Low-set ears
Growth abnormality
Overgrowth
Short stature
Neoplasm
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Lipoma
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Neurofibrosarcoma
Parathyroid gland adenoma
Pheochromocytoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Term Hierarchy
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MeSH
Orphanet
C Clinical test, R Research test, O OMIM, G GeneReviews, V ClinVar
CR O GVRASopathy
CR OGVCardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1
CROGVCostello syndrome
CROGVFibromatosis, gingival, 1
CROGVJuvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
CROGVLegius syndrome
CROGVMetachondromatosis
CROGVNeurofibromatosis, type 1
CROGVNoonan syndrome
CROGVNoonan syndrome 1
CROGVNoonan syndrome 2
CROGVNoonan syndrome 3
CROGVNoonan syndrome 4
CROGVNoonan syndrome 5
CROGVNoonan syndrome 6
CROGVNoonan syndrome 7
CROGVNoonan syndrome 8
CROGVNoonan syndrome with multiple lentigines
CROGVLEOPARD syndrome 1
CROGVLEOPARD syndrome 2
CROGVLEOPARD syndrome 3
CROGVNoonan syndrome-like disorder with loose anagen hair 1
Genetic hypertension
Neurofibromatosis, type 1
Chromosome 17q11.2 deletion syndrome, 1.4Mb
Neurofibromatosis type 1 due to NF1 mutation or intragenic deletion
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Inoperable, Progressive, Symptomatic Plexiform Neurofibromas
Recurrent Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Refractory Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Follow this link to review classifications for Neurofibromatosis, type 1 in Orphanet.
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Professional guidelines
PubMed
Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation.
Legius E, Messiaen L, Wolkenstein P, Pancza P, Avery RA, Berman Y, Blakeley J, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Cunha KS, Ferner R, Fisher MJ, Friedman JM, Gutmann DH, Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Korf BR, Mautner VF, Peltonen S, Rauen KA, Riccardi V, Schorry E, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Stevenson DA, Tadini G, Ullrich NJ, Viskochil D, Wimmer K, Yohay K; International Consensus Group on Neurofibromatosis Diagnostic Criteria (I-NF-DC), Huson SM, Evans DG, Plotkin SR
Genet Med 2021 Aug;23(8):1506-1513. Epub 2021 May 19 doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01170-5. PMID: 34012067Free PMC Article
The Diagnosis and Management of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.
Ly KI, Blakeley JO
Med Clin North Am 2019 Nov;103(6):1035-1054. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.07.004. PMID: 31582003
NF1 molecular characterization and neurofibromatosis type I genotype-phenotype correlation: the French experience.
Sabbagh A, Pasmant E, Imbard A, Luscan A, Soares M, Blanché H, Laurendeau I, Ferkal S, Vidaud M, Pinson S, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Vidaud D, Parfait B, Wolkenstein P
Hum Mutat 2013 Nov;34(11):1510-8. Epub 2013 Aug 26 doi: 10.1002/humu.22392. PMID: 23913538
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Recent clinical studies
Additional literature that covers other topics related to this disease may be found in PubMed
Etiology
The management of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in children and adolescents.
Kerashvili N, Gutmann DH
Expert Rev Neurother 2024 Apr;24(4):409-420. Epub 2024 Feb 27 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2024.2324117. PMID: 38406862
Treatment decisions and the use of MEK inhibitors for children with neurofibromatosis type 1-related plexiform neurofibromas.
Armstrong AE, Belzberg AJ, Crawford JR, Hirbe AC, Wang ZJ
BMC Cancer 2023 Jun 16;23(1):553. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10996-y. PMID: 37328781Free PMC Article
Neurofibromatosis type 1 system-based manifestations and treatments: a review.
Saleh M, Dib A, Beaini S, Saad C, Faraj S, El Joueid Y, Kotob Y, Saoudi L, Emmanuel N
Neurol Sci 2023 Jun;44(6):1931-1947. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06680-5. PMID: 36826455
Health Supervision for Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1.
Miller DT, Freedenberg D, Schorry E, Ullrich NJ, Viskochil D, Korf BR; COUNCIL ON GENETICS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS
Pediatrics 2019 May;143(5) doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0660. PMID: 31010905
NF1 molecular characterization and neurofibromatosis type I genotype-phenotype correlation: the French experience.
Sabbagh A, Pasmant E, Imbard A, Luscan A, Soares M, Blanché H, Laurendeau I, Ferkal S, Vidaud M, Pinson S, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Vidaud D, Parfait B, Wolkenstein P
Hum Mutat 2013 Nov;34(11):1510-8. Epub 2013 Aug 26 doi: 10.1002/humu.22392. PMID: 23913538
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Diagnosis
Neurofibromatosis type 1: New developments in genetics and treatment.
Wilson BN, John AM, Handler MZ, Schwartz RA
J Am Acad Dermatol 2021 Jun;84(6):1667-1676. Epub 2020 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.105. PMID: 32771543
The Diagnosis and Management of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.
Ly KI, Blakeley JO
Med Clin North Am 2019 Nov;103(6):1035-1054. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.07.004. PMID: 31582003
Neurofibromatosis type 1: a multidisciplinary approach to care.
Hirbe AC, Gutmann DH
Lancet Neurol 2014 Aug;13(8):834-43. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70063-8. PMID: 25030515
A clinical and genetic overview of 18 years neurofibromatosis type 1 molecular diagnostics in the Netherlands.
van Minkelen R, van Bever Y, Kromosoeto JN, Withagen-Hermans CJ, Nieuwlaat A, Halley DJ, van den Ouweland AM
Clin Genet 2014 Apr;85(4):318-27. Epub 2013 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/cge.12187. PMID: 23656349
Neurofibromatosis type 1 revisited.
Williams VC, Lucas J, Babcock MA, Gutmann DH, Korf B, Maria BL
Pediatrics 2009 Jan;123(1):124-33. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-3204. PMID: 19117870
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Therapy
Treatment decisions and the use of MEK inhibitors for children with neurofibromatosis type 1-related plexiform neurofibromas.
Armstrong AE, Belzberg AJ, Crawford JR, Hirbe AC, Wang ZJ
BMC Cancer 2023 Jun 16;23(1):553. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10996-y. PMID: 37328781Free PMC Article
Current Understanding of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, 2, and Schwannomatosis.
Tamura R
Int J Mol Sci 2021 May 29;22(11) doi: 10.3390/ijms22115850. PMID: 34072574Free PMC Article
Neurofibromatosis type 1: New developments in genetics and treatment.
Wilson BN, John AM, Handler MZ, Schwartz RA
J Am Acad Dermatol 2021 Jun;84(6):1667-1676. Epub 2020 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.105. PMID: 32771543
Selumetinib in Children with Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas.
Gross AM, Wolters PL, Dombi E, Baldwin A, Whitcomb P, Fisher MJ, Weiss B, Kim A, Bornhorst M, Shah AC, Martin S, Roderick MC, Pichard DC, Carbonell A, Paul SM, Therrien J, Kapustina O, Heisey K, Clapp DW, Zhang C, Peer CJ, Figg WD, Smith M, Glod J, Blakeley JO, Steinberg SM, Venzon DJ, Doyle LA, Widemann BC
N Engl J Med 2020 Apr 9;382(15):1430-1442. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1912735. PMID: 32187457Free PMC Article
Neurofibromatosis type 1: a multidisciplinary approach to care.
Hirbe AC, Gutmann DH
Lancet Neurol 2014 Aug;13(8):834-43. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70063-8. PMID: 25030515
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There are dozens of ways of computing F(n) for an arbitrary n, many of which have great runtime and memory usage.
However, suppose I wanted to ask the opposite question:
Given F(n) for n > 2, what is n?
(The n > 2 restriction is in there since F(1) = F(2) = 1 and there's no unambiguous inverse).
What would be the most efficient way of solving this problem? It's easy to do this in linear time by enumerating the Fibonacci numbers and stopping when you hit the target number, but is there some way of doing this any faster than that?
EDIT: currently, the best solution posted here runs in O(log n) time using O(log n) memory, assuming that mathematical operations run in O(1) and that a machine word can hold any number in O(1) space. I'm curious if it's possible to drop the memory requirements, since you can compute Fibonacci numbers using O(1) space.
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You can find some useful discussion in the math.exchange related question: [checking-if-a-number-is-a-fibonacci-or-not]: math.stackexchange.com/questions/9999/…ypercubeᵀᴹ –ypercubeᵀᴹ 2011-03-02 23:34:28 +00:00 Commented Mar 2, 2011 at 23:34
13 I might call this the fibonacci logarithm President James K. Polk –President James K. Polk 2011-03-04 12:03:52 +00:00 Commented Mar 4, 2011 at 12:03
This is a very interesting problem, because it really asks if it is possible to do efficient binary search on a general group with comparison. That is we can use only plus and minus, no division or other fancy operations.Thomas Ahle –Thomas Ahle 2014-06-14 22:15:56 +00:00 Commented Jun 14, 2014 at 22:15
Honestly, the fibonacci function grows so fast, if you're given F(n) you can iterate on the sequence until you hit the number. And if you're restricted to 64-bit integers, you can even hardcode a table of values. There aren't that many Fibonacci numbers.Stef –Stef 2025-08-11 09:11:26 +00:00 Commented Aug 11 at 9:11
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Since OP has asked about matrix solution not involving any floating point computations, here it is. We can achieve O(logn) complexity this way, assuming numeric operations have O(1) complexity.
Let's take 2x2 matrix A having following structure
1 1
1 0
Now consider vector (8, 5), storing two consecutive fibonacci numbers. If you multiply it by this matrix, you'll get (81 + 51, 81 + 50) = (13, 8) - the next fibonacci number.
If we generalize, A^n (1, 0) = (f(n), f(n - 1)).
The actual algorithm takes two steps.
Calculate A^2, A^4, A^8, etc. until we pass desired number.
Do a binary search by n, using calculated powers of A.
On a side note, any sequence of the form f(n) = k1f(n-1) + k2f(n-2) + k3f(n-3) + .. + ktf(n-t) can be presented like this.
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templatetypedefOver a year ago
I'm still a bit fuzzy on what in particular you do once you pass the desired number. How exactly do you recover the answer?
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Nikita RybakOver a year ago
@templatetypedef Imagine we passed f at A^16, therefore we do binary search in range [0, 16]. mid is 8, and we have A^8 computed already. Let's say f > A^8, then the range is reduced to [8, 16]. Now mid is 12, but A^12 is A^8A^4. 8 is a current search border and 4 is a power of 2: therefore we have both computed and can calculate A^12 in one multiplication. And so on.
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@templatetypedef Comparing matrixes with numbers (f) is a bit of simplification, but that should give the idea.
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@Nikita, I'm not sure I'd call it a binary search. What we need is a base-2 decomposition of n, and then the matrices can be produced up to that point. Take 11 = 1+2+8, which implies that F(11) = A^11 = AA^2A^8. So, we don't need to calculate A^16.
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@templatetypedef I'm afraid no, nothing I can think of. (We can switch to recursion, but that's the same O(logn) memory, only hidden.) On the upside, we can memorize and reuse powers of A.
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Wikipedia gives the result as
n(F) = Floor[ Log(F Sqrt(5) + 1/2)/Log(Phi)]
where Phi is the golden ratio.
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Michelle TilleyOver a year ago
This n(F) is the fastest way to compute n for a given F(n) (ignoring the fact that n(1) returns 2). However, it does not guarantee that F is actually a member of the Fibonacci sequence (given a large F, the numbers around F will give the same result).
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This can be computed in constant time, as there are functions in almost every language that perform log and sqrt in constant time.
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Michelle TilleyOver a year ago
@Dan I found this interesting: You can also check to see if phi n - (1.0 / n) and phi n + (1.0 / n) crosses a positive integer. E.g. for n = 144 you get 232.9899 and 233.0038, which crosses 233. Using the same calculation on n = 143 gives 231.3718 and 231.3858, and so is not a Fibonacci number.
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R. Martinho FernandesOver a year ago
@Dan: It's constant time only if you consider numbers with a fixed upper bound.
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templatetypedefOver a year ago
@Dan- I am skeptical that you can take a log in constant time unless you bound the precision of your numbers. This would be a practically good solution, but I'm more interested in something that scales as well as possible given just basic mathematical operations as primitives.
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If you can easily interpret F(n) in binary,
You may be suspicious of the constants 1.7 and 1.1. These work because d1.44042009041... + C never gets very close to an integer.
I can post a derivation tomorrow if there is interest.
Here is a table with n = 2 through 91, which shows the formula result before flooring:
```
n formula w/o floor F(n) F(n) in binary
2 2.540 1 1
3 3.981 2 10
4 4.581 3 11
5 5.421 5 101
6 6.862 8 1000
7 7.462 13 1101
8 8.302 21 10101
9 9.743 34 100010
10 10.343 55 110111
11 11.183 89 1011001
12 12.623 144 10010000
13 13.223 233 11101001
14 14.064 377 101111001
15 15.504 610 1001100010
16 16.104 987 1111011011
17 17.545 1597 11000111101
18 18.385 2584 101000011000
19 19.825 4181 1000001010101
20 20.425 6765 1101001101101
21 21.266 10946 10101011000010
22 22.706 17711 100010100101111
23 23.306 28657 110111111110001
24 24.147 46368 1011010100100000
25 25.587 75025 10010010100010001
26 26.187 121393 11101101000110001
27 27.028 196418 101111111101000010
28 28.468 317811 1001101100101110011
29 29.068 514229 1111101100010110101
30 30.508 832040 11001011001000101000
31 31.349 1346269 101001000101011011101
32 32.789 2178309 1000010011110100000101
33 33.389 3524578 1101011100011111100010
34 34.230 5702887 10101110000010011100111
35 35.670 9227465 100011001100110011001001
36 36.270 14930352 111000111101000110110000
37 37.111 24157817 1011100001001111001111001
38 38.551 39088169 10010101000111000000101001
39 39.151 63245986 11110001010000111010100010
40 40.591 102334155 110000110010111111011001011
41 41.432 165580141 1001110111101000110101101101
42 42.032 267914296 1111111110000000110000111000
43 43.472 433494437 11001110101101001100110100101
44 44.313 701408733 101001110011101010010111011101
45 45.753 1134903170 1000011101001010011111110000010
46 46.353 1836311903 1101101011100111110010101011111
47 47.193 2971215073 10110001000110010010010011100001
48 48.634 4807526976 100011110100011010000101001000000
49 49.234 7778742049 111001111101001100010111100100001
50 50.074 12586269025 1011101110001100110011100101100001
51 51.515 20365011074 10010111101110110010110100010000010
52 52.115 32951280099 11110101100000011001010000111100011
53 53.555 53316291173 110001101001111001100000101001100101
54 54.396 86267571272 1010000010101111100101010110001001000
55 55.836 139583862445 10000001111111110110001011011010101101
56 56.436 225851433717 11010010010101110010110110001011110101
57 57.276 365435296162 101010100010101101001000001100110100010
58 58.717 591286729879 1000100110101011011011110111110010010111
59 59.317 956722026041 1101111011000001000100111001011000111001
60 60.157 1548008755920 10110100001101100100000110001001011010000
61 61.598 2504730781961 100100011100101101100101101010100100001001
62 62.198 4052739537881 111010111110011010000110011011101111011001
63 63.038 6557470319842 1011111011011000111101100000110010011100010
64 64.478 10610209857723 10011010011001100001110010100010000010111011
65 65.078 17167680177565 11111001110100101001011110101000010110011101
66 66.519 27777890035288 110010100001110001011010001001010011001011000
67 67.359 44945570212853 1010001110000010110100101111110010101111110101
68 68.800 72723460248141 10000100010010001000000000000111101001001001101
69 69.400 117669030460994 11010110000010011110100110000101111111001000010
70 70.240 190392490709135 101011010010100100110100110001101101000010001111
71 71.681 308061521170129 1000110000010111000101001100010011100111011010001
72 72.281 498454011879264 1110001010101011101011110010100001001111101100000
73 73.121 806515533049393 10110111011000010110000111110110100110111000110001
74 74.561 1304969544928657 100101000101101110011100110001010110000110110010001
75 75.161 2111485077978050 111100000000110001001101110000001010111101111000010
76 76.602 3416454622906707 1100001000110011111101010100001100001000100101010011
77 77.442 5527939700884757 10011101000111010000111000010001101100000010100010101
78 78.042 8944394323791464 11111110001101110000100010110011001101000111001101000
79 79.483 14472334024676221 110011011010101000001011011000100111001001001101111101
80 80.323 23416728348467685 1010011001100010110001111101111000000110010000111100101
81 81.764 37889062373143906 10000110100110111110011011000111100111111011010101100010
82 82.364 61305790721611591 11011001110011010100101010110110101000101101011101000111
83 83.204 99194853094755497 101100000011010010011000101111110010000101000110010101001
84 84.644 160500643816367088 1000111010001101100111110000110100111001010110001111110000
85 85.244 259695496911122585 1110011010100111111010110110110011001001111111000010011001
86 86.085 420196140727489673 10111010100110101100010100111101000000011010101010010001001
87 87.525 679891637638612258 100101101111011101011101011110011011001101010100010100100010
88 88.125 1100087778366101931 111101000100010011000000000110000011010000101001100110101011
89 89.566 1779979416004714189 1100010110011110000011101100100011110011101111101111011001101
90 90.406 2880067194370816120 10011111111000000011011101101010100001101110100111100001111000
91 91.846 4660046610375530309 100000010101011110011111011001111000000001100100101011101000101
```
Derivation
Required Precision for α = log 2/log Φ ≈ 1.44042...
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Chris NashOver a year ago
This answer is O(1) and an absolute triumph - @rcollyer's answer reduced to a very slick calculation. Given the original constraints of the problem (knowing the input certainly is Fibonacci), surely this can't be beat.
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userOVER9000Over a year ago
I don't know why you bothered writing out an approximation of 1/log_2(phi), since you need lg d + O(1) bits of accuracy. This is most definitely not O(1).
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@userOVER9000 So getting a better double approximation would be good enough to answer the question for an input that's 2^53 bits long? 1 pebibyte?
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Thomas AhleOver a year ago
This seems dangerously close to erroring at 91. Did you run it for 92 as well?
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@SquishyRhode: Thanks, I edited the post to answer your questions.
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Measuring memory usage by counting unbounded words is sort of silly, but as long as that's the model, there's an O(log n) time, O(1) word solution similar to Nikita Rybak's that in essence computes n via its Zeckendorf representation, which is based on the Fibonacci numbers (YO DAWG).
Define the matrix
1 1
A = ,
1 0
which satisfies
F(m + 1) F(m)
A^m = .
F(m) F(m - 1)
Instead of the sequence A^(2^k), we're going to use the sequence A^F(k). The latter sequence has the property that we can move forward with a matrix multiply
A^F(k + 1) = A^F(k - 1) A^F(k)
and backward with a matrix inverse and multiplication
A^F(k - 1) = A^F(k + 1) (A^F(k))^-1,
so we can build a bidirectional iterator with only ~~eight~~~~six~~ twelve words assuming we store everything as rationals (to avoid assuming the existence of a unit-cost divide). The rest is just adapting this O(1)-space algorithm for finding a Zeckendorf representation.
```python
def zeck(n):
a, b = (0, 1)
while b < n:
a, b = (b, a + b)
yield a
n1 = a
while n1 < n:
a, b = (b - a, a)
if n1 + a <= n:
yield a
n1 += a
a, b = (b - a, a)
list(zeck(0))
list(zeck(2))
[1, 1]
list(zeck(12))
[8, 3, 1]
list(zeck(750))
[610, 89, 34, 13, 3, 1]
```
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From this it's obvious that the basic Fib eqn F(m + 1) = F(m-1) + F(m) is the log, base the matrix A, of the matrix multiply eqn A^F(m+1)=A^F(m)A^F(m-1). Sweet mathy answer!
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I'm not sure I quite understand how this works. If you create the Zeckendorf representation, don't you still spend logn memory? Do you also make a list of all A^F(n) powers?
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@ThomasAhle (this answer is old but) As stated in the answer, only two A^F(n) is stored at a time.
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It's been proven that the formula for a fib n is fib(n) = ( (phi)^n - (-phi)^(-n) ) / sqrt(5) where phi = (1+sqrt(5)) / 2, the golden section number. (see this link).
You could try to find a mathematical inverse to the fib function above, or otherwise do a binary search in 32/64 operations (depending on how big your searchable maximum is) to find the n that matches the number (try each n by computing fib(n) and splitting your sample space in two according to how fib(n) compares to the given fibonacci number).
Edit: @rcollyer's solution is faster, as mine is in O(lg n) and the one he found is in O(1) = constant time.
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So I was thinking about this problem and I think that it's possible to do this in O(lg n) time with O(lg n) memory usage. This is based on the fact that
F(n) = (1 / √5) (Φ n - φ n)
Where Φ = (1 + √5)/2 and φ = 1 - Φ.
The first observation is that φ n< 1 for any n > 1. This means that for any n > 2, we have that
F(n) = ⌊ Φ n / √5 ⌋
Now, take n and write it in binary as b k-1 b k-2...b 1 b 0. This means that
n = 2 k-1 b k-1 + 2 k-2 b k-2 + ... + 2 1 b 1 + 2 0 b 0.
This means that
F(n) = ⌊ Φ 2 k-1 b k-1 + 2 k-2 b k-2 + ... + 2 1 b 1 + 2 0 b 0 / √5 ⌋
Or, more readably, that
F(n) = ⌊ Φ 2 k-1 b k-1 Φ 2 k-2 b k-2 ... Φ 2 1 b 1 Φ 2 0 b 0 / √5 ⌋
This suggests the following algorithm. First, start computing Φ 2 k for all k until you compute a number Φ z such that ⌊ Φ z / √5 ⌋ that's greater than your number F(n). Now, from there, iterate backwards across all of the powers of Φ you generated this way. If the current number is bigger than the indicated power of Φ, then divide it by that power of Φ and record that the number was divided by this value. This process essentially recovers one bit of n at a time by subtracting out the largest power of 2 that you can at a time. Consequently, once you're done, you'll have found n.
The runtime of this algorithm is O(lg n), since you can generate Φ 2 i by repeated squaring, and we only generate O(lg n) terms. The memory usage is O(lg n), since we store all of these values.
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Nikita RybakOver a year ago
You can escape floating point computations if you use 2x2 matrixes instead. It should be faster and somewhat simpler.
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AryabhattaOver a year ago
Don't agree with this. Compute phi^2^k itself is a problem. How precise? Then you need to take the floors etc. What is wrong with a simple binary search, computing Fibonacci using matrix multiplication? :-P
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templatetypedefOver a year ago
@Moron, @Nikita Rybak- I like the idea to use the matrix representation. However, I don't see how to recover individual bits out of those representations. Could you clarify that step? I definitely would like something numerically stable!
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Nikita RybakOver a year ago
@templatetypedef I've posted a description in a separate answer.
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Nikita RybakOver a year ago
@Moron Solution based on matrix multiplication will have the same problems, as n grows. Only here we need lots of signs after decimal point, and with matrix multiplication we need huge numbers.
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You can find n for any Fib(n) in O(1) time and O(1) space.
You can use a fixed-point CORDIC algorithm to compute ln() using only shift and add on integer data types.
If x = Fib(n), then n can be determined by
n = int(2.0801 ln(x) + 2.1408)
CORDIC run-time is determined by the desired level of precision. The two floating-point values would be encoded as fixed-point values.
The only issue with this proposal is that it returns a value for numbers that are not in the Fibonacci sequence, but the original problem specifically stated that the input to the function would be Fib(n), which implies that only valid Fibonacci numbers would be used.
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EDIT: Never mind. The asker has stated in comments that exponentiation is definitely not constant time.
Is exponentiation one of the mathematical operations that you'll allow in constant time? If so, we can compute F(n) in constant time via the closed-form formula. Then, given some F, we can do the following:
Compute F(1), F(2), F(4), F(16), F(256), ... until F(2^k) <= F < F(2^{k+1})
Do a binary search for i between 2^k and 2^{k+1} until F(i) <= F < F(i+1)
If F = F(n), then first part takes k = O(log(n)) steps. The second part is a binary search over a range of size O(2^k), so it also takes k = O(log(n)). So, in total, we have O(log(n)) time in O(1) space if (and it's a big if) we have exponentiation in O(1) time.
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A closed form of the Fibonacci number formula is:
Fn = Round(φ^n / Sqrt(5))
Where φ is the golden ratio.
If we ignore the rounding factor this is invertible and the inverse function is:
F(-1)n= log(nSqrt(5))/logφ
Because we ignored the rounding factor there is an error in the formula which could be calculated. However if we consider that a number n is a Fibonacci number iff the interval [nφ - 1/n, nφ + 1/n] contains a natural number then:
A number is a Fibonacci number iff the interval [nφ - 1/n, nφ + 1/n] contains a natural number and that number's index in the Fibonacci sequence is given by rounding log(nSqrt(5))/logφ
This should be doable in (pseudo)-constant time depending on the algorithms used for calculating the log and square roots etc.
Edit: φ = (1+Sqrt(5))/2
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This might be similar to user635541's answer. I don't fully understand his approach.
Using the matrix representation for Fibonacci numbers, discussed in other answers, we get a way to go from F_n and F_m to F_{n+m} and F_{n-m} in constant time, using only plus, multiplication, minus and division (actually not! see the update). We also have a zero (the identity matrix), so it is a mathematical group!
Normally when doing binary search we also want a division operator for taking averages. Or at least division by 2. However if we want to go from F_{2n} to F_n it requires a square root. Luckily it turns out that plus and minus are all we need for a logarithmic time 'nearly' binary search!
Wikipedia writes about the approach, ironically called Fibonacci_search, but the article is not very clearly written, so I don't know if it is exactly the same approach as mine. It is very important to understand that the Fibonacci numbers used for the Fibonacci search have nothing to do with the numbers we are looking for. It's a bit confusing. To demonstrate the approach, here is first an implementation of standard 'binary search' only using plus and minus:
```python
def search0(test):
# Standard binary search invariants:
# i <= lo then test(i)
# i >= hi then not test(i)
# Extra invariants:
# hi - lo = b
# a, b = F_{k-1}, F_k
a, b = 0, 1
lo, hi = 0, 1
while test(hi):
a, b = b, a + b
hi = b
while b != 1:
mi = lo + a
if test(mi):
lo = mi
a, b = 2a - b, b - a
else:
hi = mi
a, b = b - a, a
return lo
search0(lambda n: n2 <= 25)
5
search0(lambda n: 2n <= 256)
8
```
Here test is some boolean function; a and b are consecutive fibonacci numbers f_k and f_{k-1} such that the difference between out upper bound hi and lower bound lo is always f_k. We need both a and b so we can increase and decrease the implicit variable k efficiently.
Alright, so how do we use this to solve the problem? I found it useful to create a wrapper around our Fibonacci representation, that hides the matrix details. In practice (is there such a thing for a Fibonacci searcher?) you would want to inline everything manually. That would spare you the redundancy in the matrices and make some optimization around the matrix inversion.
python
import numpy as np
class Fib:
def __init__(self, k, M):
""" `k` is the 'name' of the fib, e.g. k=6 for F_6=8.
We need this to report our result in the very end.
`M` is the matrix representation, that is
"""
self.k = k
self.M = M
def __add__(self, other):
return Fib(self.k + other.k, self.M.dot(other.M))
def __sub__(self, other):
return self + (-other)
def __neg__(self):
return Fib(-self.k, np.round(np.linalg.inv(self.M)).astype(int))
def __eq__(self, other):
return self.k == other.k
def value(self):
return self.M[0,1]
However the code does work, so we can test it as follows. Notice how little different the search function is from when our objects were integers and not Fibonaccis.
```python
def search(test):
Z = Fib(0, np.array()) # Our 0 element
A = Fib(1, np.array()) # Our 1 element
a, b = Z, A
lo, hi = Z, A
while test(hi.value()):
a, b = b, a + b
hi = b
while b != A:
mi = lo + a
if test(mi.value()):
lo = mi
a, b = a+a-b, b-a
else:
hi = mi
a, b = b-a, a
return lo.k
search(lambda n: n <= 144)
12
search(lambda n: n <= 0)
0
```
The remaining open question is whether there is an efficient search algorithm for monoids. That is one that doesn't need a minus / additive inverse. My guess is no: that without minus you need the extra memory of Nikita Rybak.
Update
I just realized that we don't need division at all. The determinant of the F_n matrix is just (-1)^n, so we can actually do everything without division. In the below I removed all the matrix code, but I kept the Fib class, just because everything got so extremely messy otherwise.
``python
class Fib2:
def __init__(self, k, fp, f):
"""fpandf` are F_{k-1} and F_{k} """
self.k, self.fp, self.f = k, fp, f
def add(self, other):
fnp, fn, fmp, fm = self.fp, self.f, other.fp, other.f
return Fib2(self.k + other.k, fnfm+fnpfmp, (fn+fnp)fm+fnfmp)
def sub(self, other):
return self + (-other)
def neg(self):
fp, f = self.f + self.fp, -self.f
return Fib2(-self.k, (-1)self.kfp, (-1)self.kf)
def eq(self, other):
return self.k == other.k
def value(self):
return self.f
def search2(test):
Z = Fib2(0, 1, 0)
A = Fib2(1, 0, 1)
...
search2(lambda n: n <= 280571172992510140037611932413038677189525)
200
search2(lambda n: n <= 4224696333392304878706725602341482782579852840250681098010280137314308584370130707224123599639141511088446087538909603607640194711643596029271983312598737326253555802606991585915229492453904998722256795316982874482472992263901833716778060607011615497886719879858311468870876264597369086722884023654422295243347964480139515349562972087652656069529806499841977448720155612802665404554171717881930324025204312082516817125)
2000
search2(lambda n: n <= 2531162323732361242240155003520607291766356485802485278951929841991312781760541315230153423463758831637443488219211037689033673531462742885329724071555187618026931630449193158922771331642302030331971098689235780843478258502779200293635651897483309686042860996364443514558772156043691404155819572984971754278513112487985892718229593329483578531419148805380281624260900362993556916638613939977074685016188258584312329139526393558096840812970422952418558991855772306882442574855589237165219912238201311184749075137322987656049866305366913734924425822681338966507463855180236283582409861199212323835947891143765414913345008456022009455704210891637791911265475167769704477334859109822590053774932978465651023851447920601310106288957894301592502061560528131203072778677491443420921822590709910448617329156135355464620891788459566081572824889514296350670950824208245170667601726417091127999999941149913010424532046881958285409468463211897582215075436515584016297874572183907949257286261608612401379639484713101138120404671732190451327881433201025184027541696124114463488665359385870910331476156665889459832092710304159637019707297988417848767011085425271875588008671422491434005115288334343837778792282383576736341414410248994081564830202363820504190074504566612515965134665683289356188727549463732830075811851574961558669278847363279870595320099844676879457196432535973357128305390290471349480258751812890314779723508104229525161740643984423978659638233074463100366500571977234508464710078102581304823235436518145074482824812996511614161933313389889630935320139507075992100561077534028207257574257706278201308302642634678112591091843082665721697117838726431766741158743554298864560993255547608496686850185804659790217122426535133253371422250684486113457341827911625517128815447325958547912113242367201990672230681308819195941016156001961954700241576553750737681552256845421159386858399433450045903975167084252876848848085910156941603293424067793097271128806817514906531652407763118308162377033463203514657531210413149191213595455280387631030665594589183601575340027172997222489081631144728873621805528648768511368948639522975539046995395707688938978847084621586473529546678958226255042389998718141303055036060772003887773038422366913820397748550793178167220193346017430024134496141145991896227741842515718997898627269918236920453493946658273870473264523119133765447653295022886429174942653014656521909469613184983671431465934965489425515981067546087342348350724207583544436107294087637975025147846254526938442435644928231027868701394819091132912397475713787593612758364812687556725146456646878912169274219209708166678668152184941578590201953144030519381922273252666652671717526318606676754556170379350956342095455612780202199922615392785572481747913435560866995432578680971243966868110016581395696310922519803685837460795358384618017215468122880442252343684547233668502313239328352671318130604247460452134121833305284398726438573787798499612760939462427922917659263046333084007208056631996856315539698234022953452211505675629153637867252695056925345220084020071611220575700841268302638995272842160994219632684575364180160991884885091858259996299627148614456696661412745040519981575543804847463997422326563897043803732970397488471644906183310144691243649149542394691524972023935190633672827306116525712882959108434211652465621144702015336657459532134026915214509960877430595844287585350290234547564574848753110281101545931547225811763441710217452979668178025286460158324658852904105792472468108996135476637212057508192176910900422826969523438985332067597093454021924077101784215936539638808624420121459718286059401823614213214326004270471752802725625810953787713898846144256909835116371235019527013180204030167601567064268573820697948868982630904164685161783088076506964317303709708574052747204405282785965604677674192569851918643651835755242670293612851920696732320545562286110332140065912751551110134916256237884844001366366654055079721985816714803952429301558096968202261698837096090377863017797020488044826628817462866854321356787305635653577619877987998113667928954840972022833505708587561902023411398915823487627297968947621416912816367516125096563705174220460639857683971213093125)
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This all works like a charm. My only worry is that the bit complexity such dominates the calculation, that we might as well have just done a sequential search. Or actually, just looking at the number of digits could probably tell you pretty much which you were looking at. That's not as fun though.
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5532 | https://ocw.ump.edu.my/mod/resource/view.php?id=293 | Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Electricity, Magnetism & Optics
Electromagnetic Induction
by
Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology
muhammadhafiz@ump.edu.my Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Chapter Description
• Aims
Students will understand Faraday’s law of electromagnetic
induction and Lenz’s law
• Expected Outcomes
Able to relate the induced emf in a loop to the change in
magnetic flux through the loop (Faraday’s law)
Able to calculate the emf induced in a conductor moving through
any magnetic field
Able to determine the direction of induced emf using both
Faraday’s and Lenz’s law Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Content
9.1 Magnetic Flux
9.2 Faraday’s law
9.3 Lenz’s law Source : Livinus ,
Wikimedia Commons Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
9.1 Magnetic Flux
• The magnetic flux, through a surface can be defined just like electric
flux
• The surface is divided into infinitesimally small area first.
• For each dA , the component of the magnetic field perpendicular to the
area, is determined, and that is , where is the angle
between the direction of and a line perpendicular to the surface BEdABcos B B
Bcos B d B dA
B A
(magnetic flux through a
surface) Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
• Magnetic flux is a scalar quantity.
• If is uniform over a plane surface with total area A, the equation can be
simplified into
• The SI unit for magnetic flux is Weber (Wb )
• 1 Wb = 1 T∙m 2 = 1 N∙m /A
• Sometimes, is called magnetic flux density
• In Gauss’s law, the total electric flux through a closed surface is proportional to the
total electric charge enclosed by the surface.
• But for magnetism, since there are no such thing as magnetic monopoles, the total
magnetic flux through any closed surface must be zero!
Magnetic Flux: Uniform field cos B B A BA
(magnetic flux for a
uniform magnetic field) BB0d B A
(magnetic flux through
any closed surface)
(Gauss’s law for
magnetism) Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
9.2 Faraday’s Law
• Moving electric charge and current can produce magnetic fields
• So, can magnetic field create current??
• These are what Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry thought of in 1830s
Source : Michael Lenz,
Wikimedia Commons
• Faradays designed an experiment where a coil of
wire connected to a galvanometer is placed
between the poles of an electromagnet. He then
changed the variables such as switching off the
magnet, or made the wire loop smaller and
larger. Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Faraday’s experiment result
Coil Electromagnet Galvanometer
Changes
Magnetic
field
Surface
area
No current - No reading - -
Current increase - Momentary reading ✓ -
Steady current - No reading - -
Squeezed - Momentary reading - ✓
Rotated - Momentary reading - ✓
Moved around - Momentary reading - ✓
Decrease loop number - Momentary reading ✓ -
Turned off Momentary reading ✓ -
Any of the above, reversed - Reversed reading ✓ ✓
Any of the above, faster - Higher reading ✓ ✓Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Faraday’s law
• The common element in the experiment is changing magnetic flux ΦB
through the coil connected to the galvanometer.
• In each case, the flux changes either because the magnetic field changes
or because the coil is moving through a nonuniform magnetic field .
• Faraday’s law of induction states that the induced emf is proportional to
the rate of change of magnetic flux through the coil. And the direction of
the induced emf depends on whether the flux is increasing or decreasing .BdN dt
(Faraday’s law of
induction with N loops) Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Direction of Induced emf (Faraday’s law)
Define the positive direction for the given vector area,
From directions of and , determine the sign of the magnetic flux
and its rate of change,
Determine the sign of the induced emf using Faraday’s law. E.g : If the flux
is increasing, is positive, the sign of the induced emf will be negative
Finally, determine the direction of the induced emf or current using your
right hand. Curl the fingers of your right hand around vector with your
right thumb n the positive direction of . If the induced emf or current is
negative, it is in the opposite direction as your curled fingers (and vice
versa) ABABBddt
Bddt
AAElectromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
9.3 Lenz’s law
• Another way of determining direction of an induced current or emf.
• Lenz’s law is an easier method to use
• The “cause” may be
changing flux through a stationary circuit due to a varying magnetic field OR
changing flux due to motion of the conductors that make up the circuit, OR
any combination of both.
Lenz’s Law
The direction of any magnetic induction effect is such as to oppose the cause
of the effect Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Determining the direction of Induced emf
(Lenz’s law )
Determine whether the magnetic flux is increasing, decreasing, or
unchanging.
The magnetic field due to the induced current points in the opposite
direction to the original field if the flux is increasing ; in the same
direction if it is decreasing; and is zero if the flux is not changing .
Use the right -hand rule to determine the direction of the current.
Remember that the external field and the field due to the induced
current are different. Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Determining the direction of Induced emf
(Lenz’s law )
Motion of
magnet causes
increasing
upward flux.
Induced current is
clockwise
Motion of
magnet causes
decreasing
downward flux.
Induced current is
clockwise
Motion of
magnet causes
decreasing
upward flux.
Induced current is
anti clockwise
Motion of
magnet causes
increasing
downward flux.
Induced current is
anti clockwise Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Conclusion
• Faraday’s Law
– The induced emf in a closed loop equals the negative of the time
rate of change of magnetic flux through the loop
• Lenz’s Law
– The direction of any magnetic induction effect is such as to
oppose the cause of the effect Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
References
University Physics 14 th Edition , Hugh D. Young,
Roger A. Freedman, IOP Publishing Ltd, 2015
Physics for Scientists & Engineers 4th Edition ,
Douglas C. Giancoli , Pearson, 2008
Physics for Scientists & Engineers 9 th Edition ,
Raymond A. Serway & John W. Jewett, Cengage
Learning, 2014 Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Thank you!
Next chapter:
Inductance Electromagnetic Induction
by Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Authors Information
Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir
Siti Aisah binti Harun
Material Technology Programme,
Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology
Universiti Malaysia Pahang |
5533 | https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/_DEPARTMENTS/ise/pdf/tech-papers/12/12t_010.pdf | On Identification of the Optimal Partition of Second Order Cone Optimization Problems Tamás Terlaky Lehigh University Zhouhong Wang Beijing Jiaotong University Report: 12T-010 ON IDENTIFICATION OF THE OPTIMAL PARTITION OF SECOND ORDER CONE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS TAM´ AS TERLAKY ∗AND ZHOUHONG WANG † Abstract. This paper discusses the identification of the optimal partition of second order cone optimization (SOCO). By giving definitions of two condition numbers which only dependent on the SOCO problem itself, we derive some bounds on the magnitude of the blocks of variables along the central path, and prove that the optimal partition B, N , R, and T for SOCO problems can be identified along the central path when the barrier parameter µ is small enough. Then we generalize the results to a specific neighborhood of the central path.
Key words: Second Order Cone Optimization; Optimal Partition; Convergence Properties of Central Path MSC : 90C30 1. Introduction . The notion of optimal partition is well known for linear op-timization (LO) and linear complementarity problems (LCP). It is an important tool both in identifying exact optimal solutions and in sensitivity analysis, see e.g., [10, 20].
Using a geometric approach, Yildirim extends the concept of optimal partition to general convex conic optimization, and provides another algebraic definition of the optimal partition B, N, R, T for Second Order Cone Optimization (SOCO). However, as pointed out in , the identification of the optimal partition along the central path is still a missing element of the interior point methods (IPM) theory for SOCO.
The identification of optimal partition in IPMs methods is closely related to the limiting behavior of the central path. The analyticity of the central path at the limit has been studied extensively for LO, see, e.g., [1, 5, 7, 24]. The limiting behavior of the central path for LCP as the barrier parameter µ →0+ (where µ →0+ means that µ →0, µ > 0) have been studied e.g., in [8, 19, 21, 22, 16]. For P∗(κ) LCPs, the paper proposed a strongly polynomial rounding procedure yielding a maximally complementary solution. The properties of the central path for semidefinite optimiza-tion (SDO) problems have been studied by e.g., by [4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18], where the analyticity of the central path at zero are obtained when the strict complementarity condition is satisfied. However, as pointed out in , the convergence properties of the central path of SOCO, and the identification of the optimal partition are not sufficiently studied yet for the general case.
This paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we review some key results for SOCO. In Section 3, after reviewing the definition of optimal partition for SOCO, we first propose two condition numbers σ1, σ2, which are positive constants that depen-dent only on the optimization problem. Then we derive quantitative results on the magnitude of the variables along the central path, and prove that the optimal parti-∗Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, PA, USA, E-mail address: terlaky@lehigh.edu. The authors research was supported by a start-up grant of Lehigh University, and by the Hungarian National Development Agency and the European Union within the frame of the project TAMOP 4.2.2-08/1-2008-0021 at the Sz´ echenyi Istv´ an University, entitled Simulation and Optimization basic research in numerical mathematics.
†Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, P. R. China, E-mail address: wangzhh@bjtu.edu.cn. The author is partially supported by NSFC 10831006. This work is done and is partially finished this author visited Lehigh University as a Visiting Scholar.
1 tion B, N, R, T , proposed by , can be identified exactly. In Section 4 we generalize the results derived in Section 3 to the vicinity of the central path and show that if (x, y, s) is given in an appropriate neighborhood of the central path (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)), with µ small enough, we also have a complete separation of the blocks of variables according to the optimal partition. We conclude this paper with some remarks in Section 5.
Notation: In this paper ∥· ∥denotes the Euclidean 2-norm in Rn, i.e., ∥x∥= p x2 1 + · · · + x2 n for x ∈Rn; xT s denotes the standard inner product for x, s ∈Rn, i.e., xT s = Pn i=1 xi si. As in MATLAB, we use “,” for stacking vectors and matrices in a row, and use “;” for stacking them in a column. Subscript expressions involving colons refer to portions of a vector or a matrix. For example, (a; b) = (aT, bT)T, and x2:k = (x2, . . . , xk)T, where “T” indicates the transpose of a vector or a matrix.
2. Preliminaries . SOCO has been studied extensively [14, 2] in the past two decades. Theoretically, SOCO can be seen as a special case of SDO, see, e.g., [25, 2].
However, as pointed out in e.g., in , due to its broad applicability, its special struc-ture, high efficiency of IPMs in computational practice, and its theoretical complexity bound, SOCO is worth studying on its own right.
The convex cone K = {x = (x1, . . . , xn) ∈Rn | x1 ≥∥x2:n∥} is referred to as a second-order cone (SOC), or Lorentz cone, or quadratic cone. It is well known that the SOC is self-dual, i.e., we have K = K∗, where K∗= {s ∈Rn | sT x ≥0, ∀x ∈K} is the dual cone of K. Denote Ki q = {xi = (xi 1, . . . , xi ni)T ∈Rni | xi 1 ≥∥xi 2:ni∥} for i = 1, . . . , k. Then the standard form SOCO problem is as follows: min k P i=1 (ci)Txi s.t.
k P i=1 Aixi = b, xi ∈Ki q, i = 1, 2, . . ., k, (2.1) where b = (b1, . . . , bm)T ∈Rm, Ai ∈Rm×ni and ci = (ci 1, ci 2, . . . , ci ni)T ∈Rni for i = 1, . . . , k.
Since for every i = 1, 2, . . . , k, the set Ki q is self-dual, i.e., we have (Ki q)∗= Ki q, the corresponding dual of problem (2.1) is: max bTy s.t.
(Ai)Ty + si = ci, i = 1, . . . , k, si ∈(Ki q)∗= {si | si 1 ≥∥si 2:ni∥}, i = 1, 2, . . ., k, (2.2) where y = (y1, . . . , ym)T ∈Rm is the dual variable, and si = (si 1, . . . , si ni)T ∈Rni are the slack variables for i = 1, 2, . . . , k.
For brevity let n = n1 + n2 + · · · + nk, and denote A = [A1, A2, . . . , Ak] ∈Rm×n, K = K1 q×K2 q×. . .×Kk q, c = (c1; c2; . . . ; ck) = (c1 1, . . . , c1 n1, c2 1, . . . , c2 n2, . . . , ck 1, . . . , ck nk)T, and x = (x1; x2; . . . ; xk) = (x1 1, . . . , x1 n1, x2 1, . . . , x2 n2, . . . , xk 1, . . . , xk nk)T. By definition K is the Cartesian product of several SOCs, hence K is also self-dual, i.e., we have 2 K∗= K. By x ⪰K 0 (x ≻K 0), where x ∈Rn, we mean that x ∈K (x ∈int(K)). Then the SOCO problem (2.1) and its dual (2.2), analogous to LO, can also be written as (P) min cTx s.t.
Ax = b, x ⪰K 0.
(D) max bTy s.t.
AT y + s = c, s ⪰K 0.
(2.3) In order to analyze the properties of problem (2.3), the following two standard as-sumptions are made.
Assumption 1. Matrix A = [A1, A2, . . . , Ak] ∈Rm×n in (2.3) has full row rank, i.e., rank(A) = m.
Assumption 2. Both the primal problem (P) and the dual problem (D) in (2.3) have strictly feasible solutions, i.e., ∃x ∈int(K) such that Ax = b ∃(y, s) ∈Rm × int(K) such that AT y + s = c.
Assumption 1 is a technical one. It enforces a one-to-one correspondence between y and s for dual solutions (y, s). Therefore, when the solution s is bounded, so is the corresponding solution y. On the other hand, Assumption 2 is a Slater condition, which is essential in the development of the theory of convex optimization.
Now let us introduce the customary notation in SOCO: x ◦s = xTs x1s2:n + s1x2:n , where x = (x1; x2:n) = (x1, x2 . . . , xn)T and s = (s1; s2:n) = (s1, s2 . . . , sn)T. For x = (x1; . . . ; xk) ∈K, s = (s1; . . . ; sk) ∈K, where xi, si ∈Ki q for i = 1, . . . , k, define x ◦s = (x1 ◦s1; . . . ; xk ◦sk).
Denote F as the set of all primal-dual feasible points for (2.3), F∗as the set of all primal-dual optimal solutions for (2.3), i.e., we have F = {(x, y, s) ∈Rn×Rm × Rn | x is feasible for the primal problem (P) in (2.3), (y, s) is feasible for the dual problem (D) in (2.3)} F∗= {(x, y, s) ∈Rn×Rm × Rn | x is optimal for the primal problem (P) in (2.3), (y, s) is optimal for the dual problem (D) in (2.3)} Suppose that Kq is a second order cone. It is well known that for all x, s ∈Kq, we have xTs ≥0, and that xTs = 0 is equivalent to x ◦s = 0. We have the following results for the primal-dual pair of SOCO problems (2.3) (see, e.g., [14, 2]).
Theorem 2.1. Consider the SOCO problem (P) and its dual (D) as in (2.3).
1. If (x, y, s) ∈F, then the duality gap cTx −bTy = sTx ≥0.
2. If Assumption 2 is satisfied, then both the primal and the dual problems in (2.3) have optimal solutions x∗, (y∗, s∗) and cTx∗= bTy∗, i.e., the duality gap (x∗)Ts∗= 0, which is equivalent to x∗◦s∗= 0 for x∗∈K and s∗∈K.
Moreover, a point (x, y, s) ∈F∗, if and only if Ax = b, x ∈K, ATy + s = c, s ∈K, y ∈Rm, x ◦s = 0, (2.4) where x = (x1; . . . ; xk) ∈K and s = (s1; . . . ; sk) ∈K with xi, si ∈Ki q.
3 3. If both Assumption 1 and Assumption 2 are satisfied, then the optimal solution set F∗of (2.3) is a nonempty and compact convex set.
Now we give the definition of the central path.
As in , we denote ek = (1; 0; ...; 0) ∈Rk, e = (en1; en2; . . . ; enk), where “ ; ” is a concatenation operation for vectors and matrices in columns. The central path for problem (2.3) is defined as the set of solutions (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)), where µ > 0, of the following system: Ax = b, x ∈K, ATy + s = c, s ∈K, y ∈Rm, x ◦s = µe.
(2.5) System (2.5) can be seen as a perturbation of system (2.4). We have the following result (see, e.g., [14, 2, 9]): Theorem 2.2. If both Assumption 1 and Assumption 2 are satisfied, we have: 1. For any µ > 0 system (2.5) has a unique solution (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)). More-over, we have xi(µ) ∈int(Ki q) and si(µ) ∈int(Ki q), for every i = 1, . . . , k.
2. For µ > 0, the sequence (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) defines a vector-valued analytical function of µ.
3. The sequence (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) converges to a maximally complementary op-timal solution (x∗, y∗, z∗) ∈F∗⊂Rn × Rm × Rn of (2.3) as µ →0+, where µ →0+ means that µ →0 while µ > 0.
Theorem 2.2 tells us that the central path {(x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) | µ > 0} is properly defined, and for µ > 0 it is a smooth analytical curve in Rn × Rm × Rn. In this paper we study the properties of the central path when µ →0+. Unlike the case of Linear Optimization (LO), the central path is not differentiable at zero for general SOCO problems.
3. The identification of the optimal partition. The optimal partition for the primal-dual SOCO problem pair (2.3) consists of four sets, which are defined in as (see also ): B = {i | xi 1 > ∥xi 2:ni∥for a primal optimal solution x}, N = {i |si 1 > ∥si 2:ni∥for a dual optimal solution (y, s)}, R = {i |xi 1 = ∥xi 2:ni∥> 0, si 1 = ∥si 2:ni∥> 0 for a primal-dual optimal solution (x, y, s)}, T = {i | xi = si = 0; or xi = 0, si 1 = ∥si 2:ni∥> 0; or xi 1 = ∥xi 2:ni∥> 0, si = 0 for all primal-dual optimal solutions (x, y, s)}.
It is obvious, due to the convexity of the optimal set, that the sets B, N, R, and T are disjoint and B ∪N ∪R ∪T = {1, 2, . . ., k}.
In the following analysis, we will always assume that both Assumption 1 and Assumption 2 are satisfied.
Lemma 3.1. For ∀i ∈B ∪N ∪R, we have: 1. If i ∈B, we have si = 0 for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗.
2. If i ∈N, we have xi = 0 for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗.
3. If i ∈R, then for every (x, y, s) ∈F∗, we can write: xi = α 1 h , si = β 1 −h , 4 where h = xi 2:ni ∥xi 2:ni∥= − si 2:ni ∥si 2:ni∥∈Rni−1 is a constant vector for all optimal solutions (x, y, s) ∈F∗with ∥h∥= 1, while α = xi 1 ≥0, β = si 1 ≥0 may change with the particular optimal solution (x, y, s) ∈F∗.
Proof.
By the optimality conditions (2.4) in Theorem 2.1, we know that for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗and ∀(¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗, we have (xi)T¯ si = 0 and (¯ xi)Tsi = 0 for all i = 1, 2, . . ., k, where x = (x1; . . . ; xk), s = (s1; . . . ; sk) with xi, ¯ xi, si, ¯ si ∈Ki q ⊂Rni for i = 1, . . . , k.
1. Since i ∈B, there exists some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that ¯ xi ∈int(Ki q), i.e., ¯ xi 1 > ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥≥0. Since for all (x, y, s) ∈F∗, we have si 1 ≥∥si 2:ni∥and (¯ xi)Tsi = 0. By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality we get 0 = (¯ xi)Tsi = ¯ xi 1si 1 + ni X j=2 ¯ xi jsi j ≥¯ xi 1si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥∥si 2:ni∥≥0.
(3.1) Therefore we have ¯ xi 1si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥∥si 2:ni∥= 0. Then, by si 1 ≥∥si 2:ni∥and ¯ xi 1 > ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥, we get si 1 = ∥si 2:ni∥= 0, which is equivalent to si = 0.
2. In the same way as above we can get the desired result.
3. Since i ∈R, by the definition of R, we know that there exists some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈ F∗such that ¯ xi 1 = ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥> 0 and ¯ si 1 = ∥¯ si 2:ni∥> 0. For ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗, we have xi 1 ≥∥xi 2:ni∥, si 1 ≥∥si 2:ni∥and (¯ xi)Tsi = 0. Then, by (3.1), we get si 1 = ∥si 2:ni∥and (¯ xi 2:ni)Tsi 2:ni = −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥∥si 2:ni∥.
By the equality conditions of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥> 0, there exists some ˜ β ≥0 such that si 2:ni = −˜ β¯ xi 2:ni. Since ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥= ¯ xi 1 > 0, ∥si 2:ni∥= si 1 ≥0, we get ˜ β = si 1 ¯ xi 1 ≥0, and hence we have si 2:ni = −˜ β¯ xi 2:ni = −si 1 ¯ xi 1 ¯ xi 2:ni.
(3.2) Define h = ¯ xi 2:ni ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥= ¯ xi 2:ni ¯ xi 1 .
By (3.2) we get si = si 1 si 2:ni = si 1 ¯ xi 1 ¯ xi 1 −¯ xi 2:ni = si 1 1 −h = β 1 −h , where β = si 1 ≥0 and h ∈Rni−1 is a constant vector (which is independent of (x, y, s)) with ∥h∥= 1.
According to the optimality conditions, we have (¯ xi)T¯ si = 0, hence in the same way as above we get ¯ si = ¯ si 1 ¯ xi 1 ¯ xi 1 −¯ xi 2:ni = ¯ si 1 1 −h .
5 Since (¯ si)Txi = 0, the same way we get xi = xi 1 ¯ si 1 ¯ si 1 −¯ si 2:ni = xi 1 1 h = α 1 h , where α = xi 1 ≥0.
6 Denote bd(Ki q) = {xi ∈Ki q | xi 1 = ∥x2:ni∥> 0}, and int(Ki q) = {xi ∈Ki q | xi 1 > ∥x2:ni∥}. Then each block xi may be in one of the following three states: xi ∈int(Ki q), or xi ∈bd(Ki q), or xi = 0. According to Lemma 3.1, it is impossible to have both xi ∈int(Ki q) and si ∈int(Ki q)∪bd(Ki q), or both si ∈int(Ki q) and xi ∈int(Ki q)∪bd(Ki q).
However, if we have ¯ xi = 0 and ¯ si ∈bd(Ki q) ∪{0}, or ¯ si = 0 and ¯ xi ∈bd(Ki q) ∪{0} for some optimal solution (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗, then there may still exist some other optimal solution (x, y, s) ∈F∗with xi ∈bd(Ki q) and si ∈bd(Ki q), and vice versa. Hence, in such a case, we have i ∈R, and so i / ∈T . Now, as pointed out in , we can enumerate all the possible configurations for the primal-dual blocks of variables at optimality.
These configurations are listed in Table 3.1, where cases that are not possible are indicated by “×”.
Table 3.1 Possible configurations for the ith blocks in an optimal solution.
HHHH H si xi 0 bd(Ki q) int(Ki q) 0 i ∈T ∪R i ∈T ∪R i ∈B bd(Ki q) i ∈T ∪R i ∈R × int(Ki q) i ∈N × × One can see that the set T is complementary to B ∪N ∪R by definition, and the intersection of any pair of the three sets B, N, R is empty by Lemma 3.1. Hence, as in , we have the following result.
Corollary 3.2. The four sets B, N, R, T , defined by the optimal solution set F∗, give a partition of the index set {1, . . ., k} In order to derive bounds for the magnitude of the variables (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) along the central path as µ →0+, for SOCO problems we define two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 as follows: σB = min i∈B max (x,y,s)∈F ∗{xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥}, (3.3) σN = min i∈N max (x,y,s)∈F ∗{si 1 −∥si s:ni∥}, (3.4) σ1 = min{σB, σN}, (3.5) σ2 = min i∈R max (x,y,s)∈F ∗{xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi s:ni + si 2:ni∥}.
(3.6) By Lemma 3.1 and definitions (3.3)–(3.5), we define σ1 = min i∈B∪N max (x,y,s)∈F ∗{xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥}.
(3.7) Observe, that the definitions of the two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 have the same form, only that the index sets are different. When Assumptions 1 and 2 are satisfied, 6 then the set of optimal solutions F∗is nonempty, convex and compact. Thus, the two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 are well defined, which is spelled out in the following Lemma.
Lemma 3.3. The two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 are both positive constants, i.e., we have σ1 > 0, and σ2 > 0.
Proof. By the compactness of F∗and the definitions of σ1 and σ2, it is obvious that they both are constants. Further, for ∀i ∈B, there exists some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗ such that ¯ xi 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥> 0. Since by Theorem 2.1 F∗is nonempty and compact, and xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥is a continuous function on the compact set F∗, there must exist some (ˆ x, ˆ y, ˆ s) ∈F∗such that σi 1 := max (x,y,s)∈F ∗{xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥} = ˆ xi 1 −∥ˆ xi 2:ni∥≥¯ xi 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥> 0.
Then by the finiteness of the set B we obtain σB = min i∈B σi 1 > 0. In the same way we can prove σN > 0, and hence σ1 = min{σB, σN} > 0.
Similarly, for ∀i ∈R, there exists some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that ¯ xi 1 = ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥> 0 and ¯ si 1 = ∥¯ si 2:ni∥> 0. Then by Lemma 3.1 we have ¯ xi = ¯ xi 1 1 hi , ¯ si = ¯ si 1 1 −hi , where hi ∈Rni−1 is a constant vector with ∥hi∥= 1. So we have ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni + ¯ si 2:ni∥= ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −|¯ xi 1 −¯ si 1| = 2 min{¯ xi 1, ¯ si 1} > 0.
In a similar way, using the compactness of F∗, the continuity of the function xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥on F∗, and the finiteness of the set R, we get that σ2 > 0.
Lemma 3.3 tells us that the two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 are well defined finite positive values. By using σ1 and σ2, according to the optimal partition B, N, R and T , we can derive some bounds for the variables along the central path of the SOCO problem.
Theorem 3.4. Let µ > 0 and (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) be the corresponding point on the central path which satisfies (2.5). Then we have 1. For ∀i ∈B, we have xi 1(µ) ≥xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥> σ1 2k, and si 1(µ) ≤kµ σ1 .
2. For ∀i ∈N, we have si 1(µ) ≥si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥> σ1 2k, and xi 1(µ) ≤kµ σ1 .
3. For ∀i ∈R, we have xi 1(µ) > σ2 4k, and si 1(µ) > σ2 4k , (xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) + (si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) ≤2kµ σ2 .
In particular we have 2kµ σ2 > xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥, and 2kµ σ2 > si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥.
7 4. For ∀i ∈B ∪N we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥> σ1 2k.
For ∀i ∈R we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥> σ2 2k.
For ∀i ∈T , we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥→0 as µ →0+.
Proof. By (2.5) for any i ∈{1, . . ., k} we have xi(µ) ◦si(µ) = µei = (µ, 0, . . . , 0)T, (3.8) which is equivalent to: si(µ) = µ xi 1(µ) −xi 2:ni(µ) (xi 1(µ))2 −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥2 , (3.9) or equivalently xi(µ) = µ si 1(µ)) −si 2:ni(µ) (si 1(µ))2 −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥2 .
(3.10) 1. For ∀i ∈B, by the definition of σ1 and the compactness of F∗, we can choose some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that ¯ xi 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥≥σ1.
(3.11) Since both (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) and (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) are primal-dual feasible, we get (¯ x −x(µ))T(¯ s −s(µ)) = (¯ x −x(µ))T(AT¯ y −ATy(µ)) = (A¯ x −Ax(µ))T(¯ y −y) = (b −b)T(¯ y −y) = 0.
Therefore we have ¯ xT¯ s + x(µ)Ts(µ) = ¯ xTs(µ) + x(µ)T¯ s.
(3.12) Since (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗, by the optimality conditions in Theorem 2.1 we have ¯ xT¯ s = 0. By formula (3.8) we have (xj(µ))Tsj(µ) = µ for j = 1, 2, . . ., k, and hence x(µ)Ts(µ) = Pk j=1(xj(µ))Tsj(µ) = kµ. Then by formula (3.12) we get k X j=1 [(¯ xj)Tsj(µ) + (¯ sj)Txj(µ)] = kµ.
(3.13) Since (¯ xj)Tsj(µ) ≥0, (¯ sj)Txj(µ) ≥0 and sj 1(µ) > ∥sj 2:ni(µ)∥for j = 1, . . . , k, by formula (3.13), the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and formula (3.11) we get: kµ ≥(¯ xi)Tsi(µ) = ¯ xi 1si 1(µ) + (¯ xi 2:ni)Tsi 2:ni(µ) ≥¯ xi 1si 1(µ) −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≥σ1si 1(µ).
8 Hence we have si 1(µ) ≤kµ σ1 , ∀i ∈B.
(3.14) By (3.9) and xi 1(µ) > ∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥we have si 1(µ) = µxi 1(µ) (xi 1(µ))2 −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥2 = µ xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ xi 1(µ) xi 1(µ) + ∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ > µ xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ 1 2.
(3.15) Then by (3.14) and (3.15) we get xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥> 1 2 µ si 1(µ) ≥σ1 2k, and it is obvious that xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ).
2. Analogously, by substituting xi(µ) for si(µ) and si(µ) for xi(µ) respectively, we can get the desired result in the same way as above.
3. By the the definition of σ2 and the compactness of F∗, for all i ∈R, we can choose some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni + ¯ si 2:ni∥≥σ2.
(3.16) By Lemma 3.1 we have ¯ xi = ¯ xi 1 1 hi , ¯ si = ¯ si 1 1 −hi , (3.17) where hi ∈Rni−1 is a constant vector with ∥hi∥= 1. So we have ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni + ¯ si 2:ni∥= ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −|¯ xi 1 −¯ si 1| = 2 min{¯ xi 1, ¯ si 1}.
(3.18) Then by (3.16) and (3.18) we get ¯ xi 1 ≥σ2 2 , ¯ si 1 ≥σ2 2 .
(3.19) By (3.8) we have xi 1(µ)si 2:ni(µ) + si 1(µ)xi 2:ni(µ) = 0, which, since xi 1(µ) > 0, is equivalent to: si 2:ni(µ) = −si 1(µ) xi 1(µ)xi 2:ni(µ).
(3.20) Then by (3.13), (3.17), (3.19), ∥hi∥= 1 and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality we derive kµ ≥(¯ xi)Tsi(µ) + (¯ si)Txi(µ) = ¯ xi 1(si 1(µ) + (si 2:ni(µ))Thi) + ¯ si 1(xi 1(µ) −(xi 2:ni(µ))Thi) ≥¯ xi 1(si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni∥) + ¯ si 1(xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) ≥σ2 2 (si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni∥) + σ2 2 (xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥).
(3.21) 9 So we get 2kµ σ2 ≥(si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) + (xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥).
Since si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥> 0 and xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) > 0, we get 2kµ σ2 > xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni∥, 2kµ σ2 > si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni∥.
(3.22) Then by (3.15) and (3.22) we have si 1(µ) ≥ µ 2(xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) > σ2 4k.
Analogously, by (3.10) and si 1(µ) > ∥si 2:ni(µ)∥we have xi 1(µ) = µsi 1(µ) (si 1(µ))2 −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥2 = µ si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥ si 1(µ) si 1(µ) + ∥si 2:ni(µ)∥ > µ si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥ 1 2.
(3.23) Then by (3.22) and (3.23) we get xi 1(µ) ≥ µ 2(si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) > σ2 4k.
4. Now by the results in item 1 of this theorem, for all i ∈B we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥ ≥xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −(∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥+ ∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) > xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≥σ1 2k.
(3.24) Similarly for all i ∈N we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥ ≥xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −(∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥+ ∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) > si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≥σ1 2k.
(3.25) Then by (3.24)–(3.25), for all i ∈B ∪N we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥> σ1 2k, For all i ∈R, by (3.20) and the results in item 3 of this theorem, we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥ = xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) − 1 −si 1(µ) xi 1(µ) ∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ ≥xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) − 1 −si 1(µ) xi 1(µ) xi 1(µ) ≥2 min{xi 1(µ), si 1(µ)} > σ2 2k .
(3.26) 10 By Theorem 2.2, we know that for all i ∈T , we have either xi(µ) →0 and si(µ) →0, or xi(µ) →0 and si 1(µ) −si 2:ni(µ) →0, or si(µ) →0 and xi 1(µ) −xi 2:ni(µ) →0 as µ →0+. So we get xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥→0 as µ →0+.
(3.27) By Theorem 3.4, we get the following known result as a corollary.
Corollary 3.5.
The central path (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) of SOCO problem (2.3) converges to a maximally complementary optimal solution (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s).
Proof. By Theorem 2.2 we have (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) →(¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗as µ →0+.
Then by Theorem 3.4 for all i ∈B we have ¯ xi 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni∥≥σ1 2k > 0 and ¯ si = 0; for all i ∈N we have ¯ si 1 −∥¯ si 2:ni∥≥ σ1 2k > 0 and ¯ xi = 0; and for all i ∈R we have ¯ xi 1 + ¯ si 1 −∥¯ xi 2:ni + ¯ si 2:ni∥≥σ2 2k. So we get ¯ xi + ¯ si ∈int(Ki q) for all i ∈B ∪N ∪R, which maximize the number of strictly complementary blocks.
According to Theorem 3.4, we can identify the partition of the four sets B, N, R and T as µ →0+. By (3.24)–(3.26), for all i ∈B ∪N ∪R we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥> min nσ1 2k, σ2 2k o , and according to formula (3.27), for all i ∈T we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥→0 as µ →0+. Therefore, if we choose µ so small that xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) − ∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥< min{ σ1 2k, σ2 2k} for all i ∈T , we can separate T from B ∪N ∪R.
After that, according to the results of Theorem 3.4, we can separate B, N, R when µ is so small that kµ σ1 < min nσ1 2k, σ2 4k o , and max kµ σ1 , 2kµ σ2 < σ1 2k , which is equivalent to µ < min σ2 1 2k2 , σ1σ2 4k2 .
In order to derive bounds for the ith block in the central path with i ∈T , we need the following result, which is presented as Theorem 2.4 in .
Theorem 3.6.
For i = 1, . . . , m, let gi(x) : Rn →R be quadratic functions.
Suppose that the set S = {x ∈Rn | g1(x) ≤0, g2(x) ≤0, . . . , gm(x) ≤0} is nonempty.
Then for every scalar ρ > 0, there exist positive scalars τ and γ such that dist(x, S) ≤τ∥[g(x)]+∥γ, ∀x ∈Rn satisfying ∥x∥≤ρ, where dist(x, S) is the Euclidean distance from the vector x to the set S, and [g(x)]+ = (max{g1(x), 0}, max{g2(x), 0}, . . . , max{gm(x), 0}).
Denote the central path as z(µ) = (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)). By Theorem 3.6, we can get the following estimation for the central path.
Theorem 3.7. Suppose 0 < µ < M, where M is any positive constant. Then there exist two constants τ > 0 and γ > 0 such that dist(z(µ), F∗) ≤τµγ, 11 where z(µ) = (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)) is a point on the central path satisfying system (2.5), and F∗is the set of primal-dual optimal solutions.
Proof. Since the second order cone constraint x1 ≥∥x2:n∥is equivalent to the following quadratic constraints x2 1 − n X i=2 x2 i ≥0 and x1 ≥0.
We know that every functions gi(z), where z = (x, y, s) ∈Rn × Rm × Rn, in systems (2.4) and (2.5) are quadratic, and the solution set of system (2.4) is F∗. By Theorem 2.1 the set F∗is nonempty. By the convergence and the analyticity properties of the central path z(µ) in Theorem 2.2, we know that the set {z(µ) | 0 < µ < M} is bounded, i.e., for 0 < µ < M there exists a constant ρM > 0 such that ∥z(µ)∥≤ρM.
By system (2.5), where every equality is counted as two inequalities, we have ∥[g(x)]+∥= v u u t 2k X i=1 µ2 = √ 2kµ.
Then by Theorem 3.6 we get the desired result.
Using Theorem 3.7, for i ∈T we derive the following estimates for the ith block of variables on the central path.
Theorem 3.8. Suppose 0 < µ < M, i ∈T and (xi(µ), yi(µ), si(µ)) is the ith block of variables on the central path (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)). Define τ i x = max (x,y,s)∈F ∗xi 1, τ i s = max (x,y,s)∈F ∗si 1.
Then there exist constants τ1 > 0, τ2 > 0, and γ > 0 such that 1. If τ i x = τi s = 0, we have xi = si = 0 for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗, and τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ, τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ.
2. If τ i x > 0, we have si = 0 for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗, i.e., we have τi s = 0 and τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ.
3. If τ i s > 0, we have xi = 0 for ∀(x, y, s) ∈F∗, i.e., we have τ i x = 0 and τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ.
Moreover, we have 0 < γ ≤1 2, and there exists a constant τ3 > 0 such that for all i ∈T we have τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ3µγ.
12 Proof. By Theorem 3.7 there exist constants τ > 0 and γ > 0 such that dist(z(µ), F∗) ≤τµγ.
Since F∗is compact, there exists (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that dist(z(µ), F∗) = p ∥x(µ) −¯ x∥2 + ∥y(µ) −¯ y∥2 + ∥s(µ) −¯ s∥2.
By the above two inequalities we get ∥xi(µ) −¯ xi∥≤τµγ, ∥si(µ) −¯ si∥≤τµγ, ∀i = 1, 2, . . . , k.
(3.28) By the proof of Theorem 3.7 we know that there exists a constant ρM > 0 such that ∥z(µ)∥≤ρM for all 0 < µ < M. In the following analysis, we assume i ∈T and let τ1 = √ 2τ > 0, τ2 = min 1 3τ , 1 2ρM > 0.
1. If τ i x = τ i s = 0, then by the definition of τ i x and τ i s we have xi 1 = si 1 = 0 for all (x, y, s) ∈F∗. Since xi 1 ≥∥xi 2:ni∥and si 1 ≥∥si 2:ni∥, we get xi = si = 0 for all (x, y, s) ∈F∗. Hence in formula (3.28) we have ¯ xi = ¯ si = 0, and thus ∥xi(µ)∥≤τµγ, ∥si(µ)∥≤τµγ.
(3.29) Then by (3.15) and (3.29) we have xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≥1 2 µ si 1(µ) ≥1 2 µ ∥si(µ)∥≥1 2τ µ1−γ.
Since τ1 = √ 2τ > τ, τ2 ≤ 1 3τ < 1 2τ , by the above formula and (3.29) we get τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) ≤∥xi(µ)∥≤τ1µγ.
In the similar way as above we can get τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ.
2. Suppose τ i x > 0. Since F∗is compact, there exists an (ˆ x, ˆ y, ˆ s) ∈F∗such that ˆ xi 1 = τ i x > 0, ∥ˆ xi 2:ni∥= ˆ xi 1 > 0 and ˆ si = 0 by the definition of T . The proof is by contradiction. If τi s ̸= 0, then we have τ i s > 0. Therefore there also exist an (˜ x, ˜ y, ˜ s) ∈F∗such that ˜ si 1 = τ i s > 0, ∥˜ si 2:ni∥= ˜ si 1 > 0, and ˜ xi = 0. Since F∗is convex, we have (˘ x, ˘ y, ˘ s) = 1 2(ˆ x, ˆ y, ˆ s) + 1 2(˜ x, ˜ y, ˜ s) ∈F∗.
On the other hand, we have ˘ xi 1 = ˆ xi 1 + ˜ xi 1 2 = ˆ xi 1 2 > 0, ˘ si 1 = ˆ si 1 + ˜ si 1 2 = ˜ si 1 2 > 0, which means i ∈R, that is in contradiction with i ∈T . Therefore we must have τ i s = 0, which means si = 0 for all (x, y, s) ∈F∗. So we have ¯ si = 0 in (3.28), and we get ∥si(µ)∥≤τµγ.
(3.30) 13 Then by (3.15) and (3.30) we obtain xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≥1 2 µ si 1(µ) ≥1 2 µ ∥si(µ)∥≥1 2cµ1−γ.
(3.31) Since ¯ xi 1 = ∥¯ xi 2:ni∥for i ∈T , by (3.28) we get xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥= (xi 1(µ) −¯ xi 1) + (∥¯ xi 2:ni∥−∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) ≤|xi 1(µ) −¯ xi 1| + ∥¯ xi 2:ni −xi 2:ni(µ)∥ ≤ √ 2∥xi(µ) −¯ xi∥≤ √ 2τµγ.
(3.32) Then by (3.15) and (3.32) we obtain si 1(µ) ≥ µ xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ 1 2 ≥1 3cµ1−γ.
(3.33) Symmetrically by (3.23) and xi 1(µ) ≤∥xi(µ)∥≤∥z(µ)∥≤ρM we get: si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≥ µ xi 1(µ) 1 2 ≥ 1 2ρM µ.
(3.34) Since τ1 = √ 2τ, τ2 ≤ 1 3τ < 1 2τ , τ2 ≤ 1 2ρM and si 1(µ) ≤∥si(µ)∥, by formulae (3.30)–(3.34) we have τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ, τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ.
3. Symmetrically, by substituting xi(µ) for si(µ) and si(µ) for xi(µ), respec-tively, we can derive the desired result in the same way as we did in item 2.
By the results as above, we get τ1µγ ≥τ2µ1−γ for 0 < µ < M. Let µ →0+, we get γ ≤1 −γ. Combined with γ > 0 we obtain 0 < γ ≤1 2.
According to the results of items 1–3, only three cases may appear for i ∈T , i.e., either τ i x = τ i s = 0, or τ i x > 0 and τ i s = 0, or τ i x = 0 and τ i s > 0. By the results of items 1–3, for any one of the three cases, we always have either τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1(µ)−∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ or τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥. Thus, for all i ∈T we have τ2µ1−γ ≤max{xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥, si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥} ≤(xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) + (si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) ≤xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥ (3.35) If τ i x = τi s = 0, we have xi 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ and si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ. So we get xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) ≤2τ1µγ.
(3.36) If τ i x > 0 and τ i s = 0, we have xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ and si 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ. So we get xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −(∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥−∥si 2:ni(µ)∥) =xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥+ si 1(µ) + ∥si 2:ni(µ)∥ ≤xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥+ 2si 1(µ) ≤3τ1µγ. (3.37) 14 If τ i s > 0 and τ i x = 0, we have si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ1µγ and xi 1(µ) ≤τ1µγ. So we get xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −(∥si 2:ni(µ)∥−∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥) =si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥+ xi 1(µ) + ∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥ ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥+ 2xi 1(µ) ≤3τ1µγ. (3.38) Let τ3 = 3τ1, then by (3.36)–(3.38) we have xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ) + si 2:ni(µ)∥≤τ3µγ, ∀i ∈T .
Combining this inequality with formula (3.35) we have the desired result.
Considering the analysis presented in Theorem 3.8, we can see that those blocks yield the most challenge whose indices are in the set T . Three cases may occur for every block i ∈T : either τ i x = τ i s = 0, or τ i x > 0 and τi s = 0, or τ i x = 0 and τ i s > 0. In each situations, the block (xi(µ), yi(µ), si(µ)) of the central path with i ∈T has its own properties. There are similarities, but notable differences too.
We summarize the results of Theorem 3.4 and Theorem 3.8 in Table 3.2, where ∆i x(µ) = xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥, ∆i s(µ) = si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥, ∆i xs(µ) = xi 1(µ) + si 1(µ) − ∥xi 2:ni(µ)+si 2:ni(µ)∥, and τ1, τ2, τ3, γ are positive constants with 0 < γ ≤1 2. Cases 1–3 correspond to the three cases “τ i x = τ i s = 0”, “τ i x > 0, τ i s = 0,” and “τ i x = 0, τ i s > 0”, respectively for i ∈T . Observe, that only one case is possible for every block i), and “\” indicates that we do not have enough information for that item.
Table 3.2 Local bounds for the central path B N R T Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 xi 1(µ) ≥σ1 2k ≤kµ σ1 ≥σ2 4k ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ \ ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ si 1(µ) ≤kµ σ1 ≥σ1 2k ≥σ2 4k ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ \ ∆i x(µ) ≥σ1 2k ≤kµ σ1 ≤2kµ σ2 ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥τ2µ ≤τ1µγ ∆i s(µ) ≤kµ σ1 ≥σ1 2k ≤2kµ σ2 ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥τ2µ ≤τ1µγ ≥τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ∆i xs(µ) ≥σ1 2k ≥σ1 2k ≥σ2 2k τ2µ1−γ ≤∆i xs(µ) ≤τ3µγ We may look at the results listed in Table 3.2 horizontally or vertically. If we look horizontally, we can see that if µ is so small that kµ σ1 < min nσ1 2k, σ2 4k o , max kµ σ1 , 2kµ σ2 < σ1 2k and τ3µγ < min nσ1 2k, σ2 2k o , 15 then we can have a complete separation of the blocks of variables. By the above inequalities we get µ < min ( σ2 1 2k2 , σ1σ2 4k2 , min σ1 2kτ3 , σ2 2kτ3 1 γ ) .
(3.39) Therefore, if we choose a positive µ such that (3.39) holds, then we can determine the optimal partition (B, N, R, T ) for SOCO.
We can see that Table 3.2 is somewhat complicated. The complexity is mainly caused by the set T . In fact, if T = ∅and µ is small enough, we can identify the three sets B, N, R by comparing the results listed in Table 3.2, without using the two condition numbers σ1 and σ2 explicitly.
On the other hand, by looking at the results of Table 3.2 vertically, if µ is so small that kµ σ1 < σ1 2k and 2kµ σ2 < σ2 4k, i.e., if µ < min σ2 1 2k2 , σ2 2 8k2 , (3.40) we have xi 1(µ) ≥xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≥σ1 2k > kµ σ1 ≥si 1(µ) ≥si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥, ∀i ∈B xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤xi 1(µ) ≤kµ σ1 < σ1 2k ≤si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤si 1(µ), ∀i ∈N xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥≤2kµ σ2 < σ2 4k ≤si 1(µ), ∀i ∈R si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥≤2kµ σ2 < σ2 4k ≤xi 1(µ), ∀i ∈R.
Therefore, when T = ∅and µ is so small that (3.40) holds, we will have i ∈B if and only if xi 1(µ) −∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥> si 1(µ), which implies si 1(µ) −∥si 2:ni(µ)∥< xi 1(µ)), and i ∈ N if and only if si 1(µ)−∥si 2:ni(µ)∥> xi 1(µ) (which implies xi 1(µ)−∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥< si 1(µ)), and i ∈R if and only if both xi 1(µ)−∥xi 2:ni(µ)∥< si 1(µ) and si 1(µ)−∥si 2:ni(µ)∥< xi 1(µ).
However, in practice we may not assume that we can calculate points on the central path exactly. Therefore, in the next section we deal with the case when a point z = (x, y, s) is in the vicinity of the central path z(µ) = (x(µ), y(µ), s(µ)). We show that if a point z is in an appropriate neighborhood of the central path z(µ) and µ is small enough, then we also have a complete separation of blocks of variables into the four sets B, N, R and T , which constitute the optimal partition.
4. Generalizations for approximate centers. In this section we generalize the results of the previous section to the situation, where a point z = (x, y, s) is in a specific neighborhood of the central path z(µ). Denote F0 = {z = (x, y, s) | (x, y, s) ∈F, x ∈int(K), s ∈int(K)}.
16 On the central path (xi)Tsi = µ > 0 and xi 1si 2:ni + si 1xi 2:ni = 0 for all i = 1, . . . , k.
Therefore the following two parameters are introduced to measure the centrality of a point z = (x, y, s) ∈F0: δc(z) = max i∈J (xi)Tsi min i∈J (xi)Tsi , ηc(z) = max i∈J ∥xi 1si 2:ni + si 1xi 2:ni∥ (xi)Tsi , (4.1) where J = {1, . . ., k}.
Now we can generalize the results of Theorem 3.4 and Theorem 3.8 to points in the vicinity of the central path.
Theorem 4.1. Let z = (x, y, s) ∈F0 and denote µ = k P i=1 (xi)Tsi k . If δc(z) ≤τ for some τ > 1 and ηc(z) ≤θ for some 0 < θ < 1, then one has 1. For all i ∈B, we have xi 1 ≥xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)σ1 2kτ , si 1 ≤kµ σ1 .
2. For all i ∈N, we have si 1 ≥si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)σ1 2kτ , xi 1 ≤kµ σ1 .
3. For all i ∈R, we have xi 1 > (1 −θ)σ2 4kτ , si 1 > (1 −θ)σ2 4kτ , (xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥) + (si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥) ≤2kµ σ2 .
In particular, we have xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥< 2kµ σ2 and si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥< 2kµ σ2 .
4. For i ∈T , let C > 0 and M > 0 be two positive constants, and define FM,C = {z = (x, y, s) ∈F0 | ∃0 < µ ≤M such that ∥z −z(µ)∥≤C}, where z(µ) is a point on the central path of (2.3). Suppose z ∈FM,C, then there exist constants τ1 > 0, τ2 > 0 and 1 2 ≥γ > 0 such that: (a) In case of τi x = τi s = 0, we have 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤xi 1 ≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≤si 1 ≤τ1µγ.
(b) In case of τi x > 0 and τ i s = 0, we have 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ ≤si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1 ≤τ1µγ.
17 (c) In case of τi s > 0 and τ i x = 0, we have 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 ≤τ1µγ.
5. For all i ∈B ∪N we have xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)σ1 2kτ .
For all i ∈R we have xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)2σ2 2kτ .
Finally, there exists a constant τ3 > 0 such that for all i ∈T , τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥≤τ3µγ.
Proof. Let ti := (xi)Tsi ≡xi 1si 1 + (xi 2:ni)Tsi 2:ni, (4.2) εi := xi 1si 2:ni + si 1xi 2:ni, (4.3) τ1 = min{ti | i = 1, . . . , k}, τ2 = max{ti | i = 1, . . . , k}.
(4.4) Then, using these quantities and the definition of µ, δc(z) and ηc(z), we have 0 < τ2 ≤ττ1, ∥εi∥≤θti, ∀i = 1, . . . , k, (4.5) 0 < τ1 ≤ti ≤τ2, ∀i = 1, . . . , k, (4.6) τ1 ≤µ ≤τ2, (4.7) where the last inequality follows from the inequalities kτ1 ≤kµ = k P i=1 ti ≤kτ2. Then, by equation (4.3) we get si 2:ni = −si 1 xi 1 xi 2:ni + εi xi 1 or xi 2:ni = −xi 1 si 1 si 2:ni + εi si 1 .
(4.8) By substituting (4.8) into (4.2) we have si 1 = xi 1 ti (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 − xi 2:ni xi 1 T εi (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 (4.9) or xi 1 = si 1 ti (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 − si 2:ni si 1 T εi (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 .
(4.10) 18 1. For all i ∈B, just as in the proof of Theorem 3.4, formulae (3.11)–(3.14) still hold with xi(µ) and si(µ) replaced by xi and si, respectively. Because (x, y, s) ∈F0, by definition we have Pk i=1(xi)Tsi = kµ. By (4.9), (4.5), and xi 1 > ∥xi 2:ni∥, formula (3.15) is changed into si 1 = xi 1 ti (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 − xi 2:ni xi 1 T εi (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 ≥xi 1 ti (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 − θti (xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2 = (1 −θ)ti xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥ xi 1 xi 1 + ∥xi 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)ti xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥ 1 2.
(4.11) Then by (3.14), where si 1(µ) is replaced by si 1, (4.11), and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we obtain xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)ti si 1 1 2 ≥(1 −θ)σ1τ1 2kµ ≥(1 −θ)σ1 2kτ .
2. Symmetrically, by respectively substituting xi by si and si by xi we can get the desired result in the same way as above.
3. For all i ∈R, formulae (3.16)–(3.19) in the proof of Theorem 3.4 still hold.
Therefore, (3.21) also holds with xi(µ) and si(µ) replaced by xi and si, re-spectively. Thus we have (si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥) + (xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥) ≤2kµ σ2 .
Then by si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥> 0 and xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥> 0 we get xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥< 2kµ σ2 and si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥< 2kµ σ2 .
(4.12) On the other hand, by (4.2), (4.5), (4.8), xi 1 > ∥xi 2:ni∥and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality we get ti = (xi)Tsi = xi 1si 1 + (xi 2:ni)Tsi 2:ni = xi 1si 1 −si 1 xi 1 ∥xi 2:ni∥2 + (εi)Txi 2:ni xi 1 ≤si 1 xi 1 ((xi 1)2 −∥xi 2:ni∥2) + θti = si 1 xi 1 + ∥xi 2:ni∥ xi 1 (xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥) + θti ≤2si 1(xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥) + θti.
(4.13) Then by (4.12), (4.13) and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we obtain si 1 ≥ (1 −θ)ti 2(xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥) > (1 −θ)σ2ti 4kµ ≥(1 −θ)σ2τ1 4kτ2 ≥(1 −θ)σ2 4kτ .
19 Analogously, we can get xi 1 > (1 −θ)σ2 4kτ .
4. For all i ∈T , we first show that Theorem 3.7 still holds for z = (x, y, s) ∈ FM,C.
By the definition of FM,C, there exists a 0 < µ ≤M such that ∥z −z(µ)∥≤C. Therefore, the set of points in he vicinity of the central path z = (x, y, s) ∈FM,C is also bounded by the boundedness of the central path when 0 < µ ≤M, i.e., there exists ρM > 0 such that ∥z∥≤ρM. Then by (4.2) and (4.3) we get (where every equality is counted as two inequalities) ∥[g(x)]+∥= v u u t k X i=1 2(t2 i + ∥εi∥2) ≤ v u u t2(1 + θ2) k X i=1 t2 i ≤ p 2(1 + θ2)kµ.
Therefore, by Theorem 3.6 there exist constants c > 0 and γ > 0 such that dist(z, F∗) ≤τµγ.
Hence, there exists some (¯ x, ¯ y, ¯ s) ∈F∗such that ∥xi −¯ xi∥≤τµγ, ∥si −¯ si∥≤τµγ, ∀i = 1, 2, . . ., k.
(4.14) In the following analysis, constants τ1 and τ2 are the same as the ones defined in the proof of Theorem 3.8.
(a) In case of τ i x = τ i s = 0, we have xi = si = 0 for all (x, y, s) ∈F∗as pointed out in the proof of Theorem 3.8. Therefore, in formula (4.14) we have ¯ xi = ¯ si = 0, and so we get ∥xi∥≤τµγ, ∥si∥≤τµγ.
(4.15) Then, by (4.11), (4.15), and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we obtain xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≥(1 −θ)ti si 1 1 2 ≥(1 −θ)µ1−γτ1 2cµ ≥(1 −θ) 2cτ µ1−γ.
(4.16) By (4.10), si 1 > ∥si 2:ni∥, and (4.5) we get xi 1 = si 1 ti (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 − si 2:ni si 1 T εi (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 ≥si 1 ti (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 − θti (si 1)2 −∥si 2:ni∥2 = (1 −θ)ti si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥ si 1 si 1 + ∥si 2:ni∥≥ (1 −θ)ti si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥ 1 2.
(4.17) In the same way, by (4.17), (4.15), and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we obtain si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≥(1 −θ)ti xi 1 1 2 ≥(1 −θ)µ1−γτ1 2cµ ≥(1 −θ) 2cτ µ1−γ.
(4.18) 20 Then, by (4.15), (4.16), (4.18), and the definitions of τ1 and τ2 we have 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤xi 1 ≤∥xi∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≤si 1 ≤∥si∥≤τ1µγ.
(b) In case of τi x > 0 and τ i s = 0, we have ¯ si = 0 in (4.14), and we get ∥si∥≤τµγ.
(4.19) Then in the same way as above we can see that formula (4.16) still holds, and so does formula (3.32), where xi(µ) is replaced by xi, i.e., we have (1 −θ) 2cτ µ1−γ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤ √ 2τµγ.
(4.20) Then by (3.32), (4.11), and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we get si 1 > (1 −θ)ti xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥ 1 2 ≥(1 −θ)ti 2 √ 2τµγ ≥(1 −θ) 2 √ 2ττ µ1−γ.
(4.21) By xi 1 ≤∥xi∥≤∥z∥≤ρM, (4.17) and formulae (4.5)–(4.7) we get si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥> (1 −θ)ti 2xi 1 ≥(1 −θ)ti 2ρM ≥(1 −θ)µ 2ρMτ (4.22) Thus, by using (4.19)–(4.22) and the definitions of τ1 and τ2 we obtain 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ ≤si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥≤∥si∥≤τ1µγ, 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤si 1 ≤∥si∥≤τ1µγ.
(c) Symmetrically by substituting xi for si and si for xi, respectively, we can get the desired result in the same way as we do in last item.
By γ > 0 and τ1µγ ≥1−θ τ τ2µ1−γ for all 0 < µ < M, we get 1 2 ≥γ > 0.
5. The same way as we in the proof of Theorem 3.4, for all i ∈B ∪N we have xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥ ≥xi 1 + si 1 −(∥xi 2:ni∥+ ∥si 2:ni∥) ≥max{xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥, si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥} ≥(1 −θ)σ1 2kτ .
(4.23) By (4.2), (4.5), xi 1 > ∥xi 2:ni∥, si 1 > ∥si 2:ni∥, and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequal-ity, we get ti ≤θ(xi)Tsi ≤θ(xi 1si 1 + ∥xi 2:ni∥∥si 2:ni∥) ≤2xi 1si 1, ∀i = 1, . . . , k.
(4.24) 21 For all i ∈R, we have two cases: xi 1 ≥si 1 and xi 1 < si 1. In the case when xi 1 ≥si 1, by (4.5), (4.8), (4.24), and the results in item 3 we have xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥ = xi 1 + si 1 − 1 −si 1 xi 1 xi 2:ni + εi xi 1 ≥xi 1 + si 1 − 1 −si 1 xi 1 xi 1 −θti xi 1 ≥2si 1 −2θsi 1 ≥(1 −θ)2σ2 2kτ .
(4.25) In the case when xi 1 < si 1, in the same way as above we get xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥ = xi 1 + si 1 − 1 −xi 1 si 1 si 2:ni + εi si 1 ≥xi 1 + si 1 − 1 −xi 1 si 1 si 1 −θti si 1 ≥2xi 1 −2θxi 1 ≥(1 −θ)2σ2 2kτ .
(4.26) Therefore for all i ∈R, by (4.25) and (4.26) we have xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥≥(1 −θ)2σ2 2kτ .
For all i ∈T , in the same way as in the derivation of (3.35)–(3.38), where xi(µ) and si(µ) are replaced by xi and si respectively, we can get 1 −θ τ τ2µ1−γ ≤xi 1 + si 1 −∥xi 2:ni + si 2:ni∥≤τ3µγ, ∀i ∈T .
Now we summarize the results of Theorem 4.1 in Table 4.1, where ω1 = 1−θ τ , ω2 = (1−θ)2 τ , and other symbols’ meanings are the same as that in Table 3.2, where xi(µ) and si(µ) are replaced by xi and si respectively.
The results listed in Table 4.1 imply that if µ is so small that kµ σ1 < ω1 min nσ1 2k, σ2 4k o , max kµ σ1 , 2kµ σ2 < ω1 σ1 2k and τ3µγ < min n ω1 σ1 2k, ω2 σ2 2k o , then we can have a complete separation of the blocks of variables. Thus, we have µ < min ( ω1σ2 1 2k2 , ω1σ1σ2 4k2 , min{ω1σ1 2kτ3 , ω2σ2 2kτ3 } 1 γ ) .
(4.27) 22 Table 4.1 Local bounds in the vicinity of the central path B N R T Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 xi 1 ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≤kµ σ1 ≥ω1 σ2 4k ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ \ ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ si 1 ≤kµ σ1 ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≥ω1 σ2 4k ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ \ ∆i x ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≤kµ σ1 ≤2kµ σ2 ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥ω1τ2µ ≤τ1µγ ∆i s ≤kµ σ1 ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≤2kµ σ2 ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ≥ω1τ2µ ≤τ1µγ ≥ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤τ1µγ ∆i xs ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≥ω1 σ1 2k ≥ω2 σ2 2k ω1τ2µ1−γ ≤∆i xs ≤τ3µγ Therefore if we choose a positive µ such that (4.27) holds, then we can identify the optimal partition (B, N, R, T ) in the vicinity of of the central path for SOCO.
When T = ∅, in the same way as in the previous section, by utilizing the results listed in Table 4.1 vertically, if µ is so small that kµ σ1 < ω1 σ1 2k and 2kµ σ2 < ω1 σ2 4k, i.e., µ < ω1 min σ2 1 2k2 , σ2 2 8k2 , (4.28) we have i ∈B if and only if xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥> si 1, which implies si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥< xi 1; we have i ∈N if and only if si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥> xi 1, which implies xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥< si 1; and we have i ∈R if and only if both xi 1 −∥xi 2:ni∥< si 1 and si 1 −∥si 2:ni∥< xi 1.
5. Conclusions. In this paper we discuss the identification of the optimal parti-tion B, N, R and T for SOCO. By defining two condition numbers, which are positive constants only depending on the SOCO problem itself, we prove that sufficiently close to optimality, the optimal partition can be identified along the central path. Then we generalize the results to the vicinity of central path, i.e., close to optimality we can separate the blocks of variables according to the optimal partition in a neighborhood of the central path. The results in this paper may facilitate to design more efficient algorithms for SOCO. By the polynomial complexity of path-following interior point algorithms for SOCO, we can see that the complexity for finding the optimal partition B, N, R and T for SOCO is also polynomial.
Further, the results presented in this paper indicate that the properties of those blocks of variables whose index is in the set T are the most complicated. The variable blocks with index in B, N or R are simpler and easier to analyze. As indicated in Theorem 3.8, three situations may occur for the blocks with index in T ,. So far we were unable to give an exact estimation for the convergence order γ for blocks i with i ∈T in Theorem 4.1. This is a challenging question that deserve further studies.
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Why Everyone Is Saying "I Mean" More Than Ever
“I mean” is everywhere in our conversations and on social media. How come?
Updated August 18, 2024|Reviewed by Tyler Woods
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Discourse markers add pragmatic information to conversations.
“I mean” is often used as a discourse marker at the beginning of our sentences.
Its recent uptick represents the changing use of “I mean” from conversational correction to sassy attitude.
Social media has made this even more prevalent.
Perhaps it is not surprising that inviting people to reconsider the merits of disliked speech features generates a bit of controversy. After all, we are nothing if not wedded to our firm beliefs about linguistic correctness.
Yet, as a linguist who studies the history and evolution of speech habits, even I was surprised at the number of people who get riled up by what appears to be a recent uptick in the use of the phrase “I mean” to start off sentences. I mean, one would think it was linguistic Armageddon, given the irritation it provokes.
What is “I Mean”?
“I mean” is part of a larger class of words and phrases in English that linguists refer to as discourse markers. Discourse markers are words or short phrases that don’t contribute directly—in a semantic sense—to the meaning of a sentence, but instead contribute pragmatic or attitudinal information. In other words, you could remove them without a big impact on the literal meaning of the phrase.
So, I can say, “I got a new job,” or I can say, “Oh, I got a new job,” and both sentences convey the same literal (or referential) meaning that the speaker is now employed somewhere. However, the discourse marker “Oh” adds a pragmatic nuance—that this is new information and requires a shift in topic and/or awareness (e.g., something the speaker just remembered).
Discourse markers serve diverse conversational functions, but all serve a communicatively important role, particularly in spoken conversation. This generally involves conveying information about how speaking turns cohere or relate to each other (now, so, then), present a speaker’s stance or attitude (well, I mean, oh), or invite listener inference (you know).
For instance, saying “well” at the beginning of one’s speaking turn generally flags that what is about to follow is contrary to what might be a preferred response to something just said. As a result, when your boss asks whether your weekly sales report is ready, you might begin with, “Well, I had to wait for John in accounting to get me the numbers” before admitting the report was not quite ready for prime time. In short, it conveys a speaker is going to say something that they recognize as slightly disagreeable in the conversational context, followed by some sort of explanatory information.
So, I Mean…
The discourse marker "I mean " functions somewhat similarly in that it tends to be used to correct or further explain a previous statement (e.g., "I mean, it’s not that I don’t like eggplant, just not my favorite"). In this way, using "I mean" can function as a repair or a linguistic politeness strategy aimed at keeping the relationship among conversationalists harmonious. This is the more traditional and accepted use of the phrase.
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The recent uptick in use that gets some people’s goat seems to be related to the use of “I mean” not to clarify, but instead to signal that a speaker is intensifying/justifying something, marking a point as obvious, or making clear a stance or attitude. This type of “I mean” occurs, for instance, when, following your expressing dismay, a friend justifies driving the extra 15 miles out of the way to a specific coffee shop because, “I mean, they simply have the best coffee.”
This use is also where “I mean” sometimes can take on more of a derisive tone, as in “I mean, like, they know anything about raising kids.” This type of “I mean” also invites some buy-in or alignment from listeners, as it is meant to elicit solidarity around a particular belief or position.
This attitude-giving “I mean” has been termed by some as “sassy I mean,” though it can be used in either a sassy-snarky or sassy-playful way, i.e., “I mean, it is your birthday!” This playfulness is most obvious when “I mean” is left dangling, like when someone asks if you want a chocolate brownie, and you respond simply, “I mean….” to indicate, duh, obviously, yes.
Crucially, much of what is required for its proper interpretation is something previously mentioned in the conversation or some shared common knowledge, like that they said or did something making their kid-raising abilities relevant or that you always love dessert. If we’ve never met before, I can’t just walk up to you and say, “I mean...” and think you’ll understand where I am coming from.
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How “I Mean” Became the New Thing
Are we right about “I mean” now seemingly being everywhere? Though it doesn’t differentiate between “I mean” used as a main subject and verb vs. a discourse marker, Google N-gram shows a big increase in the use of the phrase “I mean” starting around the early 2000s in comparing its written occurrences over the past two centuries. This certainly suggests that something new is afoot.
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This uptick, showing up even in writing, is likely the result of two things: First, a shift in the sense of “I mean” to include this newer attitudinal one and, second, the new-to-this-century growth of social media where catchy expressions spread like wildfire if they capture some cultural zeitgeist. “I mean,” especially in its snarkier form, was tailor-made for the type of short, zingy tweets and comments that build on a post or news bite and invite others to hop onto the attitude or sass train.
In particular, with our new hybrid style of online communication—more like conversation but via writing—we need ways to signal how we want others to interpret what we say. “I mean” before a comment helps make sure readers understand how it was intended—giving off the vibe of sarcasm, snark, or a shared stance. This also explains the standalone posts that read simply, “I mean, I mean, I MEAN!”
So, whether you are a fan or not, chances are this discourse marker has already come to be part of your daily life and, while it may feel overused, it is definitely useful. I mean, why not just go ahead and get on the bandwagon? #imean
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Irwin, P. (2022). Sassy I mean and the conversational scoreboard. Paper presented to the American Dialect Society. Washington, D.C.
Kiesling, S. F. (2020). Investment in a model of stancetaking: I mean and just sayin’. Language Sciences, 82, 101333
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[書籍] 104 Number Theory Problems: From the Training of the USA IMO Team
Titu Andreescu, Dorin Andrica, Zuming Feng(2007), 104 Number Theory Problems: From the Training of the USA IMO Team
Example 1.10. [HMMT 2002]
Find n n such that 2∥3 1024−1 2∥3 1024−1.
Theorem 1.3b.
For any given integer m m, there is no polynomial p(x)p(x) with integer coefficients such that p(n)p(n) is prime for all integers n n with n>m n>m.
Example 1.12.
Compute gcd(2002+2,2002 2+2,2002 3+2,⋯)(2002+2,2002 2+2,2002 3+2,⋯).
Corollary 1.10.
Let p p be a prime, and let k k be an integer with 1≤k<p 1≤k<p. Then p∣(p k)p∣(p k).
Example 1.15. [Russia 2001]
Let a a and b b be distinct positive integers such that a b(a+b)a b(a+b) is divisible by a 2+a b+b 2 a 2+a b+b 2. Prove that |a−b|>3√a b|a−b|>a b−−√3.
Example 1.16. [AIME 1988]
Compute the probability that a randomly chosen positive divisor of 10 99 10 99 is an integer multiple of 10 88 10 88.
Example 1.17.
Determine the number of ordered pairs of positive integers (a,b)(a,b) such that the least common multiple of a a and b b is 2 3 5 7 11 13 2 3 5 7 11 13.
Example 1.18.
Determine the product of distinct positive integer divisors of n=420 4 n=420 4.
Corollary 1.15.
For any positive integer n n, ∏d∣n d=n τ(n)2∏d∣n d=n τ(n)2.
The Number of Divisors τ(n)=∑d∣n 1 τ(n)=∑d∣n 1,The Sum of Divisors σ(n)=∑d∣n d σ(n)=∑d∣n d.
Corollary 1.16.
For any positive integer n n, τ(n)≤2√n τ(n)≤2 n−−√.
Example 1.19.
Find the sum of even positive divisors of 10000 10000.
Example 1.21. [Russia 2001]
Find all primes p p and q q such that p+q=(p−q)3 p+q=(p−q)3.
Example 1.22. [Baltic 2001]
Let a a be an odd integer. Prove that a 2 n+2 2 n a 2 n+2 2 n and a 2 m+2 2 m a 2 m+2 2 m are relatively prime for all positive integers n n and m m with n≠m n≠m.
Example 1.23.
Determine whether there exist infinitely many even positive integers k k such that for every prime p p the number p 2+k p 2+k is composite.
Residue Classes
Example 1.25. [Romania 2003]
Consider the prime numbers n 1<n 2<⋯<n 31 n 1<n 2<⋯<n 31. Prove that if 30 30 divides n 4 1+n 4 2+⋯+n 4 31 n 4 1+n 4 2+⋯+n 4 31, then among these numbers one can find three consecutive primes.
Example 1.26.
Let m m be an even positive integer. Assume that {a 1,a 2,⋯,a m}{a 1,a 2,⋯,a m} and {b 1,b 2,⋯,b m}{b 1,b 2,⋯,b m}are two complete sets of residue classes modulo m m. Prove that {a 1+b 1,a 2+b 2,⋯,a m+b m}{a 1+b 1,a 2+b 2,⋯,a m+b m}is not a complete set of residue classes.
Theorem 1.26. [Wilson’s Theorem]
For any prime p p, (p−1)!≡−1(m o d p).
Fermat’s Little Theorem and Euler’s Theorem
Example 1.30.
Let p≥7 be a prime. Prove that the number 11⋯1⏟p−1 1′s is divisible by p.
Example 1.31.
Let p be a prime with p>5. Prove that p 8≡1(m o d 240).
Example 1.32.
Prove that for any even positive integer n, n 2−1 divides 2 n!−1.
Example 1.33. [IMO 2005]
Consider the sequence a 1,a 2,⋯ defined by a n=2 n+3 n+6 n−1 for all positive integers n. Determine all positive integers that are relatively prime to every term of the sequence.
Example 1.35. [IMO 2003 shortlist]
Determine the smallest positive integer k such that there exist integers x 1,x 2,⋯,x k with x 3 1+x 3 2+⋯+x 3 k=2002 2002.
Example 1.36. [AIME 2001]
How many positive integer multiples of 1001 can be expressed in the form 10 j−10 i , where i and j are integers and 0≤i≤j≤99?
Euler’s Totient Function
Theorem 1.34. [Gauss]
For any positive integer n, ∑d∣n ϕ(d)=n.
Example 1.37.
Let n be a positive integer.
(1) Find the sum of all positive integers less than n and relatively prime to n.
(2) Find the sum of all positive integers less than 2 n and relatively prime to n.
Linear Diophantine Equations
Example 1.39.
Let n be a positive integer. Suppose that there are 666 ordered triples (x,y,z) of positive integers satisfying the equation x+8 y+8 z=n.Find the maximum value of n.
Numerical Systems
Example 1.41. [AHSME 1973]
In the following equation, each of the letters represents uniquely a different digit in base ten: (Y M)⋅(M E)=T T T.Determine the sum E+M+T+Y.
Example 1.42. [AIME 2001]
Find the sum of all positive two-digit integers that are divisible by each of their digits.
Example 1.43. [AMC12A 2002]
Some sets of prime numbers, such as 7,83,421,659, use each of the nine nonzero digits exactly once. What is the smallest possible sum such a set of primes can have?
Example 1.48.
Determine all positive integers n such that 11111(n) is a perfect square.
Divisibility Criteria in the Decimal System
Example 1.50. Perfect squares or not?
(1) Determine all positive integers k such that the k-digit number 11⋯1 is not a perfect square.
(2) Can a 5-digit number consisting only of distinct even digits be a perfect square?
(3) Determine whether 20⋯04⏟2004 is a perfect square.
Example 1.52.
Determine the number of five-digit positive integers ¯a b c d e(a,b,c,d, and e not necessarily distinct) such that the sum of the three-digit
number ¯a b c and the two-digit number ¯d e is divisible by 11.
Example 1.53. [USAMO 2003]
S(n) denote the sum of its digits. Prove that for every positive integer n there exists an n-digit number divisible by 5 n all of whose digits are odd.
Example 1.54. [Russia 1999]
In the decimal expansion of n, each digit (except the first digit) is greater than the digit to its left. What is S(9 n)?
Example 1.55. [Ireland 1996]
Find a positive integer n such that S(n)=1996 S(3 n).
Example 1.56.
Determine whether there is any perfect square that ends in 10 distinct digits.
Example 1.57. [IMO 1976]
When 4444 4444 is written in decimal notation, the sum of its digits is A. Let B be the sum of the digits of A. Find the sum of the digits of B.
Floor Function
Example 1.60. [ARML 2003]
Find the positive integer n such that 1 n is closest to {√123456789}.
Example 1.61 [AIME 1997]
Suppose that a is positive, a−1=a 2, and 2<a 2<3. Find the value of a 12−144 a−1.
Example 1.62.
Find all real solutions to the equation 4 x 2−40⌊x⌋+51=0.
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5539 | https://ajc.maths.uq.edu.au/pdf/74/ajc_v74_p423.pdf | AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF COMBINATORICS Volume 74(3) (2019), Pages 423–442 On the centrosymmetric permutations in a class Justin M. Troyka Deparment of Mathematics Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 U.S.A.
jmtroyka@gmail.com Abstract A permutation is centrosymmetric if it is fixed by a half-turn rotation of its diagram.
Initially motivated by a question by Alexander Woo, we investigate the question of whether the growth rate of a permutation class equals the growth rate of its even-size centrosymmetric elements.
We present various examples where the latter growth rate is strictly less, but we conjecture that the reverse inequality cannot occur. We conjecture that equality holds if the class is sum closed, and we prove this conjecture in the special case where the growth rate is at most ξ ≈2.30522, using results from Pantone and Vatter on growth rates less than ξ. We prove one direction of inequality for sum closed classes and for some geometric grid classes. We end with preliminary findings on new kinds of growth-rate thresholds that are a little bit larger than ξ.
1 Introduction This paper concerns the enumeration of the permutations in a class that are fixed by the reverse–complement transformation. This is the same kind of endeavor carried out by with permutations fixed by a different transformation, namely taking the inverse.
We begin with terms and notation about permutation classes and their growth rates (Section 1.1); the introduction continues by defining less standard terms and notation on the reverse–complement map and centrosymmetric permutations (Sec-tion 1.2) and providing a summary of the main ideas of the paper (Section 1.3).
1.1 Permutation classes This subsection is a quick overview of ideas and notation that are standard in per-mutation patterns. For more background on this topic, see the survey by Vatter .
ISSN: 2202-3518 c ⃝The author(s). Released under the CC BY 4.0 International License J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 424 4 1 2 3 4 9 3 1 2 5 8 7 6 Figure 1: The permutation 4123 is contained in the permutation 493125876.
The diagram of a permutation π of size n is the plot of the points (i, π(i)) for i ∈[n].
A permutation π contains another permutation σ (as a pattern) if the diagram of σ can be obtained by deleting zero or more points from the diagram of π, i.e. if π has a subsequence whose entries have the same relative order as the entries of σ. We say π avoids σ if π does not contain σ. For instance, for π = 493125876, the subsequence 9356 is an occurrence of σ = 4123, but on the other hand π avoids 3142. See Figure 1.
The set of permutations (of all sizes) is a poset under pattern containment. A permutation class is a down-set in this poset: that is, a set C of permutations such that, if π ∈C and σ is contained in π, then σ ∈C. For a permutation class C, we let Cn denote the set of size-n permutations in C. If R is a set of permutations, then Av(R) (respectively Avn(R)) denotes the set of all (respectively size-n) permutations that avoid every element of R. Then Av(R) is a permutation class, and for every permutation class C there is a unique set R such that C = Av(R) and no element of R contains another. This R is called the basis of C.
Given two permutations σ and τ of sizes a and b respectively, their sum σ ⊕τ is the permutation of size a + b obtained by juxtaposing the diagrams of σ and τ diagonally: that is, (σ ⊕τ)(i) = σ(i) if 1 ≤i ≤a, and (σ ⊕τ)(i) = τ(i −a) if a + 1 ≤i ≤a + b. A class C is sum closed if σ, τ ∈C implies σ ⊕τ ∈C. Given a set A of permutations, the sum closure of A, denoted A, is the smallest sum closed class containing A. A permutation is sum-indecomposable, or indecomposable, if it is not the sum of two permutations of non-zero size. The set of indecomposable permutations in a class C is denoted C̸⊕. The skew sum of σ and τ, denoted σ ⊖τ, is defined similarly, juxtaposing the diagrams anti-diagonally; and likewise for the notions of skew-sum closed class and skew sum–indecomposable permutation.
The upper growth rate of a permutation class C, denoted gr(C), is defined as lim sup n→∞|Cn|1/n. The lower growth rate, denoted gr(C), is defined as lim inf n→∞|Cn|1/n. If the upper and lower growth rates of C are equal, i.e. if lim n→∞|Cn|1/n exists (or is ∞), then this number is called the proper growth rate of C, denoted gr(C). We define gr(C̸⊕), gr(C̸⊕), and gr(C̸⊕) similarly. More generally, for a sequence of non-negative J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 425 real numbers an, the upper, lower, and proper growth rates of an are defined the same way, respectively denoted gr(an), gr(an), and gr(an).
By the Marcus–Tardos Theorem (formerly the Stanley–Wilf Conjecture), every permutation class has a finite upper growth rate except the class of all permutations . It is also known that every sum closed (or skew-sum closed) class has a proper growth rate (essentially due to Arratia ). Thus, when C is assumed to be sum closed, we can write gr(C) for its proper growth rate. It is widely believed that every permutation class has a proper growth rate, but we will refer to the upper or lower growth rate unless we know for sure.
1.2 The reverse–complement map and centrosymmetry The reverse–complement of a permutation π, denoted rc(π), is the permutation obtained from π by rotating its diagram by a half turn.
Equivalently, if π = π(1) . . . π(n), then the ith entry of rc(π) is given by n + 1 −π(n + 1 −i). This defines a map rc from the set of permutations to itself. The name comes from the fact that it is the composition of the reverse map (horizontal reflection of the dia-gram) and the complement map (vertical reflection of the diagram); these two maps commute.
The reverse–complement map preserves permutation containment: that is, if π contains σ, then rc(π) contains rc(σ). Consequently, the image of a permutation class C under rc is a permutation class, denoted rc(C). Since rc is an involution on the set of permutations, we have |rc(Cn)| = |Cn| for all n. A class is rc-invariant if rc(C) = C. A permutation π is centrosymmetric if rc(π) = π.
We are concerned with the number of centrosymmetric permutations in a class C.
Past research has focused on finding this number for specific classes C. Egge found the number of centrosymmetric permutations in Avn(R) for every set R of size-3 permutations. Lonoffand Ostroff did the same when R consists of one size-3 and one size-4 permutation. Egge found an expression for Avn(k . . . 1) for arbitrary k, using the Robinson–Schensted algorithm and evacuation of standard Young tableaux.
C |Crc 2k| |Crc 2k+1| (|Crc 0 |, |Crc 1 |, . . .) Av(321) 2k k ck (1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 2, 20, 5, 70, 14, 252, 42, . . .) Av(321, 3412) f2k+2 f2k (1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 13, 5, 34, 13, 89, 34, . . .) Av(312, 231) 2k 2k (1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8, 8, 16, 16, 32, 32, . . .) Av(321, 312, 231) fk+2 fk+1 (1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5, 3, 8, 5, 13, 8, . . .) Table 1: |Crc 2n| and |Crc 2n+1| for various rc-invariant classes C, due to Egge . We let fn denote the nth Fibonacci number, cn the nth Catalan number. That |Av2k(321)| = 2k k was first proved by C. K. Fan and J. R. Stembridge, in the setting of fully commutative elements of type B; see [24, Cor. 5.6 & Prop. 5.9]).
J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 426 The set of centrosymmetric permutations in C (respectively Cn) is denoted Crc (respectively Crc n ). If n = 2k+1 is odd, then every centrosymmetric permutation π of size n must have an entry in the center column in the center row of the diagram, i.e.
π(k+1) = k+1. Because of this, the process of enumerating Crc n is typically different between even and odd n, with Crc 2k+1 often being obtained in a straightforward way from Crc 2k or Ck. As an illustration of this phenomenon, see Table 1, which lists explicit formulas for |Crc 2n| and |Crc 2n+1| for various classes C, due to Egge . In this paper, then, we will be concerned almost exclusively with Crc 2n, and we will see that it is natural to compare Crc 2n to Cn.
The notation we have given for growth rates of permutation classes is already established in the literature, but we now introduce analogous notions for the cen-trosymmetric permutations in a class. The upper rc–growth rate of a permutation class C, denoted grrc(C), is defined as lim sup n→∞|Crc 2n|1/n. The lower rc–growth rate, denoted grrc(C), is defined as lim inf n→∞|Crc 2n|1/n. These are the upper and lower growth rates of the sequence |Crc 2n|. We let C̸⊕rc denote the set of indecomposable permuta-tions in C that are centrosymmetric, and we define grrc(C̸⊕), grrc(C̸⊕), and grrc(C̸⊕) similarly.
Suppose a class D is not rc-invariant (meaning rc(D) ̸= D).
The class D ∩ rc(D) is rc-invariant, is strictly contained in D, and includes all the centrosymmetric permutations in D. Thus, it is natural to consider D ∩rc(D) instead of D, so in this paper we are chiefly concerned with classes that are rc-invariant.
1.3 Conjectures and main theorems This paper begins to answer the following question posed by Alexander Woo at the Permutation Patterns Conference in 2016: for which rc-invariant permutation classes C do we have grrc(C) = gr(C)? This question is motivated by algebraic geometry.
Billey and Postnikov , studying the combinatorics of smooth Schubert varieties, define an algebraic notion of pattern containment in any Coxeter group, which has been called Billey–Postnikov containment or BP containment. BP containment in type A is very similar to classical permutation pattern containment.
In type B, which corresponds to centrosymmetric permutations, Woo has translated the alge-braic definition into a purely combinatorial definition, involving a condition on the pattern occurrence’s intersection with its image under rc [30, Sec. 2.5]. For some sets of patterns, the number of centrosymmetric permutations BP-avoiding the set is asymptotically the same as the number without this extra condition in the definition.
From this observation arises the question at hand.
We begin by looking at the rc–growth rates of rc-invariant classes whose basis consists of a few short patterns. In particular, we investigate “2 × 4 classes”, which are classes of the form Av(σ, τ) for two permutations σ and τ of size 4. For the last several years, 2 × 4 classes have been a fertile testing ground for enumerative questions about permutation classes. For several rc-invariant classes C for which gr(C) was previously known, we obtained grrc(C) by finding an exact enumeration of J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 427 R sum closed?
grrc = gr?
gr(Av(R)) grrc(Av(R)) 321 Yes Yes 4 4 [24, 11] 4321 Yes Yes 9 9 231, 312 Yes Yes 2 2 321, 3412 Yes Yes 3+ √ 5 2 3+ √ 5 2 321, 3142 Yes Yes 3+ √ 5 2 3+ √ 5 2 321, 231, 312 Yes Yes 1+ √ 5 2 1+ √ 5 2 2413, 3142 Yes Yes 3 + 2 √ 2 3 + 2 √ 2 4321, 3412 Yes Yes 4 4 4321, 3142 Yes Yes 2 + √ 3 2 + √ 3 321, 2143 No Yes 2 2 3412, 2143 No Yes 4 4 4231, 1324 No No 2 + √ 2 2 4321, 2143 No No 3+ √ 5 2 2 Table 2: Examples of rc-invariant classes Av(R) for which the basis R consists of a few short patterns. We indicate whether the class is sum closed and whether grrc(Av(R)) = gr(Av(R)), and we list the growth rate and the rc–growth rate. The ones that are not sum closed are also not skew-sum closed. For both classes C for which grrc(C) does not equal gr(C), we have grrc(C) < gr(C). For each growth rate or rc–growth rate given, we cite the paper that first gave the exact enumeration, from which the growth rate is easily obtained; the only exception is Av(4321), for which we cite the growth rate because it was discovered before the exact enumeration. In cases where the rc–growth rate does not have a citation next to it, it has not previously been computed; in these cases we obtained grrc(C) by finding an exact enumeration of Crc 2n using ad hoc methods, typically in terms of the previously known enumeration of Cn.
Crc 2n using ad hoc methods. These results are summarized in Table 2. In most of the examples we find that grrc(C) = gr(C), but there are two in which grrc(C) < gr(C).
Table 2 justifies the choice to define the rc–growth rate with Crc 2n instead of Crc n , and it also leads to the following conjecture: Conjecture 1.1. For any permutation class C, grrc(C) ≤gr(C).
Theorems 1.2 and 1.3 give hypotheses under which the other direction of inequal-ity holds. The terms used in Theorem 1.2 are defined in Section 3.
Theorem 1.2. If C is an rc-invariant geometric grid class whose cell graph is a forest, then grrc(C) ≥gr(C).
We write gr(C) here because, as shown by Bevan , geometric grid classes have proper growth rates. In Section 3 we prove a stronger version of this theorem, as Theorem 3.3.
Theorem 1.3. If C is sum closed and rc-invariant, then grrc(C) ≥gr(C).
(This result also applies to skew-sum closed classes, as do all our results on sum closed classes, because the reverse of a centrosymmetric permutation is centrosym-metric.) We write gr(C) in this theorem because C, being sum closed, has a proper J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 428 growth rate. In Section 4.1 we prove stronger results that imply Theorem 1.3, but we provide a quick proof now.
Proof of Theorem 1.3. We define an injection Cn →Crc 2n as follows: given σ ∈Cn, define ρ = rc(σ) ⊕σ. Since C is rc-invariant, rc(σ) ∈Cn; then, since C is sum closed, ρ = rc(σ) ⊕σ ∈C2n; and rc(ρ) = rc(σ) ⊕rc(rc(σ)) = rc(σ) ⊕σ = ρ, so ρ ∈Crc 2n. This injection shows that |Cn| ≤|Crc 2n|, which proves the desired inequality on the growth rates.
■ As a result of this theorem, Conjecture 1.1 would imply another conjecture: Conjecture 1.4. If C is sum closed and rc-invariant, then grrc(C) exists and grrc(C) = gr(C).
This conjecture is supported by the fact that, although we know several examples of rc-invariant C where grrc(C) ̸= gr(C), none of these examples is sum closed. We have proved Conjecture 1.4 in the following special case: Theorem 1.5. Let C be a sum closed rc-invariant permutation class, and let ξ ≈ 2.30522 be the unique positive root of x5 −2x4 −x2 −x −1 (as defined in ). If gr(C) ≤ξ, then grrc(C) exists and grrc(C) = gr(C).
In Sections 4.1 and 4.2 we prove stronger results that imply Theorem 1.5.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 gives general results about rc–growth rates, including a proof that grrc(Av(k · · · 1)) = gr(Av(k · · ·1)). In Section 3 we focus on geometric grid classes, presenting examples where grrc(C) < gr(C) and proving Theorem 1.2. In Section 4, we prove theorems on the rc–growth rates of sum closed classes, and we give results related to the work of Pantone and Vatter on sum closed classes C such that gr(C) ≤ξ ≈2.30522. Section 5 presents preliminary findings and open questions involving the threshold of unbounded indecomposables and the threshold of exponential indecomposables.
2 General results on rc–growth rates 2.1 Basic facts Proposition 2.1. (a) If C is any class, then |Crc 2n| ≤|C2n|, and so grrc(C) ≤(gr(C))2 and grrc(C) ≤ gr(C) 2. (b) If C is any class, then |Crc 2n| ≤2n |Cn|, and so grrc(C) ≤ 2 gr(C) and grrc(C) ≤2 gr(C).
Proof. Part (a) holds because Crc 2n ⊆C2n. To prove part (b), let ρ ∈Crc 2n, and let J be the set of elements of [2n] that occur in the first n entries of ρ. Because ρ is centrosymmetric, j ∈J if and only if n + 1 −j ̸∈J, so there are 2n possible sets J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 429 D gr(C) cite grrc(C) [= grrc(D ∩rc(D))] cite (if previously known) Av(312) 4 2 Av(4123) 9 4 Av(4312) 9 2 + √ 5 Table 3: Three examples of classes of the form C = D ∪rc(D) and their rc–growth rates. The growth rate of C equals the growth rate of D, which was already known in these examples. The rc–growth rate of C equals the rc–growth rate of D ∩rc(D), which we computed using ad hoc methods if it was not already known.
J. Now let π be the permutation formed by the first n entries of ρ; then π ∈Cn.
Thus, for each ρ ∈Crc 2n, we obtain a set J and a permutation π ∈Cn, and the number of such pairs (J, π) is 2n |Cn|. Moreover, the function ρ →(J, π) just described is injective. Therefore, |Crc 2n| ≤2n |Cn|.
The corresponding statements about the growth rates now follow immediately.
■ Note that the function defined in this proof is not necessarily surjective, because there may be pairs (J, π) whose corresponding ρ is not in C even though π ∈C.
For instance, if C = Av(21) and (J, π) = ({3, 4}, 12), then π = 12 ∈Av(21) but ρ = 3412 ̸∈Av(21).
Corollary 2.2. If gr(C) is 0 or 1, then gr(C) and grrc(C) exist and grrc(C) = gr(C).
Proof. Assume gr(C) is 0 or 1. Then clearly gr(C) exists. If gr(C) = 0, then by Proposition 2.1(a) we have grrc(C) = grrc(C) = 0, and grrc(C) exists.
If gr(C) = 1, then |Cn| ≥1 for all n, so by the Erd˝ os–Szekeres Theorem C includes the permutation 1 . . . n for all n or the permutation n . . . 1 for all n; these permutations are centrosymmetric, so |Crc 2n| ≥1 for all n, and so grrc(C) ≥1. But by Proposition 2.1(a) we have grrc(C) ≤1, so in fact grrc(C) = grrc(C) = 1, and grrc(C) exists.
■ 2.2 Unions of permutation classes Let D be a class, and let C = D∪rc(D). Then C and D∩rc(D) are both rc-invariant, and Crc = (D ∩rc(D))rc. But if D is a proper subclass of C, then D ∩rc(D) is also a proper subclass of C; in this case, we should expect Crc to grow slowly relative to C, because all the centrosymmetric permutations in C are confined to the smaller class D ∩rc(D). This expectation is consistent with the fact that, of the three classes C of this form that we have checked, all of them satisfy grrc(C) < gr(C), as seen in Table 3.
Thus it makes sense to focus our investigation on classes C that cannot be written as D ∪rc(D) unless D = C, and this motivates a definition: J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 430 Definition 2.3. For an rc-invariant class C, let C denote the intersection of all classes D such that C = D∪rc(D). If C = C, meaning that C cannot be written as D∪rc(D) unless D = C, then we say that C is rc-atomic.
A class is called atomic if it cannot be written as a union of two proper subclasses, so every rc-invariant atomic class is rc-atomic. Also note that C, as an intersection of classes, is a class.
Proposition 2.4. Let C be rc-invariant.
(a) Let σ ∈C, and for any permutation α let C(α) denote the class of permutations in C that avoid α. The following are equivalent: (i) σ is in every D such that C = D ∪rc(D) — that is, σ ∈ C; (ii) C(σ) ∪C(rc(σ)) ̸= C; (iii) There is π ∈C that contains σ and rc(σ).
(b) C is rc-atomic if and only if for every σ ∈C there is π ∈C that contains σ and rc(σ).
(c) The centrosymmetric permutations in C all lie in C — that is, Crc = Crc.
Proof. (i) ⇒(ii): Suppose (ii) is false, so C(σ) ∪C(rc(σ)) = C. Since σ ̸∈C(σ), this contradicts (i).
(ii) ⇒(iii): By (ii), there is π ∈C that is not in C(σ) ∪C(rc(σ)). Then π avoids neither σ nor rc(σ), which implies (iii).
(iii) ⇒(i): Let π ∈C contain σ and rc(σ). If D is a class such that C = D∪rc(D), then either π ∈D or π ∈rc(D); in the former case we get σ ∈D, and in the latter case we get rc(σ) ∈rc(D) so σ ∈D. Thus σ is in every D such that C = D ∪rc(D), which means that σ ∈ C.
Part (b) follows immediately from the equivalence of conditions (i) and (iii). For part (c), let ρ ∈Crc, meaning ρ = rc(ρ). If C = D ∪rc(D), then without loss of generality ρ ∈D, so ρ = rc(ρ) ∈rc(D), and so ρ ∈D ∩rc(D). Therefore ρ ∈ C.
■ The property in (b) is an analog of the joint-embedding property, which a class C satisfies when for every σ, τ ∈C there is π ∈C that contains σ and τ.
The joint-embedding property is equivalent to being atomic.
Let C be rc-invariant. As we discussed above, we should not expect grrc(C) = gr(C) if C is not rc-atomic. We could hope that this equality must hold when C is rc-atomic, or under either of two stronger conditions: that C is atomic, or that C is generated by the permutations in n Crc 2n (the even-size centrosymmetric permuta-tions in C). We will see in Proposition 3.2 that even these strong conditions are not enough.
J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 431 2.3 Centrosymmetric permutations avoiding a monotone pattern In this subsection we prove: Theorem 2.5. For all k ≥1, grrc(Av(k . . . 1)) exists and equals gr(Av(k . . . 1)).
We remark that Av(k . . . 1) and Av(1 . . . k) are reverses of each other, so |Avn(k . . . 1)| = |Avn(1 . . . k)| and |Avn(k . . . 1)rc| = |Avn(1 . . . k)rc|; thus this the-orem applies to Av(1 . . . k) as well. We also remark that gr(Av(k . . . 1)) = (k −1)2, as proved by Regev .
Proof of Theorem 2.5. Theorem 1.3 shows that grrc(Av(k . . . 1)) ≥gr(Av(k . . . 1)), so now it suffices to show that grrc(Av(k . . . 1)) ≤gr(Av(k . . . 1)).
Set aj m = |Avm(j . . . 1)|. Egge proved that |Av2n(k . . . 1)rc| = n i=0 n i 2 a⌈(k+1)/2⌉ i a⌊(k+1)/2⌋ n−i .
(1) Set p = ⌈(k + 1)/2⌉and q = ⌊(k + 1)/2⌋. Let ε > 0. Because gr(ap m) = (p −1)2 and gr(aq m) = (q −1)2, there is a constant t such that ap m ≤t(1 + ε)m(p −1)2m and aq m ≤t(1 + ε)m(q −1)2m for all m.
We now employ a trick used by Claesson, Jel´ ınek, and Steingr´ ımsson [10, Lem. 4]: |Av2n(k . . . 1)rc| ≤t2(1 + ε)n n i=0 n i 2 (p −1)2i(q −1)2(n−i) (by (1)) = t2(1 + ε)n n i=0 n i (p −1)i(q −1)n−i 2 ≤t2(1 + ε)n n i=0 n i (p −1)i(q −1)n−i 2 (because i |xi|2 ≤( i |xi|)2) = t2(1 + ε)n(p + q −2)2n = t2(1 + ε)n(k −1)2n.
The quantity t2(1 + ε)n(k −1)2n has growth rate (1 + ε)(k −1)2, so we have shown that grrc(Av(k . . . 1)) ≤(1+ε)(k−1)2. This holds for all ε > 0, so grrc(Av(k . . . 1)) ≤ (k −1)2.
■ 3 Geometric grid classes Let A be a {0, 1, −1}-matrix. The standard figure of A is obtained by replacing each 1 (respectively −1) in A with a line segment of slope 1 (respectively −1) and J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 432 replacing each 0 with empty space. For instance, 1 −1 1 0 has ⧸ ⧹ ⧸ as its standard figure. If we choose n points on the standard figure of A such that no two have the same horizontal or vertical coordinate, the result is a permutation π of size n, and the set of points is called a drawing of π (on A). The set of permutations obtained in this way is a permutation class called the geometric grid class of A, denoted Geom(A). For instance, Geom 1 −1 is the class of permutations made of an increasing sequence followed by a decreasing sequence. Also let Geomn(A) denote the set of size-n permutations in Geom(A).
Geometric grid classes were studied in depth in ; in particular, it is shown that Geom(A) is atomic and has a rational generating function. Bevan shows that Geom(A) has a proper growth rate and gives a way to find that growth rate from A.
In an abuse of notation, we will refer to rc acting on the entries of a centrosymmetric permutation π, the cells of a centrosymmetric matrix A, or the points in a drawing of π on A.
Proposition 3.1. If A is a centrosymmetric {0, 1, −1}-matrix, then Geom(A) is rc-invariant, and Geom(A) is generated by the permutations in n Geom2n(A)rc (the even-size centrosymmetric permutations in Geom(A)).
Proof. Let π ∈Geomn(A). Since A is centrosymmetric, applying rc to a drawing of π on A results in a drawing of rc(π) on A, proving that Geom(A) is rc-invariant.
Furthermore, the union of these drawings of π and rc(π) is a centrosymmetric set of points, which, after perturbing any points with the same horizontal or vertical coordi-nate, is the drawing of a centrosymmetric permutation ρ. We have ρ ∈Geom2n(A)rc, and π is contained in ρ.
■ We now come to another example where grrc(C) < gr(C): namely, C = Geom −1 1 1 −1 .
The standard figure of this matrix is an X, and this class has been called the X-class.
It has been enumerated by Elizalde , and its growth rate is 2 + √ 2. However: Proposition 3.2. For C = Geom −1 1 1 −1 , we have |Crc 2n| = 2n.
Proof. Let π ∈Crc 2n for n ≥1. By [13, Lem. 3.1], π must have an entry in at least one of the four corners—that is, π(1) ∈{1, 2n} or π(2n) ∈{1, 2n}. Since π is centrosym-metric, it must have an entry in two opposite corners—that is, {π(1), π(2n)} = {1, 2n}. This gives us a total of two options for π(1) and π(2n); removing these entries yields a permutation in Crc 2n−2, and the result follows by induction.
■ J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 433 Thus, grrc(C) = 2 < gr(C).
This example is dramatic: even for a class that is atomic, is generated by its centrosymmetric permutations, and has a rational generating function, it is not necessarily true that grrc(C) = gr(C).
Let A be a {0, 1, −1}-matrix. An A-gridded permutation (on A) is a permutation π with a valid choice of which cell of A to draw each entry of π on. Let Geom♯(A) be the set of A-gridded permutations. Given A, each π has a finite number of griddings on A, and the maximum number of griddings over all size-n permutations is bounded above by a polynomial in n; thus gr(Geom♯(A)) = gr(Geom(A)).
Again abusing notation, we say rc acts on A-gridded permutations (when A is centrosymmetric), and we say an A-gridded permutation fixed by rc is centrosym-metric. In order for a gridded permutation to be centrosymmetric, the permuta-tion must be centrosymmetric and its gridding on A must be centrosymmetric. Let Geom♯(A) rc denote the set of centrosymmetric A-gridded permutations, and define grrc(Geom♯(A)) the same way as the rc–growth rate of a permutation class.
The cell graph of A is the graph whose vertices are the non-zero cells of A, where two cells are adjacent if (1) they share a row or column and (2) there are no non-zero cells between them in their row or column. For instance, −1 1 1 −1 (the matrix for the X-class) has as its cell graph. The fact that this is a cycle will help explain the X-class’s behavior, as we will see in Theorem 3.3.
If A is centrosymmetric, then rc acting on the cells of A induces an automorphism of the cell graph of A. Again abusing notation, we will call this automorphism rc.
In particular, rc maps each component of the graph onto either itself or a different component.
Theorem 3.3. Let A be a centrosymmetric {0, 1, −1}-matrix, let G be the cell graph of A, and assume without loss of generality that A has an even number of rows and an even number of columns. Each statement implies the next: (i) G is a forest (has no cycles); (ii) rc maps every component of G onto a different component; (iii) grrc(Geom(A)) ≥gr(Geom(A)).
We remark that, if A has an odd number of rows or an odd number of columns, then A can be replaced with the matrix A×2 obtained by replacing each 1 with 0 1 1 0 , each −1 with −1 0 0 −1 , and each 0 with 0 0 0 0 . The standard figure of A×2 is the same as that of A, just stretched by a factor of 2 in each direction.
Consequently, Geom(A×2) = Geom(A), which is why there is no loss of generality J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 434 from the assumption that A has an even number of rows and an even number of columns.
Proof of Theorem 3.3. (i) ⇒(ii): Assume G is a forest, and suppose G has a com-ponent that is mapped onto itself by rc. This component must be a tree; call this tree T. Let v be a vertex in T; since rc maps T to itself, rc(v) is also in T. Thus there is a path in T between v and rc(v); call this path P. Observe that rc(P) is also a path in T between v and rc(v), but there is only one such path because T is a tree, so rc(P) = P. Thus the center element of P, which is a vertex or edge of G, is mapped to itself by rc. But G cannot have a vertex or edge mapped to itself by rc, because A has an even number of rows and an even number of columns. This is a contradiction, so no component of G is mapped onto itself.
(ii) ⇒(iii): Assume rc maps every component of G onto a different component.
Thus the components of G come in pairs, each pair consisting of two components that map onto each other under rc. Let X be a subgraph consisting of one component from each pair, and let Y be the subgraph consisting of the other components. Then X and Y form a partition of the vertices and edges of G, and Y = rc(X), and there are no edges between X and Y .
Let AX (respectively AY ) be the matrix obtained from A by keeping the cells that are vertices in X (respectively Y ) and replacing the rest of the cells with 0. Note that AY = rc(AX), so |Geomn(AX)| = |Geomn(AY )| and |Geom♯ n(AX)| = |Geom♯ n(AY )|.
Because there are no edges between X and Y in the cell graph, there is no non-zero entry of AX in the same row or column as a non-zero entry of AY .
Recall that gr(Geom(A)) = gr(Geom♯(A)).
Every A-gridded permutation is obtained from a pair of an AX-gridded permutation and an AY -gridded permuta-tion. Every such pair of gridded permutations gives rise to exactly one A-gridded permutation, because points placed on AX and points placed on AY do not in-terleave in multiple ways. Therefore, Geom♯ n(A) = n k=0 Geom♯ k(AX) 2 , and thus gr(Geom♯(A)) = gr(Geom♯(AX)).
Moreover, we have a bijection between Geom♯ n(AX) and Geom♯ 2n(A) rc: given an AX-gridded permutation π, take the union of the drawing of π on AX and the drawing of rc(π) on AY , yielding a centrosymmetric A-gridded permutation. This is a bijection because, again, points placed on AX and points placed on AY do not interleave in multiple ways. Therefore, Geom♯ n(AX) = Geom♯ 2n(A) rc , and in particular gr(Geom♯(AX)) = grrc(Geom♯(A)) (and the latter growth rate is proper).
Finally, because the maximum number of griddings of a permutation of size 2n is bounded above by a polynomial, grrc(Geom♯(A)) equals the growth rate of the number of size-2n centrosymmetric permutations in Geom(A) that have a centrosym-metric gridding on A, which is less than or equal to grrc(Geom(A)).
■ The reason we get an inequality instead of an equality at the end of this proof is subtle: a centrosymmetric permutation in Geom(A) by definition can be drawn J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 435 on the standard figure of A, but not necessarily in a centrosymmetric way. The smallest instance of this phenomenon is with A = 1 0 0 1 . The permutation 12 is centrosymmetric, and it can be drawn on the standard figure of A, but every drawing of it has both entries of 12 in the top-left cell or both entries in the lower-right cell, neither of which is a centrosymmetric gridding. More complicated instances of this phenomenon are not hard to find.
For any centrosymmetric {0, 1, −1}-matrix A, we conjecture that “almost all” even-size centrosymmetric permutations in Geom(A) have a centrosymmetric grid-ding on A, in the sense that the ones without such a gridding have a strictly smaller growth rate. This would imply that gr(Geom(A)) = grrc(Geom(A)) under the con-ditions of Theorem 3.3. This equality is also implied by Conjecture 1.1.
4 Sum closed classes For the rest of this paper, we assume C is a sum closed class. In this section, we investigate the centrosymmetric permutations in a sum closed class (Section 4.1), and we give results drawing from the work of Pantone and Vatter on sum closed classes with growth rate ≤ξ (Section 4.2). The main result is Theorem 4.5, which gives a few conditions that each individually imply that grrc(C) exists and equals gr(C).
Recall that, if A(x) = n≥0 |Cn| xn and C(x) = n≥1 |C̸⊕ n | xn, then A(x) = 1 1 −C(x).
(2) Also, C has a proper growth rate, a fact which has been known essentially since Arratia .
4.1 Centrosymmetric permutations in a sum closed class For this subsection we assume that C is rc-invariant. Recall from Section 2.2 that C is rc-atomic if it is not of the form D ∪rc(D) unless D = C, and C is atomic if it is not the union of two proper subclasses. Since we assume C is sum closed, it follows that C is atomic and hence rc-atomic. The next fact we prove involves a stronger property than being rc-atomic.
Proposition 4.1. If C is sum closed and rc-invariant, then C is generated by the permutations in n Crc 2n (i.e. the even-size centrosymmetric permutations in C).
Proof. Let π ∈C. Since C is rc-invariant, rc(π) ∈C; since C is sum closed, π⊕rc(π) ∈ C. Thus every π ∈C is contained in an even-length centrosymmetric permutation in C (namely π ⊕rc(π)), meaning C is generated by its even-length centrosymmetric elements.
■ J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 436 Define an = |Cn|; bn = |Crc 2n|; dn = |C̸⊕rc 2n |; A(x) = n≥0 anxn; B(x) = n≥0 bnxn; D(x) = n≥1 dnxn.
Note that, in B(x) and D(x), we are taking the permutations in Crc 2n to have weight n, despite having size 2n as a permutation.
Proposition 4.2. B(x) = (1 + D(x)) A(x).
Proof. The left side counts even-size permutations in Crc (with weight half their size), and the right side counts ordered pairs ( ρ, π) where π ∈C and ρ ∈{ε} ∪C̸⊕rc (with ρ of even size, counted with weight half its size, and ε denotes the empty permutation). With π and ρ as such, consider the permutation ρ = rc(π) ⊕ ρ ⊕π.
We see that ρ ∈C because rc(π), ρ, π ∈C; we see that ρ is centrosymmetric because ρ is centrosymmetric, so rc(ρ) = rc(π) ⊕rc( ρ) ⊕rc(rc(π)) = rc(π) ⊕ ρ ⊕π = ρ; and we see that the weight of ρ (which is half its size) is the sum of the weights of π and ρ.
Furthermore, this correspondence is a bijection. Let ρ ∈Crc 2n be arbitrary. If ρ has an even number of indecomposable blocks, then ρ has a unique decomposition as ρ = rc(π)⊕π for some π ∈C. If ρ has an odd number of indecomposable blocks, then ρ has a unique decomposition as ρ = rc(π) ⊕ ρ ⊕π for some π ∈C and ρ ∈C̸⊕rc.
■ Proposition 4.3. If C is sum closed and rc-invariant, then grrc(C) = max{gr(C), grrc(C̸⊕)} and grrc(C) ≥max{gr(C), grrc(C̸⊕)}.
Proof. From Proposition 4.2 we obtain bn = an + n k=1 an−kdk.
(3) Since all the numbers appearing in (3) are non-negative (and a0 = 1), we see that bn ≥dn and bn ≥an, which shows that gr(bn) ≥max{gr(an), gr(dn)} and gr(bn) ≥ max{gr(an), gr(dn)} Let x > gr(an) and y > gr(dn), and let M = max{x, y}; then there is a constant t such that an ≤txn and dn ≤tyn for all n. Then, by (1), bn ≤t2 n k=0 xn−kyk ≤t2(n + 1)Mn.
The quantity t2(n + 1)Mn has growth rate M, so we have shown that gr(bn) ≤ M. This holds for every M > max{gr(an), gr(dn)}, so we conclude that gr(bn) ≤ max{gr(an), gr(dn)}.
■ J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 437 Theorem 1.3 follows immediately from Proposition 4.3, and we restate it here: Theorem 1.3. If C is sum closed and rc-invariant, then grrc(C) ≥gr(C).
This theorem, if Conjecture 1.1 is true, would imply that grrc(C) exists and equals gr(C) for all sum closed rc-invariant C (Conjecture 1.4).
We have another corollary that follows from Proposition 4.3: Corollary 4.4. Let C be sum closed and rc-invariant. (a) grrc(C) = gr(C) if and only if grrc(C̸⊕) ≤gr(C). (b) If the equivalent statements in (a) are true, then grrc(C) exists.
Proof. Part (a) is immediate from the fact that grrc(C) = max{gr(C), grrc(C̸⊕)} (Proposition 4.3). For (b), if grrc(C̸⊕) ≤gr(C), then Proposition 4.3 shows that grrc(C) = max{gr(C), grrc(C̸⊕)} = gr(C) = max{gr(C), grrc(C̸⊕)} ≤grrc(C), so grrc(C) = grrc(C).
■ We come to the main theorem of this section. The main idea is that, if a sum closed, rc-invariant class C has a small number of indecomposables (for various defi-nitions of “small”), then grrc(C) exists and equals gr(C).
Theorem 4.5. Let C be sum closed and rc-invariant. Each statement implies the next: (i) |C̸⊕ n | is bounded; (ii) gr(C̸⊕) is 0 or 1; (iii) grrc(C) exists and grrc(C) = gr(C).
Proof. (i) ⇒(ii): If there is N such that |Cn| = 0 for all n ≥N, then gr(C̸⊕) = 0.
Otherwise, gr(C̸⊕) = 1. (It is not hard to show that C̸⊕always has a proper growth rate in this case.) (ii) ⇒(iii): By Proposition 2.1(a) we have grrc(C̸⊕) ≤ gr(C̸⊕) 2 ≤1 ≤gr(C) (assuming C is an infinite class); hence grrc(C̸⊕) ≤gr(C), and (iii) now follows from Corollary 4.4.
■ Statements (i) and (ii) in Theorem 4.5 are of interest because they are weaker conditions under which grrc(C) = gr(C), but we are also interested in them indepen-dently of our inquiry into centrosymmetric permutations. We are in the process of finding the highest threshold of gr(C) (for sum closed C) below which (i) and (ii) must hold. Theorem 4.6, in the following subsection, says that these thresholds are at least ξ. We discuss this more in Section 5.
J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 438 4.2 Sum closed classes with growth rate ≤ξ Let ξ ≈2.30522 be the unique positive root of x5 −2x4 −x2 −x −1, as defined by Pantone and Vatter . The following result is implicit in the work of : Proposition 4.6 (see [20, Sec. 5 & 6]). If C is sum closed and gr(C) ≤ξ, then |C̸⊕ n | (for n ≥1) is bounded above by the sequence (1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 5, 4∞) or the sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 42i, 5, 4∞) for some i ≥0. In particular, |C̸⊕ n | ≤5 for all n.
Proof sketch of Proposition 4.6. Let cn = |C̸⊕ n |. Propositions 5.1, 5.3, and 5.5 of imply this fact: if there is k such that ck is below the kth entry of (1, 1, 2, 3, 4∞), then cn is weakly decreasing over all n ≥k. Consequently, if cn is bounded above by one of the two claimed upper-bound sequences for n < k, then cn will continue to be bounded above by that sequence for all n.
As shown in [20, Sec. 6], we must have c1 = 1 and c2 = 1 and c3 ≤3, and if (c1, c2, c3) = (1, 1, 2) then c4 ≤5. Additionally, if gr(C) ≤ξ then cn cannot be bounded below by any of the sequences in Tables 1 and 2 of [20, Sec. 6].
The proposition can now be proved by checking different cases based on how the sequence (cn)n≥1 begins. By the discussion in the first paragraph of the proof, we can break and go to the next case any time the sequence goes below (1, 1, 2, 3, 4∞).
Along the way, [20, Prop. 7.1] is used to eliminate the case where the sequence begins (1, 1, 2, 3, 4i, m) for m ≥6, and [20, Prop. 7.2] is used to show that the number of 4s preceding the 5 must be even or 1.
■ Proposition 4.6 shows that sum closed classes with growth rate ≤ξ satisfy condi-tion (i) in the statement of Theorem 4.5, so we obtain Theorem 1.5 as an immediate corollary, which we restate here: Theorem 1.5. Let C be a sum closed rc-invariant permutation class. If gr(C) ≤ξ, then grrc(C) exists and grrc(C) = gr(C).
From inspecting Tables 3 and 4 in [20, Sec. 8], we immediately obtain: Proposition 4.7. If C is sum closed and gr(C) ≤ξ, then C and C̸⊕have rational generating functions.
Proof. That C̸⊕has a rational generating function when gr(C) < ξ is immediate from Tables 3 and 4 in [20, Sec. 8], because these tables list all possible sequences of numbers that |C̸⊕ n | can give, and each sequence is eventually repeating (in fact it is shown in [20, Sec. 7] that |C̸⊕ 3 | ≤3 implies that a sum closed class C has a rational generating function). If gr(C) = ξ, then the case checking in the proof of Proposition 4.6 also shows that |C̸⊕ n | must be given by one of the following sequences: • (1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0∞); • (1, 1, 2, 3, 4∞); • (1, 1, 2, 3, 4i, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0∞); J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 439 and each of these has a rational generating function because it is eventually repeating.
That C itself has a rational generating function is now immediate from Equa-tion (2).
■ 5 Open questions: New thresholds of growth rates This section consists mostly of examples and conjectures, with the goal of beginning to answer two questions: What is the smallest possible growth rate of a sum closed class whose indecomposables are unbounded?
And what is the smallest possible growth rate of a sum closed class whose indecomposables are exponential?
Let R = {1} ∪{(12 . . . i) ⊖(12 . . . j): i, j ≥1}, and let C = R. Every per-mutation in R is indecomposable, and every indecomposable permutation contained in a permutation in R is itself in R; consequently, C̸⊕= R.
It turns out that C = Av(321, 3142, 2413). We have |C̸⊕ n | = n −1 for n ≥2, so n≥1 |C̸⊕ n | xn = x −x2 + x3 (1 −x)2 , and by Equation (2) we obtain n≥1 |Cn| xn = (1 −x)2 1 −3x + 2x2 −x3.
From the denominator we see that gr(C) is the unique positive root of x3−3x2+2x−1, which is approximately 2.32472. Call this number τ.
Conjecture 5.1. τ is the smallest possible growth rate of a sum closed class C with the property that |C̸⊕ n | is unbounded.
Our example of C = Av(321, 3142, 2413) shows that τ is a possible growth rate, so the content of Conjecture 5.1 is that no smaller growth rate is possible. In the other direction, we know from Proposition 4.6 that all such growth rates are greater than ξ. Thus, we know that the smallest threshold above which |C̸⊕ n | can be unbounded is somewhere in the interval [ξ, τ], whose width is about 0.02.
Conjecture 5.1 would follow from this stronger conjecture: Conjecture 5.2. If C is sum closed and |C̸⊕ n | is unbounded, then |C̸⊕ n | ≥n −1 for all n.
Conjecture 5.2 would mean that, for each n, the smallest possible value of |C̸⊕ n | is achieved by Avn(321, 3142, 2413).
Now let S = {σ ⊖1: σ ∈{1, 21}}, and let C = S. Every permutation in S is indecomposable, and every indecomposable permutation contained in a permutation in S is itself in S; consequently, C̸⊕= S. It turns out that C = Av(312, 4321, 3421).
J.M. TROYKA / AUSTRALAS. J. COMBIN. 74 (3) (2019), 423–442 440 Since {1, 21} has generating function x + x2, we find that {1, 21} has generating function 1 1 −x −x2, and so S = C̸⊕has generating function x 1 −x −x2, and by Equation (2) we obtain n≥1 |Cn| xn = 1 −x −x2 1 −2x −x2.
From the denominator we see that gr(C) is the unique positive root of x2 −2x −1, which is 1 + √ 2 ≈2.41421.
In this example, we have gr(C̸⊕) = φ = 1+ √ 5 2 ≈1.61803, which is greater than 1.
Is 1 + √ 2 the smallest growth rate of a class C for which gr(C̸⊕) > 1? In the other direction, we know from Theorem 4.5 that gr(C) > ξ for all such classes.
Thus, we know that the smallest threshold above which gr(C̸⊕) can be greater than 1 is somewhere in the interval [ξ, 1 + √ 2], whose width is about 0.11.
There are no classes with upper or lower growth rate strictly between 1 and φ , but is there sum closed C with gr(C̸⊕) strictly between 1 and φ?
Acknowledgements I thank the two reviewers for helping to improve this paper, especially Reviewer 2 who provided background information on the motivation for our main question. I thank Jay Pantone for several helpful discussions about this paper, as well as for showing me the “trick” used to prove Theorem 2.5.
I also thank Michael Albert, David Bevan, and Robert Brignall (and a few others attending Permutation Patterns 2018) for pointing out a very false “theorem” that was in an earlier draft of this paper.
Finally, I thank Alexander Woo for presenting the open problem at Permutation Patterns 2016 that led to this paper.
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0 seconds Let's do a few examples
multiplying fractions. So let's multiply
negative 7 times 3/49. 9 seconds So you might say, I don't
see a fraction here. This looks like an integer. But you just to remind yourself
that the negative 7 can be rewritten as
negative 7/1 times 3/49. Now we can multiply
the numerators. So the numerator is going
to be negative 7 times 3. And the denominator is
going to be 1 times 49. 1 times 49. And this is going to be
equal to-- 7 times 3 is 21. And one of their
signs is negative, so a negative times a positive
is going to be a negative. So this is going
to be negative 21. You could view this as
negative 7 plus negative 7 plus negative 7. And that's going to be over 49. And this is the correct
value, but we can simplify it more because 21 and 49
both share 7 as a factor. That's their greatest
common factor. So let's divide
both the numerator and the denominator by 7. Divide the numerator and
the denominator by 7. And so this gets us
negative 3 in the numerator. And in the
denominator, we have 7. So we could view it
as negative 3 over 7. Or, you could even do
it as negative 3/7. Let's do another one. Let's take 5/9 times-- I'll
switch colors more in this one. That one's a little monotonous
going all red there. 5/9 times 3/15. 1 minute, 36 seconds So this is going
to be equal to-- we multiply the numerators. So it's going to be 5 times 3. 5 times 3 in the numerator. And the denominator is
going to be 9 times 15. 9 times 15. 1 minute, 58 seconds We could multiply them out,
but just leaving it like this you see that there is
already common factors in the numerator
and the denominator. Both the numerator
and the denominator, they're both divisible
by 5 and they're both divisible by 3,
which essentially tells us that they're divisible by 15. So we can divide the numerator
and denominator by 15. So divide the
numerator by 15, which is just like dividing by
5 and then dividing by 3. So we'll just divide by 15. Divide by 15. And this is going to be equal
to-- well, 5 times 3 is 15. Divided by 15 you get
1 in the numerator. And in the denominator,
9 times 15 divided by 15. Well, that's just going to be 9. So it's equal to 1/9. Let's do another one. What would negative 5/9
times negative 3/15 be? Well, we've already
figured out what positive 5/9 times
positive 3/15 would be. So now we just have to
care about the sign. If we were just multiplying the
two positives, it would be 1/9. But now we have to
think about the fact that we're multiplying by a
negative times a negative. Now, we remember
when you multiply a negative times a
negative, it's a positive. The only way that
you get a negative is if one of those two
numbers that you're taking the product of
is negative, not two. If both are positive,
it's positive. If both are negative,
it's positive. Let's do one more example. 3 minutes, 25 seconds Let's take 5-- I'm using
the number 5 a lot. So let's do 3/2, just
to show that this would work with
improper fractions. 3/2 times negative 7/10. 3 minutes, 49 seconds I'm arbitrarily picking colors. And so our numerator is going
to be 3 times negative 7. 3 times negative 7. And our denominator is
going to be 2 times 10. 2 times 10. 4 minutes, 7 seconds So this is going to
be the numerator. Positive times a
negative is a negative. 3 times negative
7 is negative 21. Negative 21. And the denominator, 2 times 10. Well, that is just 20. So this is negative 21/20. And you really can't
simplify this any further. |
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LS
HS
OSC/RAMP
MUTE CONTROL
BYPASS
AV CONTROL
CONTROL BIAS THERMAL
SC DETECT
SC DETECT
AVDD AVCC LIN RIN
MUTE
BYPASS
GAIN1 GAIN0 SD
BSL PVCCL LOUT PGNDL VCLAMP BSR PVCCR ROUT PGNDR
VCLAMP VCLAMP
AVDD AVDD AVDD/2 AVDD AVDD AVDD/2
REGULATOR
AGND
+-+-
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FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
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G001
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 12 V 110k THD+N − % 10
PO = 1 W PO = 0.5 W
PO = 2 W f − Frequency − Hz 20 100 1k 20k 0.1 0.01
G002
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 18 V 110k THD+N − % 10
PO = 1 W
PO = 5 W
PO = 2.5 W f − Frequency − Hz 20 100 1k 20k 0.1 0.01
G003
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 24 V 110k THD+N − % 10
PO = 1 W
PO = 5 W
PO = 2.5 W f − Frequency − Hz 20 100 1k 20k 0.1 0.01
G004
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (SE) VCC = 24 V 110k THD+N − % 10
PO = 1 W
PO = 5 W
PO = 2.5 W PO − Output Power − W 0.01 0.1 1 40 0.1 0.01
G005
110 THD+N − % 10
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE)
VCC = 12 V
VCC = 24 V
VCC = 18 V PO − Output Power − W 0.01 0.1 1 40 0.1 0.01
G006
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (SE) 110 THD+N − % 10
VCC = 12 V
VCC = 24 V
VCC = 18 V
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TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE vs vs FREQUENCY (SE) FREQUENCY (SE) Figure 1. Figure 2. TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE vs vs FREQUENCY (SE) FREQUENCY (SE) Figure 3. Figure 4. TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE vs vs OUTPUT POWER (SE) OUTPUT POWER (SE) Figure 5. Figure 6.
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f − Frequency − Hz Crosstalk − dB
G007
20 100 1k 20k 10k
Gain = 20 dB PO = 0.25 W RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 18 V
Right to Left
Left to Right −100 −80 −60 −40 −20 0
f − Frequency − Hz Crosstalk − dB
G008
Gain = 20 dB PO = 0.125 W RL = 8 Ω (SE) VCC = 18 V 20 100 1k 20k 10k
Right to Left
Left to Right f − Frequency − Hz Gain − dBr A
G009
0−200 200 400 Phase − °
100 1k 100k 10k
Phase
Gain −20 −40 020
VCC = 24 V Gain = 20 dB
O
P = 0.125 W L filt = 22 mH
Cfilt = 0.68 Fm
Cdc = 470 FmRL = 4 Ω (SE) 0510 15 20 25 30
f − Frequency − Hz Gain − dBr A
G010
0−100 −200 −300 100 200 Phase − °
20 100 1k 200k 10k
Phase
Gain
Gain = 20 dB PO = 0.125 W RL = 8 Ω (SE) VCC = 18 V
L filt = 47 mH
Cfilt = 0.22 Fm
Cdc = 470 FmPV CC − Supply Voltage − V
0510 15 10 12 14 16 18 20
PO − Output Power − W
G011
THD+N = 10%
THD+N = 1%
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 (SE) WPV CC − Supply Voltage − V
0246810 12 14 16 18 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
PO − Output Power − W
G012
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (SE)
THD+N = 10%
THD+N = 1% TPA3122D2
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
CROSSTALK CROSSTALK vs vs FREQUENCY (SE) FREQUENCY (SE) Figure 7. Figure 8. GAIN/PHASE GAIN/PHASE vs vs FREQUENCY (SE) FREQUENCY (SE) Figure 9. Figure 10. OUTPUT POWER OUTPUT POWER vs vs SUPPLY VOLTAGE (SE) SUPPLY VOLTAGE (SE) Figure 12.
NOTE: Dashed line = Thermally limited
Figure 11.
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020 40 60 80 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Efficiency − %
G013
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 12 V PO − Output Power − W
020 40 60 80 100 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Efficiency − %
G014
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (SE)
VCC = 12 V
VCC = 18 V
VCC = 24 V PO − Total Output Power − W
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
ICC − Supply Current − A
G015
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 12 V PO − Total Output Power − W
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
ICC − Supply Current − A
G016
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (SE)
VCC = 18 V
VCC = 24 V
VCC = 12 V −120 −100 −80 −60 −40 −20 0
f − Frequency − Hz PSRR − dB
G017
Gain = 20 dB RL = 4 Ω (SE) VCC = 12 V Vripple = 200 mV p-p
20 100 1k 20k 10k 20 100 1k 20k 10k
f − Frequency − Hz 0.1 0.01 0.001
G018
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL) VCC = 24 V 1THD+N − % 10
PO = 20 W
PO = 1 W
PO = 5 W TPA3122D2
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY vs vs OUTPUT POWER (SE) OUTPUT POWER (SE) Figure 13. Figure 14. SUPPLY CURRENT SUPPLY CURRENT vs vs TOTAL OUTPUT POWER (SE) TOTAL OUTPUT POWER (SE) Figure 15. Figure 16. POWER SUPPLY REJECTION RATIO TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE vs vs FREQUENCY (SE) FREQUENCY (BTL) Figure 17. Figure 18.
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f − Frequency − Hz Gain − dBr A
G020
−400 −500 −600 −700 −300 −200 Phase − °
20 100 1k 200k 10k
Phase
Gain
Gain = 20 dB PO = 0.125 W RL = 8 Ω (BTL) VCC = 24 V L filt = 33 mH
Cfilt = 1 FmPO − Output Power − W 0.1 0.01 0.001
G019
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL) 1THD+N − % 10 0.01 0.1 1 50 10
VCC = 24 V
VCC = 18 V
VCC = 12 V PV CC − Supply Voltage − V
010 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
PO − Output Power − W
G021
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL)
THD+N = 10%
THD+N = 1% PO − Output Power − W
020 40 60 80 100 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28
Efficiency − %
G022
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL)
VCC = 12 V
VCC = 18 V
VCC = 24 V PO − Total Output Power − W
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28
ICC − Supply Current − A
G023
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL)
VCC = 24 V
VCC = 12 V
VCC = 18 V −120 −100 −80 −60 −40 −20 0
f − Frequency − Hz PSRR − dB
G024
Gain = 20 dB RL = 8 Ω (BTL) VCC = 24 V Vripple = 200 mV p-p
20 100 1k 20k 10k TPA3122D2
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE GAIN/PHASE vs vs OUTPUT POWER (BTL) FREQUENCY (BTL) Figure 19. Figure 20. OUTPUT POWER EFFICIENCY vs vs SUPPLY VOLTAGE (BTL) OUTPUT POWER (BTL) Figure 21. Figure 22. SUPPLY CURRENT POWER SUPPLY REJECTION RATIO vs vs TOTAL OUTPUT POWER (BTL) FREQUENCY (BTL) Figure 23. Figure 24.
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-12 V -12 V
+12 V +12 V
Current OUTP
Differential Voltage Across Load OUTN
0 V
Supply Pumping Gain setting via GAIN0 and GAIN1 inputs
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This section focuses on the class-D operation of the TPA3122D2. The TPA3122D2 operates in AD mode. There are two main configurations that may be used. For stereo operation, the TPA3122D2 should be configured in a single-ended (SE) half bridge amplifier. For mono applications, TPA3122D2 may be used as a bridge tied load (BTL) amplifier. The traditional class-D modulation scheme, which is used in the TPA3122D2 BTL configuration, has a differential output where each output is 180 degrees out of phase and changes from ground to the supply voltage, VCC . Therefore, the differential pre-filtered output varies between positive and negative VCC , where filtered 50% duty cycle yields 0 V across the load. The traditional class-D modulation scheme with voltage and current waveforms is shown in Figure 25 .
Figure 25. Traditional Class-D Modulation Scheme's Output Voltage and Current Waveforms into an Inductive Load With No Input
One issue encountered in single-ended (SE) class-D amplifier designs is supply pumping. Power-supply pumping is a rise in the local supply voltage due to energy being driven back to the supply by operation of the class-D amplifier. This phenomenon is most evident at low audio frequencies and when both channels are operating at the same frequency and phase. At low levels, power-supply pumping results in distortion in the audio output due to fluctuations in supply voltage. At higher levels, pumping can cause the overvoltage protection to operate, which temporarily shuts down the audio output. Several things can be done to relieve power-supply pumping. The lowest impact is to operate the two inputs out of phase 180 ° and reverse the speaker connections. Because most audio is highly correlated, this causes the supply pumping to be out of phase and not as severe. If this is not enough, the amount of bulk capacitance on the supply must be increased. Also, improvement is realized by hooking other supplies to this node, thereby, sinking some of the excess current. Power-supply pumping should be tested by operating the amplifier at low frequencies and high output levels. The gain of the TPA3122D2 is set by two input terminals, GAIN0 and GAIN1. The gains listed in Table 1 are realized by changing the taps on the input resistors and feedback resistors inside the amplifier. This causes the input impedance (Z I) to be dependent on the gain setting. The actual gain settings are controlled by ratios of resistors, so the gain variation from part-to-part is small. However, the input impedance from part-to-part at the same gain may shift by ±20% due to shifts in the actual resistance of the input resistors.
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INPUT RESISTANCE Ci
IN Zi
ZfInput Signal
f = 12 Z C p i i
(1)
INPUT CAPACITOR, CIf =c
12 Z C p i i
–3 dB
fc
(2) C =i
12 Z f p i c
(3)
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For design purposes, the input network (discussed in the next section) should be designed assuming an input impedance of 8 kΩ, which is the absolute minimum input impedance of the TPA3122D2. At the higher gain settings, the input impedance could increase as high as 72 kΩ
Table 1. Gain Setting
AMPLIFIER GAIN (dB) INPUT IMPEDANCE (k Ω)GAIN1 GAIN0 TYPICAL TYPICAL
0020 60 0126 30 1032 15 1136 9
Changing the gain setting can vary the input resistance of the amplifier from its smallest value, 10 kΩ ±20%, to the largest value, 60 kΩ ±20%. As a result, if a single capacitor is used in the input high-pass filter, the -3 dB or cutoff frequency may change when changing gain steps. The -3-dB frequency can be calculated using Equation 1. Use the ZI values given in Table 1.In the typical application, an input capacitor I) is required to allow the amplifier to bias the input signal to the proper dc level for optimum operation. In this case, CI and the input impedance of the amplifier (Z I) form ahigh-pass filter with the corner frequency determined in Equation 2.The value of CI is important, as it directly affects the bass (low-frequency) performance of the circuit. Consider the example where ZI is 20 kΩ and the specification calls for a flat bass response down to 20 Hz. Equation 2 is reconfigured as Equation 3.In this example, CI is 0.4 μF; so, one would likely choose a value of 0.47 μF as this value is commonly used. If the gain is known and is constant, use ZI from Table 1 to calculate CI. A further consideration for this capacitor is the leakage path from the input source through the input network I) and the feedback network to the load. This leakage current creates a dc offset voltage at the input to the amplifier that reduces useful headroom, especially
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Single Ended Output Capacitor, Co
Output Filter and Frequency Response LOUT / ROUT Lfilter
Cfilter LOUT Lfilter
Cfilter
Lfilter
Cfilter
ROUT
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in high gain applications. For this reason, a low-leakage tantalum or ceramic capacitor is the best choice. When polarized capacitors are used, the positive side of the capacitor should face the amplifier input in most applications as the dc level there is held at 2 V, which is likely higher than the source dc level. Note that it is important to confirm the capacitor polarity in the application. Additionally, lead-free solder can create dc offset voltages and it is important to ensure that boards are cleaned properly. In single ended (SE) applications, the DC blocking capacitor forms a high pass filter with speaker impedance. The frequency response rolls of with decreasing frequency at a rate of 20dB/decade. The cutoff frequency is determined by fc = 1/2 ×πCoZL
Table 2 shows some common component values and the associated cutoff frequencies:
Table 2. Common Filter Responses
CSE – DC Blocking Capacitor (μF) Speaker Impedance (Ω) fc = 60 Hz fc = 40 Hz fc = 20 Hz
4 680 1000 2200 8 330 470 1000
For the best frequency response, a flat passband output filter (second order Butterworth) may be used. The output filter components consist of the series inductor and capacitor to ground at the LOUT and ROUT pins. There are several possible configurations depending on the speaker impedance and whether the output configuration is Single Ended (SE) or Bridge Tied Load (BTL). Table 3 list several possible arrangements.
Table 3. Recommended Filter Output Components
Output Configuration Speaker Impedance (Ω) Filter Inductor (μH) Filter Capacitor (nF)
4 22 680 Single Ended (SE) 8 47 390 4 10 1500 Bridge Tied Load 8 22 680
Figure 26. BTL Filter Configuration Figure 27. SE Filter Configuration
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BSN and BSP Capacitors VCLAMP Capacitor VBYP Capacitor Selection
SHUTDOWN OPERATION MUTE Operation
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The TPA3122D2 is a high-performance CMOS audio amplifier that requires adequate power supply decoupling to ensure that the output total harmonic distortion (THD) is as low as possible. Power supply decoupling also prevents oscillations for long lead lengths between the amplifier and the speaker. The optimum decoupling is achieved by using two capacitors of different types that target different types of noise on the power supply leads. For higher frequency transients, spikes, or digital hash on the line, a good low equivalent-series-resistance (ESR) ceramic capacitor, typically 0.1 μF to 1 μF placed as close as possible to the device VCC lead works best. For filtering lower frequency noise signals, a larger aluminum electrolytic capacitor of 220 μF or greater placed near the audio power amplifier is recommended. The 220-μF capacitor also serves as local storage capacitor for supplying current during large signal transients on the amplifier outputs. The PVCC terminals provide the power to the output transistors, so a 220-μF or larger capacitor should be placed on each PVCC terminal. A 10-μF capacitor on the AVCC terminal is adequate. The half H-bridge output stages use only NMOS transistors. Therefore, they require bootstrap capacitors for the high side of each output to turn on correctly. A 220-nF ceramic capacitor, rated for at least 25 V, must be connected from each output to its corresponding bootstrap input. Specifically, one 220-nF capacitor must be connected from LOUT to BSL, and one 220-nF capacitor must be connected from ROUT to BSR. The bootstrap capacitors connected between the BSx pins and corresponding output function as a floating power supply for the high-side N-channel power MOSFET gate drive circuitry. During each high-side switching cycle, the bootstrap capacitors hold the gate-to-source voltage high enough to keep the high-side MOSFETs turned on. To ensure that the maximum gate-to-source voltage for the NMOS output transistors is not exceeded, one internal regulator clamps the gate voltage. One 1-μF capacitor must be connected from VCLAMP (pin 11 for PWP and pin 9 for DIP package) to ground and must be rated for at least 16 V. The voltages at the VCLAMP terminal may vary with VCC and may not be used for powering any other circuitry. The scaled supply reference (V BYP ) nominally provides an AVcc/8 internal bias for the preamplifier stages. The external capacitor for this reference CBYP ) is a critical component and serves several important functions. During start-up or recovery from shutdown mode, CBSP determines the rate at which the amplifier starts up. The second function is to reduce noise produced by the power supply caused by coupling with the output drive signal. This noise could result in degraded PSRR and THD + N. The circuit is designed for a CBSP value of 1 μF for best pop performance. The inputs caps should be the same value. A ceramic or tantalum low-ESR capacitor is recommended. The TPA3122D2 employs a shutdown mode of operation designed to reduce supply current (I CC ) to the absolute minimum level during periods of non-use for power conservation. The SHUTDOWN input terminal should be held high (see specification table for trip point) during normal operation when the amplifier is in use. Pulling SHUTDOWN low causes the outputs to mute and the amplifier to enter a low-current state. Never leave SHUTDOWN unconnected, because amplifier operation would be unpredictable. For the best power-up pop performance, place the amplifier in the shutdown or mute mode prior to applying the power supply voltage. The MUTE pin is an input for controlling the output state of the TPA3122D2. A logic high on this terminal causes the outputs to run at a constant 50% duty cycle. A logic low on this pin enables the outputs. This terminal may be used as a quick disable/enable of outputs when changing channels on a television or switching between different audio sources. The MUTE terminal should never be left floating. For power conservation, the SHUTDOWN terminal should be used to reduce the quiescent current to the absolute minimum level.
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USING LOW-ESR CAPACITORS SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION THERMAL PROTECTION PRINTED-CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) LAYOUT RIGHT_OUT
LEFT_OUT
VCC
Shutdown Control
Mute Control Left Input Right Input
470uF 470uF
0.68uF 0.68uF
0.22uF 0.22uF
4.7K 4.7K
22uH 22uH
10uF 10uF
0.1uF 0.1uF
470uF 470uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
0.22uF 0.22uF
TPA3122_PDIP TPA3122_PDIP
PVCCL 1
SD 2
MUTE 3
LIN 4
RIN 5
BYPASS 6
AGND1 7
AGND2 8
VCLAMP 9
PVCCR 10 PGNDR 11
ROUT 12
BSR 13
GAIN1 14
GAIN0 15
AVCC2 16
AVCC1 17
BSL 18
LOUT 19
PGNDL 20
1.0uF 1.0uF
470uF 470uF
470uF 470uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
0.68uF 0.68uF
0.1uF 0.1uF
0.1uF 0.1uF
4.7K 4.7K
22uH 22uH
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Low-ESR capacitors are recommended throughout this application section. A real (as opposed to ideal) capacitor can be modeled simply as a resistor in series with an ideal capacitor. The voltage drop across this resistor minimizes the beneficial effects of the capacitor in the circuit. The lower the equivalent value of this resistance, the more the real capacitor behaves like an ideal capacitor. The TPA3122D2 has short-circuit protection circuitry on the outputs that prevents damage to the device during output-to-output shorts and output-to-GND shorts. When a short circuit is detected on the outputs, the part immediately disables the output drive. This is an unlatched fault. Normal operation is restored when the fault is removed. Thermal protection on the TPA3122D2 prevents damage to the device when the internal die temperature exceeds 150 °C. There is a ±15 °C tolerance on this trip point from device to device. Once the die temperature exceeds the thermal set point, the device enters into the shutdown state and the outputs are disabled. This is not a latched fault. The thermal fault is cleared once the temperature of the die is reduced by 30 °C. The device begins normal operation at this point with no external system interaction. Because the TPA3122D2 is a class-D amplifier that switches at a high frequency, the layout of the printed-circuit board (PCB) should be optimized according to the following guidelines for the best possible performance.
• Decoupling capacitors —The high-frequency 0.1μF decoupling capacitors should be placed as close to the PVCC (pins 1 and 10) and AVCC (pins 16 and 17) terminals as possible. The VBYP (pin 6) capacitor and VCLAMP (pin 9) capacitor should also be placed as close to the device as possible. Large (220 μF or greater) bulk power supply decoupling capacitors should be placed near the TPA3122D2 on the PVCCL and PVCCR terminals.
• Grounding —The AVCC (pins 16 and 17) decoupling capacitor and VBYP (pin 6) capacitor should each be grounded to analog ground (AGND, pins 7 and 8). The PVCCx decoupling capacitors and VCLAMP capacitors should each be grounded to power ground (PGND, pins 11 and 20). Analog ground and power ground should be connected at the thermal pad, which should be used as a central ground connection or star ground for the TPA3122D2.
• Output filter —The EMI filter (L1, L2, C9, and C16) should be placed as close to the output terminals as possible for the best EMI performance. The capacitors should be grounded to power ground. For an example layout, see the TPA3122D2 Evaluation Module (TPA3122D2EVM) User Manual, (SLOU214 ). Both the EVM user manual and the thermal pad application note are available on the TI Web site at .
Figure 28. SE 4-Ω Application Schematic
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LEFT_OUT
VCC
Shutdown Control
Mute Control Plus Input Minus Input
0.68uF 0.68uF 4.7K 4.7K
0.22uF 0.22uF
10uF 10uF
22uH 22uH
0.1uF 0.1uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
470uF 470uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
1.0uF 1.0uF
TPA3122_PDIP TPA3122_PDIP
PVCCL 1
SD 2
MUTE 3
LIN 4
RIN 5
BYPASS 6
AGND1 7
AGND2 8
VCLAMP 9
PVCCR 10 PGNDR 11
ROUT 12
BSR 13
GAIN1 14
GAIN0 15
AVCC2 16
AVCC1 17
BSL 18
LOUT 19
PGNDL 20
0.22uF 0.22uF
470uF 470uF 1.0uF 1.0uF
0.1uF 0.1uF
0.68uF 0.68uF 4.7K 4.7K
0.1uF 0.1uF
22uH 22uH
BASIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
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Figure 29. BTL 8-Ω Application Schematic
This application note focuses on methods that use the basic equipment listed below:
• Audio analyzer or spectrum analyzer
• Digital multimeter (DMM)
• Oscilloscope
• Twisted-pair wires
• Signal generator
• Power resistor(s)
• Linear regulated power supply
• Filter components
• EVM or other complete audio circuit Figure 30 shows the block diagrams of basic measurement systems for class-AB and class-D amplifiers. A sine wave is normally used as the input signal because it consists of the fundamental frequency only (no other harmonics are present). An analyzer is then connected to the APA output to measure the voltage output. The analyzer must be capable of measuring the entire audio bandwidth. A regulated dc power supply is used to reduce the noise and distortion injected into the APA through the power pins. A System Two audio measurement system (AP-II) (Reference 1) by Audio Precision includes the signal generator and analyzer in one package. The generator output and amplifier input must be ac-coupled. However, the EVMs already have the ac-coupling capacitors, CIN ), so no additional coupling is required. The generator output impedance should be low to avoid attenuating the test signal, and is important because the input resistance of APAs is not high. Conversely, the analyzer-input impedance should be high. The output resistance, ROUT , of the APA is normally in the hundreds of milliohms and can be ignored for all but the power-related calculations. Figure 30 (a) shows a class-AB amplifier system. It takes an analog signal input and produces an analog signal output. This amplifier circuit can be directly connected to the AP-II or other analyzer input. This is not true of the class-D amplifier system shown in Figure 30 (b), which requires low-pass filters in most cases in order to measure the audio output waveforms. This is because it takes an analog input signal and converts it into a pulse-width modulated (PWM) output signal that is not accurately processed by some analyzers.
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(a) Basic Class-AB APA Signal Generator
Power Supply
Analyzer 20 Hz - 20 kHz RL
(b) Traditional Class-D Class-D APA Signal Generator
Power Supply
RL
Lfilt
Cfilt TPA3122D2
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Figure 30. Audio Measurement Systems
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CIN
CLRIN RGEN
Twisted-Pair Wire Generator Evaluation Module Audio Power Amplifier Twisted-Pair Wire
RL
RANA CANA
Analyzer
RANA CANA
Lfilt
Cfilt
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The SE input and output configuration is used with class-AB amplifiers. A block diagram of a fully SE measurement circuit is shown in Figure 31 . SE inputs normally have one input pin per channel. In some cases, two pins are present; one is the signal and the other is ground. SE outputs have one pin driving a load through an output ac coupling capacitor and the other end of the load is tied to ground. SE inputs and outputs are considered to be unbalanced, meaning one end is tied to ground and the other to an amplifier input/output. The generator should have unbalanced outputs, and the signal should be referenced to the generator ground for best results. Unbalanced or balanced outputs can be used when floating, but they may create a ground loop that will effect the measurement accuracy. The analyzer should have balanced inputs to cancel out any common-mode noise in the measurement.
Figure 31. SE Input —SE Output Measurement Circuit
The following general rules should be followed when connecting to APAs with SE inputs and outputs:
• Use an unbalanced source to supply the input signal.
• Use an analyzer with balanced inputs.
• Use twisted pair wire for all connections.
• Use shielding when the system environment is noisy.
• Ensure the cables from the power supply to the APA, and from the APA to the load, can handle the large currents (see Table 4)
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DIFFERENTIAL INPUT AND BTL OUTPUT (TPA3122D2 Mono Configuration) CIN
Audio Power Amplifier
Generator
CIN
RGEN
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Figure 32. Differential Input, BTL Output Measurement Circuit
The generator should have balanced outputs, and the signal should be balanced for best results. An unbalanced output can be used, but it may create a ground loop that affects the measurement accuracy. The analyzer must also have balanced inputs for the system to be fully balanced, thereby cancelling out any common-mode noise in the circuit and providing the most accurate measurement. The following general rules should be followed when connecting to APAs with differential inputs and BTL outputs:
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5542 | https://math.umd.edu/~immortal/MATH431/book/ch_2dgraphics.pdf | MATH431: 2D Graphics Basics Justin Wyss-Gallifent September 17, 2021 1 Overview of Geometric Transformations in 2D . . . . . . . . . . .
2 2 Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 3 Rotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 4 Rotation Addendum in 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 5 Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 6 Two Reflections Equals One Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 7 Closest Point Parametrization of a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 7.1 Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 7.2 Advantages and Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 8 Perspective Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 9 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 1 1 Overview of Geometric Transformations in 2D Suppose have an object in R2 that we wish to manipulate.
For the sake of simplicity this object will be composed of points. Some standard manipulation might be things like: (a) Translations: Shifting the object horizontally and vertically.
(b) Rotations: Rotating the object about an arbitrary point.
(c) Reflections: Reflecting the object in an arbitrary line.
(d) Perspective: Although this makes more sense in R3 it’s worth taking a look at this in R2 because it makes the problems clear in a simpler context.
Moreover ideally we would like to use linear algebra do do these things because it is fast and cheap, computationally speaking.
More specifically given a point represented by a vector v we would like to rep-resent each of the transformations above by a matrix M so that applying the transformation can be done by doing the product Mv.
Note: This is an ideal situation. In reality much of the gruntwork calculation is baked into the software or hardware and transparent to the user. However it’s still certainly true that simpler calculations are faster, all other things being equal. Consquently our ongoing goal is simplicity wherever possible.
2 Translations Immediately we have a problem. Given a point represented by a vector v = [x, y]T a translation by a units horizontally and b units vertically would have to be a transformation T([x, y]T ) = [x + a, y + b]T But this cannot be represented by a matrix because it is not linear and it is not linear because T([0, 0]T ) = [a, b]T ̸= [0, 0]T unless a = b = 0 which is no translation at all.
As we’ve mentioned above this is not a huge issue in the sense that addition is a fairly easy operation but it is a separate operation from matrix multiplication, so it’s worth keeping this in mind.
3 Rotations Rotations about points other than the origin are not linear for the same reason argued above. If you rotate the origin about a point other than the origin it will end up offthe origin, unless the rotation is by 2π, which is no rotation at all.
So how about rotation about the origin? Let’s construct it, so consider the following picture: 2 v = x y T(v) = x′ y′ θ α First note that: x = p x2 + y2 cos α y = p x2 + y2 sin α It then follows that from the addition formula for cosine: x′ = p x2 + y2 cos(α + θ) = p x2 + y2 (cos α cos θ −sin α sin θ) = p x2 + y2 cos α cos θ − p x2 + y2 sin α sin θ = x cos θ −y sin θ And that from the addition formula for sine: y′ = p x2 + y2 sin(α + θ) = p x2 + y2 (sin α cos θ + sin θ cos α) = p x2 + y2 sin α cos θ + p x2 + y2 sin θ cos α = y cos θ + x sin θ = x sin θ + y cos θ This can be written as a matrix product: 3 T x y = x cos θ −y sin θ x sin θ + y cos θ = cos θ −sin θ sin θ cos θ x y It follows that rotation about the origin counterclockwise by θ radians is linear with the matrix representation: Rθ = cos θ −sin θ sin θ cos θ Because we’ve explicitly constructed a matrix which does exactly what we wanted we know for a fact that rotation about the origin counterclockwise by θ radians is linear and that we have our matrix.
We can now use it to rotate.
Example 3.1. The result of rotating the point (5, 2) counterclockwise by π/6 radians about the origin is: Rπ/6 5 2 = cos(π/6) −sin(π/6) sin(π/6) cos(π/6) 5 2 = 5( √ 3/2) −2(1/2) 5(1/2) + 2( √ 3/2) Or the point (5( √ 3/2) −2(1/2), 5(1/2) + 2( √ 3/2)) = 5 √ 3 −2 2 , 5 + 2 √ 3 2 !
□ 2 4 6 2 4 6 5 2 " 5 √ 3−2 2 5+2 √ 3 2 # ≈ 3.3301 4.2321 π/6 4 Exercise 3.1. Find the result of rotating the point (−3, 7) counterclockwise by π/4 radians.
□ Exercise 3.2. Find the result of rotating the point (−2, −7) clockwise by 7π/6 radians.
□ Exercise 3.3. Show computationally that a rotation by θ1 radians followed by a rotation by θ2 radians results in a rotation by θ1 + θ2 radians.
□ Exercise 3.4. A non-vertical line in space can be given by the slope-intercept form y = mx + b for m, b ∈R.
(a) Find the image of the point (0, b) under rotation by θ.
(b) Find the image of the point (1, m + b) under rotation by θ.
(c) Find the slope of the image of the line. This should not contain b. Why does this make sense? For which values of θ will this be undefined? Explain geometrically what is happening for such values.
(d) Write the equation of the new line in the form y = m′x + b′ where m′ and b′ may depend on m, b, θ.
(e) Where does the line y = 2x + 6 get mapped to when θ = π/6?
(f) In the case where the slope is undefined what will the equation of the new line be?
□ Exercise 3.5. Any line in 2D space can be given by an equation of the form ax + by = c for a, b, c ∈R.
(a) If a rotation by θ radians is applied to this line, find the equation of the resulting line. Your final answer should be in the form a′x + b′y = c′ where a′, b′, and c′ may depend on a, b, c, θ. You may need more than one case.
(b) Where does the line y = 5 get mapped to when θ = π/3?
(c) Where does the line x = 5 get mapped to when θ = π/4?
(d) Where does the line 2x + 4y = 7 get mapped to when θ = π/6?
□ 5 Exercise 3.6. It’s fairly clear intuitively that rotation preserves distances (for-mally it’s an example of an isometry) but show computationally that this is true. In other words show that if P and Q are points then we have: dist(Rθ(P), Rθ(Q)) = dist(P, Q) □ 4 Rotation Addendum in 3D It’s possible to rewrite our rotation formula in a way that extends its use. Con-sider that the mapping works as follows: x y 7→ x cos θ −y sin θ x sin θ + y cos θ = cos θ x y + sin θ −y x The vector [−y, x]T is the result of rotating [x, y]T counterclockwise by π/2 about the origin. Consquently what this reformulation is saying is that if v is a vector and if w is the result of rotating v counterclockwise by π/2 about the origin then the rotation map is: v 7→(cos θ)v + (sin θ)w Since this mapping is a simple linear combination it is actually valid even in 3D if we understand the context. Imagine a plane through the origin and a perpendicular axis ˆ u (in this case ˆ u is a unit normal vector).
Suppose v is a vector in this plane and w is the result of rotating v by π/2 about the ˆ u axis obeying the right-hand rule (thumb follows ˆ u and fingers curl from v to w). Then the result of rotating v by θ radians about ˆ u (again following the right-hand rule) will obey the same rotation map above.
We’ll use the following notation when it’s clear what the axis and angle are or when the specifics are irrelevant: Rot(v) = (cos θ)v + (sin θ)w Note that the perpendicular axis ˆ u is useful only for understanding the direction of rotation (how v and w need to relate), it doesn’t initially show in the formula.
Really the formula just indicates that v rotates toward w within the plane they span and ˆ u doesn’t come into play using that interpretation.
It is of course critical that |v| = |w| in order to use the formula.
This picture might clarify.
6 ˆ u v w Rot(v) = (cos θ)v + (sin θ)w θ Example 4.1. Observe that the vectors v = 2ˆ ı + 2ˆ + 1ˆ k and w = 0ˆ ı + 3 √ 5 ˆ − 6 √ 5 ˆ k are perpendicular and have the same magnitude. Consequently if we wish to rotate v toward w by 3π/4 radians we calculate: Rot(v) = (cos(3π/4))v + (sin(3π/4))w = − √ 2 2 (2ˆ ı + 2ˆ + 1ˆ k) + √ 2 2 0ˆ ı + 3 √ 5 ˆ −6 √ 5 ˆ k It’s worth noting that since 3π 4 > π 2 this actually rotates v past w in the plane they span.
□ Exercise 4.1. Observe that the vectors v = 2ˆ ı+2ˆ −2ˆ k and w = 0ˆ ı+ √ 6ˆ + √ 6ˆ k are perpendicular and have the same magnitude. Find the vector which results when v is rotated π 3 radians towards w in the plane they span and the vector which results when w is rotated π 3 radians towards v in the plane they span.
□ Exercise 4.2. The vectors v = 4ˆ ı + 2ˆ −3ˆ k and w = 1ˆ ı + 1ˆ + 2ˆ are per-pendicular but do not have the same magnitude. Find the vector which results when v is rotates 5π 6 radians towards w in the plane they span.
□ 7 Exercise 4.3. The vectors v = 3ˆ ı + 3ˆ + 1ˆ k and w = 4ˆ ı + 2ˆ −2ˆ k are neither perpendicular nor have the same magnitude. They do of course span a plane.
Find the vector which results when v is rotates 5π 6 radians towards w in the plane they span.
□ In a more likely scenario it’s ˆ u and v which are given. In this context ˆ u defines both the plane and a sense of counterclockwise within that plane again with the right-hand rule. The thumb follows ˆ u and the curl of the fingers are designated as counterclockwise.
In this scenario ˆ u becomes essential in finding w because w = ˆ u × v.
Why is this? Well the right-hand rule shows that w points in the direction we need it to and it’s the right length because we know that ˆ u and v are perpendicular and ˆ u is a unit vector (important!) and so we know that |w| = |ˆ u × v| = |ˆ u||v| sin θ = (1)|v| sin(π/2) = |v| Thus in reality we can write: Rot(v) = (cos θ)v + (sin θ)(ˆ u × v) Example 4.2. Observe that the vectors ˆ u = 1 √ 14(1ˆ ı + 2ˆ + 3ˆ k) and v = 3ˆ ı + 0ˆ −1ˆ k are perpendicular. Consequently to rotate v about the axis ˆ u by π/4 radians we calculate: Rot(v) = (cos(π/4))v + (sin(π/4))(ˆ u × v) Since we have: ˆ u × v = 1 √ 14(−2ˆ ı + 10ˆ −6ˆ k) we get the result: Rot(v) = √ 2 2 (3ˆ ı + 0ˆ −1ˆ k) + √ 2 2 1 √ 14(−2ˆ ı + 10ˆ −6ˆ k) □ The following picture is the result. We’ve put the direction of ˆ u rather than ˆ u itself since ˆ u is a unit vector and consequently is so short as to be tricky to have in the picture.
Direction of ˆ u v Rot(v) 8 Exercise 4.4. Let u = 5ˆ ı+2ˆ −3ˆ k (not a unit vector) and let v = 1ˆ ı+2ˆ +3ˆ k.
Find ˆ u (normalize u), prove that ˆ u and v are perpendicular and then find the result when v is rotated by π/6 around ˆ u.
□ Exercise 4.5. Consider the plane defined by x + 2y + 4z = 0 and assumed normal vector arising from the normalization of N = 1ˆ ı+2ˆ +4ˆ k. Find a generic formula for rotation of this plane about this vector and give this formula as a mapping of a point (x, y, z) 7→(?, ?, ?).
□ Exercise 4.6. Given a plane P, a point p ∈P, and a unit vector ˆ u anchored at p, we can still rotate P about p (and about the axis ˆ u) in a counterclockwise directon as defined by ˆ u even when p ̸= 0, although this transformation is not linear. We do so by translating R3 so that p is at the origin, then rotate, then translate back.
Let P be the plane x + 2y + 3z = 6. Let the center and axis be defined by p = [2, 2, 0]T and ˆ u be the normalization of N = 1ˆ ı + 2ˆ + 3ˆ k.
Find the resulting point when (0, 3, 0) is rotated by π/6 radians in this way.
□ 5 Reflections As with rotations it’s clear that a transformation which reflects in a line not through the origin will not be linear since it will take the origin offitself. But how about reflection in a line through the origin?
There are various approaches to this but the most elementary one is to approach the problem as follows. Suppose a line through the origin makes an angle of −π 2 ≤θ ≤π 2 radians with the x-axis. Denote by Fθ the reflection (F for Flip) in that line.
What we can do is rotate about the origin to move this line to the x-axis, then reflect in the x-axis using the transformation: F0 = 1 0 0 −1 and then rotate back. Notice that the above transformation simply negates the y-coordinate.
So then in other words if a line makes an angle of −π 2 ≤θ ≤π 2 with the x-axis then we would simply reflect by: Fθ = RθF0R−θ 9 Note 5.0.1. Note that is a matrix product and so its action is right-to-left. To apply it to a point (vector) v we would do v 7→RθF0R−θv Or if you prefer: Flip(v) = RθF0R−θv □ Since the product is a matrix the resulting transformation is linear.
Interestingly if we work the details of this out we find: Fθ = RθF0R−θ = cos θ −sin θ sin θ cos θ 1 0 0 −1 cos(−θ) −sin(−θ) sin(−θ) cos(−θ) = ...
= cos(2θ) sin(2θ) sin(2θ) −cos(2θ) = cos(2θ) −sin(2θ) sin(2θ) cos(2θ) 1 0 0 −1 = R2θF0 So reflecting in the line with angle −π 2 ≤θ ≤π 2 is equivalent to first reflecting in the x-axis and then rotating counterclockwise by 2θ: Fθ = RθF0R−θ = R2θF0 Definition 5.0.1. The resulting matrix is the reflection matrix.
□ Exercise 5.1. Fill in the ... part of the calculation above.
□ Exercise 5.2. Calculate the reflection matrix for the line which makes an angle of π 3 with the x-axis. Then use it to calculate the reflection of the point (5, −3).
□ Exercise 5.3. The line y = mx is represented by the vector v = [1, m]T which by basic trigonometry satisfies 1 = √ 1 + m2 cos θ and m = √ 1 + m2 sin θ (a picture can help you see this). Use this fact and the above formula for Fv to show that reflection in the line y = mx is represented by the matrix: 1 m2 + 1 1 −m2 2m 2m m2 −1 10 □ Exercise 5.4. Calculate the matrix which reflects in the line y = 3x and use it to reflect the points (1, 2) and (3, −4).
□ Exercise 5.5. Another approach to reflection in y = mx is to start with a point (x0, y0), construct the line perpendicular to y = mx and through (x0, y0), and then locate the opposite point on this new line which is the same distance from y = mx as (x0, y0). Do so and show that the result is the same as the matrix two exercises above. This is pretty straightforward when done carefully.
□ Exercise 5.6. Work through some of the above calculations by using reflection in the y-axis instead of reflection in the x-axis and show that the results are all equivalent.
□ Exercise 5.7. Show that reflecting in the line (vector) with angle θ is equiva-lent to first reflecting in the y-axis and then rotating counterclockwise by some amount.
□ 6 Two Reflections Equals One Rotation From the previous calculation: Fθ = R2θF0 We can solve for R2θ as follows, noting that F −1 0 = F0: Fθ = R2θF0 FθF −1 0 = R2θ FθF0 = R2θ Thus we can see that: Rθ = Fθ/2F0 It follows that any rotation at all can be constructed using reflection in the x-axis as well as one other reflection.
11 Note 6.0.1. Given that we defined reflections in terms of rotations this obvi-ously becomes self-referential. We are not suggesting that this is necessarily the best way to calculate a rotation but rather we are just pointing out a connec-tion. In addition having this formula at our disposal can help us with futher calculations and observations.
□ Example 6.1. To rotate by π/6 radians we simply do the following: Rπ/6 = Fπ/12F0 □ Exercise 6.1. Write Rπ/3 as a product of reflections as in the previous example.
□ It turns out that the previous statement can be generalized to say that the product of any two reflections equals a rotation.
A picture with a few points can help convince us of this. Here we see a circle, a square and a triangle reflected first in a line with angle of 0.05π and then in a line with angle of 0.4π. We can see that the successive reflections formed a rotation, the question is how far.
0.05π 0.4π Start After 1 Reflection After 2 Reflections This is not hard to figure out. Suppose the first reflection makes an angle of θ1 with the positive x-axis while the second makes an angle of θ2 with the positive x-axis. Let’s calculate the result of reflecting in the first and then the second.
The lengthy matrix calculation here is omitted, just the result is given. Here the notation Fθ is used to denote a reflection in the line which makes an angle of θ with the positive x-axis.
12 Fθ2Fθ1 = Rθ2F0R−θ2Rθ1F0R−θ1 = ...
= cos(2(θ2 −θ1)) −sin(2(θ2 −θ1)) sin(2(θ2 −θ1)) cos(2(θ2 −θ1)) This shows that the result rotates counterclockwise about the origin by 2(θ2 − θ1). An alternate way of thinking about this is that it rotates the plane from the first reflection toward the second reflection by twice the angle between them.
7 Closest Point Parametrization of a Line 7.1 Method Classic ways of representing a line in R2 are y = mx + b, ax + by = c and via a parametrization r(t) = x(t)ˆ ı + y(t)ˆ .
Another interesting way to represent a line L which does not pass through the origin is via the closest point parametrization of a line. Let p ∈R2 with p ̸= 0.
This defines a line as follows - first draw the line from 0 0 to p and then draw the line L through p perpendicular to this first line.
Example 7.1. Here is the line parametrized by p = 1 5 : 1 5 L □ Exercise 7.1. Consider now the line L parametrized by p = 5 2 .
(a) Draw a rough sketch of L.
13 (b) Find an equation which is satisfied iff x y ∈L and rewrite it slope-intercept form.
□ Exercise 7.2. Which point parametrizes the line y = 3x + 2?
□ Exercise 7.3. Suppose p ̸= 0 represents L. Show that Rθ(p) represents Rθ(L) and Fv(p) represents Fv(L).
□ Exercise 7.4. Suppose two lines are represented by: p1 = x1 y1 and p2 = x2 y2 Find the point at which they meet.
□ 7.2 Advantages and Disadvantages The major advantages to using the closest point parametrization of a line is that to rotate the line around the origin, or to reflect the line in another line through the origin, we simply operate on that point.
This is counterbalanced by the major disadvantages: • Determining if another point is on this line is not as obvious as with something like y = mx + b.
• Translation of the line is not easy.
• Rotation of the line around a point other than the origin is not easy.
• Reflection of the line through another line not through the origin is not easy.
Of course formulas may be developed for the three above transformations but they take some work.
Exercise 7.5. If x0 y0 is the closest point parametrization of a line and we translate it by a b , what is the closest point parametrization of the resulting line?
□ 14 Exercise 7.6. Suppose x0 y0 is the closest point parametrization of a line.
How could you determine whether the point x y is on this line? Think of at least two different ways.
□ 8 Perspective Projection Perspective will make more sense when we move to 3D but we can work up a 2D version that nails down the basic problem.
Imagine an object in the xy-plane below the x-axis. If you position your eye at the point (0, d) and look downwards and imagine that the viewing plane is the x-axis then you will see the object as if it is projected with perspective to the x-axis: y x (0, d) Let’s look at just one point: (0, d) (x, y) (x′, 0) 15 A simple calculation with similar triangles tells us that the point (x, y) maps to the point (x′, 0) via: x′ d = x d −y x′ = dx d −y This is not a linear transformation, meaning there is no 2 × 2 matrix P such that: P x y = dx/(d −y) 0 This is easy to see - if such a mapping were a linear transformation then it would take the basis vectors [1, 0]T and [0, 1]T to [d(1)/(d−0), 0]T = [1, 0]T and [d(0)/(d −1), 0]T = [0, 0]T respectively, meaning it would be the matrix: 1 0 0 0 However clearly this matrix does not do what we’re asking of it: 1 0 0 0 x y = x 0 ̸= dx/(d −y) 0 Exercise 8.1. We showed that this perspective projection was not linear by assuming that it was, constructing the associated matrix, then showing that the matrix failed to do what we want. Instead we could take the mapping x y 7→ dx/(d −y) 0 and show that it failed the definition of linearity. Do so.
□ Exercise 8.2. Explain the difference (in terms of the geometric result) between the object moving away from the viewing plane and the eye moving away from the viewing plane.
□ 16 9 Conclusion In 2D none of translation, rotation, reflection or projection work as we’d like.
We get rotation only if it’s about the origin and reflection only if it’s in a line through the origin. However we’ve learned a few useful things, such as how two successive reflections yield a rotation as well as how perspective projection ought to work. This knowledge will help us as we move forward.
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What is a milliliter (ml)?
A milliliter (ml) is a unit of volume in the metric system, which is widely used around the world for measuring small quantities of liquids. The metric system, known for its simplicity and ease of use, is based on powers of ten, making conversions straightforward and intuitive.
Basic Definition and Conversion
1 milliliter (ml) is equal to one-thousandth of a liter (l). In mathematical terms: 1 ml = 0.001 l. This conversion is fundamental for various applications, from everyday tasks to scientific research.
Historical Context
The milliliter, like other metric units, was introduced as part of the metric system during the French Revolution to standardize measurements. The goal was to replace the myriad of local units with a unified, decimal-based system that could be universally understood and applied.
Practical Applications
Cooking and Baking: Recipes often require precise measurements of liquid ingredients to ensure the correct texture and flavor. For example, a cake recipe might call for 250 ml of milk, ensuring consistency across different batches.
Medicine: Accurate dosage is critical in medicine. Liquid medications are frequently measured in milliliters. For instance, a doctor might prescribe 5 ml of cough syrup, providing a precise and safe dosage for the patient.
Science and Research: Laboratories rely on the milliliter for measuring chemicals and solutions. Precise measurements are crucial for experiments, where even a slight deviation can impact results. For example, a biologist might measure 1.5 ml of a reagent to mix with a sample.
Beverages: Beverage labels typically indicate volume in milliliters. This helps consumers understand the quantity they are purchasing. For example, a standard bottle of water might contain 500 ml.
Everyday Use: The milliliter is also common in everyday activities, such as refilling a windshield washer reservoir in a car, where the recommended amount might be specified in milliliters.
Advantages of Using Milliliters
Precision: Milliliters provide a high degree of accuracy, which is essential in fields like medicine and chemistry.
Ease of Conversion: The metric system' decimal nature makes it easy to convert between units. For example, converting milliliters to liters simply involves dividing by 1000.
Global Standard: The milliliter is internationally recognized, facilitating trade, science, and communication across borders.
Tools and Resources
Using tools like the ml to l calculator can simplify conversions and ensure accuracy. These tools are particularly useful in educational settings, kitchens, laboratories, and any scenario where precise liquid measurement is required.
Example Conversion: If you have 250 ml of liquid, you can convert it to liters by: 250 ml × 0.001 = 0.25 l
The milliliter is a versatile and essential unit of measurement in the metric system. Its applications span across various fields, emphasizing the importance of precision and ease of use. Understanding how to convert milliliters to liters and vice versa is a valuable skill, facilitated by practical tools and calculators.
What is a liter (l)?
A liter (l) is a unit of volume in the metric system, commonly used to measure larger quantities of liquid. It is one of the most widely recognized and utilized units of volume globally, particularly in contexts where precision and standardization are essential.
Basic Definition and Conversion
1 liter (l) is equivalent to 1,000 milliliters (ml). This relationship is pivotal for various calculations and conversions: 1 l = 1,000 ml.
Historical Context
The liter originated in France during the late 18th century as part of the metric system's establishment. The metric system aimed to replace the numerous local measurement systems with a unified, decimal-based system that was both practical and easy to use.
Practical Applications
Household Use: Liters are frequently used in everyday contexts, such as measuring beverages, water consumption, and fuel. For example, milk is commonly sold in liter-sized containers, and car fuel efficiency is often measured in liters per 100 kilometers.
Cooking and Baking: While milliliters are used for precise measurements, liters are useful for larger quantities. Recipes for soups, stews, and beverages might call for several liters of liquid.
Medicine: In medical contexts, liters are used to measure blood volume, intravenous fluid requirements, and other significant quantities. For instance, a blood donation typically involves about half a liter of blood.
Science and Research: Laboratories use liters to measure larger volumes of liquids for experiments and reactions. Chemical solutions, biological cultures, and other substances are often prepared in liter quantities.
Industry and Commerce: In industrial settings, liters are used to measure production quantities, such as the volume of chemicals produced or used. In commerce, products like beverages, cleaning agents, and other liquid goods are often sold in liter-sized packaging.
Advantages of Using Liters
Standardization: The liter is a standardized unit of measurement recognized worldwide, facilitating international trade, scientific research, and communication.
Convenience: The metric system's decimal structure makes conversions involving liters straightforward. For example, converting liters to milliliters involves multiplying by 1,000.
Versatility: The liter is suitable for a wide range of applications, from household tasks to industrial processes, making it a versatile unit of measurement.
Tools and Resources
Using tools like the ml to l calculator can help simplify conversions and ensure accuracy. These tools are especially valuable in educational settings, scientific research, and industries where precise measurements are critical.
Example Conversion: If you have 2 liters of liquid, you can convert it to milliliters by: 2 l × 1,000 = 2,000 ml
The liter is a fundamental unit of volume in the metric system, essential for measuring larger quantities of liquid. Its widespread use and recognition make it a crucial unit for various applications, from everyday household tasks to complex scientific research. Understanding how to convert between liters and milliliters is essential for accurate measurements and effective communication.
How to Convert Milliliters (ml) to Liters (l)
Conversion Formula
The basic formula for converting milliliters to liters is: Liters (l) = Milliliters (ml) / 1000. Since 1 liter equals 1,000 milliliters, you divide the number of milliliters by 1,000 to get the equivalent volume in liters.
Examples of Conversion
Example 1: Converting 500 ml to lLiters = 500 ml / 1000 = 0.5 l. So, 500 milliliters is equal to 0.5 liters.
Example 2: Converting 2500 ml to lLiters = 2500 ml / 1000 = 2.5 l. So, 2,500 milliliters is equal to 2.5 liters.
Example 3: Converting 75 ml to lLiters = 75 ml / 1000 = 0.075 l. So, 75 milliliters is equal to 0.075 liters.
Example 4: Converting 1000 ml to lLiters = 1000 ml / 1000 = 1 l. So, 1,000 milliliters is equal to 1 liter.
Example 5: Converting 150 ml to lLiters = 150 ml / 1000 = 0.15 l. So, 150 milliliters is equal to 0.15 liters.
Practical Applications
Cooking and Baking: When recipes provide measurements in milliliters and you need to scale up to liters, this conversion is essential. For instance, if you need 2.5 liters of water for a soup, knowing how to convert milliliters to liters helps you measure the right amount.
Medical Dosages: In medicine, fluid requirements are often calculated in liters. For example, if a patient needs 3 liters of IV fluid, converting the prescribed volume in milliliters to liters ensures accurate administration.
Scientific Research: In laboratories, experiments often require precise volumes of liquids. Converting milliliters to liters is crucial for preparing solutions and reagents in the correct quantities.
Using Conversion Tools
While manual calculations are straightforward, using an ml to l calculator can speed up the process and reduce the risk of errors. These tools are especially useful when dealing with large datasets or when precision is critical.
Converting milliliters to liters is a simple yet essential skill for accurate measurement in various fields. By using the formula ml / 1000 = l, you can easily convert any volume from milliliters to liters. Whether for cooking, medical dosages, or scientific research, mastering this conversion ensures precision and effectiveness in your tasks.
How to Convert Liters (l) to Milliliters (ml)
Converting liters (l) to milliliters (ml) is a simple process due to the metric system's straightforward, decimal-based nature. This section will explain the conversion formula and provide practical examples to help you perform the conversion accurately.
Conversion Formula
The basic formula for converting liters to milliliters is: Milliliters (ml) = Liters (l) × 1000. Since 1 liter equals 1,000 milliliters, you multiply the number of liters by 1,000 to get the equivalent volume in milliliters.
Examples of Conversion
Example 1: Converting 1 liter to mlMilliliters = 1 l × 1000 = 1000 ml. So, 1 liter is equal to 1,000 milliliters.
Example 2: Converting 0.75 liters to mlMilliliters = 0.75 l × 1000 = 750 ml. So, 0.75 liters is equal to 750 milliliters.
Example 3: Converting 2.5 liters to mlMilliliters = 2.5 l × 1000 = 2500 ml. So, 2.5 liters is equal to 2,500 milliliters.
Example 4: Converting 0.05 liters to mlMilliliters = 0.05 l × 1000 = 50 ml. So, 0.05 liters is equal to 50 milliliters.
Example 5: Converting 3 liters to mlMilliliters = 3 l × 1000 = 3000 ml. So, 3 liters is equal to 3,000 milliliters.
Practical Applications
Cooking and Baking: When recipes provide measurements in liters and you need to scale down to milliliters, this conversion is essential. For example, if a recipe requires 0.5 liters of milk, converting to milliliters ensures precise measurement.
Medical Dosages: In medicine, accurate fluid measurements are crucial. If a patient requires 1.5 liters of intravenous fluid, converting this to milliliters ensures precise administration.
Scientific Research: Laboratories often deal with small volumes of liquids, making the conversion from liters to milliliters essential for preparing solutions and reagents accurately.
Using Conversion Tools
Using an l to ml calculator can streamline the conversion process, making it faster and reducing the risk of errors. These tools are particularly useful in settings where precision is critical, such as scientific research and medicine.
Example Conversion Using a Calculator: If you need to convert 2.75 liters to milliliters, enter 2.75 in the calculator, and it will automatically perform the multiplication: 2.75 l × 1000 = 2750 ml.
Converting liters to milliliters is a fundamental skill for accurate measurement in various fields. By using the formula l × 1000 = ml, you can easily convert any volume from liters to milliliters. Whether for cooking, medical dosages, or scientific research, mastering this conversion ensures precision and effectiveness in your tasks.
Conversion Chart: Milliliters (ml) to Liters (l) and Liters (l) to Milliliters (ml)
A conversion chart is a handy tool for quickly referencing the equivalent values between milliliters (ml) and liters (l). This section provides a detailed conversion chart for commonly used volumes.
Milliliters to Liters Conversion Chart
| Milliliters (ml) | Liters (l) |
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| 50 ml | 0.05 l |
| 100 ml | 0.1 l |
| 250 ml | 0.25 l |
| 500 ml | 0.5 l |
| 750 ml | 0.75 l |
| 1,000 ml | 1 l |
| 1,500 ml | 1.5 l |
| 2,000 ml | 2 l |
| 2,500 ml | 2.5 l |
| 3,000 ml | 3 l |
| 5,000 ml | 5 l |
Liters to Milliliters Conversion Chart
| Liters (l) | Milliliters (ml) |
--- |
| 0.05 l | 50 ml |
| 0.1 l | 100 ml |
| 0.25 l | 250 ml |
| 0.5 l | 500 ml |
| 0.75 l | 750 ml |
| 1 l | 1,000 ml |
| 1.5 l | 1,500 ml |
| 2 l | 2,000 ml |
| 2.5 l | 2,500 ml |
| 3 l | 3,000 ml |
| 5 l | 5,000 ml |
How to use HireQuotient’s ml to l calculator
HireQuotient’s ml to l calculator is a user-friendly tool designed to simplify the conversion process between milliliters (ml) and liters (l). Whether you're a professional, a student, or someone working on a project at home, this calculator can help you achieve accurate measurements quickly and easily. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to use it:
Step-by-Step Guide
Access the Calculator: Visit the HireQuotient website and navigate to the ml to l calculator page.
Input Your Value: Locate the input field labeled "From:". Enter the value in milliliters (ml) that you wish to convert. For instance, if you want to convert 500 ml to liters, type "500" in the input box.
Select the Units: Ensure that the units next to the input field are set to "milliliters" and the units next to the output field are set to "liters". This should be pre-set, but double-check to confirm.
Perform the Conversion: Click on the "Convert" button. The calculator will automatically perform the conversion and display the result in the output field labeled "To:".
Clear the Fields (Optional): If you want to perform another conversion, you can clear the input and output fields by clicking on the "Clear" button. This will reset the calculator, allowing you to start a new conversion.
Example Conversion
Example 1: Converting 500 ml to lEnter "500" in the "From:" input field. Ensure the units are set to milliliters (ml) for input and liters (l) for output. Click the "Convert" button. The output field will display "0.5", indicating that 500 ml is equal to 0.5 liters.
Example 2: Converting 1,250 ml to lEnter "1250" in the "From:" input field. Ensure the units are set to milliliters (ml) for input and liters (l) for output. Click the "Convert" button. The output field will display "1.25", indicating that 1,250 ml is equal to 1.25 liters.
Tips for Accurate Conversion
Double-Check Units: Always ensure that the units selected match the values you are entering. This prevents errors and ensures accurate results.
Use the Clear Button: If performing multiple conversions, clear the fields between each one to avoid confusion and ensure fresh input.
Utilize the Calculator for Complex Measurements: For larger or more complex conversions, using the calculator can save time and reduce the risk of manual calculation errors.
Practical Applications of Our ml to l Calculator
The HireQuotient ml to l calculator is a versatile tool that finds applications in a variety of fields. Whether you're in the kitchen, the lab, or the classroom, this calculator can help you achieve accurate and efficient conversions from milliliters to liters. Here are some practical applications of our ml to l calculator:
Cooking and Baking
Precision in Recipes: Recipes often require precise measurements of liquid ingredients. For instance, converting 250 ml of milk to 0.25 liters ensures you have the exact amount needed for your dish.
Scaling Recipes: If you need to scale a recipe up or down, the calculator helps you convert the total liquid volume accurately. For example, doubling a recipe that calls for 100 ml of water requires 200 ml, which is 0.2 liters.
Example: A soup recipe requires 1.5 liters of broth. If you only have measurements in milliliters, you can enter 1500 ml into the calculator to confirm it equals 1.5 liters.
Medical and Healthcare
Dosage Calculations: Accurate dosages are critical in healthcare. The calculator helps ensure precise medication volumes. For example, if a patient needs 0.75 liters of IV fluid, the calculator confirms that 750 ml is the correct amount.
Preparing Solutions: In pharmacies and hospitals, preparing solutions requires exact measurements. Converting between ml and l ensures the correct formulation.
Example: A nurse needs to administer 500 ml of saline solution. By converting this to liters (0.5 liters), the nurse ensures the patient receives the correct amount.
Scientific Research
Laboratory Measurements: Scientists often need to convert volumes for their experiments. For example, preparing a solution might require converting 2 liters to 2000 ml to ensure precise mixing.
Chemical Reactions: Accurate measurements of reactants are crucial for experiments. The calculator helps convert large volumes to smaller, more manageable units.
Example: A biologist needs to prepare a 0.75-liter solution. Converting this to 750 ml allows for precise measurement and mixing in the lab.
Education
Learning and Teaching: Teachers can use the calculator to demonstrate volume conversions, helping students understand the metric system better. Students can use it for homework and projects.
Practical Exercises: The calculator aids in practical exercises, such as converting volumes for science experiments or cooking projects.
Example: A teacher asks students to convert 1 liter of water to milliliters. Using the calculator, students quickly find that 1 liter equals 1000 ml, reinforcing their understanding of the conversion.
Industrial and Commercial Use
Production and Quality Control: Industries often measure liquids in bulk. Converting between ml and l ensures accurate production and quality control. For instance, converting 5000 ml to 5 liters helps maintain consistency in product formulations.
Packaging: The calculator assists in packaging operations, ensuring products are filled with the correct volume.
Example: A factory needs to package 1.5 liters of liquid into bottles measured in milliliters. Converting 1.5 liters to 1500 ml ensures each bottle is filled accurately.
Benefits of Using Our ml to l Calculator
The HireQuotient ml to l calculator is designed to provide a range of benefits that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and convenience in various applications. Here are some of the key benefits of using our calculator:
Accuracy: The calculator ensures that your conversions from milliliters to liters are exact, eliminating the risk of errors that can occur with manual calculations. This is crucial in fields like medicine, science, and cooking, where precision is essential.
Time-Saving: The calculator performs instant conversions, saving you valuable time compared to manual calculations. This efficiency is particularly beneficial in fast-paced environments like kitchens, laboratories, and industrial settings.
Ease of Use: The calculator features a simple and intuitive interface, making it easy for anyone to use, regardless of their technical expertise. Just enter the value in milliliters and click "Convert" to get the result in liters.
Versatility: The calculator is versatile and can be used in various fields, including cooking, healthcare, education, scientific research, and industrial processes. Its ability to handle different volumes makes it a valuable tool for diverse needs.
Consistency: Using a consistent tool for conversions ensures uniformity in measurements, which is particularly important in professional and commercial contexts where consistency is key.
Educational Value: The calculator can serve as an educational tool, helping students and learners understand the metric system and volume conversions. It provides a practical way to see the relationship between milliliters and liters.
Accessibility: The online calculator is accessible from any device with an internet connection, making it convenient for use at home, in the workplace, or on the go.
Conclusion
The HireQuotient ml to l calculator is an essential tool for anyone needing precise and efficient volume conversions. Its user-friendly interface and quick, accurate results make it invaluable across a wide range of applications, from cooking and baking to scientific research and medical dosages.
By ensuring precise measurements, saving time, and providing an intuitive platform, the calculator enhances productivity and accuracy. It also serves as an excellent educational aid, helping students and professionals alike understand and utilize the metric system more effectively. Additionally, its accessibility from any device with an internet connection ensures that you can perform conversions anytime and anywhere, adding a layer of convenience that manual calculations simply cannot match.
Whether you're a professional chef, a scientist in a lab, a healthcare provider, a student, or someone who simply needs to convert volumes regularly, the HireQuotient ml to l calculator is a reliable and efficient solution. Embrace the accuracy, consistency, and convenience it offers, and make your volume conversions seamless and stress-free.
Thank you for choosing HireQuotient for your measurement needs. We are committed to providing tools that simplify your tasks and enhance your productivity. If you have any feedback or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How to convert ml to l?
The basic formula for converting milliliters to liters is: Liters (l) = Milliliters (ml) / 1000
2. ### How many liters are in 1000 milliliters?
There are 1 liter in 1000 milliliters. Using the formula: Liters=1000 ml / 1000=1 l
3. ### What is the conversion factor from ml to l?
The conversion factor is 1 ml = 0.001 l.
4. ### How do you convert 500 ml to l?
500 ml = 0.5 l.
5. ### What is 1000 ml in liters?
1000 ml is 1 liter.
6. ### How many liters are in 250 ml?
250 ml is 0.25 liters.
7. ### How do you convert 750 ml to l?
750 ml = 0.75 l.
8. ### What is 1500 ml in liters?
1500 ml is 1.5 liters.
9. ### How many liters are there in 2000 ml?
2000 ml is 2 liters.
10. ### How do you convert 300 ml to l?
300 ml = 0.3 l.
What is 1200 ml in liters?
1200 ml is 1.2 liters.
12. ### How many liters are in 1800 ml?
1800 ml is 1.8 liters.
13. ### How do you convert 50 ml to l?
50 ml = 0.05 l.
14. ### What is 4000 ml in liters?
4000 ml is 4 liters.
15. ### How many liters are in 600 ml?
600 ml is 0.6 liters.
16. ### How do you convert 900 ml to l?
900 ml = 0.9 l.
17. ### What is 100 ml in liters?
100 ml is 0.1 liters.
18. ### How many liters are in 50 ml?
50 ml is 0.05 liters.
19. ### How do you convert 800 ml to l?
800 ml = 0.8 l.
20. ### What is 3000 ml in liters?
3000 ml is 3 liters.
21. ### How many liters are in 70 ml?
70 ml is 0.07 liters.
22. ### How do you convert 10000 ml to l?
10000 ml = 10 l.
23. ### What is 150 ml in liters?
150 ml is 0.15 liters.
24. ### How many liters are in 200 ml?
200 ml is 0.2 liters.
25. ### How do you convert 350 ml to l?
350 ml = 0.35 l.
26. ### What is 450 ml in liters?
450 ml is 0.45 liters.
27. ### How many liters are in 90 ml?
90 ml is 0.09 liters.
28. ### How do you convert 1400 ml to l?
1400 ml = 1.4 l.
29. ### What is 1750 ml in liters?
1750 ml is 1.75 liters.
30. ### How many liters are in 2200 ml?
2200 ml is 2.2 liters.
31. ### How do you convert 30 ml to l?
30 ml = 0.03 l.
32. ### What is 5000 ml in liters?
5000 ml is 5 liters.
33. ### How many liters are in 360 ml?
360 ml is 0.36 liters.
34. ### How do you convert 550 ml to l?
550 ml = 0.55 l.
35. ### What is 8000 ml in liters?
8000 ml is 8 liters.
36. ### How many liters are in 1250 ml?
1250 ml is 1.25 liters.
37. ### How do you convert 480 ml to l?
480 ml = 0.48 l.
38. ### What is 7500 ml in liters?
7500 ml is 7.5 liters.
39. ### How many liters are in 530 ml?
530 ml is 0.53 liters.
40. ### How do you convert 275 ml to l?
275 ml = 0.275 l.
41. ### What is 620 ml in liters?
620 ml is 0.62 liters.
42. ### How many liters are in 410 ml?
410 ml is 0.41 liters.
43. ### How do you convert 980 ml to l?
980 ml = 0.98 l.
44. ### What is 760 ml in liters?
760 ml is 0.76 liters.
45. ### How many liters are in 85 ml?
85 ml is 0.085 liters.
46. ### How do you convert 220 ml to l?
220 ml = 0.22 l.
47. ### What is 470 ml in liters?
470 ml is 0.47 liters.
48. ### How many liters are in 640 ml?
640 ml is 0.64 liters.
49. ### How do you convert 920 ml to l?
920 ml = 0.92 l.
50. ### What is 10000 ml in liters?
10000 ml is 10 liters.
51. ### How many liters are in 20 ml?
20 ml is 0.02 liters.
52. ### How do you convert 670 ml to l?
670 ml = 0.67 l.
53. ### What is 870 ml in liters?
870 ml is 0.87 liters.
54. ### How many liters are in 3000 ml?
3000 ml is 3 liters.
55. ### How do you convert 190 ml to l?
190 ml = 0.19 l.
56. ### What is 5300 ml in liters?
5300 ml is 5.3 liters.
57. ### How many liters are in 2400 ml?
2400 ml is 2.4 liters.
58. ### How do you convert 80 ml to l?
80 ml = 0.08 l.
59. ### What is 160 ml in liters?
160 ml is 0.16 liters.
60. ### How many liters are in 310 ml?
310 ml is 0.31 liters.
61. ### How do you convert 2900 ml to l?
2900 ml = 2.9 l.
62. ### What is 15000 ml in liters?
15000 ml is 15 liters.
63. ### How many liters are in 380 ml?
380 ml is 0.38 liters.
64. ### How do you convert 65 ml to l?
65 ml = 0.065 l.
65. ### What is 2100 ml in liters?
2100 ml is 2.1 liters.
66. ### How many liters are in 390 ml?
390 ml is 0.39 liters.
67. ### How do you convert 950 ml to l?
950 ml = 0.95 l.
68. ### What is 2500 ml in liters?
2500 ml is 2.5 liters.
69. ### How many liters are in 720 ml?
720 ml is 0.72 liters.
70. ### How do you convert 500 ml to l?
500 ml = 0.5 l.
71. ### What is 3600 ml in liters?
3600 ml is 3.6 liters.
72. ### How many liters are in 140 ml?
140 ml is 0.14 liters.
73. ### How do you convert 1050 ml to l?
1050 ml = 1.05 l.
74. ### What is 18000 ml in liters?
18000 ml is 18 liters.
75. ### How many liters are in 1230 ml?
1230 ml is 1.23 liters.
76. ### How do you convert 6200 ml to l?
6200 ml = 6.2 l.
77. ### What is 95 ml in liters?
95 ml is 0.095 liters.
78. ### How many liters are in 440 ml?
440 ml is 0.44 liters.
79. ### How do you convert 740 ml to l?
740 ml = 0.74 l.
80. ### What is 4200 ml in liters?
4200 ml is 4.2 liters.
81. ### How many liters are in 880 ml?
880 ml is 0.88 liters.
82. ### How do you convert 230 ml to l?
230 ml = 0.23 l.
83. ### What is 520 ml in liters?
520 ml is 0.52 liters.
84. ### How many liters are in 4600 ml?
4600 ml is 4.6 liters.
85. ### How do you convert 110 ml to l?
110 ml = 0.11 l.
86. ### What is 630 ml in liters?
630 ml is 0.63 liters.
87. ### How many liters are in 370 ml?
370 ml is 0.37 liters.
88. ### How do you convert 710 ml to l?
710 ml = 0.71 l.
89. ### What is 9000 ml in liters?
9000 ml is 9 liters.
90. ### How many liters are in 540 ml?
540 ml is 0.54 liters.
91. ### How do you convert 1550 ml to l?
1550 ml = 1.55 l.
92. ### What is 4800 ml in liters?
4800 ml is 4.8 liters.
93. ### How many liters are in 350 ml?
350 ml is 0.35 liters.
94. ### How do you convert 130 ml to l?
130 ml = 0.13 l.
95. ### What is 2700 ml in liters?
2700 ml is 2.7 liters.
96. ### How many liters are in 970 ml?
970 ml is 0.97 liters.
97. ### How do you convert 40 ml to l?
40 ml = 0.04 l.
98. ### What is 2300 ml in liters?
2300 ml is 2.3 liters.
99. ### How many liters are in 3800 ml?
3800 ml is 3.8 liters.
100. ### How do you convert 1600 ml to l?
1600 ml = 1.6 l.
101. ### What is 290 ml in liters?
290 ml is 0.29 liters.
102. ### How many liters are in 6700 ml?
6700 ml is 6.7 liters. |
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A die (plural "dice") is a solid with markings on each of its faces. The faces are usually all the same shape, making Platonic solids and Archimedean duals the obvious choices. The die can be "rolled" by throwing it in the air and allowing it to come to rest on one of its faces. Dice are used in many games of chance as a way of picking random numbers on which to bet, and are used in board or role-playing games to determine the number of spaces to move, results of a conflict, etc. A coin can be viewed as a degenerate 2-sided case of a die.
In 1787, Mozart wrote the measures and instructions for a musical composition dice game. The idea is to cut and paste pre-written measures of music together to create a Minuet (Chuang).
The most common type of die is a six-sided cube with the numbers 1-6 placed on the faces. The value of the roll is indicated by the number of "spots" showing on the top. For the six-sided die, opposite faces are arranged to always sum to seven. This gives two possible mirror image arrangements in which the numbers 1, 2, and 3 may be arranged in a clockwise or counterclockwise order about a corner. Commercial dice may, in fact, have either orientation. The illustrations above show 6-sided dice with counterclockwise and clockwise arrangements, respectively, when viewed from along the three-fold rotation axis towards the center of the die.
The cube has the nice property that there is an upward-pointing face opposite the bottom face from which the value of the "roll" can easily be read. This would not be true, for instance, for a tetrahedral die, which would have to be picked up and turned over to reveal the number underneath (although it could be determined by noting which number 1-4 was not visible on one of the upper three faces). The arrangement of five spots corresponding to a roll of 5 on a six-sided die is called the quincunx. There are also special names for certain rolls of two six-sided dice: two 1s are called snake eyes and two 6s are called Boxcars.
Shapes of dice other than the usual 6-sided cube are commercially available from companies such as Dice & Games, Ltd.® Diaconis and Keller (1989) show that there exist "fair" dice other than the usual Platonic solids and duals of the Archimedean solids, where a fair die is one for which its symmetry group acts transitively on its faces (i.e., isohedra). There are 30 isohedra.
The probability of obtaining points (a roll of ) on -sided dice can be computed as follows. The number of ways in which can be obtained is the coefficient of in
(1)
since each possible arrangement contributes one term. can be written as a multinomial series
(2)
(3)
so the desired number is the coefficient of in
(4)
Expanding,
(5)
so in order to get the coefficient of , include all terms with
(6)
is therefore
(7)
But only when , so the other terms do not contribute. Furthermore,
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so
(9)
where is the floor function, and
(10)
(Uspensky 1937, pp.23-24).
Consider now . For six-sided dice,
(11)
and
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
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The most common roll is therefore seen to be a 7, with probability , and the least common rolls are 2 and 12, both with probability 1/36.
For six-sided dice,
(17)
and
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
For three six-sided dice, the most common rolls are 10 and 11, both with probability 1/8; and the least common rolls are 3 and 18, both with probability 1/216.
For four six-sided dice, the most common roll is 14, with probability 73/648; and the least common rolls are 4 and 24, both with probability 1/1296.
In general, the likeliest roll for -sided dice is given by
(22)
which can be written explicitly as
(23)
For 6-sided dice, the likeliest rolls are given by
(24)
or 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31, 35, ... for , 3, ... (OEIS A030123) dice. The probabilities corresponding to the most likely rolls can be computed by plugging into the general formula together with
(25)
Unfortunately, does not have a simple closed-form expression in terms of and . However, the probabilities of obtaining the likeliest roll totals can be found explicitly for a particular . For 6-sided dice, the probabilities are 1/6, 1/8, 73/648, 65/648, 361/3888, 24017/279936, 7553/93312, ... for , 3, ....
The probabilities for obtaining a given total using 6-sided dice are shown above for , 2, 3, and 4 dice. They can be seen to approach a normal distribution as the number of dice is increased.
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Boxcars, Coin Tossing, Craps, de Méré's Problem, Efron's Dice, Isohedron, Newton-Pepys Problem, Poker, Quincunx, Sicherman Dice, Snake Eyes, Yahtzee
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Chuang, J. "Mozart's Musikalisches Würfelspiel." K. "What Shapes do Dice Have?" S. "Tjou-sa-a--Dice." §72 in Games of the Orient: Korea, China, Japan. Rutland, VT: Charles E.Tuttle, pp.78-79, 1965.Diaconis, P. and Keller, J.B. "Fair Dice." Amer. Math. Monthly96, 337-339, 1989.Dice & Games, Ltd. "Poly Dice & Dice for Hobby Games." D.C. "Coordinate Systems: Right and Left Handed Dice. Right?" M. "Dice." Ch.18 in Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-of-Mind from Scientific American. New York: Vintage, pp.251-262, 1978.Pegg, E.Jr. "Fair Dice." C.A. The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge. New York: Cambridge University Press, p.245, 2002.Robertson, L.C.; Shortt, R.M.; Landry, S.G. "Dice with Fair Sums." Amer. Math. Monthly95, 316-328, 1988.Sloane, N.J.A. Sequence A030123 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."Tietze, H. "Über die Anzahl der stabilen Ruhelagen eines Würfels." Elem. Math.7, 97-100, 1948.Uspensky, J.V. Introduction to Mathematical Probability. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp.23-24, 1937.
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I'm looking at "Mobius transformations" where a,b,c,d∈R a,b,c,d∈R. I want to know for which n n there exists a,b,c,d a,b,c,d such that for f(x)=a x+b c x+d f(x)=a x+b c x+d,
f n(x)=f(f(...(f(x))))=x f n(x)=f(f(...(f(x))))=x
and what relationships between a,b,c,d a,b,c,d are required. Or if it is for all n n, if there is a pattern to these relationships.
For example,
f 1(x)=x⟺a−d=0,c=0,b=0,a≠0 f 1(x)=x⟺a−d=0,c=0,b=0,a≠0
f 2(x)=x⟺a+d=0,a 2+b c≠0 f 2(x)=x⟺a+d=0,a 2+b c≠0
I see that for f 2 k(x)f 2 k(x), we can get an iterative relationship from the above. With the same conditions as the n=2 n=2 case.
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2 The case n=2 n=2 is also solved by b=c=0 b=c=0, a=±d≠0 a=±d≠0. // To solve the general case, consider the matrices M(f)=(a c b d)M(f)=(a b c d) then M(f g)=M(f)M(g)M(f g)=M(f)M(g) for every Möbius transforms f f and g g hence f n f n is the identity if and only if M(f)n=t I M(f)n=t I for some nonzero t t.Did –Did 2016-09-10 19:09:16 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 19:09
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As said by @Did, you need to find coefficients a,b,c,d such that
M(f)n=(a c b d)n=k(1 0 0 1)M(f)n=(a b c d)n=k(1 0 0 1)
Thinking to rotation matrices, there is an evident solution :
M=(cos(π n)sin(π n)−sin(π n)cos(π n))M=(cos(π n)−sin(π n)sin(π n)cos(π n))
Otherwise said, a possible Möbius (or homographic) transformation is :
f n(x)=cos(π n)x−sin(π n)sin(π n)x+cos(π n)f n(x)=cos(π n)x−sin(π n)sin(π n)x+cos(π n)
Edit : This rotation is not unique in general. Let us take an example: if n=12 n=12, you can take any constant K=1,2,⋯11 K=1,2,⋯11 in the following matrix
M=(cos(K π n)sin(K π n)−sin(K π n)cos(K π n))M=(cos(K π n)−sin(K π n)sin(K π n)cos(K π n))
and have M n=±I 2.M n=±I 2.
(following a very judicious remark of "studiosus") a very general type of non trivial matrices M M such that M n=±I 2 M n=±I 2, at least among diagonalizable matrices is obtained by thinking to the conjugation operation, that doesn't change the eigenvalues that will still be e i K π/n e i K π/n and e−i K π/n e−i K π/n:
M=P(cos(K π n)sin(K π n)−sin(K π n)cos(K π n))P−1 M=P(cos(K π n)−sin(K π n)sin(K π n)cos(K π n))P−1
for any invertible matrix P.P.
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Does this characterize all such solutions? This is kind of a generalization of a challenge problem I was planning on posing to pre-calculus students. Evidently the case for n>2 seems to be out of reach for them David P –David P 2016-09-10 20:41:29 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 20:41
I partially answer to your question by an edit to my answer.Jean Marie –Jean Marie 2016-09-10 20:45:15 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 20:45
See as well the similar answer I gave some months ago to a similar question (math.stackexchange.com/q/1659401) and the very nice article I give as a reference at the end of this answer Jean Marie –Jean Marie 2016-09-10 21:29:30 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 21:29
1 All are conjugate to the transformations of the form f(z)=exp(2 π m/n)z f(z)=exp(2 π m/n)z.Moishe Kohan –Moishe Kohan 2016-09-10 21:46:21 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 21:46
@stodiosus You are right. I realize that the end of my answer (in the Edit part) lacks the "up to a conjugation". I correct it.Jean Marie –Jean Marie 2016-09-10 21:58:48 +00:00 Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 21:58
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in this lesson we'll be looking at adjacent angles on a straight line so here we have a straight line and these two angles that are next to each other are said to be adjacent the word adjacent means next to so these two angles are next to each other and they are sharing a common point right here which is a Center Point here so they actually form a semicircle as you can see all right so 90.5 plus 89.5 when you add those two together what do you get you should get 180 degrees and they are actually on the same straight line right next to each other they form a semicircle but we say angles on a straight line if we should add these two angles here as well they will add up to what yes they also add up to 180 because they are on this straight line so this angle here and this one they're on this straight line they form a semicircle the tuna come on point so we say adjacent angles on a straight line add up to 180 so any two adjacent angles on a straight line will always add up to 180 these two on this straight line down below here from a semicircle are these two from a semicircle here well when you add them they add up 280. so any adjacent angles on a straight line so if I change the angle let's change it to 1 being 100 and as you can see it's very sensitive all right this is 100 degrees and this one is 80. when you add these two you get 180 when you add these two you get 118 when you add these to get 180. so these are adjacent angles angles next to each other on a straight line hopefully that helped |
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Describe the end behavior of the polynomial function using lim f(x)and Iim f(x) x→∞ x→−∞ f(x)=5x2+x3+3x−2
Describe the end behavior of the polynomial function using lim f(x)and Iim f(x)
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Looking at the lead coefficient of the highest degree term, which is x 3 we can see that it is positive. Since the highest degree term is a 3, this is a cubic function, and by definition cubic functions have opposite signs for end behavior.
If the leading coefficient is positive, as x approaches infinity, f(x) will approach positive infinity, and as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) will approach negative infinity.
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On completion of this article, the reader should be able to: (1) identify several cervical abnormalities commonly encountered on pelvic examination, (2) triage patients appropriately to observation and reassurance or referral to a gynecologist or gynecologic oncologist on the basis of cervical appearance and further evaluation as indicated, and (3) apply simple clinical tips to optimize pelvic examination and visualization of the “elusive” cervix.
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Many clinicians encounter cervical lesions that may or may not be associated with cytologic abnormalities. Such abnormalities as ectropion, Nabothian cysts, and small cervical polyps are quite benign and need not generate concern for patient or clinician, whereas others, including those associated with a history of exposure to diethylstilbestrol, cervical inflammation, abnormal cervical cytology, and postcoital bleeding, should prompt additional evaluation. Further, in some patients, the cervix may be difficult to visualize. Several useful clinical suggestions for the optimal examination of the cervix are presented.
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CCA (clear cell adenocarcinoma)
CIN (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia)
DES (diethylstilbestrol)
THE “ELUSIVE” CERVIX
The ability to visualize the cervix is necessary to identify cervical abnormalities. In many patients, visualization is straightforward; however, patients who are nulliparous or postmenopausal, those with a retroverted uterus that results in an anterior cervical displacement, or those with prior vaginal surgery, a full bladder, constipation, uterine enlargement, a pelvic mass, substantial pelvic scarring, or a high body mass index present challenges to the adequate examination of the cervix.
If this is the patient's first examination, outlining the examination in advance alleviates the patient's anxiety. Explaining the next step may also improve the patient's comfort during the examination. A chaperone should be available if requested. The Table provides useful suggestions to clinicians for optimizing the cervical examination.
Have the patient empty her bladder before the examination
A full bladder can push the uterus and cervix higher in the pelvis and make examination more difficult and uncomfortable
Retract the labia laterally
Thick labia majora can prevent the tip of the speculum from reaching the cervix
In women with pendulous labia minora, retraction laterally prevents the speculum from pulling on the labia
Insert a warmed speculum up to the hub
Most women have vaginas as long as a standard speculum. Exceptions include women with congenital anomalies, prior vaginal surgery, pelvic radiation, or adhesions
Advancement past the introitus does not increase discomfort
Provide the patient with suggestions for relaxing introital muscles
The patient may try keeping her lower back on the examination table and dropping her knees apart as much as comfortable
She should avoid rocking her pelvis toward the ceiling or holding her breath
She may distract herself by wiggling her toes or concentrating on slow breathing
Improve vaginal wall retraction
Insert the speculum so that the hub is at the introitus, then open the speculum fully
Use a wider speculum in multiparous women
Find the cervix
Once the speculum is past the introitus, aim downward toward the sacrum because most cervices are located posteriorly in the vaginal apex
Steer toward cervical mucus or areas without rugae in premenopausal women while guiding the speculum anteriorly
Once part of the cervix is visualized, adjust to view the entire cervix
Perform a bimanual examination to localize the cervix if the initial attempt is unsuccessful, using water as a lubricant to avoid interference with subsequent Papanicolaou testing
Postmenopausal cervices may be flush with the vagina and only identifiable as a small opening at the apex of the vagina
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POTENTIAL CERVICAL ABNORMALITIES
Nabothian Cysts
Nabothian cysts (also called mucinous retention cysts or epithelial cysts) are common and benign and are considered a normal feature of the adult cervix (Figure 1, C). Many women have multiple cysts. They may be translucent or opaque, whitish to yellow, and range from a few millimeters to 3 to 4 cm in diameter. The transformation zone of the cervix (where columnar and squamous cells meet) is in a continuous process of repair, and squamous metaplasia and inflammation may block a gland orifice. The endocervical columnar cells continue to secrete but are covered by squamous epithelium, forming a mucinous retention cyst. Rarely, a woman with several large Nabothian cysts may develop gross enlargement of the cervix. Nabothian cysts may also occur after childbirth or minor trauma. They are generally asymptomatic and require no treatment.4
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Infrequently, a woman may experience fullness or pain from a substantially enlarged Nabothian cyst and may be treated by electrocautery ablation or excision.
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FIGURE 1 Cervical abnormalities: A, Ectropion; B, Endocervical polyp; C, Nabothian cyst. From references 1–3
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Leiomyoma
Cervical myomas (3%-9% of all leiomyomas) are solitary firm masses of smooth muscle arising from the lower uterine segment. Most are small and asymptomatic. On occasion, they protrude through the cervical os and become ulcerated and infected. The expanding myoma may cause symptoms related to mechanical pressure, including dysuria, urgency, urethral or ureteral obstruction, dyspareunia, and obstruction of the cervix. Menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea may also occur. Cervical myomas are generally diagnosed on pelvic examination but may need additional imaging such as ultrasonography to delineate size and location and to monitor growth. Myomas that have prolapsed through the cervix are difficult to differentiate from cervical polyps and are typically removed. They may be observed for rate of growth if asymptomatic or referred to a gynecologist if enlarging, sizeable, or symptomatic.
Cervical Ectropion
Cervical ectropion occurs when eversion of the endocervix exposes columnar epithelium to the vaginal milieu(also called cervical ectopy or erosion) (Figure 1, A). The everted epithelium has a reddish appearance, similar to granulation tissue. Ectropion is common in adolescents, pregnant women, or those taking estrogen-containing contraceptives. Vaginal discharge is the most common symptom. Postcoital bleeding may also occur, especially in pregnant women.5
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Treatment is rarely required except for excessive mucus discharge or bothersome spotting. Malignancy should be excluded by cervical cytology. An ablative procedure using cryotherapy or electrocautery performed by a gynecologist is effective for symptomatic ectropion.
Cervical Polyps (Endocervical Polyps)
Cervical polyps may present with postcoital, intermenstrual, or postmenopausal bleeding but are more often incidentally found at pelvic examination (Figure 1, B). The ability to manipulate the lesion away from the cervical canal in 4 directions with a small swab differentiates a polyp from a polypoid irregularity of the cervix. The etiology of cervical polyps is unclear. Most are benign; the incidence of malignancy is 1:1000.6
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Minute asymptomatic polyps less than 5 mm in diameter do not necessitate removal but may be monitored. Larger polyps should be evaluated and removed by a gynecologist. Removal is typically a straightforward office procedure.
CERVICAL ABNORMALITIES REQUIRING FURTHER ATTENTION
Endometriosis and Adenomyosis
Cervical endometriosis may present as red, blue, or black cervical lesions (“powder burns”) (Figure 2, B) that do not blanch on compression. The patient may be asymptomatic or report symptoms of discharge, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, or deep dyspareunia. Symptoms beyond discharge would suggest additional implants in the pelvis. Adenomyosis is endometrial tissue present within the myometrium or uterine muscle. It may involve the endocervical canal or form a polypoid mass protruding into the endocervical canal.12
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FIGURE 2 Cervical lesions requiring further attention: A, Cervical cancer; B, Cervical endometriosis; C, Cockscomb cervix (related to diethylstilbestrol [DES] exposure in utero); D, Vaginal adenosis (related to DES exposure in utero); and E, Cervicitis. From references 7–11
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Cervicitis, which most commonly presents as vaginal discharge or postcoital bleeding, can be acute or chronic, with an infectious or noninfectious etiology (Figure 2, E). Mucopurulent discharge, cervical friability, and cervical edema are characteristic of gonococcal and chlamydial cervicitis.14
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Postcoital Bleeding
Postcoital bleeding, which can arise from the cervix or other genital area, may be of benign or malignant etiology. The cervical epithelium associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cancer (most commonly of the squamous type) is thin and friable, readily detaching from the cervix (Figure 2, A). In women with postcoital bleeding, CIN is found in 7% to 10% and cervical, vaginal, or endometrial cancer in less than 1%.16,17
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DIETHYLSTILBESTROL EXPOSURE–RELATED ABNORMALITIES
In the United States, diethylstilbestrol (DES) was prescribed to prevent miscarriage and preterm labor between 1938 and 1971. Although shown to lack efficacy for these indications in 1953, it was still widely prescribed until the early 1970s, when women exposed to DES in utero were shown to develop clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix at a significantly higher rate than the general population. After 1971, DES continued to be prescribed to pregnant women outside the United States19
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Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
Most CCA has been reported in women younger than 35 years; however, it is essential to identify DES daughters and continue screening them through midlife and beyond. Clear cell adenocarcinoma may present as an abnormal lesion of the vagina or cervix or be identified through cytology. The relative risk of CCA in a DES daughter is 40.7 as compared with that of a nonexposed woman.20
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Vaginal Adenosis, Cockscomb Cervix, and Cervical Collar or Hood
About one-third of DES daughters have vaginal adenosis (Figure 2, D) and abnormalities of the cervix, including the cockscomb cervix (Figure 2, C) and the cervical collar or hood. Up to two-thirds of DES daughters experiencing infertility have a uterine anomaly, most commonly a T-shaped uterus.
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DES-EXPOSED WOMEN
In appropriately aged women, clinicians should elicit an accurate history of cervical and vaginal abnormalities, including a history of recurrent miscarriage or preterm labor in the patient's mother. DES daughters should receive the following testing annually because routine screening intervals do not apply: physical examination including breast examination and mammography; pelvic examination with inspection and palpation of the vulva, vagina, and cervix; vaginal and cervical cytology; and bimanual examination including rectal examination.
All grossly abnormal cervical and vaginal lesions on examination should be biopsied or referred to a gynecologist for evaluation and management. Cervical cytology may beperformed to guide the specialist to colposcopy or clinical follow-up but does not rule out cancer in the presence of a lesion. Women diagnosed as having CCA on cytology and/or biopsy need immediate referral to a gynecologic oncologist.
CONCLUSION
The optimal examination of the cervix is aided by appropriate patient positioning, speculum size, and labial retraction. Search for the cervix should begin in the posterior vagina. Most Nabothian cysts, endocervical polyps, and cases of cervical ectropion may be managed conservatively. Cervicitis may also be managed in the primary care setting, provided that infections are treated. Gynecology referral is triggered by cervical lesions associated with abnormal cervical cytology, unexplained postcoital bleeding, DES exposure, and suspected cervical endometriosis or adenomyosis.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of their colleagues on the Ask Mayo Expert Women's Health Knowledge Content Board: Sandhya Pruthi, MD, Lynne Shuster, MD, and Deborah Rhodes, MD.
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a.
When it is associated with vaginal bleeding
b.
When is larger than about 5 mm
c.
When it is asymptomatic
d.
When it is an endometrial polyp
e.
When it is associated with an abnormal cervical cytology
2.
Which one of the following situations warrants referral to a gynecologist?
a.
A 4-mm cervical polyp
b.
Asymptomatic ectropion
c.
Nabothian cyst smaller than 1 cm
d.
Small cervical leiomyoma
e.
Postcoital bleeding
3.
In which one of the following scenarios are “elusive” cervices often present?
a.
In multiparous women who are sexually active
b.
In women with a low body mass index
c.
In women with retroverted uteri that result in anterior cervical displacement
d.
After hysterectomy
e.
After bladder emptying
4.
With which one of the following cervical abnormalities is prenatal diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure not associated?
a.
Cervical hood
b.
Cervical laceration
c.
Cockscomb cervix
d.
Clear cell carcinoma of the cervix
e.
Cervical collar
5.
With which one of the following cervical conditions is a cervix of normal appearance most often associated?
a.
Herpes simplex virus
b.
Trichomoniasis
c.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix
d.
Chlamydial cervicitis
e.
Cervical endometriosis
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Preface
I. Prerequisites
1.Introduction to Prerequisites
2.Real Numbers: Algebra Essentials
3.Exponents and Scientific Notation
4.Radicals and Rational Exponents
5.Polynomials
6.Factoring Polynomials
7.Rational Expressions
II. Equations and Inequalities
8.Introduction to Equations and Inequalities
9.The Rectangular Coordinate Systems and Graphs
10.Linear Equations in One Variable
11.Models and Applications
12.Complex Numbers
13.Quadratic Equations
14.Other Types of Equations
15.Linear Inequalities and Absolute Value Inequalities
III. Functions
16.Introduction to Functions
17.Functions and Function Notation
18.Domain and Range
19.Rates of Change and Behavior of Graphs
20.Composition of Functions
21.Transformation of Functions
22.Absolute Value Functions
23.Inverse Functions
IV. Linear Functions
24.Introduction to Linear Functions
25.Linear Functions
26.Modeling with Linear Functions
27.Fitting Linear Models to Data
V. Polynomial and Rational Functions
28.Introduction to Polynomial and Rational Functions
29.Quadratic Functions
30.Power Functions and Polynomial Functions
31.Graphs of Polynomial Functions
32.Dividing Polynomials
33.Zeros of Polynomial Functions
34.Rational Functions
35.Inverses and Radical Functions
36.Modeling Using Variation
VI. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
37.Introduction to Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
38.Exponential Functions
39.Graphs of Exponential Functions
40.Logarithmic Functions
41.Graphs of Logarithmic Functions
42.Logarithmic Properties
43.Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
44.Exponential and Logarithmic Models
45.Fitting Exponential Models to Data
VII. The Unit Circle: Sine and Cosine Functions
46.Introduction to The Unit Circle: Sine and Cosine Functions
47.Angles
48.Right Triangle Trigonometry
49.Unit Circle
50.The Other Trigonometric Functions
VIII. Periodic Functions
51.Introduction to Periodic Functions
52.Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions
53.Graphs of the Other Trigonometric Functions
54.Inverse Trigonometric Functions
IX. Trigonometric Identities and Equations
55.Introduction to Trigonometric Identities and Equations
56.Solving Trigonometric Equations with Identities
57.Sum and Difference Identities
58.Double-Angle, Half-Angle, and Reduction Formulas
59.Sum-to-Product and Product-to-Sum Formulas
60.Solving Trigonometric Equations
X. Further Applications of Trigonometry
61.Introduction to Further Applications of Trigonometry
62.Non-right Triangles: Law of Sines
63.Non-right Triangles: Law of Cosines
64.Polar Coordinates
65.Polar Coordinates: Graphs
66.Polar Form of Complex Numbers
67.Parametric Equations
68.Parametric Equations: Graphs
69.Vectors
XI. Systems of Equations and Inequalities
70.Introduction to Systems of Equations and Inequalities
71.Systems of Linear Equations: Two Variables
72.Systems of Linear Equations: Three Variables
73.Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities: Two Variables
74.Partial Fractions
75.Matrices and Matrix Operations
76.Solving Systems with Gaussian Elimination
77.Solving Systems with Inverses
78.Solving Systems with Cramer’s Rule
XII. Analytic Geometry
79.Introduction to Analytic Geometry
80.The Ellipse
81.The Hyperbola
82.The Parabola
83.Rotation of Axes
84.Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates
XIII. Sequences, Probability, and Counting Theory
85.Introduction to Sequences, Probability and Counting Theory
86.Sequences and Their Notations
87.Arithmetic Sequences
88.Geometric Sequences
89.Series and Their Notations
90.Counting Principles
91.Binomial Theorem
92.Probability
Proofs, Identities, and Toolkit Functions
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Learning Objectives
In this section, you will:
Apply the Binomial Theorem.
A polynomial with two terms is called a binomial. We have already learned to multiply binomials and to raise binomials to powers, but raising a binomial to a high power can be tedious and time-consuming. In this section, we will discuss a shortcut that will allow us to find(x+y)n without multiplying the binomial by itself n times.
Identifying Binomial Coefficients
In Counting Principles, we studied combinations. In the shortcut to finding(x+y)n,we will need to use combinations to find the coefficients that will appear in the expansion of the binomial. In this case, we use the notation(n r) instead of C(n,r), but it can be calculated in the same way. So
(n r)=C(n,r)=n!r!(n−r)!
The combination(n r)is called a binomial coefficient. An example of a binomial coefficient is(5 2)=C(5,2)=10.
Binomial Coefficients
If n and r are integers greater than or equal to 0 with n≥r, then the binomial coefficient is
(n r)=C(n,r)=n!r!(n−r)!
Is a binomial coefficient always a whole number?
Yes. Just as the number of combinations must always be a whole number, a binomial coefficient will always be a whole number.
Finding Binomial Coefficients
Find each binomial coefficient.
(5 3)
(9 2)
(9 7)
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137933188″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137933188″]Use the formula to calculate each binomial coefficient. You can also use the n C r function on your calculator.
(n r)=C(n,r)=n!r!(n−r)!
(5 3)=5!3!(5−3)!=5⋅4⋅3!3!2!=10
(9 2)=9!2!(9−2)!=9⋅8⋅7!2!7!=36
(9 7)=9!7!(9−7)!=9⋅8⋅7!7!2!=36
[/hidden-answer]
Analysis
Notice that we obtained the same result for parts (b) and (c). If you look closely at the solution for these two parts, you will see that you end up with the same two factorials in the denominator, but the order is reversed, just as with combinations.
(n r)=(n n−r)
Try It
Find each binomial coefficient.
(7 3)
(11 4)
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137653724″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137653724″]
1. 35
2. 330
[/hidden-answer]
Using the Binomial Theorem
When we expand (x+y)n by multiplying, the result is called a binomial expansion, and it includes binomial coefficients. If we wanted to expand (x+y)52, we might multiply (x+y) by itself fifty-two times. This could take hours! If we examine some simple binomial expansions, we can find patterns that will lead us to a shortcut for finding more complicated binomial expansions.
(x+y)2=x 2+2 x y+y 2(x+y)3=x 3+3 x 2 y+3 x y 2+y 3(x+y)4=x 4+4 x 3 y+6 x 2 y 2+4 x y 3+y 4
First, let’s examine the exponents. With each successive term, the exponent for x decreases and the exponent for y increases. The sum of the two exponents is n for each term.
Next, let’s examine the coefficients. Notice that the coefficients increase and then decrease in a symmetrical pattern. The coefficients follow a pattern:
(n 0),(n 1),(n 2),...,(n n).
These patterns lead us to the Binomial Theorem, which can be used to expand any binomial.
(x+y)n=∑k=0 n(n k)x n−k y k=x n+(n 1)x n−1 y+(n 2)x n−2 y 2+...+(n n−1)x y n−1+y n
Another way to see the coefficients is to examine the expansion of a binomial in general form,x+y,to successive powers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
(x+y)1=x+y(x+y)2=x 2+2 x y+y 2(x+y)3=x 3+3 x 2 y+3 x y 2+y 3(x+y)4=x 4+4 x 3 y+6 x 2 y 2+4 x y 3+y 4
Can you guess the next expansion for the binomial(x+y)5?
Figure 1.
See (Figure), which illustrates the following:
There are n+1 terms in the expansion of (x+y)n.
The degree (or sum of the exponents) for each term is n.
The powers on x begin with n and decrease to 0.
The powers on y begin with 0 and increase to n.
The coefficients are symmetric.
To determine the expansion on (x+y)5, we see n=5, thus, there will be 5+1 = 6 terms. Each term has a combined degree of 5. In descending order for powers of x, the pattern is as follows:
Introduce x 5, and then for each successive term reduce the exponent on x by 1 until x 0=1 is reached.
Introduce y 0=1, and then increase the exponent on y by 1 until y 5 is reached. x 5,x 4 y,x 3 y 2,x 2 y 3,x y 4,y 5
The next expansion would be
(x+y)5=x 5+5 x 4 y+10 x 3 y 2+10 x 2 y 3+5 x y 4+y 5.
But where do those coefficients come from? The binomial coefficients are symmetric. We can see these coefficients in an array known as Pascal’s Triangle, shown in (Figure).
Figure 2.
To generate Pascal’s Triangle, we start by writing a 1. In the row below, row 2, we write two 1’s. In the 3 rd row, flank the ends of the rows with 1’s, and add 1+1 to find the middle number, 2. In the n th row, flank the ends of the row with 1’s. Each element in the triangle is the sum of the two elements immediately above it.
To see the connection between Pascal’s Triangle and binomial coefficients, let us revisit the expansion of the binomials in general form.
The Binomial Theorem
The Binomial Theorem is a formula that can be used to expand any binomial.
(x+y)n=∑k=0 n(n k)x n−k y k=x n+(n 1)x n−1 y+(n 2)x n−2 y 2+...+(n n−1)x y n−1+y n
How To
Given a binomial, write it in expanded form.
Determine the value of n according to the exponent.
Evaluate the k=0 through k=n using the Binomial Theorem formula.
Simplify.
Expanding a Binomial
Write in expanded form.
(x+y)5
(3 x−y)4
[reveal-answer q=”221236″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”221236″]
1. Substitute n=5 into the formula. Evaluate the k=0 through k=5 terms. Simplify. (x+y)5=(5 0)x 5 y 0+(5 1)x 4 y 1+(5 2)x 3 y 2+(5 3)x 2 y 3+(5 4)x 1 y 4+(5 5)x 0 y 5(x+y)5=x 5+5 x 4 y+10 x 3 y 2+10 x 2 y 3+5 x y 4+y 5
2. Substitute n=4 into the formula. Evaluate the k=0 through k=4 terms. Notice that 3 x is in the place that was occupied by x and that –y is in the place that was occupied by y. So we substitute them. Simplify. (3 x−y)4=(4 0)(3 x)4(−y)0+(4 1)(3 x)3(−y)1+(4 2)(3 x)2(−y)2+(4 3)(3 x)1(−y)3+(4 4)(3 x)0(−y)4(3 x−y)4=81 x 4−108 x 3 y+54 x 2 y 2−12 x y 3+y 4
[/hidden-answer]
Analysis
Notice the alternating signs in part b. This happens because(−y)raised to odd powers is negative, but(−y)raised to even powers is positive. This will occur whenever the binomial contains a subtraction sign.
Try It
Write in expanded form.
(x−y)5
(2 x+5 y)3
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137635439″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137635439″]
1. x 5−5 x 4 y+10 x 3 y 2−10 x 2 y 3+5 x y 4−y 5
2. 8 x 3+60 x 2 y+150 x y 2+125 y 3
[/hidden-answer]
Using the Binomial Theorem to Find a Single Term
Expanding a binomial with a high exponent such as(x+2 y)16 can be a lengthy process.
Sometimes we are interested only in a certain term of a binomial expansion. We do not need to fully expand a binomial to find a single specific term.
Note the pattern of coefficients in the expansion of(x+y)5.
(x+y)5=x 5+(5 1)x 4 y+(5 2)x 3 y 2+(5 3)x 2 y 3+(5 4)x y 4+y 5
The second term is(5 1)x 4 y.The third term is(5 2)x 3 y 2.We can generalize this result.
(n r)x n−r y r
The (r+1)th Term of a Binomial Expansion
The(r+1)th term of the binomial expansion of(x+y)n is:
(n r)x n−r y r
How To
Given a binomial, write a specific term without fully expanding.
Determine the value of n according to the exponent.
Determine (r+1).
Determine r.
Replace r in the formula for the (r+1)th term of the binomial expansion.
Writing a Given Term of a Binomial Expansion
Find the tenth term of(x+2 y)16 without fully expanding the binomial.
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137834759″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137834759″]
Because we are looking for the tenth term, r+1=10, we will use r=9 in our calculations.
(n r)x n−r y r
(16 9)x 16−9(2 y)9=5,857,280 x 7 y 9
[/hidden-answer]
Try It
Find the sixth term of(3 x−y)9 without fully expanding the binomial.
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137758550″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137758550″]
−10,206 x 4 y 5[/hidden-answer]
Access these online resources for additional instruction and practice with binomial expansion.
The Binomial Theorem
Binomial Theorem Example
Key Equations
Binomial Theorem(x+y)n=∑k−0 n(n k)x n−k y k
(r+1)t h term of a binomial expansion(n r)x n−r y r
Key Concepts
(n r)is called a binomial coefficient and is equal to C(n,r).See (Figure).
The Binomial Theorem allows us to expand binomials without multiplying. See (Figure).
We can find a given term of a binomial expansion without fully expanding the binomial. See (Figure).
Section Exercises
Verbal
What is a binomial coefficient, and how it is calculated?
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165135501149″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165135501149″]A binomial coefficient is an alternative way of denoting the combination C(n,r).It is defined as(n r)=C(n,r)=n!r!(n−r)!.[/hidden-answer]
What role do binomial coefficients play in a binomial expansion? Are they restricted to any type of number?
What is the Binomial Theorem and what is its use?
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137452921″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137452921″]
The Binomial Theorem is defined as(x+y)n=∑k=0 n(n k)x n−k y k and can be used to expand any binomial.
[/hidden-answer]
When is it an advantage to use the Binomial Theorem? Explain.
Algebraic
For the following exercises, evaluate the binomial coefficient.
(6 2)
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137583395″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137583395″]
15
[/hidden-answer]
(5 3)
(7 4)
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165135484154″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165135484154″]
35
[/hidden-answer]
(9 7)
(10 9)
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137480607″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137480607″]
10
[/hidden-answer]
(25 11)
(17 6)
[reveal-answer q=”207307″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”207307″]12,376[/hidden-answer]
(200 199)
For the following exercises, use the Binomial Theorem to expand each binomial.
(4 a−b)3
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137831242″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137831242″]
64 a 3−48 a 2 b+12 a b 2−b 3[/hidden-answer]
(5 a+2)3
(3 a+2 b)3
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165135394319″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165135394319″]
27 a 3+54 a 2 b+36 a b 2+8 b 3
[/hidden-answer]
(2 x+3 y)4
(4 x+2 y)5
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165135516855″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165135516855″]
1024 x 5+2560 x 4 y+2560 x 3 y 2+1280 x 2 y 3+320 x y 4+32 y 5
[/hidden-answer]
(3 x−2 y)4
(4 x−3 y)5
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137837121″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137837121″]
1024 x 5−3840 x 4 y+5760 x 3 y 2−4320 x 2 y 3+1620 x y 4−243 y 5
[/hidden-answer]
(1 x+3 y)5
(x−1+2 y−1)4
[reveal-answer q=”fs-id1165137805817″]Show Solution[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”fs-id1165137805817″]
1 x 4+8 x 3 y+24 x 2 y 2+32 x y 3+16 y 4
[/hidden-answer]
(x−y)5
For the following exercises, use the Binomial Theorem to write the first three terms of each binomial.
(a+b)17
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For the following exercises, find the indicated term of each binomial without fully expanding the binomial.
The fourth term of(2 x−3 y)4
The fourth term of(3 x−2 y)5
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The third term of(6 x−3 y)7
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The seventh term of(a+b)11
The fifth term of(x−y)7
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The tenth term of(x−1)12
The ninth term of(a−3 b 2)11
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The fourth term of(x 3−1 2)10
The eighth term of(y 2+2 x)9
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For the following exercises, use the Binomial Theorem to expand the binomial f(x)=(x+3)4. Then find and graph each indicated sum on one set of axes.
Find and graph f 1(x),such that f 1(x)is the first term of the expansion.
Find and graph f 2(x),such that f 2(x)is the sum of the first two terms of the expansion.
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Find and graph f 3(x),such that f 3(x) is the sum of the first three terms of the expansion.
Find and graph f 4(x),such that f 4(x)is the sum of the first four terms of the expansion.
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Find and graph f 5(x),such that f 5(x)is the sum of the first five terms of the expansion.
Extensions
In the expansion of(5 x+3 y)n,each term has the form(n k)a n–k b k,where k successively takes on the value 0,1,2,...,n.If(n k)=(7 2),what is the corresponding term?
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In the expansion of(a+b)n,the coefficient of a n−k b k is the same as the coefficient of which other term?
Consider the expansion of(x+b)40.What is the exponent of b in the k th term?
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k−1
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Find(n k−1)+(n k)and write the answer as a binomial coefficient in the form(n k).Prove it. Hint: Use the fact that, for any integer p,such that p≥1,p!=p(p−1)!.
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Which expression cannot be expanded using the Binomial Theorem? Explain.
(x 2−2 x+1)
(a+4 a−5)8
(x 3+2 y 2−z)5
(3 x 2−2 y 3)12
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Glossary
binomial coefficient the number of ways to choose r objects from n objects where order does not matter; equivalent to C(n,r),denoted(n r)binomial expansion the result of expanding(x+y)n by multiplying Binomial Theorem a formula that can be used to expand any binomial
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Probability that 3 points in a plane form a triangle
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This question was asked in a test and I got it right. The answer key gives 1 2 1 2.
Problem: If 3 distinct points are chosen on a plane, find the probability that they form a triangle.
Attempt 1: The 3rd point will either be collinear or non-collinear with the other 2 points. Hence the probability is 1 2 1 2, assuming that collinearity and non-collinearity of the 3 points are equally likely events.
Attempt 2: Now suppose we take the midpoint (say M M) of 2 of the points (say A A and B B). We can draw an infinite number of lines passing through M M, out of which only 1 line will pass through A A and B B. Keeping this in mind, we can choose the 3rd point C C on any of those infinite lines, excluding the one passing through A A and B B. Now it seems as if the probability will be tending to 1.
What is wrong with attempt 2? Or is the answer actually 1 and not 1 2 1 2?
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Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat.Daniel Fischer –Daniel Fischer 2016-10-28 17:28:26 +00:00 Commented Oct 28, 2016 at 17:28
Shreyas, you quoted "Assuming probability of collinearity equally likely". That's not exactly true. There are more non collinear points on the plane than there are collinear points(ideally they're both infinite, but sometimes one infinity is greater than another. Like in limits to infinity for f(x)=x and f(x)=x^2)Pritt Balagopal –Pritt Balagopal 2017-04-11 02:22:45 +00:00 Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 2:22
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There is no such thing as a uniform distribution on the plane. Without specifying how the points are chosen, the question is not properly stated. However, if the points are chosen independently from some continuous distribution (absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure), the probability of the third point lying exactly on the line through the first two is 0 0.
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13 +1, for the only answer that mentions explicitly independence ;-)Jean-Claude Arbaut –Jean-Claude Arbaut 2016-10-11 11:24:07 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 11:24
4 ...and I gave you the 50th upvote. By the way, what's the probability of three points picked in an m×n m×n lattice not forming a triangle? This is different, but has it been asked before?Parcly Taxel –Parcly Taxel 2016-10-11 17:41:19 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 17:41
6 Not downvoting, yet not sure why this was accepted. Yes, this answer is correct on some level, and nicely short. This is a school test though, so a few assumptions can be made (i.e., if something is not specified, like dependency, then it is not meant to apply). You do not need any kind of special features (Lebesgue etc.) to get a correct proof here; you only need to have infinitely many picks in both dimensions (the answer would be the same for N^2 or Q^2). No need for knowledge about measures, integrals, countability, continuity etc.. No special statistic/stochastic prerequisites either.AnoE –AnoE 2016-10-11 22:38:45 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 22:38
12 @AnoE The answer is absolutely correct saying "Without specifying how the points are chosen, the question is not properly stated." There is nothing more you can say to the question as it was posed. The rest is a good account of what the answer might be to some similar but correctly posed question.Colin McLarty –Colin McLarty 2016-10-11 23:29:09 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 23:29
3 Yes, @SlippD.Thompson AnoE –AnoE 2016-10-12 06:33:55 +00:00 Commented Oct 12, 2016 at 6:33
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Nothing can be said about this as long as nothing has been said about the distribution (justifying the comment of angryavian).
Expressions "at random" or "are chosen" do not speak for themselves because there is no natural uniform distribution on R 2 R 2.
If the distribution is absolutely continuous wrt the Lebesgue measure (i.e. if the distribution has a PDF) then automatically the answer is 1 1 because every line in the plane R 2 R 2 has Lebesgue measure 0 0 (which is probably what Kaj means to say).
So in that case for any fixed line the probability that the third point is chosen on it equals 0 0.
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1 Thanks, I understand your explanation...this question was asked at school level, hence no details were given regarding the distribution and stuff...(seems complex to me)Serenity –Serenity 2016-10-11 07:37:51 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 7:37
Glad to hear that. You are welcome.drhab –drhab 2016-10-11 07:38:50 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 7:38
1 why is the probability of a 3rd point being on the fixed line equal to 0 ? :(Ciprian Tomoiagă –Ciprian Tomoiagă 2016-10-11 08:45:48 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 8:45
1 @ShreyasS what does school level mean? High school? Middle school? College? Have you asked your teacher to explain?\DRF –DRF 2016-10-11 09:41:43 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 9:41
16 @Shreyas The explanation in "attempt 1" is plainly wrong. You can tell your teacher that he/she needs to brush up his/her probability ;)tomsmeding –tomsmeding 2016-10-11 11:24:20 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 11:24
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This is similar to this probability "joke":
Given a bowl with 9 black balls and 1 white ball, what's the chance that you pick a white ball? 1 2 1 2, either you pick it or you don't.
While there are indeed both ∞∞ points which are collinear and ∞∞ points which are non-collinear, they're not quite the same ∞∞, so ∞∞+∞≠1 2∞∞+∞≠1 2. (See also Hilbert's Hotel on different levels of infinity)
As a matter of fact, since for collinear points, the choice of x x fixes the choice of y y, there is only one level of infinity. For the non-collinear points, however, there are two levels of infinity: Both x x and y y can take infinite values. Thus, P(collinear)P(non-collinear)=1∞P(collinear)P(non-collinear)=1∞, which tends to zero. In other words, P(non-collinear)≈1 P(non-collinear)≈1.
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20 No, the number of points in the real plane and on the real line are exactly the same infinity (ℶ 1 ℶ 1). It's also not clear that these "levels of infinity" arguments work, given that we're talking about uncountable sets. Hilbert's hotel deals with countable infinities.David Richerby –David Richerby 2016-10-11 14:48:01 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 14:48
3 You could use the same argument to "prove" that Z 2 Z 2 is bigger than Z Z, but Hilbert's hotel shows us that those sets have the same cardinality. For example, the existence of space-filling curves proves that there are bijections between R R and R 2 R 2, which proves that they have the same cardinality.David Richerby –David Richerby 2016-10-11 16:11:43 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 16:11
9 I wanted to +1 for the joke, which I find illuminating and think will help the OP, but the rest of the answer (starting at the first mention of ∞∞) is too vague and imprecise to help rather than confuse, I think.ShreevatsaR –ShreevatsaR 2016-10-11 16:16:20 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 16:16
1 The last sentence is the only part of this answer that should remain mhodges –mhodges 2016-10-11 16:30:58 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 16:30
4 This argument is completely incorrect.djechlin –djechlin 2016-10-12 23:49:54 +00:00 Commented Oct 12, 2016 at 23:49
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I see nothing wrong with the reasoning in Attempt 2, but Attempt 1 is all kinds of wrong.
Just because there are two possible outcomes, it does not follow that the probability of one of them is 0.5. This is only the case when each outcome is as likely as the other, such as with a coin toss.
To randomly pick a third point, out of all the infinite number of points on the plain, that happens to lie exactly on the line AB is hugely unlikely. Infinitely unlikely, in fact. Probability of a triangle = 1.
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I get it, but I don't. I understand that the odds are Infinitesimally small and are approaching zero, but if I can list infinitely many trios of points that are on the same line, it's hard to accept that the probability of a triangle equals 1.J.R. –J.R. 2016-10-13 20:31:52 +00:00 Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 20:31
There are an infinite number of points between 0 and 1. But choosing any particular one (if we are choosing randomly) is zero. You also have to be convinced that 0.99999... (recurring) equals 1 :-)Gazzer –Gazzer 2016-10-14 10:06:26 +00:00 Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 10:06
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There is no obvious, 'natural' probability distribution of 'choosing points from a plane'. Hence a question starting like
If 3 distinct points are chosen on a plane, what is the probability...
without indicating a specific method of choosing points makes no sense, and the only two answers to it I can think of are 'the probability is any you can think of' or just 'get off'.
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Attempt 2 is flawed in the assumption that a point C on a line will be between A and B on a line segment. Since a line stretches on forever in both directions, there are an infinite number of points that could be C that are not between A and B. But this is still not on a plane, just a line.
The actual answer is that the probability of a point being on the line segment that connects any two points "approaches" zero, and because division by infinity is required, IS zero. In other words, infinitesimally small, and effectively zero. There are infinite possible points on the line segment, but there are also infinite possible line segments with infinite points in the plane:
(A B)∞/(A B)∞∗∞(A B)∞/(A B)∞∗∞
Essentially, you are calculating the odds of a point falling on a specific line segment out of an infinite number of line segments:
1/∞1/∞
But division by infinity is effectively zero. So, the probability of a third point being on that specific line segment is actually zero. (This actually makes more sense, when you consider that by definition, a point actually has no size, and a line actually has no width...)
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Your solution is correct, but Attempt 2 never said anything about C being between A and B. It said C being on a line that passes through A and B mhodges –mhodges 2016-10-11 16:34:21 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 16:34
4 Any approach that relies on multiplying or dividing by "infinity" is doomed.David Richerby –David Richerby 2016-10-11 17:28:04 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 17:28
If the three points are chosen independently, Craig's answer above can be visualized by noting that the area of any line is zero. For a non-triangle to result, the third point would have to land in a region of area (measure to be technical) zero.ttw –ttw 2016-10-11 19:48:40 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 19:48
FYI - infinity divided by infinity is indeterminant. Infinity divided by infinity squared in indeterminant. Infinity divided by infinity to the one millionth power is indeterminant. IOW, Infinity divided by infinity squared is not 1 divided by infinity. At least that's how I am interpreting the reasoning for your answer. Anyways, I do agree that the answer is zero, I just don't agree with the formula you used.Dunk –Dunk 2016-10-11 21:38:46 +00:00 Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 21:38
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Having placed the first 2 points, there is a single straight line that goes through these two points. There is also an infinite number of parallel lines that don't go through those 2 points. (The plane itself can be finite).
For a non-triangle to occur, the third point must go on that single line out of the infinite possibilities. Assuming independence the probability of this is zero. Hence the probability of a triangle is 1.
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"Assuming independence the probability of this is zero." That depends on the distribution. Suppose the line containing the first two points is selected with probability 1 2 1 2 and the other lines with probability summing to 1 2 1 2. The probability of hitting the first line is not zero.David Richerby –David Richerby 2016-10-14 09:07:04 +00:00 Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 9:07
Well, obviously. If we don't assume the points are placed randomly anywhere then the question is unanswerable anyway. If, for example, you have to place the points on a grid, but there's nothing in the question that makes this constraint.Gazzer –Gazzer 2016-10-14 09:54:08 +00:00 Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 9:54
In my example, the points are placed "randomly anywhere". "Randomly" does not mean "uniformly at random" and, in this case, it cannot mean "uniformly at random", since there is no uniform distribution on the real plane.David Richerby –David Richerby 2016-10-14 10:26:31 +00:00 Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 10:26
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What has happened to good old probability without measure theory ? You can't say that the question is dumb just because a less-than-100-year-old theory can't solve it. If a theory doesn't answer a question, then don't try to use it. The question is actually very good, if you ask me. No need to go into debate about different kinds of infinity. If this is a school-level problem, then it's assumed that each point on the plane is equally likely. If highly skilled mathematicians can't solve the problem without telling this young fellow about Lebesgue measure or absolute continuity and whatnot then just use conditional probability. We don't care where the first two points A A and B B end up. So assuming there are two points on the plane, what is the probablity that the third one C C form a triangle ? All that matters is, of all lines parallel to (A B)(A B), which one is C C on ? If all points are equally likely, then so are all those lines. Looking at all those parallel lines is like looking at R R. And (A B)(A B) is one point of the real-line. So the problem is like saying "Given x x in R R what is the probability for a random y y that y=x y=x ?" If you think it's 0 0 and you need a measure to prove it, just say : For any bounded interval I I containing x x probability that y=x y=x given that y∈I y∈I is zero with respect to normalised Lebesgue measure on that interval. So without even assuming that y∈I y∈I, not a chance.
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8 Did you just admonish the other answers for invoking the Lebesgue measure, and then use it yourself to answer the same question?ilkkachu –ilkkachu 2016-10-13 15:05:03 +00:00 Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 15:05
No, I read a few statements higher up according to which the question wasn't soluble because of the fact that there is no uniform measure on the plane.James Well –James Well 2016-10-14 00:49:28 +00:00 Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 0:49
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Let's make it simple. No need to bother with any calculation here. Probability is equal to 1 by definition.
Indeed, whenever you have 3 distinct points in a plane, you have a triangle. And even in the case where the 3 points are aligned on the same line, we are just facing with a degenerate triangle.
P.S: this also applies in a 3D space.
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A possibly silly way to finesse the ambiguity in the initial distribution: put the points on the projective plane. Then uniform distribution is well-defined and clearly, in the presence of uniform distribution, it is legitimate to use it to define a set of three points chosen randomly. This, of course, again leads to the probability of three points forming a triangle being 1.
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Eventhough, the actual answer is 1, because the measure of any line is 0, I am wondering whether the actual formulation of the problem was just slightly different since it looks silly the provided textbook answers to be 1/2.
One suggestion for the true formulation is the following:
Given 3 points A,B and C, taken at random in the plane(here, to make the things proper, one may substitute that with 'uniformly at random in a sqaure C n C n with side n, n→∞n→∞'), what is the probability that ABC is a positive oriented triangle?
The variants where just one word as 'obtuse' or 'acute' in front of 'triangle' is missed doesn't make sense since in such cases the answer differs from 1/2.
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Incenter - Concurrent ∠ BisectorsMathBitsNotebook.com Topical Outline | Geometry Outline | MathBits' Teacher Resources Terms of Use Contact Person:Donna Roberts We are now going to take a look at another triangle center called the incenter. A point of concurrency is the point where three or more lines intersect. We have already seen how to construct a circle inscribed in a triangle. This discussion will focus on the name given to that point where the angle bisectors in that construction intersect. That point is called the incenter. Incenter - point of concurrent angle bisectors The three angle bisectors of the angles of a triangle are concurrent, meaning they intersect on one common point. That common point is called the incenter of the triangle. We know that common point is also the center of a inscribed circle tangent to all of the sides of the triangle. Since the radii of the circle are congruent, the center (the incenter) is equidistant from the circle's points of tangency with the sides of the triangle. The point of concurrency, the incenter, is always located in the interior of the triangle. Let's take a look at the locations of the incenters in relation to acutetriangles, obtuse triangles and right triangles . NOTE: The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle (the incenter) is the center of an inscribed circle within the triangle. To construct the incenter: Simply construct the angle bisectors of the three angles. The point where the angle bisectors intersect is the incenter. To construct the incircle: Locate the incenter (shown at the left). Construct a perpendicular to one side of the triangle from the incenter, to determine the radius of the incircle. Draw the incircle tangent to the three sides of the triangle. NOTE:There-posting of materials(in part or whole) from this site to the Internet is copyright violation and is not considered "fair use" for educators. Please read the "Terms of Use". Topical Outline | Geometry Outline | MathBitsNotebook.com | MathBits' Teacher ResourcesTerms of UseContact Person:Donna Roberts Copyright © 2012-2025 MathBitsNotebook.com. All Rights Reserved. |
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Know how ions form.
Learn the characteristic charges that ions have.
Construct a proper formula for an ionic compound.
Generate a proper name for an ionic compound.
So far, we have discussed elements and compounds that are electrically neutral. They have the same number of electrons as protons, so the negative charges of the electrons are balanced by the positive charges of the protons. However, this is not always the case. Electrons can move from one atom to another; when they do, species with overall electric charges are formed. Such species are called ions. Species with overall positive charges are termed cations, while species with overall negative charges are called anions. Remember that ions are formed only when electrons move from one atom to another; a proton never moves from one atom to another. Compounds formed from positive and negative ions are ionic compounds.
Individual atoms can gain or lose electrons. When they do, they become monatomic ions. When atoms gain or lose electrons, they usually gain or lose a characteristic number of electrons and so take on a characteristic overall charge. Table 3.5.1 lists some common ions in terms of how many electrons they lose (making cations) or gain (making anions). There are several things to notice about the ions in Table 3.5.1. First, each element that forms a cation is a metal, except for one (hydrogen), while each element that forms an anion is a nonmetal. This is actually one of the chemical properties of metals and nonmetals: metals tend to form cations, while nonmetals tend to form anions. Second, most atoms form ions of a single characteristic charge. When sodium atoms form ions, they always form a 1+ charge, never a 2+ or 3+ or even 1− charge. Thus, if you commit the information in Table 3.5.1 to memory, you will always know what charges most atoms form.
Table 3.5.1: Monatomic Ions of Various Charges
| Ions formed by losing a single electron | H+ |
| Na+ |
| K+ |
| Rb+ |
| Ag+ |
| Au+ |
| Ions formed by losing two electrons | Mg2+ |
| Ca2+ |
| Sr2+ |
| Fe2+ |
| Co2+ |
| Ni2+ |
| Cu2+ |
| Zn2+ |
| Sn2+ |
| Hg2+ |
| Pb2+ |
| Ions formed by losing three electrons | Sc3+ |
| Fe3+ |
| Co3+ |
| Ni3+ |
| Au3+ |
| Al3+ |
| Cr3+ |
| Ions formed by losing four electrons | Ti4+ |
| Sn4+ |
| Pb4+ |
| Ions formed by gaining a single electron | F− |
| Cl− |
| Br− |
| I− |
| Ions formed by gaining two electrons | O2− |
| S2− |
| Se2− |
| Ions formed by gaining three electrons | N3− |
| P3− |
Third, there are some exceptions to the previous point. A few elements, all of which are metals, can form more than one possible charge. For example, iron atoms can form 2+ cations or 3+ cations. Cobalt is another element that can form more than one possible charged ion (2+ and 3+), while lead can form 2+ or 4+ cations. Unfortunately, there is little understanding which two charges a metal atom may take, so it is best to just memorize the possible charges a particular element can have.
Note the convention for indicating an ion. The magnitude of the charge is listed as a right superscript next to the symbol of the element. If the charge is a single positive or negative one, the number 1 is not written; if the magnitude of the charge is greater than 1, then the number is written before the + or − sign. An element symbol without a charge written next to it is assumed to be the uncharged atom.
Naming an ion is straightforward. For a cation, simply use the name of the element and add the word ion (or if you want to be more specific, add cation) after the element's name. So Na+ is the sodium ion; Ca2+ is the calcium ion. If the element has more than one possible charge, the value of the charge comes after the element name and before the word ion. Thus, Fe2+ is the iron two ion, while Fe3+ is the iron three ion. In print, we use roman numerals in parentheses to represent the charge on the ion; so these two iron ions would be represented as the iron(II) cation and the iron(III) cation, respectively.
For a monatomic anion, use the stem of the element name and append the suffix -ide to it, and then add ion. This is similar to how we named molecular compounds. Thus, Cl− is the chloride ion, and N3− is the nitride ion.
Example 3.5.1
Name each species.
O2−
Co
Co2+
Solution
This species has a 2− charge on it, so it is an anion. Anions are named using the stem of the element name with the suffix -ide added. This is the oxide anion.
Because this species has no charge, it is an atom in its elemental form. This is cobalt.
In this case, there is a 2+ charge on the atom, so it is a cation. We note from Table 3.5.1 that cobalt cations can have two possible charges, so the name of the ion must specify which charge the ion has. This is the cobalt(II) cation.
Exercise 3.5.1
Name each species.
P3−
Sr2+
Answers
the phosphide anion
the strontium cation
Ionic Formulas
Chemical formulas for ionic compounds are called ionic formulas. A proper ionic formula has a cation and an anion in it; an ionic compound is never formed between two cations only or two anions only. The key to writing proper ionic formulas is simple: the total positive charge must balance the total negative charge. Because the charges on the ions are characteristic, sometimes we have to have more than one of a cation or an anion to balance the overall positive and negative charges. It is conventional to use the lowest ratio of ions that are needed to balance the charges.
For example, consider the ionic compound between Na+ and Cl−. Each ion has a single charge, one positive and one negative, so we need only one ion of each to balance the overall charge. When writing the ionic formula, we follow two additional conventions: (1) write the formula for the cation first and the formula for the anion second, but (2) do not write the charges on the ions. Thus, for the compound between Na+ and Cl−, we have the ionic formula NaCl (Figure 3.5.1). The formula Na2Cl2 also has balanced charges, but the convention is to use the lowest ratio of ions, which would be one of each. (Remember from our conventions for writing formulas that we do not write a 1 subscript if there is only one atom of a particular element present.) For the ionic compound between magnesium cations (Mg2+) and oxide anions (O2−), again we need only one of each ion to balance the charges. By convention, the formula is MgO.
For the ionic compound between Mg2+ ions and Cl− ions, we now consider the fact that the charges have different magnitudes: 2+ on the magnesium ion and 1− on the chloride ion. To balance the charges with the lowest number of ions possible, we need to have two chloride ions to balance the charge on the one magnesium ion. Rather than write the formula MgClCl, we combine the two chloride ions and write it with a 2 subscript: MgCl2.
What is the formula MgCl2 telling us? There are two chloride ions in the formula. Although chlorine as an element is a diatomic molecule, Cl2, elemental chlorine is not part of this ionic compound. The chlorine is in the form of a negatively charged ion, not the neutral element. The 2 subscript is in the ionic formula because we need two Cl− ions to balance the charge on one Mg2+ ion.
Example 3.5.2
Write the proper ionic formula for each of the two given ions.
Ca2+ and Cl−
Al3+ and F−
Al3+ and O2−
Solution
We need two Cl− ions to balance the charge on one Ca2+ ion, so the proper ionic formula is CaCl2.
We need three F− ions to balance the charge on the Al3+ ion, so the proper ionic formula is AlF3.
With Al3+ and O2−, note that neither charge is a perfect multiple of the other. This means we have to go to a least common multiple, which in this case will be six. To get a total of 6+, we need two Al3+ ions; to get 6−, we need three O2− ions. Hence the proper ionic formula is Al2O3.
Exercise 3.5.2
Write the proper ionic formulas for each of the two given ions.
Fe2+ and S2−
Fe3+ and S2−
Answers
FeS
Fe2S3
Naming ionic compounds is simple: combine the name of the cation and the name of the anion, in both cases omitting the word ion. Do not use numerical prefixes if there is more than one ion necessary to balance the charges. NaCl is sodium chloride, a combination of the name of the cation (sodium) and the anion (chloride). MgO is magnesium oxide. MgCl2 is magnesium chloride—not magnesium dichloride.
When naming ionic compounds whose cations can have more than one possible charge, we must also include the charge, in parentheses and in roman numerals, as part of the name. Hence FeS is iron(II) sulfide, while Fe2S3 is iron(III) sulfide. Again, no numerical prefixes appear in the name. The number of ions in the formula is dictated by the need to balance the positive and negative charges.
Example 3.5.3
Name each ionic compound.
CaCl2
AlF3
Co2O3
Solution
Using the names of the ions, this ionic compound is named calcium chloride. It is not calcium(II) chloride, because calcium forms only one cation when it forms an ion, and it has a characteristic charge of 2+.
The name of this ionic compound is aluminum fluoride.
We know that cobalt can have more than one possible charge; we just need to determine what it is. Oxide always has a 2− charge, so with three oxide ions, we have a total negative charge of 6−. This means that the two cobalt ions have to contribute 6+, which for two cobalt ions means that each one is 3+. Therefore, the proper name for this ionic compound is cobalt(III) oxide.
Exercise 3.5.3
Name each ionic compound.
Sc2O3
AgCl
Answers
scandium oxide
silver chloride
How do you know whether a formula—and by extension, a name—is for a molecular compound or for an ionic compound? Molecular compounds form between nonmetals and nonmetals, while ionic compounds form between metals and nonmetals. The periodic table can be used to determine which elements are metals and nonmetals.
There also exists a group of ions that contain more than one atom. These are called polyatomic ions. Table 3.5.2 lists the formulas, charges, and names of some common polyatomic ions. Only one of them, the ammonium ion, is a cation; the rest are anions. Most of them also contain oxygen atoms, so sometimes they are referred to as oxyanions. Some of them, such as nitrate and nitrite, and sulfate and sulfite, have very similar formulas and names, so care must be taken to get the formulas and names correct. Note that the -ite polyatomic ion has one less oxygen atom in its formula than the -ate ion but with the same ionic charge.
Table 3.5.2: Common Polyatomic Ions
| Name | Formula and Charge | | Name | Formula and Charge |
| ammonium | NH4+ | | hydroxide | OH− |
| acetate | C2H3O2−, or CH3COO− | nitrate | NO3− |
| bicarbonate (hydrogen carbonate) | HCO3− | nitrite | NO2− |
| bisulfate (hydrogen sulfate) | HSO4− | peroxide | O22− |
| carbonate | CO32− | perchlorate | ClO4− |
| chlorate | ClO3− | phosphate | PO43− |
| chromate | CrO42− | sulfate | SO42− |
| cyanide | CN− | sulfite | SO32− |
| dichromate | Cr2O72− | triiodide | I3− |
The naming of ionic compounds that contain polyatomic ions follows the same rules as the naming for other ionic compounds: simply combine the name of the cation and the name of the anion. Do not use numerical prefixes in the name if there is more than one polyatomic ion; the only exception to this is if the name of the ion itself contains a numerical prefix, such as dichromate or triiodide.
Writing the formulas of ionic compounds has one important difference. If more than one polyatomic ion is needed to balance the overall charge in the formula, enclose the formula of the polyatomic ion in parentheses and write the proper numerical subscript to the right and outside of the parentheses. Thus, the formula between calcium ions, Ca2+, and nitrate ions, NO3−, is properly written Ca(NO3)2, not CaNO32 or CaN2O6. Use parentheses where required. The name of this ionic compound is simply calcium nitrate.
Example 3.5.4
Write the proper formula and give the proper name for each ionic compound formed between the two listed ions.
NH4+ and S2−
Al3+ and PO43−
Fe2+ and PO43−
Solution
Because the ammonium ion has a 1+ charge and the sulfide ion has a 2− charge, we need two ammonium ions to balance the charge on a single sulfide ion. Enclosing the formula for the ammonium ion in parentheses, we have (NH4)2S. The compound's name is ammonium sulfide.
Because the ions have the same magnitude of charge, we need only one of each to balance the charges. The formula is AlPO4, and the name of the compound is aluminum phosphate.
Neither charge is an exact multiple of the other, so we have to go to the least common multiple of 6. To get 6+, we need three iron(II) ions, and to get 6−, we need two phosphate ions. The proper formula is Fe3(PO4)2, and the compound's name is iron(II) phosphate.
Exercise 3.5.4
Write the proper formula and give the proper name for each ionic compound formed between the two listed ions.
NH4+ and PO43−
Co3+ and NO2−
Answers
(NH4)3PO4, ammonium phosphate
Co(NO2)3, cobalt(III) nitrite
Food and Drink Application: Sodium in Your Food
The element sodium, at least in its ionic form as Na+, is a necessary nutrient for humans to live. In fact, the human body is approximately 0.15% sodium, with the average person having one-twentieth to one-tenth of a kilogram in their body at any given time, mostly in fluids outside cells and in other bodily fluids.
Sodium is also present in our diet. The common table salt we use on our foods is an ionic sodium compound. Many processed foods also contain significant amounts of sodium added to them as a variety of ionic compounds. Why are sodium compounds used so much? Usually sodium compounds are inexpensive, but, more importantly, most ionic sodium compounds dissolve easily. This allows processed food manufacturers to add sodium-containing substances to food mixtures and know that the compound will dissolve and distribute evenly throughout the food. Simple ionic compounds such as sodium nitrite (NaNO2) are added to cured meats, such as bacon and deli-style meats, while a compound called sodium benzoate is added to many packaged foods as a preservative. Table 3.5.3 is a partial list of some sodium additives used in food. Some of them you may recognize after reading this chapter. Others you may not recognize, but they are all ionic sodium compounds with some negatively charged ion also present.
Table 3.5.3: Some Sodium Compounds Added to Food
| Sodium Compound | Use in Food |
| Sodium acetate | preservative, acidity regulator |
| Sodium adipate | food acid |
| Sodium alginate | thickener, vegetable gum, stabilizer, gelling agent, emulsifier |
| Sodium aluminum phosphate | acidity regulator, emulsifier |
| Sodium aluminosilicate | anti-caking agent |
| Sodium ascorbate | antioxidant |
| Sodium benzoate | preservative |
| Sodium bicarbonate | mineral salt |
| Sodium bisulfite | preservative, antioxidant |
| Sodium carbonate | mineral salt |
| Sodium carboxymethylcellulose | emulsifier |
| Sodium citrates | food acid |
| Sodium dehydroacetate | preservative |
| Sodium erythorbate | antioxidant |
| Sodium erythorbin | antioxidant |
| Sodium ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate | preservative |
| Sodium ferrocyanide | anti-caking agent |
| Sodium formate | preservative |
| Sodium fumarate | food acid |
| Sodium gluconate | stabilizer |
| Sodium hydrogen acetate | preservative, acidity regulator |
| Sodium hydroxide | mineral salt |
| Sodium lactate | food acid |
| Sodium malate | food acid |
| Sodium metabisulfite | preservative, antioxidant, bleaching agent |
| Sodium methyl para-hydroxybenzoate | preservative |
| Sodium nitrate | preservative, color fixative |
| Sodium nitrite | preservative, color fixative |
| Sodium orthophenyl phenol | preservative |
| Sodium propionate | preservative |
| Sodium propyl para-hydroxybenzoate | preservative |
| Sodium sorbate | preservative |
| Sodium stearoyl lactylate | emulsifier |
| Sodium succinates | acidity regulator, flavor enhancer |
| Sodium salts of fatty acids | emulsifier, stabilizer, anti-caking agent |
| Sodium sulfite | mineral salt, preservative, antioxidant |
| Sodium sulfite | preservative, antioxidant |
| Sodium tartrate | food acid |
| Sodium tetraborate | preservative |
The use of so many sodium compounds in prepared and processed foods has alarmed some physicians and nutritionists. They argue that the average person consumes too much sodium from his or her diet. The average person needs only about 500 mg of sodium every day; most people consume more than this—up to 10 times as much. Some studies have implicated increased sodium intake with high blood pressure; newer studies suggest that the link is questionable. However, there has been a push to reduce the amount of sodium most people ingest every day: avoid processed and manufactured foods, read labels on packaged foods (which include an indication of the sodium content), avoid oversalting foods, and use other herbs and spices besides salt in cooking.
Key Takeaways
Ions form when atoms lose or gain electrons.
Ionic compounds have positive ions and negative ions.
Ionic formulas balance the total positive and negative charges.
Ionic compounds have a simple system of naming.
Groups of atoms can have an overall charge and make ionic compounds.
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Nasolabial cysts represent uncommon, non-odontogenic soft tissue lesions believed to arise from remnants of the nasolacrimal duct, and are a rare form of cysts in the maxillofacial region. They most frequently occur in women during their fourth and fifth decades of life and usually appear as a slow-growing, painless swelling located in the nasolabial fold.We present the case of a 31-year-old female patient with a six-month history of a painful, soft, fluctuant, 3x3 cm nasolabial fold swelling. CT suggested a cystic lesion, confirmed as a nasolabial cyst after intraoral excision via sublabial incision and histopathological examination. Nasolabial cysts are rare and can pose diagnostic challenges due to their nonspecific presentation, and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nasolabial fold swellings. CT and MRI are vital for cyst evaluation. Surgical excision ensures favourable outcomes with minimal recurrence risk. This case highlights that early diagnosis and surgical management are crucial for excellent prognosis and also reinforces the importance of awareness and timely management to prevent complications and achieve optimal patient outcomes.
Keywords: kledalst cyst, maxillofacial cyst, nasoalveolar cyst, nasolabial cyst, soft tissue cyst
Introduction
Nasolabial cysts are rare soft tissue non-odontogenic cysts that develop between the nasal vestibule and upper lip. The incidence of nasolabial cysts is 0.7% of all maxillofacial cysts . Nasolabial cysts were first described by Zuckerkandl in 1882 and are also known as nasoalveolar cysts . Rao coined the term “nasolabial,” offering a more accurate description than “nasoalveolar,” for these uncommon yet recognized cysts .
Nasolabial cysts present as unilateral, painless swellings that gradually obliterate the nasolabial fold, displace the ala nasi, and project into the nasal floor or buccal vestibule. Typically undiagnosed unless infected, they may form nasal-draining fistulas. These cysts are located lateral to the midline and the nasal septum base, appearing cystic, mobile, and unencased by bone during bi-digital examination. Their presentation underscores the importance of early clinical evaluation for diagnosis and surgical management .
Due to their location and presentation, nasolabial cysts can mimic facial cellulitis, periodontal abscess, acute maxillary sinusitis, or a nasal furuncle. This case report reviews our experience in the diagnosis and management of a nasolabial cyst in a 31-year-old female patient.
Case presentation
A 31-year-old female patient presented with a six-month history of a slowly growing, painful right nasolabial swelling, causing discomfort during facial movements. The patient denied any history of trauma or surgery in that region.
On examination, the lesion was a soft, fluctuant, and well-demarcated swelling measuring 3x3 cm in the right nasolabial fold, causing asymmetry of the face. The overlying skin was intact, with no discoloration, but there was the presence of pain due to inflammation. On palpation, the swelling was tender, mobile, and not fixed to underlying structures. Intraoral examination revealed a bulge in the labial vestibule from teeth 11-14; the mucosa was normal as compared to its counterpart, with no pathological changes. Extraoral swelling was present, extending from the ala of the right nostril to the corner of the mouth.There were no associated systemic manifestations, lymphadenopathy, or nasal obstruction.
Plain CT of the paranasal sinuses was obtained, which revealed a rounded, mildly hyperdense cystic lesion measuring 2x 1.1 cm in the right nasolabial soft tissue plane. Mild compression-remodelling of the underlying maxillary bone was noted without any erosions (Figure 1).Based on the clinical and radiological findings, a provisional diagnosis of a nasolabial cyst was made.
Figure 1. CT scan of paranasal sinuses (axial section) showing rounded mild hyper dense cystic lesion measuring ~ 2 x 1.1 cm in right nasolabial soft tissue plane. There is mild compression remodelling of underlying maxillary bone with no significant erosions.
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The patient underwent intraoral sublabial enucleation under local anaesthesia. Following aseptic protocols, a semilunar incision was made, and a full-thickness periosteal flap was reflected in the right labial vestibule, extending from the 21-14 region, 1 cm above the attached gingiva. A round, smooth, extraosseous cystic swelling superficial to the anterior maxillary wall was exposed (Figure 2), bluntly dissected from surrounding tissues, and completely excised. Hemostasis was achieved, revealing a smooth bone surface with an indentation. The incision was closed with 3-0 black braided silk, and healing was satisfactory after suture removal.
Figure 2. Intraoperative image reveals a round, well-circumscribed cyst with smooth, clearly defined margins, suggesting a benign nature. The cyst appears encapsulated, separated from surrounding tissues. Its distinct borders facilitate surgical excision, minimizing damage to adjacent structures and aiding in complete removal.
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The excised sample, contained in a single piece of greyish soft tissue, underwent histopathological examination under higher magnification. It revealed cystic epithelium lined by pseudostratified ciliated columnar cells with goblet, clear, and mucous cells. Focal areas displayed epithelial transitions, mucin pooling, and papillary projections. Dense fibrous connective tissue with parallel collagen bundles indicated a cystic capsule. Scant inflammatory infiltrates, nerve and muscle sections, and numerous endothelial-lined blood vessels with RBCs and extravasation confirmed the histopathological features of a nasolabial cyst (Figure 3).
Figure 3. Histopathological image (H&E, 40X magnification) shows a cystic lining of pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells, supported by fibrous connective tissue . Endothelial lined blood vessels with RBCs and extravasated RBC can also be seen.
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Discussion
Nasolabial cysts are rare, comprising 0.7% of all maxillofacial cysts and 2.5% of non-odontogenic cases. Predominantly unilateral (90%), they occur bilaterally in 10% and are more common in Black women aged 40-50 years. Nasolabial cysts are purely soft tissue nonodontogenic cysts, though it has been classified under jaw cysts. It is also called a mucoid cyst of the nose, nasal cyst, and sometimes even nasoalveolar cyst or Klestadt cyst .
The nasolabial cyst likely originates from epithelial remnants of the nasolacrimal duct, as proposed by Bruggemann in 1920 . This theory explains the cyst's consistent location at the nasal floor, dismissing alternative embryological theories.
Typically, and most commonly, patients present with a painless swelling on the left side of the upper lip near the nasal alae, characterized by its very slow growth rate. These cysts range in size from 1-5 cm and rarely erode the underlying bone unless they reach a considerable size. Their submucosal location at the anterior nasal floor is both distinctive and consistent. Due to an extraosseous characteristic, it expands via the gingivobuccal sulcus and expands all the soft-tissues outwards.
The differential diagnosis for a nasolabial cyst includes several conditions that can present with similar features, including odontogenic cysts and tumours, dermoid cyst, epidermoid cyst, mucocele, odontogenic abscess, or minor salivary gland tumours. Various imaging modalities like CT scan helps delineate the cyst’s relationship to adjacent bony structures and assess for possible bone remodeling, but cannot reliably distinguish the internal contents or cyst wall from surrounding soft tissues, limiting the differentiation from other benign soft tissue masses, whereas the multiplanar capability of MRI enables detailed evaluation of the cyst, helping distinguish nasolabial cysts from similar lesions based on characteristic signal patterns and anatomical localisation, but histopathology is must to confirm the diagnosis [4,5,7].
Ultrasonography is a convenient, office-based imaging method for diagnosing nasolabial cysts. CT, preferred for its lower cost, provides high-resolution visualization of bone and soft tissues, depicting nasolabial cysts as well-defined, low-density lesions without bone invasion. MRI, with superior soft tissue contrast, precisely evaluates cyst boundaries and contents. Increased T1 signal intensity may indicate proteins, mucus, or pus. MRI shows the cyst as a homogeneous mass with variable intensities on T1 and T2-weighted images, without contrast enhancement[10-12].
Surgical intervention for nasolabial cysts is justified in cases of pain, swelling, or nasal obstruction, particularly when these symptoms affect breathing, speech, or mastication. Persistent swelling or recurrent infections unresponsive to conservative treatment also necessitate surgery. Aesthetic concerns due to noticeable facial deformity may lead to excision at the patient’s request. Additionally, uncertain diagnoses require surgical removal for histopathological analysis to differentiate the cyst from dermoid cysts or neoplasms.
The most frequently used method for removing nasolabial cysts is intraoral sublabial excision. This technique enables the complete removal of the cyst and can be performed under either local or general anaesthesia. Other methods for management include aspiration of cyst followed by enucleation,endoscopic-assisted modified lateral rhinotomy approach, sublabial approach with application of cryosurgery, and endoscopic transnasal marsupialization.
Conclusions
Nasolabial cysts, although rare and often overlooked, should be carefully in the differential diagnosis of swellings of the nasolabial region. Accurate diagnosis is essential to differentiate these cysts from other odontogenic and non-odontogenic lesions. Advanced imaging modalities, such as CT or MRI, greatly aid in preoperative assessment and surgical planning. Complete surgical excision via an intraoral approach remains the treatment of choice, providing excellent functional and aesthetic results with minimal risk of recurrence. This case emphasizes that prompt recognition, appropriate imaging, and timely surgical intervention is critical to ensuring favorable long-term outcomes and preventing potential complications associated with delayed treatment.
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Determine what you need to calculate to solve the problem. In some cases, you may need a length; in others, an area or angle measure. If you are conscious throughout the process of what you need to determine, you can save yourself a significant amount of time.
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The height (h) is 6 feet, and the two bases (b1 and b2) are 8 and 11 feet.
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Binary to Hexadecimal
A binary-to-hexadecimal conversion is done to convert a binary number (base 2) to its equivalent hexadecimal number (base 16). It is done by the given methods.
Direct Method: Using Table
In this method, we directly represent a group of binary digits (of 4 bits) to its hexadecimal value using the conversion table.
Let us convert (11010)2 into its corresponding hexadecimal number.
Step 1: Grouping 11010 into 4 bits starting from the right, we have (1) and (1010).
Step 2: Since the first group is not of four bits, we add zeros to the front. Now, the groups (0001) and (1010) are of four bits.
Step 3: We find their corresponding hexadecimal values using the conversion table.
| Binary Number | Hexadecimal Number |
--- |
| 0000 | 0 |
| 0001 | 1 |
| 0010 | 2 |
| 0011 | 3 |
| 0100 | 4 |
| 0101 | 5 |
| 0110 | 6 |
| 0111 | 7 |
| 1000 | 8 |
| 1001 | 9 |
| 1010 | A |
| 1011 | B |
| 1100 | C |
| 1101 | D |
| 1110 | E |
| 1111 | F |
By converting each group into its corresponding hexadecimal values, we get
(0001)2 = (1)16 and (1010)2 = (A)16
Step 4: Taking the values based on the order of the groups, we get
(11010)2 = (1A)16
For Fractional Hexadecimal Numbers
Similarly, we convert the fractional binary numbers into corresponding hexadecimal numbers by grouping them into four bits. Unlike the integral part, the fractional part should be grouped from left to right.
Now, converting (0.101)2 into its equivalent hexadecimal, we get
For the Integral Part:
(0)2 (0000)2 (0)16
For the Fractional Part:
(101)2 (1010)2 (A)16
Thus, (0.101)2 = (0.A)16
: Convert (1111110010001)2 into its equivalent hexadecimal number.
Solution:
(0001) 1(1111) F(1001) 9(0001) 1(1111110010001)2 (1F91)16
Indirect Method: Without Using Table
There is another way the binary numbers are represented to their corresponding hexadecimal numbers without using the conversion table.
Let us convert (100101)2 into its hexadecimal number.
First, we convert 100101 into its corresponding decimal number and then to the hexadecimal.
Step 1: Binary to Decimal
While converting (100101)2 to its respective decimal number, we multiply each digit (right to left) by the corresponding powers of 2, as shown.
| | | | | | | |
--- --- ---
| Binary Value | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Decimal Value | 1 Ã 25 = 32 | 0 Ã 24 = 0 | 0 Ã 23 = 0 | 1 Ã 22 = 4 | 0 Ã 21 = 0 | 1 Ã 20 = 1 |
Now, on adding the value, we get the decimal number
32 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 1 = 32 + 4 + 1 = 37
Step 2: Decimal to Hexadecimal
Now, converting (37)10 into its hexadecimal form, we divide the number repeatedly by 16 until the quotient is 0.
On dividing 37 by 16, the quotient is 2, and the remainder is 5
Further, by repeating the same steps, we get
2 ÷ 16, quotient = 0, and remainder = 2
When the quotient is 0, the hexadecimal number is obtained by writing the remainders in reverse order (from last to first).
Thus, (37)10 = (25)16
: Translate (11000)2 in its equivalent hexadecimal form without using the conversion chart.
Solution:
By converting (11000)2 into its corresponding decimal, we get(1 à 24) + (1 à 23) + (0 à 22) + (0 à 21) + (0 à 20) = 16 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 24Now, by converting (24)10 into its corresponding hexadecimal, we get24 ÷ 16, quotient = 1, and remainder = 81 ÷ 16, quotient = 0, and remainder = 1Thus, (11000)2 = (18)16
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我昨天听了 alt-J 的 Tessellate ，想到了这句歌词“三角形是我最喜欢的形状：两条线相交的三个点”。三角形当然涉及三条线，但如果只有两条线呢？是否存在一个拓扑表面，两条线恰好在三个不同的点相交？如果是有任何有限的正数个点呢？
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Here you will learn about how to find the sum of exterior angles of a polygon using a single exterior angle and use this knowledge to solve problems.
Students will first learn about this topic as a part of high school geometry.
What is the sum of exterior angles of a polygon?
The sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is always 360^{\circ} regardless of the number of sides the polygon has. This is also referred to as the polygon exterior angle sum theorem.
The exterior angles are angles between a polygon and the extended line from the vertex of the polygon.
Sum of exterior angles of a polygon =360^{\circ}
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In order to solve problems involving exterior angles of a polygon:
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
Sum of exterior angles of a polygon examples
Example 1: finding the size of a single exterior angle for a regular polygon
Find the size of a single exterior angle for a regular hexagon.
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
A hexagon has 6 sides. These sides are all regular, and therefore all exterior angles are equal.
2Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
The question is asking to find the size of one exterior angle. The sum of exterior angles for a polygon is 360^{\circ}.
3Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
360 \div 6=60
The size of each exterior angle is 60^{\circ}.
Example 2: finding an exterior angle given an interior angle for an irregular polygon
An irregular octagon has one interior angle of size 130^{\circ}. What is the size of the adjacent exterior angle?
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
An irregular octagon will have 8 sides.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
As adjacent means next to, you are being asked to find the size of the exterior angle where the interior angle on the line is known.
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
Angles on a straight line add to 180^{\circ} and the interior angle is 130^{\circ}.
180-130=50^{\circ}
The exterior angle will be 50^{\circ}.
Example 3: interior + exterior angle = 180°
Find the measure of angle x.
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
An irregular hexagon has 6 sides.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
You need to find the interior angle x. It is an irregular polygon so the exterior angles and interior angles are not all equal.
The sum of exterior angles for a polygon is 360^{\circ}.
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
Find the missing exterior angle of the polygon first.
As one interior angle is 90^{\circ}, the exterior angle at this vertex is
180-90=90^{\circ}.
Subtract the 5 known exterior angles from 360^{\circ} to determine the unknown exterior angle.
360-(30+60+20+50+90)=110^{\circ}
The interior angle + the exterior angle must equal 180^{\circ} .
So x=180-110=70^{\circ}.
Example 4: finding the number of sides given the exterior angle of a regular polygon
An exterior angle of a regular polygon is 20^{\circ}. How many sides does the polygon have?
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
The polygon has an unknown number of sides, or n sides.
It is a regular polygon, therefore all exterior angles are equal.
The sum of exterior angles for a polygon is 360^{\circ}.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
You need to find the number of sides, n.
You know the sum of the exterior angles is 360^{\circ} and that each exterior angle is equal because it is a regular polygon.
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
\begin{aligned}20\times{n}&=360 \\ n&=18 \end{aligned}
The polygon has 18 sides.
Example 5 : finding the number of sides given the interior angle of a regular polygon
The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 150^{\circ}. How many sides does the polygon have?
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
The polygon has an unknown number of sides, or n sides.
It is a regular polygon, therefore all exterior angles are equal.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
You need to find the number of sides.
The sum of the exterior angles is 360^{\circ} and each exterior angle is equal because it is a regular polygon.
The sum of an interior and an exterior angle is 180^{\circ}.
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
If the interior angle is 150^{\circ} then the exterior angle will be 180-150=30^{\circ}.
The number of sides can therefore be calculated by 360\div{30}=12.
The polygon has 12 sides.
Example 6: multi step problem involving interior and exterior angles
The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 11 times the size of each exterior angle. Work out the number of sides the polygon has.
Identify the number of sides of any polygon(s) and note whether they are regular or irregular polygons.
The polygon has an unknown number of sides, or n sides.
It is a regular polygon, therefore all exterior angles are equal.
Identify what the question is asking and recall the sum of exterior angles.
You are given the number of sides of the polygon.
Other Information to consider:
Total of exterior angles =360^{\circ}
Interior + Exterior angle =180^{\circ}
11\times\text{Interior angle}=\text{Exterior angle}
Use the known information and any correct formula to solve.
You can call each of the interior angles x.
Since 11\times\text{interior angle}=\text{exterior angle}, each exterior angle can be called, 11x.
Therefore,
\begin{aligned}x+11x&=180 \\ 12x&=180 \\ x&=15 \end{aligned}
The size of one exterior angle is 15^{\circ}.
The number of sides of the polygon is 360 \div 15=24.
The polygon has 24 sides.
Teaching tips for sum of exterior angles of a polygon
Provide students with a step-by-step proof that shows that the sum of exterior angles of any polygon will always add up to 360^{\circ}.
Instead of providing students with worksheets to practice with, allow students to work in pairs or small groups to practice. This allows students the ability to collaborate and explain their thinking and reasoning in their own words.
Get students to investigate the interior and exterior angles of polygons by drawing and measuring these angles.
Easy mistakes to make
Confusing exterior and interior angles
The exterior angle of a triangle is the angle between the side and the extension of an adjacent side. Here the interior angle (internal angle) is 60^{\circ}, so the exterior angle (external angle) must be 120^{\circ}.
Incorrectly assuming all the angles are the same size
The sum of exterior angles will always be 360 degrees, regardless of the number of sides. More sides does not mean the sum of all exterior angles will be greater than a polygon with less shapes.
Misunderstanding regular vs. irregular polygons
Students may believe that irregular polygons follow another set of rules than regular polygons. Regardless if the polygon is regular or irregular, the sum of the measures of the exterior angles will always be 360 degrees.
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Practice questions for sum of exterior angles of a polygon
Find the size of one exterior angle for a regular quadrilateral.
90^{\circ}
60^{\circ}
180^{\circ}
270^{\circ}
Exterior angles of a polygon add up to 360^{\circ}.
A regular quadrilateral has 4 interior angles equal in size, so the four exterior angles are equal.
This means you can divide 360 by 4 to get the solution.
360\div{4}=90^{\circ}
Find the size of one exterior angle for a regular octagon.
45^{\circ}
60^{\circ}
40^{\circ}
135^{\circ}
Exterior angles of a polygon add up to 360^{\circ}.
A regular octagon has 8 interior angles equal in size, so the eight exterior angles are equal.
This means you can divide 360 by 8 to get the solution.
360\div{8}=45^{\circ}
Find the size of one exterior angle for a regular nonagon.
90^{\circ}
40^{\circ}
140^{\circ}
280^{\circ}
Exterior angles of a polygon add up to 360^{\circ}.
A regular nonagon has 9 interior angles equal in size, so the nine exterior angles are equal.
This means you can divide 360 by 9 to get the solution.
360\div{9}=40^{\circ}
Each of the exterior angles of a regular polygon is 12^{\circ}. How many sides does the polygon have?
12 sides
20 sides
30 sides
32 sides
Exterior angles of a polygon add up to 360^{\circ}. This means you can divide 360 by 12 to get the solution.
Each of the exterior angles of a regular polygon is 20^{\circ}. How many sides does the polygon have?
12 sides
20 sides
16 sides
18 sides
Exterior angles of a polygon add up to 360^{\circ}. This means you can divide 360 by 20 to get the solution.
360\div{20}=18
The polygon has 18 sides.
Four interior angles in a pentagon are 125^{\circ} each. Find the size of the other angle.
125^{\circ}
40^{\circ}
55^{\circ}
140^{\circ}
The four known exterior angles will be 55^{\circ}, since angles on a straight line add to 180.
This means the fifth exterior angle will be 140^{\circ} because exterior angles add up to 360^{\circ}.
360-(55\times{4})=140^{\circ}
Using angles on a straight line once more leads us to find out the missing angle is 40^{\circ}.
Find the measure of angle x.
49^{\circ}
131^{\circ}
139^{\circ}
41^{\circ}
The four known exterior angles are 40^{\circ}, \, 64^{\circ}, \, 28^{\circ}, and 89^{\circ}.
As one interior angle is 90^{\circ} and the sum of the interior and exterior angle at a vertex is 180^{\circ}, the exterior angle at this vertex is 180-90=90^{\circ}.
As exterior angles add up to 360°,
360-(40+64+28+89+90)=49^{\circ}
Using angles on a straight line once more leads us to find out the missing angle is 180-49=131^{\circ}.
Sum of exterior angles of a polygon FAQs
What is a polygon?
A polygon is a two dimensional shape with at least three sides, where the sides are all straight lines. There are two key types of polygons.
1) A regular polygon is where all angles are equal size and all sides of a polygon are equal length (a square), and 2) An irregular polygon where all angles are not equal size and/or all sides are not equal length (a trapezoid).
What are the exterior angles of a polygon?
The sum of exterior angles of any polygon is always 360^{\circ}, regardless of the number of sides the polygon has.
For a regular polygon, the exterior angles can be found using the formula
\text{exterior angle}=\cfrac{360^{\circ}}{n}, where n, is the number of sides of the polygon.
What is the sum of the interior angles of a polygon?
The sum of interior angles of a polygon can be found by using the interior angles formula: \text{sum of interior angles}=(n-2)\times{180}^{\circ}.
Unlike the sum of exterior angles, the sum of interior angles does change based on the number of sides of a polygon.
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Cofunction identities in trigonometry give the relationship between the different trigonometric functions and their complementary angles. Let us recall the meaning of complementary angles. Two angles are said to be complementary angles if their sum is equal to π/2 radians or 90°. Cofunction identities are trigonometric identities that show the relationship between trigonometric ratios pairwise (sine and cosine, tangent and cotangent, secant and cosecant). We use the angle sum property of a triangle to derive the six cofunction identities.
In this article, we will derive the cofunction identities and verify them using the sum and difference formulas of trigonometric functions. We will also solve various examples to understand the usage of these cofunction identities to solve various math problems involving trigonometric functions.
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| 1. | What are Cofunction Identities? |
| 2. | Cofunction Identities Formula |
| 3. | Cofunction Identities Proof |
| 4. | Verification of Cofunction Identities |
| 5. | Using Cofunction Identities |
| 6. | FAQs on Cofunction Identities |
What are Cofunction Identities?
Cofunction identities are trigonometric identities that show a relationship between complementary angles and trigonometric functions. We have six such identities that can be derived using a right-angled triangle, the angle sum property of a triangle, and the trigonometric ratios formulas. The cofunction identities give a relationship between trigonometric functions sine and cosine, tangent and cotangent, and secant and cosecant. These functions are referred to as cofunctions of each other. We can also derive these identities using the sum and difference formulas if trigonometric as well. Alternatively, we can use the sum and difference formulas to verify the cofunction identities.
Cofunction Identities Formula
Cofunction identities give a relationship between trigonometric functions pairwise and their complementary angles as below:
Sine function and cosine function
Tangent function and cotangent function
Secant Function and Cosecant Function
Two angles are said to be complementary if their sum is 90 degrees. We can write the cofunction identities in terms of radians and degrees as these are the two units of angle measurement. The six cofunction identities are given in the table below in radians and degrees:
| Cofunction Identities in Radians | Cofunction Identities in Degrees |
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| sin (π/2 - θ) = cos θ | sin (90° - θ) = cos θ |
| cos (π/2 - θ) = sin θ | cos (90° - θ) = sin θ |
| tan (π/2 - θ) = cot θ | tan (90° - θ) = cot θ |
| cot (π/2 - θ) = tan θ | cot (90° - θ) = tan θ |
| sec (π/2 - θ) = cosec θ | sec (90° - θ) = cosec θ |
| csc (π/2 - θ) = sec θ | csc (90° - θ) = sec θ |
Let us derive these cofunction identities in the next section.
Cofunction Identities Proof
Now that we have discussed the cofunction identities in the previous section, let us now derive them using the right angle triangle. Consider a right-angled triangle ABC right angled at B. Assume angle C = θ, then using the angle sum property of a triangle we have,
∠A + ∠B + ∠C = 180°
⇒ ∠A + 90° + ∠C = 180° --- [Because angle B is a right angle]
⇒ ∠A + ∠C = 180° - 90°
⇒ ∠A + θ = 90°
⇒ ∠A = 90° - θ
Therefore, we have the three angles of the triangle ABC as ∠A = 90° - θ, ∠B = 90° and ∠C = θ. Now, let us recall the formulas of trigonometric formulas below:
sin x = Opposite Side / Hypotenuse
cos x = Adjacent Side / Hypotenuse
tan x = Opposite Side / Adjacent Side
cot x = Adjacent Side / Opposite Side
sec x = Hypotenuse / Opposite Side
csc x = Hypotenuse / Adjancent Side
Now, using the above formulas, we can determine the cofunction identities for triangle ABC.
cos θ = BC / AC = sin (90° - θ)
sin θ = AB / AC = cos (90° - θ)
tan θ = AB / BC = cot (90° - θ)
cot θ = BC / AB = tan (90° - θ)
sec θ = AC / BC = csc (90° - θ)
csc θ = AC / AB = sec (90° - θ)
Hence, we have derived the cofunction identities. To get these identities in radians, we can simply replace 90° with π/2 and get the identities as:
cos θ = BC / AC = sin (π/2 - θ)
sin θ = AB / AC = cos (π/2 - θ)
tan θ = AB / BC = cot (π/2 - θ)
cot θ = BC / AB = tan (π/2 - θ)
sec θ = AC / BC = csc (π/2 - θ)
csc θ = AC / AB = sec (π/2 - θ)
Verification of Cofunction Identities
Now that we have proved the cofunction identities, let us verify them using the sum and difference formulas of trigonometry. We will use the following formulas to verify the identities:
sin(A - B) = sinA cosB - cosA sinB
cos(A - B) = cosA cosB + sinA sinB
tan A = sin A / cos A
Expand sin (π/2 - θ), cos (π/2 - θ), and tan (π/2 - θ) using the above formulas.
sin (π/2 - θ) = sin(π/2) cosθ - cos(π/2) sinθ
= 1 × cos θ - 0 × sin θ --- [Because sin (π/2) = 1 and cos (π/2) = 0]
= cos θ
cos (π/2 - θ) = cos(π/2) cosθ + sin(π/2) sinθ
= 0 × cos θ + 1 × sin θ --- [Because sin (π/2) = 1 and cos (π/2) = 0]
= sin θ
tan(π/2 - θ) = [sin (π/2 - θ)] / [cos (π/2 - θ)]
= cos θ / sin θ
= cot θ
Let us now verify the cofunction identities for sec, csc, and cot using reciprocal identities
cot (π/2 - θ) = 1 / tan (π/2 - θ)
= 1 / cot θ
= tan θ
sec (π/2 - θ) = 1 / cos (π/2 - θ)
= 1 / sin θ
= csc θ
csc (π/2 - θ) = 1 / sin (π/2 - θ)
= 1 / cos θ
= sec θ
Hence, we have verified all six cofunction identities using trigonometric formulas.
Using Cofunction Identities
Now that we have derived the formulas for the cofunction identities, let us solve a few problems to understand its application.
Example 1: Find the value of acute angle x, if sin x = cos 20°.
Solution: Using cofunction identity, cos (90° - θ) = sin θ, we can write sin x = cos 20° as
sin x = cos 20°
⇒ cos (90° - x) = cos 20°
⇒ 90° - x = 20°
⇒ x = 90° - 20°
⇒ x = 70°
Answer: Value of x is 70° if sin x = cos 20°.
Example 2: Evaluate the value of x, if sec (5x) = csc (x + 18°), where 5x is an acute angle.
Solution: To find the value of x, we will use the cofunction identity csc (90° - θ) = sec θ. We can write
sec (5x) = csc (x + 18°)
⇒ csc (90° - 5x) = csc (x + 18°)
⇒ 90° - 5x = x + 18° --- [Because it is given 5x is acute]
⇒ 5x + x = 90° - 18°
⇒ 6x = 72°
⇒ x = 72° / 6
⇒ x = 12°
Answer: Value of x is 12° if sec (5x) = csc (x + 18°), where 5x is an acute angle.
Important Notes on Cofunction Identities
Cofunction identities show the relationship between trigonometric functions and complementary angles.
We have main six cofunction identities:
cos θ = sin (90° - θ)
sin θ = cos (90° - θ)
tan θ = cot (90° - θ)
cot θ = tan (90° - θ)
sec θ = csc (90° - θ)
csc θ = sec (90° - θ)
These identities can be derived using the angle sum property of a right triangle and sum and difference formulas.
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Cofunction Identities Examples
Example 1: Determine the value of sin 150° using cofunction identities.
Solution: To find the value of sin 150°, we will use the formula sin θ = cos (90° - θ). So, we have
sin 150° = cos (90° - 150°)
= cos (-60°)
= cos (60°) --- [Because cos (-x) = cos x for all x.]
= 1/2 --- [Because cos 60° = 1/2]
Answer: sin 150° = 1/2
2. Example 2: Find the value of tan 30° + cot 150° using cofunction identities.
Solution: To find the value tan 30° + cot 150°, we will use first the values of tan 30° and cot 150°, separately.
tan 30° = 1/√3
cot 150° = 1 / tan 150° --- [Because tan and cot are reciprocals of each other.]
= 1 / tan (90° + 60°)
= 1 / tan (90° - (-60°))
= 1 / cot (-60°) --- [Using cofunction identity cot θ = tan (90° - θ)]
= - 1 / cot 60°
= -1 / √3
So, we have tan 300° + cot 150° = 1/√3 - 1/√3 = 0.
Answer: tan 300° + cot 150° = 0
3. Example 3: Find the value of θ if tan θ = cot (θ/2 + π/12) using cofunction identities.
Solution: To find the value of θ, we will use the formula tan θ = cot (π/2 - θ). So, we have
tan θ = cot (θ/2 + π/12)
⇒ cot (π/2 - θ) = cot (θ/2 + π/12)
⇒ π/2 - θ = θ/2 + π/12
⇒ θ + θ/2 = π/2 - π/12
⇒ 3θ/2 = 6π/12 - π/2
⇒ θ = 5π/12 × 2/3
= 5π/18
Answer: θ = 5π/18
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What are Cofunction Identities in Trigonometry?
Cofunction identities in trigonometry are formulas that show the relationship between trigonometric functions and their complementary angles pairwise - (sine and cosine, tangent and cotangent, secant and cosecant). We have mainly six cofunction identities that are used to solve various problems in trigonometry.
What are the Main Six Cofunction Identities?
The six main cofunction identities are:
cos θ = sin (90° - θ)
sin θ = cos (90° - θ)
tan θ = cot (90° - θ)
cot θ = tan (90° - θ)
sec θ = csc (90° - θ)
csc θ = sec (90° - θ)
We can write these identities using the measure of radians also as given below:
cos θ = sin (π/2 - θ)
sin θ = cos (π/2 - θ)
tan θ = cot (π/2 - θ)
cot θ = tan (π/2 - θ)
sec θ = csc (π/2 - θ)
csc θ = sec (π/2 - θ)
How Do You Find Cofunction Identities?
We can derive the formulas for the six cofunction identities using a right-angled triangle and the angle sum property of a triangle. We can also prove these identities using the sum and difference formulas and reciprocal identities in trigonometry.
What are Cofunction Identities For Tangent and Cotangent?
The cofunction identities for tangent and cotangent are given below:
tan θ = cot (π/2 - θ)
cot θ = tan (π/2 - θ)
We can also write these formulas in terms of degrees also as:
tan θ = cot (90° - θ)
cot θ = tan (90° - θ)
Why are Cofunction Identities True for all Right Triangles?
We say that two functions are cofunctions of each other if their angles are complementary, that is, the sum of their angles is π/2 rad. In an arbitrary right triangle, since one angle is π/2 rad, the sum of the other two angles is always π/2 using the nagle sum property. So, the cofunction identities are true for all right triangles and they can be easily derived using a right triangle and applying trigonometric ratios formulas to it.
When to Use Cofunction Identities?
We can use cofunction identities to simplify various complex trigonometric problems. They are used when the angles involved are complementary, that is, their sum is 90 degrees. Cofunction identities can be used to find values of trigonometric ratios with angles more than 90 degrees to simplify them.
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How can I do ANOVA contrasts in Stata? | Stata FAQ
Stata does not have a built-in contrast command; however, ATS has developed a program that will do ANOVA contrasts. You can download the program anovacontrast.ado by typing search anovacontrast(seeHow can I use the search command to search for programs and get additional help? for more information about using search).
Now, let’s read in an example dataset, crf24, adapted from Kirk (1968, First Edition).
use
These data are from a 2×4 factorial design but the same data can also be used for one-way ANOVA examples. The variable y is the dependent variable. The variable a is an independent variable with two levels while b is an independent variable with four levels.
Using the anovacontrast command in a one-way ANOVA
anova y b
Number of obs = 32 R-squared = 0.8259
Root MSE = 1.21008 Adj R-squared = 0.8072
Source | Partial SS df MS F Prob > F
-----------+----------------------------------------------------
Model | 194.50 3 64.8333333 44.28 0.0000
|
b | 194.50 3 64.8333333 44.28 0.0000
|
Residual | 41.00 28 1.46428571
-----------+----------------------------------------------------
Total | 235.50 31 7.59677419
table b, contents(mean y)
----------+-----------
b | mean(y)
----------+-----------
1 | 2.75
2 | 3.5
3 | 6.25
4 | 9
----------+-----------
It is quite clear that there is a significant overall F for the independent variable b. Now, let’s devise some contrasts that we can test:
1) group 3 versus group 4
2) the average of groups 1 and 2 versus the average of groups 3 and 4
3) the average of groups 1, 2, and 3 versus group 4
anovacontrast b, values(0 0 1 -1)
Contrast variable b (0 0 1 -1) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 20.66
contrast | 30.25 1 30.2500 Prob > F = 0.0001
error | 41 28 1.4643
---------+---------------------------------
anovacontrast b, values(1 1 -1 -1)
Contrast variable b (1 1 -1 -1) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 110.63
contrast | 162 1 162.0000 Prob > F = 0.0000
error | 41 28 1.4643
---------+---------------------------------
anovacontrast b, values(1 1 1 -3)
Contrast variable b (1 1 1 -3) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 95.72
contrast | 140.166667 1 140.1667 Prob > F = 0.0000
error | 41 28 1.4643
---------+---------------------------------
Using the anovacontrast command in a two-way ANOVA
Now let’s try the same contrasts on b but in a two-way ANOVA.
anova y a b ab
Number of obs = 32 R-squared = 0.9214
Root MSE = .877971 Adj R-squared = 0.8985
Source | Partial SS df MS F Prob > F
-----------+----------------------------------------------------
Model | 217.00 7 31.00 40.22 0.0000
|
a | 3.125 1 3.125 4.05 0.0554
b | 194.50 3 64.8333333 84.11 0.0000
ab | 19.375 3 6.45833333 8.38 0.0006
|
Residual | 18.50 24 .770833333
-----------+----------------------------------------------------
Total | 235.50 31 7.59677419
anovacontrast b, values(0 0 1 -1)
Contrast variable b (0 0 1 -1) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 39.24
contrast | 30.25 1 30.2500 Prob > F = 0.0000
error | 18.5 24 0.7708
---------+---------------------------------
anovacontrast b, values(1 1 -1 -1)
Contrast variable b (1 1 -1 -1) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 210.16
contrast | 162 1 162.0000 Prob > F = 0.0000
error | 18.5 24 0.7708
---------+---------------------------------
anovacontrast b, values(1 1 1 -3)
Contrast variable b (1 1 1 -3) Dep Var = y
source SS df MS N of obs = 32
---------+--------------------------------- F = 181.84
contrast | 140.166667 1 140.1667 Prob > F = 0.0000
error | 18.5 24 0.7708
---------+---------------------------------
Note that the F-ratios in these contrasts are larger than the F-ratios in the one-way ANOVA example. This is because the two-way ANOVA has a smaller mean square residual than the one-way ANOVA.
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Gallery Problems Exercise
Identifying Errors In Reasoning
Overview
Students are given a collection of statements that are incorrect. Their task is to construct arguments about why the statements are flawed and then correct the flawed statements.
Key Concepts
Percent change is a rate of change of an original amount.
In two situations with the same percent change but different original amounts, the percent amount will be different because the percent amount depends directly on the original amount. For example: 50% of 20 is 10. 50% of 10 is 5.
Similarly, in two situations with the same amount of increase but different original amounts, the percent change of each amount is different. For example: Suppose two amounts increase by $5. If one original amount is $20, the increase is 25%. If the other original amount is $25, the increase is 20%.
Goals and Learning Objectives
Identify errors in reasoning in percent situations.
Use examples to explain why the reasoning is incorrect.
Maya Buys Two Shirts
Lesson Guide
Have students read the situation about Maya and the salesperson.
Then have students watch the video showing how Maya critiqued the reasoning of the salesperson.
Point out that the salesperson’s statement—that Maya saved 40%—was a genuine mistake made in a large department store.
Have pairs of students share ideas about why the salesperson’s statement is incorrect.
Point out to students that it is very easy to combine percents incorrectly when doing calculations in everyday life, which presents opportunities to work on Mathematical Practice 3.
ELL: When showing the video, monitor that the ELLs are following the meaning of what is presented. If necessary, pause the video and allow them to ask clarifying questions. Alternatively, ask questions to ensure students understand what they are watching.
Mathematics
This lesson gives students opportunities to use Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Opening
Maya Buys Two Shirts
Watch the video about a sales situation.
The salesperson made a mistake. Maya critiqued the reasoning of the salesperson.
As you complete today’s Work Time problems, think about how you could finish Maya’s statement.
How could you show the salesperson that his reasoning is incorrect?
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Lesson Guide
Discuss the Math Mission. Students will identify and explain mistakes in reasoning about percents.
SWD: Some students with disabilities will benefit from a preview of the goals in each lesson. Students can highlight the critical features or concepts and this will help them to pay close attention to salient information.
Opening
Identify and explain mistakes in reasoning about percents.
Bags of Apples
Lesson Guide
Have students work in pairs on all problems and the presentation.
For each problem, have pairs:
Discuss whether the reasoning is incorrect.
Write a convincing explanation stating why the statement is incorrect.
Give specific examples to show what the correct reasoning should be.
ELL: Provide scaffolding so that ELLs develop the vocabulary and English skills needed to provide written comments that describe common errors. Provide models and examples that are comprehensible.
Mathematical Practices
Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to precision.
Pay attention to the language that students are using with one another and in their written work. Note how precise they are in their explanations, for example, asking questions like “25% of what?”
Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Notice if students are constructing arguments and explanations that directly address the incorrect reasoning illustrated in the statements.
Interventions
[common error] Student thinks a statement is correct.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation, and see if it works.
Student believes a statement is incorrect, but cannot explain why.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation, and pay attention to the structure of your calculations. Try again with another starting amount. Describe to your partner what is happening before writing anything down.
[common error] Student is computing with percents incorrectly to test the statements.
Remember that a percent is an amount per 100. Convert the percents to decimal values, and do your computations again.
Check that your computations clearly show what quantity you are taking a percent of.
Answers
Answers will vary.
Mr. Stevens added the percents he saved on each bag: 25% + 25% = 50%. If this reasoning were true, Mr. Stevens could buy four bags and save 100%. He actually saves 25% of his total purchase, no matter how many bags he buys or how much each bag costs. Check students’ examples.
Work Time
Bags of Apples
Mr. Stevens bought two bags of apples. Each bag had a label saying “25% off.” Mr. Stevens figured out that altogether he saved 50%.
What mistake in reasoning about percents did Mr. Stevens make?
Using examples, explain why Mr. Stevens’s reasoning is incorrect.
Hint:
How did Mr. Stevens come up with the number 50%?
Pay Raises
Lesson Guide
Have students work in pairs on all problems and the presentation.
Mathematical Practices
Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to precision.
Pay attention to the language that students are using with one another and in their written work. Note how precise they are in their explanations, for example, asking questions like “5% of what?”
Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Notice if students are constructing arguments and explanations that directly address the incorrect reasoning illustrated in the statements.
Interventions
[common error] Student thinks a statement is correct.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and see if it works.
Student believes a statement is incorrect, but cannot explain why.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and pay attention to the structure of your calculations. Try again with another starting amount. Describe what is happening to your partner before writing anything down.
[common error] Student is computing with percents incorrectly to test the statements.
Remember that a percent is an amount per 100. Convert the percents to decimal values, and do your computations again.
Check that your computations clearly show what quantity you are taking a percent of.
Answers
Answers will vary.
This statement would only be true if Lucy’s sister and her brother have the exact same pay before the raise. Check students’ examples.
Work Time
Pay Raises
Lucy’s sister got a 15% pay raise. Her brother got a 10% pay raise. Lucy determined that her sister’s pay raise is 5% greater than her brother’s pay raise.
What mistake in reasoning about percents did Lucy make?
Using examples, explain why Lucy’s reasoning is incorrect.
Hint:
How did Lucy come up with the number 5%?
Cows
Lesson Guide
Have students work in pairs on all problems and the presentation.
Mathematical Practices
Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to precision.
Pay attention to the language that students are using with one another and in their written work. Note how precise they are in their explanations, for example, asking questions like “20% of what?”
Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Notice if students are constructing arguments and explanations that directly address the incorrect reasoning illustrated in the statements.
Interventions
[common error] Student thinks a statement is correct.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and see if it works.
Student believes a statement is incorrect, but cannot explain why.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and pay attention to the structure of your calculations. Try again with another starting amount. Describe what is happening to your partner before writing anything down.
[common error] Student is computing with percents incorrectly to test the statements.
Remember that a percent is an amount per 100. Convert the percents to decimal values, and do your computations again.
Check that your computations clearly show what quantity you are taking a percent of.
Answers
Answers will vary.
If the herd was reduced by 20%, then the remaining 80% would need to produce or l25% to have the same milk production. The increase would need to be 25%. Check students’ examples.
Work Time
Cows
A farmer’s herd of cows is 20% smaller than it was the previous year. The farmer figured out that if each cow can increase milk production by 20%, then milk production will be the same as it was last year.
What mistake in reasoning about percents did the farmer make?
Using examples, explain why the farmer’s reasoning is incorrect.
Hint:
What amount would you take 20% of the first time you see the 20% in the problem?
What amount would you take 20% of the second time you see the 20%?
Birds
Lesson Guide
Have students work in pairs on all problems and the presentation.
Mathematical Practices
Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to precision.
Pay attention to the language that students are using with one another and in their written work. Note how precise they are in their explanations, for example, asking questions like “20% of what?”
Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Notice if students are constructing arguments and explanations that directly address the incorrect reasoning illustrated in the statements.
Interventions
[common error] Student thinks a statement is correct.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and see if it works.
Student believes a statement is incorrect, but cannot explain why.
Try it with a starting amount that makes sense in the situation and pay attention to the structure of your calculations. Try again with another starting amount. Describe what is happening to your partner before writing anything down.
[common error] Student is computing with percents incorrectly to test the statements.
Remember that a percent is an amount per 100. Convert the percents to decimal values, and do your computations again.
Check that your computations clearly show what quantity you are taking a percent of.
Answers
Answers will vary.
You do not add the percents; you multiply. If you start with 100 birds, after 5 years there would be 100 × 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.2 = 248.832, or approximately 250 birds, which is more than double. Actually, the population would double (approximately 207 birds) in 4 years. Check students’ examples.
Work Time
Birds
Karen read that the population of birds on an island increases by 20% each year. She figured out that the population would therefore double after five years.
What mistake in reasoning about percents did Karen make?
Using examples, explain why Karen’s reasoning is incorrect.
Hint:
What does it mean for a population to “double” in terms of percent? How do you think Karen came up with this percent based on what she read?
Prepare a Presentation
Preparing for Ways of Thinking
Look and listen for students who:
Show familiarity with the incorrect reasoning, either from their own thinking or from experiences with others.
Understand the importance of “the whole,” how the whole is represented mathematically, and how it fits within the mathematical structure of the situation.
Presentations will vary.
Challenge Problem
Answers
Jack is right. Possible explanation: The percent change is different because the original amount in each case is different.
Work Time
Prepare a Presentation
Prepare a presentation that shows your work for one of the problems. Create an alternate “conclusion” to replace the mistaken conclusion, and explain why your conclusion is correct.
Challenge Problem
Jack said that the percent change from $20 to $25 is 25% and the percent change from $25 to $30 is 20%. Lucy said that Jack cannot be right: because both the differences are $5, the percent change must be 25% for both sets of numbers.
Who is right? Explain why.
Make Connections
Lesson Guide
Ask pairs of students to explain why one of the statements is incorrect. Invite students to present written examples that show their reasoning.
As students’ present, ask questions such as the following:
The problem says that Lucy’s sister got a 15% pay raise and her brother got a 10% pay raise. Can you think of a situation in which her brother still got more money? (Answer: If Lucy’s brother makes a lot more than his sister, 10% of his pay might be more than 15% of her pay.)
Why can’t you add percents like regular numbers? What makes them different? (Answer: Any number can stand for 100%. You have to think about what the percent actually means.)
Finish the lesson by asking students for proposals of ways to finish Maya’s statement in the video. Ask:
How would you finish Maya’s statement?
Does [student’s] answer make sense? Explain why or why not.
What would you say differently?
Can you show calculations to support your answer on the board?
Do you agree with [student’s] work? Why or why not?
Is what Maya is saying still true if the shirts are different prices?
Be sure to have students present their work on the Challenge Problem for discussion and feedback from the class.
Mathematical Practices
Mathematical Practice 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Ask for comments from other students about the reasoning presented, and have students add to the explanations as needed to make the argument stronger.
Performance Task
Ways of Thinking: Make Connections
Take notes about your classmates’ explanations of the mistakes in reasoning about percents that people make.
Hint:
As your classmates present, ask questions such as:
How did you decide what numbers to use in your example?
Can you try another example to see if you get the same result?
Can you think of another situation in which a person might make this type of mistake?
Do you think your explanation is convincing? How could you make it better?
Mistakes With Percents
A Possible Summary
Percent change is a rate of change of an original amount. In two situations with the same percent change but different original amounts, the amount of change will be different because the percent amount depends directly on the original amount. Similarly, in two situations with the same amount of increase but different original amounts, the percent change of each amount is different. For example, even if two amounts increase by $5, if one original amount is $20, the increase is 25%, and if the other original amount is $25, the increase is 20%.
Additional Discussion Points
Discuss the following:
The different kinds of mistakes that people make with percents
Formative Assessment
Summary of the Math: Mistakes With Percents
Write a summary about the common mistakes in reasoning with percents that people make.
Hint:
Check your summary.
Do you give examples of mistakes?
Do you explain why the reasoning behind these mistakes is incorrect?
Salary
Lesson Guide
This task allows you to assess students’ work and determine what difficulties they are having. The results of the Self Check will help you determine which students should work on the Gallery and which students would benefit from review before the assessment. Have students work on the Self Check individually.
Assessment
Have students submit their work to you. Make notes on what their work reveals about their current levels of understanding and their different problem-solving approaches.
Do not score students’ work. Share with each student the most appropriate Interventions to guide their thought process. Also note students with a particular issue so that you can work with them in the Putting It Together lesson that follows.
SWD: Some students with disabilities may struggle with self-assessment; use your knowledge of student strengths and vulnerabilities to inform and create interventions you will put into place for the upcoming lesson.
Interventions
[common error] Student assumes incorrectly that a percent increase means the calculation must include an addition.
Does your answer make sense? Can you check that it is correct?
Can you express the increase as a single multiplication?
[common error] Student assumes incorrectly that a percentage decrease means the calculation must include a subtraction.
Does your answer make sense? Can you check that it is correct?
In a sale, an item is marked “50% off.” What does this mean? Describe in words how you calculate the price of an item in the sale. Give an example.
Can you express the decrease as a single multiplication?
Student uses an inefficient method to solve the problem.
Can you think of a method that reduces the number of calculator keys you press?
How can you show your calculation with just one step?
Student misinterprets what needs to be included in the answer.
If you just entered these symbols into your calculator, would you get the correct answer?
Possible Answers
Let s = new salary.s = 40.85 • 1.06, or s = (40.85 • 0.06) + 40.85
Marcus's dad’s new salary is $43.30 per hour.
Formative Assessment
Salary
Complete this Self Check by yourself.
Marcus’s dad earns $40.85 per hour. He has just learned that his company is giving him a 6% pay raise. What will his new salary be?
Write an equation.
Write the solution as a complete sentence.
A Dress on Sale
Lesson Guide
This task allows you to assess students’ work and determine what difficulties they are having. The results of the Self Check will help you determine which students should work on the Gallery and which students would benefit from review before the assessment. Have students work on the Self Check individually.
Assessment
Have students submit their work to you. Make notes on what their work reveals about their current levels of understanding and their different problem-solving approaches.
Do not score students’ work. Share with each student the most appropriate Interventions to guide their thought process. Also note students with a particular issue so that you can work with them in the Putting It Together lesson that follows.
Interventions
[common error] Student assumes incorrectly that a percent increase means the calculation must include an addition.
Does your answer make sense? Can you check that it is correct?
Can you express the increase as a single multiplication?
[common error] Student assumes incorrectly that a percentage decrease means the calculation must include a subtraction.
Does your answer make sense? Can you check that it is correct?
In a sale, an item is marked “50% off.” What does this mean? Describe in words how you calculate the price of an item in the sale. Give an example.
Can you express the decrease as a single multiplication?
Student uses an inefficient method to solve the problem.
Can you think of a method that reduces the number of calculator keys you press?
How can you show your calculation with just one step?
Student misinterprets what needs to be included in the answer.
If you just entered these symbols into your calculator, would you get the correct answer?
Answers
Let p = the sale price of the dressp = 56.99 • 0.55, or p = 56.99 – (56.99 • 0.45)
The sale price of the dress is $31.34.
Formative Assessment
A Dress on Sale
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Includes the Student Text and Solutions Manual for the Intro to Counting & Probability Level.
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A thorough introduction for students in grades 7-10 to counting and probability topics such as permutations, combinations, Pascal's triangle, geometric probability, basic combinatorial identities, the Binomial Theorem, and more.
Learn the basics of counting and probability from former USA Mathematical Olympiad winner David Patrick. Topics covered in the book include permutations, combinations, Pascal's Triangle, basic combinatorial identities, expected value, fundamentals of probability, geometric probability, the Binomial Theorem, and much more.
The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, so the student has a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions to these problems, through which counting and probability techniques are taught. Important facts and powerful problem solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text. In addition to the instructional material, the book contains over 400 problems. The solutions manual contains full solutions to all of the problems, not just answers.
This book is ideal for students who have mastered basic algebra, such as solving linear equations. Middle school students preparing for MATHCOUNTS, high school students preparing for the AMC, and other students seeking to master the fundamentals of counting and probability will find this book an instrumental part of their mathematics libraries.
Paperback (2nd edition). Text: 256 pages. Solutions: 120 pages.
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This is an outstanding math program for the math-gifted student. It is rigorous and oriented to the independent problem-solver. The texts are based on the premise that students learn math best by solving problems - lots of problems - and preferably difficult problems that they don't already know how to solve. Most sections, therefore, begin by presenting problems and letting students intuit solutions BEFORE explaining ways to solve them. Even if they find ways to answer the problems, they should read the rest of the section to see if their answer is correct and if theirs is the best or most efficient way to solve that type of problem. Textual instruction, then, is given in the context of these problems, explaining how to best approach and solve them.
Throughout the text there are also special, blue-shaded boxes highlighting key concepts, important things to retain (like formulas), warnings for potential problem-solving pitfalls, side notes, and bogus solutions (these demonstrate misapplications). There are exercises at the end of most sections to see if the student can apply what's been learned. Review problems at the end of each chapter test understanding for that chapter. If a student has trouble with these, he should go back and re-read the chapter. Each chapter ends with a set of Challenge Problems that go beyond the learned material. Successful completion of these sets demonstrates a high degree of mastery.
A unique feature in this series is the hints section at the back of the book. These are intended to give a little help to selected problems, usually the very difficult ones (marked with stars). In this way, students can get a little push in the right direction, but still have to figure out the solution for themselves. The solution manuals do contain complete solutions and explanations to all the exercises, review problems and challenge problems. It is best for students not to access these until they have made several attempts to solve the problems first. I particularly like one of the motivating boxes in the text that coaches, "If at first you don't know how to solve a problem, don't just stare at it. Experiment!". That pretty much sums up the philosophy of the course, encouraging children to take chances, become aggressive problem solvers, and attack problems with confidence. I wonder how far some children would go if they were encouraged this way instead of being spoon fed?
Though this course is used in classroom settings, the texts are student-directed, making them perfect for the independent learner or homeschooler. Students should start the introductory sequence with the Prealgebrabook. Afterwards, begin the Introduction to Algebra. Students will be prepared for both the Introduction to Countingand Probability and Introduction to Number Theory courses after completing the first 11 chapters of Algebra. It won't matter whether they do these along with Algebra, put aside Algebra and complete the other two or finish Algebra first and then do them. All of them should be completed prior to the Introduction to Geometry book. If you are coming into this course from another curriculum, you will probably want to take a placement test to decide where to enter this program. Even if your student has finished Algebra 2 elsewhere, you will want to make sure that all of the material from this series has been covered before continuing on to the Intermediate series.
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Greatest Common Factor of 256 and 320
GCF(256, 320) = 64, Greatest common factor of 256 and 320 is 64. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 256 and 320. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 256 and 320 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 256 and 320.
Prime Factorization of 256 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and Prime Factorization of 320 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5.
Factorize(256)=(256)=1×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2 1×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2
Factorize(320)=(320)=1×2×2×2×2×2×2×5 1×2×2×2×2×2×2×5
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
G C F(256,320)=1×2×2×2×2×2×2=64 G C F(256,320)=1×2×2×2×2×2×2=64.
Greatest Common Factor of 256 and 320 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 256 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256
List of positive integers factors of 320 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 160, 320
As you can see, 64 is the greatest and common number that 256 and 320 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 256 and 320 is 64.
G C F(256,320)=64 G C F(256,320)=64.
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5569 | http://mae-nas.eng.usu.edu/MAE_6530_Web/subpages/Rocket_Propulsion_Elements.pdf | Rocket Propulsion Elements Seventh Edition GEORGE P. SUTTON Consultant Formerly Laboratory Associate Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and formerly Executive Director, Engineering Rocketdyne, now The Boeing Company OSCAR BIBLARZ Professor Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Naval Postgraduate School A Wiley-lnterscience Publication JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. New York / Chichester / Weinheim / Brisbane / Singapore / Toronto This book is printed on acid-flee paper. Copyright © 2001 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. 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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Sutton, George Paul. Rocket propulsion elements : an introduction to the engineering of rockets / by George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz.--7th ed. p. cm. "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-471-32642-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Rocket engines. I. Biblarz, Oscar. II. Title TL782.$8 2000 629.47' 5--dc21 00-027334 Printed in the United States of America. 1098 PREFACE This new edition concentrates on the subject of rocket propulsion, its basic technology, performance, and design rationale. The intent is the same as in previous editions, namely to provide an introduction to the subject, an under- standing of basic principles, a description of their key physical mechanisms or designs, and an appreciation of the application of rocket propulsion to flying vehicles. The first five chapters in the book cover background and fundamentals. They give a classification of the various propulsion systems with their key applications, definitions, basic thermodynamics and nozzle theory, flight per- formance, and the thermochemistry of chemical propellants. The next nine chapters are devoted to chemical propulsion, namely liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors. We devote almost half of the book to these two, because almost all past, current, and planned future rocket-propelled vehicles use them. Hybrid rocket propulsion, another form of using chemical combus- tion energy, has a separate chapter. The new longer chapter on electric propul- sion has been extensively revised, enlarged, and updated. Chapters 16-18 and 20 apply to all types of propulsion, namely thrust vector control, selection of a rocket propulsion system for specific applications, testing of propulsion sys- tems, and behavior of chemical rocket exhaust plumes. Only a little space is devoted to advanced new concepts, such as nuclear propulsion or solar thermal propulsion, because they have not yet been fully developed, have not yet flown, and may not have wide application. The book attempts to strike a balance between theory, analysis, and prac- tical design or engineering tasks; between propulsion system and nonpropul- sion system subjects, which are related (such as testing, flight performance, or xi xii PREFACE exhaust plumes); and between rocket systems and their key components and materials. There is an emphasis on up-to-date information on current propul- sion systems and the relation between the propulsion system, the flight vehicle, and the needs of the overall mission or flight objectives. The new edition has more pages and extensive changes compared with the sixth edition. We have expanded the scope, reorganized the existing subject matter into a more useful form or logical sequence in some of the chapters, and updated various data. About one-third of the book is new or extensively revised text and figures. This new version has been heavily edited, upgraded, and improved. Altogether we count about 2500 changes, additions, new or rewritten sections or paragraphs, inserts, clarifications, new illustrations, more data, enlarged tables, new equations, more specific terminology, or new references. We have deleted the chapter on heat transfer that was in the sixth edition, because we learned that it was not being used often and is some- what out of date. Instead we have added revised small specific sections on heat transfer to several chapters. A new chapter on liquid propellant thrust cham- bers was added, because this component is the heart of liquid propellant rocket engines. Here are some of the topics that are new or completely revised. New sections or subsections include engine structures, two-step nozzles, multiple nozzles, gas properties of gas generator or preburner gases, classification of engine valves, a promising new monopropellant, gaseous rocket propellants, propellant addi- tives, materials and fabrication of solid propellant motors, launch vehicles, elliptical orbits, new sample design calculations, vortex instability in solid rocket motors, design of turbopumps, design of liquid propellant engines, insensitive munitions requirements, aerospike rocket engines, solid rocket motor nozzles, and plume signatures. In addition there are new figures, for example, the payload variation with orbit altitude or inclination angle, some recently developed rocket propulsion systems, the design of shortened bell- shaped nozzle contours, and the expander engine cycle, and new tables, such as different flight maneuvers versus the type of rocket propulsion system, list of mission requirements, and the physical and chemical processes in rocket com- bustion. There are new paragraphs on rocket history, four additional nozzle loss factors, use of venturi in feed systems, extendible nozzles, and water hammer. In the last couple of decades rocket propulsion has become a relatively mature field. The development of the more common propulsion systems is becoming routine and the cost of new ones is going down. For example, much R&D was done on many different chemical propellants, but just a few are used, each for specific applications. Although some investigations on new propellants or new propellant ingredients are still under way, a new propellant has not been introduced for a rocket production application in the last 25 years. Most of the new propulsion systems are uprated, improved, or modified versions of existing proven units in the chemical propulsion and electrical propulsion areas. There are only a few novel engines or motors, and some PREFACE xiii are mentioned in this book. We have therefore placed emphasis on describing several of the proven existing modern rocket propulsion systems and their commonly used propellants, because they are the heritage on which new ones will be based. It is not possible in any one book to mention all the varieties, types, and designs of propulsion systems, their propellants, or mate- rials of construction, and we therefore selected some of the most commonly used ones. And we discuss the process of uprating or modifying them, because this is different from the design process for a truly new unit. The number of countries that develop or produce rocket propulsion systems has gone from three in 1945 to at least 35 today, a testimony to proliferation and the rising interest in the subject. There are today more colleges that teach rocket propulsion than before. Prior editions of this book have been translated into three languages, Russian, Chinese, and more recently (1993) Japanese. People outside of the U.S. have made some excellent contributions to the rocket field and the authors regret that we can mention only a few in this book. We have had an ongoing disparity about units. Today in U.S. propulsion companies, most of the engineering and design and almost all the manufactur- ing is still being done in English engineering (EE) units (foot or inch, pounds, seconds). Many of the technical papers presented by industry authors use EE units. Papers from university authors, government researchers, and from a few companies use the SI (International Standard--metric) units. If a customer demands SI units, some companies will make new drawings or specifications especially for this customer, but they retain copies with EE units for in-house use. The planned transition to use exclusively SI units is complex and proceed- ing very slowly in U.S. industry. Therefore both sets of units are being used in this revised edition with the aim of making the book comfortable for colleges and professionals in foreign countries (where SI units are standard) and to practicing engineers in the U.S. who are used in the EE system. Some tables have both units, some sections have one or the other. The use of computers has changed the way we do business in many fields. We have developed computer programs for many an engineering analysis, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, business and engineer- ing transactions, test data collection, data analysis or data presentation, project management, and many others. In fact computers are used extensively in some companies to design new propulsion devices. Therefore we identify in this book the places where computer programs will be helpful and we mention this often. However, we do not discuss specific programs, because they take up too much space, become obsolete in a short time without regular upgrading, some do not have a way to provide help to a user, and some of the better programs are company proprietary and thus not available. The first edition of this book was issued in 1949. With this new revised seventh edition this is probably the longest active aerospace book (51 years) that has been upgraded regularly and is still being actively used in industry and universities. To the best of the authors' knowledge the book has been or is being used as a college text in 45 universities worldwide. It is a real satisfaction XiV PREFACE to the authors that a very large number of students and engineers were intro- duced to this subject through one of the editions of this book. The book has three major markets: it has been used and is still used as a college text. It contains more material and more student problems than can be given in a one-semester course. This then allows the choosing of selected por- tions of the book to fit the student's interest. A one-term course might consist of a review of the first four or five chapters, followed by a careful study of Chapters 6, 10, 11, 14, and 19, a brief scanning of most of the other chapters, and the detailed study of whatever additional chapter(s) might have appeal. The book also has been used to indoctrinate engineers new to the propulsion business and to serve as a reference to experienced engineers, who want to look up some topic, data, or equation. We have tried to make the book easier to use by providing (1) a much more detailed table of contents, so the reader can find the chapter or section of interest, (2) an expanded index, so specific key words can be located, and (3) five appendices, namely a summary of key equations, a table of the properties of the atmosphere, conversion factors and constants, and two derivations of specific equations. All rocket propellants are hazardous materials. The authors and the pub- lisher recommend that the reader do not work with them or handle them without an exhaustive study of the hazards, the behavior, and the properties of each propellant, and rigorous safety training, including becoming familiar with protective equipment. Safety training is given routinely to employees by organizations in this business. Neither the authors nor the publisher assume any responsibility for actions on rocket propulsion taken by readers, either directly or indirectly. The information presented in this book is insufficient and inadequate for conducting rocket propulsion experiments or operations. Professor Oscar Biblarz of the Naval Postgraduate School joins George P. Sutton as a co-author in this edition. We both shared in the preparation of the manuscript and the proofreading. Terry Boardman of Thiokol Propulsion (a division of Cordant Technologies) join as a contributing author; he prepared Chapter 15 (hybrid rocket propulsion) and the major portion of the section on rocket motor nozzles in Chapter 14. We gratefully acknowledge the help and contributions we have received in preparing this edition. Terrence H. Murphy and Mike Bradley of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, contributed new data and per- spective drawings to the chapters on rocket propulsion with liquid propellants. Warren Frick of Orbital Sciences Corporation provided valuable data on satel- lite payloads for different orbits. David McGrath, Thomas Kirschner, and W. Lloyd McMillan of Thiokol Propulsion (a division of Cordant Technologies, Inc.) answered questions and furnished data on solid propellant rocket motors. Carl Stechman of Kaiser-Marquardt furnished design information on a small bipropellant thruster. Carl Pignoli and Pat Mills of Pratt & Whitney (a United Technologies Company) gave us engine data and permission to copy data on turbopumps and upper-stage space engines with extendible nozzle skirts. PREFACE xv Kathleen F. Hodge and Gary W. Joseph of the Space and Technology Division of TRW, Inc., gave data on a pressurized storable propellant rocket engine and a jet tab attitude control system. Oscar Biblarz acknowledges his colleagues David W. Netzer, Brij N. Agrawal, and Sherif Michael who, together with many students, have been an integal part of the research and educational environment at the Naval Postgraduate School. Craig W. Clauss of Atlantic Research Corporation (a unit of Sequa Corporation) helped with electric pro- pulsion. George P. Sutton Los Angeles, California Oscar Biblarz Monterey, California COVER ILLUSTRATIONS The color illustrations on the cover show several rocket propulsion systems, each at a different scale. Below we briefly describe these illustrations and list the page numbers, where more detail can be found. The front cover shows the rocket nozzles at the aft end of the winged Space Shuttle, shortly after takeoff. The two large strap-on solid rocket motors (see page 545) have brightly glowing white billowy exhaust plumes. The three Space Shuttle main engines (page 199) have essentially transparent plumes, but the hot regions, immediately downstream of strong shock waves, are faintly visible. The two darker-colored nozzles of the thrust chambers of the orbital maneu- vering system and the small dark nozzle exit areas (pointing upward) of three of the thrusters of the reaction control system of the Space Shuttle (see page 208) are not firing during the ascent of the Shuttle. The back cover shows (from top to bottom) small illustrations of (1) an image of a stress/strain analysis model (see page 461) of a solid propellant rocket motor grain and case, (2) a small storable bipropellant thruster of about 100 lbf thrust (page 307), (3) a three-quarter section of a solid propellant rocket motor (page 9), and (4) an experimental aerospike rocket engine (page 298) during a static firing test. CONTENTS PREFACE 1 Classification 1.1. Duct Jet Propulsion / 2 1.2. Rocket Propulsion / 4 1.3. Applications of Rocket Propulsion / 15 References / 25 2 Definitions and Fundamentals 2.1. Definition / 27 2.2. Thrust / 32 2.3. Exhaust Velocity / 34 2.4. Energy and Efficiencies / 36 2.5. Typical Performance Values / 39 Problems / 41 Symbols / 43 References / 44 3 Nozzle Theory and Thermodynamic Relations 3.1. Ideal Rocket / 46 3.2. Summary of Thermodynamic Relations / 47 3.3. Isentropic Flow through Nozzles / 52 xi 27 45 vi CONTENTS 3.4. Nozzle Configurations / 75 3.5. Real Nozzles / 85 3.6. Four Performance Parameters / 92 3.7. Nozzle Alignment / 94 3.8. Variable Thrust / 96 Problems / 97 Symbols / 99 References / 100 Flight Performance 4.1. Gravity-Free Drag-Free Space Flight / 102 4.2. Forces Acting on a Vehicle in the Atmosphere / 106 4.3. Basic Relations of Motion / 108 4.4. Effect of Propulsion System on Vehicle Performance / 115 4.5. Space Flight / 117 4.6. Flight Maneuvers / 132 4.7. Flight Vehicles / 139 4.8. Military Missiles / 149 4.9. Aerodynamic Effect of Exhaust Plumes / 152 4.10. Flight Stability / 153 Problems / 154 Symbols / 157 References / 159 102 Chemical Rocket Propellant Performance Analysis 5.1. Background and Fundamentals / 161 5.2. Analysis of Chamber or Motor Case Conditions / 169 5.3. Analysis of Nozzle Expansion Processes / 172 5.4. Computer Analysis / 179 5.5. Results of Thermochemical Calculations / 180 Problems / 189 Symbols / 193 References / 195 160 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Fundamentals 6.1. Propellants / 201 6.2. Propellant Feed Systems / 203 6.3. Gas Pressure Feed Systems / 205 197 CONTENTS vii 6.4. Propellant Tanks / 211 6.5. Tank Pressurization / 218 6.6. Turbopump Feed Systems and Engine Cycles / 221 6.7. Flow and Pressure Balance / 227 6.8. Rocket Engines for Maneuvering, Orbit Adjustments, or Attitude Control / 228 6.9. Valves and Pipe Lines / 232 6.10. Engine Support Structure / 235 Problems / 236 Symbols / 238 References / 239 7 Liquid Propellants 241 7.1. Propellant Properties / 242 7.2. Liquid Oxidizers / 251 7.3. Liquid Fuels / 255 7.4. Liquid Monopropellants / 259 7.5. Gelled Propellants / 261 7.6. Gaseous Propellants / 263 7.7. Safety and Environmental Concerns / 264 Problems / 265 Symbols / 266 References / 266 8 Thrust Chambers 268 8.1. Injectors / 271 8.2. Combustion Chamber and Nozzle / 282 8.3. Heat Transfer Analysis / 308 8.4. Starting and Ignition / 320 8.5. Variable Thrust / 323 8.6. Sample Thrust Chamber Design Analysis / 324 Problems / 335 Symbols / 338 References / 340 9 Combustion of Liquid Propellants 342 9.1. Combustion Process / 343 9.2. Analysis and Simulation / 346 9.3. Combustion Instability / 348 VIII CONTENTS Problems / 360 References / 360 10 Turbopumps, Engine Design, Engine Controls, Calibration, Integration, and Optimization 10.1. Turbopumps / 362 10.2. Performance of Complete or Multiple Rocket Propulsion Systems / 384 10.3. Propellant Budget / 387 10.4. Engine Design / 389 10.5. Engine Controls / 396 10.6. Engine System Calibration / 405 10.7. System Integration and Engine Optimization / 411 Problems / 413 Symbols / 413 References / 415 362 11 Solid 11.1. 11.2. 11.3. 11.4. 11.5. Propellant Rocket Fundamentals Propellant Burning Rate / 419 Basic Performance Relations / 437 Propellant Grain and Grain Configuration / 444 Propellant Grain Stress and Strain / 453 Attitude Control and Side Maneuvers with Solid Propellant Rocket Motors / 466 Problems / 467 Symbols / 470 References / 471 417 12 Solid 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 12.5. 12.6. 12.7. Propellants Classification / 474 Propellant Characteristics / 480 Hazards / 487 Propellant Ingredients / 494 Other Propellant Categories / 505 Liners, Insulators, and Inhibitors / 509 Propellant Processing and Manufacture / 511 Problems / 515 References / 518 474 13 Combustion of Solid Propellants 13.1. Physical and Chemical Processes / 520 13.2. Ignition Process / 524 13.3. Extinction or Thrust Termination / 526 13.4. Combustion Instability / 528 Problems / 537 References / 537 CONTENTS ix 520 14 Solid Rocket Components and Motor Design 14.1. Motor Case / 540 14.2. Nozzle / 550 14.3. Igniter Hardware / 563 14.4. Rocket Motor Design Approach / 568 Problems / 575 References / 577 540 15 Hybrid Propellant Rockets 15.1. Applications and Propellants / 580 15.2. Performance Analysis and Grain Configuration / 585 15.3. Design Example / 593 15.4. Combustion Instability / 599 Symbols / 604 References / 606 16 Thrust Vector Control 16.1. TVC Mechanisms with a Single Nozzle / 609 16.2. TVC with Multiple Thrust Chambers or Nozzles / 620 16.3. Testing / 621 16.4. Integration with Vehicle / 621 References / 623 579 608 17 Selection of Rocket Propulsion Systems 17.1. Selection Process / 625 17.2. Criteria for Selection / 630 17.3. Interfaces / 634 References / 638 624 x CONTENTS 18 Rocket Exhaust Plumes 18.1. 18.2. 18.3. Plume Appearance and Flow Behavior / 641 Plume Effects / 652 Analysis and Mathematical Simulation / 657 Problems / 658 References / 658 19 Electric Propulsion 19.1. Ideal Flight Performance / 666 19.2. Electrothermal Thrusters / 670 19.3. Non-Thermal Electric Thrusters / 677 19.4. Optimum Flight Performance / 696 19.5. Mission Applications / 700 19.6. Electric Space-Power Supplies and Power-Conditioning Systems / 701 Problems / 706 Symbols / 707 References / 709 20 Rocket Testing 20.1. Types of Tests / 711 20.2. Test Facilities and Safeguards / 713 20.3. Instrumentation and Data Management / 720 20.4. Flight Testing / 724 20.5. Postaccident Procedures / 725 References / 726 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Index Conversion Factors and Constants Properties of the Earth's Standard Atmosphere Summary of Key Equations for Ideal Chemical Rockets Derivation of Hybrid Fuel Regression Rate Equation in Chapter 15 Alternative Interpretations of Boundary Layer Blowing Coefficient in Chapter 15 639 660 711 727 730 731 733 737 739 CHAPTER 1 CLASSIFICATION Propulsion in a broad sense is the act of changing the motion of a body. Propulsion mechanisms provide a force that moves bodies that are initially at rest, changes a velocity, or overcomes retarding forces when a body is propelled through a medium. Jet propulsion is a means of locomotion whereby a reaction force is imparted to a device by the momentum of ejected matter. Rocket propulsion is a class of jet propulsion that produces thrust by ejecting stored matter, called the propellant. Duct propulsion is a class of jet propulsion and includes turbojets and ramjets; these engines are also commonly called air- breathing engines. Duct propulsion devices utilize mostly the surrounding medium as the "working fluid", together with some stored fuel. Combinations of rockets and duct propulsion devices are attractive for some applications and are described in this chapter. The energy source most useful to rocket propulsion is chemical combustion. Energy can also be supplied by solar radiation and, in the past, also by nuclear reaction. Accordingly, the various propulsion devices can be divided into chemical propulsion, nuclear propulsion, and solar propulsion. Table 1-1 lists many of the important propulsion concepts according to their energy source and type of propellant or working fluid. Radiation energy can origi- nate from sources other than the sun, and theoretically can cover the trans- mission of energy by microwave and laser beams, electromagnetic waves, and electrons, protons, and other particle beams from a transmitter to a flying receiver. Nuclear energy is associated with the transformations of atomic particles within the nucleus of atoms and can be of several types, namely, fission, fusion, and decay of radioactive species. Other energy sources, both internal (in the vehicle) and external, can be considered. The energy form 2 CLASSIFICATION TABLE 1-1. Energy Sources and Propellants for Various Propulsion Concepts Energy Source a Propellant or Propulsion Device Chemical Nuclear Solar Working Fluid Turbojet D/P TFD Turbo-ramjet TFD Ramjet (hydrocarbon fuel) D/P TFD Ramjet (H 2 cooled) TFD Rocket (chemical) D/P TFD Ducted rocket TFD Electric rocket Nuclear fission rocket Nuclear fusion rocket Solar heated rocket Photon rocket (big light bulb) Solar sail D/P TFD D/P TFD TFND TFND TFD TFD Fuel + air Fuel + air Fuel + air Hydrogen + air Stored propellant Stored solid fuel + surrounding air Stored propellant Stored H2 Stored H2 Stored H 2 Photon ejection (no stored propellant) Photon reflection (no stored propellant) aD/p, developed and/or considered practical; TFD, technical feasibility has been demonstrated, but development is incomplete; TFND, technical feasibility has not yet been demonstrated. found in the output of a rocket is largely the kinetic energy of the ejected matter; thus the rocket converts the input from the energy source into this form. The ejected mass can be in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state. Often a combination of two or more of these is ejected. At very high temperatures it can also be a plasma, which is an electrically activated gas. 1.1. DUCT JET PROPULSION This class, also called air-breathing engines, comprises devices which have a duct to confine the flow of air. They use oxygen from the air to burn fuel stored in the flight vehicle. The class includes turbojets, turbofans, ramjets, and pulse- jets. This class of propulsion is mentioned primarily to provide a comparison with rocket propulsion and a background for combination rocket-duct engines, which are mentioned later. Several textbooks, such as Refs. 1-1 and 1-2, contain a discussion of duct jet propulsion fundamentals. Table 1-2 com- pares several performance characteristics of specific chemical rockets with those of typical turbojets and ramjets. A high specific impulse is directly related to a long flight range and thus indicates the superior range capability of air breather engines over chemical rockets at relatively low altitude. The unique- ness of the rocket, for example, high thrust to weight, high thrust to frontal TABLE 1-2. Comparison of Several Characteristics of a Typical Chemical Rocket and Two Duct Propulsion Systems Rocket Engine Feature or Rocket Motor Turbojet Engine Ramjet Engine Thrust-to-weight ratio, typical Specific fuel consumption (pounds of propellant or fuel per hour per pound of thrust) a Specific thrust (pounds of thrust per square foot frontal area) b Thrust change with altitude Thrust vs. flight speed Thrust vs. air temperature Flight speed vs. exhaust velocity Altitude limitation Specific impulse typical c (thrust force per unit propellant or fuel weight flow per second) 75:1 5:1, turbojet and afterburner 7:1 at Mach 3 at 30,000 ft 8-14 0.5-1.5 2.3-3.5 5000 to 25,000 Slight increase Nearly constant Constant Unrelated, flight speed can be greater None; suited to space travel 270 sec 2500 (Low Mach at sea level) Decreases Increases with speed Decreases with temperature Flight speed always less than exhaust velocity 14,000-17,000 m 1600 sec 2700 (Mach 2 at sea level) Decreases Increases with speed Decreases with temperature Flight speed always less than exhaust velocity 20,000 m at Mach 3 30,000 m at Mach 5 45,000 m at Mach 12 1400 sec aMultiply by 0.102 to convert to kg/hr-N. bMultiply by 47.9 to convert to N/m 2. CSpecific impulse is a performance parameter and is defined in Chapter 2. 4 CLASSIFICATION area, and thrust independence of altitude, enables extremely long flight ranges to be obtained in rarefied air and in space. The turbojet engine is the most common of ducted engines. Figure 1-1 shows the basic elements. At supersonic flight speeds above Mach 2, the ramjet engine (a pure duct engine) becomes attractive for flight within the atmosphere. Thrust is produced by increasing the momentum of the air as it passes through the ramjet, basi- cally as is accomplished in the turbojet and turbofan engines but without compressors or turbines, Figure 1-2 shows the basic components of one type of ramjet. Ramjets with subsonic combustion and hydrocarbon fuel have an upper speed limit of approximately Mach 5; hydrogen fuel, with hydrogen cooling, raises this to at least Mach 16. Ramjets depend on rocket boosters, or some other method (such as being launched from an aircraft) for being accelerated to near their design flight speed to become functional. The primary applications have been in shipboard and ground-launched antiaircraft missiles. Studies of a hydrogen-fueled ramjet for hypersonic aircraft look promising. The supersonic flight vehicle is a combination of a ramjet-driven high-speed airplane and a one- or two-stage rocket booster. It can travel at speeds up to a Mach number of 25 at altitudes of up to 50,000 m. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION Rocket propulsion systems can be classified according to the type of energy source (chemical, nuclear, or solar), the basic function (booster stage, sustai- ner, attitude control, orbit station keeping, etc.), the type of vehicle (aircraft, missile, assisted take-off, space vehicle, etc.), size, type of propellant, type of construction, or number of rocket propulsion units used in a given vehicle. Each is treated in more detail in subsequent chapters. Another way is to Classify by the method of producing thrust. A thermo- dynamic expansion of a gas is used in the majority of practical rocket propul- sion concepts. The internal energy of the gas is converted into the kinetic energy of the exhaust flow and the thrust is produced by the gas pressure on the surfaces exposed to the gas, as will be explained later. This same thermo- • , ° FIGURE 1-1. Simplified schematic diagram of a turbojet engine. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION 5 Air Fuel injection ! < --~ "~ Inlet diffuser section "//z Ill ....... co u.,on c am e5 section section ] FIGURE 1-2. Simplified diagram of a ramjet with a supersonic inlet (converging and diverging flow passage). dynamic theory and the same generic equipment (nozzle) is used for jet propul- sion, rocket propulsion, nuclear propulsion, laser propulsion, solar-thermal propulsion, and some types of electrical propulsion. Totally different methods of producing thrust are used in other types of electric propulsion or by using a pendulum in a gravity gradient. As described below, these electric systems use magnetic and/or electric fields to accelerate electrically charged molecules or atoms at very low densities. It is also possible to obtain a very small accelera- tion by taking advantage of the difference in gravitational attraction as a function of altitude, but this method is not explained in this book. The Chinese developed and used solid propellant in rocket missiles over 800 years ago and military bombardment rockets were used frequently in the eight- eenth and nineteenth centuries. However, the significant developments of rocket propulsion took place in the twentieth century. Early pioneers included the Russian Konstantin E. Ziolkowsky, who is credited with the fundamental rocket flight equation and his 1903 proposals to build rocket vehicles. The German Hermann Oberth developed a more detailed mathematical theory; he proposed multistage vehicles for space flight and fuel-cooled thrust cham- bers. The American Robert H. Goddard is credited with the first flight using a liquid propellant rocket engine in 1926. An early book on the subject was written by the Viennese engineer Eugen Stinger. For rocket history see Refs. 1-3 to 1-7. Chemical Rocket Propulsion The energy from a high-pressure combustion reaction of propellant chemicals, usually a fuel and an oxidizing chemical, permits the heating of reaction pro- duct gases to very high temperatures (2500 to 4100°C or 4500 to 7400°F). These gases subsequently are expanded in a nozzle and accelerated to high velocities (1800 to 4300 m/sec or 5900 to 14,100 ft/sec). Since these gas tem- peratures are about twice the melting point of steel, it is necessary to cool or insulate all the surfaces that are exposed to the hot gases. According to the physical state of the propellant, there are several different classes of chemical rocket propulsion devices. 6 CLASSIFICATION Liquid propellant rocket engines use liquid propellants that are fed under pressure from tanks into a thrust chamber. A typical pressure-fed liquid pro- pellant rocket engine system is schematically shown in Fig. 1-3. The liquid bipropellant consists of a liquid oxidizer (e.g., liquid oxygen) and a liquid fuel (e.g., kerosene). A monopropellant is a single liquid that contains both oxidizing and fuel species; it decomposes into hot gas when properly catalyzed. A large turbopump-fed liquid propellant rocket engine is shown in Fig. 1-4. Gas pres- sure feed systems are used mostly on low thrust, low total energy propulsion systems, such as those used for attitude control of flying vehicles, often with more than one thrust chamber per engine. Pump-fed liquid rocket systems are used typically in applications with larger amounts of propellants and higher thrusts, such as in space launch vehicles. In the thrust chamber the propellants react to form hot gases, which in turn are accelerated and ejected at a high velocity through a supersonic nozzle, thereby imparting momentum to the vehicle. A nozzle has a converging sec- tion, a constriction or throat, and a conical or bell-shaped diverging section as further described in the next two chapters. Some liquid rocket engines permit repetitive operation and can be started and shut off at will. If the thrust chamber is provided with adequate cooling capacity, it is possible to run liquid rockets for periods exceeding 1 hour, dependent only on the propellant supply. A liquid rocket propulsion system requires several precision valves and a complex feed mechanism which includes propellant pumps, turbines, or a propellant-pressurizing device, and a rela- tively intricate combustion or thrust chamber. In solid propellant rocket motors the propellant to be burned is contained within the combustion chamber or case. The solid propellant charge is called the grain and it contains all the chemical elements for complete burning. Once ignited, it usually burns smoothly at a predetermined rate on all the exposed internal surfaces of the grain. Initial burning takes place at the internal surfaces of the cylinder perforation and the four slots. The internal cavity grows as propellant is burned and consumed. The resulting hot gas flows through the supersonic nozzle to impart thrust. Once ignited, the motor combustion pro- ceeds in an orderly manner until essentially all the propellant has been con- sumed. There are no feed systems or valves (see Fig. 1-5). Liquid and solid propellants, and the propulsion systems that use them, are discussed in Chapters 6 to 10 and 11 to 14, respectively. Liquid and solid propellant rocket propulsion systems are compared in Chapter 17. The term thrust chamber, used for the assembly of the injector, nozzle, and chamber, is preferred by several official agencies and therefore has been used in this book. However, other terms, such as thrust cylinder and combustor, are still used in the literature. For small spacecraft control rockets the term thruster is commonly used and this term will be used in some sections of this book. tHistorically the word engine is used for a liquid propellant rocket propulsion system and the word motor is used for solid propellant rocket propulsion. They were developed originally by different groups. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION 7 q Tank vent valve Oxidizer tank Check valve Filler neck // Check valve Filler neck Pressure Tank vent valve High pressure gas valve (remote control) t ~--~ Fuel tank Optional additional thrust chamber(s) Drain valve Gas bleed t- .
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. II r . . . . . . . II It . . . . . . . II ~l& I _ ~ U _ i I ~ L__~ Drain valve Gas fill valve Propellant valves (remote control) I cting Rocket thrust chamber FIGURE 1-3. Schematic flow diagram of a liquid propellant rocket engine with a gas pressure feed system. The dashed lines show a second thrust chamber, but some engines have more than a dozen thrust chambers supplied by the same feed system. Also shown are components needed for start and stop, controlling tank pressure, filling propellants and pressurizing gas, draining or flushing out remaining propellants, tank pressure relief or venting, and several sensors. Gaseous propellant rocket engines use a stored high-pressure gas, such as air, nitrogen, or helium, as their working fluid or propellant. The stored gas requires relatively heavy tanks. These cold gas engines have been used on many early space vehicles as attitude control systems and some are still used today. Heating the gas by electrical energy or by combustion of certain mono- propellants improves the performance and this has often been called warm gas propellant rocket propulsion. 8 CLASSIFICATION Pressurized helium ~ " "~}i! ~ .......... " Turbo I ~ ~ assembly . ii~ ~ .
~ . I I I Fuel )~ pu m p - t~;~iiil Valves Thrust , chamber Tank pressurization valve tank Oxidizer pump Gear ~.,"~" case Hot gas turbine Gas generator (1.4% of -I Heat ¢= ¢;x exchanger o, Exhaust duct Turbine exhaust j nozzle FIGURE 1-4. Simplified schematic diagram of one type of liquid propellant rocket engine with a turbopump feed system and a separate gas generator, which generates warm gas for driving the turbine. Not shown are components necessary for controlling the operation, filling, venting, draining, or flushing out propellants, filters or sensors. The turbopump assembly consists of two propellant pumps, a gear case, and a high speed turbine. Hybrid propellant rocket propulsion systems use both a liquid and a solid propellant. For example, if a liquid oxidizing agent is injected into a combus- tion chamber filled with solid carbonaceous fuel grain, the chemical reaction produces hot combustion gases (see Fig. 1-6). They are described further in Chapter 15. There are also chemical rocket propulsion combination systems that have both solid and liquid propellants. One example is a pressurized liquid propel- lant system that uses a solid propellant to generate hot gases for tank pressur- ization; flexible diaphragms are necessary to separate the hot gas and the reactive liquid propellant in the tank. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION 9 Forward ski= Thr termination opening device Insulatio Af~ ebh.~ Nozzle throat insert Nozzle exit cone ain case body ~y,,,,uer perforation FIGURE 1-5. Simplified perspective three-quarter section of a typical solid propellant rocket motor with the propellant grain bonded to the case and the insulation layer and with a conical exhaust nozzle. The cylindrical case with its forward and aft hemispherical domes form a pressure vessel to contain the combustion chamber pressure. Adapted with permission from Reference 11-1. Combinations of Ducted Jet Engines and Rocket Engines The Tomahawk surface-to-surface missile uses two stages of propulsion in sequence. The solid propellant rocket booster lifts the missile away from its launch platform and is discarded after its operation. A small turbojet engine sustains the low level flight at nearly constant speed toward the target. A ducted rocket, sometimes called an air-augmented rocket, combines the principles of rocket and ramjet engines; it gives higher performance (specific impulse) than a chemical rocket engine, while operating within the earth's atmosphere. Usually the term air-augmented rocket denotes mixing of air with the rocket exhaust (fuel-rich for afterburning) in proportions that enable the p~opulsion device to retain the characteristics typifying a rocket engine, for example, high static ,thrust and higla thrust-to-weight ratio. In contrast, the ducted rocket often is :like a ramjet in that it must be boosted to operating speed and uses the rocget componenl~ more as a fuel-riCh gas generator (liquid, solid, or hybrid), igniter, and air ejeeter pump. The principles of the rocket and rmnjet can be comNned so that the two propulsion systems operate in sequen~ and in tandem and yet utilize a com- mon combustion chamber ,,volume as shown in Fig. 1-7. The low-volume con- figuration, known as an integral rocket-ramjet, can be attractive in air- launched missiles using ramjet propulsion (see Ref. 1-8). The transition from the rocket to the ramjet requires enlarging the exhaust nozzle throat (usually by ejecting rocket nozzle parts), opening the ramjet air inlet-combustion chamber interface, and following these two events with the normal ramjet starting sequence. 10 CLASSIFICATION Regulator ~--i [--J I J~oxidizer ~r---'J injector Valve FIGURE 1--6. Simplified schematic diagram of a typical hybrid rocket engine. The relative positions of the oxidizer tank, high pressure gas tank, and the fuel chamber with its nozzle depend on the particular vehicle design. A solid fuel ramjet uses a grain of solid fuel that gasifies or ablates and reacts with air. Good combustion efficiencies have been achieved with a patented boron-containing solid fuel fabricated into a grain similar to a solid propellant and burning in a manner similar to a hybrid rocket propulsion system. Nuclear Rocket Engines Three different types of nuclear energy sources have been investigated for delivering heat to a working fluid, usually liquid hydrogen, which subse- quently can be expanded in a nozzle and thus accelerated to high ejection velocities (6000 to 10,000 m/sec). However, none can be considered fully developed today and none have flown. They are the fission reactor, the Solid rocket propellant Fuel manifold ~ -- Multiple ~ "ins~j Blow-out \ air ~ ] Ramjet f "nozzle inserts Ramjet nozzle FIGURE 1-7. Elements of an air-launched missile with integral rocket-ramjet propul- sion. After the solid propellant has been consumed in boosting the vehicle to flight speed, the rocket combustion chamber becomes the ramjet combustion chamber with air burning the ramjet liquid fuel. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION 11 radioactive isotope decay source, and the fusion reactor. All three types are basically extensions of liquid propellant rocket engines. The heating of the gas is accomplished by energy derived from transformations within the nuclei of atoms. In chemical rockets the energy is obtained from within the propellants, but in nuclear rockets the power source is usually separate from the propellant. In the nuclear fission reactor rocket, heat can be generated by the fission of uranium in the solid reactor material and subsequently transferred to the working fluid (see Refs. 1-9 to 1-11). The nuclear fission rocket is primarily a high-thrust engine (above 40,000 N) with specific impulse values up to 900 sec. Fission rockets were designed and tested in the 1960s. Ground tests with hydrogen as a working fluid culminated in a thrust of 980,000 N (210,000 lb force) at a graphite core nuclear reactor level of 4100 MW with an equivalent altitude-specific impulse of 848 sec and a hydrogen tem- perature of about 2500 K. There were concerns with the endurance of the materials at the high temperature (above 2600 K) and intense radiations, power level control, cooling a reactor after operation, moderating the high- energy neutrons, and designing lightweight radiation shields for a manned space vehicle. In recent years there have been renewed interest in nuclear fission rocket propulsion primarily for a potential manned planetary exploration mission. Studies have shown that the high specific impulse (estimated in some studies at 1100 sec) allows shorter interplanetary trip transfer times, smaller vehicles, and more flexibility in the launch time when planets are not in their optimum relative position. In the isotope decay engine a radioactive material gives off radiation, which is readily converted into heat. Isotope decay sources have been used success- fully for generating electrical power in space vehicles and some have been flown as a power supply for satellites and deep space probes. The released energy can be used to raise the temperature of a propulsive working fluid such as hydrogen or perhaps drive an electric propulsion system. It provides usually a lower thrust and lower temperature than the other types of nuclear rocket. As yet, isotope decay rocket engines have not been developed or flown. Fusion is the third nuclear method of creating nuclear energy that can heat a working fluid. A number of different concepts have been studied. To date none have been tested and many concepts are not yet feasible or practical. Concerns about an accident with the inadvertent spreading of radioactive materials in the earth environment and the high cost of development pro- grams have to date prevented a renewed experimental development of a large nuclear rocket engine. Unless there are some new findings and a change in world attitude, it is unlikely that a nuclear rocket engine will be developed or flown in the next few decades, therefore no further discussion of it is given in this book. 12 CLASSIFICATION Electric Rocket Propulsion In all electric propulsion the source of the electric power (nuclear, solar radia- tion receivers, or batteries) is physically separate from the mechanism that produces the thrust. This type of propulsion has been handicapped by heavy and inefficient power sources. The thrust usually is low, typically 0.005 to 1 N. In order to allow a significant increase in the vehicle velocity, it is necessary to apply the low thrust and thus a small acceleration for a long time (weeks or months) (see Chapter 19 and Refs. 1-12 and 1-13). Of the three basic types, electrothermal rocket propulsion most resembles the previously mentioned chemical rocket units; propellant is heated electri- cally (by heated resistors or electric arcs) and the hot gas is then thermodyna- mically expanded and accelerated to supersonic velocity through an exhaust nozzle (see Fig. 1-8). These electrothermal units typically have thrust ranges of 0.01 to 0.5 N, with exhaust velocities of 1000 to 5000 m/sec, and ammonium, hydrogen, nitrogen, or hydrazine decomposition product gases have been used as propellants. The two other types--the electrostatic or ion propulsion engine and the electromagnetic or magnetoplasma engine--accomplish propulsion by differ- ent principles and the thermodynamic expansion of gas in a nozzle, as such, does not apply. Both will work only in a vacuum. In an ion rocket (see Fig. 1-9) a working fluid (typically, xenon) is ionized (by stripping off electrons) and then the electrically charged heavy ions are accelerated to very high velo- cities (2000 to 60,000 rn/sec) by means of electrostatic fields. The ions are subsequently electrically neutralized; they are combined with electrons to pre- vent the buildup of a space charge on the vehicle. In the magnetoplasma rocket an electrical plasma (an energized hot gas containing ions, electrons, and neutral particles) is accelerated by the interac- tion between electric currents and magnetic fields and ejected at high velocity --~1 l--~ ~ Chamber / / ~ i • • • ~ ........... l ........ Arc between cathode )'"~~ ° tip and annular region of anode Cathode Electric power ! l il ozz,e I from low voltage I t~~]~/,///////~ ....... I high currentsourceJ ~"~"~"/z/'/////////~ ] - - ; I J anode FIGURE 1-8. Simplified schematic diagram of arc-heating electric rocket propulsion system. The arc plasma temperature is very high (perhaps 15,000 K) and the anode, cathode, and chamber will get hot (1000 K) due to heat transfer. 1.2. ROCKET PROPULSION 13 Working fluid (xenon) Electric p o w e r Ionization Feed device control I ~ Electrostatic j' ---~ l ¢ .~ accelerator / emitter Ions are neutralized FIGURE 1-9. Simplified schematic diagram of a typical ion rocket, showing the approximate distribution of the electric pOwer. (1000 to 50,000 m/sec). Thereffre many different types and geometries. A simple pulsed (not continuously operating) unit with a solid propellant is shown in Fig. 1-10. This type has had a good flight record as a spacecraft attitude control engine. Other Rocket Propulsion Concepts Several technologies exist for harnessing solar energy to provide the power for spacecraft and also to propel spacecraft using electrical propulsion. Solar cells generate electric power from the sun's radiation. They are well developed and have been successful for several decades. Most electric propulsion systems have used solar cells for their power supply. ,, r Teflon propellant ~ Igniter plug ..................... ,[ .............. ,~, e////A ~ 4 ~ : "'" "~" ~:.~'.'~ " i'~"<"~~ ":" r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ % ) ) _ Plasma exhaust from ) ) ~ parallel rail nozzle r/////////7/~ Anode Capacitor FIGURE 1-10. Simplified diagram of a rail accelerator for self-induced magnetic accel- eration of a current-carrying plasma. When the capacitor is discharged, an arc is struck at the left side of the rails. The high current in the plasma arc induces a magnetic field. The action of the current and the magnetic field causes the plasma to be accelerated at right angles to both the magnetic field and the current, namely in the direction of the rails. Each time the arc is created a small amount of solid propellant (Teflon) is vapor- ized and converted to a small plasma cloud, which (when ejected) gives a small pulse of thrust. Actual units can operate with many pulses per second. 14 CLASSIFICATION An attractive concept, the solar thermal rocket, has large diameter optics to concentrate the sun's radiation (e.g., by lightweight precise parabolic mirrors or Fresnel lenses) onto a receiver or optical cavity. Figure 1-11 shows one concept and some data is given in Table 2-1. The receiver is made of high temperature metal (such as tungsten or rhenium) and has a cooling jacket or heat exchanger. It heats a working fluid, usually liquid hydrogen, up to perhaps 2500°C and the hot gas is controlled by hot gas valves and exhausted through one or more nozzles. The large mirror has to be pointed toward the sun and this requires the mirror to be adjustable in its orientation. Performance can be two to three times higher than that of a chemical rocket and thrust levels in most studies are low (1 to 10 N). Since large lightweight optical elements cannot withstand drag forces without deformation, the optical systems are deployed outside the atmosphere. Contamination is negigible, but storage or refueling of liquid hydrogen is a challenge. Problems being investigated include rigid, lightweight mirror or lens structures, operational life, minimizing hydro- gen evaporation, and heat losses to other spacecraft components. To date the solar thermal rocket has not yet provided the principal thrust of a flying space- craft. The solar sail is another concept. It is basically a big photon reflector sur- face. The power source for the solar sail is the sun and it is external to the vehicle (see Ref. 1-14). Approaches using nuclear explosions and pulsed nuclear fusion have been analyzed (Refs. 1-15 and 1-16), but are not yet feasible. Concepts for transmitting radiation energy (by lasers or microwaves) from earth stations to satellites have been proposed, but are not yet developed. Heat receiver A and exchanger Parabolic ~ reflector~..~/~k,\ "' /--.<...\ II 1 Regulator and valve Hydrogen propellant / tank L/// k// \ ) l U n - Valve ! ,i !! U , , , ~Exhaust nozzle Radiation from the sun FIGURE 1-11. Simplified schematic diagram of a solar thermal rocket concept. 1.3. APPLICATIONS OF ROCKET PROPULSION 15 International Rocket Propulsion Effort Active development or production of rocket propulsion systems is currently under way in more than 30 different countries. Some of them have made significant and original contributions to the state of the art of the technologies. There is mention in this book of a few foreign rocket units and their accom- plishments and references to international rocket literature. Although most of the data in this book are taken from U.S. rocket experience, this is not intended to minimize foreign achievements. At the time of this writing the major international program was the International Space Station (ISS), a multi-year cooperative effort with major contributions from the USA and Russia and active participation by several other nations. This manned orbital space station is used for conducting experi- ments and observations on a number of research projects. 1.3. APPLICATIONS OF ROCKET PROPULSION Because the rocket can reach a performance unequaled by other prime movers, it has its own fields of application and does not usually compete with other propulsion devices. Examples of important applications are given below and discussed further in Chapter 4. Space Launch Vehicles Between the first space launch in 1957 and the end of 1998 approximately 4102 space launch attempts have taken place in the world and all but about 129 were successful (see Ref. 1-17). Space launch vehicles or space boosters can be clas- sified broadly as expendable or recoverable/reusable. Other bases of classifica- tion are the type of propellant (storable or cryogenic liquid or solid propellants), number of stages (single-stage, two-stage, etc.), size/mass of pay- loads or vehicles, and manned or unmanned. Figure 1-12 shows the Titan III- C space launch vehicle, one member of the Titan family of storable propellant space launch vehicles, which is used extensively for boosting satellites into synchronous earth orbit or into escape trajectories for planetary travel. This heavy-duty launch vehicle consists of the basic 2-stage Titan III standard launch vehicle (liquid propellant rockets) supplemented by two solid propellant "strap-on motors." A fourth stage, known as the transtage, permits a wide variety of maneuvers, orbit changes, and trajectory transfers to be accom- plished with the payload, which can be one or more satellites or spacecraft. Each space launch vehicle has a specific space flight objective, such as an earth orbit or a moon landing. It uses between two and five stages, each with its own propulsion system, and each is usually fired sequentially after the lower stage is expended. The number of stages depends on the specific space trajec- tory, the number and types of maneuvers, the energy content of a unit mass of 16 CLASSIFICATION iii:i~!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiJiii!i~ ~ i ~I ~ • ~i~ii~ .... i :: ii:~ili' ii ~, j~i;~ ,, ~i~i~i~i ~ ....... i~ i ~i ~i/i!i~i~~i '~: ii~ i iil iii FIGURE 1-12. Titan III launch vehicle shortly after lift-off, with bright radiant exhaust gas. Two solid propellant rocket motors, each providing about 2.4 million pounds of thrust, boost the first stage, which also gets a sustained thrust of 470,000 pounds from two liquid rocket engines. The second stage has 100,000 pounds of thrust from a single liquid rocket engine, and one version of the third stage has two liquid rocket engines, each at 16,000 pounds of thrust. 1.3. APPLICATIONS OF ROCKET PROPULSION 17 the propellant, and other factors. The initial stage, usually called the booster stage, is the largest and it is operated first; this stage is then separated from the ascending vehicle before the second-stage rocket propulsion system is ignited and operated. As will be explained in Chapter 4, adding an extra stage permits a significant increase in the payload (such as more scientific instruments or more communications gear). Each stage of a multistage launch vehicle is essentially a complete vehicle in itself and carries its own propellant, its own rocket propulsion system or systems, and its own control system. Once the propellant of a given stage is expended, the dead mass of that stage (including empty tanks, cases, instru- ments, etc.) is no longer useful in providing additional kinetic energy to the succeeding stages. By dropping off this useless mass it is possible to accel- erate the final stage with its useful payload to a higher terminal velocity than would be attained if multiple staging were not used. Both solid pro- pellant and liquid propellant rocket propulsion systems have been used for low earth orbits. A single stage to orbit vehicle, attractive because it avoids the costs and complexities of staging, is expected to have improved reliability (simple struc- tures, fewer components), and some versions may be recoverable and reusa- ble. However, its payload is relatively very small. A low earth orbit (say 100 miles altitude) can only be achieved with such a vehicle if the propellant performance is very high and the structure is efficient and low in mass. Liquid propellants such as liquid hydrogen with liquid oxygen are usually chosen. The missions and payloads for space launch vehicles are many, such as military (reconnaissance satellites, command and control satellites), non-mili- tary government (weather observation satellites, GPS or geopositioning satel- lites), space exploration (space environment, planetary missions), or commercial (communication satellites). Forecasts indicate that a large number of future commercial communications satellites will be needed. Table 1-3 lists several important U.S. launch vehicles and their capabilities and Table 1-4 gives data on the Space Shuttle, which is really a combination of launch vehicle, spacecraft, and a glider. It can be seen that the thrust levels are highest for booster or first stages and are relatively high for upper stages (thousands of pounds). Only for the attitude control system of the vehicle (also called reaction control in Table 1-4) are the thrust levels low (from a fraction of a pound for small spacecraft to as high as about 1000 pounds thrust in the space shuttle vehicle). Frequent propulsion starts and stops are usually required in these applications. Spacecraft Depending on their missions, spacecraft can be categorized as earth satellites, lunar, interplanetary, and trans-solar types, and as manned and unmanned spacecraft. Rocket propulsion is used for both primary propulsion (i.e., __at o0 TABLE 1-3. Selected United States Space Launch Vehicles Number of Engines Thrust or Motors Name Stage per Stage kN lbf Propellants Launch Mass (metric tons) Two-stage Payload Weight 100 n.mi (185 km) Orbit) Three-stage Payload Weight Geosynchronous Orbit Titan 34D Delta II 6925 Atlas Centaur Pegasus (air-launched) 0 2 10,750 2,400,000 vac 1 2 2370 529,000~ I 2 1 452 101,000 3 1 107 23,800 0 6 + 3 443.5 1 1 927 1037 2 l 43.2 3 1 67.6 ± 2 Each 829 SL 2 1 1 269 2 2 Each 74 vac 1 1 726 2 1 196 3 1 36 Solid composite N204/N2H4 + UDMH Solid composite Each 97,000 SL Solid composite 207,000 SL LO2/RP- 1 231,700 vac 9645 N204/N2H 4 - UDMH 15,100 vac Solid composite Each 185,000 SL LO2/RP-I 60,000 LO2/RP-1 Each 16,500 vac LO2/LH 2 163,000 Solid 44,200 Solid 8060 Solid kg lbf kg lbf 1091 13,600 30,000 1820 4000 132 2545 5600 1454 3200 141 2772 6100 1545 3400 490 1078 (Three stages) "SL" refers to sea level and "vac" refers to altitude or vacuum conditions. 23.1 NA NA TABLE 1-4. Propulsion Systems for the Space Shuttle Vehicle Section Propulsion System (No. of Units) Number of Starts and Typical Burn Time Propellant and Specific Impulse Thrust Mission Shuttle orbiter Solid rocket boosters (SRBs) Space Shuttle main engine (3) Orbital maneuver systems (2) Reaction control system, 38 primary thrusters, 6 vernier thrusters Attached to external tank; multisection, 2 units Separation rocket motors; 16 units Start at launch 8.4 min duration Life: 55 starts and 7.5 hr 3 to 10 starts/mission; designed for 1000 starts, 100 flights, 15 hours of cumulative time Multiple operations; thousands of starts; duration from a few milliseconds to seconds Single start at launch 2 min 4 each at forward frustum and aft skirt; 0.66 sec, nominal Liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen 4464 N-sec/kg (455 sec) See Note 1; Is = 313 sec See Note 1; Is = 280-304 sec, depending on nozzle area ratio See Note 2 Solid propellant; Is -- 250 sec 1670 kN each (375,000 lb) at sea level 2100 kN each (470,000 lbf) at space vacuum Throttled 109 to 65% of rated power 27 kN each (6000 lbf) in vacuum Primary thruster 3870 N each (870 lbf), vernier thruster 106.8 N each (25 lbf) 14,700 kN each, or 3.3 x 10 6 lbf each 97,840 N each or 22,000 lbf Lift orbiter off ground and accelerate to orbit velocity. Individual engines can be shut down to reduce thrust level. Insert orbiter vehicle into earth orbit, correct orbit, abort, and deorbit maneuver. Small vehicle velocity adjustments and attitude control during orbit insertion, on orbit corrections, rendezvous, and reentry. Boost Shuttle vehicle to about 5500 km/hr Move SRB away from vehicle after cut-off ..t Notes: 1. MMH, monomethylhydrazine and NTO, nitrogen tetroxide. 2. 70% Ammonium perchlorate; 16% aluminum; 12% polybutadiene acrylic acid binder; 2% epoxy curing agent. 20 CLASSIFICATION along the flight path, such as for orbit insertion or orbit change maneuvers) and secondary propulsion functions in these vehicles. Some of the secondary propulsion functions are attitude control, spin control, momentum wheel and gyro unloading, stage separation, and the settling of liquids in tanks. A space- craft usually has a series of different rocket propulsion systems, some often very small. For spacecraft attitude control about three perpendicular axes, each in two rotational directions, the system must allow the application of pure torque for six modes of angular freedom, thus requiring a minimum of 12 thrust chambers. Some missions require as few as four to six rocket units whereas the more complex manned spacecraft have 40 to 80 rocket units in all of its stages. Often the small attitude control rockets must give pulses or short bursts of thrust, necessitating thousands of restarts. Table 1-5 presents a variety of spacecraft along with their weights, missions, and propulsion. Although only U.S. launch vehicles are listed in this table, there are also launch vehicles developed by France, the European Space Agency, Russia, Japan, China, India, and Israel that have successfully launched payloads into satellite orbits. They use rocket propulsion systems that were developed in their own countries. The U.S. Space Shuttle program, using technology and experience from the X-15 rocket-powered research airplane, the Mercury and Gemini orbital flights, the Apollo lunar flight program, and Skylab, provided the first reusable spacecraft that lands on a runway. Figure 1-13 shows the basic configuration of the Space Shuttle, which consists of two stages, the booster and the orbiter. It shows all the 67 rocket propulsion systems of the shuttle. The orbiter is really a reusable combination vehicle, namely a spacecraft combined with a glider. The two solid propellant rocket motors are the largest in existence; they are equipped with parachutes for sea recovery of the burned-out motors. The large liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen (LO2/LH2) external tank is jettisoned and expended just before orbit insertion (see Ref. 1-18). Details of several of these Space Shuttle rocket propulsion systems are given elsewhere in this book. The Space Shuttle accomplishes both civilian and military missions of placing satellites in orbit, undertaking scientific exploration, and repairing, servicing, and retrieving satellites. A reusable single stage to orbit, experimental vehicle with a novel rocket engine is currently (1997) under development in the USA. It is a combination launch vehicle and spacecraft. The design takes advantage of advances in light- weight structures, a clever lifting aerodynamic body concept, and a tailored novel rocket engine that requires little space and fits well into the flight vehicle. This engine, known as a linear aerospike, has a novel configuration and is described further in Chapter 8. The majority of spacecraft have used liquid propellant engines, with solid propellant boosters. Several spacecraft have operated successfully with electri- cal propulsion for attitude control. Electrical propulsion systems will probably also be used for some primary and secondary propulsion missions on long- duration space flights, as described in Chapter 19. TABLE 1-5. Selected United States Spacecraft Space Maneuver Propulsion Weight Name Thrust (lbf) Propellants a (lbf) Remarks Mariner 69 50 (primary) Hydrazine monopropellant 1100 1.0 (secondary) Hydrazine monopropellant Pioneer 10, 11 50 (primary) Hydrazine monopropellant 570 Viking 600 (primary) Hydrazine monopropellant 7500 5.0 (secondary) Hydrazine monopropellant Nimbus 5 0.5 (secondary) Stored nitrogen 1700 Apollo command and service 20,500 (primary) N204/50:50 UDMH 64,500 module 100 lbf 16 units -N2H4 93 lbf 6 units (secondary) NzO4/MMH Space Shuttle orbiter Two 6000-1bf units (primary) NzO4/MMH 150,000 38 units @ 900 lbf (secondary) N204/MMH Six 25-1bf units (secondary) NzO4/MMH Fleet Communications Satellite 0.1 (secondary) Hydrazine monopropellant 1854 Photo Recon 4.0 (secondary) Hydrazine monopropellant 25,000 Intelsat V communication satellite 0.10 Hydrazine 4180 Deep Space I (DS1) 0.02 (primary) Xenon 1070 Flyby of Venus/Mercury Fly to Jupiter and beyond Mars orbiter with soft lander Weather satellite Manned lunar landing Reusable spacecraft with runway landing UHF communications Radio/photo communications Resistojet, electric propulsion for N-S station keeping Ion propulsion engine for asteroid fly-by aN204, nitrogen tetroxide (oxidizer); MMH, monomethylhydrazine (fuel); 50:50 UDMH-N2H4 is a 50% mixture of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and hydrazine. Thrust termination port, Forward separation rocket / 2 places each engines,2 places ~ [ Solid rocket booster External ~ ~r tank ~ --~- Aft separation rocket engines,2 places Control thrusters, ,/~~ 8 required ~ Orbiting maneuver per side Tank/orbiter Reaction control engine,2 places ~ thrusters, ', /12 each per pod Main propulsion ~ ) - ~ system, 3 engines . Tank/orbiter ~ ~ -~------~ _ : " --'7-I - __ .... ., ..... ., ..... .,_ .... ,~ ~ '/' ~'r" ~ ~'v'~~ N°zzl e ',I L02 tank " LH2 tank --Solid rocket booster, -20.25 2 places FIGURE 1-13. Simplified sketch of the Space Shuttle vehicle. The Shuttle Orbiter--the delta-winged vehicle about the size of a medium- range jet liner--is a reusable, cargo carrying, spacecraft-airplane combination that takes off vertically and lands horizontally like a glider. Each shuttle orbiter was designed for a minimum of 100 missions and can carry as much as 65,000 lb of payload to a low Earth orbit, and a crew of up to four members and 10 passengers. It can return up to 25,000 lb of payload back to Earth. TABLE 1-6. Selected United States Missiles Mission Category Surface-to- surface (long range) Surface-to-air (or to missile) Air-to-surface Air-to-air Antisubmarine Battlefield Support (surface-to- surface, short range) cruise missile (subsonic) Name Diameter (ft) Length (ft) Propulsion Minuteman III 6.2 Poseidon 6.2 Titan II 10 Chaparral 0.42 Improved Hawk 1.2 Standard Missile 1.13 Redeye 0.24 59.8 34 103 9.5 16.5 15 or 27 4 3 stages, solid 2 stages, solid 2 stages, liquid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 2 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 2 staged grains 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 1 stage, solid 2 stages, liquid 1 stage, solid 2 stages, solid 1 stage, solid Patriot 1.34 Maverick 1.00 Shrike 0.67 SRAM 1.46 Falcon 0.6 Phoenix 1.25 Sidewinder 0.42 Sparrow 0.67 Subroc 1.75 Lance 1.8 Hellfire (antitank) 0.58 Pershing II 3.3 Tow (antitank) 0.58 Tomahawk 1.74 1.74 8.2 10 14 6.5 13 9.5 12 22 20 5.67 34.5 3.84 21 solid booster + turbofan Launch Weight (lb) 78,000 65,000 330,000 185 1398 1350/2996 18 1850 475 400 2230 152 980 191 515 4000 2424 95 10,000 40 3900 TABLE 1-7. Typical Propulsion Characteristics of Some Rocket Applications Application Type of Propellant Thrust Profile Typical Duration Maximum Acceleration a Large space launch vehicle booster Antiaircraft or antimissile-missile Spacecraft orbit maneuvers Air launched guided missile Battlefield support---surface launched Rocket assisted projectile, gun launched Spacecraft attitude control-- large vehicles Spacecraft attitude control-- small vehicle Reusable main engines for space shuttle Single stage to orbit (has not yet flown) Lunar landing Weather sounding rocket Antitank Solid or cryogenic liquid Solid, some with liquid terminal divert stage Storable liquid or cryogenic liquid Solid Solid Solid Storable liquid (monopropellant or bipropellant); electric propulsion; xenon Cold or warm gas or storable liquid, electric propulsion Cryogenic liquid (O2/H2) Cryogenic liquid (O2/H2) Storable bipropellant Solid Solid Nearly constant thrust High thrust boost, decreasing thrust sustain phase Restartable High thrust boost phase with low thrust or decreasing thrust for sustain phase; sometimes 2 pulses Same as above Increase and then decrease in thrust Many restarts (up to 60,000); pulsing Same Variable thrust, many flights with same engine Throttled to lower thrust 10:l thrust variation Single burn period--often decreasing thrust Single burn period 2-8 min 2-75 sec each Up to l0 min cumulative duration Boost: 2-5 sec Sustain: 10-30 sec Up to 2 rain each stage A few sec Up to 1 hr cumulative duratiaon Up to 40 min cumulative 8 min, over 7 hr cumulative in several missions 6-10 min 4 min 5-50 sec 0.2-3 sec 2-6 go 5 to 20 go, but can be up to 100 go 0.2-6 go Up to 25 go Up to 10go Up to 20,000 go Less than 0.1g0 Same 4-7 go Several go Up to 15 go Up to 20 go ag o is acceleration of gravity at the Earth's surface = 9.8066 m/sec 2 or 32.17 ft/sec 2 REFERENCES 25 Missiles and Other Applications Military missiles can be classified as shown in Table 1-6. Rocket propulsion for new U.S. missiles uses now almost exclusively solid propellant rocket motors. They can be strategic missiles, such as long-range ballistic missiles (800 to 9000 km range) which are aimed at military targets within an enemy country, or tactical missiles, which are intended to support or defend military ground forces, aircraft, or navy ships. The term surface launch can mean a launch from the ground, the ocean surface (from a ship), or from underneath the sea (submarine launch). Some tactical missiles, such as the air-to-surface SRAM missile, have a two-pulse solid propellant motor, where two separate, insulated grains are in the same motor case; the time interval before starting the second pulse can be timed to control the flight path or speed profile. Most countries now have tactical missiles in their military inventories, and many of these countries have a capability to produce their own rocket propulsion systems that are used to propel them. Other applications of rockets include primary engines for research airplanes, assist-take-off rockets for airplanes, ejection of crew escape capsules and stores, personnel "propulsion belts,"and propulsion for target drones, weather sounding rockets, signal rockets, decoy rockets, spin rockets, vernier rockets, underwater rockets for torpedoes and missiles, the throwing of lifelines to ships, and "Fourth of July" rockets. Tables 1-6 and 1-7 show some parameters of rocket propulsion devices for different applications. The selection of the best rocket propulsion system type and design for any given application is a complex process involving many factors, including system performance, reliability, propulsion system size, and compatibility, as described in Chapter 17. Comparisons and eva- luations of many of these criteria are discussed in this book. 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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Space Transportation System Reference, Vol. 1, Systems and Facilities, U.S. Government Printng Office, Washington, DC, June 1988. CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS Rocket propulsion is an exact but not a fundamental subject, and there are no basic scientific laws of nature peculiar to propulsion. The basic principles are essentially those of mechanics, thermodynamics, and chemistry. Propulsion is achieved by applying a force to a vehicle, that is, accelerating the vehicle or, alternatively, maintaining a given velocity against a resisting force. This propulsive force is obtained by ejecting propellant at high velocity. This chapter deals with the definitions and the basic relations of this propulsive force, the exhaust velocity, and the efficiencies of creating and converting the energy and other basic parameters. The symbols used in the equations are defined at the end of the chapter. Wherever possible the American Standard letter symbols for rocket propulsion (as given in Ref. 2-1) are used. 2.1. DEFINITIONS The total impulse It is the thrust force F (which can vary with time) integrated over the burning time t. f0 t It- F dt (2-1) For constant thrust and negligible start and stop transients this reduces to /,=Ft (2-2) 27 28 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS It is proportional to the total energy released by all the propellant in a propul- sion system. The specific impulse Is is the total impulse per unit weight of propellant. It is an important figure of merit of the performance of a rocket propulsion system, similar in concept to the miles per gallon parameter used with automobiles. A higher number means better performance. Values of Is are given in many chapters of this book and the concept of an optimum specific impulse for a particular mission is introduced later. If the total mass flow rate of propellant is rh and the standard acceleration of gravity at sealevel go is 9.8066 m/sec 2 or 32.174 ft/sec 2, then Is= f°Fdt go f/n dt (2-3) This equation will give a time-averaged specific impulse value for any rocket propulsion system, particularly where the thrust varies with time. During tran- sient conditions (during start or the thrust buildup period, the shutdown per- iod, or during a change of flow or thrust levels) values of Is can be obtained by integration or by determining average values for F and rh for short time inter- vals. For constant thrust and propellant flow this equation can be simplified; below, mp is the total effective propellant mass. Is = It/(mpgo) (2-4) In Chapter 3 there is further discussion of the specific impulse. For constant propellant mass flow rh, constant thrust F, and negligibly short start or stop transients: Is - F/(rhgo)- F/w (2-5) I,/(mpgo) = I,/w The product mpgo is the total effective propellant weight w and the weight flow rate is w. The concept of weight relates to the gravitational attraction at or near sea level, but in space or outer satellite orbits, "weight" signifies the mass multiplied by an arbitrary constant, namely go. In the Systdme International (SI) or metric system of units It can be expressed simply in "seconds," because of the use of the constant go. In the USA today we still use the English Engineering (EE) system of units (foot, pound, second) in many of the chemi- cal propulsion engineering, manufacturing, and test operations. In many past and current US publications, data and contracts, the specific impulse has units of thrust (lbf) divided by weight flow rate of propellants (lbf/sec), simplified as seconds. The numerical value of Is is the same in the EE and the SI system of units. However, the units of It do not represent a measure of elapsed time, but a thrust force per unit "weight"-flow-rate. In this book the symbol It is used for 2.1. DEFINITIONS 29 the specific impulse, as listed in Ref. 2-1. For solid propellant systems the symbol Isp is sometimes used, as listed in Ref. 2-2. In a rocket nozzle the actual exhaust velocity is not uniform over the entire exit cross-section and does not represent the entire thrust magnitude. The velocity profile is difficult to measure accurately. For convenience a uniform axial velocity c is assumed which allows a one-dimensional description of the problem. This effective exhaust velocity c is the average equivalent velocity at which propellant is ejected from the vehicle. It is defined as c-- Isgo = F/rh (2-6) It is given either in meters per second or feet per second. Since c and Is differ only by an arbitrary constant, either one can be used as a measure of rocket performance. In the Russian literature c is generally used. In solid propellant rockets it is difficult to measure the propellant flow rate accurately. Therefore, the specific impulse is often calculated from total impulse and the propellant weight (using the difference between initial and final motor weights and Eq. 2-5). In turn the total impulse is obtained from the integral of the measured thrust with time, using Eq. 2-1. In liquid propel- lant units it is possible to measure thrust and instantaneous propellant flow rate and thus to use Eq. 2-3 for calculation of specific impulse. Eq. 2-4 allows another definition for specific impulse, namely, the amount of impulse imparted to a vehicle per unit sea-level weight of propellant expended. The term specific propellant consumption refers to the reciprocal of the spe- cific impulse and is not commonly used in rocket propulsion. It is used in automotive and duct propulsion systems. Typical values are listed in Table 1-2. The mass ratio 1VIR of a vehicle or a particular vehicle stage is defined to be the final mass mf (after rocket operation has consumed all usable propellant) divided by m0 (before rocket operation). The various terms are depicted in Fig. 4-1. 1VIR = mf /mo (2-7) This applies to a single or a multi-stage vehicle; for the latter, the overall mass ratio is the product of the individual vehicle stage mass ratios. The final mass mf is the mass of the vehicle after the rocket has ceased to operate when all the useful propellant mass mp has been consumed and ejected. The final vehicle mass my includes all those components that are not useful propellant and may include guidance devices, navigation gear, payload (e.g., scientific instruments or a military warhead), flight control systems, communication devices, power supplies, tank structure, residual or unusable propellant, and all the propulsion hardware. In some vehicles it can also include wings, fins, a crew, life support systems, reentry shields, landing gears, etc. Typical values of/VIR can range from 60% for some tactical missiles to less than 10% for some unmanned 30 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS launch vehicle stages. This mass ratio is an important parameter in analyzing flight performance, as explained in Chapter 4. When MR is applied to a single stage, then its upper stages become the "payload." The propellant mass fraction ~ indicates the fraction of propellant mass mp in an initial mass m0. It can be applied to a vehicle, a stage of a vehicle or to a rocket propulsion system. - mp/mo (2-8) - (mo - mf)/mo - mp/(mp + mf) (2-9) m o - mf + mp (2-10) When applied to a rocket propulsion system, the mass ratio ~ and pro- pellant fraction ~ " are different from those that apply to a vehicle as described above. Here the initial or loaded mass m0 consists of the inert propulsion mass (the hardware necessary to burn and store the propellant) and the effective propellant mass. It would exclude masses of nonpropulsive components, such as payload or guidance devices. For example, in a liquid propellant rocket engine the final or inert propulsion mass my would include the propellant feed tanks, the pressurization system (with turbopump and/or gas pressure system), one or more thrust chambers, various piping, fittings and valves, an engine mount or engine structure, filters and some sensors. The residual or unusable remaining propellant is usually considered to be part of the final inert mass mf, as it will be in this book. However, some rocket propulsion manufacturers and some literature assign residuals to be part of the propellant mass mp. When applied to a rocket propulsion system, the value of the pro- pellant mass fraction ~ " indicates the quality of the design; a value of, say, 0.91 means that only 9% of the mass is inert rocket hardware and this small fraction contains, feeds, and burns a substantially larger mass of propellant. A high value of ~ " is desirable. The impulse-to-weight ratio of a complete propulsion system is defined as the total impulse It divided by the initial or propellant-loaded vehicle weight w0. A high value indicates an efficient design. Under our assumptions of constant thrust and negligible start and stop transients, it can be expressed as I, i, = (2-11) Wo (mf + rap)go Is (2-12) mf /mp + 1 The thrust to weight ratio F/wo expresses the acceleration (in multiples of the earth's surface acceleration of gravity) that the engine is capable of giving to its own loaded propulsion system mass. For constant thrust the maximum value of the thrust to weight ratio, or maximum acceleration, occurs just before termination or burnout because the vehicle mass has been diminished by the 2.1. DEFINITIONS 31 mass of useful propellant. Values of F/w are given in Table 2-1. The thrust to weight ratio is useful to compare different types of rocket systems. Example 2-1. A rocket projectile has the following characteristics: Initial mass Mass after rocket operation Payload, nonpropulsive structure, etc. Rocket operating duration Average specific impulse of propellant 200 kg 130 kg 110 kg 3.0 sec 240 sec Determine the vehicle's mass ratio, propellant mass fraction, propellant flow rate, thrust, thrust-to-weight ratio, acceleration of vehicle, effective exhaust velocity, total impulse, and the impulse-to-weight ratio. SOLUTION. Mass ratio of vehicle (Eq. 2-8) MR = mf/mo = 130/200 =0.65; mass ratio of rocket system MR = mf/mo = (130- 110)/(200- 110)= 0.222. Note that the empty and initial masses of the propulsion system are 20 and 90 kg, respectively. The propellant mass fraction (Eq. 2-9) is = (mo - mf)/mo = (90 - 20)/90 = 0.778 The propellant mass is 200 - 130 = 70 kg. The propellant mass flow rate is rh = 70/3 = 23.3 kg/sec, The thrust (Eq. 2-5) is F = Isfv = 240 x 23.3 x 9.81 = 54,857 N The thrust-to-weight ratio of the vehicle is initial value F/wo = 54,857/(200 x 9.81) = 28 final value 54,857/(130 x 9.81) = 43 The maximum acceleration of the vehicle is 43 x 9.81 = 421 m/sec 2. The effective exhaust velocity (Eq. 2-6) is c = Isgo = 240 x 9.81 = 2354 m/sec The total impulse (Eqs. 2-2 and 2-5) is It = Isw = 240 x 70 x 9.81 = 164,808 N-sec This result can also be obtained by multiplying the thrust by the duration. The impulse- to-weight ratio of the propulsion system (Eq. 2-11) is It/wo = 164,808/[(200- 110)9.81] = 187 32 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS 2.2. THRUST The thrust is the force produced by a rocket propulsion system acting upon a vehicle. In a simplified way, it is the reaction experienced by its structure due to the ejection of matter at high velocity. It represents the same phenomenon that pushes a garden hose backwards or makes a gun recoil. In the latter case, the forward momentum of the bullet and the powder charge is equal to the recoil or rearward momentum of the gun barrel. Momentum is a vector quantity and is defined as the product of mass times velocity. All ship propellers and oars generate their forward push at the expense of the momentum of the water or air masses, which are accelerated towards the rear. Rocket propulsion differs from these devices primarily in the relative magnitude of the accelerated masses and velocities. In rocket propulsion relatively small masses are involved which are carried within the vehicle and ejected at high velocities. The thrust, due to a change in momentum, is given below. A derivation can be found in earlier editions of this book. The thrust and the mass flow are constant and the gas exit velocity is uniform and axial. dm ~v F - -~ V 2 -- thV 2 -- ~/22 (2-13) go This force represents the total propulsion force when the nozzle exit pressure equals the ambient pressure. The pressure of the surrounding fluid (i..e, the local atmosphere) gives rise to the second contribution that influences the thrust. Figure 2-1 shows schema- tically the external pressure acting uniformly on the outer surface of a rocket chamber and the gas pressures on the inside of a typical thermal rocket engine. The size of the arrows indicates the relative magnitude of the pressure forces. The axial thrust can be determined by integrating all the pressures acting on areas that can be projected on a plane normal to the nozzle axis. The forces acting radially outward are appreciable, but do not contribute to the axial thrust because a rocket is typically an axially symmetric chamber. The condi- tions prior to entering the nozzle are essentially stagnation conditions. Because of a fixed nozzle geometry and changes in ambient pressure due to variations in altitude, there can be an imbalance of the external environment or atmospheric pressure P3 and the local pressure P2 of the hot gas jet at the exit plane of the nozzle. Thus, for a steadily operating rocket propulsion system moving through a homogeneous atmosphere, the total thrust is equal to F = rhv2 + 092 -- p3)A2 (2-14) The first term is the momentum thrust represented by the product of the propellant mass flow rate and its exhaust velocity relative to the vehicle. The second term represents the pressure thrust consisting of the product of the cross-sectional area at the nozzle exit A 2 (where the exhaust jet leaves the 2.2. THRUST 33 Atmosphere Q P3 t t t tll .f•• t t t 111 Pl, A1, T1 Chamber Converging nozzle section ~ ~ Diverging nozzle section v2 mmm~aD,,. V t I I J _ -- .
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. L v 1 Pt, At P2, A2, T2 FIGURE 2-1. Pressure balance on chamber and nozzle interior walls is not uniform. The internal gas pressure (indicated by length of arrows) is highest in the chamber (Pl) and decreases steadily in the nozzle until it reaches the nozzle exit pressure P2. The external or atmospheric pressure P3 is uniform. At the throat the pressure is Pt- The four subscripts (shown inside circles) refer to the quantities A, v, T, and p at specific locations. vehicle) and the difference between the exhaust gas pressure at the exit and the ambient fluid pressure. If the exhaust pressure is less than the surrounding fluid pressure, the pressure thrust is negative. Because this condition gives a low thrust and is undesirable, the rocket nozzle is usually so designed that the exhaust pressure is equal or slightly higher than the ambient fluid pressure. When the ambient atmosphere pressure is equal to the exhaust pressure, the pressure term is zero and the thrust is the same as in Eq. 2-13. In the vacuum of space P3 --0 and the thrust becomes F- 14"Iv 2 Jr-p2A2 (2-15) The pressure condition in which the exhaust pressure is exactly matched to the surrounding fluid pressure (P2 = P3) is referred to as the rocket nozzle with optimum expansion ratio. This is further elaborated upon in Chapter 3. Equation 2-14 shows that the thrust of a rocket unit is independent of the flight velocity. Because changes in ambient pressure affect the pressure thrust, there is a variation of the rocket thrust with altitude. Because atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude, the thrust and the specific impulse will increase as the vehicle is propelled to higher altitudes. This change in pressure thrust due to altitude changes can amount to between 10 and 30% of the overall thrust, as is shown for a typical rocket engine in Fig. 2-2. Table 8-1 shows the sea level and high altitude thrust for several rocket engines. Appendix 2 gives the properties of the Standard Atmosphere (ambient pressure). 34 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS S Y 255 sec I 213,700 Ibf I - Thrust 290 sec "" 2s=ific 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Altitude, R x 10 3 FIGURE 2-2. Altitude performance of RS 27 liquid propellant rocket engine used in early versions of the Delta launch vehicle. 2.3. EXHAUST VELOCITY The effective exhaust velocity as defined by Eq. 2-6 applies to all rockets that thermodynamically expand hot gas in a nozzle and, indeed, to all mass expul- sion systems. From Eq. 2-14 and for constant propellant mass flow this can be modified to C = •2 Jr (P2 --p3)A2/rh (2-16) Equation 2-6 shows that c can be determined from thrust and propellant flow measurements. When P2 ---P3, the effective exhaust velocity c is equal to the average actual exhaust velocity of the propellant gases v2. When P2 ¢ P3 then c -¢ v2. The second term of the right-hand side of Eq. 2-16 is usually small in relation to v2; thus the effective exhaust velocity is usually close in value to the actual exhaust velocity. When c - v2 the thrust (from Eq. 2-14) can be rewrit- ten as F = (fi~/go)v2 - rhc (2-17) The characteristic velocity has been used frequently in the rocket propulsion literature. Its symbol c, pronounced "cee-star," is defined as c = plAt/rh (2-18) The characteristic velocity c is used in comparing the relative performance of different chemical rocket propulsion system designs and propellants; it is easily determined from measured data of rh, Pl, and At. It relates to the efficiency of the combustion and is essentially independent of nozzle characteristics. 2.3. EXHAUST VELOCITY :35 However, the specific impulse Is and the effective exhaust velocity c are func- tions of the nozzle geometry, such as the nozzle area ratio Az/At, as shown in Chapter 3. Some values of Is and c are given in Tables 5-4 and 5-5. Example 2-2. The following measurements were made in a sea level test of a solid propellant rocket motor: Burn duration Initial mass before test Mass of rocket motor after test Average thrust Chamber pressure Nozzle exit pressure Nozzle throat diameter Nozzle exit diameter 40 sec 1210 kg 215 kg 62,250 N 7.00 MPa 0.070 MPa 0.0855 m 0.2703 m Determine th, /)2, C, C, and Is at sea level, and c and Is at 1000 and 25,000 m altitude. Assume an invariant thrust and mass flow rate and negligible short start and stop transients. SOLUTION. The mass flow rate rh is determined from the total propellant used (initial motor mass - final motor mass) and the burn time. rh - (1210 - 215)/40 - 24.9 kg/sec The nozzle areas at the throat and exit are At - yrD2/4 - yr x 0.08552/4 = 0.00574 m 2 A 2 - reD2~4 - rr x 0.27032/4 = 0.0574 m 2 Equation 2-14 is to be solved for/)2, the actual average exhaust velocity. Z; 2 -- F/rh - (192 - p3)A2/th = 62,250/24.9 - (0.070 - 0.1013) 10 6 X 0.0574/24.9 = 2572 m/sec The characteristic velocity and effective exhaust velocity are found from Eqs. 2-6 and 2- 18 for sea level conditions. c = plAt/rh = 7.00 x 106 x 0.00574/24.9 = 1613 m/sec Is = F/rhgo = 62,250/(24.9 x 9.81) = 255 sec c = Isgo = 255 x 9.81 - 2500 m/sec For altitudes of 1000 and 25,000 m the ambient pressure (see Appendix 2) is 0.0898 and 0.00255 MPa. From Eq. 2-16 the altitude values of c can be obtained. ¢ -- /)2 -}- (132 --p3)A2/th 36 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS At 1000 m altitude, c = 2572 + (0.070- 0.0898) x 106 x 0.0574/24.9 = 2527 m/sec Is = 2527/9.81 = 258 sec At 25,000 m altitude, c-- 2572 + (0.070- 0.00255) x 106 x 0.0574/24.9 = 2727 m/sec Is = 2727/9.80 = 278 sec 2.4. ENERGY AND EFFICIENCIES Although efficiencies are not commonly used directly in designing rocket units, they permit an understanding of the energy balance of a rocket system. Their definitions are arbitrary, depending on the losses considered, and any consis- tent set of efficiencies, such as the one presented in this section, is satisfactory in evaluating energy losses. As stated previously, two types of energy conversion processes occur in any propulsion system, namely, the generation of energy, which is really the conversion of stored energy into available energy and, subsequently, the conversion to the form in which a reaction thrust can be obtained. The kinetic energy of ejected matter is the form of energy useful for propulsion. The power of the jet Pjet is the time rate of expenditure of this energy, and for a constant gas ejection velocity v this is a function of Is and F Pjet- l rhv2 - l ~vgo# -- 1Fgols -- ½ Fv2 (2-19) The term specific power is sometimes used as a measure of the utilization of the mass of the propulsion system including its power source; it is the jet power divided by the loaded propulsion system mass, Pjet/mo. For electrical propul- sion systems which carry a heavy, relatively inefficient energy source, the spe- cific power can be much lower than that of chemical rockets. The energy input from the energy source to the rocket propulsion system has different forms in different rocket types. For chemical rockets the energy is created by combus- tion. The maximum energy available per unit mass of chemical propellants is the heat of the combustion reaction QR; the power input to a chemical engine is Pchem = rhQRJ (2-20) where J is a conversion constant which depends on the units used. A large portion of the energy of the exhaust gases is unavailable for conversion into kinetic energy and leaves the nozzle as residual enthalpy. This is analogous to the energy lost in the high-temperature exhaust gases of internal combustion engines. 2.4. ENERGY AND EFFICIENCIES 37 The combustion efficiency for chemical rockets is the ratio of the actual and the ideal heat of reaction per unit of propellant and is a measure of the source efficiency for creating energy. Its value is high (approximately 94 to 99%), and it is defined in Chapter 5. When the power input Pchem is multiplied by the combustion efficiency, it becomes the power available to the propulsive device, where it is converted into the kinetic power of the exhaust jet. In electric propulsion the analogous efficiency is the power conversion efficiency. For solar cells it has a low value; it is the efficiency for converting solar radiation energy into electric power (10 to 20%). The power transmitted to the vehicle at any one time is defined in terms of the thrust of the propulsion system F and the vehicle velocity u: Pvehicie = Fu (2-2 l) The internal efficiency of a rocket propulsion system is an indication of the effectiveness of converting the system's energy input to the propulsion device into the kinetic energy of the ejected matter; for example, for a chemical unit it is the ratio of the kinetic power of the ejected gases expressed by Eq. 2-19 divided by the power input of the chemical reaction as given in Eq. 2-20. Internal efficiencies are used in Example 2-3. The energy balance diagram for a chemical rocket (Fig. 2-3) shows typical losses. The internal efficiency can be expressed as 1/,h~2 kinetic power in jet = (2-22) flint available chemical power r]combPchem Heat loss to walls\ \ Combustion loss ~ (poor mixing, ~ .} incomplete burning) ~ I J~ A Unavailable thermal .~,.~ ~JJ ~¢~of exhaust jet J l .i ~lResidual kinetic energy ~," I of exhaust gases 1.; ~, 100% )9% 197% //40 t° 70% ~ l ~ 0 to 50% L Useful energy for vehicle propulsion --Kinetic energy of exhaust jet ! L--Total energy of exhaust jet --Available energy in combustion chamber -Heating value of propellants FIGURE 2-3. Typical energy balance diagram for a chemical rocket. 38 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS Typical values of Flint are listed later in Example 2-3. The propulsive efficiency (Fig. 2-4) determines how much of the kinetic energy of the exhaust jet is useful for propelling a vehicle. It is also used often with duct jet engines and is defined as vehicle power Fie vehicle power + residual kinetic jet power Fu 2u/c Fu + ½ (;v/go)(C - u) 2 - 1 + (u/c) 2 (2-23) where F is the thrust, u the absolute vehicle velocity, c the effective rocket exhaust velocity with respect to the vehicle, w the propellant weight flow rate, and Flp the propulsive efficiency. The propulsive efficiency is a maximum when the forward vehicle velocity is exactly equal to the exhaust velocity. Then the residual kinetic energy and the absolute velocity of the jet are zero and the exhaust gases stand still in space. While it is desirable to use energy economically and thus have high efficien- cies, there is also the problem of minimizing the expenditure of ejected mass, which in many cases is more important than minimizing the energy. In nuclear reactor energy and some solar energy sources, for example, there is an almost unlimited amount of heat energy available; yet the vehicle can only carry a limited amount of working fluid. Economy of mass expenditures of working fluid can be obtained if the exhaust velocity is high. Because the specific impulse is proportional to the exhaust velocity, it is a measure of this propel- lant mass economy. lOO C " 80 ,,.. - / a. u ,"60 .~ ® 40 .~ o 20 o o 1.0 2.0 3.0 Velocity ratio, ulc FIGURE 2--4. Propulsive efficiency at varying velocities. 2.5. TYPICAL PERFORMANCE VALUES 39 2.5. TYPICAL PERFORMANCE VALUES Typical values of representative performance parameters for different types of rocket propulsion are given in Table 2-1 and in Fig. 2-5. Chemical rockets have relatively low values of specific impulse, relatively light machinery (i.e., low engine weight), a very high thrust capability, and therefore high acceleration and high specific power. At the other extreme, the ion propulsion devices have a very high specific impulse, but they must carry a heavy electrical power source with them to deliver the power necessary for high ejection velocities. The very low acceleration potential for the electrical propulsion units and those using solar radiation energy usually requires a long period for accelerating and thus these systems are best used for missions where the flight time is long. The low thrust values of electrical systems imply that they are not useful in fields of strong gravitational gradients (for takeoff or landing) but are best used in a true space flight mission. The chemical systems (solid and liquid propellant rockets) are fully devel- oped and widely used for many different vehicle applications. They are described in Chapters 5 to 15. Electrical propulsion has been in operation in many space flight applications (see Chapter 19). Some of the other types are still in their exploratory or development phase, but may become useful. Example 2-3. As a comparison of different propulsion systems, compute the energy input and the propellant flow required for 100 N thrust with several types of propulsion systems. SOLUTION. From Equations 2-13 and 2-19, rh = F/(Isgo) power input- Pjet/r/int- ½rhvZ/qint From Table 2-1 typical values of Is and from experience typical internal efficiencies were selected. Depending on the propellant and the design, these values may vary somewhat. The equations above were solved for rh and the power input as indicated in the table below. /3 2 ?h Power Input Engine Type Tint Is (m/sec) (kg/sec) (kW) Chemical rocket 0.50 300 2940 0.0340 294 Nuclear fission 0.50 800 7840 0.0128 787 Arc---electrothermal 0.50 600 5880 0.0170 588 Ion electrostatic 0.90 2000 19,600 0.0051 1959 More than half a megawatt of power is needed for the last three propulsion systems, but the propellant flows are small. The data for the last two types are illustrative, but hypothetical. To date the largest experimental units have been about 120 kW for arcjets and perhaps 10 kW with ion propulsion. Although thruster designs for megawatt-level units are feasible, it is unlikely that the needed flight-qualified electrical power generator would be available in the next decade. O TABLE 2-1. Ranges of Typical Performance Parameters for Various Rocket Propulsion Systems Specific Maximum Specific Impulse a Temperature Thrust-to- Propulsion Power c Engine Type (sec) (°C) Weight Ratio b Duration (kW/kg) Typical Working Status of Fluid Technology Chemical--solid or 200-410 liquid bipropellant Liquid monopropellant 180-223 Nuclear fission 500-860 Resistojet 150-300 Arc heating--electrothermal 280-1200 Electromagnetic including 700-2500 Pulsed Plasma (PP) Hall effect 1000-1700 I on--electro sta tic 1200- 5000 2500-4100 10-2-100 Seconds to a few minutes 600-800 10-1-10 .2 Seconds to minutes 2700 10-2-30 Seconds to minutes 2900 10-2-10 -4 Days 20,000 10-4-10 -2 Days 10-6-10 -4 Weeks 10 -4 Weeks 10-6-10 --4 Months Solar heating 400-700 1300 10-3-10 -2 Days 10-1_103 0.02-200 Liquid or solid Flight proven propellants N2H 4 Flight proven 10-1-103 H 2 10-3-10 -l H2, N2H4 10-3-1 N2H4,H2,NH 3 10-3-1 H 2 Solid for PP 10-1-5 x 10 -1 Xe 10-3-1 Xe 10-2-1 H 2 Development was stopped Flight proven Flight proven Flight proven Flight proven Several have flown In development "At Pi = 1000 psia and optimum gas expansion at sea level (Ip2 -- P3 = 14.7 psia). hRatio of thrust force to full propulsion system sea level weight (with propellants, but without payload). 'Kinetic power per unit exhaust mass flow. PROBLEMS 41 lOO,OOO 1 I III I II 1 I I II I[ I[ ]111i III II ] 1 I ° ~!,!!t!/t:ti~] I1 I;I 1211 IIII I,II III 20,000 i ii lii Jiii i ililililili il ~- 10,000 I I.L~~II[ ~T~l~r~~ ~'~lll '~ ~= 8°°°1 tfllllll 'A;ci;~' I N heSte~ H2 I ~ Nuclear ssion ]~ "~'° I ~ ~ ''''' Liquid and s°'id " ' pe I I~ants I1]~ • Resistojet chemica ! p, ro ,,,2000! !1'11 , 1" 1000 ~ ,C, ,o! d gas II 6001 I II11111 IIII1111 I I IIlllll I I ll]llll I II III 11 11111 IIIIIIII I I Ill 10 -6 10 -5 10 -4 10 -3 10 -2 10 -1 1 10 100 Acceleration in multiples of earth gravity go or thrust to vehicle weight ratio II I ]l ill I I I I Jl I I II 1000 FIGURE 2-5. Exhaust velocities as a function of typical vehicle accelerations. Regions indicate approximate performance values for different types of propulsion systems. The mass of the vehicle includes the propulsion system, but the payload is assumed to be zero. PROBLEMS When solving problems, three appendixes (see end of book) may be helpful: Appendix 1. Conversion Factors and Constants Appendix 2. Properties of the Earth's Standard Atmosphere Appendix 3. Summary of Key Equations 1. Prove that the value of the reaction thrust F equals twice the total dynamic pressure across the area A for an incompressible fluid as shown below. Flow rate For<ca F ,~,- ' ._.~~~ l-- -- ---~! L__ Area A "7////////////////////////////, 42 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS 2. The following data are given for a certain rocket unit: thrust, 8896 N; propellant consumption, 3.867 kg/sec; velocity of vehicle, 400 m/sec; energy content of propel- lant, 6.911 MJ/kg. Assume 100% combustion efficiency. Determine (a) the effective velocity; (b) the kinetic jet energy rate per unit flow of propellant; (c) the internal efficiency; (d) the propulsive efficiency; (e) the overall efficiency; (f) the specific impulse; (g) the specific propellant consumption. Answers: (a) 2300 m/sec; (b) 2.645 MJ-sec/kg; (c) 38.3%; (d) 33.7%; (e) 13.3%; (f) 234.7 sec; (g) 0.00426 sec -1. 3. A certain rocket has an effective exhaust velocity of 7000 ft/sec; it consumes 280 lbm/sec of propellant mass, each of which liberates 2400 Btu/lbm. The unit operates for 65 sec. Construct a set of curves plotting the propulsive, internal, and overall efficiencies versus the velocity ratio u/c (0 < u/c < 1.0). The rated flight velo- city equals 5000 ft/sec. Calculate (a) the specific impulse; (b) the total impulse; (c) the mass of propellants required; (d) the volume that the propellants occupy if their average specific gravity is 0.925. Answers: (a) 217.5 sec; (b) 3,960,000 lbf-sec; (c) 18,200 lbm; (d) 315 ft 3. 4. For the rocket in Problem 2, calculate the specific power, assuming a propulsion system dry mass of 80 kg and a duration of 3 min. 5. For the values given in Table 2-1 for the various propulsion systems, calculate the total impulse for a fixed propellant mass of 2000 kg. 6. A jet of fluid hits a stationary flat plate in the manner shown below. (a) If there is 50 kg of fluid flowing per minute at an abolute velocity of 200 m/sec, what will be the force on the plate? Answer: 167 N. (b) What will this force be when the plate moves in the direction of flow at u - 50 km/h? Answer: 144 N. Velocity c Plate //\\" 7. Plot the variation of the thrust and specific impulse against altitude, using the atmospheric pressure information given in Appendix 2, and the data for the Minuteman first-stage rocket thrust chamber in Table 11-3. Assume that P2 = 8.66 psia. 8. Derive an equation relating the mass ratio ~ and the propellant mass fraction. Answer: ~- 1- IVlR. SYMBOLS 43 SYMBOLS (English engineering units are given in parentheses) A At A2 c c E F go /, /, J m rh ms mp m0 MR P P3 P2 Pl P /'s QR t b/ ~)2 W W0 area, m 2 (ft 2) nozzle throat area, m 2 (It 2) exist area of nozzle, m 2 (It 2) effective velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) characteristic velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) energy, J (ft-lbf) thrust force, N (lbf) standard sea level acceleration of gravity, 9.80665 m/sec 2 (32.174 ft/sec 2) specific impulse, sec impulse or total impulse, N-sec (lbf-sec) conversion factor or mechanical equivalent of heat, 4.184 J/cal or 1055 J/Btu or 778 ft-lbf/Btu. mass, kg (slugs) (1 slug - mass of 32.174 lb of weight at sea level) mass flow rate, kg/sec (lbm/sec) final mass (after rocket propellant is ejected), kg (lbm or slugs) propellant mass, kg (lbm or slugs) initial mass (before rocket propellant is ejected), kg (lbm or slugs) mass ratio (mf/mo) pressure, pascal [Pa] or N/m 2 (lbf/ft 2) ambient or atmospheric pressure, Pa (lbf/ft 2) rocket gas pressure at nozzle exit, Pa (lbf/ft 2) chamber pressure, Pa (lbf/ft 2) power, J/sec (ft-lbf/sec) specific power, J/sec-kg (ft-lbf/sec-lbm) heat of reaction per unit propellant, J/kg (Btu/lbm) time, sec vehicle velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) gas velocity leaving the rocket, m/sec (ft/sec) weight, N or kg-m/sec 2 (lbf) weight flow rate, N/sec (lbf/sec) initial weight, N or kg-m/sec 2 (lbf) Greek Letters /7 Ocomb r/int Op propellant mass fraction efficiency combustion efficiency internal efficiency propulsive efficiency 44 DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS REFERENCES 2-1. "American National Standard Letter Symbols for Rocket Propulsion," ASME Publication Y 10.14, 1959. 2-2. "Solid Propulsion Nomenclature Guide," CPIA Publication 80, Chemical Propulsion Information Agency, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD., May 1965, 18 pages. CHAPTER 3 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS Thermodynamic relations of the processes inside a rocket nozzle and chamber furnish the mathematical tools needed to calculate the performance and deter- mine several of the key design parameters of rocket propulsion systems. They are useful as a means of evaluating and comparing the performance of various rocket systems; they permit the prediction of the operating performance of any rocket unit that uses the thermodynamic expansion of a gas, and the determi- nation of several necessary design parameters, such as nozzle size and generic shape, for any given performance requirement. This theory applies to chemical rocket propulsion systems (both liquid and solid propellant types), nuclear rockets, solar heated and resistance or arc heated electrical rocket systems, and to any propulsion system that uses the expansion of a gas as the propulsive mechanism for ejecting matter at high velocity. These thermodynamic relations, which are fundamental and important in analysis and design of rocket units, are introduced and explained in this chap- ter. The utilization of these equations should give the reader a basic under- standing of the thermodynamic processes involved in rocket gas behavior and expansion. A knowledge of elementary thermodynamics and fluid mechanics on the part of the reader is assumed (see Refs. 1-1, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3). This chapter also addresses different nozzle configurations, non-optimum perfor- mance, energy losses, nozzle alignment, variable thrust and four different ways for establishing nozzle performance parameters. 45 46 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 3.1. IDEAL ROCKET The concept of ideal rocket propulsion systems is useful because the relevant basic thermodynamic principles can be expressed as simple mathematical rela- tionships, which are given in subsequent sections of this chapter. These equa- tions theoretically describe a quasi-one-dimensional nozzle flow, which corresponds to an idealization and simplification of the full two- or three- dimensional equations and the real aerothermochemical behavior. However, with the assumptions and simplifications stated below, they are very adequate for obtaining useful solutions to many rocket propulsion systems. For chemical rocket propulsion the measured actual performance is usually between 1 and 6% below the calculated ideal value. In designing new rockets, it has become accepted practice to use ideal rocket parameters which can then be modified by appropriate corrections, such as those discussed in Section 5 of this chapter. An ideal rocket unit is one for which the following assumptions are valid: 1. The working substance (or chemical reaction products) is homogeneous. 2. All the species of the working fluid are gaseous. Any condensed phases (liquid or solid) add a negligible amount to the total mass. 3. The working substance obeys the perfect gas law. 4. There is no heat transfer across the rocket walls; therefore, the flow is adiabatic. 5. There is no appreciable friction and all boundary layer effects are neglected. 6. There are no shock waves or discontinuities in the nozzle flow. 7. The propellant flow is steady and constant. The expansion of the working fluid is uniform and steady, without vibration. Transient effects (i.e., start up and shut down) are of very short duration and may be neglected. 8. All exhaust gases leaving the rocket have an axially directed velocity. 9. The gas velocity, pressure, temperature, and density are all uniform across any section normal to the nozzle axis. 10. Chemical equilibrium is established within the rocket chamber and the gas composition does not change in the nozzle (frozen flow). 11. Stored propellants are at room temperature. Cryogenic propellants are at their boiling points. These assumptions permit the derivation of a simple, quasi-one-dimensional theory as developed in subsequent sections. Later in this book we present more sophisticated theories or introduce correction factors for several of the items on the list, and they allow a more accurate determination of the simplified analy- sis. The next paragraph explains why these assumptions cause only small errors. 3.2. SUMMARY OF THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 47 For a liquid propellant rocket the idealized theory postulates an injection system in which the fuel and oxidizer are mixed perfectly so that a homoge- neous working substance results. A good rocket injector can approach this condition closely. For a solid propellant rocket unit, the propellant must essen- tially be homogeneous and uniform and the burning rate must be steady. For nuclear, solar-heated or arc-heated rockets, it is assumed that the hot gases are uniform in temperature at any cross-section and steady in flow. Because cham- ber temperatures are typically high (2500 to 3600 K for common propellants), all gases are well above their respective saturation conditions and actually follow the perfect gas law very closely. Postulates 4, 5, and 6 above allow the use of the isentropic expansion relations in the rocket nozzle, thereby describing the maximum conversion of heat to kinetic energy of the jet. This also implies that the nozzle flow is thermodynamically reversible. Wall friction losses are difficult to determine accurately but they are usually small in nozzles. Except for very small chambers, the energy lost as heat to the walls of the rocket is usually less than 1% (occasionally up to 2%) of the total energy and can therefore be neglected. Short-term fluctuations of the steady propellant flow rate and pressure are usually less than 5% of the rated value, their effect on rocket performance is small and can be neglected. In well-designed super- sonic nozzles, the conversion of thermal energy into directed kinetic energy of the exhaust gases proceeds smoothly and without normal shocks or disconti- nuities; thus the flow expansion losses are generally small. Some companies and some authors do not include all or the same eleven items listed above in their definition of an ideal rocket. For example, instead of assumption 8 (all nozzle exit velocity is axially directed), some use a conical exit nozzle with a 15 ° half-angle as their base configuration in their ideal nozzle; this discounts the divergence losses, which are described later in this chapter. 3.2. SUMMARY OF THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS In this section we review briefly some of the basic relationships needed for the development of the nozzle flow equations. Rigorous derivations and discus- sions of these relations can be found in many thermodynamics or fluid dynamics texts, such as Refs. 3-1 and 3-2. The principle of conservation of energy can be readily applied to the adia- batic, no shaft-work process inside the nozzle. Furthermore, without shocks or friction, the flow entropy change is zero. The concept of enthalpy is useful in flow systems; the enthalpy comprises the internal thermal energy plus the flow work (or work performed by the gas at a velocity v in crossing a boundary). For ideal gases the enthalpy can conveniently be expressed as the product of the specific heat Cp times the absolute temperature T (the specific heat at constant pressure is formally defined as the partial derivative of the enthalpy with respect to temperature at constant pressure). Under the above assumptions, the total or stagnation enthalpy per unit mass h0 is constant, i.e., 48 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS ho = h + v2/2J = constant (3-1) In the above, J is the mechanical equivalent of heat which is inserted only when thermal units (i.e., the Btu and calorie) are mixed with mechanical units (i.e., the ft-lbf and the joule). In SI units (kg, m, sec) the value of J is one. In the English Engineering system of units another constant (see Appendix 1) has to be provided to account for the mass units (i.e., the lbm). The conservation of energy for isentropic flow between any two sections x and y shows that the decrease in enthalpy or thermal content of the flow appears as an increase of kinetic energy since and any changes in potential energy may be neglected. l(v~- v2)/J hx - hy ---~ = cp(T x - Ty) (3-2) The principle of conservatism of mass in a steady flow with a single inlet and single outlet is expressed by equating the mass flow rate rh at any section x to that at any other section y; this is known in mathematical form as the con- tinuity equation. Written in terms of the cross-sectional area A, the velocity v, and the specific volume V, rhx = &>, = rh = Av/ V (3-3) The perfect gas law is written as px vx = RTx (3-4) where the gas constant R is found from the universal gas constant R' divided by the molecular mass 93~ of the flowing gas mixture. The molecular volume at standard conditions becomes 22.41 m3/kg-mol or ft3/lb-mol and it relates to a value of R' = 8314.3 J/kg-mole-K or 1544 ft-lbf/lb-mole-R. One often finds Eq. 3-3 written in terms of density p which is the reciprocal of the specific volume V. The specific heat at constant pressure Cp, the specific heat at constant volume cv, and their ratio k are constant for perfect gases over a wide range of temperatures and are related. k = Cp/Cv (3-5a) Cp - cv = R/J (3-5b) Cp = kR/(k - 1)J (3--6) For an isentropicflow process the following relations hold between any points x and y: Tx// Ty - (px/Py) (k-1)/k - ( Vy/ Vx) k-1 (3-7) 3.2. SUMMARY OF THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 4.9 During an isentropic nozzle expansion the pressure drops substantially, the absolute temperature drops somewhat less, and the specific volume increases. When a flow is stopped isentropically the prevailing conditions are known as stagnation conditions and are designated by the subscript "0". Sometimes the word "total" is used instead of stagnation. As can be seen from Eq. 3-1 the stagnation enthalpy consists of the sum of the static or local enthalpy and the fluid kinetic energy. The stagnation temperature To is found from the energy equation as To -- T + v2/(2CpJ) (3-8) where T is the absolute fluid static temperature. In adiabatic flows, the stagna- tion temperature remains constant. The relationship of the stagnation pressure to the local pressure in the flow can be found from the previous two equations: Po/P --[1 + v2/(2cpJT)] k/(k-1) -- (V/Vo) k (3-9) When the local velocity comes close to zero, the local temperature and pressure will approach the stagnation pressure and stagnation temperature. In a com- bustion chamber, where the gas velocity is small, the local combustion pressure is essentially equal to the stagnation pressure. The velocity of sound a or the acoustic velocity in ideal gases is independent of pressure. It is defined as a = x/kRT (3-10) In the English Engineering (EE) system the value of R has to be corrected and the constant go is added. Equation 3-10 becomes v/gokRT. This correction factor must be applied wherever R is used in EE units. The Mach number M is a dimensionless flow parameter and is used to define the ratio of the flow velocity v to the local acoustic velocity a. M =v/a-v/~/kRT (3-~1) A Mach number less than one corresponds to subsonic flow and greater than one to supersonic flow. When the Mach number is equal to one then the flow is moving at precisely the velocity of sound. It is shown later that at the throat of all supersonic nozzles the Mach number must be equal to one. The relation between stagnation temperature and Mach number can now be written from Eqs. 3-2, 3-7, and 3-10 as To - T[1 + ½(k - 1)M 2] (3-12) or 50 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 1) To and P0 designate the stagnation values of the temperature and pressure. Unlike the temperature, the stagnation pressure during an adiabatic nozzle expansion remains constant only for isentropic flows. It can be computed from P0 -- p[1 + l (k - 1)m2] k/(l'-l) (3-13) The area ratio for a nozzle with isentropic flow can be expressed in terms of Mach numbers for any points x and y within the nozzle. This relationship, along with those for the ratios T~ To and P/Po, is plotted in Fig. 3-1 for Ax = At and Mx = 1.0. Otherwise, Ay Mx ~{1 +[(k-1)/2]M2} (I'+1)/(k-1) A---~ = Myy 1 + [(k - 1)/2]M 2 (3-14) As can be seen from Fig. 3-1, for subsonic flow the chamber contraction ratio A1/At can be small, with values of 3 to 6, and the passage is convergent. There is no noticeable effect from variations of k. In solid rocket motors the chamber area A1 refers to the flow passage or port cavity in the virgin grain. With supersonic flow the nozzle section diverges and the area ratio becomes large very quickly; the area ratio is significantly influenced by the value of k. The area ratio Az/A t ranges between 15 and 30 at M -- 4, depending on the value of k. On the other hand, pressure ratios depend little on k whereas temperature ratios show more variation. The average molecular mass 931 of a mixture of gases is the sum of all the molar fractions n i multiplied by the molecular mass of each chemical species (rtigJ~i) and then divided by the sum of all molar mass fractions. This is further elaborated upon in Chapter 5. The symbol 9J/is used to avoid confusion with M for the Mach number. In many pieces of rocket literature 9X is called molecular weight. Example 3-1. An ideal rocket chamber is to operate at sea level using propellants whose combustion products have a specific heat ratio k of 1.30. Determine the required cham- ber pressure and nozzle area ratio between throat and exit if the nozzle exit Mach number is 2.40. The nozzle inlet Mach number may be considered to be negligibly small. SOLUTION. For optimum expansion the nozzle exit pressure should be equal to the atmospheric pressure which has the value 0.1013 MPa. If the chamber velocity is small, the chamber pressure is equal to the total or stagnation pressure, which is, from Eq. 3-13, 3.2. SUMMARY OF THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 51 500 ;/ k = 1.20 I/ k= 1.30 ] / I 1.0 100 • .~ - ~ , T/T 0 ~,~ I e" • I¢\', ° . :iS ~ , \ o 0.10 ,, ,~ 10 \ ' 0.01 ~ - - I J 1.0 0.10 1.0 10 Mach number G !._ (1) L < FIGURE 3--1. Relationship of area ratio, pressure ratio, and temperature ratio as functions of Mach number in a De Laval nozzle for the subsonic and supersonic nozzle regions. P0 -- p[1 + ½(k - 1)M2] k/(k-1) = 0.101311 + 1 × 0.30 × 2.402] 1"3/0"3- 1.51 MPa The nozzle area is determined from Eq. 3-14 by setting Mt - 1.0 at the throat (see also Fig. 3-1): A2-1"0~(1+0"15×2"42) -2.64 A ----~ - 2.40 1 + 0~15 2.3/0.3 52 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES In a converging-diverging nozzle a large fraction of the thermal energy of the gases in the chamber is converted into kinetic energy. As will be explained, the gas pressure and temperature drop dramatically and the gas velocity can reach values in excess of two miles per second. This is a reversible, essentially isen- tropic flow process and its analysis is described here. If a nozzle inner wall has a flow obstruction or a wall protrusion (a piece of weld splatter or slag), then the kinetic gas enery is locally converted back into thermal energy essentially equal to the stagnation temperature and stagnation pressure in the chamber. Since this would lead quickly to a local overheating and failure of the wall, nozzle inner walls have to be smooth without any protrusion. Stagnation conditions can also occur at the leading edge of a jet vane (described in Chapter 16) or at the tip of a gas sampling tube inserted into the flow. Velocity From Eq. 3-2 the nozzle exit velocity v2 can be found: v2 -- V/2J(hl - h2)+ v 2 (3.15a) This equation applies to ideal and non-ideal rockets. For constant k this expression can be rewritten with the aid of Eqs. 3-6 and 3-7. The subscripts 1 and 2 apply to the nozzle inlet and exit conditions respectively: 1)2 -- k- 1 RT1 1 - -4- v 2 (3.15b) This equation also holds for any two points within the nozzle. When the chamber section is large compared to the nozzle throat section, the chamber velocity or nozzle approach velocity is comparatively small and the term Vl 2 can be neglected. The chamber temperature T1 is at the nozzle inlet and, under isentropic conditions, differs little from the stagnation temperature or (for a chemical rocket) from the combustion temperature. This leads to an important simplified expression of the exhaust velocity v2, which is often used in the analysis. v2-- k_IRT1 1- - k-IN l- (3-16) 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 53 It can be seen that the exhaust velocity of a nozzle is a function of the pressure ratio P]/P2, the ratio of specific heats k, and the absolute temperature at the nozzle inlet T1, as well as the gas constant R. Because the gas constant for any particular gas is inversely proportional to the molecular mass 9J~, the exhaust velocity or the specific impulse are a function of the ratio of the absolute nozzle entrance temperature divided by the molecular mass, as is shown in Fig. 3-2. This ratio plays an important role in optimizing the mixture ratio in chemical rockets. Equations 2-14 and 2-15 give the relations between the velocity v2, the thrust F, and the specific impulse Is; it is plotted in Fig. 3-2 for two pressure ratios and three values of k. Equation 3-16 indicates that any increase in the gas temperature (usually caused by an increase in energy release) or any decrease of the molecular mass of the propellant (usually achieved by using light molecular mass gases rich in hydrogen content) will improve the perfor- manace of the rocket; that is, they will increase the specific impulse Is or the exhaust velocity v 2 or ¢ and, thus, the performance of the vehicle. The influ- ences of the pressure ratio across the nozzle Pl/]32 and of the specific heat ratio k are less pronounced. As can be seen from Fig. 3-2, performance increases 280 260 240 U (1) (/,} ® 220 e~ E o~ u 200 ,~ o~ u e~ ,I, 180 (O "O -- 160 140 120 1 ~2 \pj I go 80 100 120 140 160 I k = 1.20- 125- I 130- ~ 1.20 ."1.25 1.30 I 8OOO ¢,} 4) 75o0 7ooo -~ 8 m 4) 6500 • • --6000 ~ J~ X • --5500 • ~ ~ 4500 • --4000 180 200 220 240 260 280 T]/91l, R-Ib-mol/Ibm I 50 I I I I 75 100 125 150 Tll9~, K-kg-mol/kg FIGURE 3-2. Specific impulse and exhaust velocity of an ideal rocket at optimum nozzle expansion as functions of the absolute chamber temperature T 1 and the mole- cular mass 9Jl for several values of k and Pl/P2. 54 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS with an increase of the pressure ratio; this ratio increases when the value of the chamber pressure Pl increases or when the exit pressure P2 decreases, corre- sponding to high altitude designs. The small influence of k-values is fortuitous because low molecular masses are found in diatomic or monatomic gases, which have the higher values of k. For comparing specific impulse values from one rocket system to another or for evaluating the influence of various design parameters, the value of the pressure ratio must be standardized. A chamber pressure of 1000 psia (6.894 MPa) and an exit pressure of 1 atm (0.1013 MPa) are generally in use today. For optimum expansion P2 = P3 and the effective exhaust velocity c (Eq. 2- 16) and the ideal rocket exhaust velocity are related, namely •2 --- (£2)opt (3-17) and c can be substituted for v2 in Eqs. 3-15 and 3-16. For a fixed nozzle exit area ratio, and constant chamber pressure, this optimum condition occurs only at a particular altitude where the ambient pressure P3 happens to be equal to the nozzle exhaust pressure P2. At all other altitudes c -¢ v2. The maximum theoretical value of the nozzle outlet velocity is reached with an infinite expansion (exhausting into a vacuum). (V2)ma x = v/2kRTo/(k- 1) (3-18) This maximum theoretical exhaust velocity is finite, even though the pressure ratio is infinite, because it represents the finite thermal energy content of the fluid. Such an expansion does not happen, because, among other things, the temperature of many of the working medium species will fall below their liquefaction or the freezing points; thus they cease to be a gas and no longer contribute to the gas expansion. Example 3-2. A rocket operates at sea level (p = 0.1013 MPa) with a chamber pressure ofpl -- 2.068 MPa or 300 psia, a chamber temperature of T 1 = 2222 K, and a propel- lant consumption of rh = 1 kg/sec. (Let k = 1.30, R = 345.7 J/kg-K). Show graphically the variation of A, v, V, and M, with respect to pressure along the nozzle. Calculate the ideal thrust and the ideal specific impulse. SOLUTION. Select a series of pressure values and calculate for each pressure the corresponding values of v, V, and A. A sample calculation is given below. The initial specific volume V1 is calculated from the equation of state of a perfect gas, Eq. 3-4: V 1 -- RT1/Pl -- 345.7 x 2222/(2.068 x 106) --0.3714 m3/kg In an isentropic flow at a point of intermediate pressure, say at Px = 1.379 MPa or 200 psi, the specific volume and the temperature are, from Eq. 3-7, 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 55 V x -- Vl(Pl/Px) 1/k -- 0.3714(2.068/1.379) 1/l3 = 0.5072 m3/kg Tx = Tl(px/pl) (k-l)/k = 2222(1.379/2.068) °38/13 = 2023 K The calculation of the velocity follows from Eq. 3-16: V x 2kR l I l jkj k l '(2) / I- __ ~ 2 x 1.30 x 345.7 x 2222 | 1.30- 1 l 1 379']023071 _ 21068,/ J 771 m/sec The cross-sectional area is found from Eq. 3-3: Ax = rhx Vx/vx = 1 x 0.5072/771 = 658 cm 2 The Mach number M is, using Eq. 3-11, M x = Vx/v/kRTx = 771/~/1.30 x 345.7 x 1932 = 0.8085 Figure 3-3 shows the variations of the velocity, specific volume, area, and Mach number with pressure in this nozzle. At optimum expansion the ideal exhaust velocity v2 is equal to the effective exhaust velocity c and, from Eq. 3-16, it is calculated to be 1827 m/sec. Therefore, the thrust F and the specific impulse can be determined from Eqs. 2-6 and 2-14: F = rh v 2 .-~ 1 x 1827 = 1827 N Is = c/go = 1827/9.80 = 186 sec A number of interesting deductions can be made from this example. Very high gas velocities (over 1 km/sec) can be obtained in rocket nozzles. The temperature drop of the combustion gases flowing through a rocket nozzle is appreciable. In the example given the temperature changed 1117°C in a relatively short distance. This should not be surprising, for the increase in the kinetic energy of the gases is derived from a decrease of the enthalpy, which in turn is proportional to the decrease in temperature. Because the exhaust gases are still very hot (1105 K) when leaving the nozzle, they con- tain considerable thermal energy not available for conversion into kinetic energy of the jet. Nozzle Flow and Throat Condition The required nozzle area decreases to a minimum (at 1.130 MPa or 164 psi pressure in the previous example) and then increases again. Nozzles of this type (often called De Laval nozzles after their inventor) consist of a convergent section followed by a divergent section. From the continuity equation, the 56 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS E d o,3 E ,3 I::xO re) E E o .u .m o o~ 0 5000 Pressure, megapascal 2.068 0 25 I "-" 2222 I o I 1100 2.068 i / 0 5 1820 Pressure, megapascal 0 I I I I 3.0 I I c -~ 10 ~ • Z7.1i o ', I ,/ ._m /] 200 / (D (.¢) E (.) o 0 0 300 200 1 O0 0 300 1 O0 0 Pressure, psia Pressure, psia I xtt Throat -- Throat Nozzle inlet Nozzle inlet f Exit FIGURE 3-3. Typical variation of cross-sectional area, temperature, specific volume, and velocity with pressure in a rocket nozzle. area is inversely propportional to the ratio v/V. This quantity has also been plotted in Fig. 3-3. There is a maximum in the curve of v/V because at first the velocity increases at a greater rate than the specific volume; however, in the divergent section, the specific volume increases at a greater rate. The minimum nozzle area is called the throat area. The ratio of the nozzle exit area A 2 to the throat area At is called the nozzle area expansion ratio and is designated by the Greek letter E. It is an important nozzle design parameter. 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 57 E. = Az/At (3-19) The maximum gas flow per unit area occurs at the throat where there is a unique gas pressure ratio which is only a function of the ratio of specific heats k. This pressure ratio is found by setting M - 1 in Eq. 3-13. Pt/Pl -[2/(k + 1)] k/~k-1) (3-20) The throat pressure Pt for which the isentropic mass flow rate is a maximum is called the critical pressure. Typical values of this critical pressure ratio range between 0.53 and 0.57. The flow through a specified rocket nozzle with a given inlet condition is less than the maximum if the pressure ratio is larger than that given by Eq. 3-20. However, note that this ratio is not that across the entire nozzle and that the maximum flow or choking condition (explained below) is always established internally at the throat and not at the exit plane. The nozzle inlet pressure is very close to the chamber stagnation pressure, except in narrow combustion chambers where there is an appreciable drop in pressure from the injector region to the nozzle entrance region. This is discussed in Section 3.5. At the point of critical pressure, namely the throat, the Mach number is one and the values of the specific volume and temperature can be obtained from Eqs. 3-7 and 3-12. Vt- Vl[(k + 1)/2] 1/(k-l) (3-21) Tt = 2T1/(k + 1) (3-22) In Eq. 3-22 the nozzle inlet temperature T 1 is very close to the combustion temperature and hence close to the nozzle flow stagnation temperature To. At the critical point there is only a mild change of these properties. Take for example a gas with k = 1.2; the critical pressure ratio is about 0.56 (which means that Pt equals almost half of the chamber pressure Pl); the temperature drops only slightly (Tt = 0.91T1), and the specific volume expands by over 60% (Vt = 1.61V1). From Eqs. 3-15, 3-20, and 3-22, the critical or throat velocity vt is obtained: ~/k 2k ~3t - RT1 -- at- ~/kRT (3-23) +1 The first version of this equation permits the throat velocity to be calculated directly from the nozzle inlet conditions without any of the throat conditions being known. At the nozzle throat the critical velocity is clearly also the sonic velocity. The divergent portion of the nozzle permits further decreases in pres- sure and increases in velocity under supersonic conditions. If the nozzle is cut off at the throat section, the exit gas velocity is sonic and the flow rate remains 58 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS a maximum. The sonic and supersonic flow condition can be attained only if the critical pressure prevails at the throat, that is, if P2/Pl is equal to or less than the quantity defined by Eq. 3-20. There are, therefore, three different types of nozzles: subsonic, sonic, and supersonic, and these are described in Table 3-1. The supersonic nozzle is the one used for rockets. It achieves a high degree of conversion of enthalpy to kinetic energy. The ratio between the inlet and exit pressures in all rockets is sufficiently large to induce supersonic flow. Only if the absolute chamber pressure drops below approximately 1.78 atm will there be subsonic flow in the divergent portion of the nozzle during sea-level opera- tion. This condition occurs for a very short time during the start and stop transients. The velocity of sound is equal to the propagation speed of an elastic pres- sure wave within the medium, sound being an infinitesimal pressure wave. If, therefore, sonic velocity is reached at any point within a steady flow system, it is impossible for a pressure disturbance to travel past the location of sonic or supersonic flow. Thus, any partial obstruction or disturbance of the flow down- stream of the nozzle throat with sonic flow has no influence on the throat or upstream of it, provided that the disturbance does not raise the downstream pressure above its critical value. It is not possible to increase the throat velocity or the flow rate in the nozzle by further lowering the exit pressure or even evacuating the exhaust section. This important condition is often described as choking the flow. It is always established at the throat and not the nozzle exit plane. Choked flow through the critical section of a supersonic nozzle may be derived from Eqs. 3-3, 3-21, and 3-23. It is equal to the mass flow at any section within the nozzle. TABLE 3--1. Nozzle Types Subsonic Sonic Supersonic Throat velocity Exit velocity Mach number Pressure ratio Shape V 1 < a t Vt -- a t Vt = a t V 2 < a 2 M2<l (k21)k/(k-1) P_L < _ _ P2 V 2 --- V t V2 > V t m 2 = M t = 1.0 M 2 > 1 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 59 rh - Atv------Zt = Atplk V/i2/(k + 1)](1'+1)/(k-l) (3--24) v, ,/kRr, The mass flow through a rocket nozzle is therefore proportional to the throat area A t and the chamber (stagnation) pressure Pl; it is also inversely propor- tional to the square root of T/~ and a function of the gas properties. For a supersonic nozzle the ratio between the throat and any downstream area at which a pressure Px prevails can be expressed as a function of the pressure ratio and the ratio of specific heats, by using Eqs. 3-4, 3-16, 3-21, and 3-23, as follows: A _ _ A t = V t v _ _ _ _ z x _ k + 1 1/(k-l) /k k + 1 1 - (3-25) Ax Vxvt 2 k- 1 When Px = P2, then Ax/At = A2/At = E in Eq. 3-25. For low-altitude opera- tion (sea level to about 10,000 m) the nozzle area ratios are typically between 3 and 25, depending on chamber pressure, propellant combinations, and vehicle envelope constraints. For high altitude (100 km or higher) area ratios are typically between 40 and 200, but there have been some as high as 400. Similarly, an expression for the ratio of the velocity at any point downstream of the throat with the pressure Px, and the throat velocity may be written from Eqs. 3-15 and 3-23: k-1 (k-1)/k I (3-26) These equations permit the direct determination of the velocity ratio or the area ratio for any given pressure ratio, and vice versa, in ideal rocket nozzles. They are plotted in Figs. 3-4 and 3-5, and these plots allow the determination of the pressure ratios given the area or velocity ratios. When Px = P2, Eq. 3-26 describes the velocity ratio between the nozzle exit area and the throat section. When the exit pressure coincides with the atmospheric pressure (P2 = P3, see Fig. 2-1), these equations apply for optimum nozzle expansion. For rockets that operate at high altitudes, not too much additional exhaust velocity can be gained by increasing the area ratio above 1000. In addition, design difficulties and a heavy inert nozzle mass make applications above area ratios of about 350 marginal. Appendix 2 is a table of several properties of the Earth's atmosphere with agreed-upon standard values. It gives ambient pressure for different altitudes. These properties can vary somewhat from day to day (primarily because of solar activity) and between hemispheres. For example, the density of the atmo- sphere at altitudes between 200 and 3000 km can change by more than an order of magnitude, affecting satellite drag. 60 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 40 3O 25 H ,~ 20 15 10 8 6 - 5 _--.~ .--r"" i1-- ~--~'~-- 2.5 _._ -" ~2 --~':-~.-~ .~-" -- ~.......:~':.~- =------ ~ _ 1.5 ] I 1 'k = ~.xo..~// / // 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60 80 100 150 200 pl /p, 300 FIGURE 3-4. Area and velocity ratios as function of pressure ratio for the diverging section of a supersonic nozzle. Example 3-3. Design a nozzle for an ideal rocket that has to operate at 25 km altitude and give 5000 N thrust at a chamber pressure of 2.068 MPa and a chamber temperature of 2800 K. Assuming that k -- 1.30 and R = 355.4 J/kg-K, determine the throat area, exit area, throat velocity, and exit temperature. SOLUTION. At 25 km the atmospheric pressure equals 0.002549 MPa (in Appendix 2 the ratio is 0.025158 which must be multiplied by the pressure at sea level or 0.1013 MPa). The pressure ratio is P2/Pl -- P3/Pl = 0.002549/2.068 = 0.001232 = 1/811.3 The critical pressure, from Eq. 3-20, is Pt -- 0.546 x 2.068 -- 1.129 MPa The throat velocity, from Eq. 3-23, is v t - RT 1 -- 355.4 x 2800 = 1060 m/sec +1 .3+1 3,3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 61 600 500 - 400 - 300 250 200- 150 "" I00 v / .b~// //'1.h . , .¢/I d / ¢" I" /" ~r j. .f _ I / j / .f 80 Jr # j" ,, .// .f 60 j ~ . so /~I ./ / ../.>. / 40 - / ~ Velocity ratio k--l~.. --------- 4 30 ~I~l I .
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The ideal propellant consumption for optimum expansion conditions is = F/v 2 -- 5000/2605 = 1.919 kg/sec The specific volume at the entrance to the nozzle equals V 1 - RT1/Pl = 355.4 x 2800/(2.068 x 106) = 0.481 m3/kg 62 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS At the throat and exit sections the specific volumes are obtained from Eqs. 3-21 and 3-7: Vt_Vl(k21)l/(k-1) (~3) 1/0.3 - 0.481 - 0.766 m3/kg V2 = V1 -0.481(2.068/0.002549) 0.7692 - 83.15 m3/kg The areas at the throat and exit sections and the nozzle area ratio A2/At are A t = rhVt/v t = 1.919 × 0.766/1060 = 13.87 cm 2 A 2 -- thV2/v 2 -- 1.919 × 83.15/2605 = 612.5 cm 2 E = A2/A t = 612.5/13.87 = 44.16 An approximate value of this area ratio can also be obtained directly from Fig. 3-5 for k = 1.30 and Pl/P2 -- 811.2. The exit temperature is given by T 2 =. Tl(P2/Pl) (k-1)/k = 2800(0.002549/2.068) 0.2307 = 597 K Thrust and Thrust Coefficient The efflux of the propellant gases or the momentum flux-out causes the thrust or reaction force on the rocket structure. Because the flow is supersonic, the pressure at the exit plane of the nozzle may be different from the ambient pressure and the pressure thrust component adds to the momentum thrust as given by Eq. 2-14: F =/~v 2 -+- (t92 - p3)A2 (2-14) The maximum thrust for any given nozzle operation is found in a vacuum where P3 = 0. Between sea level and the vacuum of space, Eq. 2-14 gives the variation of thrust with altitude, using the properties of the atmosphere such as those listed in Appendix 2. Figure 2-2 shows a typical variation of thrust with altitude. To modify values calculated for optimum operating conditions (P2 = P3) for given values of Pl, k, and A2/At, the following expressions may be used. For the thrust, F - Fop t + plAt - -~t (3-27) For the specific impulse, using Eqs. 2-5, 2-18, and 2-14, o (p2 p3) I s -- (Is)op t -3 t- ~ --- (3---28) go Pl Pl 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 63 If, for example, the specific impulse for a new exit pressure P2 corresponding to a new area ratio A2/At is to be calculated, the above relations may be used. Equation 2-14 can be expanded by modifying it and substituting v2, vt and Vt from Eqs. 3-16, 3-21, and 3-23. F z A t z~ t~o 2 + (192 -- p3)A 2 v, =Atpl k-1 k+l ~p__~21) ( k-1) / k 1 1 - + (102 -- P3)f12 (3-29) The first version of this equation is general and applies to all rockets, the second form applies to an ideal rocket with k being constant throughout the expansion process. This equation shows that the thrust is proportional to the throat area At and the chamber pressure (or the nozzle inlet pressure) Pl and is a function of the pressure ratio across the nozzle Pl/P2, the specific heat ratio k, and of the pressure thrust. It is called the ideal thrust equation. The thrust coefficient CF is defined as the thrust divided by the chamber pressure Pl and the throat area At. Equations 2-14, 3-21, and 3-16 then give v2A2 P2 A2 p3A2 CF= plAtV2 Pl At plAt - k-1 k+l 1- P2 -- P3 A2 + - - Pl At (3-30) The thrust coefficient CF is a function of gas property k, the nozzle area ratio e, and the pressure ratio across the nozzle Pl/P2, but independent of chamber temperature. For any fixed pressure ratio Pl/P3, the thrust coefficient CF and the thrust F have a peak when P2 = P3. This peak value is known as the optimum thrust coefficient and is an important criterion in nozzle design con- siderations. The use of the thrust coefficient permits a simplification to Eq. 3-29: F- CFAtp 1 (3-31) Equation 3-31 can be solved for CF and provides the relation for determining the thrust coefficient experimentally from measured values of chamber pres- sure, throat diameter, and thrust. Even though the thrust coefficient is a func- tion of chamber pressure, it is not simply proportional to Pl, as can be seen from Eq. 3-30. However, it is directly proportional to throat area. The thrust coefficient can be thought of as representing the amplification of thrust due to the gas expanding in the supersonic nozzle as compared to the thrust that would be exerted if the chamber pressure acted over the throat area only. 64 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS The thrust coefficient has values ranging from about 0.8 to 1.9. It is a con- venient parameter for seeing the effects of chamber pressure or altitude varia- tions in a given nozzle configuration, or to correct sea-level results for flight altitude conditions. Figure 3-6 shows the variation of the optimum expansion (P2--P3) thrust coefficient for different pressure ratios Pl/P2, values of k, and area ratio ~. The complete thrust coefficient is plotted in Figs 3-7 and 3-8 as a function of pressure ratio Pl/P3 and area ratio for k = 1.20 and 1.30. These two sets of curves are useful in solving various nozzle problems for they permit the eva- luation of under- and over-expanded nozzle operation, as explained below. The values given in these figures are ideal and do not consider such losses as divergence, friction or internal expansion waves. When Pl/P3 becomes very large (e.g., expansion into near-vacuum), then the thrust coefficient approaches an asymptotic maximum as shown in Figs. 3-7 and 3-8. These figures also give values of CF for any mismatched nozzle (P2 ~ P3), provided the nozzle is flowing full at all times, that is, the working fluid does not separate or break away from the walls. Flow separation is discussed later in this section. Characteristic Velocity and Specific Impulse The characteristic velocity c was defined by Eq. 2-18. From Eqs. 3-24 and 3-31 it can be shown that , plAt Isgo c v/kRT1 c - ~ = ~ = ~ = (3-32) rn CF CF kv/2/(k + 1)/(k-1) It is basically a function of the propellant characteristics and combustion chamber design; it is independent of nozzle characteristics. Thus, it can be used as a figure of merit in comparing propellant combinations and combus- tion chamber designs. The first version of this equation is general and allows the determination of c from experimental data of rh, Pl, and At. The last version gives the maximum value of c as a function of gas properties, namely k, the chamber temperature, and the molecular mass 9J~, as determined from the theory in Chapter 5. Some values of c are shown in Tables 5-4 and 5-5. The term c-efficiency is sometimes used to express the degree of completion of the energy release and the creation of high temperature, high pressure gas in the chamber. It is the ratio of the actual value of c, as determined from measurements, and the theoretical value (last part of Eq. 3-32), and typically has a value between 92 and 99.5 percent. Using Eqs. 3-31 and 3-32, the thrust itself may now be expressed as the mass flow rate times a function of the combustion chamber (c) times a func- tion of the nozzle expansion CF), .3 .
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-~ ~ -" e=60 100 20 =3o k, I0 20 50 I00 200 500 I000 2000 5000 I0,000 FIGURE 3--6. Thrust coefficient C F as a function of pressure ratio, nozzle area ratio, and specific heat ratio for optimum expansion conditions (P2- P3)" o~ 2.0 O~ 1.8 1.6 1.4 12 1.0 0.8 0.6 2 4 6 8 10 20 40 Area ratio ¢ - Aa/At FIGURE 3-7. Thrust coefficient C F versus nozzle area ratio for k- 1.20. 60 80 I00 2.0 1.8 1.6 t l.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 k= 1.30 Line of optimum thrust coefficient P2=P3 \ Region of flow separation.H.J, ~ for conical and bell shaped nozzles 2 4 6 8 10 20 Area ratio e = A21A t 40 60 80 100 -,~ FIGURE 3--8. Thrust coefficient CF versus nozzle area ratio for k = 1.30. 68 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS F = CFrhC (3-33) Some authors use a term called the discharge coefficient CD which is merely the reciprocal of c. Both Co and the characteristic exhaust velocity c are used primarily with chemical rocket propulsion systems. The influence of variations in the specific heat ratio k on various parameters (such as c, cAz/A t, Vz/Vt, or Is) is not as large as the changes in chamber temperature, pressure ratio, or molecular mass. Nevertheless, it is a noticeable factor, as can be seen by examining Figs. 3-2 and 3-4 to 3-8. The value of k is 1.67 for monatomic gases such as helium and argon, 1.4 for cold diatomic gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, and for triatomic and beyond it varies between 1.1 and 1.3 (methane is 1.11 and ammonia and carbon dioxide 1.33). In general, the more complex the molecule the lower the value of k; this is also true for molecules at high temperatures when their vibrational modes have been activated. The average values of k and 9Jl for typical rocket exhaust gases with several constituents depend strongly on the composition of the products of combustion (chemical constituents and concentrations), as explained in Chapter 5. Values of k and 9Jl are given in Tables 5-4, 5-5, and 5-6. Example 3-4. What is percentage variation in thrust between sea level and 25 km for a rocket having a chamber pressure of 20 atm and an expansion area ratio of 6? (Use k = ~.30.) SOLUTION. At sea level: Pl/P3 = 20/1.0 = 20; at 25 km: Pl/P3 = 20/0.0251 = 754 (see Appendix 2). Use Eq. 3-30 or Fig. 3-8 to determine the thrust coefficient (hint: use a vertical line on Fig. 3-8 corresponding to A2/A t = 6.0). At sea level: CF = 1.33. At 25 km: CF = 1.64. The thrust increase = (1.64- 1.33)/1.33 = 23%. Under-and Over-Expanded Nozzles An under-expanded nozzle discharges the fluid at an exit pressure greater than the external pressure because the exit area is too small for an optimum area ratio. The expansion of the fluid is therefore incomplete within the nozzle, and must take place outside. The nozzle exit pressure is higher than the local atmo- spheric pressure. In an over-expanded nozzle the fluid attains a lower exit pressure than the atmosphere as it has an exit area too large for optimum. The phenomenon of over-expansion for a supersonic nozzle is shown in Fig. 3-9, with typical pressure measurements of superheated steam along the nozzle axis and differ- ent back pressures or pressure ratios. Curve AB shows the variation of pressure with the optimum back pressure corresponding to the area ratio. Curves A C and AD show the variation of pressure along the axis for increasingly higher external pressures. The expansion within the nozzle proceeds normally for the 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 69 Divergence ~ Subsonic flow i I~/ f i Supersonic flow M=I / ~, downstream of throat; jet separation and internal i~~ f i oblique shocks inside diverging section \ I DI~ c'..k .. ~ Optimum expansion I I ----im Distance along nozzle axis m. External expansion waves at high altitude FIGURE 3-9. Distribution of pressures in a converging-diverging nozzle for different flow conditions. Inlet pressure is the same, but exit pressure changes. Based on experi- mental data from A. Stodala. initial portion of the nozzle. At point I on curve AD, for example, the pressure is lower than the exit pressure and a sudden rise in pressure takes place which is accompanied by the separation of the flow from the walls (separation is described later). The non-ideal behavior of nozzles is strongly influenced by the presence of compression waves or shock waves inside the diverging nozzle section, which are strong compression discontinuities and exist only in supersonic flow. The sudden pressure rise in the curve ID is such a compression wave. Expansion waves, also strictly supersonic phenomena, match the flow from a nozzle exit to lower ambient pressures. Compression and expansion waves are described in Chapter 18. The different possible flow conditions in a supersonic nozzle are as follows: 1. When the external pressure P3 is below the nozzle exit pressure P2, the nozzle will flow full but will have external expansion waves at its exit (i.e., under-expansion). The expansion of the gas inside the nozzle is incom- plete and the value of CF and I~, will be less than at optimum expansion. 7'0 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 2. For external pressures P3 slightly higher than the nozzle exit pressure P2, the nozzle will continue to flow full. This occurs until P2 reaches a value between about 25 and 40% of P3. The expansion is somewhat inefficient and CF and I~ will have lower values than an optimum nozzle would have. Shock waves will exist outside the nozzle exit section. 3. For higher external pressures, separation of the flow will take place inside the divergent portion of the nozzle. The diameter of the supersonic jet will be smaller than the nozzle exit diameter. With steady flow, separa- tion is typically axially symmetric. Figs. 3-10 and 3-11 show diagrams of separated flows. The axial location of the separation plane depends on the local pressure and the wall contour. The point of separation travels downstream with decreasing external pressure. At the nozzle exit the flow in the center portion remains supersonic, but is surrounded by an annular shaped section of subsonic flow. There is a discontinuity at the separation location and the thrust is reduced, compared to a nozzle that would have been cut off at the separation plane. Shock waves exist outside the nozzle in the external plume. 4. For nozzles in which the exit pressure is just below the value of the inlet pressure, the pressure ratio is below the critical pressure ratio (as defined by Eq. 3-20) and subsonic flow prevails throughout the entire nozzle. This condition occurs normally in rocket nozzles for a short time during the start and stop transients. The method for estimating pressure at the location of the separation plane inside the diverging section of a supersonic nozzle has usually been empirical. Reference 3-4 shows separation regions based on collected data for several dozen actual conical and bell-shaped nozzles during separation. Reference 3-5 describes a variety of nozzles, their behavior, and methods used to estimate the location and the pressure at separation. Actual values of pressure for the over-expanded and under-expanded regimes described above are functions of the specific heat ratio and the area ratio (see Ref. 3-1). The axial thrust direction is not usually altered by separation, because a steady flow usually separates uniformly over a cross-section in a divergent nozzle cone of conventional rocket design. During transients, such as start and stop, the separation may not be axially symmetric and may cause momen- tary but large side forces on the nozzle. During a normal sea-level transient of a large rocket nozzle (before the chamber pressure reaches its full value) some momentary flow oscillations and non-symmetric separation of the jet can occur during over-expanded flow operation. Reference 3-4 shows that the magnitude and direction of transient side forces can change rapidly and erratically. The resulting side forces can be large and have caused failures of nozzle exit cone structures and thrust vector control gimbal actuators. References 3-5 and 3-6 discuss techniques for estimating these side forces. When the flow separates, as it does in a highly over-expanded nozzle, the thrust coefficient CF can be estimated if the point of separation in the nozzle is 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 71 known. Thus, CF can be determined for an equivalent smaller nozzle with an exit area equal to that at the point of separation. The effect of separation is to increase the thrust and the thrust coefficient over the value that they would have if separation had not occurred. Thus, with separated gas flow, a nozzle designed for high altitude (large value of e) would have a larger thrust at sea level than expected, but not as good as an optimum nozzle; in this case separa- tion may actually be desirable. With separated flow a large and usually heavy portion of the nozzle is not utilized and the nozzle is bulkier and longer than necessary. The added engine weight and size decrease flight performance. Designers therefore select an area ratio that will not cause separation. Because of uneven flow separation and potentially destructive side loads, sea-level static tests of an upper stage or a space propulsion system with a high area ratio over-expanded nozzle are usually avoided; instead, a sea-level test nozzle with a much smaller area ratio is substituted. However, actual and simulated altitude testing (in an altitude test facility similar to the one described in Chapter 20) would be done with a nozzle having the correct large area ratio. The ideal solution that avoids separation at low altitudes and has high values of CF at high altitudes is a nozzle that changes area ratio in flight. This is discussed at the end of this section. For most applications, the rocket system has to operate over a range of altitudes; for a fixed chamber pressure this implies a range of nozzle pressure ratios. The condition of optimum expansion (P2 = P3) occurs only at one alti- tude, and a nozzle with a fixed area ratio is therefore operating much of the time at either over-expanded or under-expanded conditions. The best nozzle for such an application is not necessarily one that gives optimum nozzle gas expansion, but one that gives the largest vehicle flight performance (say, total impulse, or specific impulse, or range, or payload); it can often be related to a time average over the powered flight trajectory. Example 3-5. Use the data from Example 3-4 (Pl = 20 atm, E = 6.0, k = 1.30) but instead use an area ratio of 15. Compare the altitude performance of the two nozzles with different e by plotting their CF against altitude. Assume no shocks inside the nozzle. SOLUTION. For the e = 15 case, the optimum pressure ratio Pl/P3 -- Pl/192, and from Fig. 3-6 or 3-8 this value is about 180; P3 = 20/180 = 0.111 atm, which occurs at about 1400 m altitude. Below this altitude the nozzle is over-expanded. At sea level, Pl/]33 -" 20 and P3 = 1 atm. As shown in Fig. 3-10, separation would occur. From other similar nozzles it is estimated that separation will occur approximately at a cross-section where the total pressure is about 40% of p3, or 0.4 atm. The nozzle would not flow full below an area ratio of about 6 or 7 and the gas jet would only be in the center of the exit area. Weak shock waves and jet contraction would then raise the exhaust jet's pressure to match the one atmosphere external pressure. If the jet had not separated, it would have reached an exit pressure of 0.11 atm, but this is an unstable condition that could not be maintained at sea level. As the vehicle gains altitude, the separation plane would 72 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 / / J Continuously variable nozzle area ratio . . . . . . . . ... -..- e= 15.0 c=6.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 -- I.I-- 1.0-- / Exit plane ....... Separated flow 1 I I 10,000 20,000 /.Exhaust plume at sea level Contour of ~ plume at about 3000m altitude ".... [-- Separation plane Contour at about 7000m I I I 1 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 Altitude, m FIGURE 3--10. Thrust coefficient C F for two nozzles with different area ratios. One has jet separation below about 7000 m altitude. The fully expanded exhaust plume is not shown in the sketch. gradually move downstream until, at an altitude of about 7000 m, the exhaust gases would occupy the full nozzle area. The values of CF can be obtained by following a vertical line for e - 15 and e = 6 in Fig. 3-8 for different pressure ratios, which correspond to different altitudes. Alternatively, Eq. 3-30 can be used for better accuracy. Results are similar to those plotted in Fig. 3-10. The lower area ratio of 6 gives a higher CF at low altitudes, but is inferior at the higher altitudes. The larger nozzle gives a higher CF at higher altitudes. Figure 3-11 shows a comparison of altitude and sea-level behavior of three nozzles and their plumes at different area ratios for a typical three-stage satel- lite launch vehicle. When fired at sea-level conditions, the nozzle of the third stage with the highest area ratio will experience flow separation and suffer a major performance loss; the second stage will flow full but the external plume will contrast; since P2 < P3 there is a loss in Is and F. There is no effect on the first stage nozzle. Example 3--6. A rocket engine test gives the following data: thrust F- 53,000 lbf, propellant flow rh- 208 lbm/sec, nozzle exit area ratio Az/A t -10.0, atmospheric Stage Booster or first stage Second stage Third stage A 2/At 10 40 3.3. ISENTROPIC FLOW THROUGH NOZZLES 73 During flight h(km) Is (sec) Nozzle flows full, slight underexpansion During sealevel static tests h(km) Is (sec) 267 ~--~ I ~ 0 267 Nozzle flows full Underexpansion~~ 24 ,,,-"-P 312 [~.~ ] --------~- 0 254 Overexpansion, slight contraction Underexpansion ,oo 334 o Flow separation caused by overexpansion 245 FIGURE 3-11. Simplified sketches of exhaust gas behavior of three typical rocket nozzles for a three-stage launch vehicle. The first vehicle stage has the biggest chamber and the highest thrust but the lowest nozzle area ratio, and the top or third stage usually has the lower thrust but the highest nozzle area ratio. pressure at test station (the nozzle flows full) P3 = 13.8 psia, and chamber pressure p~ = 620 psia. The test engineer also knows that the theoretical specific impulse is 289 sec at the standard reference conditions of p~ = 1000 psia and P3 = 14.7 psia, and that k = 1.20. Correct the value of the thrust to sea-level expansion and the specific impulse corresponding. Assume the combustion temperature and k do not vary significantly with chamber pressure; this is realistic for certain propellants. SOLUTION. The actual pressure ratio was Pl/P3 = 620/13.8--44.9; the ideal pres- sure ratio at standard conditions would have been equal to 1000/14.7 = 68.0 and the actual pressure ratio for expansion to sea level would have been 620/14.7 = 42.1. The thrust coefficient for the test conditions is obtained from Fig. 3-7 or from Eq. 3-30 as CF = 1.52 (for Pl/P3 = 44.9, e = 10 and k = 1.20). The thrust coefficient for the cor- rected sea-level conditions is similarly found to be 1.60. The thrust at sea level would have been F = 53,000 (1.60/1.52) = 55,790 lbf. The specific impulse would have been Is = F/;v = 53,000/208(1.60/1.52) = 268 sec 74 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS The specific impulse can be corrected in proportion to the thrust coefficient because k, T, and therefore c do not vary with Pl; Is is proportional to c if rh remains constant. The theoretical specific impulse is given for optimum expansion, i.e., for a nozzle area ratio other than 10.0. From Fig. 3-6 or 3-7 and for Pl/P2 = 68.0 the thrust coefficient is 1.60 and its optimum area ratio approximately 9.0. The corrected specific impulse is accordingly 255 (1.60/1.51)= 270 sec. In comparison with the theoretical specific impulse of 289 sec, this rocket has achieved 270/289 or 93.5% of its maximum performance. Figs. 3-10 and 3-11 suggest that an ideal design for an ascending (e.g., launch) rocket vehicle would have a "rubber-like" diverging section that could be lengthened so that the nozzle exit area could be made larger as the ambient pressure is reduced. The design would then allow the rocket vehicle to attain its maximum performance at all altitudes as it ascends. As yet we have not achieved a simple mechanical hardware design with this full altitude com- pensation similar to "stretching rubber." However, there are a number of practical nozzle configurations that can be used to alter the flow shape with altitude and obtain maximum performance. They are discussed in the next section. Influence of Chamber Geometry When the chamber has a cross section that is larger than about four times the throat area (A1/At > 4), the chamber velocity vl, can be neglected, as was mentioned in explaining Eqs. 3-15 and 3-16. However, vehicle space or weight constraints often require smaller thrust chamber areas for liquid propellant engines and grain design considerations lead to small void volumes or small perforations or port areas for solid propellant motors. Then ~ 3 1 can no longer be neglected as a contribution to the performance. The gases in the chamber expand as heat is being added. The energy necessary to accelerate these expanding gases within the chamber will also cause a pressure drop and an additional energy loss. This acceleration process in the chamber is adiabatic (no heat transfer) but not isentropic. This loss is a maximum when the chamber diameter is equal to the nozzle diameter, which means that there is no conver- ging nozzle section. This has been called a throatless rocket motor and has been used in a few tactical missile booster applications, where there was a premium on minimum inert mass and length. The flight performance improvement due to inert mass savings supposedly outweighs the nozzle performance loss of a throatless motor. Table 3-2 lists some of the performance penalties for three chamber area ratios. Because of this pressure drop within narrow chambers, the chamber pres- sure is lower at the nozzle entrance than it would be if A1/At had been larger. This causes a small loss in thrust and specific impulse. The theory of this loss is given in Ref. 3-7. 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS 75 TABLE 3--2. Estimated Losses for Small-Diameter Chambers Specific Throat Thrust Impulse Chamber-to-Throat Pressure Reduction Reduction Area Ratio (%) (%) (%) cx~ 100 0 0 3.5 99 1.5 0.31 2.0 96 5.0 0.55 1.0 81 19.5 1.34 k = 1.20; Pl/P2-- 1000. 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS A number of different proven nozzle configurations are available today. This section describes their geometries and performance. Other chapters (6, 8, 11, 14, and 16) discuss their materials, heat transfer, or application, and mention their requirements, design, construction, and thrust vector control. Nozzles and chambers are usually of circular cross section and have a converging section, a throat at the narrowest location (minimum cross section), and a diverging section. Nozzles can be seen in Figs. 1-4, 1-5, 1-8, 2-1, 3-11 to 3- 13, 3-15, 10-2 to 10-5, 10-16, 11-1 to 11-3, and 14-6 to 14-8. Refs. 3-5 and 3-8 describe many nozzle configurations. The converging nozzle section between the chamber and the nozzle throat has never been critical in achieving high performance. The subsonic flow in this section can easily be turned at very low pressure drop and any radius, cone angle, wall contour curve, or nozzle inlet shape is satisfactory. A few small attitude control thrust chambers have had their nozzle at 90 degrees from the combustion chamber axis without any performance loss. The throat contour also is not very critical to performance, and any radius or other curve is usually acceptable. The pressure gradients are high in these two regions and the flow will adhere to the walls. The principal difference in the different nozzle con- figurations is found in the diverging supersonic-flow section, as described below. The wall surface throughout the nozzle should be smooth and shiny to minimize friction, radiation absorption, and convective heat transfer due to surface roughness. Gaps, holes, sharp edges, or protrusions must be avoided. Six different nozzle configurations are shown in Fig. 3-12 and each will be discussed. The first three sketches show conical and bell-shaped nozzles. The other three have a center body inside the nozzle and have excellent altitude compensation. Although these last three have been ground tested, to date none of them has flown in a space launch vehicle. The lengths of several nozzle types are compared in Fig. 3-13. The objectives of a good nozzle configuration are to obtain the highest practical Is, minimize inert nozzle mass, and conserve length ..4 o'} Shape Flow with underexpansion at altitude Flow with overexpansion (sea level) Mass flow distribution at exit or tip Cone Contoured or Contoured or Plug or (15 ° half angle) bell-full length bell shape, aerospike full shortened length Plug or aerospike. truncated or cut off Expansion- -deflection Annular chamber Expansion waves ,1 ~./ .1 ~. ,5/I/WIll"", ,'.'4/ i i ~ I~, ,~ i i i ~ ~!~, ",' / I/V~/I I ~" ~'" ~\ Diffused boundaries with air Y Trailing l waves -~-!'-. R ,r I ,n I I~l ~ reglons Je! slelalrati~]~ 3 boundari Jets contract outside nozzle Recirculation regions / ~/ ~ kj /~ / Altitude Sea Sea Altitude "~- -- level ,jr ..... ~,eve, / ~ [ "~ ~ r-I N ~ -l-----r~i .... FIGURE 3-12. Simplified diagrams of several different nozzle configurations and their flow effects. 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS 77 20 L tM E 15 ¢0 "0 (o 0 L ¢-- 0 10 t" E N N 0 e- ,.- 5i 0 0 tY ,-,0 0 ~ / /\0~ 6 expanSionld' ,~lectlOn nozzle Oo ' 10 20 30 40 E = A2/A t FIGURE 3--13. Length comparison of several types of nozzles. (Taken in part from G. V. R. Rao, "Recent Developments in Rocket Nozzle Configurations," American Rocket Society Journal, Vol. 31, No. 11, November 1961.) (shorter nozzles can reduce vehicle length, vehicle structure, and vehicle inert mass). Cone-and Bell-Shaped Nozzles The conical nozzle is the oldest and perhaps the simplest configuration. It is relatively easy to fabricate and is still used today in many small nozzles. A theoretical correction factor 2 can be applied to the nozzle exit momentum of an ideal rocket with a conical nozzle exhaust. This factor is the ratio between the momentum of the gases in a nozzle with a finite nozzle angle 2c~ and the momentum of an ideal nozzle with all gases flowing in an axial direction: 1 2 -- ~ (1 + cos c~) (3-34) The variation of 2 with different values of a is shown in Table 3-3 for any nozzle that has uniform mass flow per unit exit area. For ideal rockets 2 = 1.0. For a rocket nozzle with a divergence cone angle of 30 ° (half angle oe - 15°), the exit momentum and therefore the exhaust velocity will be 98.3% of the velocity calculated by Eq. 3-15b. Note that the correction factor 2 only applies 78 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS TABLE 3-3. Nozzle Angle Correction Factor for Conical Nozzles Nozzle Cone Divergence Half Angle, ot (deg) Correction Factor, 2 0 1.0000 2 0.9997 4 0.9988 6 0.9972 8 0.9951 10 0.9924 12 0.9890 14 0.9851 15 0.9830 16 0.9806 18 0.9755 20 0.9698 22 0.9636 24 0.9567 to the first term (the momentum thrust) in Eqs. 2-14, 3-29, and 3-30 and not to the second term (pressure thrust). A small nozzle divergence angle causes most of the momentum to be axial and thus gives a high specific impulse, but the long nozzle has a penalty in rocket propulsion system mass, vehicle mass, and also design complexity. A large divergence angle gives short, lightweight designs, but the performance is low. There is an optimum conical nozzle shape and length (typically between 12 and 18 degrees half angle) and it is usually a compromise which depends on the specific application and flight path. The bell-shaped or contour nozzle (see Figs. 3-12 and 3-13) is probably the most common nozzle shape today. It has a high angle expansion section (20 to 50 °) right behind the nozzle throat; this is followed by a gradual reversal of nozzle contour slope so that at the nozzle exit the divergence angle is small, usually less than a 10 ° half angle. It is possible to go to large divergence angles immediately behind the throat (20 to 50 ° ) because the high relative pressure, the large pressure gradient, and the rapid expansion of the working fluid do not allow separation in this region unless there are discontinuities in the nozzle contour. The expansion in the supersonic bell nozzle is more efficient than in a simple straight cone of similar area ratio and length, because the wall contour is designed to minimize losses, as explained later in this section. For the past several decades most of the nozzles have been bell shaped. A change of flow direction of a supersonic gas in an expanding wall geo- metry can only be achieved through expansion waves. An expansion wave occurs at a thin surface, where the flow velocity increases and changes its flow direction slightly, and where the pressure and temperature drop. These 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS 7'9 wave surfaces are at an oblique angle to the flow. As the gas passes through the throat, it undergoes a series of these expansion waves with essentially no loss of energy. In the bell-shaped nozzle shown in Fig. 3-14 these expansions occur internally in the flow between the throat and the inflection location I; the area is steadily increasing like a flare on a trumpet. The contour angle Oi is a max- imum at the inflection location. Between the inflection point I and the nozzle exit E the flow area is still increasing, but at a diminishing rate, allowing further gas expansion and additional expansion waves. However, the contour of the nozzle wall is different and the change in cross-sectional area per unit length is decreasing. The purpose of this last segment of the contoured nozzle is to have a low divergence loss as the gas leaves the nozzle exit plane. The angle at the exit 0e is small, usually less than 10 °. The difference between Oi and 0e is called the turn-back angle. When the gas flow is turned in the opposite direction (between points I and E) oblique compression waves will occur. These com- pression waves are thin surfaces where the flow undergoes a mild shock, the flow is turned, and the velocity is actually reduced slightly. Each of these multiple compression waves causes a small energy loss. By carefully determin- ing the wall contour (by an analysis that uses a mathematical tool called the method of characteristics), it is possible to balance the oblique expansion waves with the oblique compression waves and minimize the energy loss. The analysis leading to the nozzle contour is presented in Chapter 20.33 of Ref. 3-3 and also in Refs. 3-8 to 3-11; it is based on supersonic aerodynamic flow, the method of characteristics (Ref. 3-1), and the properties of the expanding gas. Most of the rocket organizations have computer codes for this analysis. The radius of curvature or the contour shape at the throat region have an influence on the contour of the diverging bell-shaped nozzle section. The length of a bell nozzle is usually given a fraction of the length of a reference conical nozzle with a 15 ° half angle. An 80% bell nozzle has a length (distance between throat plane and exit plane) that is 20% shorter than a comparable 15 ° cone of the same area ratio. Ref. 3-9 shows the original pre- sentation by Rao of the method of characteristics applied to shorter bell noz- zles. He also determined that a parabola was a good approximation for the bell-shaped contour curve (Ref. 3-3, Section 20.33), and parabolas have actu- ally been used in some nozzle designs. The top part of Fig. 3-14 shows that the parabola is tangent (Oi) at point I and has an exit angle (0e) at point E and a length L that has to be corrected for the curve TI. These conditions allow the parabola to be determined by simple geometric analysis or geometric drawing. A throat approach radius of 1.5 rt and a throat expansion radius of 0.4 rt were used. If somewhat different radii had been used, the results would have been only slightly different. The middle set of curves gives the relation between length, area ratio, and the two angles of the bell contour. The bottom set of curves gives the correction factors, equivalent to the 2 factor for conical noz- zles, which are to be applied to the thrust coefficient or the exhaust velocity, provided the nozzles are at optimum expansions, that is, P2 = P3. 80 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS ~e = 11 ° 8e =8.5 ° Location of 5u" ~.----"~,, cogtOOl inflection ~'¢~2~% ~e~c,~££~ I 1 .bq/O;4rt/ \ ei = 30 ° i T~ I I I= L = 9.96 (60%) I L = 11.94__(80%~) "-I ___ ~1 Nozzle -J ' r2 throat ' Leone = r2 - r t tan 0 = 5.00 ° 4° I "~ ~ 60% length ~ ~) 70% length -o 80% length (~)~" 30 ~ ~90% length :~ (- 100% length .E ~--(~ 20 "~ 20 ~,......~ ~ I, (~ (D 60% length ~ .~..L~_ !'.70% length " (~ 10 ~ 8 0 % length --~) (- ~ ~ ~ 9 0 % length K ~ a J ~ R ~ ~ J 1"100% length 0 10 20 30 40 50 Expansion area ratio E 100 L o 99 o E 0 ~ 98 ID O O ~ 97 N N O z 96 95 111 Bell nozzles 10 ~ ~ ~ 301 / ..,~.~ 15 deg I:: oint (100%) 2"//,,/ / e// // / Conical / ir n,:)zzl .= 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of length of a 15 deg half-angle conical nozzle with same area as bell shape 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS 81 TABLE 3-4. Data on Several Bell-Shaped Nozzles Area Ratio 10 25 50 Cone (15 ° Half Angle) Length (100%) a 8.07 14.93 22.66 Correction factor 2 0.9829 0.9829 0.9829 80% Bell Contour Length a 6.45 11.94 18.12 Correction factor 2 0.985 0.987 0.988 Approximate half angle at inflection point and exit 25/10 30/8 32/7.5 (degrees) 60% Bell Contour Length a 4.84 9.96 13.59 Correction factor 2 0.961 0.968 0.974 Approximate half angle at inflection point and exit 32.5/17 36/14 39/18 (degrees) aThe length is given in dimensionless form as a multiple of the throat radius, which is one. Table 3-4 shows data for parabolas developed from this figure, which allow the reader to apply this method and check the results. The table shows two shortened bell nozzles and a conical nozzle, each for three area ratios. It can be seen that as the length has been decreased, the losses are higher for the shorter length and slightly higher for small nozzle area ratios. A 1% improvement in the correction factor gives about 1% more specific impulse (or thrust) and this difference can be significant in many applications. The reduced length is an important benefit, and it is usually reflected in an improvement of the vehicle mass ratio. The table and Fig. 3-14 show that bell nozzles (75 to 85% length) are just as efficient as or slightly more efficient than a longer 15 ° conical nozzle (100% length) at the same area ratio. For shorter nozzles (below 70% equiva- lent length) the energy losses due to internal oblique shock waves become substantial and such short nozzles are not commonly used today. For solid propellant rocket motor exhausts with small solid particles in the gas (usually aluminum oxide), and for exhausts of certain gelled liquid propel- lants, there is an impingement of these solid particles against the nozzle wall in FIGURE 3-14. Top sketch shows comparison sketches of nozzle inner wall surfaces for a 15 ° conical nozzle, an 80% length bell nozzle, a 60% length bell nozzle, all at an area ratio of 25. The lengths are expressed in multiples of the throat radius rt, which is one here. The middle set of curves shows the initial angle Oi and the exit angle 0e as functions of the nozzle area ratio and percent length. The bottom curves show the nozzle losses in terms of a correction factor. Adapted and copied with permission of AIAA from Ref. 6-1. 82 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS the reversing curvature section between I and E in Fig. 3-14. While the gas can be turned by oblique waves to have less divergence, the particles (particularly the larger particles) have a tendency to move in straight lines and hit the walls at high velocity. The resulting abrasion and erosion of the nozzle wall can be severe, especially with the ablative and graphite materials that are commonly used. This abrasion by hot particles increases with turn-back angle. If the turn- back angle and thus also the inflection angle Oi are reduced, the erosion can become acceptable. Typical solid rocket motors flying today have values of inflection angles between 20 and 26 ° and turn-back angles of 10 to 15 °. In comparison, current liquid rocket engines without entrained particles have inflection angles between 27 and 50 ° and turn-back angles of between 15 and 30 °. Therefore the performance enhancement caused by using a bell-shaped nozzle (high value of correction factor) is somewhat lower in solid rocket motors with solid particles in the exhaust. The ideal bell-shaped nozzle (minimum loss) is long, equivalent to a conical nozzle of perhaps 10 to 12 °, as seen in Fig. 3-12. It has about the same length as a full-length aerospike nozzle. This is usually too long for reasonable vehicle mass ratios. Two-Step Nozzles. Several modifications of a bell-shaped nozzle have evolved that allow full or almost complete altitude compensation; that is, they achieve maximum performance at more than a single altitude. Figure 3-15 shows three concepts for a two-step nozzle, one that has an initial low area ratio Az/At for operation at or near the earth's surface and a larger second area ratio that improves performance at high altitudes. See Ref. 3-5. The extendible nozzle requires actuators, a power supply, mechanisms for moving the extension into position during flight, fastening and sealing devices. It has successfully flown in several solid rocket motor nozzles and in a few liquid engine applications, where it was deployed prior to ignition. Although only two steps are shown, there have been versions with three steps; one is shown in Fig. 11-3. As yet it has not made the change in area ratio during rocket firing. The principal concerns are a reliable rugged mechanism to move the extension into position, the hot gas seal between the nozzle sections, and the extra weight involved. The droppable insert concept avoids the moving mechanism and gas seal but has a potential stagnation temperature problem at the joint. It requires a reli- able release mechanism, and the ejected insert creates flying debris. To date it has little actual test experience. See Ref. 3-12. The dual bell nozzle concept uses two shortened bell nozzles combined into one with a bump or inflection point between them, as shown in Fig. 3-15. During ascent it functions first at the lower area ratio, with separation occur- ring at the inflection point. As altitude increases and the gas expands further, the flow attaches itself downstream of this point, with the flow filling the full nozzle exit section and operating with the higher area ratio at higher perfor- mance. There is a small performance penalty for a compromised bell nozzle Extendible nozzle with two segments Droppable insert (mechanisms for holding, moving, or releasing the inserts are not shown) 3.4. NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS 83 Second nozzle exit segment • , . I Chamber ~ First =-~ Second _1 nozzle exit nozzle exit segment segment in (fixed to deployed position chamber) after moving aft J .
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. Chamber Center line Dual bell nozzle Protrusion or hump in contour ~ ~ ~'-~..Ring shaped [ FIGURE 3--15. Simplified diagrams of three altitude-compensating two-step nozzle concepts. contour with a circular bump. To date there has been little experience with this concept. Nozzles with Aerodynamic Boundaries The group of two-step nozzle concepts described above corresponds to the performance represented by upper portions of the two fixed area ratio nozzle curves shown in Fig. 3-10; the performance of a continuously varying nozzle with full altitude compensation is shown by the dashed curve. When integrated over the flight time, the extra performance is important for high velocity mis- sions such as the single stage to orbit application. The three nozzles shown on the right side of Fig. 3-12 offer full altitude compensation and are discussed next. Refs. 3-5 and 3-8 give more information. The plug nozzle or aerospike nozzle has an annular doughnut-shaped cham- ber with an annular nozzle slot. An alternate version has a number of indivi- dual small chambers (each with low area ratio short nozzles, a round throat, and a rectangular exit) arranged in a circle around a common plug or spike. The outside aerodynamic boundary of the gas flow in the divergent section of 84 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS the nozzle is the interface between the hot gas and the ambient air; there is no outer wall as in a conical or bell-shaped nozzle. As the external or ambient pressure is reduced during the ascending flight, this gas boundary expands outward, causes a change in pressure distribution on the central spike, and allows an automatic and continuous altitude compensation. The aerospike contour with the minimum flow losses turns out to be very long, similar in length to an optimum bell nozzle as shown in Figs. 3-12 and 3-13. The mass flow per unit exit area is relatively uniform over the cross section and the divergence losses are minimal. If the central plug is cut off or truncated and the wall contour is slightly altered, then the nozzle will be very short, as shown in Fig. 3-13; it will have some internal supersonic waves and will show a small but real loss in thrust compared to a nozzle with a full central spike. The pressure distribution and the heat transfer intensity vary on the inner contoured spike wall surface. Figure 8-14 shows a typical pressure distribution over the contoured spike surface at high and low altitudes. The pressure in the recirculating trapped gas of the subsonic region below the bottom plate also exerts a thrust force. The losses caused by the cut-off spike can be largely offset by injecting a small amount of the gas flow (about 1% of total flow) through this base plate into the recirculating region, thus enhancing the back pressure on the base plate. The advantages of the truncated aerospike are short length (which helps to reduce the length and mass of the flight vehicle), full altitude compensation, no flow separation from the wall at lower altitudes, and ease of vehicle/engine integration for certain vehicle con- figurations. The linear aerospike nozzle is a variation of the round axisymmetric aero- spike nozzle. Basically, it is an unrolled version of the circular configuration. It is explained further in Chapter 8.2. In the expansion deflection nozzle (Fig. 3-12) the flow from the chamber is directed radially outward away from the nozzle axis. The flow is turned on a curved contour outer diverging nozzle wall. The nozzle has been shortened and has some internal oblique shock wave losses. The hot gas flow leaving the chamber expands around a central plug. The aerodynamic interface between the ambient air and gas flow forms an inner boundary of the gas flow in the diverging nozzle section. As the ambient pressure is reduced, the hot gas flow fills more and more of the nozzle diverging section. Altitude compensation is achieved by this change in flow boundary and by changes in the pressure distribution on the outer walls. Multiple Nozzles. If a single large nozzle is replaced by a cluster of smaller nozzles on a solid motor (all at the same cumulative thrust), then it is possible to reduce the nozzle length. Similarly, if a single large thrust chamber of a liquid engine is replaced by several smaller thrust chambers, the nozzle length will be shorter, reducing the vehicle length and thus the vehicle structure and inert mass. Russia has pioneered a set of four thrust chambers, each with 25% 3.5. REAL NOZZLES 85 of the total thrust, assembled next to each other and fed from the same liquid propellant feed system. This quadruple thrust chamber arrangement has been used effectively on many large Russian space launch vehicles and missiles. As seen in Fig. 3-13, this cluster is about 30% shorter than a single large thrust chamber. The vehicle diameter at the cluster nozzle exit is somewhat larger, the vehicle drag is somewhat higher, and there is additional engine complexity and engine mass. 3.5. REAL NOZZLES In a real nozzle the flow is really two-dimensional, but axisymmetric. For simple single nozzle shapes the temperatures and velocities are not uniform over any one section and are usually higher in the central region and lower near the periphery. For example, the surface where the Mach number is one is a plane at the throat for an ideal nozzle; for two-dimensional flow it is typically a slightly curved surface somewhat downstream of the throat. If the velocity distribution is known, the average value of V 2 can be determined for an axi- symmetric nozzle as a function of the radius r. 27r f0 r2 (VZ)average = A2 vzr dr (3-35) The 11 assumptions and simplifications listed in Section 1 of this chapter are only approximations that allow relatively simple algorithms and simple math- ematical solutions to the analysis of real rocket nozzle phenomena. For most of these assumptions it is possible either (1) to use an empirical correction factor (based on experimental data) or (2) to develop or use a more accurate algo- rithm, which involves more detailed understanding and simulation of energy losses, the physical or chemical phenomena, and also often a more complex theoretical analysis and mathematical treatment. Some of these approaches are mentioned briefly in this section. Compared to an ideal nozzle, the real nozzle has energy losses and energy that is unavailable for conversion into kinetic energy of the exhaust gas. The principal losses are listed below and several of these are discussed in more detail. 1. The divergence of the flow in the nozzle exit sections causes a loss, which varies as a function of the cosine of the divergence angle as shown by Eq. 3-34 and Table 3-3 for conical nozzles. The losses can be reduced for bell-shaped nozzle contours. 2. Small chamber or port area cross sections relative to the throat area or low nozzle contraction ratios A1/At cause pressure losses in the chamber and reduce the thrust and exhaust velocity slightly. See Table 3-2. 86 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 10. 11. 3. Lower flow velocity in the boundary layer or wall friction can reduce the effective exhaust velocity by 0.5 to 1.5%. 4. Solid particles or liquid roplets in the gas can cause losses up to 5%, as described below. 5. Unsteady combustion and oscillating flow can account for a small loss. 6. Chemical reactions in nozzle flow change gas properties and gas tem- peratures, giving typically a 0.5% loss. See Chapter 5. 7. There is lower performance during transient pressure operation, for example during start, stop, or pulsing. 8. For uncooled nozzle materials, such as fiber reinforced plastics or car- bon, the gradual erosion of the throat region increases the throat dia- meter by perhaps 1 to 6% during operation. In turn this will reduce the chamber pressure and thrust by about 1 to 6% near the end of the operation and cause a slight reduction in specific impulse of less than 0.7%. 9. Non-uniform gas composition can reduce performance (due to incom- plete mixing, turbulence, or incomplete combustion regions). Using real gas properties can at times change the gas composition, the value of k and 9J~, and this can cause a small loss in performance, say 0.2 to 0.7%. Operation at non-optimum nozzle expansion area ratio can reduce thrust and specific impulse. There is no loss if the vehicle always flies at the altitude for optimum nozzle expansion (P2 -P3)- If it flies with a fixed nozzle area ratio at higher or lower altitudes, then there is a loss (during a portion of the flight) by up to 15% in thrust compared to a nozzle with altitude compensation, as can be seen in Figs. 3-7 and 3-8. It also reduces performance by 1 to 5%. Boundary Layer Real nozzles have a viscous boundary layer next to the nozzle walls, where the gas velocities are much lower than the free-stream velocities in the inviscid flow regions. An enlarged schematic view of a boundary layer is shown in Fig. 3-16. Immediately next to the wall the flow velocity is zero and then the boundary layer can be considered as being built up of successive annular- shaped thin layers of increasing velocity until the free-stream velocity is reached. The low-velocity flow close to the wall is laminar and subsonic, but in the higher-velocity regions of the boundary layer the flow is supersonic and can become turbulent. The local temperature in part of the boundary layer can be substantially higher than the free-stream temperature because of the conversion of kinetic energy into thermal energy as the local velocity is slowed down and as heat is created by viscous friction. The layer right next to the wall will be cooler because of heat transfer to the wall. The gaseous 3.5. REAL NOZZLES 87 Nozzle exit li Nozzle wall ,. Boundary layer thickness Subsonic flow can bend up to 180 ° Typical steam line Subsonic portion of boundary layer Supersonic portion of boundary layer Wall thickness I ' Boundary layer thickness , vw=O ~ . :..'.::-:~ 51 Velocity profile Nozzle wall I ~~.:.:.J : Tw , ,r---..~ I 21 1 21 Temperature profile FIGURE 3-16. Flow conditions at a nozzle exit lip at high altitude, showing stream- lines, boundary layer, velocity and temperature profiles. boundary layer has a profound effect on the overall heat transfer to nozzle and chamber walls. It also has an effect on the rocket performance, particu- larly in applications with relatively long nozzles with high nozzle area ratios, where a relatively high proportion of the total mass flow (2 to 25%) can be in the lower-velocity region of the boundary layer. The high gradients in pres- sure, temperature, or density and the changes in local velocity (direction and magnitude) influence the boundary layer. Scaling laws for boundary layer phenomena have not been reliable. Theoretical approaches to boundary layer performance effects can be found in Chapters 26 to 28 of Reference 3-1 and in Reference 1-1. A truly satisfac- tory theoretical analysis of boundary layers in rocket nozzles has not yet been developed. Fortunately, the overall effect of boundary layers on rocket perfor- mance has been small. For most rocket nozzles the loss seldom exceeds 1% of specific impulse. 88 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS Multiphase Flow In some rockets the gaseous working fluid contains many small liquid droplets and/or solid particles that must be accelerated by the gas. They give up heat to the gas during the expansion in a nozzle. This, for example, occurs with solid propellants (see Chapter 12) or some gelled liquid propellants (Chapter 7), which contain aluminum powder that forms small oxide particles in the exhaust. It can also occur with ion oxide catalysts, or propellants containing beryllium, boron, or zirconium. In general, if the particles are very small (typically with diameters of 0.005 mm or less), they will have almost the same velocity as the gas and will be in thermal equilibrium with the nozzle gas flow. Thus, as the gases give up kinetic energy to accelerate the particles, they gain thermal energy from the particles. As the particle diameters become larger, the mass (and thus the inertia) of the particle increases as the cube of its diameter; however, the drag force increases only as the square of the diameter. Larger particles therefore do not move as fast as the gas and do not give heat to the gas as readily as do smaller particles. The larger particles have a lower momentum than an equivalent mass of smal- ler particles and they reach the nozzle exit at a higher temperature than the smaller particles, thus giving up less thermal energy. It is possible to derive a simple theoretical approach for correcting the performance (Is, c, or c) as shown below and as given in Refs. 3-13 and 3- 14. It is based on the assumption that specific heats of the gases and the particles are constant throughout the nozzle flow, that the particles are small enough to move at the same velocity as the gas and are in thermal equilibrium with the gas, and that particles do not exchange mass with the gas (no vapor- ization or condensation). Expansion and acceleration occur only in the gas and the volume occupied by the particles is negligibly small compared to the gas volume. If the amount of particles is small, the energy needed to accelerate the particles can be neglected. There are no chemical reactions. The enthalpy h, the specific volume V, and the gas constant R can be expressed as functions of the particle fraction/3, which is the mass of particles (liquid and/or solid) divided by the total mass. Using the subscripts g and s to refer to the gas or solid state, the following relationships then apply: h - (1 - ~)(Cp)gT -~ i~Cs T (3--36) V- Vg(1 - ~) (3-37) p -- RgZ/Vg (3-38) R -- (1 - fl)Rg (3-39) k - (1 - fl)Cp 4- tiCs (3-40) (1 - t~)c~ + t~c~ These relations are then used in the formulas for simple one-dimensional noz- zle flow, such as Eq. 2-16, 3-15, or 3-32. The values of specific impulse or 3.5. REAL NOZZLES 89 characteristic velocity will decrease as fl, the percent of particles, is increased. For very small particles (less than 0.01 mm in diameter) and small values of/3 (less than 6%) the loss in specific impulse is often less than 2%. For larger particles (over 0.015 mm diameter) and larger values of fl this theory is not helpful and the specific impulse can be 10 to 20% less than the Is value without flow lag. The actual particle sizes and distribution depend on the specific propellant, the combustion, the particular particle material, and the specific rocket propulsion system, and usually have to be measured (see Chapters 12 and 18). Thus adding a metal, such as aluminum, to a solid propellant will increase the performance only if the additional heat release can increae the combustion temperature T1 sufficiently so that it more than offsets the decrease caused by particles in the exhaust. With very-high-area-ratio nozzles and a low nozzle exit pressure (high alti- tude or space vacuum) it is possible to condense some of the propellant ingre- dients that are normally gases. As the temperature drops sharply in the nozzle, it is possible to condense gaseous species such as H20, CO 2, or NH3 and form liquid droplets. This causes a decrease in the gas flow per unit area and the transfer of the latent heat of vaporization to the remaining gas. The overall effect on performance is small if the droplet size is small and the percent of condensed gas mass is moderate. It is also possible to form a solid phase and precipitate fine particles of snow (H20) or frozen fog of other species. Other Phenomena and Losses The combustion process is really not steady. Low- and high-frequency oscilla- tions in chamber pressure of up to perhaps 5% of rated value are usually considered as smooth-burning and relatively steady flow. Gas properties (k, 9J~, Cp) and flow properties (v, V, T, p, etc.) will also oscillate with time and will not necessarily be uniform across the flow channel. These properties are therefore only "average" values, but it is not always clear what kind of an average they are. The energy loss due to nonuniform unsteady burning is difficult to assess theoretically. For smooth-burning rocket systems they are negligibly small, but they become significant for larger-amplitude oscillations. The composition of the gas changes somewhat in the nozzle, chemical reac- tions occur in the flowing gas, and the assumption of a uniform or "frozen" equilibrium gas composition is not fully valid. A more sophisticated analysis for determining performance with changing composition and changing gas properties is described in Chapter 5. The thermal energy that is carried out of the nozzle (rhcp T2) is unavailable for conversion to useful propulsive (kinetic) energy, as is shown in Fig. 2-3. The only way to decrease this loss is to reduce the nozzle exit temperature T2 (larger nozzle area ratio), but even then it is a large loss. When the operating durations are short (as, for example, with antitank rockets or pulsed attitude control rockets which start and stop repeatedly), the start and stop transients are a significant portion of the total operating 90 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS time. During the transient periods of start and stop the average thrust, cham- ber pressure, or specific impulse will be lower in value than those same para- meters at steady full operating conditions. This can be analyzed in a step-by- step process. For example, during startup the amount of propellant reacting in the chamber has to equal the flow of gas through the nozzle plus the amount of gas needed to fill the chamber to a higher pressure; alternatively, an empirical curve of chamber pressure versus time can be used as the basis of such a calculation. The transition time is very short in small, low-thrust propulsion systems, perhaps a few milliseconds, but it can be longer (several seconds) for large propulsion systems. Performance Correction Factors In this section we discuss semiempirical correction factors that have been used to estimate the test performance data from theoretical, calculated performance values. An understanding of the theoretical basis also allows correlations between several of the correction factors and estimates of the influence of several parameters, such as pressure, temperature, or specific heat ratio. The energy conversion efficiency is defined as the ratio of the kinetic energy per unit of flow of the actual jet leaving the nozzle to the kinetic energy per unit of flow of a hypothetical ideal exhaust jet that is supplied with the same work- ing substance at the same initial state and velocity and expands to the same exit pressure as the real nozzle. This relationship is expressed as e -- (v2)2a = (v2)2a (3-41) (V2) 2 (Vl)2a -t- cp(T1 - T2) where e denotes the energy conversion efficiency, Vl and v2 the velocities at the nozzle inlet and exit, and cpT1 and cpT2 the respective enthalpies for an ideal isentropic expansion. The subscripts a and i refer to actual and ideal condi- tions, respectively. For many practical applications, vl --+ 0 and the square of the expression given in Eq. 3-16 can be used for the denominator. The velocity correction factor ~v is defined as the square root of the energy conversion efficiency ~. Its value ranges between 0.85 and 0.99, with an average near 0.92. This factor is also approximately the ratio of the actual specific impulse to the ideal or theoretical specific impulse. The discharge correction factor ~a is defined as the ratio of the mass flow rate in a real rocket to that of an ideal rocket that expands an identical working fluid from the same initial conditions to the same exit pressure (Eq. 2-17). ~d -- (tha/lhi) -" tha(c/Fi) (3-42) and, from Eq. 3-24, 3.5. REAL NOZZLES 91 1,'hav/kRT 1 Atplkv/[2/(k 4- 1)] (k+l)/(k-1) The value of this discharge correction factor is usually larger than 1 (1.0 to 1.15); the actual flow is larger than the theoretical flow for the following reasons: 1. The molecular weight of the gases usually increases slightly when flowing through a nozzle, thereby changing the gas density. 2. Some heat is transferred to the nozzle walls. This lowers the temperature in the nozzle, and increases the density and mass flow slightly. 3. The specific heat and other gas properties change in an actual nozzle in such a manner as to slightly increase the value of the discharge correction factor. 4. Incomplete combustion can increase the density of the exhaust gases. The actual thrust is usually lower than the thrust calculated for an ideal rocket and can be found by an empirical thrust correction factor ~'r: F a = ~FFi = ~FCFPlAt = ~FCirhi (3-43) where gF = gv~d = Fa/Fi (3-44) Values of ~'F fall between 0.92 and 1.00 (see Eqs. 2-6 and 3-31). Because the thrust correction factor is equal to the product of the discharge correction factor and the velocity correction factor, any one can be determined if the other two are known. Example 3-7. Design a rocket nozzle to conform to the following conditions: Chamber pressure Atmospheric pressure Chamber temperature Mean molecular mass of gases Ideal specific impulse Specific heat ratio Desired thrust 20.4 atm = 2.068 MPa 1.0 atm 2861 K 21.87 kg/kg-mol 230 sec (at operating conditions) 1.229 1300 N Determine the following: nozzle throat and exit areas, respective diameters, actual exhaust velocity, and actual specific impulse. SOLUTION. The theoretical thrust coefficient is found from Eq. 3-30. For optimum conditions P2 -- P3- By substituting k = 1.229 and Pl/]32 = 20.4, the thrust coefficient is CF--1.405. This value can be checked by interpolation between the values of CF 92 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS obtained from Figs. 3-7 and 3-8. The throat area is found using ~'F --0.96, which is based on test data. At = F/(~FCFPl) = 1300/(0.96 x 1.405 x 2.068 × 106) = 4.66 cm 2 The throat diameter is then 2.43 cm. The area expansion ratio can be determined from Fig. 3-5 or Eq. 3-25 as ~ = 3.42. The exit area is A 2 = 4.66 x 3.42 - 15.9 cm 2 The exit diameter is therefore 4.50 cm. The theoretical exhaust velocity is 'U 2 = Isg 0 = 230 x 9.81 = 2256 m/sec By selecting an empirical velocity correction factor ~'v such as 0.92 (based on prior related experience), the actual exhaust velocity will be equal to (V2)a = 2256 X 0.92 = 2076 m/sec Because the specific impulse is proportional to the exhaust velocity, its actual value can be found by multiplying the theoretical value by the velocity correction factor ~'v. (Is)a = 230 x 0.92 = 212 sec 3.6. FOUR PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS In using values of thrust, specific impulse, propellant flow, and other perfor- mance parameters, one must be careful to specify or qualify the conditions under which a specific number is presented. There are at least four sets of performance parameters and they are often quite different in concept and value, even when referring to the same rocket propulsion system. Each perfor- mance parameter, such as F, Is, c, ~U 2 and/or rh, should be accompanied by a clear definition of the conditions under which it applies, namely: a. Chamber pressure; also, for slender chambers, the location where this pressure prevails (e.g., at nozzle entrance). b. Ambient pressure or altitude or space (vacuum). c. Nozzle expansion area ratio and whether this is an optimum. d. Nozzle shape and exit angle (see Table 3-3). e. Propellants, their composition or mixture ratio. f. Key assumptions and corrections made in the calculations of the theore- tical performance: for example, was frozen or shifting equilibrium used in the analysis? (This is described in Chapter 5.) g. Initial temperature of propellants. 3.6. FOUR PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS 93 1. Theoretical performance values are defined in Chapters 2, 3, and 5 and generally apply to ideal rockets, but usually with some corrections. Most orga- nizations doing nozzle design have their own computer programs, often differ- ent programs for different nozzle designs, different thrust levels, or operating durations. Most are two dimensional and correct for the chemical reactions in the nozzle using real gas properties, and correct for divergence. Many also correct for one or more of the other losses mentioned above. For example, programs for solid propellant motor nozzles can include losses for throat ero- sion and multiphase flow; for liquid propellant engines it may include two or more concentric zones, each at different mixtures ratios and thus with different gas properties. Nozzle wall contour analysis with expansion and compression waves may use a finite element analysis and/or a method of characteristics approach. Some of the more sophisticated programs include viscous boundary layer effects and heat transfer to the walls. Typically these computer simulation programs are based on computer fluid dynamics finite element analyses and on the basic Navier-Stokes relationships. Most companies also have simpler, one- dimensional computer programs which may include one or more of the above corrections; they are used frequently for preliminary estimates or proposals. 2. Delivered, that is, actually measured, performance values are obtained from static tests or flight tests of full-scale propulsion systems. Again, the conditions should be explained (e.g., define Pl, A2/At, T1, etc.) and the mea- sured values should be corrected for instrument deviations, errors, or calibra- tion constants. Flight test data need to be corrected for aerodynamic effects, such as drag. Often empirical coefficients, such as the thrust correction factor, the velocity correction factor, and the mass discharge flow correction factors are used to convert the theoretical values of item 1 above to approximate actual values and this is often satisfactory for preliminary estimates. Sometimes sub- scale propulsion systems are used in the development of new rocket systems and then scale factors are used to correct the measured data to full-scale values. 3. Performance values at standard conditions are corrected values of items 1 and 2 above. These standard conditions are generally rigidly specified by the customer. Usually they refer to conditions that allow ready evaluation or comparison with reference values and often they refer to conditions that can be easily measured and/or corrected. For example, to allow a good comparison of specific impulse for several propellants or rocket propulsion systems, the values are often corrected to the following standard conditions (see Examples 3-4 and 3-5): a. Pl = 1000 psia or 6.894 x 10 6 Pa. b. P2 = P3 = 14.69 psia (sea level) or 1.0132 x 105 Pa or 0.10132 MPa. c. Area ratio is optimum, P2 = P3. d. Nozzle divergence half angle c~ = 15 ° for conical nozzles, or some agreed- upon value. 94 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS e. Specific propellant, its design mixture ratio and/or propellant composi- tion. f. Propellant initial temperature: 21°C (sometimes 20 or 25°C) or boiling temperature, if cryogenic. A rocket propulsion system is generally designed, built, tested, and delivered in accordance with some predetermined requirements or specifications, usually in formal documents often called the rocket engine or rocket motor specifications. They define the performance as shown above and they also define many other requirements. More discussion of these specifications is given as a part of the selection process for propulsion systems in Chapter 17. 4. Rocket manufacturers are often required by their customers to deliver rocket propulsion systems with a guaranteed minimum performance, such as minimum F or Is or both. The determination of this value can be based on a nominal value (items 1 or 2 above) diminished by all likely losses, including changes in chamber pressure due to variation of pressure drops in injector or pipelines, a loss due to nozzle surface roughness, propellant initial ambient temperatures, manufacturing variations from rocket to rocket (e.g., in grain volume, nozzle dimensions, or pump impeller diameters, etc.). This minimum value can be determined by a probabilistic evaluation of these losses and is then usually validated by actual full-scale static and flights tests. 3.7. NOZZLE ALIGNMENT When the thrust line or direction does not intersect the center of mass of a flying vehicle, a turning moment will tend to rotate a vehicle in flight. Turning moments are desirable and necessary for the controlled turning or attitude control of a vehicle as is routinely done by means of the deflection of the thrust vector, aerodynamic fins, or by separate attitude control rocket engines. However, this turning is undesirable when its magnitude or direction is not known; this happens when a fixed nozzle of a major propulsion system has its thrust axis misaligned. A large high-thrust booster rocket system, even if misaligned by a very small angle (less than ½ °), can cause major upsetting turning moments for the firing duration. If not corrected or compensated, such a small misalignment can cause the flight vehicle to tumble and/or deviate from the intended flight path. For this moment not to exceed the vehicle's compensating attitude control capability, it is necessary to align the nozzle axis of all propulsion systems with fixed (non-gimbal) nozzles very accurately. Normally, the geometric axis of the nozzle diverging exit surface geometry is taken to be the thrust axis. Special alignment fixtures are usually needed to orient the nozzle axis to be within less than +0.25 ° of the intended line to the vehicle's center of gravity and to position the center of a large 3.7. NOZZLE ALIGNMENT 95 nozzle throat to be on the vehicle centerline, say within 1 or 2 mm. See Ref. 3-15. There are other types of misalignments: (1) irregularities in the nozzle geometry (out of round, protuberances, or unsymmetrical roughness in the surface); (2) transient misalignments during start to stop; (3) uneven deflection of the propulsion system or vehicle structure under load; and (4) irregularities in the gas flow (faulty injector, uneven burning rate in solid propellants). For simple unguided rocket vehicles it has been cus- tomary to rotate or spin the vehicle to prevent the misalignment from being in one direction only or to even out the misalignment during powered flight. In the cramped volume of spacecraft or upper stage launch vehicles, it is sometimes not possible to accommodate the full length of a large-area-ratio nozzle within the available vehicle envelope. In this case the nozzles are cut off at an angle at the vehicle surface, which allows a compact installation. Figure 3-17 shows a diagram of two (out of four) roll control thrusters whose nozzle exit conforms to the vehicle contour. The thrust direction of a scarfed nozzle is Geometric centerline of nozzle \ \ \ /, Vehicle skin Thrust deflection effective angle / Direction of resulting thrust FIGURE 3-17. Simplified partial section of a flight vehicle showing two attitude con- trol thrusters with scarfed nozzles to fit a cylindrical vehicle envelope. 96 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS no longer on the nozzle axis centerline, as it is with fully symmetrical nozzles, and the nozzle exit flow will not be axisymmetric. Reference 3-16 shows how to estimate the performance and thrust direction of scarfed nozzles 3.8. VARIABLE THRUST Only a few applications require a change in thrust during flight. Equations 3- 30, 3-24, and 3-31 show that the thrust is directly proportional to the throat area At, the chamber pressure Pl, or the mass flow rate rh, but it is a weak function of CF, which in turn depends on k, the altitude, a pressure ratio, and A2/At. These equations show how the thrust may be varied and imply how other performance parameters may be affected by such variation. For liquid propellant rockets the mass flow to the chamber can be decreased (by throttling valves in the propellant feed system) while the chamber geometry and the nozzle throat area are unchanged. The reduced mass flow will cause an almost linear decrease in Pl and thus an almost linear decrease of F. The combustion temperature does change slightly but it does not enter into the above relations. The specific impulse would also decrease slightly. Thus, there is a small per- formance penalty for throttling the thrust. A two-to-one thrust decrease has been achieved with throttle valves in a liquid propellant rocket engine. Random throttling of liquid propellant engines and their design features are discussed in Chapter 8.5. Another way of varying the thrust is to change the throat area simulta- neously with throttling the flow (by inserting a moveable contoured pintle or tapered plug into the nozzle); in this case the chamber pressure Pl can remain reasonably constant. This throttling method has been used on liquid propellant engines (e.g., a ten-to-one thrust change on a moon landing rocket) and in a few experimental solid propellant motors. Random thrust control requires a control system and special hardware; one example is discussed in Chapter 10.5. Random throttling of production solid propellant motors has not been achieved as yet in flight. A repeatable, pro- grammed variation of thrust for solid propellants is possible and is discussed in Chapter 11.3. For solid propellants, a predetermined variation of mass flow rate has been achieved by clever grain geometric design, which changes the burning area at different stages during the operation. This is useful in many air- launched military rockets. Liquid propellant rockets are the most appropriate choice for randomly variable thrust rockets, as has been amply demonstrated in missions such as the lunar landings. PROBLEMS 97 PROBLEMS 1. Certain experimental results indicate that the propellant gases of a liquid oxygen- gasoline reaction have a mean molecular mass of 23.2 kg/kg-mol and a specific heat ratio of 1.22. Compute the specific heat at constant pressure and at constant volume, assuming a perfect gas. 2. The actual conditions for an optimum expansion nozzle operating at sea level are given below. Calculate v2, T2, and C F. The mass flow rh = 3.7 kg/sec; Pl = 2.1 MPa; T1 = 2585°K; 9J~ = 18.0 kg/kg-mol; and k = 1.30. 3. A certain nozzle expands a gas under isentropic conditions. Its chamber or nozzle entry velocity equals 70 m/sec, its final velocity 1500 m/sec. What is the change in enthalpy of the gas? What percentage of error is introduced if the initial velocity is neglected? 4. Nitrogen at 500°C (k = 1.38, molecular mass is 28.00) flows at a Mach number of 2.73. What are its actual and its acoustic velocity? 5. The following data are given for an optimum rocket: Average molecular mass 24 kg/kg-mol Chamber pressure 2.533 MPa External pressure 0.090 MPa Chamber temperature 2900 K Throat area 0.00050 m 2 Specific heat ratio 1.30 Determine (a) throat velocity; (b) specific volume at throat; (c) propellant flow and specific impulse; (d) thrust; (e) Mach number at throat. 6. Determine the ideal thrust coefficient for Problem 5 by two methods. 7. A certain ideal rocket with a nozzle area ratio of 2.3 and a throat area of 5 in. 2 delivers gases at k = 1.30 and R = 66 ft-lbf/lbm-°R at a design chamber pressure of 300 psia and a constant chamber temperature of 5300 R against a back pressure of 10 psia. By means of an appropriate valve arrangement, it is possible to throttle the propellant flow to the thrust chamber. Calculate and plot against pressure the following quantities for 300, 200, and 100 psia chamber pressure: (a) pressure ratio between chamber and atmosphere; (b) effective exhaust velocity for area ratio involved; (c) ideal exhaust velocity for optimum and actual area ratio; (d) propellant flow; (e) thrust; (f) specific impulse; (g) exit pressure; (h) exit tempera- ture. 8. For an ideal rocket with a characteristic velocity c = 1500 m/sec, a nozzle throat diameter of 18 cm, a thrust coefficient of 1.38, and a mass flow rate of 40 kg/sec, compute the chamber pressure, the thrust, and the specific impulse. 9. For the rocket unit given in Example 3-2 compute the exhaust velocity if the nozzle is cut off and the exit area is arbitrarily decreased by 50%. Estimate the losses in kinetic energy and thrust and express them as a percentage of the original kinetic energy and the original thrust. 10. What is the maximum velocity if the nozzle in Example 3-2 was designed to expand into a vacuum? If the expansion area ratio was 2000? 98 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS 11. Construction of a variable-area nozzle has often been considered to make the operation of a rocket thrust chamber take place at the optimum expansion ratio at any altitude. Because of the enormous design difficulties of such a device, it has never been successfully realized. Assuming that such a mechanism can eventually be constructed, what would have to be the variation of the area ratio with altitude (plot up to 50 km) if such a rocket had a chamber pressure of 20 atm? Assume that k- 1.20 12. Design a supersonic nozzle to operate at 10 km altitude with an area ratio of 8.0. For the hot gas take T o = 3000 K, R = 378 J/kg-K and k = 1.3. Determine the exit Mach number, exit velocity, and exit temperature, as well as the chamber pressure. If this chamber pressure is doubled, what happens to the thrust and the exit velo- city? Assume no change in gas properties. How close to optimum nozzle expansion is this nozzle? 13. The German World War II A-4 propulsion system had a sea level thrust of 25,400 kg and a chamber pressure of 1.5 MPa. If the exit pressure is 0.084 MPa and the exit diameter 740 mm, what is the thrust at 25,000 m? 14. Derive Eq. 3-34. (Hint: Assume that all the mass flow originates at the apex of the cone.) Calculate the nozzle angle correction factor for a conical nozzle whose diver- gence half angle is 13 ° 15. For Example 3-2, determine (a) the actual thrust; (b) the actual exhaust velocity; (c) the actual specific impulse; (d) the velocity correction factor. Assume that the thrust correction factor is 0.985 and the discharge correction factor is 1.050. 16. An ideal rocket has the following characteristics: Chamber pressure 27.2 atm Nozzle exit pressure 3 psia Specific heat ratio 1.20 Average molecular mass 21.0 lbm/lb-mol Chamber temperature 4200°F Determine the critical pressure ratio, the gas velocity at the throat, the expansion area ratio, and the theoretical nozzle exit velocity. Answers: 0.5645; 3470 ft/sec; 14; and 8570 ft/sec. 17. For an ideal rocket with a characteristic velocity c of 1220 m/sec, a mass flow rate of 73.0 kg/sec, a thrust coefficient of 1.50, and a nozzle throat area of 0.0248 m 2, compute the effective exhaust velocity, the thrust, the chamber pressure, and the specific impulse. Answers: 1830 m/sec; 133,560 N; 3.590 x 106 N/m2; 186.7 sec. 18. Derive equations 3-24 and 3-25. 19. A propulsion system with a thrust of 400,000 N is expected to have a maximum thrust misalignment c~ of 4-0.50 degrees and a horizontal off-set d of the thrust vector of 0.125 in. as shown in this sketch. One of four small reaction control thrust chambers will be used to counteract the disturbing torque. What should be its maximum thrust level and best orientation? Distance of vernier gymbal to CG is 7 m. v CG rl m '/ .#--a ---d SYMBOLS 99 SYMBOLS A £ Cp ¢s Cv £ CF Co d D e F go k L rh M ni P R R' T 1; V ;v area, m 2 (It 2) effective exhaust velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) specific heat at constant pressure, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm-R) specific heat of solid, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm-R) specific heat at constant volume, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm-R) characteristic velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) thrust coefficient discharge coefficient (1/c), sec/m (sec/ft) total derivative diameter, m (ft) energy conversion efficiency thrust, N (lbf) standard sea level gravitational acceleration, 9.8066 m/sec 2 (32.174 ft/sec 2) enthalpy per unit mass, J/kg (Btu/lbm) specific impulse, sec or N-sec3/kg-m (lbf-sec/lbm) mechanical equivalent of heat; Y- 4.186 J/cal in SI units or 1 Btu = 777.9 ft-lbf specific heat ratio length of nozzle, m (ft) mass flow rate, kg/sec (lbm/sec) mach number molecular mass, kg/kg-mol (or molecular weight, lbm/lb-mol) molar fraction of species i pressure, N/m 2 (lbf/ft 2 or lbf/in. 2) gas constant per unit weight, J/kg-K (ft-lbf/lbm-R) (R- R'/~A) universal gas constant, 8314.3 J/kg mol-K (1544 ft-lb/lb mol-R) absolute temperature, K (R) velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) specific volume, m 3/kg (ft 3/Ibm) propellant weight flow rate, N/sec (lbf/sec) Greek Letters oe E (d (F G X half angle of divergent conical nozzle section mass fraction of solid particles area ratio Az/At discharge correction factor thrust correction factor velocity correction factor divergence angle correction factor for conical nozzle exit 100 NOZZLE THEORY AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS Subscripts a g i max opt S sep t X Y 0 1 2 3 actual gas ideal, or a particular species in a mixture maximum optimum nozzle expansion solid point of separation throat any plane within rocket nozzle any plane within rocket nozzle stagnation or impact condition nozzle inlet or chamber nozzle exit atmospheric or ambient REFERENCES 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. 3-5. 3-6. 3-7. 3-8. 3-9. 3-10. 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Huang, "Fundamental Aspects of Solid Propellant Rockets," AGARDograph 116, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, NATO, October 1969, 783 pages. M. Barr6re, A. Jaumotte, B. Fraeijs de Veubeke, and J. Vandenkerckhove, Rocket Propulsion, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1960. R. N. Knauber, "Thrust Misalignments of Fixed Nozzle Solid Rocket Motors," AIAA Paper 92-2873, 1992. J. S. Lilley, "The Design and Optimization of Propulsion Systems Employing Scarfed Nozzles," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 23, No. 6, November- December 1986, pp. 597-604; and J. S. Lilley, "Experimental Validation of a Performance Model for Scarfed Nozzles," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 24, No. 5, September-October 1987, pp. 474--480. CHAPTER 4 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE This chapter deals with the performance of rocket-propelled vehicles such as missiles, spacecraft, space launch vehicles, or projectiles. It is intended to give the reader an introduction to the subject from a rocket propulsion point of view. Rocket propulsion systems provide forces to a flight vehicle and cause it to accelerate (or decelerate), overcome drag forces, or change flight direction. They are usually applied to several different flight regimes: (1) flight within the atmosphere (air-to-surface missiles or sounding rockets); (2) near-space envir- onment (earth satellites); (3) lunar and planetary flights; and (4) sun escape; each is discussed further. References 4-1 to 4-4 give background on some of these regimes. The appendices give conversion factors, atmosphere properties, and a summary of key equations. The chapters begins with analysis of simpli- fied idealized flight trajectories, then treats more complex flight path condi- tions, and discusses various flying vehicles. 4.1. GRAVITY-FREE, DRAG-FREE SPACE FLIGHT This simple rocket flight analysis applies to an outer space environment, where there is no air (thus no drag) and essentially no significant gravitational attrac- tion. The flight direction is the same as the thrust direction (along the axis of the nozzle), namely, a one-dimensional, straight-line acceleration path; the propellant mass flow rh, and thus the thrust F, remain constant for the pro- pellant burning duration tp. For a constant propellant flow the flow rate is mp/tp, where mp is the total usable propellant mass. From Newton's second law and for an instantaneous vehicle mass m and a vehicle velocity u. 102 4.1. GRAVITY-FREE, DRAG-FREE SPACE FLIGHT 103 F- m du/dt (4-1) For a rocket where the propellant flow rate is constant the instantaneous mass of the vehicle m can be expressed as a function of the initial mass of the full vehicle mo, mp, tp, and the instantaneous time t. m = m0 - --:-- t -- m0 1 - ~ (4-2) tp mo =m0 1-~" -m0 1-(1-1VIR) t Equation 4-3 expresses the vehicle mass in a form useful for trajectory calculations. The vehicle mass ratio MR and the propellant mass fraction ~" have been defined by Eqs. 2-7 and 2-8. They are related by ~- 1 - ~ (4--4) A definition of the various masses is shown in Fig. 4-1. The initial mass at takeoff m0 equals the sum of the useful propellant mass mp plus the empty or final vehicle mass mf; mf in turn equals the sum of the inert masses of the engine system (such as nozzles, tanks, cases, or unused, residual propellant), plus the guidance, control, electronics, and related equipment, and the pay- load. l Payload Guidance, telemeter ~ and control ~.'. ~'. equipment .~-. Propellant ~ Tanks, structure, ~,~,~ residual propellant ~ Rocket engine ntpl l mp I I I I Propellant mass TR, p Initial or loaded vehicle _ mass r/t o Bare vehicle Full or loaded propulsion system mass Empty ~ propulsion ~,,,,, Engine system IIIIII mass mass . . . . . . t ! Final or empty vehicle ntf _ FIGURE 4-1. Definitions of various vehicle masses. 1 (}4 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE For constant propellant flow rh and a finite propellant burning time the total propellant mass mp is thtp and the instantaneous vehicle mass m- m0- tht. Equation 4-1 can be written as du - (F/m)dt- (cth/m) dt (crh) dt C(mp/tp) dt m 0 - mpt/tp m0(1 - mpt/motp) = c(/tp dt 1 - (t/tp Integration leads to the maximum vehicle velocity at propellant burnout Up that can be attained in a gravity-free vacuum. When u0 -¢ 0 it is often called the velocity increment Au. Au -- --c ln(1 -- ~) + Uo -- c ln(mo/mf ) + Uo (4--5) If the initial velocity u0 is assumed to be zero, then Up - Au -- --c ln(1 - () -- -c ln[mo/(mo - mp)] -- -c In 1VIR -- c ln(1/1VIR) = c ln(mo/mf) (4--6) This is the maximum velocity increment Au that can be obtained in a gravity- free vacuum with constant propellant flow, starting from rest with u0 = 0. The effect of variations in c, Is, and ( on the flight velocity increment are shown in Fig. 4-2. An alternate way to write Eq. 4-6 uses e, the base of the natural logarithm. e 'x"/° - 1/MR - mo/mf (4-7) The concept of the maximum attainable flight velocity increment Au in a gravity-free vacuum is useful in understanding the influence of the basic para- meters. It is used in comparing one propulsion system or vehicle with another, one flight mission with another, or one proposed upgrade with another possible design improvement. From Eq. 4-6 it can be seen that propellant mass fraction has a logarithmic effect on the vehicle velocity. By increasing this ratio from 0.80 to 0.90, the interplanetary maximum vehicle velocity in gravitationless vacuum is increased by 43%. A mass fraction of 0.80 would indicate that only 20% of the total vehicle mass is available for structure, skin, payload, propulsion hardware, radios, guidance system, aerodynamic lifting surfaces, and so on; the remaining 80% is useful propellant. It requires careful design to exceed 0.85; mass frac- tion ratios approaching 0.95 appear to be the probable practical limit for single-stage vehicles and currently known materials. When the mass fraction is 0.90, then 1VIR = 0.1 and 1/1VIR = 10.0. This marked influence of mass frac- tion or mass ratio on the velocity at power cutoff, and therefore also the range, 4.1. GRAVITY-FREE, DRAG-FREE SPACE FLIGHT 10~ Specific impulse, sec 125,0000 200 400 700 ' ' 100,000 4 _o~ 75,000 ' ~ ¢- 50 000 ~ E ~ ,ooo 0,~ 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 ft/sec I I .... i 0 2000 z~000 6000 8000 m/sec Average effective exhaust velocity 30,000 E _ 9 _ o 20,000 > w E 10,000 .E 120,000 ~ ]~~ ,,o,ooo ~ ~ ~I~~ ~- I o ~ o , o o , o o o ~ ~ 2 ; ~ ~ ~ ~o ooo o, ~o 90, ooo ~ ~ , . ; , ~ ~H--t "~ - - ~ 80, ~" O ~ -- O 70 000 [--~-'f~-~~~J a, b0 sec-H - , ~.) _o ~ = ~ -I ~o,ooo - o ._o 60 000 -~ " !!!!i E E E E ~ 10,000 .~ 20,000 10,000 0 0 20 40 60 80100120140160180 Mass ratio rnolm f = IlIVR FIGURE 4--2. Maximum vehicle velocity in a gravitationless, drag-free space for dif- ferent mass ratios and specific impulses (plot of Eq. 4-6). Single-state vehicles can have values of 1/MR up to about 20 and multistage vehicles can exceed 200. not only is true of interplanetary spaceships in a vacuum but applies to almost all types of rocket-powered vehicles. For this reason, importance is placed on saving inert mass on every vehicle component, including the propulsion system. Equation 4-6 can be modified and solved for the effective propellant mass mp required to achieve a desired velocity increment for a given initial takeoff 106 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE mass or a final burnout mass of the vehicle. The final mass consists of the payload, the structural mass of the vehicle, the empty propulsion system mass (which includes residual propellant), plus a small additional mass for guidance, communications, and control devices. Here mp = mo- mf. mp -- mf(e a"/c - 1) -- mo(1 - e (-a"/e)) (4-8) The flight velocity increment Up is proportional to the effective exhaust velocity c and, therefore, to the specific impulse. Thus any improvement in Is (such as better propellants, more favorable nozzle area ratio, or higher cham- ber pressure) reflects itself in improved vehicle performance, provided that such an improvement does not also cause an excessive increase in rocket propulsion system inert mass, which causes a decrease in the effective propellant fraction. 4.2. FORCES ACTING ON A VEHICLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE The external forces commonly acting on vehicles flying in the earth's atmo- sphere are thrust, aerodynamic forces, and gravitational attractions. Other forces, such as wind or solar radiation pressure, are small and generally can be neglected for many simple calculations. The thrust is the force produced by the power plant, such as a propeller or a rocket. It usually acts in the direction of the axis of the power plant, that is, along the propeller shaft axis or the rocket nozzle axis. The thrust force of a rocket with constant mass flow has been expressed by Eq. 2-6 as a function of the effective exhaust velocity c and the propellant flow rate th. In many rockets the mass rate of propellant consumption th is essentially constant, and the starting and stopping transients are usually very short and can be neglected. Therefore, the thrust is F = crh = Cmp / tp (4-9) As explained in Chapter 3, for a given propellant the value of the effective exhaust velocity c or specific impulse Is depends on the nozzle area ratio and the altitude. The value of c can increase by a relatively small factor of between 1.2 and 1.6 as altitude is increased. The drag D is the aerodynamic force in a direction opposite to the flight path due to the resistance of the body to motion in a fluid. The lift L is the aero- dynamic force acting in a direction normal to the flight path. They are expressed as functions of the flight speed u, the mass density of the fluid in which the vehicle moves p, and a typical surface area A. L -- CL ½ pAu 2 (4--10) D -- CD ½ pAu 2 (4--11) 4.2. FORCES ACTING ON A VEHICLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE 107 CL and CD are lift and drag coefficients, respectively. For airplanes and winged missiles the area A is understood to mean the wing area. For wingless missiles or space launch vehicles it is the maximum cross-sectional area normal to the missile axis. The lift and drag coefficients are primarily functions of the vehicle configuration, flight Mach number, and angle of attack, which is the angle between the vehicle axis (or the wing plane) and the flight direction. For low flight speeds the effect of Mach number may be neglected, and the drag and lift coefficients are functions of the angle of attack. The variation of the drag and lift coefficients for a typical supersonic missile is shown in Fig. 4-3. The values of these coefficients reach a maximum near a Mach number of unity. For wingless vehicles the angle of attack c~ is usually very small (0 < ot < 1 °). The density and other properties of the atmosphere are listed in Appendix 2. The density of the earth's atmosphere can vary by a factor up to two (for altitudes of 300 to 1200 km) depending on solar activity and night-to-day temperature variations. This introduces a major unknown in the drag. The aerodynamic forces are affected by the flow and pressure distribution of the rocket exhaust gases, as explained in Chapter 18. For space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles the drag loss, when expressed in terms of Au, is typically 5 to 10% of the final vehicle velocity increment. This relatively low value is due to the fact that the air density is low at high altitudes, when the velocity is high, and at low altitudes the air density is high but the flight velocity and thus the dynamic pressure are low. Gravitational attraction is exerted upon a flying space vehicle by all planets, stars, the moon, and the sun. Gravity forces pull the vehicle in the direction of the center of mass of the attracting body. Within the immediate vicinity of the earth, the attraction of other planets and bodies is negligibly small compared to the earth's gravitational force. This force is the weight. If the variation of gravity with the geographical features and the oblate shape of the earth are neglected, the acceleration of gravity varies inversely as the square of the distance from the earth's center. If R0 is the radius of the earth's surface and go the acceleration on the earth's surface at the earth's effective radius R0, the gravitational attraction g is g -- go(Ro/R) 2 = g0[R0/(R0 + h)] 2 (4-12) where h is the altitude. At the equator the earth's radius is 6378.388 km and the standard value of go is 9.80665 m/sec 2. At a distance as far away as the moon, the earth's gravity acceleration is only about 3.3 × 10 -4 go. 108 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 0.8 IN 0.7 I N r ,..,0.6 [\ ~ J! '-. Zzo. G i,I[N TM ~ .='= o.5 lilt C ~ \ ~ I r" ~ .~ "-0.4 /lff \N ~ ' ~'~ ~ ~0.3 -- ~ ~.... ' ~ - 0.2 __ " ~ h...~ ~. " -- -- ~ . ~ . _ _ . 0.1 o o 1 2 3 4 s Mach number, M 2.00 j ~ '~ I~ 'N. 1.5o~ ~ ,r ~ \ .= 0150 "~ L-'JO-, - -~ "- . ~o .... -- 2o ' ~ ~ ~mm ,-,, ~ ~ m m i i ~ , a m ~ ~ i m ['~mn I|/I :~mmn , 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mach number, M FIGURE 4-3. Variation of lift and drag coefficient with Mach number of the German V-2 missile based on body cross-sectional area with jet off and without exhaust plume effects at several angles of attack c~. 4.3. BASIC RELATIONS OF MOTION For a vehicle that flies within the proximity of the earth, the gravitational attraction of all other heavenly bodies may usually be neglected. Let it be assumed that the vehicle is moving in rectilinear equilibrium flight and that all control forces, lateral forces, and moments that tend to turn the vehicle are 4.3. BASIC RELATIONS OF MOTION 109 zero. The trajectory is two-dimensional and is contained in a fixed plane. The vehicle has wings that are inclined to the flight path at an angle of attack ot and that give a lift in a direction normal to the flight path. The direction of flight does not coincide with the direction of thrust. Figure 4-4 shows these condi- tions schematically. Let 0 be the angle of the flight path with the horizontal and ~ the angle of the direction of thrust with the horizontal. In the direction of the flight path the product of the mass and the acceleration has to equal the sum of all forces, namely the propulsive, aerodynamic, and gravitational forces: m(du/dt) - F cos(~ - O) - D - mg sin 0 (4--13) The acceleration perpendicular to the flight path is u(dO/dt); for a constant value of u and the instantaneous radius R of the flight path it is uZ/R. The equation of motion in a direction normal to the flight velocity is mu(dO/dt) - F sin(~ - O) + L - mg cos 0 (4-14) By substituting from Equations 4-10 and 4-1 l, these two basic equations can be solved for the accelerations as du F Co m cos( U - 0) - dt - _ -~m puz A - g sin 0 CL dO F sin(qt - 0) + puZA - g cos 0 u-E/- m (4--15) (4-16) No general solution can be given to these equations, since tp, u, Co, CL, P, 0, or can vary independently with time, mission profile, or altitude. Also, Co and CL are functions of velocity or Mach number. In a more sophisticated analysis other factors may be considered, such as the propellant used for nonpropulsive purposes (e.g., attitude control or flight stability). See Refs. 4-1 to 4-5 for a Fcos(q,- 0) D Fsin(q,- 0) mg sin 0 rng cos 0 t --~" u 8 Horizontal reference FIGURE 4--4. Two-dimensional free-body force diagram for flying vehicle with wings and fins. 110 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE background of flight performance in some of the flight regimes. Different flight performance parameters are maximized or optimized for different rocket flight missions or flight regimes, such as Au, range, time-to-target, or altitude. Rocket propulsion systems are usually tailored to fit specific flight missions. Equations 4-15 and 4-16 are general and can be further simplified for various special applications, as shown in subsequent sections. Results of such iterative calculations of velocity, altitude, or range using the above two basic equations often are adequate for rough design estimates. For actual trajectory analyses, navigation computation, space-flight path determination, or missile-firing tables, this two-dimensional simplified theory does not permit sufficiently accurate results. The perturbation effects, such as those listed in Section 4.6 of this chapter, must then be considered in addition to drag and gravity, and digital computers are necessary to handle the complex relations. An arbitrary division of the trajectory into small elements and a step-by-step or numerical integration to define a trajectory are usually indicated. The more generalized three-body theory includes the gravitational attraction among three masses (for example, the earth, the moon, and the space vehicle) and is considered necessary for many space-flight problems (see Refs. 4-2 and 4-3). When the propellant flow and the thrust are not constant, the form and the solution to the equations above become more complex. A form of Eqs. 4-15 and 4-16 can also be used to determine the actual thrust or actual specific impulse during actual vehicle flights from accurately observed trajectory data, such as from optical or radar tracking data. The vehicle acceleration (du/dt) is essentially proportional to the net thrust and, by making an assumption or measurement on the propellant flow (which usually varies in a predetermined manner) and an analysis of aerodynamic forces, it is possible to determine the rocket propulsion system's actual thrust under flight conditions. When integrating Eqs. 4-15 and 4-16 one can obtain actual histories of velocities and distances traveled and thus complete trajectories. The more general case requires six equations; three for translation along each of three perpendicular axes and three for rotation about these axes. The choice of coordinate systems and the reference points can simplify the mathematical solutions (see Refs. 4-2 and 4-4). For a wingless rocket projectile, a space launch vehicle, or a missile with constant thrust and propellant flow, these equations can be simplified. In Fig. 4-5 the flight direction 0 is the same as the thrust direction and lift forces for a symmetrical, wingless, stably flying vehicle can be assumed to be zero of zero angle of attack. For a two-dimensional trajectory in a single plane (no wind forces) and a stationary earth, the acceleration in the direction of flight is as follows: du c~/tp CD½Pu2A/mo (4-17) dt = 1 - ~t/tp - gsin0 - 1 - ~t/tp 4.3. BASIC RELATIONS OF MOTION 111 / / / / mg osinO, ~ / 0 D .,7~0 ............................ Horizontal reference mgo / F cos 0 I Net force I / / FIGURE 4--5. Simplified free-body force diagram for vehicle without wings or fins. The force vector diagram shows the net force on the vehicle. A force vector diagram in Fig. 4-5 shows the net force (by adding thrust, drag and gravity vectors) to be at an angle to the flight path, which will be curved. These types of diagram form the basis for iterative trajectory numerical solu- tions. The relationships in this Section 4.3 are for a two-dimensional flight path, one that lies in a single plane. If maneuvers out of that plane are also made (e.g., due to solar attraction, thrust misalignment, or wind) then the flight paths become three-dimensional and another set of equations will be needed to describe these flights. Reference 4-1 describes equations for the motion of rocket projectiles in the atmosphere in three dimensions. It requires energy and forces to push a vehicle out of its flight plane. Trajectories have to be calculated accurately in order to reach the intended flight objective and today almost all are done with the aid of a computer. A good number of computer programs for analyzing flight trajectories exit and are maintained by aerospace companies or Government agencies. Some are two-dimensional, relatively sim- ple, and are used for making preliminary estimates or comparisons of alter- native flight paths, alternative vehicle designs, or alternative propulsion schemes. Several use a stationary flat earth, while others use a rotating curved earth. Three-dimensional programs also exit, are used for more accurate flight path analyses, include some or all perturbations, orbit plane changes, or flying at angles of attack. As explained in Ref. 4-3, they are more complex. If the flight trajectory is vertical (as for a sounding rocket), Eq. 4-17 is the same, except that sin 0 = 1.0, namely 112 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE _ CD ½ Pu 2A/mo du _ c~/ tp _ g _ (4-18) dt 1 - (t/tp 1 - (t/tp The velocity at the end of burning can be found by integrating between the limits of t = 0 and t = tp when u = u0 and u = Up. The first two terms can readily be integrated. The last term is of significance only if the vehicle spends a considerable portion of its time within the atmosphere. It can be integrated graphically or by numerical methods, and its value can be designated as BCDA/mo such that fo tP 1 pu 2 dt B- 1 - (t/-------~p The cutoff velocity or velocity at the end of propellant burning Up is then BCD A Up - -~ln(1 - ¢) - -~tp ~- Uo (4-19) m0 where u0 is the initial velocity, such as may be given by a booster, ~ is an average gravitational attraction evaluated with respect to time and altitude from Eq. 4-12, and ? is a time average of the effective exhaust velocity, which is a function of altitude. There are always a number of trade-offs in selecting the best trajectory for a rocket projectile. For example, there is a trade-off between burning time, drag, payload, maximum velocity, and maximum altitude (or range). Reference 4-6 describes the trade-offs between payload, maximum altitude, and flight stabi- lity for a sounding rocket. If aerodynamic forces outside the earth's atmosphere are neglected (operate in a vacuum) and no booster or means for attaining an initial velocity (u0 = 0) is assumed, the velocity at the end of the burning reached in a vertically ascending trajectory will be Up - -? ln(1 - () - ~tp = -? In MR - ~tp = v ln(1/MR) - ~tp (4-20) The first term is usually the largest and is identical to Eq. 4-6. It is directly proportional to the effective rocket exhaust velocity and is very sensitive to changes in the mass ratio. The second term is always negative during ascent, but its magnitude is small if the burning time tp is short or if the flight takes place in high orbits or in space where ~ is comparatively small. For a flight that is not following a vertical path, the gravity loss is a function of the angle between the flight direction and the local horizontal; more speci- fically, the gravity loss is the integral of g sin 0 dt, as shown by Eq. 4-15. 4.3. BASIC RELATIONS OF MOTION 113 For the simplified two-dimensional case the net acceleration a for vertical takeoff at sea level is a - (Fogo / Wo) - go (4-21 ) a/go - (Fo/wo) - 1 (4-22) where a/go is the initial takeoff acceleration in multiples of the sea level grav- itational acceleration go, and Fo/wo is the thrust-to-weight ratio at takeoff. For large surface-launched vehicles, this initial-thrust-to-initial-weight ratio has values between 1.2 and 2.2; for small missiles (air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-air types) this ratio is usually larger, sometimes even as high as 50 or 100. The final or terminal acceleration af of a vehicle in vertical ascent usually occurs just before the rocket engine is shut off and before the propellant is completely consumed. af /go - (Ff /wf ) - 1 (4-23) In a gravity-free environment this equation becomes af/go = Ff/wf. In rockets with constant propellant flow the final acceleration is usually also the max- imum acceleration, because the vehicle mass to be accelerated has its minimum value just before propellant exhaustion, and for ascending rockets the thrust usually increases with altitude. If this terminal acceleration is too large (and causes overstressing of the structure, thus necessitating an increase in structure mass), then the thrust can be designed to a lower value for the last portion of the burning period. Launch weight Useful propellant mass Effective specific impulse Launch angle (relative to horizontal) Burn time (with constant thrust) 4.0 lbf 0.4 Ibm 120 sec 80 ° 1.0 sec yz Yp xz xf /- xp Example 4-1. A simple single-stage rocket for a rescue flare has the following charac- teristics and its flight path nomenclature is shown in the sketch. 114 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE Drag is to be neglected, since the flight velocities are low. Assume no wind. Assume the local acceleration of gravity to be equal to the sea level go and invariant throughout the flight. Solve for the initial and final acceleration of powered flight, the maximum trajectory height, the time to reach maximum height, the range or distance to impact, and the angle at propulsion cutoff and at impact. SOLUTION. Divide the flight path into three portions: the powered flight for 1 sec, the unpowered ascent after cutoff, and the free-fall descent. The thrust is obtained from Eq. 2-5: F = Isw/tp = 120 x 0.4/1 = 48 lbf The initial accelerations along the x and y directions are, from Eq. 4.22, (ao)y = go[(FsinO/w) - 1] -- 32.2[(48/4) sin 80 ° - 1] = 348 ft/sec 2 (ao)x = go(F/w)cosO = 32.2(48/4)cos 80 ° = 67.1 ft/sec 2 The initial acceleration in the flight direction is ao- ~(ao)~ + (ao) 2 -- 354.4 ft/sec 2 The direction of thrust and the flight path are the same. The vertical and horizontal components of the velocity Up at the end of powered flight is obtained from Eq. 4-20. The vehicle mass has been diminished by the propellant that has been consumed. (Up)y = cln(wo/wf)sinO-got p = 32.2 x 1201n(4/3.6)0.984- 32.2 = 375 ft/sec (Up) x = cln(wo/wf)cosO = 32.2 × 1201n(4/3.6)0.1736 = 70.7 ft/sec The trajectory angle with the horizontal at rocket cutoff for a dragless flight is tan-l(375/70.7) = 79.3 ° Final acceleration is af = Fgo/w = 48 × 32.2/3.6 = 429 ft/sec 2. For the short duration of the powered flight the coordinates at propulsion burnout yp and Xp can be calculated approximately by using an average velocity (50% of maximum) for the powered flight. yp = ½(Up)ytp = ½ x 375 x 1.0 = 187.5 ft Xp = ½(Up)xt p = ½ x 70.7 x 1.0 = 35.3 ft The unpowered part of the trajectory has a zero vertical velocity at its zenith. The initial velocities, the x and y values for this parabolic trajectory segment, are those of propul- sion termination (F = 0, u = Up, x = Xp, y = yp); at the zenith (Uy)z - O. (uy)z = 0 = -go(tz - tp) + (Up)y sin 0 4.4. EFFECT OF PROPULSION SYSTEM ON VEHICLE PERFORMANCE 115 At this zenith sin 0 = 1.0. Solving for t: yields tz = tp + (Up)y/go - 1 + 375/32.2- 12.6 sec The trajectory maximum height or zenith can be determined: Yz = Yp + (Up)y(tz - tp) - ½go(t: - tp) 2 = 187.5 + 375(11.6) - 132.2(11.6) 2 - 2370 ft The range during ascent to the zenith point is Xz = (Up)x(t: - tp) + Xp = 70.7 x 11.6 + 35.3 -- 855 ft The time of flight for the descent is, using Yz - ½g0 t2, t= V/2yz/go- V/2 × 2370/32.2-- 12.1 sec The final range or x distance to the impact point is found by knowing that the initial horizontal velocity at the zenith (Uz)x is the same as the horizontal velocity at propulsion termination (Up)x: xf -- (Up)x(tdescent) - 70.7 x 12.1 = 855 ft The total range for ascent and descent is 855 + 855 - 1710. The time to impact is 12.6 + 12.1 = -24.7 sec. The vertical component of the impact or final velocity uf is uf = go(tf - tz) = 32.2 x 12.1 = 389.6 ft/sec The impact angle Of can be found: Of = tan -1(389.6/70.7) = 79.7 ° If drag had been included, it would have required an iterative solution for finite elements of the flight path and all velocities and distances would be somewhat lower in value. A set of flight trajectories for a sounding rocket is given in Ref. 4-5. 4.4. EFFECT OF PROPULSION SYSTEM ON VEHICLE PERFORMANCE This section gives several methods for improving flight vehicle performance. Most of these enhancements, listed below, are directly influenced by the selec- tion or design of the propulsion system. A few of the flight vehicle performance improvements do not depend on the propulsion system. Most of those listed below apply to all missions, but some are peculiar to some missions only. 116 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 1. The effective exhaust velocity c or the specific impulse Is usually have a direct effect on the vehicle's flight performance. For example the vehicle final velocity increment Au can be inceased by a higher Is. This can be done by using a more energetic propellant (see Chapter 7 and 12), by a higher chamber pressure and, for upper stages operating at high alti- tudes, also by a larger nozzle area ratio. 2. The mass ratio mo/mf has a logarithmic effect. It can be increased in several ways. One way is by reducing the final mass mf, which consists of the inert hardware plus the nonusable, residual propellant mass. Reducing the inert mass implies lighter structures, smaller payloads, lighter guidance/control devices, or less unavailable residual propellant; this means going to stronger structural materials at higher stresses, more efficient power supplies, or smaller electronic packages. During design there is always great emphasis to reduce all hardware masses and the residual propellants to their practical minima. Another way is to increase the initial mass, namely by increasing the thrust and add- ing more propellant, but with a minimum increase in the structure or propulsion system masses. It is possible to improve the effective mass ratio greatly by using two or more stages, as will be explained in Section 4.7. 3. Reducing the burning time (i.e., increasing the thrust level) will reduce the gravitational loss. However, the higher acceleration usually requires more structural and propulsion system mass, which in turn causes the mass ratio to be less favorable. 4. The drag, which can be considered as a negative thrust, can be reduced in at least four ways. The drag has several components: (a) The form drag depends on the aerodynamic shape. A slender pointed nose or sharp, thin leading edges of fins or wings have less drag than a stubby, blunt shape. (b) A vehicle with a small cross-sectional area has less drag. A propulsion design that can be packaged in a long, thin shape will be preferred. (c) The drag is proportional to the cross-sectional or frontal vehicle area. A higher propellant density will decrease the propellant volume and there- fore will allow a smaller cross section. (d) The skin drag is caused by the friction of the air flowing over all the vehicle's outer surfaces. A smooth contour and a polished surface are usually better. The skin drag is also influenced by the propellant density, because it gives a smaller volume and thus a lower surface area. (e) The base drag is the fourth component; it is a function of the local ambient air pressure acting over the surface of the vehicle's base or bottom plate. It is influenced by the nozzle exit design (exit pressure) and the geometry of the vehicle base design. It is discussed further in Chapter 18. 5. The length of the propulsion nozzle often is a significant part of the overall vehicle or stage length. As was described in Chapter 3, there is an optimum nozzle contour and length, which can be determined by 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 117 trade-off analysis. A shorter nozzle length allows a somewhat shorter vehicle; on many designs this implies a somewhat lighter vehicle structure and a slightly better vehicle mass ratio. 6. The final vehicle velocity at propulsion termination can be increased by increasing the initial velocity u0. By launching a satellite in an eastward direction the rotational speed of the earth is added to the final satellite orbital velocity. This tangential velocity of the earth is about 464 m/sec or 1523 ft/sec at the equator and about 408 m/sec or 1340 ft/sec for an easterly launch at Kennedy Space Center (latitude of 28.5 ° north). Conversely, a westerly satellite launch has a negative initial velocity and thus requires a higher-velocity increment. Another way to increase u is to launch a spacecraft from a satellite or an aircraft, which increases the initial vehicle velocity and allows launching in the desired direction, or to launch an air-to-surface missile from an airplane. 7. For vehicles that fly in the atmosphere it is possible to increase the range when aerodynamic lift is used to counteract gravity and reduce gravity losses. Using a set of wings or flying at an angle of attack increases the lift, but is also increases the drag. This lift can also be used to increase the maneuverability and trajectory flexibility. 8. When the flight velocity u is close to the rocket's effective exhaust velocity c, the propulsive efficiency is the highest (Eq. 2-23) and more of the rocket exhaust gas energy is transformed into the vehicle's flight energy. Trajectories where u is close in value to c for a major portion of the flight therefore need less propellant. Several of these influencing parameters can be optimized. Therefore, for every mission of flight application there is an optimum propulsion system design and the propulsion parameters that define the optimum condition are dependent on vehicle or flight parameters. 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT Newton's law of gravitation defines the attraction of gravitational force Fg between two bodies in space as follows" Fg - Gm]m2/R 2 - i~m2/R 2 (4-24) Here G is the universal gravity constant (G- 6.670 x 10 -ll m3/kg-sec2), ml and rn2 are the masses of the two attracting bodies (such as the earth and the moon, the earth and a spacecraft, or the sun and a planet) and R is the distance between their centers of mass. The earth's gravitational constant # is the product of Newton's universal constant G and the mass of the earth ml (5.974 x 1024 kg). It is #- 3.98600 x 1014 m3/sec 2. 118 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE The rocket offers a means for escaping the earth for lunar and interplane- tary travel, for escaping our solar system, and for creating a stationary or moving station in space. The flight velocity required to escape from the earth can be found by equating the kinetic energy of a moving body to the work necessary to overcome gravity, neglecting the rotation of the earth and the attraction of other celestial bodies. , f -~ mu 2 -- m g dR By substituting for g from Eq. 4-12 and by neglecting air friction the following relation for the escape velocity is obtained: / 2g0 Ue -- ROV R ° + h- (4-25) Here R0 is the effective earth radius (6374.2 km), h is the orbit altitude above sea level, and g is the acceleration of gravity at the earth surface (9.806 m/sec). The spacecraft radius R measured from the earth's center is R = R0 + h. The velocity of escape at the earth's surface is 11,179 m/sec or 36,676 ft/sec and does not vary appreciably within the earth's atmosphere, as shown by Fig. 4-6. Escape velocities for surface launch are given in Table 4-1 for the sun, the 15,000 10,000 5,000 60,000 E -~ 50,0O0 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 m 0 0 ~ ~ Orbital energy o sate ite~ ~ ~ per pound mass , • -,,,~ ,, ~ Escape velocity j f _ -Satellite veloclty ~ ~ Satellite period of "evolution iii iill I0 20 30 4( Altitude, 106 ft ] ] 5 10 Altitude, 106 m 50 40 3O N e" t.Ll FIGURE 4--6. Orbital energy, orbital velocity, period of revolution, and earth escape velocity of a space vehicle as a function of altitude for circular satellite orbits. It is based on a spherical earth and neglects the earth's rotation and atmospheric drag. TABLE 4-1. Characteristic Data for Several Heavenly Bodies Mean Radius Mean of Orbit Period of Diameter Name (million km) Revolution (km) Relative Mass (Earth = 1.0) Specific Gravity Acceleration of Gravity at Surface (m/see 2) Escape Velocity at Surface (m/see) Sun Moon 0.383 27.3 days Mercury 57.87 87.97 days Venus 108.1 224.70 days Earth 149.6 365.256 days Mars 227.7 686.98 days Jupiter 777.8 11.86 yr Saturn 1486 29.46 yr Uranus 2869 84.0 yr Neptune 4475 164.8 yr Pluto 5899 284.8 yr 1,393,000 3475 4670 12,400 12,742 6760 143,000 121,000 47,100 50,700 5950 332,950 0.012 0.06 0.86 1.00 a 0.15 318.4 95.2 15.0 17.2 0.90 1.41 3.34 5.5 5.3 5.52 3.95 1.33 0.69 1.7 1.8 4 273.4 1.58 3.67 8.67 9.806 3.749 26.0 11.4 10.9 11.9 7.62 616,000 2380 4200 10,300 11,179 6400 59,700 35,400 22,400 31,000 10,000 Source: in part from Refs 4-2 and 4-3. aEarth mass is 5.976 x 10 24 kg. ....x 120 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE planets, and the moon. Launching from the earth's surface at escape velocity is not practical. As a vehicle ascends through the earth's atmosphere, it is subject to severe aerodynamic heating and dynamic pressures. A practical launch vehicle has to traverse the atmosphere at relatively low velocity and accelerate to the high velocities beyond the dense atmosphere. For example, during a portion of the Space Shuttle's ascent, its main engines are actually throttled to a lower thrust to avoid excessive pressure and heating. Alternatively, an escape vehicle can be launched from an orbiting space station or from an orbiting Space Shuttle. A rocket spaceship can become a satellite of the earth and revolve around the earth in a fashion similar to that of the moon. Satellite orbits are usually elliptical and some are circular. Low earth orbits, typically below 500 km altitude, are designated by the letters LEO. Satellites are useful as communica- tions relay stations for television or radio, weather observation, or reconnais- sance observation. The altitude of the orbit is usually above the earth's atmosphere, because this minimizes the expending of energy to overcome the drag which pulls the vehicle closer to the earth. The effects of the radiation in the Van Allen belt on human beings and sensitive equipment sometimes neces- sitate the selection of an earth orbit at low altitude. For a circular trajectory the velocity of a satellite must be sufficiently high so that its centrifugal force balances the earth's gravitational attraction. mU2s/R -- mg For a circular orbit, the satellite velocity Us is found by using Eq. 4-12, Us - Rov/go/(Ro + h) - v/~/R (4-26) which is smaller than the escape velocity by a factor of ~/2. The period r in seconds of one revolution for a circular orbit relative to a stationary earth is r - 2Jr(R0 + h)/us - 2Jr(R0 + h)3/2/(Rox/~ (4-27) The energy E necessary to bring a unit of mass into a circular satellite orbit neglecting drag, consists of kinetic and potential energy, namely, 21; E--½us + g dR o go + fR t~ - +h o R 2 R0 + 2h go --~ dR - ½ Rog o Ro +-----~ (4-28) The escape velocity, satellite velocity, satellite period, and satellite orbital energy are shown as functions of altitude in Fig. 4-6. 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 121 A satellite circulating around the earth at an altitude of 300 miles or 482.8 km has a velocity of about 7375 m/sec or 24,200 ft/sec, circles a stationary earth in 1.63 hr, and ideally requires an energy of 3.35 x 107 J to place 1 kg of spaceship mass into its orbit. An equatorial satellite in a circular orbit at an altitude of 6.611 earth radii (about 26,200 miles, 42,200 km, or 22,700 nautical miles) has a period of revolution of 24 hr. It will appear stationary to an observer on earth. This is known as a synchronous satellite in geo-synchronous earth orbit, usually abbreviated as GEO. It is used extensively for communica- tions satellite applications. In Section 4.7 on launch vehicles we will describe how the payload of a given space vehicle diminishes as the orbit circular altitude is increased and as the inclination (angle between orbit plane and earth equatorial plane) is changed. Elliptical Orbits The circular orbit described above is a special case of the more general elliptic orbit shown in Fig. 4-7; here the earth (or any other heavenly body around which another body is moving) is located at one of the focal points of this ellipse. The equations of motion may be derived from Kepler's laws, and the elliptical orbit can be described as follows, when expressed in polar coordi- nates: u - I#(2- ~)]1/2 (4-29) . ua~f///a_~ ....... ~ ~ ~ 4 j p e r j g ee Apogee ]~ Apogee radius -~ Perigee I" ' 2a ~.~- radius FIGURE 4-7. Elliptical orbit; the attracting body is at one of the focal points of the ellipse. 122 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE where u is the velocity of the body in the elliptical orbit, R is the instantaneous radius from the center of the attracting body (a vector quantity, which changes direction as well as magnitude), a is the major axis of the ellipse, and/z is the earth's gravitational constant with a value of 3.986 × 1014 m3/sec 2. The sym- bols are defined in Fig. 4-7. From this equation it can be seen that the velocity Up is a maximum when the moving body comes closest to its focal point at the orbit's perigee and that its velocity Ua is a minimum at its apogee. By substitut- ing for R in Eq. 4-29, and by defining the ellipse's shape factor e as the eccentricity of the ellipse, e- ~/a 2- bZ/a, then the apogee and perigee veloci- ties can be expressed as _ /#(! - e) (4-30) Ua Va(1 -t- e) _//z(! + e) (4-31) Ub Va(1 -- e) Another property of an elliptical orbit is that the product of velocity and instantaneous radius remains constant for any location a or b on the ellipse, namely, uaR a -- UbR b = uR. The exact path that a satellite takes depends on the velocity (magnitude and vector orientation) with which it is started or injected into its orbit. For interplanetary transfers the ideal mission can be achieved with mini- mum energy in a simple transfer ellipse, as suggested originally by Hohmann (see Ref. 4-6). Assuming the planetary orbits about the sun to be circular and coplanar, it can be demonstrated that the path of minimum energy is an ellipse tangent to the planetary orbits as shown in Fig. 4-8. This operation requires a velocity increment (relatively high thrust) at the initiation and another at ter- Planet B at t2 Planet B at t~ Planet B~, ~'~.~'~o--. ---/ / at tl FIGURE 4-8. Schematic diagram of interplanetary transfer paths. These same transfer maneuvers apply when going from a low-altitude earth satellite orbit to a higher orbit. 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 123 mination; both increments are the velocity differences between the respective circular planetary velocities and the perigee and apogee velocity which define the transfer ellipse. The thrust levels at the beginning and end maneuvers of the Hohmann ellipse must be high enough to give a short operating time and the acceleration of at least 0.01 go, but preferably more. With electrical propulsion these accelerations would be about 10 -5 go, the operating time would be weeks or months, and the best transfer trajectories would be very different from a Hohmann ellipse; they are described in Chapter 19. The departure date or the relative positions of the launch planet and the target planet for a planetary transfer mission is critical, because the spacecraft has to meet with the target planet when it arrives at the target orbit. The Hohmann transfer time (t 2 - tl) starting on earth is about 116 hours to go to the moon and about 259 days to Mars. If a faster orbit (shorter transfer time) is desired (see dashed lines in Fig. 4-8), it requires more energy than a Hohmann transfer ellipse. This means a larger vehicle with a larger propulsion system that has more total impulse. There also is a time window for a launch of a spacecraft that will make a successful rendezvous. For a Mars mission an earth-launched spacecraft may have a launch time window of more than two months. A Hohmann transfer ellipse or a faster transfer path apply not only to planetary flight but also to earth satellites, when an earth satellite goes from one circular orbit to another (but within the same plane). Also, if one spacecraft goes to a rendezvous with another spacecraft in a different orbit, the two spacecraft have to be in the proper predetermined positions prior to the launch for simulta- neously reaching their rendezvous. When the launch orbit (or launch planet) is not in the same plane as the target orbit, then additional energy will be needed by applying thrust in a direction normal to the launch orbit plane. Example 4-2. A satellite is launched from a circular equatorial parking orbit at an altitude of 160 km into a coplanar circular synchronous orbit by using a Hohmann transfer ellipse. Assume a homogeneous spherical earth with a radius of 6374 km. Determine the velocity increments for entering the transfer ellipse and for achieving the synchronous orbit at 42,200 km altitude. See Fig. 4-8 for the terminology of the orbits. SOLUTION. The orbits are RA = 6.531 x 106 m; Re = 48.571 x 106 m. The major axis a of the transfer ellipse ate = I(R A n t- RB) = 27.551 x 10 6 m/sec The orbit velocities of the two satellites are uA = v/Iz/RA = [3.986005 x 1014/6.571 x 106] 1 = 7788 m/sec UB -= V/IX/RB = 2864.7 m/sec 124 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE The velocities needed to enter and exit the transfer ellipse are (Ute)A = "V/-fi[(2/RA) -- (l/a)]½ = 10, 337 m/sec (Ute)~ = x/-fi[(2/Rs) - (1/a)] 1/2 = 1394 m/sec The changes in velocity going from parking orbit to ellipse and from ellipse to final orbit are: AUA = I(Ute)A -- UA I = 2549 m/sec Au8 = lu8 - (Ute)8 = 1471 m/sec The total velocity change for the transfer maneuvers is: At/tota I -- Au A -~- Au B -- 4020 m/sec Figure 4-9 shows the elliptical transfer trajectory of a ballistic missile or a satellite ascent vehicle. During the initial powered flight the trajectory angle is adjusted by the guidance system to an angle that will allows the vehicle to reach the apogee of its elliptical path exactly at the desired orbit altitude. For the ideal satellite orbit injection the simplified theory assumes an essentially instan- taneous application of the total impulse as the ballistic trajectory reaches its apogee or zenith. In reality the rocket propulsion system operates over a finite time, during which gravity losses and changes in altitude occur. Deep Space Lunar and interplanetary missions include circumnavigation, landing, and return flights to the moon, Venus, Mars, and other planets. The energy neces- 1 2 from Eq 4-25. It is sary to escape from earth can be calculated as -~mVe 6.26 x 107j/kg, which is more than that required for a satellite. The gravita- tional attraction of various heavenly bodies and their respective escape velo- cities depends on their masses and diameters; approximate values are listed in Table 4-1. An idealized diagram of an interplanetary landing mission is shown in Fig. 4-10. The escape from the solar system requires approximately 5.03 x 10 s J/kg. This is eight times as much energy as is required for escape from the earth. There is technology to send small, unmanned probes away from the sun to outer space; as yet there needs to be an invention and demonstrated proof of a long duration, novel, rocket propulsion system before a mission to the nearest star can be achieved. The trajectory for a spacecraft to escape from the sun is either a parabola (minimum energy) or a hyperbola. Local vertical \ i \ '\ Launch /./ Iocation~ Elliptical ballistic flight path Trajectory apogee 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 125 / Horizontal ,// ~ launch plane Impact point (ballistic missile) Satellite circular orbit Upper limit of atmosphere Planet earth surface FIGURE 4-9. Long-range ballistic missiles follow an elliptical free-flight trajectory (in a drag-free flight) with the earth's center as one of the focal points. The surface launch is usually vertically up (not shown here), but the trajectory is quickly tilted during early powered flight to enter into the ellipse trajectory. The ballistic range is the arc distance on the earth's surface. For satellites, another powered flight period occurs (called orbit injection) just as the vehicle is at its elliptical apogee (as indicated by the velocity arrow), causing the vehicle to enter an orbit. Perturbations This section gives a brief discussion of the disturbing torques and forces which cause perturbations or deviations from any space flight path or satellite's flight trajectory. For a more detailed treatment of flight paths and their perturba- tions, see Refs. 4-2 and 4-3. A system is needed to measure the satellite's position and deviation from the intended flight path, to determine the needed periodic correction maneuver and then to counteract, control, and correct them. Typically, the corrections are performed by a set of small reaction con- trol thrusters which provide predetermined total impulses into the desired directions. These corrections are needed throughout the life of the spacecraft (for 1 to 20 years) to overcome the effects of the disturbances and maintain the intended flight regime. 126 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE Acceleration maneuver to attain interplanetary orbit (1 - 10%) Coast with occasional low-thrust trajectory correction maneuvers Operation of retro rocket to slow vehicle down to satellite velocity (1-5%) Vertical launch and turn (100%) J f Kick maneuvers and / powered ascent (20%) Glide ascent Transfer maneuver to earth equatorial orbit (5-20%) Target planet Retro-rocket operation at touchdown (0.5%).. Retro-rocket maneuver to de-orbit into a landing approach (1-5%) Coast in orbit FIGURE 4-10. Schematic diagram of typical powered flight maneuvers during a hypothetical interplanetary mission with a landing. The numbers indicate typical thrust magnitudes of the maneuvers in percent of launch takeoff thrust. This is not drawn to scale. Heavy lines show powered flight segments. Perturbations can be cateogirzed as short-term and long-term. The daily or orbital period oscillating forces are called diurnal and those with long periods are called secular. High-altitude each satellites (36,000 km and higher) experience perturbing forces primarily as gravitational pull from the sun and the moon, with the forces acting in different directions as the satellite flies around the earth. This third-body effect can increase or decrease the velocity magnitude and change its direction. In extreme cases the satellite can come very close to the third body, such as the moon, and undergo what is called a hyperbolic man- euver that will radically change the trajectory. This encounter can be used to increase or decrease the energy of the satellite and intentionally change the velocity and the shape of the orbit. Medium- and low-altitude satellites (500 to 35,000 km) experience perturba- tions because of the earth's oblateness. The earth bulges in the vicinity of the equator and a cross section through the poles is not entirely circular. Depending on the inclination of the orbital plane to the earth equator and the altitude of the satellite orbit, two perturbations result: (1) the regression of the nodes, and (2) shifting of the apsides line (major axis). Regression of the nodes is shown in Fig. 4-11 as a rotation of the plane of the orbit in space, and it can be as high as 9 ° per day at relatively low altitudes. Theoretically, regres- sion does not occur in equatorial orbits. Figure 4-12 shows an exaggerated shift of the apsidal line, with the center of the earth remaining as a focus point. This perturbation may be visualized as the movement of the prescribed elliptical orbit in a fixed plane. Obviously, both the apogee and perigee points change in position, the rate of change being a func- 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 127 quat o FIGURE 4-11. The regression of nodes is shown as a rotation of the plane of the orbit. The direction of the movement will be opposite to the east-west components of the earth's satellite motion. tion of the satellite altitude and plane inclination angle. At an apogee altitude of 1000 nautical miles (n.m.) and a perigee of 100 n.m. in an equatorial orbit, the apsidal drift is approximately 10 ° per day. Satellites of modern design, with irregular shapes due to protruding anten- nas, solar arrays, or other asymmetrical appendages, experience torques and forces that tend to perturb the satellite's position and orbit throughout its orbital life. The principal torques and forces result from the following factors: 2 1 lj,- e l ' ,!'Ill ! ~Earth I i I / / FIGURE 4-12. Shifting of the apsidal line of an elliptic orbit from position 1 to 2 because of the oblateness of the earth. 128 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 1. Aerodynamic drag. This factor is significant at orbital altitudes below 500 km and is usually assumed to cease at 800 km above the earth. Reference 4-7 gives a detailed discussion of aerodynamic drag which, in addition to affecting the attitude of unsymmetrical vehicles, causes a change in ellip- tical orbits known as apsidal drift, a decrease in the major axis, and a decrease in eccentricity of orbits about the earth. 2. Solar radiation. This factor dominates at high altitudes (above 800 km) and is due to impingement of solar photons upon satellite surfaces. The solar radiation pressure p (N/m 2) on a given surface of the satellite in the vicinity of the earth exposed to the sun can be determined as p - 4.5 × 10 -6 COS 0[(1 - ks) cos 0 + 0.67kd] (4-32) where 0 is the angle (degrees) between the incident radiation vector and the normal to the surface, and ks and kd are the specular and diffuse coefficients of reflectivity. Typical values are 0.9 and 0.5, respectively, for ks and kd on the body and antenna, and 0.25 and 0.01 respectively, for ks and kd with solar array surfaces. The radiation intensity varies as the square of the distance from the sun (see Ref. 4-8). The torque T on the vehicle is given by T = pAl, where A is the projected area and l is the offset distance between the spacecraft's center of gravity and the center of solar pressure. 3. Gravity gradients. Gravitational torque in spacecraft results from a var- iation in the gravitational force on the distributed mass of a spacecraft. Determination of this torque requires knowledge of the gravitational field and the distribution of spacecraft mass. This torque decreases as a function of the orbit radius and increases with the offset distances of masses within the spacecraft (including booms and appendages), it is most significant in large spacecraft or space stations operating in rela- tively low orbits (see Ref. 4-9). 4. Magnetic field. The earth's magnetic field and any magnetic moment within the satellite interact to produce torque. The earth's magnetic field precesses about the earth's axis but is very weak (0.63 and 0.31 gauss at poles and equator, respectively). This field is continually fluctu- ating in direction and intensity because of magnetic storms and other influences. Since the field strength decreases with 1/R 3 with the orbital altitude, magnetic field forces are often neglected in the preliminary design of satellites (see Ref. 4-10). 5. Internal accelerations. Deployment of solar array panels, the shifting of propellant, movement of astronauts or other mass within the satellite, or the "unloading" of reaction wheels produce torques and forces. We can categorize satellite propulsion needs according to function as listed in Table 4-2, which shows the total impulse "budget" applicable to a typical 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 129 TABLE 4.2. Propulsion Functions and Total Impulse Needs of a 2000-1bin Geosynchronous Satellite with a 7-Year Life Total Impulse Function (N-sec) Acquisition of orbit Attitude control (rotation) Station keeping, E-W Station keeping, N-S Repositioning (Au, 200 ft/sec) Control apsidal drift (third body attraction) Deorbit 20,000 4,000 13,000 270,000 53,000 445,000 12,700 Total 817,700 high altitude, elliptic orbit satellite. The control system designer often distin- guishes two different kinds of stationary-keeping orbit corrections needed to keep the satellite in a synchronous position. The east-west correction refers to a correction that moves the point at which a satellite orbit intersects the earth's equatorial plane in an east or west direction; it usually corrects forces caused largely by the oblateness of the earth. The north-south correction counteracts forces usually connected with the third-body effects of the sun and the moon. In many satellite missions the gradual changes in orbit caused by perturba- tion forces are not of concern. However, in certain missions it is necessary to compensate for these perturbing forces and maintain the satellite in a specific orbit and in a particular position in that orbit. For example, a synchronous communications satellite in a GEO needs to maintain its position and its orbit, so it will be able to (1) keep covering a specific area of the earth or commu- nicate with the same stations on earth within its line of sight, and (2) not become a hazard to other satellites in this densely occupied synchronous equa- torial orbit. Another example is a LEO communications satellite system with several coordinated satellites; here at least one satellite has to be in a position to receive and transmit RF signals to specific points on earth. Their orbits, and the positions of these several satellites with respect to each other, need to be controlled and maintained (see Refs. 4-11 to 4-13). Orbit maintenance means applying small correcting forces and torques per- iodically; for GEO it is typically every few months. Typical velocity increments for the orbit maintenance of synchronous satellites require a Au between 10 and 50 m/sec per year. For a satellite mass of about 2000 kg a 50 m/sec correction for a 10-year orbit life would need a total impulse of about 100,000 N-sec, which corresponds to a propellant mass of 400 to 500 kg (about a quarter of the satellite mass) if done by a small monopropellant or bipropellant thrust. It would require much less propellant if electrical propul- sion were used, but in some spacecraft the inert mass of the power supply would increase. 130 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE Mission Velocity A convenient way to describe the magnitude of the energy requirement of a space mission is to use the concept of the mission velocity. It is the sum of all the flight velocity increments needed to attain the mission objective. In the simpli- fied sketch of a planetary landing mission of Fig. 4-10, it is the sum of all the Au velocity increments shown by the heavy lines (rocket-powered flight seg- ments) of the trajectories. Even though some of the velocity increments were achieved by retro-action (a negative propulsion force to decelerate the flight velocity), these maneuvers required energy and their absolute magnitude is counted in the mission velocity. The initial velocity from the earth's rotation (464 m/sec at the equator and 408 m/sec at a launch station at 28.5 ° latitude) does not have to be provided by the vehicle's propulsion systems. For example, the required mission velocity for launching at Cape Kennedy, bringing the space vehicle into an orbit at 110 km, staying in orbit for a while, and then entering a de-orbit maneuver has the Au components shown in Table 4-3. The required mission velocity is the sum of the absolute values of all trans- lation velocity increments that have forces going through the center of gravity of the vehicle (including turning maneuvers) during the flight of the mission. It is the theoretical hypothetical velocity that can be attained by the vehicle in a gravity-free vacuum, if all the propulsive energy of the momentum-adding thrust chambers in all stages were to be applied in the same direction. It is useful for comparing one flight vehicle design with another and as an indicator of the mission energy. The required mission velocity has to be equal to the "supplied" mission velocity, that is, the sum of all the velocity increments provided by the propul- sion systems of each of the various vehicle stages. The total velocity increment to be "supplied" by the shuttle's propulsion systems for the shuttle mission described below (solid rocket motor strap-on boosters, main engines and, for orbit injection, also the increment from the orbital maneuvering system--all shown in Fig. 1-13) has to equal or exceed 9621 m/sec. With chemical propul- sion systems and a single stage, we can achieve a space mission velocity of 4000 TABLE 4-3. Space Shuttle Incremental Flight Velocity Breakdown Ideal satellite velocity Au to overcome gravity losses Au to turn the flight path from the vertical Au to counteract aerodynamic drag Orbit injection Deorbit maneuver to re-enter atmosphere and aerodynamic braking Correction maneuvers and velocity adjustments Initial velocity provided by the earth's rotation at 28.5 ° latitude 7790 m/sec 1220 m/sec 360 m/sec 118 m/sec 145 m/sec 60 m/sec 62 m/sec -408 m/sec Total required mission velocity 9347 m/sec 4.5. SPACE FLIGHT 131 to 13,000 m/see, depending on the payload, vehicle design, and propellant. With two stages it can be between perhaps 12,000 and 22,000 m/see. Rotational maneuvers, described later, do not change the flight velocity and are not usually added to the mission velocity requirements. Also, main- taining a satellite in orbit against long-term perturbing forces (see prior sec- tion) is often not counted as part of the mission velocity. However, the designers need to provide additional propulsion capability and propellants for these purposes. These are often separate propulsion systems, called reac- tion control systems. Typical vehicle velocities required for various interplanetary missions have been estimated as shown in Table 4-4. By starting interplanetary journeys from a space satellite station, a considerable saving in this vehicle velocity can be achieved, namely, the velocity necessary to achieve the earth-circling satellite orbit. As the space-flight objective becomes more ambitious, the mission velo- city is increased. For a given single or multistage vehicle it is possible to increase the vehicle's terminal velocity, but usually only at the expense of payload. Table 4-5 shows some typical ranges of payload values for a given multistage vehicle as a percentage of a payload for a relatively simple earth orbit. Thus a vehicle capable of putting a substantial payload into a near-earth orbit can only land a very small fraction of this payload on the moon, since it has to have additional upper stages, which displace payload mass. Therefore, much larger vehicles are required for space flights with high mission velocities if compared to a vehicle of less mission velocity but identical payload. The values listed in Tables 4-4 and 4-5 are only approximate because they depend on specific vehicle design features, the propellants used, exact knowledge of the TABLE 4-4. Vehicle Mission Velocities for Typical Interplanetary Missions Ideal Velocity Mission (km/sec) Approximate Actual Velocity (1000 m/see) Satellite orbit around earth (no return) Escape from earth (no return) Escape from moon Earth to moon (soft landing on moon, no return) Earth to Mars (soft landing) Earth to Venus (soft landing) Earth to moon (landing on moon and return to earth a) Earth to Mars (landing on Mars, and return to earth a) 7.9-10 11.2 2.3 13.1 17.5 22 15.9 22.9 9.1-12.5 12.9 2.6 15.2 20 25 17.7 27 aAssumes air braking within atmospheres. 132 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE TABLE 4-5. Relative Payload-Mission Comparison Chart for High-Energy Chemical Multistage Rocket Vehicles Relative Payload a Mission (%) Earth satellite 100 Earth escape 35-45 Earth 24-hr orbit 10-25 Moon landing (hard) 35-45 Moon landing (soft) 10-20 Moon circumnavigation (single fly-by) 30-42 Moon satellite 20-30 Moon landing and return 1-4 Moon satellte and return 8-15 Mars flyby 20-30 Mars satellite 1 0-18 Mars landing 0.5-3 a300 nautical miles (555.6 km) earth orbit is 100% reference. trajectory-time relation, and other factors that are beyond the scope of this short treatment. Further information on space flight can be found in Refs. 4-2 to 4--4 and 4-11 to 4-13. For example, for a co-planar earth-moon and return journey it is necessary to undertake the following steps in sequence and provide an appropriate velo- city increment for each. This is similar in concept to the diagram for inter- planetary flight of Fig. 4-10. For the ascent from the earth and the entry into an earth satellite orbit, the vehicle has to be accelerated ideally to approxi- mately 7300 m/sec; to change to the transfer orbit requires roughly another 2900 m/sec; to slow down and put the spacecraft into an approach to the moon (retro-action) and enter into an orbit about the moon is about 1000 m/sec; and to land on the moon is about another 1600 m/sec. The ascent from the moon and the entry into an earth return orbit is about 2400 m/sec. Aerodynamic drag is used to slow down the earth reentry vehicle and this maneuver does not require the expenditure of propellant. Adding these together and allowing 300 m/sec for various orbit adjustments comes to a total of about 14,500 m/sec, which is the approximate cumulative total velocity needed for the mission. Tables 4-3 and 4-4 compare very rough values of mission velocities and pay- loads for several space missions. 4.6. FLIGHT MANEUVERS In this section we describe different flight maneuvers and relate them to specific propulsion system types. The three categories of maneuvers are: 4.6. FLIGHT MANEUVERS 133 1. In translation maneuvers the rocket propulsion thrust vector goes through the center of gravity of the vehicle. The vehicle momentum is changed in the direction of the flight velocity. An example of several powered (trans- lational maneuvers) and unpowered (coasting) segments of a complex space flight trajectory is shown in schematic, simplified form in Fig. 4-10. To date, most maneuvers have used chemical propulsion systems. 2. In truly rotational maneuvers there is no net thrust acting on the vehicle. These are true couples that apply only torque. It requires four thrusters to be able to rotate the vehicle in either direction about any one axis (two thrusters apart, firing simultaneously, but in opposite directions). These types of maneuver are usually provided by reaction control systems. Most have used multiple liquid propellant thrusters, but in recent years many space missions have used electrical propulsion. 3. A combination of categories 1 and 2, such as a large misaligned thrust vector that does not go exactly through the center of gravity of the vehicle. The misalignment can be corrected by changing the vector direc- tion of the main propulsion system (thrust vector control) during pow- ered flight or by applying a simultaneous compensating torque from a separate reaction control system. The following types of space flight maneuvers and vehicle accelerations use rocket propulsion. All propulsion operations are controlled (started, moni- tored, and stopped) by the vehicle's guidance and control system. a. b° First stage and its upper stage propulsion systems add momentum during launch and ascent. They require rocket propulsion of high or medium thrusts and limited durations (typically 0.7 to 8 minutes). To date all have used chemical propulsion systems. They constitute the major mass of the space vehicle and are discussed further in the next section. Orbit injection or transferring from one orbit to another requires accu- rately predetermined total impulses. It can be performed by the main propulsion system of the top stage of the launch vehicle. More often it is done by a separate propulsion system at lower thrust levels than the upper stages in item (a) above. Orbit injection can be a single thrust operation after ascent from an earth launch station. If the flight path is a Hohmann transfer ellipse (minimum energy) or a faster transfer orbit, then two thrust application periods are neces- sary, one at the beginning and one at the end of the transfer path. For injection into earth orbit, the thrust levels are typically between 200 and 45,000 N or 50 and 11,000 lbf, depending on the payload size transfer time, and the specific orbit. If the new orbit is higher, then the thrusts are applied in the flight direction. If the new orbit is at a lower altitude, then the thrusts must be applied in a direction opposite to the flight velocity vector. The transfer orbits can also be 134 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE achieved with a very low thrust level (0.001 to 1 N) using an electric propulsion system, but the flight paths will be very different (multi- loop spiral) and the transfer duration will be much longer. This is explained in Chapter 19. Similar maneuvers are also performed with lunar or interplanetary flight missions, as the planetary landing mis- sion shown schematically in Fig. 4-10. c. Velocity vector adjustment and minor in-flight correction maneuvers are usually performed with low thrust, short duration and intermittent (pul- sing) operations, using a reaction control system with multiple small liquid propellant thrusters, both for translation and rotation. The vernier rockets on a ballistic missile are used to accurately calibrate the terminal velocity vector for improved target accuracy. The reaction control rocket systems in a space launch vehicle will allow accurate orbit injection adjustment maneuvers after it is placed into orbit by another, less accu- rate propulsion system. Mid-course guidance-directed correction maneu- vers for the trajectories of deep space vehicles fall also into this category. Propulsion systems for orbit maintenance maneuvers, also called station keeping maneuvers (to overcome perturbing forces), keeping a spacecraft in its intended orbit and orbital position and are also considered to be part of this category. d. Reentry and landing maneuvers can take several forms. If the landing occurs on a planet that has an atmosphere, then the drag of the atmo- sphere will slow down the reentering vehicle. For an elliptical orbit the drag will progressively reduce the perigee altitude and the perigee velocity on every orbit. Landing at a precise, preplanned location requires a particular velocity vector at a predetermined altitude and distance from the landing site. The vehicle has to be rotated into the right position and orientation, so as to use its heat shield correctly. The precise velocity magnitude and direction prior to entering the denser atmosphere are critical for minimizing the heat transfer (usually to the vehicle's heat shield) and to achieve touchdown at the intended landing site or, in the case of ballistic missiles, the intended target. This usually requires a relatively minor maneuver (low total impulse). If there is very little or no atmosphere (for instance, landing on the moon or Mercury), then a reverse thrust has to be applied during descent and touchdown. The rocket propulsion system usually has variable thrust to assure a soft landing and to compensate for the decrease in vehicle mass as propellant is consumed during descent. The lunar landing rocket engine, for exam- ple, had a 10 to 1 thrust variation. e. Rendezvous and docking involve both rotational and translational man- euvers of small reaction control thrusters. Rendezvous and its time win- dows were discussed on page 123. Docking (sometimes called lock-on) is the linking up of two spacecraft and requires a gradual gentle approach (low thrust, pulsing node thrusters) so as not to damage the spacecraft. 4.6. FLIGHT MANEUVERS 1:35 f. A change of plane of the flight trajectory requires the application of a thrust force (through the vehicle center of gravity) in a direction normal to the original plane of the flight path. This is usually performed by a propulsion system that has been rotated (by the reaction control system) into the proper orientation. This maneuver is done to change the plane of a satellite orbit or when going to a planet, such as Mars, whose orbit is inclined to the plane of the earth's orbit. g. Simple rotational maneuvers rotate the vehicle on command into a specific angular position so as to orient or point a telescope, instrument, solar panel, or antenna for purposes of observation, navigation, communica- tion, or solar power reception. Such a maneuver is also used to keep the orientation of a satellite in a specific direction; for example, if an antenna needs to be continuously pointed at the center of the earth, then the satellite needs to be rotated around its own axis once every satellite revolution. Rotation is also used to point a nozzle of the primary propul- sion system into its intended direction just prior to its start. It can also provide for achieving flight stability, or for correcting angular oscilla- tions, that would otherwise increase drag or cause tumbling of the vehi- cle. Spinning or rolling a vehicle will improve flight stability, but will also average out the misalignment in a thrust vector. If the rotation needs to be performed quickly, then a chemical multi-thruster reaction control system is used. If the rotational changes can be done over a long period of time, then an electrical propulsion system with multiple thrusters is often preferred. h. De-orbiting and disposal of used or spent spacecraft is required today to remove space debris. The spent spacecraft should not become a hazard to other spacecraft. A relatively small thrust will cause the vehicle to go to a low enough elliptical orbit so that atmospheric drag will cause further slowing. In the dense regions of the atmosphere the reentering, expended vehicle will typically break up or overheat (burn up). i. Emergency or alternative mission. If there is a malfunction in a spacecraft and it is decided to abort the mission, such as a premature quick return to the earth without pursuing the originally intended mission, then some of the rocket engines can be used for an alternate mission. For example, the main rocket engine in the Apollo lunar mission service module is nor- mally used for retroaction to attain a lunar orbit and for return from lunar orbit to the earth; it can be used for emergency separation of the payload from the launch vehicle and for unusual midcourse corrections during translunar coast, enabling an emergency earth return. Table 4-6 lists the maneuvers that have just been described, together with some others, and shows the various types of rocket propulsion system (as mentioned in Chapter 1) that have been used for each of these maneuvers. The table omits several propulsion systems, such as solar thermal or nuclear 136 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE TABLE 4-6. Types of Rocket Propulsion System Commonly Used for Different Flight Maneuvers Propulsion = E x~ ~ • ,'~ ,--- ~ 0~I - ~ o ~ -~ ~ -- I- "5 ~ ~ "- ~ :n Flight ~ = ~r = ~- ~ E .= ~, = o o ~ = "& Maneuvers and ~ . ~ = ~ ~ ~ ,..: ,, ~ o ,.~ • . %~ ~ ~ .~ ~ o ~ o .-- ~.~ Applications ~ ~ ~ ~. .1 ~ < o ~ Launch vehicle booster x x x x Strap-on motor/engine x x x x Upper stages of launch vehicle x x x x x x × Satellite orbit injection and transfer orbits x x x x x Flight velocity adjustments, Flight path corrections, Orbit raising × × × × Orbit/position maintenance, rotation of spacecraft x x x x Docking of two spacecraft x x Reentry and landing, Emergency maneuvers x x Deorbit x x x x Deep space, Sun escape x x Tactical missiles x x Strategic missiles x x x x x Missile defense x x x x x X X Legend: x = in use: x x = preferred for use. rocket propulsion, because these have not yet flown in a real space mission. The electrical propulsion systems have very high specific impulse (see Table 2-1), which makes them very attractive for deep space missions, but they can be applied only to missions with sufficiently long thrust action time for reach- ing the desired vehicle velocity with very small acceleration. The items with a double mark "x x" have been the preferred methods in recent years. Reaction Control System The functions of a reaction control system have been described in the previous section on flight maneuvers. They are used for the maneuvers identified by 4.6. FLIGHT MANEUVERS 137 paragraphs c, e, and g. In some vehcle designs they are also used for tasks described in b, part of d, and f, if the thrust levels are low. A reaction control system (RCS), often called an auxiliary rocket propulsion system, is needed to provide for trajectory corrections (small au additions), as well as correcting the rotational or attitude position of almost all spacecraft and all major launch vehicles. If only rotational maneuvers are made, it has been called an attitude control system. The nomenclature has not been consis- tent throughout the industry or the literature. An RCS can be incorporated into the payload stage and each of the stages of a multiple stage vehicle. In some missions and designs the RCS is built into only the uppermost stage; it operates throughout the flight and provides the control torques and forces for all the stages. Liquid propellant rocket engines with multiple thrusters have been used for almost all launch vehicles and the majority of all spacecraft. Cold gas systems were used with early spacecraft design. In the last decade an increasing number of electrical propulsion systems have been used, primarily on spacecraft, as described in Chapter 19. The life of an RCS may be short (when used on an individual vehicle stage), or it may see use throughout the mission duration (perhaps 10 years) when part of an orbit- ing spacecraft. The vehicle attitude has to be controlled about three mutually perpendicular axes, each with two degrees of freedom (clockwise and counterclockwise rota- tion), giving a total of six degrees of rotational freedom. Pitch control raises or lowers the nose of the vehicle, yaw torques induce a motion to the right or the left side, and roll torques will rotate the vehicle about its axis, either clockwise or counterclockwise. In order to apply a true torque it is necessary to use two thrust chambers of exactly equal thrust and equal start and stop times, placed an equal distance from the center of mass. Figure 4-13 shows a simple sphe- rical spacecraft attitude control system; thrusters x - x or x' - x' apply torques that rotate about the X-axis. There is a minimum of 12 thrusters in this system, but some spacecraft with geometrical or other limitations on the placement of these nozzles or with provisions for redundancy may actually have more than 12. The same system can, by operating a different set of nozzles, also provide translation forces; for example, if one each of the thrust units x and x' were operated simultaneously, the resulting forces would propel the vehicle in the direction of the Y-axis. With clever design it is possible to use fewer thrusters. An RCS usually contains the following major subsystems: (1) sensing devices for determining the attitude, velocity, and position of the vehicle with respect to a reference direction at any one time, such as provided by gyroscopes, star-trackers, or radio beacons; (2) a control-command system that compares the actual space and rotary position with the desired or pro- grammed position and issues command signals to change the vehicle position within a desired time period; and (3) devices for changing the angular position, such as a set of high-speed gyroscopic wheels and a set of attitude control thrust-providing devices. See Refs. 4-12 and 4-14. 138 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE Z x z \ x FIGURE 4-13. Simplified attitude control system diagram for spacecraft. It requires 12 thrusters (identified as x, y, z) to allow the application of pure torques about three perpendicular axes. The four unlabeled thrusters are needed for translation maneuvers along the z axis. They are shown here in four clusters. A precise attitude angular correction can also be achieved by the use of an inertial or high-speed rotating reaction wheel, which applies torque when its rotational speed is increased or decreased. While these wheels are quite simple and effective, the total angular momentum change they can supply is generally small. By using a pair of supplementary attitude control thrust rocket units it is possible to unload or respin each wheel so it can continue to supply small angular position corrections as needed. The torque T of a pair of thrust chambers of thrust F and a separation distance I is applied to give the vehicle with an angular or rotational moment of inertia Ma an angular acceleration of magnitude or: T = FI = Mao~ (4-3 3) For a cylinder of equally distributed mass M a - lmr 2 and for a homogeneous sphere it is Ma _2mr 2. The largest possible practical value of moment arm 1 will minimize the thrust and propellant requirements. If the angular accelera- tion is constant over a time period t, the vehicle will move at an angular speed o) and through a displacement angle 0, namely co- c~t and 0 - l c~t2 (4-34) 4.7. FLIGHT VEHICLES 139 Commonly a control system senses a small angular disturbance and then com- mands an appropriate correction. For this detection of an angular position change by an accurate sensor it is actually necessary for the vehicle to undergo a slight angular displacement. Care must be taken to avoid overcorrection and hunting of the vehicle position or the control system. For this reason many spacecraft require extremely short multiple pulses (0.010 to 0.030 sec) and low thrust (0.01 to 100 N) (see Refs. 4-13 and 4-14). Reaction control systems can be characterized by the magnitude of the total impulse, the number, thrust level, and direction of the thrusters, and by their duty cycles. The duty cycle refers to the number of thrust pulses, their operating times, the times between thrust applications, and the timing of these short operations during the mission operating period. For a particular thruster, a 30% duty cycle means an average active cumulative thrust period of 30% during the propulsion system's flight duration. These propulsion parameters can be determined from the mission, the guidance and control approach, the desired accuracy, flight stability, the likely thrust misalignments of the main propulsion systems, the three-dimensional flight path variations, the perturba- tions to the trajectory, and several other factors. Some of these parameters are often difficult to determine. 4.7. FLIGHT VEHICLES As mentioned, the vast majority of rocket propelled vehicles are simple, single stage, and use solid propellant rocket motors. Most are used in military appli- cations, as described in the next section. This section discusses more sophisti- cated multistage space launch vehicles and mentions others, such as large ballistic missiles (often called strategic missiles) and some sounding rockets. All have some intelligence in their guidance and navigation system. The total number of multistage rocket vehicles produced world wide in the last few years has been between 140 and 220 per year. A single stage to orbit (LEO) is limited in the payload it can carry. Figure 4-2 shows that a high-performance single-stage vehicle with a propellant frac- tion of 0.95 and an average Is of 400 sec can achieve an ideal terminal velocity of about 12,000 m/sec without payload. If the analysis includes drag and gravity forces, a somewhat higher value of Is, maneuvers in the trajectory, and an attitude control system, it is likely that the payload would be between 0.2 and 1.4 percent of the gross take-off mass, depending on the design. For a larger percentage of payload, and for ambitious missions, we use vehicles with two or more stages as described here. Multistage Vehicles Multistep or multistage rocket vehicles permit higher vehicle velocities, more payload for space vehicles, and improved performance for long-range ballistic 140 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE missiles. After the useful propellant is fully consumed in a particular stage, the remaining empty mass of that expended stage is dropped from the vehicle and the operation of the propulsion system of the next step or stage is started. The last or top stage, which is usually the smallest, carries the payload. The empty mass of the expended stage or step is separated from the remainder of the vehicle, because it avoids the expenditure of additional energy for further accelerating a useless mass. As the number of steps is increased, the initial takeoff mass can be decreased; but the gain in a smaller initial mass becomes less apparent when the total number of steps is large. Actually, the number of steps chosen should not be too large, because the physical mechanisms become more numerous, complex, and heavy. The most economical number of steps is usually between two and six, depending on the mission. Several different multi- stage launch vehicle configurations have been used successfully and four are shown in Fig. 4-14. Most are launched vertically, but a few have been launched from an airplane, such as the three-stage Pegasus space vehicle. The payload of a multistage rocket is essentially proportional to the takeoff mass, even though the payload is only a very small portion of the initial mass. If a payload of 50 kg requires a 6000-kg multistage rocket, a 500-kg payload would require a 60,000-kg rocket unit with an identical number of stages, and a similar configuration with the same payload fraction. When the operation of the upper stage is started, immediately after thrust termination of the lower stage, then the total ideal velocity of a multistage vehicle of tandem or series- stage arrangement is simply the sum of the individual stage velocity increments. For n stages, the final velocity increment Auf is A/,/f -- ~ AU -- AU 1 --t- AU 2 "-I- AU3 -]- • • " (4-35) 1 The individual velocity increments are given by Eq. 4-6. For the simplified case of a vacuum flight in a gravity-free field this can be expressed as Auf = cl In(I/MR1) + C2 In(I/MR2) + c3 In(I/MR3) +'" (4-36) This equation defines the maximum velocity an ideal multistage vehicle can attain in a gravity-free vacuum environment. For more accurate actual trajec- tories the individual velocity increments can be determined by integrating Eqs. 4-15 and 4-16, which consider drag and gravity losses. Other losses or trajec- tory perturbations can also be included, as mentioned earlier in this chapter. Such an approach requires numerical solutions. For two- or three-stage vehicles the overall vehicle mass ratio (initial mass at takeoff to final mass of last stage) can reach values of over 100 (corresponding to an equivalent single-stage propellant mass fraction ~" of 0.99). Figure 4-2 can be thus divided into regions for single- and multistage vehicles. 4.7. FLIGHT VEHICLES 141 I Third __f tage / S eaC; oF'/ Sustainer stage (contains propellant for booster thrust) cage rot) Sustainer & Winged sustainer stage First /stage Four strap-on/~ oosters /~ i 1 Booster Staging Partial staging Parallel staging Piggy-back in series staging or tandem FIGURE 4-14. Simplified schematic sketches of four geometric configurations for assembling individual stages into a launch vehicle. The first is very common and the stages are stacked vertically on top of each other, as in the Minuteman long-range missile or the Delta launch vehicle. Partial staging was used on early versions of the Atlas; it allows all engines to be started at launching, thus avoiding a start during flight, and it permits the shut-off of engines on the launch stand if a failure is sensed prior to lift-off. The two booster engines, arranged in a doughnut-shaped assembly, are dropped off in flight. In the third sketch there are two or more separate "strap-on" booster stages attached to the bottom stage of a vertical configuration and this allows an increase in vehicle performance. The piggy-back configuration concept on the right is used in the Space Shuttle. 142 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE For multistage vehicles the stage mass ratios, thrust levels, propulsion durations, and the location or travel of the center of gravity of the stages are usually optimized, often using a complex trajectory computer program. The high specific impulse rocket engine (e.g., using hydrogen-oxygen propellants) is normally employed in upper stages of space launch vehicles, because a small increase in specific impulse is more effective there than in lower stages. Example 4-3. A two-stage planetary exploration vehicle is launched from a high-orbit satellite into a gravity-free vacuum trajectory. The following notations are used and explained in the diagram. m0 = initial mass of vehicle (or stage) at launch mp - useful propellant mass of stage mi = initial mass of stage(s) my = final mass of stage (after rocket operation); it includes the empty propulsion system with its residual propellant, the structures of the vehicle and the pro- pulsion system, the control, guidance, and payload masses. m W = payload mass; it includes the guidance, control and communications equip- ment, antennas, scientific instruments, research apparatus, power supply, solar panels, sensors, etc. Payload T Second (mi)2 stage First stage ( )1 or booster (too)2 (too) I 4.7. FLIGHT VEHICLES 143 Subscripts 1 and 2 refer to first and second stages. The following are given: Flight and velocity increment in gravity-free vacuum Specific impulse, Is Effective exhaust velocity, c (all stages) Initial launch vehicle mass Propellant mass fraction, ~" (each stage) Structural mass fraction, (1 -~') (each stage) 6200 m/sec 310 sec 3038 m/sec 4500 kg 0.88 0.12 Determine the payload for two cases: (1) when the two stage masses are equal, and (2) when the mass ratios of the two stages are equal. SOLUTION. For launch the takeoff mass (m0) equals the loaded first-stage mass (mi)l plus the loaded second-stage mass (mi)2 plus the payload (mpt). The propellant mass fraction ~" is 0.88. For case (1) the first and second stages are identical. Thus mi = (mi)l = (mi)2 mp -- (mp) 1 -- (rap) 2 = 0.88mi (mp) 1 - 0.88(mi) 1 (m0)l = 4500 kg - 2mi + mpt (m0)l (m0)2 e 'au/c = e 6200/3038 -~ 7.6968 = (m0) 1 - (mp)l'(mo) 2 - (mp) 2 From these relationships it is possible to solve for the payload mass mpl, which is 275 kg. mi - (4500 - 275)/2 = 2113 kg each stage mp- 0.88mi- 1855 kg each stage For case (2) the mass ratios of the two stages are the same. The mass ratio (1/MR) was defined by mo/m f -- (mo)l/[(mo) 1 - [(mp)l] = (mo)z/[(mo)2 - (mp)2] (m0) 1 -- 4500 -- (mi) 1 -k- (mi) 2 + mpl eZX"/c = 7.6968 = {4500/[4500- (me)l]} 2 Solving for the first-stage propellant mass gives (mp) 1 -- 2878 kg. (mi)l -(mp)l/0.88 = 3270 kg (m0)2 = (mi)2 + mpl --" 4500 - 3270 = 1230 kg e A"/c = 7.6968 -- {1230/[1230- (mp)2]} 2" (mp) 2 = 786.6 kg (mi) 2 -- (mp)2/0.88 -- 894 kg The payload mpt is 1230 - 894 = 336 kg. This is about 22% larger than the payload of 275 kg in the first case. When the mass ratios of the stages are equal, the payload is a maximum for gravity-free vacuum flight and the distribution of the masses between the 144 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE stages is optimum. For a single-stage vehicle with the same take-off mass and same propellant fraction, the payload is substantially less. See Problem 4-13. If a three-stage vehicle had been used in Example 4-3 instead of a two-stage version, the payload would have been even larger. However, the theoretical payload increase will only be about 8 or 10%. A fourth stage gives an even smaller theoretical improvement; it would add only 3 to 5% to the payload. The amount of potential performance improvement diminishes with each added stage. Each additional stage means extra complications in an actual vehicle (such as a reliable separation mechanism, an interstage structure, joints or couplings in a connecting pipes and cables, etc.), requires additional inert mass (increasing the mass ratio MR), and compromises the overall reliability. Therefore, the minimum number of stages that will meet the payload and the Au requirements is usually selected. The flight paths taken by the vehicles in the two simplified cases of Example 4-3 are different, since the time of flight and the acceleration histories are different. One conclusion from this example applies to all multistage rocket- propelled vehicles; for each mission there is an optimum number of stages, an optimum distribution of the mass between the stages, and there is usually also an optimum flight path for each design, where a key vehicle parameter such as payload, velocity increment, or range is a maximum. Launch Vehicles Usually the first or lowest stage, often called a booster stage, is the largest and it requires the largest thrust and largest total impulse. All stages need chemical propulsion to achieve the desired thrust-to-weight ratio. These thrusts usually become smaller with each subsequent stage, also known as upper stage or sustainer stage. The thrust magnitudes depend on the mass of the vehicle, which in turn depends on the mass of the payload and the mission. Typical actual configurations are shown by simple sketches in Fig. 4-14. There is an optimum size and thrust value for each stage in a multistage vehicle and the analysis to determine these optima can be quite complex. Many heavy launch vehicles have two to six strap-on solid propellant motor boosters, which together form a supplementary first stage strapped on or mounted to the first stage of the launch vehicle (Space Shuttle, Titan, Delta, Atlas, Ariane). This is shown in the third sketch of Fig. 4-14. The Russians have used liquid propellant strap-on boosters on several vehicles, because they give better performance. Boosters operate simultaneously with the first stage and, after they burn out, they are usually separated and dropped off before completion of the first stage's propulsive operation. This has also been called a half stage or zero stage, as in Table 1-3. There is a variety of existing launch vehicles. The smaller ones are for low payloads and low orbits; the larger ones usually have more stages, are heavier, more expensive, have larger payloads, or higher mission velocities. The vehicle 4.7. FLIGHT VEHICLES 145 cost increases with the number of stages and the initial vehicle launch mass. Once a particular launch vehicle has been proven to be reliable, it is usually modified and uprated to allow improvements in its capability or mission flex- ibility. Each of the stages of a space launch vehicle can have several rocket engines, each with specific missions or maneuvers. The Space Shuttle system has 67 different rockets which are shown schematically in Fig. 1-13. In most cases each rocket engine is used for a specific maneuver, but in many cases the same engine is used for more than one specific purpose; the small reaction control thrusters in the Shuttle serve, for example, to give attitude control (pitch, yaw, and roll) during orbit insertion and reentry, for counteracting internal shifting of masses (astronaut movement, extendible arm), small trajec- tory corrections, minor flight path adjustments, docking, and precise pointing of scientific instruments. The spacecraft is that part of a launch vehicle that carries the payload. It is the only part of the vehicle that goes into orbit or deep space and some are designed to return to earth. The final major space maneuver, such as orbit injection or planetary landing, often requires a substantial velocity increment; the propulsion system, which provides the force for this maneuver, may be integrated with the spacecraft, or it may be part of a discardable stage, just below the spacecraft. Several of the maneuvers described in Section 4-6 can often be accomplished by propulsion systems located in two different stages of a multistage vehicle. The selection of the most desirable propulsion systems, and the decision on which of the several propulsion systems will perform specific maneuvers, will depend on optimizing performance, cost, reliability, schedule, and mission flexibility as described in Chapter 17. When a space vehicle is launched from the earth's surface into an orbit, it flies through three distinct trajectory phases. (1) Most are usually launched vertically and then undergo a turning maneuver while under rocket power to point the flight velocity vector into the desired direction. (2) The vehicle then follows a free-flight (unpowered) ballistic trajectory (usually elliptical), up to its apex. Finally (3) a satellite needs an extra push from a chemical rocket system up to add enough total impulse or energy to accelerate it to orbital velocity. This last maneuver is also known as orbit insertion. During the initial powered flight the trajectory angle and the thrust cut-off velocity of the last stage are adjusted by the guidance system to a velocity vector in space that will allow the vehicle to reach the apogee of its elliptic path exactly at the desired orbit altitude. As shown in Fig. 4-9, a multistage ballistic missile follows the same two ascent flight phases mentioned above, but it then continues its elliptical ballistic trajectory all the way down to the target. Historically successful launch vehicles have been modified, enlarged, and improved in performance. The newer versions retain most of the old, proven, reliable components, materials, and subsystems. This reduces development effort and cost. Upgrading a vehicle allows an increase in mission energy (more ambitious mission) or payload. Typically, it is done by one or more of these types of improvement: increasing the mass of propellant without an 146 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE undue increase in tank or case mass; uprating the thrust and strengthening the engine; more specific impulse; or adding successively more or bigger strap-on boosters. It also usually includes a strengthening of the structure to accept higher loads. Figure 4-15 and Table 4-7 illustrate the growth of payload and mission capability for the early Titan family of space launch vehicles and the effect of the orbit on the payload. The figure shows the evolution of four different multistage configurations of the launch vehicle and their principal propulsion systems; the table defines the increase in payload for the four vehicle config- urations and also how the payload is reduced as more ambitious orbits are flown. When each of these vehicles is equipped with an additional third stage, it is able to launch substantial payloads into earth escape or synchronous orbit. The table describes the propulsion for each of the several stages used on those vehicles and the payload for several arbitrarily selected orbits. Table 4-7 shows the effects of orbit inclination and altitude on the payload. The inclination is the angle between the equatorial plane of the earth and the trajectory. An equatorial orbit has zero inclination and a polar orbit has 90 ° inclination. Since the earth's rotation gives the vehicle an initial velocity, a Launch vehicle Configuration Major configuration modifications Titan II Titan III Titan IV Titan IVB SLV ~ - '~-'~ b -- Z---- ~------ 1 - t A f~ Modified Added two 5 ½ Larger solid New, 12% larger, Titan II segment rocket 7 segment 3 segment (ICBM) boosters; more rocket boosters, solid boosters liquid propellant higher liquid with reinforced rocket engine plastic cases thrust, longer duration First flight 1988 1989 1990 1997 FIGURE 4-15. Upgrading methods are illustrated by these four related configurations in the evolution of the Titan Space Launch Vehicle family. Source: Lockheed-Martin Corp. TABLE 4--7. Payload Capabilities and Rocket Propulsion Systems of Four Titan Space Launch Vehicle Configurations Space Launch Vehicle Titan II SLV Titan III Titan IV Titan IV B __x 100 mi circular orbit, 28.6 ° inclination from Cape Canaveral Same, but 99 ° launch from Vandenberg AFB Elliptic orbit, 100 mi --+ 1000 mi, 28.6 ° inclination Payload for third-stage propulsion system, optional (see below) Solid rocket boosters (United Technologies/CSD) Stage I, Aerojet LR 87-A J-11 engine, N20 4 with 50% N2H4/50% UDMH Stage II, Aerojet LR 91-A J-11 engine N204 with 50% N2H 4 50% UDMH Stage III has several alternative systems for each vehicle; only one is listed here Payloads(Am) m Low Earth Orbitsfor 2-Stage Configurations 5000 31,000 39,000 47,800 4200 26,800 32,000 38,800 3000 25,000 ~ 30,000 ~ 34,000 Payloads (lbm) in Synchronous Earth Orbit, 3-Stage Configurations 2200 4000 10,000 Rocket Propulsion Systems in Titan Launch Vehicles None 2 units, each metal case Same, but 7 segments 51 segments /I = 159.7 x 106 lbf-sec It = 123 x 106 lbf-sec 2 thrust chambers 430,000 lbf Same, 529,000 lbf thrust Same, but uprated to thrust at SL (vacuum) 550,000 lbf thrust in a vacuum 101,000 lbf thrust in vacuum Same Uprated to 106,000 lbf thrust in vacuum SSPS with Aerojet liquid United Technologies/ Centaur; storable propellant CSD, Interim Upper 2 Pratt & Whitney engine AJ 10-118 K Stage (IUS) solid RL 10A-3-3A rocket (9800 lbf thrust) propellant rocket engines, 33,000 lbf motor (see Table 11-3) thrust, H2/O 2 12,700 12% more propellant, 3 segments /i = 179 x 106 lbf-sec Same Same Same • ~! Source: Lockheed-Martin Astronautics, Aerojet Propulsion Company, and Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies Corp. 1 48 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE launch from the equator in a eastward direction will give the highest payload. For the same orbit altitude other trajectory inclinations have a lower payload. For the same inclination the payload decreases with orbit altitude, since more energy has to be expended to overcome gravitational attraction. The Space Shuttle has its maximum payload when launched due east into an orbit with 28.5 ° inclination from Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida, namely about 56,000 lb (or 25,455 kg) at a 100 nautical mile (185 km) orbit altitude. The payload decreases by about 100 lb (45.4 kg) for every nautical mile increase in altitude. If the inclination is 57 °, the payload diminishes to about 42,000 lb (or 19,090 kg). If launched in a southerly direction from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the west coast in a 98 ° inclination into a circular, nearly polar orbit, the payload will be only about 30,600 lb or 13,909 kg. The dramatic decrease of payload with circular orbits of increasing altitude and with different inclination is shown for the Pegasus, a relatively small, air- launched, space launch vehicle, in Fig. 4-16. The payload is a maximum when launching from the earth equator in the east direction, that is at 0 ° inclination. 500 450 400 v 350 o o t- -o 300 Q. u ~ 250 t~ 200 150 I I ~ ~ ,.. i 0 degrees inclination, equatorial drop point J I ~ i 28.5 degrees (ER) I 38 degrees (WFF) ~. ~ ~/70deg r~i ~ (dW~lees' (WR), polar orbit ~ ~~/~ ~ ~,.~ Sun-Synchronousl (WR)I _ --..< - 220 ft/sec Velocity Re -~. - Entire Weight of 38 Inch Separation System Kept on Launch Vehicle Side - Direct Injection (No Dog-Legs) ER = Eastern Range - WFF = Wallops Flight Facility - WR = Western Range (Vandenberg Air Force Base) I I I 100 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Circular orbit altitude (km) FIGURE 4--16. Decrease of payload with circular orbit altitude and orbit inclination for the Pegasus launch vehicle. This is an air-launched, relatively simple, three-stage launch vehicle of 50 in. diameter driven by a solid propellant rocket motor in each stage. (Courtesy Orbital Sciences Corporation) 4.8. MILITARY MISSILES 149 The figure shows that a practical payload becomes too small for orbits higher than about 1200 km. To lift heavier payloads and to go to higher orbits requires a larger launch vehicle than the Pegasus. Figure 4-16 is based on the assumption of a particular payload separation mechanism (38 in.) and a specific Au vehicle velocity reserve (220 ft/sec), for items such as the normal changes in atmospheric density (which can double the drag) or mass tolerances of the propulsion systems. Similar curves can be provided by the makers of all launch vehicles. 4.8. MILITARY MISSILES The majority of all rocket propulsion systems built today are for military purposes. There is a large variety of missiles and military missions and there- fore many different propulsion systems. All are chemical propulsion systems. They range from simple, small, unguided, fin-stabilized single-stage rocket projectiles (used in air-to-surface missions and surface-to-surface bombard- ment) up to complex, sophisticated, expensive, long-range, multistage ballistic missiles, which are intended for faraway military or strategic targets. The term "surface" means either land surface (ground launch or ground target), ocean surface (ship launched), or below the ocean surface (submarine launched). A tactical missile is used for attacking or defending ground troops, nearby mili- tary or strategic installations, military aircraft, or war missiles. The armed forces also use military satellites for missions such as reconnaissance, early warning of impending attack, secure communication, or navigation. Strategic missiles with a range of 3000 km or more have been two- or three- stage surface-to-surface rocket-propelled missiles. Early designs used liquid propellant rocket engines and some are still in service. Beginning about 30 years ago, newer strategic missiles have used solid propellant rocket motors. Both types usually also have a liquid propellant reaction control system (RCS) for accurately adjusting the final payload flight velocity (in magnitude, direc- tion, and position in space) at the cut-off of the propulsion system of the last stage. A solid propellant RCS version also exists. The flight analysis and bal- listic trajectories of the long-range missiles are similar in many ways to those described for launch vehicles in this chapter. See Fig. 4-9. Solid propellant rocket motors are preferred for most tactical missile mis- sions, because they allow simple logistics and can be launched quickly (Ref. 4-15). If altitudes are low and flight durations are long, such as with a cruise missile, an air-breathing jet engine and a winged vehicle, which provides lift, will usually be more effective than a long-duration rocket. However, a large solid propellant rocket motor is still needed as a booster to launch the cruise missile and bring it up to speed. There are a variety of different tactical mis- sions, resulting in different sized vehicles with different propulsion needs, as explained later in this section and in Ref. 4-15. 150 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE For each of the tactical missile applications, there is an optimum rocket propulsion system and almost all of them use solid propellant rocket motors. For each application there is an optimum total impulse, an optimum thrust- time profile, an optimum nozzle configuration (single or multiple nozzles, with or without thrust vector control, optimum area ratio), optimum chamber pres- sure, and a favored solid propellant grain configuration. Low exhaust plume gas radiation emissions in the visible, infrared or ultraviolet spectrum and certain safety features (making the system insensitive to energy stimuli) can be very important in some of the tactical missile applications; these are dis- cussed in Chapters 12 and 18. Short-range, uncontrolled, unguided, single-stage rocket vehicles, such as military rocket projectiles (ground and air launched) and rescue rockets, are usually quite simple in design. Their general equations of motion are derived in Section 4.3, and a detailed analysis is given in Ref. 4-1. Unguided military rocket-propelled missiles are today produced in larger numbers than any other category of rocket-propelled vehicles. The 2.75 in. diameter, folding fin unguided solid propellant rocket missile has recently been produced in the United States in quantities of almost 250,000 per year. Guided missiles for anti-aircraft, anti-tank, or infantry support have been produced in annual quantities of hundreds and sometimes over a thousand. Table 1-6 lists several guided missiles. Because these rocket projectiles are essentially unguided missiles, the accu- racy of hitting a target depends on the initial aiming and the dispersion induced by uneven drag, wind forces, oscillations, and misalignment of nozzles, body, and fins. Deviations from the intended trajectory are amplified if the projectile is moving at a low initial velocity, because the aerodynamic stability of a projectile with fins is small at low flight speeds. When projectiles are launched from an aircraft at a relatively high initial velocity, or when projectiles are given stability by spinning them on their axis, their accuracy of reaching a target is increased two- to ten-fold, compared to a simple fin-stabilized rocket launched from rest. In guided air-to-air and surface-to-air rocket-propelled missiles the time of flight to a given target, usually called the time to target tt, is an important flight- performance parameter. With the aid of Fig. 4-17 it can be derived in a simplified form by considering the distance traversed by the rocket (called the range) to be the integrated area underneath the velocity-time curve. This simplification assumes no drag, no gravity effect, nearly horizontal flight, a relatively small distance traversed during powered flight compared to the total range, and a linear increase in velocity during powered flight. tt = (4-37) Uo + Up 4.8. MILITARY MISSILES 151 o o > III~I IL / Fre~ fli~, ,t Probable actual curve ""-'~'---.. allowing for drag and Up "~- non-linear change in mass Time to reach target tp Time -I Maximum velocity at burnout of propellant Actual velocity is decreased by drag • . u o tt Velocity of launching aircraft FIGURE 4-17. Simplified trajectory for an unguided, non-maneuvering, air-launched rocket projectile. Solid line shows flight velocity without drag or gravity and dashed curve shows likely actual flight. Here S is the free-flight (unpowered) range, Up is the velocity increase of the rocket during powered flight up to the time of burnout, tp is the time of rocket burning, and u0 is the initial velocity of the launching aircraft. For more accurate values, the velocity increase u0 is the initial velocity of the launching aircraft. For more accurate values, the velocity increase Up is given by Eq. 4-19. More accurate values can only be obtained through a detailed step-to-step trajectory analysis that considers the effects of drag and gravity. In unguided air-launched air-to-air or air-to-surface projectiles the aiming is done by orienting the launching aircraft. In guided missiles (air-to-air, air-to- ground, ground-to-air, or ground-to-incoming-missile) the rocket's thrust direction, thrust magnitude, or thrust pulse timing can be commanded by an intelligent guidance and control system to chase a maneuvering moving target. The guidance system senses the flight path of the target, calculates a predicted impact point, and then controls the flight path of the guided missile to achieve an impact (or near-impact if a proximity fuse is used) with the target. It can also apply to a ground-launched or a satellite-launched antiballistic missile. In both the unguided projectile and the guided missile the hit probability increases as the time to target tt is reduced. In one particular air-to-air combat situation, the effectiveness of the rocket projectile varied approximately inversely as the cube of the time to target. The best results (e.g., best hit probability) are usually achieved when the time to target is as small as practically possible. The analysis of the missile and propulsion configuration that gives the mini- mum time to target over all the likely flight scenarios can be complex. The following rocket propulsion features and parameters will help to reduce the time to target, but their effectiveness will depend on the specific mission, range, guidance and control system, and the particular flight conditions. 152 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 1. High initial thrust or high initial acceleration for the missile to quickly reach a high-initial-powered flight velocity. 2. Application of additional lower thrust to counteract drag and gravity losses and thus maintain a high flight velocity. This can be a single rocket propulsion system that has a short high initial thrust and a smaller (10 to 25%) sustaining thrust of lower duration. It can also be a system that applies discrete pulses of thrust to increase vehicle velocity after drag forces have caused it to diminish, thus maintaining a higher average flight velocity. 3. For higher supersonic flight speeds, a two-stage missile can be more effective. Here the first stage is dropped off after its propellant has been consumed, thus reducing the inert mass of the next stage, and improving its mass ratio and thus its flight velocity increase. 4. If the target is highly maneuverable and if the closing velocity between missile and target is large, it may be necessary not only to provide an axial thrust, but also to apply large side forces or side accelerations to a tactical missile. This can be accomplished either by aerodynamic forces (lifting surfaces or flying at an angle of attack) or by multiple nozzle propulsion systems with variable or pulsing thrusts; the rocket engine then has an axial thruster and several side thrusters. The thrusters have to be so located that all the thrust forces are essentially directed through the center of gravity of the vehicle. The thrusters that provide the side accelerations have also been called divert thrusters, since they divert the vehicle in a direction normal to the axis of flight direction. 5. Drag losses can be reduced if the missile has a large L/D ratio (or a small cross-sectional area) and if the propellant density is high, allowing a smaller missile volume. The drag forces can be high if the missile travels at low altitude and high speed. A unique military application is rocket assisted gun launched projectiles for attaining longer artillery ranges. Their small rocket motors withstand very high accelerations in the gun barrel (5000 to 10,000 go is typical). They are in production. 4.9. AERODYNAMIC EFFECT OF EXHAUST PLUMES The effect of rocket exhaust jets or plumes on the aerodynamic characteristics of a missile is usually to decrease the vehicle drag at supersonic missile speeds and to increase it at subsonic speeds. On subsonic vehicles, a supersonic rocket plume acts very much like an ejector and sucks adjacent air into its path. This affects vehicles where the rocket is located on a tapering aft end. The ejector action of the flame accelerates the adjacent air, thereby increasing the skin friction locally and usually reducing the pressure on the vehicle aft body or base plate near the nozzle exit location. 4.10. FLIGHT STABILITY 153 At supersonic speeds there often is a turbulent wake area with a low local pressure at the aft end of projectile. With the action of a rocket plume, the void space is filled with rocket gases and the pressure on the aft portion of the body is increased. This increases the pressure thrust and thus reduces the base drag. Exhaust plume effects are discussed in Chapter 18. In fact, some artillery munitions and short-range rockets can achieve increased range (by 10 to 50%) by adding a small rocket-type gas generator; its plume fills the void at the base of the projectile with reaction gas at a finite pressure, thus increasing the base pressure of the projectile and reducing the base drag. 4.10. FLIGHT STABILITY Stability of a vehicle is achieved when the vehicle does not rotate or oscillate in flight. Unstable flights are undesirable, because pitch or yaw oscillations increase drag (flying at an angle of attack most of the time) and cause problems with instruments and sensors (target seekers, horizon scanners, sun sensors, or radar). Instability often leads to tumbling (uncontrolled turning) of vehicles, which causes missing of orbit insertion, missing targets, or sloshing of liquid propellant in tanks. Stability can be built in by proper design so that the flying vehicle will be inherently stable, or stability can be obtained by appropriate controls, such as the aerodynamic control surfaces on an airplane, a reaction control system, or hinged multiple rocket nozzles. Flight stability exists when the overturning moments (e.g., those due to a wind gust, thrust misalignment, or wing misalignment) are smaller than the stabilizing moments induced by thrust vector controls or by aerodynamic con- trol surfaces. When the destabilizing moments exceed the stabilizing moments about the center of gravity, the vehicle turns or tumbles. In unguided vehicles, such as low-altitude rocket projectiles, stability of flight in a rectilinear motion is achieved by giving a large stability margin to the vehicle by using tail fins and by locating the center of gravity ahead of the center of aerodynamic pressure. In a vehicle with an active stability control system, a nearly neutral inherent stability is desired, so that the applied control forces are small, thus requiring small control devices, small RCS thrusters, small actuating mechanisms, and struc- tural mass. Neutral stability is achieved by locating aerodynamic surfaces and the mass distribution of the components within the vehicle in such a manner that the center of gravity is only slightly above the center of aerodynamic pressure. Because the aerodynamic moments change with Mach number, the center of pressure does not stay fixed during accelerating flight but shifts, usually along the vehicle axis. The center of gravity also changes its position as propellant is consumed and the vehicle mass decreases. Thus it is usually very difficult to achieve neutral missile stability at all altitudes, speeds, and flight conditions. Stability considerations affect rocket propulsion system design in several ways. By careful nozzle design it is possible to minimize thrust misalignment 154 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE and thus to minimize torques on the vehicle and the reaction control propellant consumption. It is possible to exercise control over the travel of the center of gravity by judicious design. In liquid propellant rockets, special design provi- sions, special tank shapes, and a careful selection of tank location in the vehicle afford this possibility. The designer generally has less freedom in controlling the travel of the center of gravity of solid propellant rockets. By using nozzles at the end of a blast tube, as shown in Fig. 14-6, it is possible to place the solid propellant mass close to the vehicle's center of gravity. Attitude control liquid propellant engines with multiple thrusters have been used satisfactorily to obtain control moments for turning vehicles in several ways, as described in Section 4.6 and in Chapter 6. Unguided rocket projectiles and missiles are often given a roll or rotation by inclined aerodynamic fins or inclined multiple rocket exhaust gas nozzles to improve flight stability and accuracy. This is similar to the rotation given to bullets by spiral-grooved rifles. This spin stability is achieved by gyroscopic effects, where an inclination of the spin axis is resisted by torques. The cen- trifugal effects cause problems in emptying liquid propellant tanks and extra stresses on solid propellant grains. In some applications a low-speed roll is applied not for spin stability but to assure that any effects of thrust vector deviations or aerodynamic shape misalignments are minimized and canceled out. PROBLEMS 1. For a vehicle in gravitationless space, determine the mass ratio necessary to boost the vehicle velocity by 1600 m/sec when the effective exhaust velocity is 2000 m/sec. Answer: 0.449. 2. What is the mass ratio mp/mo for a vehicle that has one-fifth its original takeoff mass at the time of the completion of rocket operation? Answer: 0.80. 3. Determine the burnout velocity and burnout altitude for a dragless projectile with the following parameters for a simplified vertical trajectory: ? = 2209 m/sec; mp/mo - 0.57; tp = 5.0 sec; and u0 = h0 = 0. Answers: Up = 1815 m/sec; hp = 3.89 x 103 m. 4. Assume that this projectile had a drag coefficient essentially similar to the 0 ° curve in Fig. 4-3 and redetermine the answers of Problem 3 and the approximate percen- tage errors in Up and hp. Use a step-by-step method. 5. A research space vehicle in gravity-free and drag-free outer space launches a smaller spacecraft into a meteor shower region. The 2 kg instrument package of this space- craft (25 kg total mass) limits the maximum acceleration to no more than 50 m/sec 2. It is launched by a solid propellant rocket motor (Is = 260 sec and ~ " = 0.88). Determine (a) the maximum allowable burn time, assuming steady propellant mass flow; (b) the maximum velocity relative to the launch vehicle. PROBLEMS 155 (e) Solve for (a) and (b) if half of the total impulse is delivered at the previous propellant mass flow rate, with the other half at 20% of this mass flow rate. 6. For a satellite cruising in a circular orbit at an altitude of 500 km, determine the period of revolution, the flight speed, and the energy expended to bring a unit mass into this orbit. Answers: 1.58 hr, 7613 m/sec, 33.5 MJ/kg. 7. A large ballistic rocket vehicle has the following characteristics: propellant mass flow rate: 12 slugs/sec (1 slug = 32.2 lbm = 14.6 kg); nozzle exit velocity: 7100 ft/sec; nozzle exit pressure: 5 psia (assume no separation); atmospheric pressure: 14.7 psia (sea level); takeoff weight: 12.0 tons (1 ton - 2000 lbf); burning time: 50 sec; nozzle exit area: 400 in. 2. Determine (a) the sea-level thrust; (b) the sea-level effective exhaust velocity; (c) the initial thrust-to-weight ratio; (d) the initial acceleration; (e) the mass inverse ratio mo/mf. Answers: 81,320 lbf; 6775 ft/sec; 3.38; 2.38g0. 8. In Problem 7 compute the altitude and missile velocity at the time of power plant cutoff, neglecting the drag of the atmosphere and assuming a simple vertical tra- jectory. 9. A spherical satellite has 12 identical monopropellant thrust chambers for attitude control with the following performance characteristics: thrust (each unit): 5 lbf; Is (steady state or more than 2 sec); 240 sec; Is (pulsing duration 20 msec): 150 sec; Is (pulsing duration 100 msec): 200 sec; satellite weight: 3500 lbf; satellite diameter: 8 ft; satellite internal density distribution is essentially uniform; disturbing torques, Y- and Z-axes: 0.00005 ft-lbf average; disturbing torque, for X-axis: 0.001 ft-lbf average; distance between thrust chamber axes: 8 ft; maximum allowable satellite pointing position error: 4-1°. Time interval between pulses is 0.030 sec. (a) What would be the maximum and minimum vehicle angular drift per hour if no correction torque were applied? Answers: 0.466 and 0.093 rad. (b) What is the frequency of pulsing action (how often does an engine pair operate?) at 20-msec, 100-msec, and 2-sec pulses in order to correct for angular drift? Discuss which pulsing mode is best and which is impractical. (e) If the satellite was to remain in orbit for 1 year with these same disturbances and had to maintain the accurate positions for 24 hr each day, how much propellant would be required? Discuss the practicality of storing and feeding such propel- lant. 10. For an ideal multistage launch vehicle with several stages, discuss the following: (a) the effect on the ideal mission velocity if the second and third stages are not started immediately but are each allowed to coast for a short period after shutoff and separation of the prior stage before rocket engine start of the next stage; (b) the effect on the mission velocity if an engine malfunctions and delivers a few percent less than the intended thrust but for a longer duration and essentially the full total impulse of that stage. 11. Given a cylindrically shaped space vehicle (D = 1 m, height is 0.7 m, average density is 1.1 g/cm 3) with a flat solar cell panel on an arm (mass of 32 kg, effective moment arm is 1.5 m, effective average area facing normally toward sun is 0.6 m 2) in a set of 156 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE essentially frictionless bearings and in a low orbit at 160 km altitude with sunlight being received, on the average, about 60% of the period: (a) Compute the maximum solar pressure-caused torque and the angular displace- ment this would cause during 1 day if not corrected. (b) Using the data from the atmospheric table in Appendix 2 and an arbitrary average drag coefficient of 1.0 for both the body and the flat plate, compute the drag force and torque. (e) Using stored high-pressure air at 14 × 106 N/m 2 initial pressure as the propel- lant for attitude control, design an attitude control system to periodically correct for these two disturbances (F, Is, t, It, etc.). (d) If the vector of the main thrust rocket of the vehicle (total impulse of 67 × 103N-sec) is misaligned and misses the center of gravity by 2 mm, what correction would be required from the attitude control system? What would need to be done to the attitude control system in c above to correct for this error also? 12. A bullet-shaped toy rocket has a pressurized tank of volume V0, and is partly filled with water (an incompressible liquid) and partly with compressed air at initial pressure of 50 psia and initial ambient temperature To. Assume no water losses during start. Also assume that the ambient air pressure is constant for the altitudes attained by this toy rocket. The empty weight of the toy is 0.30 lbf and it can carry 1.0 lbm of water when the V0 is half-filled with water. Make other assumptions to suit the calculations. (a) What type of nozzle is best for this application? Answer: Converging nozzle. (b) What are the desired nozzle dimensions to assure vertical takeoff with about 0.5 g acceleration? (e) What is the specific impulse of the water at start and near propellant exhaus- tion? (d) What happens if only 50 psia air (no water) is ejected? (e) What is the approximate proportion of water to air volume for maximum altitude? (f) Sketch a simple rocket release and thrust start device and comment on its design and potential problems. (g) About how high will it fly vertically? 13. Determine the payload for a single-stage vehicle in Example 4-3. Compare it with the two-stage vehicle. Answer: 50.7 kg, which is 18.4% of the payload for a two-stage vehicle. 14. Use the data given in Example 4-3, except that the payload is fixed at 250 kg and the Au is not given but has to be determined for both cases, namely equal-sized stages and stages of equal mass ratio. What can be concluded from these results and the results in the example? 15. An airplane that is flying horizontally at a 7000 m altitude, at a speed of 700 km/hr over flat country, releases an unguided missile with four small tail fins for flight stability. Determine the impact location (relative to the release point as projected SYMBOLS 157 onto the earth surface), the impact angle, and the time from release to target. Assume that the drag causes an average of about 8% reduction in flight velocities. 16. An earth satellite is in an elliptical orbit with the perigee at 600 km altitude and an eccentricity of e = 0.866. Determine the parameters of the new satellite trajectory, if a rocket propulsion system is fired in the direction of flight giving an incremental velocity of 200 m/sec (a) when fired at apogee, (b) when fired at perigee, and (c) when fired at perigee, but in the opposite direction, reducing the velocity. 17. A sounding rocket (75 kg mass, 0.25 m diameter) is speeding vertically upward at an altitude of 5000 m and a velocity of 700 m/sec. What is the deceleration in multiples of g due to gravity and drag? (Use CD from Fig. 4-3 and use Appendix 2). 18. A single-stage weather sounding rocket has a take-off mass of 1020 kg, a sea-level initial acceleration of 2.00 g, carries 799 kg of useful propellant, has an average specific gravity of 1.20, a burn duration of 42 sec, a vehicle body shaped like a cylinder with an L/D ratio of 5.00 with a nose cone having a half angle of 12 degrees. Assume the center of gravity does not change during the flight. The vehicle tumbled (rotated in an uncontrolled manner) during the flight and failed to reach its objective. Subsequent evaluation of the design and assembly processes showed that the maximum possible thrust misalignment was 1.05 degrees with a maximum lateral off-set of 1.85 mm. Assembly records show it was 0.7 degrees and 1.1 mm for this vehicle. Since the propellant flow rate was essentially constant, the thrust at altitude cutoff was 16.0% larger than at take-off. Determine the maximum torque applied by the thrust at start and at cutoff. Then determine the approximate max- imum angle through which the vehicle will rotate during powered flight, assuming no drag. Discuss the result. SYMBOLS a A b B ¢ CD Q d D C e E F Fj F0 major axis of ellipse, m, or acceleration, m/see 2 (ft/sec 2) area, m 2 minor axis of ellipse, m numerical value of drag integral effective exhaust velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) average effective exhaust velocity, m/sec drag coefficient lift coefficient total derivative drag force, N (lbf) eccentricity of ellipse, e = v/1 -b2/a 2 base of natural logarithm (2.71828) energy, J thrust force, N (lbf) final thrust, N Gravitational attraction force, N initial thrust force, N 158 FLIGHT PERFORMANCE g go g G h Is kd k~ l L m mf mp mo rh M~ n P f R Ro S l tp t t T U l,l a Up UO W gravitational acceration, m/sec 2 gravitational acceleration at sea level, 9.8066 m/sec 2 average gravitational attraction, m/secZ universal or Newton's gravity constant, 6.6700 x 1011 m 3/kg-sec 2 altitude, m altitude of rocket at power cutoff, m specific impulse, sec diffuse coefficient of reflectivity specular coefficient of reflectivity distance of moment arm, m lift force, N (lbf) instantaneous mass, kg (lbm) final mass after rocket operation, kg propellant mass, kg initial launching mass, kg mass flow rate of propellant, kg/sec angular moment of inertia, kg-m 2 mass ratio of vehicle- mf/mo number of stages pressure, N/m 2 or Pa (psi) radius, m, or distance between the centers of two attracting masses, m instantaneous radius from vehicle to center of Earth, m Effective earth radius, 6.3742 x 106 m range, m time, see time from launching to power cutoff or time from propulsion start to thrust termination, sec time to target, sec torque, N-m (ft-lbf) vehicle flight velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) orbital velocity at apogee, m/sec velocity at power cutoff, m/sec, or orbital velocity at perigee, m/sec initial or launching velocity, m/sec weight, N (in some problems, lbf) Greek Letters angle of attack, or angular acceleration, angle/sec 2 propellant mass fraction (~"- mp/mo) angle between flight direction and horizontal, or angle of incident radiation, deg or rad gravity constant for earth, 3.98600 x 1014 m3/sec 2 mass density, kg/m 3 period of revolution, sec 7, O9 angle of thrust direction with horizontal angular speed, deg/sec (rad/sec) Subscri e f max P S Z 0 pts escape condition final condition at rocket thrust termination maximum power cutoff or propulsion termination satellite zenith initial condition or takeoff condition REFERENCES 159 REFERENCES 4-1. 4-2. 4-3. 4-4. 4-5. 4-6. 4-7. 4-8. 4-9. 4-10. 4-11. 4-12. 4-13. 4-14. 4-15. 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They require a knowledge of the composition of the hot rocket gas and the properties of the propellant reaction products, such as their combus- tion temperature T1, average molecular mass 9J~, the specific heat ratio or the enthalpy change (hl-h2). This chapter discusses several theoretical approaches to determine these thermochemical properties for a given composi- tion of propellant, chamber pressure, nozzle shape, and nozzle exit pressure. This then allows the determination of performance parameters, such as theo- retical specific impulse or exhaust velocity values for chemical rockets. By knowing the calculated gas temperature, pressure, and gas composition (e.g., whether reducing or oxidizing species) it is possible to calculate other gas properties. This knowledge also allows a more intelligent analysis and selection of materials for chamber and nozzle structures. Heat transfer analyses require the determination of the specific heats, thermal conductivity, and specific heat ratio for the gas mixture. The calculated exhaust gas composition forms the basis for estimating environmental effects, such as the potential spreading of a toxic cloud near a launch site, as discussed in Chapter 20. The exhaust gas parameters also form the basis for the analysis of exhaust plumes (Chapter 18) or flames external to the nozzle. With the advent of digital computers it has been possible to solve the set of equations involving mass balance, energy balance, or thermodynamic and che- mical equilibria of complex systems with a variety of propellant ingredients. This chapter is intended to introduce the basic approach to this theoretical analysis, so the reader can understand the thermodynamic and chemical basis of the several computer programs that are in use today. This chapter does not 160 5.1. BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS 161 describe any specific computer analysis programs. However, it discusses which of the physical phenomena or chemical reactions can or cannot be adequately simulated by computer analysis. The reader is referred to Refs. 5-1 to 5-5 for general chemical and thermo- dynamic background and principles. For a detailed description of the properties of each of the possible reactant and reaction products, see Refs. 5-6 to 5-12. All of these theoretical analyses are only approximations of what really happens in rocket combustion and nozzle flow, and they all require some simplifying assumptions. As more of the different phenomena are understood and mathematically simulated, the analysis approach and the computer imple- mentation become more sophisticated, but also more complex. The 11 assump- tions made in Section 3.1 for an ideal rocket are valid here also, but only for a quasi-one-dimensional flow. However, some of the more sophisticated analyses can make one or more of these assumptions unnecessary. The analysis is usually divided into two somewhat separate sets of calculations: 1. The combustion process is the first part. It usually occurs in the combus- tion chamber at essentially constant chamber pressure (isobaric) and the resulting gases follow Dalton's law. The chemical reactions or the com- bustions occur very rapidly. The chamber volume is assumed to be large enough and the residence time in the chamber long enough for attaining chemical equilibrium in the chamber. 2. The nozzle gas expansion process constitutes the second set of calcula- tions. The fully reacted, equilibrated gas combustion products enter the nozzle and undergo an adiabatic expansion in the nozzle. The entropy remains constant during a reversible (isentropic) nozzle expansion, but in real nozzle flows it increases slightly. The principal chemical reactions occur inside the combustion chamber of a liquid propellant rocket engine or inside the grain cavity of a solid propellant rocket motor, usually within a short distance from the burning surface. These chamber combustion analyses are discussed further in Chapters 9 and 13. However, some chemical reactions also occur in the nozzle as the gases expand; the composition of the reaction products can therefore change in the nozzle, as described in this chapter. A further set of chemical reactions can occur in the exhaust plume outside the nozzle, as described in Chapter 18; many of the same basic thermochemical analysis approaches described in this chapter also apply to exhaust plumes. 5.1. BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS The principle of chemical reaction or combustion of one or more fuels with one or more oxidizing reactants is the basis of chemical rocket propulsion. The heat 162 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS liberated in this reaction transforms the propellants (reactants) into hot gas- eous reaction products, which in turn are thermodynamically expanded in a nozzle to produce thrust. The chemical reactants or propellants can initially be either liquid or solid and occasionally also gaseous. The reaction products are usually gaseous, but with some propellants one or more reactant species remain in the solid or liquid phase. For example, with aluminized solid propellants, the chamber reaction gases contain liquid aluminum oxide and the colder gases in the nozzle exhaust contain solid, condensed aluminum oxide particles. For some of the chemical species, therefore, the analysis must consider as many as all three phases and the energy changes for the phase transitions must be included. If the amount of solid or liquid in the exhaust is small and the particles are small, then to assume a perfect gas introduces only small errors. It is necessary to accurately know the chemical composition of the propel- lants and their relative proportion. In liquid propellant this means the mixture ratio and the major propellant impurities; in gelled or slurried liquid propel- lants it also includes suspended or dissolved solid materials; and in solid pro- pellants it means all the ingredients, their proportions and impurities and phase (some ingredients, such as plasticizers, can be in a liquid state). Dalton's law applies to the gas resulting from the combustion. It states that a mixture of gases at equilibrium exerts a pressure that is the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases, all at the same temperature. The subscripts a, b, c, etc. refer to individual gas constituents. P--Pa +Pb +Pc +"" T-Ta-Tb-T~="" (5-1) (5-2) The perfect gas equation p V = RT applies very closely to high temperature gases. Here V is the specific volume or the volume per unit mass of gas mixture, and the gas constant R for the mixture is obtained by dividing the universal gas constant R' (8314.3 J/kg-mol-K) by the average molecular mass 93/(often erro- neously called the molecular weight) of the gas mixture. Using Dalton's law, Eq. 5-1 can be rewritten p -- RaT/V a 4- RbT/V b -Jr- RcT/V~ + .... R'T/(gY~Vmix) (5-3) The volumetric proportions of gas species in a gas mixture are determined from the molar concentration or molar fractions, nj, expressed as kg-mol for a parti- cular species j per kg of mixture. If n is the total number of kg-mol of species j per kilogram of uniform gas mixture, then j=m n-y~t~ j=l (5-4) 5.1. BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS 163 where nj is the kg-mol of species j per kilogram of mixture, m is the number of different gaseous species present in the equilibrium combustion gas products. The effective average molecular mass 93/ of a gas mixture is then Ej , .j There are n possible species which enter into the relationship and of these only m are gases, so n- m represents the number of condensed species. The molar specific heat for a gas mixture at constant pressure Cp can be determined from the individual gas molar fractions nj and their molar specific heats as shown by Eq. 5-6. The specific heat ratio k of the mixture can be determined by a similar summation or from Eq. 5-7. (Cp)mix _ zjm=l nj(Cp)j (5--6) Ej m, nj (Cp)mix (5-7) kmix - (Cp)mi -- R' When a chemical reaction goes to completion, that is, all of the reactants are consumed and transformed into reaction products, the reactants are in stoichio- metric proportions. For example, consider this reaction: H 2 +102 + H20 (5--8) All the hydrogen and oxygen are fully consumed to form the single product-- water vapor--without any reactant residue of either hydrogen or oxygen. In this case it requires 1 mol of the H 2 and ½ mole of the O2 to obtain 1 mol of H20. On a mass basis this stoichiometric mixture requires half of 32.0 kg of O2 and 2 kg of H2, which are in the stoichiometric mixture mass ratio of 8:1. The release of energy per unit mass of propellant mixture and the combustion temperature are highest at or near the stoichiometric mixture. Rocket propulsion systems usually do not operate with the proportion of their oxidizer and fuel in the stoichiometric mixture ratio. Instead, they usually operate fuel-rich because this allows lightweight molecules such as hydrogen to remain unreacted; this reduces the average molecular mass of the reaction products, which in turn increases the specific impulse (see Eq. 3-16). For rock- ets using H 2 and O2 propellants the best operating mixture mass ratio for high- performance rocket engines is typically between 4.5 and 6.0, not at the stoi- chiometric value of 8.0. 164 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Equation 5-8 is a reversible chemical reaction; by adding energy to the H20 the reaction can be made to go backward to create H2 and O2 and the arrow in the equation would be reversed. The decompositions of solid propellants into reaction product gases are irreversible chemical reactions, as is the reaction of liquid propellants burning to create gases. However, reactions among combus- tion product gases are usually reversible. Chemical equilibrium exists in reversible chemical reactions when the rate of forming products is exactly equal to the reverse reaction of forming reactants from the products. Once this equilibrium is reached, no further changes in concentration can take place. In Equation 5-8 all three gases would be present and their relative proportions would depend on the pressure, temperature, and initial mixture. The heat of formation AfH ° is the energy released (or absorbed), or the value of enthalpy change, when 1 mole of a chemical compound is formed from its constituent atoms or elements at 1 bar (100,000 Pa) and isothermally at 298.15 K or 25°C. The A implies that it is an energy change. The subscript f refers to formation and the superscript 0 means that each product or reactant substance is at its thermodynamic standard state and at the reference pressure and temperature. By convention, the heat of formation of the gaseous elements (e.g., H2, O2, Ar, Xe, etc.) is set to zero at these standard conditions of tem- perature and pressure. Typical values of AuH ° and other properties are given in Table 5-1 for selected species. When heat is absorbed in the formation of a product, then AfH ° has a negative value. Earlier analyses have been made with the standard temperature at other values, such as 273.15 K and a slightly higher standard reference pressure of 1 atm (101,325 Pa). The heat of reaction ArH ° is the energy released or absorbed when products are formed from its reactants at standard reference conditions, namely at 1 bar and 25°C. The heat of reaction can be negative or positive, depending on whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic. The heat of reaction at other temperatures or pressures has to be corrected in accordance with the change in enthalpy. When a species changes from one state to another (e.g., liquid becomes gas or vice versa), it may lose or gain energy. In most rocket propulsion the heat of reaction is determined for a constant-pressure combus- tion process. In general the heat of reaction can be determined from sums of the heats of formation of the products and the reactants, namely Ar HO - Z[nj(Af HO)j]product s -- E[nj(Af HO)j]reactants (5-9) Here nj is the molar fraction of each particular species j. In a typical rocket propellant there are a number of different chemical reactions going on simul- taneously; Equation 5-9 provides the heat of reaction for all of these simulta- neous reactions. For data on heats of formation and heats of reaction, see Refs. 5-7 to 5-13. TABLE 5-1. Chemical Thermodynamic Properties of Selected Substances at 298.15 K (25°C) and 0.1 MPa (1 bar) Molar Mass AfH ° AfG ° log KU S O Substance Phase (g/mol) (kJ/mol) (kJ/mol) (J/mol-K) G (J/mol-K) Al(crystal) s 29.9815 0 0 0 28.275 A1203 1 101.9612 -1620.567 -1532.025 268.404 67.298 C (graphite) s 12.011 0 0 0 5.740 CH 4 g 16.0476 -74.873 -50.768 8.894 186.251 CO g 28.0106 -110.527 -137.163 24.030 197.653 CO2 g 44.010 -393.522 -394.389 69.095 213.795 H 2 g 2.01583 0 0 0 130.680 HC1 g 36.4610 -92.312 -95.300 16.696 186.901 HF g 20.0063 -272.546 -274.646 48.117 172.780 H20 1 18.01528 -285.830 -237.141 41.546 69.950 H20 g 18.01528 -241.826 -228.582 40.047 188.834 NzH 4 1 32.0451 +50.626 149.440 -28.181 121.544 NzH 4 g 32.0451 +95.353 +159.232 -27.897 238.719 NH4C10 4 s 117.485 -295.767 -88.607 15.524 184.180 C1F5 g 130.4450 -238.488 -146.725 25.706 310.739 C1F3 g 92.442 -158.866 -118.877 20.827 281.600 N20 4 1 92.011 -19.564 +97.521 -17.085 209.198 N20 4 g 92.011 9.079 97.787 -17.132 304.376 NO 2 g 46.0055 33.095 51.258 -8.980 240.034 HNO3 g 63.0128 -134.306 -73.941 12.954 266.400 N 2 g 28.0134 0 0 0 191.609 O2 g 31.9988 0 0 0 205.147 NH3 g 17.0305 -45.898 -16.367 2.867 192.774 24.204 79.015 8.517 35.639 29.142 37.129 28.836 29.136 29.138 75.351 33.590 98.840 50.813 128.072 97.165 63.845 142.509 77.256 36.974 53.326 29.125 29.376 35.652 s = solid, 1 = liquid, g = gas. Several species are listed twice, as a liquid and as a gas; the difference is due to evaporation or condensation. _..x o~ The molar mass can be in g/g-mol or kg/kg-mol and Cp can be in J/g-mol-K or kJ/kg-mol-K. Source: Refs. 5-8 and 5-9. 166 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Various thermodynamic criteria that represent the necessary and sufficient conditions for an equilibrium to be stable were first advanced by J. W. Gibbs early in the 20th century; they are based on minimizing the free energy. The Gibbs free energy G (often called the chemical potential) is a convenient derived function or property of the state of a chemical material describing its thermo- dynamic potential and is directly related to the internal energy U, the pressure p, molar volume V, enthalpy h, temperature T, and entropy S. For a single species j the free energy is defined as Gj; it can be determined for specific thermodynamic conditions, for mixtures of gas as well as an individual gas species. G-- U + p V- TS = h- TS (5-10) For most materials used as rocket propellant the free energy has been deter- mined and tabulated as a function of temperature. It can be corrected for pressure. Its units are J/kg-mol. For a series of different species the mixture free energy G is G - £ Gjnj (5-11) j=l The free energy is a function of temperature and pressure. It is another prop- erty of a material, just like enthalpy or density; only two such independent parameters are required to characterize a gas condition. The free energy may be thought of as the tendency or driving force for a chemical material to enter into a chemical (or physical) change. Although it cannot be measured directly, differences in chemical potential can be measured. When the chemical potential of the reactants is higher than that of the likely products, a chemical reaction can occur and the chemical composition can change. The change in free energy AG for reactions at constant temperature and pressure is the chemical potential of the products less that of the reactants. m n AG- Z[nj(AfGO)j]products- Z[nj(AfGO)j]reactants (5--12) j--1 j=l Here the superscript m gives the number of gas species in the combustion products, the superscript n gives the number of gas species in the reactants, and the A G represents the maximum energy that can be "freed" to do work on an "open" system where mass enters and leaves the system. At equilibrium the free energy is a minimum; at its minimum a small change in mixture fractions causes almost no change in A G and the free energies of the products and the reactants are essentially equal. Then d Aa/dn = 0 (5-13) 5.1. BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS 167 and a curve of molar concentration n versus AG would have a minimum. If reacting propellants are liquid or solid materials, energy will be needed to change phase, vaporize them, or break them down into other gaseous species. This energy has to be subtracted from the heat or the energy available to heat the gases from the reference temperature to the combustion temperature. Therefore, the values of AH ° and AG o for liquid and solid species are different from those of the same species in a gaseous state. The standard free energy of formation AfG ° is the increment in free energy associated with the reaction of forming a given compound or species from its elements at their reference state. Table 5-2 gives values of AuH ° and AfG ° and other properties of carbon monoxide as a function of temperature. Similar data for other species can be obtained from Refs. 5-7 and 5-13. The entropy is another thermodynamic property of matter that is relative, which means that it is determined as a change in entropy. In the analysis of isentropic nozzle flow, it is assumed that the entropy remains constant. It is defined as dU pdV dT @ dS - --f + --f- - Cp -f - R-- (5-14) P and the corresponding integral is T p S - So - Cp ln-m- - R ln-- 10 P0 (5-15) where the zero applies to the reference state. In an isentropic process, entropy is constant. For a mixture the entropy is TABLE 5-2. Variation of Thermochemical Data with Temperature for Carbon Monoxide (CO) as an Ideal Gas Temp Cp ° S O H ° - H ° (T) Af H ° Af G O (K) (J/mol-K) (kJ/mol) (kJ/mol) log Kf 0 0 0 -8.671 -113.805 -113.805 298.15 29.142 197.653 0 -110.527 -137.163 500 29.794 212.831 5.931 -110.003 -155.414 1000 33.183 234.538 21.690 -111.983 -200.275 1500 35.217 248.426 38.850 -115.229 -243.740 2000 36.250 258.714 56.744 -118.896 -286.034 2500 36.838 266.854 74.985 -122.994 -327.356 3000 37.217 273.605 93.504 -127.457 -367.816 3500 37.493 279.364 112.185 -132.313 -407.497 4000 37.715 284.386 130.989 -137.537 -446.457 (30 24.030 16.236 10.461 8.488 7.470 6.840 6.404 6.082 5.830 Source: Refs. 5-8 and 5-9. 168 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS S - ~ Sjnj (5-16) j=l Here entropy is in J/kg-mol-K. The entropy for each gaseous species is Sj - (S°r)j - Rln nj - Rlnp (5-17) n For solid and liquid species the last two terms are zero. Here (S ° ) refers to the standard state entropy at temperature T. Typical values for entropy are listed in Tables 5-1 and 5-2. When a chemical reaction is in equilibrium, an equilibrium constant has been devised which relates the partial pressures and the molar fractions of the spe- cies. For example, in the general reaction aA + b B ~ cC + dD (5-18) a, b, c, and d are the stoichiometric molar concentration coefficients of the chemical molecules (or atoms) A, B, C, and D. The equilibrium constant K, when expressed as partial pressures, is a function of temperature. -- PcPaDpoC-d+a+b (5--19) Kp -- P~AP~ Here P0 is the reference pressure. All pressures are in bars or 10 5 Pa. When a + b = c + d, then Kp is independent of pressure. This condition is not valid for a reaction like Eq. 5-8. In this case the pressure increase will drive the equilibrium reaction into the direction of fewer moles and in the direction of absorbing heat if the temperature is increased. For Eq. 5-8 the hydrogen and oxygen equilibrium relation would be Kp = PH20 -1+1+0.5 (5__.20) p. p; po The equilibrium constant can also be expressed as a function of the molar fractions nj because each partial pressure p,, is equal to the actual pressure p at which the reaction occurs multiplied by its molar fraction (pj = pnj). From Equation 5-19 the equilibrium constant K can also be expressed as The equilibrium constant for the chemical formation of a given species from its elements is Kf. Typical values of Kf are shown in Tables 5-1 and 5-2. The free 5.2. ANALYSIS OF CHAMBER OR MOTOR CASE CONDITIONS 169 energy and the equilibrium constant for the formation of a particular species at standard conditions from its atomic elements are related, namely A G o - -RT In KU (5-22) Equations 5-19, 5-20, and 5-22 are often used together with mass balance and energy balance relations to solve the simultaneous equations; the equili- brium constant K is primarily used when chemical compounds are formed from their elements. 5.2. ANALYSIS OF CHAMBER OR MOTOR CASE CONDITIONS The objectives here are to determine the theoretical combustion temperature and the theoretical composition of the resulting reaction products, which in turn will allow the determination of the physical properties of the combustion gases (Cp, k, or p). Before we can make this analysis, some basic data (e.g., propellants, their ingredients, desired chamber pressure, or all likely reaction products) have to be known or postulated. Although the combustion process really consists of a series of different chemical reactions that occur almost simultaneously and includes the breakdown of chemical compounds into inter- mediate and subsequently into final products, the analysis is only concerned with the initial and final conditions, before and after combustion. We will mention several approaches to the analysis of chamber conditions. In this section we will first give some definitions of key terms and explain some con- cepts and principles. The first principle concerns the conservation of energy. The heat created by the combustion is equal to the heat necessary to raise the resulting gases adiabatically to their final combustion temperature. The heat of reaction of the combustion ArH has to equal the enthalpy change AH of the gases. The energy balance can be thought of as a two-step process. The chemical reaction occurs instantaneously but isothermally at the reference temperature, and the resulting energy release then heats the gases from this reference tem- perature to the final combustion temperature. The heat of reaction is iTl n ArM -- nj Cp dT - ~ njAh#l w' (5-23) Zref 1 Tref 1 Here Ah is the increase in enthalpy for each species multiplied by its molar fraction, and Cp is the molar specific heat at constant pressure. The second principle is the conservation of mass. The mass of any of the atomic species present in the reactants before the chemical reaction must be equal to the mass of the same species in the products. This can be illustrated by 170 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS a more general case of the reaction of Equation 5-8. In this case the reactants are not in stoichiometric proportion. In the combustion of hydrogen with oxygen it is possible to form six pro- ducts: water, hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl, atomic oxygen, and atomic hydro- gen. In this case all the reactants and products are gaseous. Theoretically, there could be two additional products: ozone O3 and hydrogen peroxide H202; however, these are unstable materials that do not readily exist at high tempera- ture, and they can be ignored. In chemical notation this can be stated by all2 + bO2 ~ nH20H20 + nH2H2 + n0202 + noO + nHH + noHOH (5--24) The left side shows the condition before and the right side after the reaction. Since H 2 and 02 can be found on both sides, it means that not all of these species are consumed and a portion, namely nil2 and no2, will remain unreacted. With chemical equilibrium at a particular temperature and pressure the molar concentrations on the right side will remain fixed. Here a, b, nH20, nil2, no2, no, nil, and nOH are the respective molar fractions or molar quantities of these substances before and after the reaction, and they can be expressed in kg-mol per kilogram of propellant reactants or reaction products. The initial proportions of a and b are usually known. The number of kg-mol per kilogram of mixture of each element can be established from this initial mix of oxidizer and fuel ingredients. For the hydrogen-oxygen relation above, the mass bal- ances would be for hydrogen: 2a - 2nH20 + 2nil2 +nH + nOH / for oxygen" 2b - nil20 + 2n02 + no + nou / (5-25) The mass balance of Eq. 5-25 provides two more equations for this reaction (one for each atomic species) in addition to the energy balance equation. There are six unknown product percentages and an unknown combustion or equili- brium temperature. However, three equations provide a solution for only three unknowns, say the combustion temperature and the molar fractions of two of the species. If, for example, it is known that the initial mass mixture ratio of b/a is fuel rich, so that the combustion temperature will be relatively low, the percentage of remaining O2 and the percentage of the dissociation products (O, H, and OH) would all be very low and can be neglected. Thus no, nil, nOH, and no2 are set to be zero. The solution requires knowledge of the enthalpy change of each of the species, and that information can be obtained from existing tables, such as Table 5-2 or Refs. 5-8 and 5-9. In more general form, the mass for any given element must be the same before and after the reaction. The number of kg-mol of a given element per kilogram of reactants and product is equal, or their difference is zero. For any one atomic species, such as the H or the O in Eq. 5-25, 5.2. ANALYSIS OF CHAMBER OR MOTOR CASE CONDITIONS 171 E a n ]pro ucts E ai ,, ]prope,ants (5-26) Here the atomic coefficients aij are the number of kilogram atoms of element i per kg-mol of species j, and m and n are as defined above. The average mole- cular mass of the products in Eq. 5-5 would be 93/- 2nil2 + 32no2 + 18nH20 + 16no + nH+ 17non (5--27) //H2 -'[- no2 --{- nHzO 4- no 4- nH 4- nOH Another way to determine the molar fractions for the equilibrium composition is to use a factor 2 that represents the degree of advancement of the chemical reaction. This factor 2 has the value of zero for the initial conditions before the reaction starts and 1.0 for the final conditions, when the reaction is completed and all the reaction gases are converted to product gases. For the reaction described by Eq. 5-24, 2 can be used in this way: Number of moles of A: n A - a2 Number of moles of B: nB = b2 Number of moles of C: nc = c(1 - 2) Number of moles of D: no = d(1 -2) (5-28) (5-29) By substituting these molar fractions into the Gibbs free energy equation (Eq. 5-12), then differentiating the expression with respect to 2 and setting the derivative dG/d2 = 0, one can determine the value of 2 at which G is a mini- mum for the gas mixture. The degree of advancement 2 then determines the values of nA, nB, nc, and nD at equilibrium. The approach used in Ref. 5-13 is commonly used today for thermochemi- cal analysis. It relies on the minimization of the Gibbs free energy and on mass balance and energy balance equations. As was explained in Eq. 5-12, the change in the Gibbs free energy function is zero at equilibrium (AG = 0): the chemical potential of the gaseous propellants has to equal that of the gaseous reaction products, which is Eq. 5-12: AG -- ~(njAGj)products -- Z(njAaj)reactants -- 0 (5-30) To assist in solving this equation a Lagrangian multiplier or a factor of the degree of the completion of the reaction is often used. An alternative method for solving for the gas composition, temperature, and gas properties is to use the energy balance (Eq. 5-23) together with several mass balances (Eq. 5-26) and equilibrium relationships (Eq. 5-21). After assuming a chamber pressure and setting up the energy balance, mass balances, and equilibrium relations, one method of solving all the equations is 172 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS to estimate a combustion temperature and then solve for the various values of nj. Then a balance has to be achieved between the heat of reaction ArH ° and the heat absorbed by the gases, H ° - H °, to go from the reference temperature to the combustion temperature. If they do not balance, another value of the combustion temperature is chosen until there is convergence and the energy balances. The energy release efficiency, sometimes called the combustion efficiency, can now be defined as the ratio of the actual change in enthalpy per unit propellant mixture to the calculated change in enthalpy necessary to transform the pro- pellants from the initial conditions to the products at the chamber temperature and pressure. The actual enthalpy change can be evaluated if the initial pro- pellant condition and the actual composition and the temperature of the com- bustion gases are measured. Experimental measurements of combustion temperature and gas composition are difficult to perform accurately, and the combustion efficiency is therefore actually evaluated only in rare instances. The combustion efficiency in liquid propellant rocket thrust chambers depends on the method of injection and mixing and increases with increased combustion temperature. In solid propellants the combustion efficiency is a function of the grain design, the propellant, and the degree of mixing between the several solid constituents. Actual measurements on well designed rocket propulsion systems indicate efficiency values of 94 to 99%. These high values indicate that the combustion is essentially complete, that very little, if any, unreacted propellant remains, and that chemical equilibrium is indeed established. The number of compounds or species in the exhaust can be 50 or more with solid propellants or with liquid propellants that have certain additives. The number of nearly simultaneous chemical reactions that have to be considered can easily exceed 150. Fortunately, many of these chemical species are present only in very small amounts and can usually be neglected. 5.3. ANALYSIS OF NOZZLE EXPANSION PROCESSES There are several methods for analyzing the nozzle flow, depending on the assumptions made for chemical equilibrium, nozzle expansion, particulates, or energy losses. Several are outlined in Table 5-3. Once the gases reach the nozzle, they experience an adiabatic, reversible expansion process which is accompanied by a drop in temperature and pressure and a conversion of thermal energy into kinetic energy. Several increasingly more complicated methods have been used for the analysis of the process. For the simple case of frozen equilibrium and one-dimensional flow the state of the gas throughout expansion in the nozzle is fixed by the entropy of the system, which is presumed to be invariant as the pressure is reduced to the value assigned to the nozzle exit plane. All the assumptions listed in Chapter 3 for an ideal rocket are also valid here. Again, the effects of friction, divergence angle, heat exchange, shock waves, or nonequilibrium are neglected in the 5.3. ANALYSIS OF NOZZLE EXPANSION PROCESSES 173 simple cases, but are considered in the more sophisticated solutions. The con- densed (liquid or solid) phases are again assumed to have zero volume and to be in kinetic as well as thermal equilibrium with the gas flow. This implies that particles or droplets are very small in size, move at the same velocity as the gas stream, and have the same temperature as the gas at all places in the nozzle. The chemical equilibrium during expansion in the nozzle can be analytically regarded in the following ways: 1. When the composition is invariant throughout the nozzle, there are no chemical reactions or phase changes and the product composition at the nozzle exit is identical to that of its chamber condition. The results are known as frozen equilibrium rocket performance. This method usually is simple, but underestimates the performance, typically by 1 to 4%. 2. Instantaneous chemical equilibrium among all molecular species is maintained under the continuously variable pressure and temperature conditions of the nozzle expansion process. Thus the product composi- tion shifts; similarly, instantaneous chemical reactions, phase changes or equilibria occur between gaseous and condensed phases of all species in the exhaust gas. The results so calculated are called shifting equilibrium performance. The gas composition mass percentages are different in the chamber and the nozzle exit. This method usually overstates the perfor- mance values, such as c or Is, typically by 1 to 4%. Here the analysis is more complex. 3. The chemical reactions do not occur instantaneously, but even though the reactions occur rapidly they require a finite time. The reaction rates of specific reactions can be estimated; the rates are usually a function of temperature, the magnitude of deviation from the equilibrium molar composition, and the nature of the chemicals or reactions involved. The values of T, c, or Is for these types of equilibrium analysis usually are between those of frozen and instantaneously shifting equilibria. This approach is almost never used, because of the lack of good data on reaction rates with multiple simultaneous chemical reactions. For an axisymmetric nozzle, both one- and two-dimensional analyses can be used. The simplest nozzle flow analysis is one-dimensional, which means that all velocities and temperatures or pressures are equal at any normal cross section of an axisymmetric nozzle. It is often satisfactory for preliminary esti- mates. In a two-dimensional analysis the velocity, temperature, density, and/or Mach number do not have a flat profile and vary somewhat over the cross sections. For nozzle shapes that are not bodies of revolution (e.g., rectangular, scarfed, or elliptic) a three-dimensional analysis can be performed. If solid particles or liquid droplets are present in the nozzle flow and if the particles are larger than about 0.1 lam average diameter, there will be a thermal lag and velocity lag. The solid particles or liquid droplets do not expand like a 174 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TABLE 5-3. Typical Steps and Alternatives in the Analysis of Rocket Thermochemical Processes in Nozzles Step Process Method/Implication/Assumption Nozzle inlet condition Nozzle expansion Same as chamber exit; need to know T1, Pl, Vl, H, c, Pl, etc. An adiabatic process, where flow is accelerated and thermal energy is converted into kinetic energy. Temperature and pressure drop drastically. Several different analyses have been used with different specific effects. Can use one-, two-, or three-dimensional flow pattern. For simpler analyses assume the flow to be uniformly mixed and steady. 1. Simplest method is inviscid isentropic expansion flow with constant entropy. 2. Include internal weak shock waves; no longer a truly isentropic process. 3. If solid particles are present, they will create drag, thermal lag, and a hotter exhaust gas. Must assume an average particle size and optical surface properties of the particulates. Flow is no longer isentropic. 4. Include viscous boundary layer effects and/or non-uniform velocity profile. Often a simple single correction factor is used with one-dimensional analyses to correct the nozzle exit condition for items 2, 3, and/or 4 above. Computational fluid dynamic codes with finite element analyses have been used with two- and three-dimensional nozzle flow. Chemical equilibrium during nozzle expansion Due to rapid decrease in T and p, the equilibrium composition can change from that in the chamber. The four processes listed in the next column allow progressively more realistic simulation and require more sophisticated techniques. 1. Frozen equilibrium; no change in gas composition; usually gives low performance. 2. Shifting equilibrium or instantaneous change in composition; usually overstates the performance slightly. 3. Use reaction time rate analysis to estimate the time to reach equilibrium for each of the several chemical reactions; some rate constants are not well known; analysis is more complex. 4. Use different equilibrium analysis for boundary layer and main inviscid flow; will have nonuniform gas temperature, composition, and velocity profiles. 5.3. ANALYSIS OF NOZZLE EXPANSION PROCESSES 175 TABLE 5-3. (Cont&ued) Step Process Method/Implication/Assumption Heat release in nozzle Nozzle shape and size Recombination of dissociated molecules (e.g., H + H = H2) and exothermic reactions due to changes in equilibrium composition cause an internal heating of the expanding gases. Particulates release heat to the gas. Can use straight cone, bell-shaped, or other nozzle contour; bell can give slightly lower losses. Make correction for divergence losses and nonuniformity of velocity profile. Gas properties Nozzle exit conditions The relationships governing the behavior of the gases apply to both nozzle and chamber conditions. As gases cool in expansion, some species may condense. Will depend on the assumptions made above for chemical equilibrium, nozzle expansion, and nozzle shape/contour. Assume no jet separation. Determine velocity profile and the pressure profile at the nozzle exit plane. If pressure is not uniform across a section it will have some cross flow. Calculate specific Can be determined for different impulse altitudes, pressure ratios, mixture ratios, nozzle area ratios, etc. Heat released in subsonic portion of nozzle will increase the exit velocity. Heating in the supersonic flow portion of nozzle can increase the exit temperature but reduce the exit Mach number. Must know or assume a particular nozzle configuration. Calculate bell contour by method of characteristics. Use Eq. 3-34 for divergence losses in conical nozzle. Most analysis programs are one- or two-dimensional. Unsymmetrical non-round nozzles may need three- dimensional analysis. Either use perfect gas laws or, if some of the gas species come close to being condensed, use real gas properties. Need to know the nozzle area ratio or nozzle pressure ratio. For quasi- one-dimensional and uniform nozzle flow, see Eqs. 3-25 and 3- 26. If v2 is not constant over the exit area, determine effective average values of v2 and P2. Then calculate profiles of T, p, etc. For nonuniform velocity profile, the solution requires an iterative approach. Can calculate the gas conditions (T, p, etc.) at any point in the nozzle. Can be determined for average values of v2, P2, and P3 based on Eqs. 2-6, 3-35, and/or 2-14. 176 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS gas; their temperature decrease depends on losing energy by convection or radiation, and their velocity depends on the drag forces exerted on the particle. Larger-diameter droplets or particles are not accelerated as rapidly as the smaller ones and flow at a velocity lower than that of the adjacent accelerating gas. Also, the particulates are hotter than the gas and provide heat to the gas. While these particles contribute to the momentum of the exhaust mass, they are not as efficient as an all-gaseous exhaust flow. For composite solid propellants with aluminum oxide particles in the exhaust gas, the loss due to particles could typically be 1 to 3%. The analysis of a two- or three-phase flow requires knowledge of or an assumption about the nongaseous matter, the sizes (dia- meters), size distribution, shape (usually assumed to be spherical), optical sur- face properties (for determining the emission/absorption or scattering of radiant energy), and their condensation or freezing temperatures. Some of these parameters are not well known. Performance estimates of flows with particles are explained in Section 3-5. The viscous boundary layer next to the nozzle wall has velocities substan- tially lower than that of the inviscid free stream. The slowing down of the gas flow near the wall due to the viscous drag actually causes the conversion of kinetic energy into thermal energy, and thus some parts of the boundary layer can be hotter than the local free-stream static temperature. A diagram of a two- dimensional boundary layer is shown in Figure 3-16. With turbulence this boundary layer can be relatively thick in large-diameter nozzles. The boundary layer is also dependent on the axial pressure gradient in the nozzle, the nozzle geometry, particularly in the throat region, the surface roughness, or the heat losses to the nozzle walls. Today, theoretical boundary layer analyses with unsteady flow are only approximations, but are expected to improve in the future as our understanding of the phenomena and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are validated. The net effect is a nonuniform velocity and temperature profile, an irreversible friction process in the viscous layers, and therefore an increase in entropy and a slight reduction (usually less than 5%) of the kinetic exhaust energy. The slower moving layers adjacent to the nozzle walls have laminar and subsonic flow. At the high combustion temperatures a small portion of the combustion gas molecules dissociate (split into simpler species); in this dissociation process some energy is absorbed. When energy is released during reassociation (at lower pressures and temperatures in the nozzle), this reduces the kinetic energy of the exhaust gas at the nozzle exit. This is discussed further in the next section. For propellants that yield only gaseous products, extra energy is released in the nozzle, primarily from the recombination of free-radical and atomic spe- cies, which become unstable as the temperature is decreased in the nozzle expansion process. Some propellant products include species that condense as the temperature drops in the nozzle expansion. If the heat release on con- densation is large, the difference between frozen and shifting equilibrium per- formance can be substantial. 5.3. ANALYSIS OF NOZZLE EXPANSION PROCESSES 177 In the simplest method the exit temperature T2 is determined for an isen- tropic process (frozen equilibrium) by considering the entropy to be constant. The entropy at the exit is the same as the entropy in the chamber. This deter- mines the temperature at the exit and thus the gas condition at the exit. From the corresponding change in enthalpy it is then possible to obtain the exhaust velocity and the specific impulse. For those analysis methods where the nozzle flow is not really isentropic and the expansion process is only partly reversible, it is necessary to include the losses due to friction, shock waves, turbulence, and so on. The result is a somewhat higher average nozzle exit temperature and a slight loss in Is. A possible set of steps used for the analysis of nozzle processes is given in Table 5-3. When the contraction between the combustion chamber (or the port area) and the throat area is small (Ap/A t < 3), the acceleration of the gases in the chamber causes a drop in the effective chamber pressure at the nozzle entrance. This pressure loss in the chamber causes a slight reduction of the values of c and Is. The analysis of this chamber configuration is treated in Ref. 5-14 and some data are briefly shown in Tables 3-2 and 6-4. Example 5-1. Various experiments have been conducted with a liquid monopropellant called nitromethane (CH3NO2), which can be decomposed into gaseous reaction pro- ducts. Determine the values of T, 9Jl, k, c, CF, and Is using the water-gas equilibrium conditions. Assume no dissociations and no 02. SOLUTION. The chemical reaction for 1 mol of reactant can be described as 1.0 CH3NO 2 --+ ncoCO + t/co 2 CO 2 -}- nn2H 2 + HHxoH20 q-- nN2N 2 Neglect other minor products. The mass balances are obtained for each atomic element. C 1-nco+nco ~ H 3 - 2nil, +2nn,o O 2 -- nco+ 2nc% + nH20 N 1 -- 2nN2 or nN2 = 0.5 The reaction commonly known as the water-gas reaction is H 2 + CO 2 ~ H20 + CO Its equilibrium constant K, expressed as molar concentrations, is a function of tempera- ture. K - RH2ORCO RH 2 HCO2 The five equations above have six unknowns: namely, the five molar concentrations and K, which is a function of temperature. Solving for nn2 and K: 178 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS (K- 1)n22 + (3 - K/2)n. 2 - 2.25 K can be obtained from a table of the water-gas reaction as a function of temperature. Try T -- 2500 K and K - 6.440 and substitute above. 5.440ni2_i2 -- 0.220nH2 -- 2.25 -- 0 then nil2 -- 0.664 nH20 -- 1.500 -- nil2 -- 0.836 riCO2 -- 0.164 nco -- 0.836 The heats of formation AuH ° for the various species are listed in the table below [from the JANAF thermochemical tables (Refs. 5-7 and 5-9)]. The heat of reaction is obtained from Eq. 5-9 in kilojoules per mole. By definition, the heat of formation of H 2 or N 2 is zero. From Eq. 5-9, Ar HO -- Z(rtAfH)products -- (AfH0)reactant - 0.836(-241.8) + 0.164(-393.5) + 0.836(-110.5) - 1.0(-113.1) = -246 kJ/mol The enthalpy change of the gases going from the reference conditions to the combustion temperature can also be obtained from tables in Refs. 5-7 and 5-8 and is again listed below. Molecular Species AfH ° Ah 25°° Weight nj N2 0 74.296 28 0.500 H20 -241.826 99.108 18 0.836 H2 0 70.498 2 0.664 CO -110.53 74.985 28 0.836 CO2 -393.522 121.917 44 0.164 CH3NO2 - 113.1 61 1.000 The gas enthalpy change of the hot gas in the combustion chamber is numerically equal to the heat of formation. Using data from the table, A Lt2500 1"298 = Z njAhj -- 249.5 kJ/mol This is not identical to the 246 kJ/mol obtained previously, and therefore a lower tem- perature is to be tried. After one or two iterations the final combustion temperature of 2470 K will be found where the heat of reaction balances the enthalpy rise. The above- mentioned composition will be approximately the same at the new temperature. The molecular weight can then be obtained from Eq. 5-5: 5.4. COMPUTER ANALYSIS 17'9 Z.p~ Z~ 28 x 0.5 + 18 x 0.836 + 2 x 0.664 +28 x 0.836 +44 x 0.164 2 x (0.836) + 0.664 + 0.164 + 0.500 = 20.3 The specific heat varies with temperature, and average specific heat values gp obtained from each species by integrating can be 2470 98 cpdT .[2480 dT Values of gp can be obtained from tables in Ref. 5-7 and, if not done by computer, the integration can be done graphically. The result is gp = 41,440 kJ/K-kg-mol/20.3 = 2040 kJ/kg-K The specific heat ratio is, from Eq. 5-7, k - Cp = 41,440 = 1.25 Cp-R' 41440-8314 With 931, k, and T1 now determined, the ideal performance of a nitromethane rocket engine can be established from Eqs. 3-16, 3-30, and 3-32 for Pl = 69atm and P2 -- 1.0 atm. The results are c -- 1525 m/sec CF = 1.57 (from Fig. 3-6) c -- 1.57 × 1525 = 2394 m/sec Is = 2394/9.80 = 244 sec 5.4. COMPUTER ANALYSIS All the analysis discussed in this chapter is done today by computer programs. Most are based on minimizing the free energy. This is a simpler approach than relying on equilibrium constants, which was used some years ago. Once the values of nj and T1 are determined, it is possible to calculate the molecular mass of the gases (Eq. 5-5), the average molar specific heats Cp by a similar formula, and the specific heat ratio k from Eqs. 3-6 and 5-7. This then char- acterizes the thermodynamic conditions in the combustion chamber. With these data we can calculate c, R, and other parameters of the chamber com- bustion. The nozzle expansion process simulated by computer gives the per- formance (such as Is, c, or Az/At) and the gas conditions in the nozzle; it usually includes several of the corrections mentioned in Chapter 3. Programs exist for one-, two-, and three-dimensional flow patterns. 180 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS More sophisticated solutions include a supplementary analysis of combus- tion chamber conditions where the chamber velocities are high (see Ref. 5-14), a boundary layer analysis, a heat transfer analysis, or a two-dimensional axi- symmetric flow with nonuniform flow properties across any cross section of the nozzle. Time-dependent chemical reactions in the chamber are usually neglected, but they can be analyzed by estimating the time rate at which the reaction occurs; one way is to calculate the time derivative of the degree of advancement d2/dt and then to set this derivative to zero. This is described in Ref. 5-3. An example of a commonly used computer program, based on chemical equilibrium compositions, was developed at the NASA Lewis Laboratory. It is described in Ref. 5-13, Vols. 1 and 2. The key assumptions for this program are one-dimensional forms of the continuity, energy, and momen- tum equations, zero velocity at the forward end of the chamber, isentropic expansion in the nozzle, using ideal gas laws, and chemical equilibrium in the combustion chamber. It includes options to use frozen equilibrium and narrow chambers (for liquid propellant combustion) or port areas with small cross sections (for solid propellant grains), where the chamber flow velocities are high, causing an extra pressure loss and a slight loss in performance. Table 5-4 shows calculated data for a liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen thrust chamber taken from an example of this reference. It has shifting equilibrium in the nozzle flow. The narrow chamber has a cross section that is only a little larger than the throat area. The large pressure drop in the chamber (approxi- mately 126 psi) is due to the energy needed to accelerate the gas, as discussed in Section 3.3 and Table 3-2. 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS Voluminous results of these machine calculations are available and only a few samples are indicated here to illustrate typical effects of the variations of various parameters. In general, high specific impulse or high values of c can be obtained if the average molecular weight of the reaction products is low (usually this implies a formulation rich in hydrogen) or if the available chemi- cal energy (heat of reaction) is large, which means high combustion tempera- tures (see Eq. 3-16). Values of calculated specific impulse will be higher than those obtained from firing actual propellants in rocket units. In practice it has been found that the experimental values are, in general, 3 to 12% lower than those calculated by the method explained in this chapter. Because the nozzle inefficiencies explained in Chapter 3 must be considered, only a portion of this correction (perhaps 1 to 4%) is due to combustion inefficiencies. Figures 5-1 to 5-6 indicate the results of performance calculations for the liquid propellant combination, liquid oxygen-RP-1. These data are taken from TABLE 5-4. Calculated Parameters for Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engine for Four Different Nozzle Expansions Chamber pressure at injector 773.3 psia or 53.317 bar; c = 2332.1 m/sec; shifting equilibrium nozzle flow mixture ratio O2/H2 = 5.551; chamber to throat area ratio A1/At = 1.580. Parameters Location Injector face Comb. end Throat Exit Exit Exit Exit Pinj/P 1.00 1.195 1.886 10.000 100.000 282.15 709.71 T (K) 3389 3346 3184 2569 1786 1468 1219 9J~ (molec. mass) 12.7 12.7 12.8 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.2 k (spec. heat ratio) 1.14 1.14 1.15 1.17 1.22 1.24 1.26 Cp (spec. heat, kJ/kg-K) 8.284 8.250 7.530 4.986 3.457 3.224 3.042 M (Mach number) 0.00 0.413 1.000 2.105 3.289 3.848 4.379 Az/At 1.580 ~ 1.580 a 1.000 2.227 11.52 25.00 50.00 c (m/sec) NA NA 2879 b 3485 4150 4348 4487 ~ U 2 (m/sec) NA NA 1537 h 2922 3859 4124 4309 Mole fractions of gas mixture H 0.03390 0.03336 0.02747 0.00893 0.00024 0.00002 0.00000 HO 2 0.00002 0.00001 0.00001 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 H 2 0.29410 0.29384 0.29358 0.29659 0.30037 0.30050 0.30052 H20 0.63643 0.63858 0.65337 0.68952 0.69935 0.69948 0.69948 H20 2 0.00001 0.00001 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 O 0.00214 0.00204 0.00130 0.00009 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 OH 0.03162 0.03045 0.02314 0.00477 0.00004 0.00000 0.00000 O2 0.00179 0.00172 0.00113 0.00009 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 aChamber contraction ratio A1/At. bIf cut off at throat. c is the effective exhaust velocity in a vacuum. ..x v2 is the nozzle exit velocity at optimum nozzle expansion. NA means not applicable. 182 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 1850- 1800 - l,¢) E £ 1750- 1700 - 4000 CJ 3oo .e 280 ~ 260 ~ 3000 g 6000-,- N 5900- ~ ~ 58oo- ~ ~ 570O- 2000-- 5600- 5500~ Pl = 1000 psia Liquid oxygen/RP-1 (CH ,.9s3 ) I ' 1 P2= 14696psia F ,.~./~~ V Specific impulse' Ishifting Specific impulse, frozen Nozzle exit temperature, shifting --- , I t >--- C, shifting -- --~ ~ ~. -- -~ ~ ~1 /"~'~ t ,rozen t --2/ __z l ~ 1 - / ~ Molecular mass, chamber //'X ] Molecular mass nozzle exit ---J f ~ \ I , I ' , 1000/" ~--- N°zzle e~it tempeFature' frl°zen 0 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Mixture ratio (oxidizer/fuel) e- l o FIGURE 5--1. Calculated performance analysis of liquid oxygen and hydrocarbon fuel as a function of mixture ratio. Refs. 5-7 and 5-8. The RP-1 fuel is a narrow-cut hydrocarbon similar to kerosene with an average of 1.953 mol of hydrogen for each mole of carbon; thus it has a nominal formula of CH1.953. The calculation is limited to a chamber pressure of 1000psia. Most of the curves are for optimum area ratio expansion to atmospheric pressure, namely, 1 atm or 14.696 psia, and a limited range of oxidizer-to-fuel mixture ratios. For maximum specific impulse, Figs. 5-1 and 5-4 show an optimum mixture ratio of approximately 2.3 (kg/sec of oxidizer flow divided by kg/sec of fuel flow) for frozen equilibrium expansion and 2.5 for shifting equilibrium with gas expansion to sea level pressure. The maximum values of c are at slightly different mixture ratios. This optimum mixture ratio is not the value for high- est temperature, which is usually fairly close to the stoichiometric value. The stoichiometric mixture ratio is more than 3.0; much of the carbon is burned to CO2 and almost all of the hydrogen to H20. 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 183 1 L i ~ 1 f Pl = 1000 psia 45 ~ --lLiquid oxygen-RP-l(CH ~.9s3 )J I CO 40 ~ ao .~ 25 ~ 20 8 • ,-H, , j, • . 15 10 5j 0 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Mixture ratio (oxidizer/fuel) FIGURE 5--2. Calculated chamber gas composition for liquid oxygen and hydrocarbon fuel as a function of mixture ratio. Aggressive gases, such as O2, O, or OH, can cause oxidation of the wall materials in the chamber and the nozzle. Because shifting equilibrium makes more enthalpy available for conversion to kinetic energy, it gives higher values of performance (higher I~ or c) and higher values of nozzle exit temperature for the same exit pressure (see Fig. 5- 1). The influence of mixture ratio on chamber gas composition is evident from Fig. 5-2. A comparison with Fig. 5-3 indicates the marked changes in the gas composition as the gases are expanded under shifting equilibrium conditions. The influence of the degree of expansion, or of the nozzle exit pressure on the gas composition, is shown in Fig. 5-6. As the gases are expanded to higher area ratios and lower exit pressure (or higher pressure ratios) the performance increases; however, the relative increase diminishes as the pressure ratio is further increased (see Figs. 5-5 and 5-6). Dissociation of molecules requires considerable energy and causes a decrease in the combustion temperature, which in turn can reduce the specific impulse. 1114 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 40 35 Pl = 1000 psia Liquid oxygen-RP-I (CH ~.9s3 ) D_ = 14 ROR n~in "E 30 x.. 0 E 25 E .£ 0 o. 20 E 0 0 45 15 10 0 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Mixture ratio (oxidizer/fuel1 FIGURE 5-3. Calculated nozzle exit gas composition for shifting equilibrium condi- tions as a function of mixture ratio. Breakdown into O, OH, or H and free O2 occurs only at the higher temperatures or higher mixture ratios. Dissociation of the reaction products increases as the chamber temperature rises, and decreases with increasing chamber pressure. Atoms or radicals such as monatomic O or H and OH are formed, as can be seen from Fig. 5- 2; some unreacted O2 also remains at the higher mixture ratios and very high combustion temperatures. As the gases are cooled in the nozzle expansion, the dissociated species react again to form molecules and release heat into the flowing gases. As can be seen from Fig. 5-3, only a small percentage of dis- sociated species persists at the nozzle exit and only at the high mixture ratio, where the exit temperature is relatively high. (See Fig. 5-1 for exit temperatures with shifting equilibria). Heat released in a supersonic flow actually reduces the Mach number. Results of calculations for several different liquid and solid propellant com- binations are given in Tables 5-5 and 5-6. For the liquid propellant combina- tions, the listed mixture ratios are optimum and their performance is a 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 185 340 320 Eao0 .Q 28O e~ E 26O °~ U U ~ 24o 220 20O I .L' i,, p l/P 2 = 2000 p l lp 2 = 400 "x . p/p2 = 100 p,/p2,= 34.02 ~. | - pllp2= 10 \ >"-- I P' =.1000 psia ' [----' 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Mixture ratio (oxidizer/fuel) FIGURE 5-4. Variation of theoretical specific impulse with mixture ratio and pressure ratio, calculated for frozen equilibrium. maximum. For solid propellants, practical considerations (such as propellant physical properties) do not always permit the development of a satisfactory propellant grain when the ingredients are mixed in optimum performance proportions (insufficient binder); therefore the values listed for solid propel- lants in Table 5-6 correspond in part to practical formulations with reasonable physical and ballistic properties. Calculated data obtained from Ref. 5-13 are presented in Tables 5-7 to 5-9 for a specific solid propellant to indicate typical variations in performance or gas composition. This particular propellant consists of 60% ammonium per- chlorate (NH4C104), 20% pure aluminum powder, and 20% of an organic polymer of an assumed chemical composition, namely, C3.]ON0.84Hs. 8. Table 5-7 shows the variation of several performance parameters with different chamber pressures expanding to atmospheric exit pressure. The area ratios listed are optimum for this expansion with shifting equilibrium. The exit enthalpy, exit entropy, thrust coefficient, and the specific impulse also consider shifting equilibrium conditions. The characteristic velocity c and the chamber molecular mass are functions of chamber conditions only. Table 5-8 shows the variation of gas composition with chamber pressure. Some of the reaction products are in the liquid phase, such as A120 3. Table 5-9 shows the variation of nozzle exit characteristics and composition for shifting equilibria as a func- 200 100 80 60 40 o 20 10 8 oo Thrust oL 2000 Specific impulse, shifting [ [ ] & ' ' ' impulse, frozen .Thrust coefficient, Area ratio, shifting ratio, frozen Ill -Nozzle exit temperature, shifting exit temperature, frozen Mixture ratio = 2.20 P2 = P3 Liquid oxygen- RP- 1 (CH ,.953 ) I000 600 400 200 100 60 40 20 I0 6 4 2 Pressure ratio, p lip2 4200 3600 3OOO 2400 • 2.4 =; 3 1800 ~ 1.8 1200 1.2 ~ I-- 600 0.6 0 0.0 FIGURE 5-5. Variation of calculated parameters with pressure ratio for liquid oxygen-hydrocarbon propellant at a mixture ratio of 2.20. An increase in pressure ratio is due to an increase in chamber pressure, a decrease of nozzle exit pressure (larger area ratio and higher altitude), or both. 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 187 42 36 30 E 8 o[ IIIIIII 2000 I(XX) 600 400 200 100 60 40 20 10 6 4 2 1 Pressure ratio, pl/P2 FIGURE 5--6. Variation of exhaust gas composition at nozzle exit with pressure ratio at a fixed mixture ratio and for shifting equilibrium. For frozen equilibrium the composi- tion would be the same as in the chamber, as shown in Fig. 5-2. tion of exit pressure or pressure ratio for a fixed value of chamber pressure. Table 5-9 shows how the composition is shifted during expansion in the nozzle and how several of the species present in the chamber have disappeared at the nozzle exit. These three tables show theoretical results calculated on a compu- ter; some of the thermodynamic properties of the reactants and reaction pro- ducts probably do not warrant the indicated high accuracy of five significant figures which are obtained from the computer. In the analysis for chemical ingredients of this solid propellant, approximately 76 additional reaction pro- ducts were considered in addition to the major product species. This includes, for example, CN, CH, CC1, C1, NO, and so on. Their calculated mole fractions were very small and therefore they have been neglected and are not included in Table 5-8 or 5-9. Calculations of this type are useful in estimating performance (Is, c, CF, ~, etc.) for a particular chamber pressure and nozzle exit pressure, and knowledge of the gas composition, as indicated by the previous figures and tables, permits a more detailed estimate of other design parameters, such as gas-film properties for heat transfer determination, radiation characteristics of the flame inside and outside the thrust chambers, and the acoustic characteristics of the gases. Performance data calculated for hybrid propellants are presented briefly in Chapter 15. TABLE 5-5. Theoretical Performance of Liquid Rocket Propellant Combinations Oo Mixture Ratio Oxidizer Fuel By Mass By Volume Average Chamber Chamber Specific Temp. c Gravity (K) (m/sec) (kg/mol) I s (sec) Shifting Frozen Oxygen Methane 3.20 1.19 0.81 3526 3.00 1.11 0.80 3526 Hydrazine 0.74 0.66 1.06 3285 0.90 0.80 1.07 3404 Hydrogen 3.40 0.21 0.26 2959 4.02 0.25 0.28 2999 RP-1 2.24 1.59 1.01 3571 2.56 1.82 1.02 3677 UDMH 1.39 0.96 0.96 3542 1.65 1.14 0.98 3594 Fluorine Hydrazine 1.83 1.22 1.29 4553 2.30 1.54 1.31 4713 Hydrogen 4.54 0.21 0.33 3080 7.60 0.35 0.45 3900 Nitrogen Hydrazine 1.08 0.75 1.20 3258 tetroxide 1.34 0.93 1.22 3152 50% UDMH- 1.62 1.01 1.18 3242 50% hydrazine 2.00 1.24 1.21 3372 RP-1 3.4 1.05 1.23 3290 MMH 2.15 1.30 1.20 3396 1.65 1.00 1.16 3200 Red fuming RP-1 4.1 2.12 1.35 3175 nitric acid 4.8 2.48 1.33 3230 50% UDMH- 1.73 1.00 1.23 2997 50% hydrazine 2.20 1.26 1.27 3172 Hydrogen peroxide (90%) RP-1 7.0 4.01 1.29 2760 1835 1853 1871 1892 2428 2432 1774 1800 1835 1864 2128 2208 2534 2549 1765 1782 1652 1711 1747 1591 1594 1609 1682 1701 18.3 19.3 8.9 10.0 21.9 23.3 19.8 21.3 18.5 19.4 8.9 11.8 19.5 20.9 21.0 22.6 24.1 22.3 21.7 24.6 25.8 20.6 22.4 21.7 311 296 301 313 386 389.5 285.4 300 295 310 334 365 389 410 283 292 278 289 297 289 278 258 269 272 279 297 1.25 1.26 1.24 1.25 1.33 1.33 1.26 1.24 1.23 1.23 1.22 1.22 1.19 Notes: Combustion chamber pressure--1000 psia (6895 kN/m2); nozzle exit pressure--14.7 psia (1 atm); optimum expansion. Adiabatic combustion and isentropic expansion of ideal gas The specific gravity at the boiling point was used for those oxidizers or fuels that boil below 20°C at 1 atm pressure. Mixture ratios are for approximate maximum value of Is. 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 189 TABLE 5-6. Theoretical Performance of Typical Solid Rocket Propellant Combinations Oxidizer Fuel Pb Tl c 9J~ I s (g/cm3) a (K) (m/sec)b(kg/kg-mol) (sec) b Ammonium 11% binder and 1.51 1282 1209 20.1 192 1.26 nitrate 7% additives Ammonium 18% organic 1.69 2816 1590 25.0 262 1.21 perchlorate polymer binder 78-66% and 4-20% aluminum Ammonium 12% polymer 1.74 3371 1577 29.3 266 1.17 perchlorate binder and 4 to 84 to 68% 20% aluminum a Average specific gravity of solid propellant. b Conditions for Is and c: Combustion chamber pressure: 1000 psia Nozzle exit pressure: 14.7 psia Optimum nozzle expansion ratio Frozen equilibrium In gas generators and preburners (see Section 10.5), for staged combustion cycle rocket engines (explained in Section 6.5) the gas temperatures are much lower, to avoid damage to the turbine blades. Typically, the combustion reac- tion gases are at 900 to 1200 K, which is lower than the gas in the thrust chamber (2900 to 3600 K). The thermochemical analysis of this chapter can also be applied to gas generators; the results (such as gas temperature T1, the specific heat Cp, specific heat ratio k, or composition) are used for estimating turbine inlet conditions or turbine power. Examples are listed in Table 5-10 for a chamber pressure of 1000 psia. Some species in the gases will not be present (such as atomic oxygen or hydroxyl), and often real gas properties will need to be used because some of these gases do not behave as a perfect gas at these temperatures. TABLE 5-7. Variation of Calculated Performance Parameters for an Aluminized Ammonium Perchlorate Propellant as a Function of Chamber Pressure for Expansion to Sea Level (1 atm) with Shifting Equilibrium Chamber pressure (psia) Chamber pressure (atm) or pressure ratio Pl/P2 Chamber temperature (K) Nozzle exit temperature (K) Chamber enthalpy (cal/g) Exit enthalpy (cal/g) Entropy (cal/g-K) Chamber molecular mass (kg/mol) Exit molecular mass (kg/mol) Exit Mach number Specific heat ratio--chamber, k Specific impulse, vacuum (sec) Specific impulse, sea level expansion (sec) Characteristic velocity, c (m/sec) Nozzle area ratio, Az/At a Thrust coefficient, CF a 1500 1000 750 500 200 102.07 68.046 51.034 34.023 13.609 3346.9 3322.7 3304.2 3276.6 3207.7 2007.7 2135.6 2226.8 2327.0 2433.6 -572.17 -572.17 -572.17 -572.17 -572.17 - 1382.19 - 1325.15 - 1282.42 - 1219.8 - 1071.2 2.1826 2.2101 2.2297 2.2574 2.320 29.303 29.215 29.149 29.050 28.908 29.879 29.853 29.820 29. 763 29. 668 3.20 3.00 2.86 2.89 2.32 1.1369 1.1351 1.1337 1.1318 1.1272 287.4 280.1 274.6 265.7 242.4 265.5 256.0 248.6 237.3 208.4 1532 1529 1527 1525 1517 14.297 10.541 8.507 8.531 6.300 1.700 1.641 1.596 1.597 1.529 aAt optimum expansion. 5.5. RESULTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 191 TABLE 5-8. Mole Fraction Variation of Chamber Gas Composition with Combustion Chamber Pressure for a Solid Propellant Pressure (psia) 1500 1000 750 500 Pressure (atm) or 102.07 68.046 51.034 34.023 pressure ratio Ingredient A1 0.00007 0.00009 0.00010 0.00012 A1C1 0.00454 0.00499 0.00530 0.00572 A1CI2 0.00181 0.00167 0.00157 0.00142 A1C13 0.00029 0.00023 0.00019 0.00015 A1H 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 A10 0.00007 0.00009 0.00011 0.00013 A1OC1 0.00086 0.00095 0.00102 0.00112 A1OH 0.00029 0.00032 0.00034 0.00036 A1OzH 0.00024 0.00026 0.00028 0.00031 A120 0.00003 0.00004 0.00004 0.00005 A1203 (solid) 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1203 (liquid) 0.09425 0.09378 0.09343 0.09293 CO 0.22434 0.22374 0.22328 0.22259 COC1 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 CO2 0.00785 0.00790 0.00793 0.00799 C1 0.00541 0.00620 0.00681 0.00772 C12 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 H 0.02197 0.02525 0.02776 0.03157 HC1 0.12021 0.11900 0.11808 0.11668 HCN 0.00003 0.00002 0.00001 0.00001 HCO 0.00003 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 H2 0.32599 0.32380 0.32215 0.31968 H20 0.08960 0.08937 0.08916 0.08886 NH 2 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00000 NH 3 0.00004 0.00003 0.00002 0.00001 NO 0.00019 0.00021 0.00023 0.00025 N 2 0.09910 0.09886 0.09867 0.09839 O 0.00010 0.00014 0.00016 0.00021 OH 0.00262 0.00297 0.00324 0.00364 02 0.00001 0.00001 0.00002 0.00002 200 13.609 0.00018 0.00655 0.00112 0.00009 0.00002 0.00019 0.00132 0.00041 0.00036 0.00006 0.00000 0.09178 0.22085 0.00000 0.00810 0.01002 0.00001 0.04125 0.11321 0.00000 0.00001 0.31362 0.08787 0.00000 0.00001 0.00030 0.09767 0.00036 0.00458 0.000O4 TABLE 5-9. Calculated Variation of Thermodynamic Properties and Exit Gas Composition for an Aluminized Perchlorate Propellant with Pl = 1500 psia and Various Exit Pressures at Shifting Equilibrium and Optimum Expansion Chamber Throat Nozzle Exit Pressure (atm) 102.07 58.860 2.000 1.000 0.5103 0.2552 0.1276 Pressure (MPa) 10.556 5.964 0.2064 0.1032 0.0527 0.0264 0.0132 Nozzle area ratio > 0.2 1.000 3.471 14.297 23.972 41.111 70.888 Temperature (K) 3346.9 3147.3 2228.5 2007.7 1806.9 1616.4 1443.1 Ratio chamber pressure/local pressure 1.000 1.7341 51.034 102.07 200.00 400.00 800.00 Molecular mass (kg/mol) 29.303 29.453 29.843 29.879 29.894 29.899 29.900 Composition (tool %) A1 0.00007 0.00003 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1C1 0.00454 0.00284 0.00014 0.00008 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1C12 0.00181 0.00120 0.00002 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 AIC13 0.00029 0.00023 0.00002 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1OC1 0.00086 0.00055 0.00001 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1OH 0.00029 0.00016 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A102 H 0.00024 0.00013 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A120 0.00003 0.00001 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 A1203 (solid) 0.00000 0.00000 0.09955 0.09969 0.09974 0.09976 0.09976 A1203 (liquid) 0.09425 0.09608 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 CO 0.22434 0.22511 0.22553 0.22416 0.22008 0.21824 0.21671 CO2 0.00785 0.00787 0.00994 0.01126 0.01220 0.01548 0.01885 C1 0.00541 0.00441 0.00074 0.00028 0.00009 0.00002 0.00000 H 0.02197 0.01722 0.00258 0.00095 0.00030 0.00007 0.00001 HC1 0.12021 0.12505 0.13635 0.13707 0.13734 0.13743 0.13746 H 2 0.32599 0.33067 0.34403 0.34630 0.34842 0.35288 0.35442 H20 0.08960 0.08704 0.08091 0.07967 0.07796 0.07551 0.07214 NO 0.00019 0.00011 0.00001 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 N 2 0.09910 0.09950 0.10048 0.10058 0.10063 0.10064 0.10065 O 0.00010 0.00005 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 OH 0.00262 0.00172 0.00009 0.00005 0.00002 0.00000 0.00000 PROBLEMS 193 TABLE 5-10. Typical Gas Characteristics for Fuel-rich Liquid Propellant Gas Generators Propellant T1 (K) k Gas Oxidizer- Specific Constant R to-fuel heat Cp (ft-lbf/lbm-R) ratio (kcal/kg-K) Liquid oxygen and liquid 900 1.370 421 0.919 1.99 liquid hydrogen 1050 1.357 375 1.065 1.85 1200 1.338 347 1.208 1.78 Liquid oxygen and 900 1.101 45.5 0.322 0.639 kerosene 1050 1.127 55.3 0.423 0.654 1200 1.148 64.0 0.516 0.662 Nitrogen tetroxide and 1050 1.420 87.8 0.126 0.386 dimethyl hydrazine 1200 1.420 99.9 0.274 0.434 PROBLEMS 1. Explain the physical or chemical reasons for a maximum value of specific impulse at a particular mixture ratio of oxidizer to fuel. 2. Explain why, in Table 5-8, the relative proportion of monatomic hydrogen and monatonic oxygen changes markedly with different chamber pressures and exit pressures. 3. This chapter contains several charts for the performance of liquid oxygen and RP-1 hydrocarbon fuel. By mistake the next shipment of cryogenic oxidizer contains at least 15% liquid nitrogen. Explain what general trends should be expected in the results of the next test in the performance values, the composition of the exhaust gas under chamber and nozzle conditions, and the optimum mixture ratio. 4. A mixture of perfect gases consists of 3 kg of carbon monoxide and 1.5kg of nitrogen at a pressure of 0.1 MPa and a temperature of 298.15 K. Using Table 5- 1, find (a) the effective molecular mass of the mixture, (b) its gas constant, (c) specific heat ratio, (d) partial pressures, and (e) density. Answers: (a) 28 kg/kg-mol, (b) 297 J/kg-K, (c) 1.40, (d) 0.0666 and 0.0333 MPa, (e) 1.13 kg/m 3. 5. Using information from Table 5-2, plot the value of the specific heat ratio for carbon monoxide (CO) as a function of temperature. Notice the trend of this curve; it is typical of the temperature behavior of other diatomic gases. Answers: k = 1.28 at 3500 K, 1.30 at 2000 K, 1.39 at 500 K. 6. Modify and tabulate two entries in Table 5-5 for operation in the vacuum of space, namely oxygen/hydrogen and nitrogen tetroxide/hydrazine. Assume the data in the table represents the design condition. 194 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 7. The figures in this chapter show several parameters and gas compositions of liquid oxygen burning with RP-1, which is a kerosene-type material. For a mixture ratio of 2.0, use the compositions to verify the molecular mass in the chamber and the specific impulse (frozen equilibrium flow in nozzle) in Fig. 5-1. SYMBOLS (Symbols referring to chemical elements, compounds, or mathematical opera- tors are not included in this list.) a At ¢ Cp c; go G AIG ° oj AH AHj Ar HO zxjg ° h Is k Ks m rh nj P R R' S T U 13 V number of kilogram atoms throat area, m 2 characteristic velocity, m/sec specific heat per unit mass, J/kg-K molar specific heat at constant pressure of gas mixture, J/kg-mol-K acceleration of gravity at sea level, 9.8066 m/sec 2 Gibbs free energy for a propellant combustion gas mixture, J/kg change in free energy of formation at 298.15 K and 1 bar free energy for a particular species j, J/kg overall enthalpy change, J/kg or J/kg-mol enthalpy change for a particular species j, J/kg heat of reaction at reference 298.15 K and 1 bar, J/kg heat of formation at reference 298.15 K and 1 bar, J/kg enthalpy for a particular species, J/kg or J/kg-mol specific impulse, N-sec3/kg;m 2 (lbf-sec/lbm) specific heat ratio equilibrium constant when a compound is formed from its elements equilibrium constant as a function of molar fractions equilibrium constant as a function of partial pressure number of gaseous species mass flow rate, kg/sec molecular mass (also called molecular weight) of gas mixture, kg/mol total number of species or moles per unit mass (kg-mol/kg) of mixture mole fraction or volume percent of species j, kg-mol/kg-mixture pressure of gas mixture, N/m 2 gas constant, J/kg-K universal gas constant, 8314.3 J/kg mol-K entropy, J/kg mol-K absolute temperature, K internal energy, J/kg-mol gas velocity, m/sec specific volume, m 3/kg REFERENCES 195 Greek Letters nozzle exit area ratio (exit/throat area) Lagrange multiplier, or factor for the degree of advancement of a chemical reaction density, kg/m 3 Subscripts a,b c,d i J mix ref 1 2 3 molar fractions of reactant species A or B molar fractions of product species C or D atomic species in a specific propellant constituents or species in reactants or products mixture of gases at reference condition (also superscript 0) chamber condition nozzle exit condition ambient atmospheric condition REFERENCES 5-1. 5-2. 5-3. 5-4. 5-5. 5--6. 5-7. 5-8. 5-9. F. Van Zeggeren and S. H. Storey, The Computation of Chemical Equilibria, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1970. S. S. Penner, Thermodynamics for Scientists and Engineers, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1968. S. I. Sandler, Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, 656 pages. M. W. Zemansky and R. H. Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1981. K. Denbigh, The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium, 4th ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981. K. K. Kuo, Principles of Combustion, John Wiley & Sons, 1986. JANAF Thermochemical Tables, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, Series A (June 1963) through Series E (January 1967). M. W. Chase, C. A. Davies, J. R. Downey, D. J. Frurip, R. A. McDonald, and A. N. Syverud, JANAF Thermochemical Tables, 3rd ed., Part I, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Vol. 14, Supplement 1, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, and National Bureau of Standards, 1985. D. D. Wagman et al., "The NBS Tables of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties," Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Vol. 11, Supplement 2, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, and National Bureau of Standards, 1982. 196 CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPELLANT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 5-10. J. B. Pedley, R. D. Naylor, and S. P. Kirby, Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, 2nd ed., Chapman & Hall, London, 1986. 5-11. B. J. McBride, S. Gordon, and M. Reno, "Thermodynamic Data for Fifty Reference Elements," NASA Technical Paper 3287, January 1993. 5-12. B. J. McBride and S. Gordon, "Computer Program for Calculating and Fitting Thermodynamic Functions," NASA Reference Publication 1271, November 1992. 5-13. S. Gordon and B. J. McBride, "Computer Program for Calculation of Complex Chemical Equilibrium Compositions and Applications, Vol. 1: Analysis" (October 1994) and "Vol. 2: User Manual and Program Description" (June 1996), NASA Reference Publication 1311. 5-14. S. Gordon and B. J. McBride, "Finite Area Combustor Theoretical Rocket Performance," NASA TM 100785, April 1988. CHAPTER 6 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS This is the first of five chapters devoted to liquid propellant rocket engines. It gives an overview of the engines (a definition of various propellants, engine performance, propellant budget), and of the smaller reaction control engines. It also presents several of their principal subsystems, such as two types of feed systems (including engine cycles), propellant tanks and their pressurization subsystems, valves and piping systems, and engine structures. Chapter 7 covers liquid propellants in more detail, Chapter 8 deals with thrust chambers (and nozzles), Chapter 9 with combustion, and Chapter 10 discusses turbopumps, engine design, engine controls, propellant budgets, engine balance and calibra- tion, overall engine systems. A liquid propellant rocket propulsion system is commonly called a rocket engine. It has all the hardware components and propellants necessary for its operation, that is, for producing thrust. It consists of one or more thrust chambers, one or more tanks to store the propellants, a feed mechanism to force the propellants from the tanks into the thrust chamber(s), a power source to furnish the energy for the feed mechanism, suitable plumbing or piping to transfer the liquids, a structure to transmit the thrust force, and control devices to initiate and regulate the propellant flow and thus the thrust. In some appli- cations an engine may also include a thrust vector control system, various instrumentation and residual propellant (trapped in pipes, valves, or wetting tank walls). It does not include hardware for non-propulsive purposes, such The tanks and some or all of the engine structure and piping are sometimes considered to be part of the vehicle or the test facility and not the engine, depending on the preference of the organizations working on the project. 197 198 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS as aerodynamic surfaces, guidance, or navigation equipment, or the useful payload, such as a scientific space exploration package or a missile warhead. Figures 1-3 and 1-4 show the basic flow diagrams for simple rocket engines with a pressurized and a turbopump feed system. Figure 6-1 shows a complex, sophisticated, high-performance liquid propellant rocket engine. References 6-1 and 6-2 give general liquid propellant rocket engine information. Additional data and figures on other rocket engines can be found in Chapter 10. The design of any propulsion system is tailored to fit a specific application or mission requirement. These requirements are usually stated in terms of the application (anti-aircraft rocket, upper stage launch vehicle propulsion, or projectile assist), mission velocity, the desired flight trajectories (surface launch, orbit transfer, altitude-performance profile), vulnerability, attitude control tor- ques and duty cycle, minimum life (during storage or in orbit), or number of units to be built and delivered. They include constraints on cost, schedule, operating conditions (such as temperature limits), storage conditions, or safety rules. Additional criteria, constraints, and the selection process are explained in Chapter 17. The mission requirements can be translated into rocket engine requirements in terms of thrust-time profile, propellants, number of thrust chambers, total impulse, number of restarts, minimum reliability, likely propellant, and engine masses and their sizes or envelopes. We can do this only if we select several of the key engine features, such as the feed system, chamber pressure, the method of cooling the thrust chambers, thrust modulation (restart, throttle, thrust vector control), engine cycle (if using turbopump feed), and other key design features. We can arrive at one or more engine concepts and their preliminary or conceptual designs. Tables 1-3 to 1-5 give typical data. Many different types of rocket engines have been built and flown, ranging in thrust size from less than 0.01 lbf to over 1.75 million pounds, with one-time operation or multiple starts (some have over 150,000 restarts), with or without thrust modulation (called throttling), single use or reusable, arranged as single engines or in clusters of multiple units. One way to categorize liquid propellant rocket engines is described in Table 6-1. There are two categories, namely those used for boosting a payload and imparting a significant velocity increase to a payload, and auxiliary propulsion for trajectory adjustments and attitude control. Liquid propellant rocket engine systems can be classified in several other ways. They can be reusable (like the Space Shuttle main engine or a booster rocket engine for quick ascent or maneuvers of fighter aircraft) or suitable for a single flight only (as the engines in the Atlas or Titan launch vehicles) and they can be restartable, like a reac- tion control engine, or single firing, as in a space launch vehicle. They can also be categorized by their propellants, application, or stage, such as an upper stage or booster stage, their thrust level, and by the feed system type (pressurized or turbopump). The thrust chamber or thruster is the combustion device where the liquid propellants are metered, injected, atomized, mixed, and burned to form hot Hydraulic/pneumatic interfaces Oxidizer duct with flexible joints Low-pressure -- fuel turbopump , Pogo accumulator [~ Main fuel valve Controller Nozzle Gimbal bearing Low-pressure fuel turbopump duct Low-pressure with flex, joints - oxidizer turbopump Valve for ~ Electrical oxidizer preburner interface panel Low-pressure fuel Low-pressure - turbopump duct oxidizer turbopump -- Power head, thrust Mair chamber, and turbopumps oxidizer valve . Fuel pump Thrust chamber -- discharge pipe High- press u re fuel turbopump Chamber coolant valve Structure for attaching gimbal actuator Nozzle -- Gimbal bearing Low-pressu re fuel turbopump Hydrauiic/pneumatic interfaces Oxidizer preburner valve ~ LPOTP discharge duct with flexible joints " Pogo accumulator _ High-pressure oxidizer turbopump Support ring for heat shield --Nozzle exit ~' ~q~t"l~ --~------J~, ~~9/.____ Nozzle exit ....x FIGURE 6-1. Two views of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME). Its flowsheet is in Figure 6-12 and some component data are in Chapter 10. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) 200 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS TABLE 6--1. Characteristics of Two Categories of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Purpose Boost Propulsion Auxiliary Propulsion Mission Applications Total impulse Number of thrust chambers per engine Thrust level Feed system Propellants Chamber pressure Number of starts during a single mission Impart significant velocity to propel a vehicle along its flight path Booster stage and upper stages of launch vehicles, large missiles High Usually 1; sometimes 4, 3, or 2 Attitude control, minor space maneuvers, trajectory corrections, orbit maintenance Spacecraft, satellites, top stage of anti-ballistic missile, space rendezvous Low Between 4 and 24 High; 4500 N up to 7,900,000 N or Small; 0.001 up to 4500 N, a few 1000-1,770,000 lbf go up to 1000 lbf Mostly turbopump type; occasionally Pressurized feed system with high- pressurized feed system for smaller thrusts Cryogenic and storable liquids (see next section) 2.4-21 MPa or 350-3600 psi Usually no restart; sometimes one, but up to four in some cases Cumulative Up to a few minutes duration of firing Shortest firing Typically 5-40 sec duration Time elapsed to Up to several seconds reach full thrust Life in space Hours, days, or months pressure gas supply Storable liquids, monopropellants, and/or stored cold gas 0.14-2.1 MPa or 20-300 psi Several thousand starts are typical for small thrusters; fewer for larger thrust chambers, perhaps up to 10 starts Up to several hours 0.02 sec typical for small thrusters Usually very fast, 0.004-0.080 sec 10 years or more in space gaseous reaction products, which in turn are accelerated and ejected at a high velocity to impart a thrust force. A thrust chamber has three major parts: an injector, a combustion chamber, and a nozzle. In a cooled thrust chamber, one of the propellants (usually the fuel) is circulated through cooling jackets or a special cooling passage to absorb the heat that is transferred from the hot reaction gases to the thrust chamber walls (see Figs 8-2 and 8-3). A radia- tion-cooled thrust chamber uses a special high-temperature material, such as niobium metal, which can radiate away its excess heat. There are uncooled or heat-absorbing thrust chambers, such as those using ablative materials. Thrust chambers are discussed in Chapter 8. There are two types of feed systems used for liquid propellant rocket engines: those that use pumps for moving the propellants from their flight 6.1. PROPELLANTS 201 vehicle tanks to the thrust chamber, and those that use high-pressure gas for expelling or displacing their propellants from their tanks. They are discussed further in Chapter 10 and in Section 6.2 of this chapter. Tables 17-1 to 17-4 compare the advantages and disadvantages of liquid propellant rocket engines and solid propellant rocket motors. 6.1. PROPELLANTS The propellants, which are the working substance of rocket engines, constitute the fluid that undergoes chemical and thermodynamic changes. The term liquid propellant embraces all the various liquids used and may be one of the following: 1. Oxidizer (liquid oxygen, nitric acid, etc.) 2. Fuel (gasoline, alcohol, liquid hydrogen, etc.). 3. Chemical compound or mixture of oxidizer and fuel ingredients, capable of self-decomposition. 4. Any of the above, but with a gelling agent. All are described in Chapter 7. A bipropellant rocket unit has two separate liquid propellants, an oxidizer and a fuel. They are stored separately and are not mixed outside the combus- tion chamber. The majority of liquid propellant rockets have been manufac- tured for bipropellant applications. A monopropellant contains an oxidizing agent and combustible matter in a single substance. It may be a mixture of several compounds or it may be a homogeneous material, such as hydrogen peroxide or hydrazine. Monopropellants are stable at ordinary atmospheric conditions but decompose and yield hot combustion gases when heated or catalyzed. A cold gas propellant (e.g., nitrogen) is stored at very high pressure, gives a low performance, allows a simple system and is usually very reliable. It has been used for roll control and attitude control. A cryogenic propellant is liquified gas at low temperature, such as liquid oxygen (-183°C) or liquid hydrogen (-253°C). Provisions for venting the storage tank and minimizing vaporization losses are necessary with this type. Storable propellants (e.g., nitric acid or gasoline) are liquid at ambient tem- perature and can be stored for long periods in sealed tanks. Space storable propellants are liquid in the environment of space; this storability depends on the specific tank design, thermal conditions, and tank pressure. An example is ammonia. A gelled propellant is a thixotropic liquid with a gelling additive. It behaves like a jelly or thick paint. It will not spill or leak readily, can flow under pressure, will burn, and is safer in some respects. It is described in a separate section of Chapter 7. 2(}2 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS The propellant mixture ratio for a bipropellant is the ratio at which the oxidizer and fuel are mixed and react to give hot gases. The mixture ratio r is defined as the ratio of the oxidizer mass flow rate rho and the fuel mass flow rate rhf or r= rho/rhf (6-1) The mixture ratio defines the composition of the reaction products. It is usually chosen to give a maximum value of specific impulse or T1/~J~ , where T 1 is the combustion temperature and 9J~ is the average molecular mass of the reaction gases (see Eq. 3-16 or Fig. 3-2). For a given thrust F and a given effective exhaust velocity c, the total propellant flow is given by Eq. 2-6; namely, rh = fi:/go = F/c. The relationships between r, rn, rno, and rnf are rno + rnf = rn (6-2) rno = rrn/(r + 1) (6-3) rnf = rn/(r + 1) (6-4) These same four equations are valid when w and w (weight) are substituted for m and rn. Calculated performance values for a number of different propellant combinations are given for specific mixture ratios in Table 5-5. Physical prop- erties and a discussion of several common liquid propellants and their safety concerns are described in Chapter 7. Example 6-1. A liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen rocket thrust chamber of 10,000-1bf thrust operates at a chamber pressure of 1000 psia, a mixture ratio of 3.40, has exhaust products with a mean molecular mass of 8.9 lbm/lb-mol, a combustion temperature of 4380°F, and a specific heat ratio of 1.26. Determine the nozzle area, exit area for optimum operation at an altitude where P3 =P2 = 1.58 psia, the propellant weight and volume flow rates, and the total propellant requirements for 2 min of operation. Assume that the actual specific impulse is 97% of the theoretical value. SOLUTION. The exhaust velocity for an optimum nozzle is determined from Eq. 3-16, but with a correction factor of go for the foot-pound system. v2= k-1 9J~ 1- - 4/2 x 32.2 × 1.26 1544 x 4840 (1 - 0.00158 °2°5) - 13,900 ft/sec 0.26 8.9 ¥ The theoretical specific impulse is c/go, or in this case v2/g 0 or 13,900/32.2 = 431 sec. The actual specific impulse is 0.97 x 431 = 418 sec. The theoretical or ideal thrust coefficient can be found from Eq. 3-30 or from Fig. 3-6 (P2 = P3) to be CF-- 1.76. The actual thrust coefficient is slightly less, say 98% or CF = 1.72. The throat area required is found from Eq. 3-31. 6.2. PROPELLANT FEED SYSTEMS 203 At = F/(CFPl) = 10,000/(1.72 x 1000) = 5.80 in. 2 (2.71 in. diameter) The optimum area ratio can be found from Eq. 3-25 or Fig. 3-5 to be 42. The exit area is 5.80 x 42 = 244 in. 2 (17.6 in. diameter). The weight density of oxygen is 71.1 lbf/ft 3 and of hydrogen is 4.4 lbf/ft 3. The propellant weight flow rate is (Equation 2-5) = F/Is = 10,000/418 = 24.0 lbf/sec The oxygen and fuel weight flow rates are, from Eqs. 6-3 and 6-4, ;v o = ~vr/(r + 1) = 24.0 x 3.40/4.40 = 18.55 lbf/sec ;vf = ;v/(r + 1) = 24/4.40 = 5.45 lbf/see The volume flow rates are determined from the densities and the weight flow rates. Vo = (Vo/,Oo = 18.55/71.1 = 0.261 ft3/sec (If = (vf/pf = 5.45/4.4 = 1.24 ft3/sec For 120 sec of operations (arbitrarily allow the equivalent of two additional seconds for start and stop transients and unavailable propellant), the weight and volume of required propellant are Wo = 18.55 x 122 = 2260 lbf of oxygen wf = 5.45 x 122 = 665 lbf of hydrogen Vo = 0.261 x 122 = 31.8 ft 3 of oxygen Vf = 1.24 x 122 = 151 ft 3 of hydrogen Note that, with the low-density fuel, the volume flow rate and therefore the tank volume of hydrogen are large compared to that of the oxidizer. 6.2. PROPELLANT FEED SYSTEMS The propellant feed system has two principal functions: to raise the pressure of the propellants and to feed them to one or more thrust chambers. The energy for these functions comes either from a high-pressure gas, centrifugal pumps, or a combination of the two. The selection of a particular feed system and its components is governed primarily by the application of the rocket, the require- ments mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, duration, number or type of thrust chambers, past experience, mission, and by general requirements of simplicity of design, ease of manufacture, low cost, and minimum inert mass. A classification of several of the more important types of feed system is shown in Fig. 6-2 and some are discussed in more detail below. All feed systems have piping, a series of valves, provisions for filling and removing (draining and flushing) the liquid propellants, and control devices to initiate, stop, and reg- ulate their flow and operation. I Direct gas pressurization I I By stored inert gas I I I As rece'ved I I I Regulated pressure I I Pressurized systems I Flexible bag within tank I By vaporized propellant I I I Heated ] I I l Blowdown l I One turbine drives both fuel and oxidizer pumps I I With gear transmission Liquid propellant feed systems I I Piston pressurization I I By chemically generated gas r I Multi-stage impellers Small portion of one propellant flow raised to precombustor pressure with additional impeller ! Hot gas turbine I Pump I One pump each for fuel and oxidizer I I Single stage impeller I I I i 'n0'es'a0e I I Twos'a0e I I I I I t Two turbines; one Four turbines; two for fuel pump, one for main pumps, two for oxidizer pump for booster pumps I I I I Direct drive I I Two main pumps plus two booster pumps I Driven by high pressure liquid propellant (for booster pumps only) I I Turbopump systems I I Exhaust overboard with low area ratio nozzle I Turbine ] I Precombustion chamber I Gas power supply and gas discharge Warm hydrogen from cooling jacket I I Flow through turbines in series I I Exhaust feeds into diverging nozzle section I I Separate gas generator Hot gas bleed from main combustion chamber I I Flow through turbines in parallel I I Exhaust into injector of main combustor FIGURE 6-2. Design options of fed systems for liquid propellant rocket engines. The more common types are designated with a double line at the bottom of the box. 6.3. GAS PRESSURE FEED SYSTEMS 205 In general, a pressure feed system gives a vehicle performance superior to a turbopump system when the total impulse or the mass of propellant is rela- tively low, the chamber pressure is low, the engine thrust-to-weight ratio is low (usually less than 0.6), and when there are repeated short-duration thrust pulses; the heavy-walled tanks for the propellant and the pressurizing gas usually constitute the major inert mass of the engine system. In a turbopump feed systems the propellant tank pressures are much lower (by a factor of 10 to 40) and thus the tank masses are much lower (again by a factor of 10 to 40). Turbopump systems usually give a superior vehicle performance when the total impulse is large (higher Au) and the chamber pressure is higher. The pressurized feed system can be relatively simple, such as for a single- operation, factory-preloaded, simple unit (with burst diaphragms instead of some of the valves), or quite complex, as with multiple restartable thrusters or reusable systems. Table 6-2 shows typical features that have been designed into pressurized feed systems in order to satisfy particular design goals. Figures 1-3, 6-3, 6-4, and 6-13 show some of these features. If the propulsion system is to be reusable or is part of a manned vehicle (where the reliability requirements are very high and the vehicle's crew can monitor and override automatic com- mands), the feed system becomes more complex (with more safety features and redundancies) and more expensive. The pneumatic (pressurizing gas) and hydraulic (propellant) flows in a liquid propellant engine can be simulated in a computer analysis that provides for a flow and pressure balance in the oxidizer and the fuel flow paths through the system. One approach is shown in Ref. 6-3. Some of these analyses can provide information on transient conditions (filling up of passages) during start, flow decays at cutoff, possible water hammer, or flow instabilities. The details of such analyses are not described in this book, but the basic mathematical simu- lation is relatively straightforward. 6.3. GAS PRESSURE FEED SYSTEMS One of the simplest and most common means of pressurizing the propellants is to force them out of their respective tanks by displacing them with high-pres- sure gas. This gas is fed into the propellant tanks at a controlled pressure, thereby giving a controlled propellant discharge. Because of their relative sim- plicity, the rocket engines with pressurized feed systems can be very reliable. Reference 6-3 includes a design guide for pressurized gas systems. A simple pressurized feed system is shown schematically in Fig. 1-3. It consists of a high-pressure gas tank, a gas starting valve, a pressure regulator, propellant tanks, propellant valves, and feed lines. Additional components, such as filling and draining provisions, check valves, filters, flexible elastic bladders for separating the liquid from the pressurizing gas, and pressure sensors or gauges, are also often incorporated. After all tanks are filled, the high-pressure gas valve in Fig. 1-3 is remotely actuated and admits gas through 206 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS TABLE 6-2. Typical Features of Liquid Propellant Feed Systems Enhance Safety Sniff devices to detect leak of hazardous vapor; used on Space Shuttle orbiter Check valves to prevent backflow of propellant into the gas tank and inadvertent mixing of propllants inside flow passages Features that prevent an unsafe condition to occur or persist and shut down engine safely, such as relief valves or relief burst diaphragms to prevent tank overpressurization), or a vibration monitor to shut off operation in the case of combustion instability Isolation valves to shut off a section of a system that has a leak or malfunction Burst diaphragms or isolation valves to isolate the propellants in their tanks and positively prevent leakage into the thrust chamber or into the other propellant tank during storage Inert pressurizing gas Provide Control Valves to control pressurization and flow to the thrust chambers (start/stop/throttle) Sensors to measure temperatures, pressures, valve positions, thrust, etc., and computers to monitor/analyze system status, issue command signals, and correct if sensed condition is outside predetermined limits Manned vehicle can require system status display and command signal override Fault detection, identification, and automatic remedy, such as shut-off isolation valves in compartment in case of fire, leak, or disabled thruster Control thrust (throttle valve) to fit a desired thrust-time profile Enhance Reliability Fewest practical number of components/subassemblies Ability to provide emergency mode engine operation, such as return of Space Shuttle vehicle to landing Filters to catch dirt in propellant lines, which could prevent valve from closing or small injector holes from being plugged up or bearings from galling. Duplication of unreliable key components, such as redundant small thrusters, regulators, check valves, or isolation valves Heaters to prevent freezing of moisture or low-melting-point propellant Long storage life--use propellants with little or no chemical deterioration and no reaction with wall materials Provide for Reusability Provisions to drain remaining propellants or pressurants Provision for cleaning, purging, flushing, and drying the feed system and refilling propellants and pressurizing gas in field Devices to check functioning of key components prior to next operation Features to allow checking of engine calibration and leak testing after operation Features for access of inspection devices for visual inspection at internal surfaces or components Enable Effective Propellant Utilization High tank expulsion efficiency with minimum residual, unavailable propellant Lowest possible ambient temperature variation or matched propellant property variation with temperature so as to minimize mixture ratio change and residual propellant Alternatively, measure remaining propellant in tanks (using a special gauge) and automatically adjust mixture ratio (throttling) to minimize residual propellant Minimize pockets in the piping and valves that cannot be readily drained 6.3. GAS PRESSURE FEED SYSTEMS 207 the pressure regulator at a constant pressure to the propellant tanks. The check valves prevent mixing of the oxidizer with the fuel when the unit is not in an upright position. The propellants are fed to the thrust chamber by opening valves. When the propellants are completely consumed, the pressurizing gas can also scavenge and clean lines and valves of much of the liquid propellant residue. The variations in this system, such as the combination of several valves into one or the elimination and addition of certain components, depend to a large extent on the application. If a unit is to be used over and over, such as space-maneuver rocket, it will include several additional features such as, pos- sibly, a thrust-regulating device and a tank level gauge; they will not be found in an expendable, single-shot unit, which may not even have a tank-drainage provision. Different bipropellant pressurization concepts are evaluated in Refs. 6-3, 6-4, and 6-5. Table 6-2 lists various optional features. Many of these features also apply to pump-fed systems, which are discussed in Section 6..6. With monopropellants the gas pressure feed system becomes simpler, since there is only one propellant and not two, reducing the number of pipes, valves, and tanks. A complex man-rated pressurized feed system, the combined Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuver System (OMS) and the Reaction Control System (RCS), is described in Figs 6-3 and 6-4, Ref. 6-6, and Table 6-3. There are three loca- tions for the RCS, as shown in Fig. 1-13: a forward pod and a right and left aft pod. Figures 6-3 and 6-4 refer to one of the aft pods only and show a com- bined OMS and RCS arrangement. The OMS provides thrust for orbit inser- tion, orbit circularization, orbit transfer, rendezvous, deorbit, and abort. The RCS provides thrust for attitude control (in pitch, yaw, and roll) and for small- vehicle velocity corrections or changes in almost any direction (translation maneuvers), such as are needed for rendezvous and docking; it can operate simultaneously with or separate from the OMS. The systems feature various redundancies, an automatic RCS thruster selec- tion system, various safety devices, automatic controls, sensors to allow a display to the Shuttle's crew of the system's status and health, and manual command overrides. The reliability requirements are severe. Several key com- ponents, such as all the helium pressure regulators, propellant tanks, some valves, and about half the thrusters are duplicated and redundant; if one fails, another can still complete the mission. It is possible to feed up to 1000 lbm of the liquid from the large OMS propellant tanks to the small RCS ones, in case it is necessary to run one or more of the small reaction control thrusters for a longer period and use more propellant than the smaller tanks allow; it is also possible to feed propellant from the left aft system to the one on the vehicle's right side, and vice versa. These features allow for more than nominal total impulse in a portion of the thrusters, in case it is needed for a particular mission mode or an emergency mode. The compartmented steel propellant tanks with antislosh and antivortex baffles, sumps, and a surface tension propellant retention device allow propel- lant to be delivered independent of the propellant load, the orientation, or the 208 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS RCS helium tanks RCS propellant manifold valves Gimballed OMS engine (1 per aft pod) OM$ fuel tank RCS fuel tank Vernier thrusters (2 per al~ pod) RCS / ~,\ / / ~,,,..,~......v \ pressurization ~.,#.~ '~ RCS oxidizer OMS components tank oxidizer tank Primary thrusters (12 per air pod) OMS helium tank FIGURE 6--3. Simplified sketch at the left aft pod of the Space Shuttle's Orbiting Maneuvering System (OMS) and the Reaction Control System (RCS). (Source: NASA.) acceleration environment (some of the time in zero-g). Gauges in each tank allow a determination of the amount of propellant remaining, and they also indicate a leak. Safety features include sniff lines at each propellant valve actuator to sense leakage. Electrical heaters are provided at propellant valves, certain lines, and injectors to prevent fuel freezing or moisture forming into ice. A typical RCS feature that enhances safety and reliability is a self-shutoff device is small thrusters that will cause a shutdown in case they should experi- ence instability and burn through the walls. Electrical lead wires to the pro- pellant valves are wrapped around the chamber and nozzle; a burnout will quickly melt the wire and cut the power to the valve, which will return to the spring-loaded closed position and shut off the propellant flow. The majority of pressurized feed systems use a pressure regulator to main- tain the propellant tank pressure and thus also the thrust at constant values. The required mass of pressurizing gas can be significantly reduced by a blow- down system with a "tail-off" pressure decay. The propellants are expelled by the expansion of the gas already in the enlarged propellant tanks. The tank pressure and the chamber pressure decrease or progressively decay during this adiabatic expansion period. The alternatives of either regulating the inert gas pressure or using a blowdown system are compared in Table 6-4; both types 0 ~D RCS helium tanks (2) © © e,,um r- J---J r--L ~ isolation ~) $ $ "~)/valve (6) r-O O" ;'O ~-, ~-¢ ?-;? O-~ i..~.,. '..J :.. i.J =i I,..lr = .J Pressure relief E~ I~ i I I I Vernier supply line ~ isolation valves (2) I I I I Two vernier thrusters, each with two propellant isolation valves OMS helium tank © r- .L = 1 6 6 /Dual helium pressure regulators (6 sets). ¢ ¢ : Set of 4 series-parallel : , , Z check valve (4 plaices) ,.- -- r.o.. ~ ~_,., =L .. = i , 4 L. =a I..o. 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~ I i I '' I ~ i ! , ~~___ ~ . . . . 7T~-.~---J I I II i.J Rc/~s I --- ? t 'L Dual fuel/oxidizer I I I I I, ---i -I OMS- ~ ~,,,.a r--- --~ ~ I thrust chamber va ves I I L-- li cross Teeo .... i .--~ I.J isolation fill I I I -valve (4) ./I ! I~i F cFUle:g / k OMS thrust chamber <gimballed) E jacket I 1 12 Primary RCS thrusters-each with 2 isolation valves, arranged with 4 • sets of feed lines, each with isolation valves FIGURE 6-4. Simplified flow diagram of the propellant feed system flow for the left aft pod of the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) and Reaction Control System (RCS) of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle. Solid lines: nitrogen tetroxide (N204); dash-dot lines: monomethylhydrazine (MMH); short dashed lines: high-pressure helium. (Source: NASA.) 210 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS TABLE 6--3. Characteristics of the Orbital Maneuver System (OMS) and the Reaction Control System (RCS) of the Space Shuttle in One of the Aft Side Podes Item OMS Primary RCS Vernier RCS Thrust (per nozzle) (lbf) Number of thrusters per pod Thrust chamber cooling 600O 1 Regenerative and radiation Chamber pressure, nominal (psi) 125 Specific impulse (vacuum nominal) (sec) 313 Nozzle area ratio 55 Mixture ratio (oxide/fuel mass flow) 1.65 Burn time, minimum (sec) 2 Burn time, maximum (sec) 160 Burn time, cumulative (sec) 54,000 Number of starts, cumulative (sec) 1000 Oxidizer (N204) weight in tank (lb) 14,866 Fuel (MMH) weight in tank (lb) 9010 Number of oxidizer/fuel tanks 1 / 1 Propellant tank volume, each tank (ft 3) 90 Ullage volume, nominal (full tank) (ft 3) 7.8 Tank pressure, nominal (psi) 250 Helium storage tank pressure (psi) 4700 Number of helium tanks 1 Volume of helium tanks (ft 3) 17 870 25 12 2 Radiation cooling 152 110 280 a 265 ~ 22-30 ~ 20-50 ~ 1.6 1.6 0.08 0.08 150 125 12,800 125,000 20,000 330,000 1464 923 1/1 17.9 1.2-1.5 280 3600 2 1.76 aDepends on specific vehicle location and scarfing of nozzle. Sources: NASA, Aerojet Propulsion Company and Kaiser Marquardt Company. are currently being used. The selection depends on specific application require- ments, cost, inert mass, reliability, and safety considerations (see Refs. 6-4 and 6-5). Some pressure feed systems can be prefilled with propellant and pressurizing agent at the factory and stored in readiness for operation. Compared to a solid propellant rocket unit, these storable prepackaged liquid propellant pressur- ized feed systems offer advantages in long-term storability and resistance to transportation vibration or shock. The thrust level of a rocket propulsion system with a pressurized gas feed system is determined by the magnitude of the propellant flow which, in turn, is determined by the gas pressure regulator setting. The propellant mixture ratio in this type of feed system is controlled by the hydraulic resistance of the liquid propellant lines, cooling jacket, and injector, and can usually be adjusted by means of variable or interchangeable restrictors. Further discussion of the adjusting of thrust and mixture ratio can be found in Section 10.6 and in Example 10-3. 6.4. PROPELLANT TANKS 211 TABLE 6-4. Comparison of Two Types of Gas Pressurization Systems Type Regulated Pressure Blowdown Pressure/thrust Gas storage Required components Advantages Disadvantages Stays essentially constant Decreases as propellant is consumed In separate high-pressure tanks Gas is stored inside propellant tank with large ullage volume (30 to 60%) Needs regulator, filter, gas valve, Larger, heavier propellant tanks and gas tank Constant-pressure feed gives Simpler system essentially constant propellant Less gas required flow and approximately constant thrust, constant Is and r Better control of mixture ratio Slightly more complex Regulator introduces a small pressure drop Gas stored under high pressure Shorter burning time Can be less inert mass Thrust decreases with burn duration Somewhat higher residue propellant due to less accurate mixture ratio control Thruster must operate and be stable over wide range of thrust values and modest range of mixture ratio Propellants stored under pressure; slightly lower Is toward end of burning time 6.4. PROPELLANT TANKS In liquid bipropellant rocket engine systems propellants are stored in one or more oxidizer tanks and one or more fuel tanks; monopropellant rocket engine systems have, of course, only one set of propellant tanks. There are also one or more high-pressure gas tanks, the gas being used to pressurize the propellant tanks. Tanks can be arranged in a variety of ways, and the tank design can be used to exercise some control over the change in the location of the vehicle's center of gravity. Typical arrangements are shown in Fig. 6-5. Because the propellant tank has to fly, its mass is at a premium and the tank material is therefore highly stressed. Common tank materials are aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, alloy steel, and fiber-reinforced plastics with an impervious thin inner liner of metal to prevent leakage through the pores of the fiber- reinforced walls. The extra volume of gas above the propellant in sealed tanks is called ullage. It is necessary space that allows for thermal expansion of the propellant liquids, for the accumulation of gases that were originally dissolved in the propellant, or for gaseous products from slow reactions within the propellant during storage. Depending on the storage temperature range, the propellants' coeffi- cient of thermal expansion, and the particular application, the ullage volume is usually between 3 and 10% of the tank volume. Once propellant is loaded into 212 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS /\ X x x x\ \ \ \ x I I I I I I I I I I I I ,, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Spherical tanks IIXx ii \ / x ii x\ / \ i I x A I ,, I I I L _ ~ ; Tandem tanks, external piping IIIIIIIIXXXXXxxx\ A I Lf__+~ Tandem tanks with common bulkhead, internal piping ii1\\ i I \ ii X\ X \ A tV Concentric tanks 3 Oxidizer tanks~ 6 Fuel tanks ~ I li I I , I I I I I I I Multi-tank FIGURE 6-5. Typical tank arrangements for large turbopump-fed liquid propellant rocket engines. a tank, the ullage volume (and, if it is sealed, also its pressure) will change as the bulk temperature of the propellant varies. The expulsion efficiency of a tank and/or propellant piping system is the amount of propellant expelled or available divided by the total amount of propellant initially present. Typical values are 97 to 99.7%. The losses are unavailable propellants that are trapped in grooves or corners of pipes, fittings, and valves, are wetting the walls, retained by surface tension, or caught in instrument taps. This residual propellant is not available for combustion and must be treated as inert mass, causing the vehicle mass ratio to decrease slightly. In the design of tanks and piping systems, an effort is made to mini- mize the residual propellant. The optimum shape of a propellant tank (and also a gas pressurizing tank) is spherical, because for a given volume it results in a tank with the least weight. Small spherical tanks are often used with reaction control engine systems, where they can be packaged with other vehicle equipment. Unfortunately, the larger spheres, which are needed for the principal propulsion systems, 6.4. PROPELLANT TANKS 213 are not very efficient for using the space in a vehicle. These larger tanks are often made integral with the vehicle fuselage or wing. Most are cylindrical with half ellipses at the ends, but they can be irregular in shape. A more detailed discussion of tank pressurization is given in the next section. Cryogenic propellants cool the tank wall temperature far below the ambient air temperature. This causes condensation of moisture on the outside of the tank and usually also formation of ice during the period prior to launch. The ice is undesirable, because it increases the vehicle inert mass and can cause valves to malfunction. Also, as pieces of ice are shaken off or break off during the initial flight, these pieces can damage the vehicle; for example, the ice from the Shuttle's cryogenic tank can hit the orbiter vehicle. For an extended storage period, cryogenic tanks are usually thermally insu- lated; porous external insulation layers have to be sealed to prevent moisture from being condensed inside the insulation layer. With liquid hydrogen it is possible to liquify or solidify the ambient air on the outside of the fuel tank. Even with heavy insulation and low-conductivity structural tank supports, it is not possible to prevent the continuous evaporation of the cryogenic fluid. Even with good thermal insulation, all cryogenic propellants evaporate slowly dur- ing storage and therefore cannot be kept in a vehicle for more than perhaps a week without refilling of the tanks. For vehicles that need to be stored or to operate for longer periods, a storable propellant combination must be used. Prior to loading very cold cryogenic propellant into a flight tank, it is necessary to remove or evacuate the air to avoid forming solid air particles or condensing any moisture as ice. These frozen particles would plug up injec- tion holes, cause valves to freeze shut, or prevent valves from being fully closed. Tanks, piping, and valves need to be chilled or cooled down before they can contain cryogenic liquid without excessive bubbling. This is usually done by letting the initial amount of cryogenic liquid absorb the heat from the relatively warm hardware. This initial propellant is vaporized and vented through appro- priate vent valves. If the tank or any segment of piping containing low-temperature cryogenic liquid is sealed for an extended period of time, heat from ambient-temperature hardware will result in evaporation and this will greatly raise the pressure until it exceeds the strength of the container (see Ref. 6-7). This self-pressurization will cause a failure, usually a major leak or even an explosion. All cryogenic tanks and piping systems are therefore vented during storage on the launch pad, equipped with pressure safety devices (such as burst diaphragms or relief valves), and the evaporated propellant is allowed to escape from its container. For long-term storage of cryogenic propellants in space vacuum (or on the ground) some form of a powered refrigeration system is needed to recondense the vapors and minimize evaporation losses. The tanks are refilled or topped off just before launch to replace the evaporated vented propellant. When the tank is pressurized, just before launch, the boiling point is usually raised slightly and the cryogenic liquid can usually absorb the heat transferred to it during the several minutes of rocket firing. 214 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS There are several categories of tanks in liquid propellant propulsion systems: 1. For pressurized feed systems the propellant tanks typically operate at an average pressure between 1.3 and 9 MPa or about 200 to 1800 lbf/in. 2. These tanks have thick walls and are heavy. 2. For high-pressure gas (used to expel the propellants) the tank pressures are much higher, typically between 6.9 and 69 MPa or 1000 to 10,000 lbf/ in. 2. These tanks are usually spherical for minimum inert mass. Several small spherical tanks can be connected together and then they are rela- tively easy to place within the confined space of a vehicle. 3. For turbopump feed systems it is necessary to pressurize the propellant tanks slightly (to suppress pump cavitation as explained in Section 10.1) to average values of between 0.07 and 0.34 MPa or 10 to 50 lbf/in 2. These low pressures allow thin tank walls, and therefore turbopump feed sys- tems have relatively low tank weights. Liquid propellant tanks can be difficult to empty under side accelerations, zero- g, or negative-g conditions during flight. Special devices and special types of tanks are needed to operate under these conditions. Some of the effects that have to be overcome are described below. The oscillations and side accelerations of vehicles in flight can cause sloshing of the liquid in the tank, very similar to a glass of water that is being jiggled. In an antiaircraft missile, for example, the side accelerations can be large and can initiate sloshing. Typical analysis of sloshing can be found in Refs. 6-8 and 6-9. When the tank is partly empty, sloshing can uncover the tank outlet and allow gas bubbles to enter into the propellant discharge line. These bubbles can cause major combustion problems in the thrust chambers; the aspirating of bubbles or the uncovering of tank outlets by liquids therefore needs to be avoided. Sloshing also causes shifts in the vehicle's center of gravity and makes flight control difficult. Vortexing can also allow gas to enter the tank outlet pipe; this phenomenon is similar to the Coriolis force effects in bath tubs being emptied and can be augmented if the vehicle spins or rotates in fight. Typically, a series of internal baffles is often used to reduce the magnitude of sloshing and vortexing in tanks with modest side accelerations. A positive expulsion mechanism can prevent gas from entering the propellant piping under multidirectional major accelera- tions or spinning (centrifugal) acceleration. Both the vortexing and sloshing can greatly increase the unavailable or residual propellant, and thus cause a reduction in vehicle performance. In the gravity-free environment of space, the stored liquid will float around in a partly emptied tank and may not always cover the tank outlet, thus allowing gas to enter the tank outlet or discharge pipe. Figure 6-6 shows that gas bubbles have no orientation. Various devices have been developed to solve this problem: namely, positive expulsion devices and surface tension devices. The positive expulsion tank design include movable pistons, inflatable 6.4. PROPELLANT TANKS 215 Liquid out Outlet Gas in Screen-type surface tension propellant management device showing one particular liquid distribution during upward acceleration ypical liquid gas ~'~ ,~ interface shapes for ~ wetting liquids in zero-g conditions with different ullage volumes FIGURE 6-6. Ullage bubbles can float around in a zero-gravity environment; surface tension device can keep tank outlet covered with liquid. flexible bladders, or thin movable, flexible metal diaphragms. Surface tension devices rely on surface tension forces to keep the outlet covered with liquid. Several basic types of positive expulsion devices have been used successfully in propellant tanks of pressurized feed systems. They are compared in Table 6-5 and shown in Fig. 6-7 for simple tanks. These devices mechanically separate the pressurizing gas from the liquid propellant in the propellant tank. Separation is needed for these reasons: 1. It prevents pressurizing gas from dissolving in the propellant. Dissolved pressurizing gas dilutes the propellant, reduces its density as well as its specific impulse, and makes the pressurization inefficient. 2. It allows hot and reactive gases (generated by gas generators) to be used for pressurization, and this permits a reduction in pressurizing system mass and volume. The mechanical separation prevents a chemical reac- tion between the hot gas and the propellant, prevents gas from being dissolved in the propellant, and reduces the heat transfer to the liquid. 3. In some cases tanks containing toxic propellant must be vented without spilling any toxic liquid propellant or its vapor. For example, in servicing ..x TABLE 6-5. Comparison of Propellant Expulsion Methods for Spacecraft Hydrazine Tanks Positive Expulsion Devices Single Inflatable Dual Foldable Elastomeric Elastomeric Metallic Diaphragm Bladder Diaphragm Piston or Selection Criteria (Hemispherical) (Spherical) (Hemispherical) Bellows Rolling Diaphragm Surface Tension Screens Application history Extensive Weight (normalized) 1.0 Expulsion efficiency Excellent Maximum side Low acceleration Control of center of Poor gravity Long service life Excellent Preflight check Leak test Disadvantages Chemical deterioration Extensive Limited Extensive in high acceleration vehicles 1.1 1.25 1.2 Good Good Excellent Low Medium High Limited Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Leak test Leak test Chemical High-pressure drop; deterioration; fits fits only certain only into a few tank geometries; tank geometries high weight Limited 1.0 Very good Medium Good Very good Unproven Leak test Leak test Potential seal failure; Weld inspection is critical tolerances difficult; adhesive on piston seal; (for bonding to heavy wall) can deteriorate) Extensive 0.9 Good or fair Lowest Poor Excellent None Limited to low accelerations 6.4. PROPELLANT TANKS 217 Pressurizing gas Single diaphragm, glued to wall, peeled Elastomeric ~ Final metal off by pressure and inverted flexible I Spherical diaphragm ,, / Pressurizing double\ ~ ~tank position ~ ~ gas bladder~ ~ Propellant ~ -- ~ ~ J F///2 out,or j/ < "/////~//A V///,/~ ~-- -l .
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. ~ outlet pipe Cylindrical tank (c) FIGURE 6-7. Three concepts of propellant tanks with positive expulsion: (a) inflatable dual bladder; (b) rolling, peeling diaphragm; (c) sliding piston. As the propellant volume expands or contracts with changes in ambient temperature, the piston or diaphragm will also move slightly and the ullage volume will change during storage. a reusable rocket, the tank pressure needs to be relieved without venting or spilling potentially hazardous material. A piston expulsion device permits the center of gravity (CG) to be accurately controlled and its location to be known. This is important in rockets with high side accelerations such as antiaircraft missiles or space defense missiles, where the thrust vector needs to go through the CG; if the CG is not well known, unpredictable turning moments may be imposed on the vehicle. A piston also prevents sloshing or vortexing. Surface tension devices use capillary attraction for supplying liquid propel- lant to the tank outlet pipe. These devices (see Fig. 6-6) are often made of very fine (300 mesh) stainless steel wire woven into a screen and formed into tunnels or other shapes (see Refs. 6-10 and 6-11). These screens are located near the tank outlet and, in some tanks, the tubular galleries are designed to connect various parts of the tank volume to the outlet pipe sump. These devices work best in a relatively low-acceleration environment, when surface tension forces can overcome the inertia forces. 218 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS The combination of surface tension screens, baffles, sumps, and traps is called a propellant management device. Although not shown in any detail, they are included inside the propellant tanks of Figs. 6-6 and 6-13. High forces can be imposed on the tanks and thus on the vehicle by strong sloshing motions of the liquid and also by sudden changes in position of liquid mass in a partly empty tank during a gravity-free flight when suddenly accel- erated by a relatively large thrust. These forces can be large and can cause tank failure. The forces will depend on the tank geometry, baffles, ullage volume, and its initial location and the acceleration magnitude and direction. 6.5. TANK PRESSURIZATION Subsystems for pressurizing tanks are needed for both of the two types of feed systems, namely pressure feed systems and pump feed systems. The tank pres- sures for the first type are usually between 200 and 1800 psi and for the second between 10 and 50 psig. Refs. 6-1, 6-3 to 6-5 give further descriptions. Inert gases such as helium or nitrogen are the most common method of pressuriza- tion. In pump feed systems a small positive pressure in the tank is needed to suppress pump cavitation. For cryogenic propellants this has been accom- plished by heating and vaporizing a small portion of the propellant taken from the high-pressure discharge of the pump and feeding it into the propellant tank, as shown in Fig. 1-4. This is a type of low-pressure gas feed system. The pressurizing gas must not condense, or be soluble in the liquid propel- lant, for this can greatly increase the mass of required pressurant and the inert mass of its pressurization system hardware. For example, nitrogen pressurizing gas will dissolve in nitrogen tetroxide or in liquid oxygen and reduce the con- centration and density of the oxidizer. In general, about 21 times as much nitrogen mass is needed for pressurizing liquid oxygen if compared to the nitrogen needed for displacing an equivalent volume of water at the same pressure. Oxygen and nitrogen tetroxide are therefore usually pressurized with helium gas, which dissolves only slightly. The pressurizing gas must not react chemically with the liquid propellant. Also, the gas must be dry, since moisture can react with some propellants or dilute them. The pressurizing gas above a cryogenic liquid is usually warmer than the liquid. The heat transfer to the liquid cools the gas and that increases the density; therefore a larger mass of gas is needed for pressurization even if none of the gas dissolves in the liquid propellant. If there is major sloshing and splashing in the tank during flight, the gas temperature can drop quickly, causing irregularities in the tank pressure. Chemical pressurization permits the injection of a small amount of fuel or other suitable spontaneously ignitable chemical into the oxidizer tank (or vice versa) which creates the pressurizing gas by combustion inside the propellant tank. While ideally this type of pressurization system is very small and light, in practice it has not usually given reproducible tank pressures, because of irre- 6.5. TANK PRESSURIZATION 219 gular combustion the sloshing of propellant in the tank during vehicle man- euvers has caused sudden cooling of the hot pressurizing gas and thus some erratic tank pressure changes. This problem can be avoided by physically separating the hot reactive gas from the liquid propellant by a piston or a flexible bladder. If hot gas from a solid propellant gas generator of from the decomposition of a monopropellant is used (instead of a high-pressure gas supply), a substantial reduction in the gas and inert mass of the pressurizing system can be achieved. For example, the pressurizing of hydrazine monopro- pellant by warm gas (from the catalytic decomposition of hydrazine) has been successful for moderate durations. The prepackaged compact experimental liquid propellant rocket engine shown in Fig. 6-8 is unique. It uses a gelling agent to improve propellant safety and density (see Section 7.5 and Ref. 7-11), a solid propellant for pressuriza- tion of propellant tanks, two concentric annular pistons (positive expulsion), and a throttling and multiple restart capability. It allows missiles to lock on to targets before or after launch, slow down and search for targets, loiter, man- euver, or speed up to a high terminal velocity. This particular experimental engine, developed by TRW, has been launched from a regular Army mobile launcher. Graphite fiber Electronic overwrapped controls propellant tank Gas ~,~:~ili~'~::~ ::; ............. ~ ; ~ ' ~ ........ ablative Thrust chamber liner andWith face generator shutoff valve in injector Pistons Hydraulic pilot valve Cable/waveguide / .
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. passthrough lip Fuel tank / Oxidizer tank Fill valves FIGURE 6-8. Simplified diagram of a compact pre-loaded, pressure-fed, bipropellant experimental rocket engine aimed at propelling smart maneuvering ground-to-ground missiles. It uses gelled red fuming nitric acid and gelled monomethylhydrazine as pro- pellants. A solid propellant gas generator provides the gas for tank pressurization and the hot gases are isolated from the propellants by pistons. The concentric spray injector allows restart, throttling, and flow shut-off at the injector face. The rocket engine is 6 in. diameter and 23.5 in. long. (Courtesy of Space and Electronics Group, TRW, Inc.) 220 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS Estimating the Mass of the Pressurizing Gas The major function of the pressurizing gas is to expel the propellants from their tanks. In some propulsion system installations, a small amount of the pressur- ized gas also performs other functions such as the operation of valves and controls. The first part of the gas leaving the high-pressure-gas storage tank is at ambient temperature. If the high-pressure gas expands rapidly, then the gas remaining in the tank undergoes essentially an isentropic expansion, caus- ing the temperature of the gas to decrease steadily; the last portions of the pressurizing gas leaving the tank are very much colder than the ambient tem- perature and readily absorb heat from the piping and the tank walls. The Joule-Thomson effect causes a further small temperature change. A simplified analysis of the pressurization of a propellant tank can be made on the basis of the conservation of energy principle by assuming an adiabatic process (no heat transfer to or from the walls), an ideal gas, and a negligibly small initial mass of gas in the piping and the propellant tank. Let the initial condition in the gas tank be given by subscript 0 and the instantaneous con- ditions in the gas tank by subscript g and in the propellant tank by subscript p. The gas energy after and before propellant expulsion is mgC v Tg 4- mpC v Tp n t- pp Vp - moc v T o (6-5) The work done by the gas in displacing the propellants is given by pp Vp. Using Eqs. 3-3 to 3-5, the initial storage gas mass m0 may be found. ¢vPg Vo/R + Cvpp Vp/R Jr_ pp Vp - mocvT o mo - ~g Vo + pp Vpk)/(RTo) (6-6) This may be expressed as m 0 -~ p g m .
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TURBOPUMP FEED SYSTEMS AND ENGINE CYCLES 221 absorbed from the vehicle and the gas temperature does not decrease appreci- ably. Here To = Tg = Tp. The actual process is between an adiabatic and an isothermal process and may vary from flight to flight. The heating and cooling effects of the tank and pipe walls, the liquid pro- pellants, and the values on the pressurizing gas require an iterative analysis. The effects of heat transfer from sources in the vehicle, changes in the mission profile, vaporization of the propellant in the tanks, and heat losses from the tank to the atmosphere or space have to be included and the analyses can become quite complex. The design of storage tanks therefore allows a reason- able excess of pressurizing gas to account for these effects, for ambient tem- perature variations, and for the absorption of gas by the propellant. Equation 6-7 is therefore valid only under ideal conditions. Example 6-2. What air tank volume is required to pressurize the propellant tanks of a 9000-N thrust rocket thrust chamber using 90% hydrogen peroxide as a monopropel- lant at a chamber pressure of 2.00 MPa for 30 sec in conjunction with a solid catalyst? The air tank pressure is 14 MPa and the propellant tank pressure is 3.0 MPa. Allow for 1.20% residual propellant. SOLUTION. The exhaust velocity is 1300 m/sec and the required propellant flow can be found from Eq. 3-42 (~'a- 1.06): rh- ~dF/c- 1.06 x 9000/1300- 7.34 kg/sec The total propellant required is m- 7.34 kg/sec x 30 sec x l.012- 222.6 kg. The density of 90% hydrogen peroxide is 1388 kg/m 3. The propellant volume is 222.6/1388 -0.160 m 3. With 5% allowed for ullage and excess propellants, Eq. 6-7 gives the required weight of air (R -- 289 J/kg-K; To = 298 K; k - 1.40) for displacing the liquid. pp Vp k 3.0 x 106 x 0.16 x 1.05 x 1.4 mo = RTo [1-(pg/po)]-- 289x298x[1-(3/14)] = 10.4 kg of compressed air With an additional 5% allowed for excess gas, the high-pressure tank volume will be Vo = moRTo/Po -- 1.05 x 10.4 x 289 x 298/(14 x 106) = 0.067 m 3. 6.6. TURBOPUMP FEED SYSTEMS AND ENGINE CYCLES The principal components of a rocket engine with one type of turbopump system are shown in the simplified diagram of Fig. 1-4. Here the propellants are pressurized by means of pumps, which in turn are driven by turbines. These 222 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS turbines derive their power from the expansion of hot gases. Engines with turbopumps are preferred for booster and sustainer stages of space launch vehicles, long-range missiles, and in the past also for aircraft performance augmentation. They are usually lighter than other types for these high thrust, long duration applications. The inert hardware mass of the rocket engine (without tanks) is essentially independent of duration. Examples can be seen In Figs. 6-1 and 6-9 and also in Refs. 6-1, 6-2, and 6-6. For aircraft perfor- mance augmentation the rocket pump can be driven directly by the jet engine, as in Ref. 6-12. From the turbopump feed system options depicted in Fig. 6-2, the designer can select the most suitable concept for a particular application. An engine cycle for turbopump-fed engines describes the specific propellant flow paths through the major engine components, the method of providing the hot gas to one or more turbines, and the method of handling the turbine exhaust gases. There are open cycles and closed cycles. Open denotes that the working fluid exhausting from the turbine is discharged overboard, after hav- ing been expanded in a nozzle of its own, or discharged into the nozzle of the thrust chamber at a point in the expanding section far downstream of the nozle throat. In closed cycles or topping cycles all the working fluid from the turbine is injected into the engine combustion chamber to make the most efficient use of its remaining energy. In closed cycles the turbine exhaust gas is expanded through the full pressure ratio of the main thrust chamber nozzle, thus giving a little more performance than the open cycles, where these exhaust gases expand only through a relatively small pressure ratio. The overall engine performance difference is typically between 1 and 8% of specific impulse and this is reflected in even larger differences in vehicle performance. Figure 6-9 shows the three most common cycles in schematic form. Reference 6-13 shows variations of these cycles and also other cycles. The gas generator cycle and the staged combustion cycle can use most of the common liquid propellants. The expander cycle works best with vaporized cryogenic hydrogen as the coolant for the thrust chamber, because it is an excellent heat absorber and does not decompose. The schematic diagrams of Fig. 6-9 show each cycle with a separate turbopump for fuel and for oxidier. However, an arrangement with the fuel and oxdizer pump driven by the same turbine is also feasible and sometimes reduces the hardware mass, volume, and cost. The "best" cycle has to be selected on the basis of the mission, the suitability of existing engines, and the criteria established for the particular vehicle. There is an optimum chamber pressure and an optimum mixture ratio for each application, engine cycle, or optimization criterion, such as maximum range, lowest cost, or highest payload. In the gas generator cycle the turbine inlet gas comes from a separate gas generator. Its propellants can be supplied from separate propellant tanks or can be bled off the main propellant feed system. This cycle is relatively simple; the pressures in the liquid pipes and pumps are relatively low (which reduces inert engine mass). It has less engine-specific impulse than an expander cycle or a staged combustion cycle. The pressure ratio across the turbine is relatively 6.6. TURBOPUMP FEED SYSTEMS AND ENGINE CYCLES 223 FUel | Oxidizer mp /~pump t I GAS GENERATOR CYCLE / Fuel turbir Fuel | Oxidizer , pump ~ pump \ Precombustor / \ STAGED--COMBUSTION CYCLE i•p tFuel [Oxidizer ump ~ pump Fuel > urbi ne _ .
1 ~ izer turbine EXPANDER CYCLE FIGURE 6--9. Simplified diagrams of three engine cycles for liquid propellant rocket engines. The spirals are a symbol for an axisymmetric cooling jacket where heat is absorbed. high, but the turbine or gas generator flow is small (1 to 4% of total propellant flow) if compared to closed cycles. Some early engines used a separate mono- propellant for creating the generator gas. The German V-2 missile engine used . hydrogen peroxide, which was decomposed by a catalyst. Typically, the turbine exhaust gas is discharged overboard through one or two separate small low- area-ratio nozzles (at relatively low specific impulse), as shown schematically in Fig. 1-4 and in the Vulcain engine or RS-68 engine listed in Table 10-3. Alternatively, this turbine exhaust can be aspirated into the main flow through openings in the diverging nozzle section, as shown schematically in Fig. 6-9. This gas then protects the walls near the nozzle exit from high temperatures. Both methods can provide a small amount of additional thrust. The gas gen- erator mixture ratio is usually fuel rich (in some engine it is oxidizer rich) so 224 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS that the gas temperatures are low enough (typically 900 to 1350 K) to allow the use of uncooled turbine blades and uncooled nozzle exit segments. The RS-68 rocket engine, shown in Fig. 6-10, has a simple gas generator cycle. This engine is the largest liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen rocket engine built to date. As can be seen from the data in the figure, with a gas generator cycle the specific impulse of the thrust chamber by itself is always a little higher than that of the engine and the thrust of the thrust chamber is always slightly lower than that of the engine. In the expander cycle most of the engine coolant (usually hydrogen fuel) is fed to low-pressure-ratio turbines after having passed through the cooling jacket where it picked up energy. Part of the coolant, perhaps 5 to 15%, bypasses the turbine (not shown in Fig. 6-9) and rejoins the turbine exhaust flow before the entire coolant flow is injected into the engine combustion chamber where it mixes and burns with the oxidizer (see Refs. 6-2 and 6-14). The primary advantages of the expander cycle are good specific impulse, engine simplicity, and relatively low engine mass. In the expander cycle all the propellants are fully burned in the engine combustion chamber and expanded efficiently in the engine exhaust nozzle. This cycle is used in the RL10 hydrogen/oxygen rocket engine, and dif- ferent versions of this engine have flown successfully in the upper stages of several space launch vehicles. Data on the RL10-A3-3A are given in Table 10-3. A recent modification of this engine, the RL10B-2 with an extendible nozzle skirt, can be seen in Fig. 8-19 and data on this engine are contained in Table 8-1. It delivers the highest specific impulse of any chemical rocket engine to date. The RL10B-2 flow diagram in Fig. 6-11 shows its expander cycle. Heat absorbed by the thrust chamber cooling jacket gasifies and raises the gas temperature of the hydrogen so that it can be used to drive the turbine, which in turn drives a single-stage liquid oxygen pump (through a gear case) and a two-stage liquid hydrogen pump. The cooling down of the hardware to cryogenic temperatures is accomplished by flowing (prior to engine start) cold propellant through cooldown valves. The pipes for dischar- ging the cooling propellants overboard are not shown here, but can be seen in Fig. 8-19. Thrust is regulated by controlling the flow of hydrogen gas to the turbine, using a bypass to maintain constant chamber pressure. Helium is used as a means of power boost by actuating several of the larger valves through solenoid-operated pilot valves. In the staged combustion cycle, the coolant flow path through the cooling jacket is the same as that of the expander cycle. Here a high-pressure pre- combustor (gas generator) burns all the fuel with part of the oxidizer to provide high-energy gas to the turbines. The total turbine exhaust gas flow is injected into the main combustion chamber where it burns with the remain- ing oxidizer. This cycle lends itself to high-chamber-pressure operation, which allows a small thrust chamber size. The extra pressure drop in the precom- bustor and turbines causes the pump discharge pressures of both the fuel and the oxidizer to be higher than with open cycles, requiring heavier and more 6.6. TURBOPUMP FEED SYSTEMS AND ENGINE CYCLES 225 Four leg structural support High pressure oxygen line .. Oxygen turbopump Oxygen tank pressurization heat exchanger Turbine exhaust nozzle Main fuel valve Fuel turbopump Gimbal actuator Roll control nozzle using turbine exhaust Oxidizer valve Regenerative cooled thrust chamber with nozzle throat Ablative lined bell-shaped nozzle extension Parameter Thrust chamber Engine Specific impulse at sea level (max.), sec Specific impulse in vacuum (max.), sec Thrust, at sea level, lbf Thrust in vacuum lbf Mixture ratio 368 362 421 415 640,700 650,000 732,400 745,000 6.74 6.0 FIGURE 6-10. Simplified view of the RS-68 rocket engine with a gas generator cycle. For engine data see Table 10-3. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) 226 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS Oxidizer flow control valve .. ~, Maino fuel Oxygen pl Gear ~ansmissio~ . ' Regeneratively Liquid ~,,. '~ cooled thrust oxygen ~. chamber and nozzle Propellar 1 shutoff v! an L,0u,0 M hydrogen Venturi Fuel pump / / Fuel cooldown and pressure relief valve FIGURE 6--11. Schematic flow diagram of the RL10B-2 upper stage rocket engine. For data see Table 8-1. (Courtesy of Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies.) complex pumps, turbines, and piping. The turbine flow is relatively high and the turbine pressure drop is low, when compared to an open cycle. The staged combustion cycle gives the highest specific impulse, but it is more complex and heavy. In contrast, an open cycle can allow a relatively simple engine, lower pressures, and can have a lower production cost. A variation of the staged combustion cycle is used in the Space Shuttle main engine, as shown in Figs. 6-1 and 6-12. This engine actually uses two separate precom- bustion chambers, each mounted directly on a separate main turbopump. In addition, there are two more turbopumps for providing a boost pressure to the main pumps, but their turbines are not driven by combustion gases; instead, high-pressure liquid oxygen drives one booster pump and evaporated hydrogen drives the other. The injector of this reusable liquid propellant high-pressure engine is shown in Fig. 9-6 and performance data are given in Tables 10-1 and 10-3. While the space shuttle main engine (burning hydrogen with oxygen) has fuel-rich preburners, oxidizer-rich preburners are used in the RD120 engine (kerosene/oxygen) and other Russian rocket engines. See Table 10-5. Another example of a staged combustion cycle is the Russian engine RD253; all of the nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer and some of the unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine fuel are burned in the precombustor, and the remaining fuel is injected directly into the main combustion chamber, as shown in Table 10-5. 6.7. 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Fh o -- (?ho)gg .-4;- (1,ho) c (6--8) tiTf -- (t'iTf )gg ~t_ (Fi,lf )c rnc - (rho)c + (rhf)c (6-9) Fhgg -- (l~o)gg -Jr- (FiTf )gg (6-10) 228 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS In the turbopump the torques, powers, and shaft speeds must match. The balance of shaft speeds N can be simply written as Nt - aoNo - afNf (6-11) where ao and af are gear ratios. If no gears are used, ao - af - 1. The power balance implies that the power of turbine PT equals the power consumed by pumps and auxiliaries. The power is expressed as the product of torque L and shaft speed N: PT -- LTNT -- LoNo + Lf Nf + Pb (6-12) where Pb represents the bearing, seal, friction, and transmission power losses. If there are no gears in a particular turbopump, then NT -- No -- Nf (6-13) LT - Lo + Lj + Lb (6-14) The pressure balance equations for the fuel line at a point downstream of the fuel pump can be written as (Pf )d -- (Pf )s + (AP)pump = (Ap)main fuel system + Pl = (A)generator fuel system -~- Pgg (6-15) Here the fuel pump discharge pressure (Pf)a equals the fuel pump suction pressure (Pf)s plus the pressure rise across the pump (Ap)pump; this in turn equals the chamber pressures Pl plus all the pressure drops in the main fuel system downstream of the pump, and this is further equal to the chamber pressure in the gas generator combustion chamber pgg augmented by all the pressure losses in the fuel piping between the generator and the downstream side of the fuel pump. The pressure drop in the main fuel system usually includes the losses in the cooling jacket and the pressure decrease in the injec- tor. Equations 6-8 to 6-15 relate to a steady-state condition. A similar pressure balance is needed for the oxidizer flow. The transients and the dynamic change conditions are rather complex but have been analyzed using iterative proce- dures and digital computers. 6.8. ROCKET ENGINES FOR MANEUVERING, ORBIT ADJUSTMENTS, OR ATTITUDE CONTROL These engines have usually a set of small thrusters, that are installed at various places in a vehicle, and a common pressurized feed system, similar to Figures 6.8. ROCKET ENGINES FOR MANEUVERING 229 1-3, 4-13, or 6-13. They are called reaction control systems or auxiliary rockets as contrasted to higher-thrust primary or boost propulsion systems in Table 6-1. Most use storable liquid propellants, require a highly accurate repeatability of pulsing, a long life in space, and/or a long-term storage with loaded propellants in flight tanks. Figure 4-13 shows that it requires 12 thrusters for the applica- tion of pure torques about three vehicle axes. If a three-degree-of-rotation freedom is not a requrement, or if torques can be combined with some transla- tion maneuvers, fewer thrusters will be needed. These auxiliary rocket engines are commonly used in spacecraft or missiles for the accurate control of flight trajectories, orbit adjustments, or attitude control of the vehicle. References 6-1 and 6-2 give information on several of these. Figure 6-13 shows a simplified flow diagram for a post-boost control rocket engine, with one larger rocket thrust chamber for changing the velocity vector and eight small thrusters for attitude control. Section 4.6 describes various space trajectory correction maneuvers and satellite station-keeping maneuvers that are typically performed by these small auxiliary liquid propellant rocket engines with multiple thrusters. Attitude control can be provided both while a primary propulsion system (of a vehicle or of a stage) is operating and while its auxiliary rocket system operates by itself. For instance, this is done to point satellite's telescope into a specific orientation or to rotate a spacecraft's main thrust chamber into the desired direction for a vehicle turning maneuver. A good method for achieving accurate velocity corrections or precise angu- lar positions is to use pure modulation, that is, to fire some of the thrusters in a pulsing mode (for example, fire repeatedly for 0.020 sec, each time followed by a pause of perhaps 0.020 to 0.100 sec). The guidance system determines the maneuver to be undertaken and the vehicle control system sends command signals to specific thrusters for the number of pulses needed to accomplish this maneuver. Small liquid propellant engine systems are uniquely capable of these pulsing operations. Some thrusters have been tested for more than 300,000 pulses. For very short pulse durations the specific impulse is degraded by 5 to 25%, because the performance during the thrust build-up and thrust decay period (at lower chamber pressure) is inferior to operating only at the rated chamber pressure and the transient time becomes a major portion of the total pulse time. Ballistic missile defense vehicles usually have highly maneuverable upper stages. These require substantial side forces (200 to 6000 N) during the final closing maneuvers just prior to reaching the target. In concept the system is similar to that of Fig. 6-13, except that the larger thrust chamber would be at right-angles to the vehicle axis. A similar system for terminal maneuvers, but using solid propellants, is shown in Fig. 11-28. The Space Shuttle performs its reaction control with 38 different thrusters, as shown schematically in Figs. 1-13 and 6-4; this includes several duplicate (spare or redundant) thrusters. Selected thrusters are used for different man- euvers, such as space orbit corrections, station keeping, or positioning the 230 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS High-pressure helium tank Helium fill/vent ~l~D Pressure switch Relief valve Regulator Pressure transducer (12) Check valve(4) Isolation valve (5) Vent service valve (2) Monomethyl- hydrazine tank Nitrogen tetroxide tank • !,~EF Fill valve (3) {~ilters (2) Roll thruster with control valves (4) Pitch and yaw thrusters with control valves (4) Vehicle outer skin Axial thrust chamber (really pointing down perpendicular to paper) with its control valves and gimbal mounting FIGURE 6--13. Schematic flow diagram of the helium-pressurized, bipropellant rocket engine system of the fourth stage of the Peacekeeper ballistic missile, which provides the terminal velocity (in direction and magnitude) to each of several warheads. It has one larger gimballed thrust chamber for trajectory translation maneuvers and eight small thrusters (with scarfed nozzles) for attitude control in pitch, yaw, and roll. (Courtesy of USAF.) 6.8. ROCKET ENGINES FOR MANEUVERING 231 Space Shuttle for reentry or visual observations. These small restartable rocket engines are also used for space rendezvous or docking maneuvers, where one spacecraft slowly approaches another and locks itself to the other, without causing excessive impact forces during this docking manuever. This docking operation requires rotational and translational maneuvers from a series of rocket engines. Broadly, the application of pure torque to spacecraft can be divided into two classes, mass expulsion types (rockets) and nonmass expulsion types. Nonmass expulsion types include momentum storage, gravity gradient, solar radiation, and magnetic systems. Some space satellites are equipped with both the mass and nonmass expulsion types. Reaction wheels or flywheels, a momen- tum storage device, are particularly well suited to obtaining vehicle angular position control with high accuracies of less than 0.01 ° deviation and low vehicle angular rates of less than 10 -5 degrees/sec with relatively little expen- diture of energy. The vehicle angular momentum is changed by accelerating (or decelerating) the wheel. Of course, when the wheel speed reaches the maximum (or minimum) permissible, no further electrical motor torquing is possible; the wheel must be decelerated (or accelerated) to have its momentum removed (or augmented), a function usually accomplished through the simultaneous use of small attitude control rockets, which apply a torque to the vehicle in the opposite direction. The propellants for auxiliary rockets fall into three categories: cold gas jets (also called inert gas jets), warm or heated gas jets, and chemical combustion rockets, such as bipropellant liquid propellant rockets. The specific impulse is typically 50 to 120 sec for cold gas systems and 105 to 250 sec for warm gas systems. Warm gas systems can use inert gas with an electric heater or a monopropellant which is catalytically and/or thermally decomposed. Bipropellant attitude control thrust chambers allow an Is of 220 to 325 sec and have varied from 5 to 4000 N thrust; the highest thrusts apply to large spacecraft. All basically use pressurized feed systems with multiple thrusters or thrust chambers equipped with fast-acting, positive-closing precision valves. Many systems use small, uncooled, metal-constructed supersonic exhaust nozzles strategically located on the periphery of the spacecraft. Gas jets are used typically for low thrust (up to 10 N) and low total impulse (up to 4000 N-sec). They have been used on smaller satellites and often only for roll control. Small liquid monopropellant and liquid bipropellant rocket units are common in auxiliary rocket systems for thrust levels typically above 2 N and total impulse values above 3000 N-sec. Hydrazine is the most common monopropellant used in auxiliary control rockets; nitrogen tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine is a common bipropellant combination. The next chapter contains data on all three categories of these propellants, and Chapter 10 shows diagrams of small auxiliary rocket engines and their thrusters. 232 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS Combination systems are also in use. Here a bipropellant with a relatively high value of Is, such as N204 and N2H4, is used in the larger thrusters, which consume most of the propellant; then several simple monopropellant thrusters (with a lower Is), used for attitude control pulsing, usually consume a relatively small fraction of the total fuel. Another combination system is to employ bipropellant or monopropellant thrusters for adding a velocity incre- ment to a flight vehicle or to bleed or pulse some of the pressurizing gas, such as helium, through small nozzles controlled by electromagnetic valves to provide roll control. The specific mission requirements need to be analyzed to determine which type or combination is most advantageous for a parti- cular application. Special thruster designs exist which can be used in a bipropellant mode at higher thrust and also in a monopropellant mode for lower thrust. This can offer an advantage in some spacecraft applications. An example is the TRW secondary combustion augmented thruster (SCAT), which uses hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, is restartable, vaporizes the propellants prior to injection and therefore has very efficient combustion (over 99%), can oper- ate over a wide range of mixture ratios, and can be throttled from 5 to 15 lbf thrust. 6.9. VALVES AND PIPE LINES Valves control the flows of liquids and gases and pipes conduct these fluids to the intended components. There are no rocket engines without them. There are many different types of valves. All have to be reliable, lightweight, leakproof, and must withstand intensive vibrations and very loud noises. Table 6-6 gives several key classification categories for rocket engine valves. Any one engine will use only some of the valves listed here. The art of designing and making valves is based, to a large extent, on experience. A single chapter cannot do justice to it by describing valve design and operation. References 6-1 and 6-2 decribe the design of specific valves, lines, and joints. Often the design details, such as clearance, seat materials, or opening time delay present development difficulties. With many of these valves, any leakage or valve failure can cause a failure of the rocket unit itself. All valves are tested for two qualities prior to installation; they are tested for leaks--through the seat and also through the glands--and for functional soundness or performance. The propellant valves in high thrust units handle relatively large flows at high service pressures. Therefore, the forces necessary to actuate the valves are large. Hydraulic or pneumatic pressure, controlled by pilot valves, operates the larger valves; these pilot valves are in turn actuated by a solenoid or a mechanical linkage. Essentially this is a means of power boost. 6.9. VALVES AND PIPE LINES 233 TABLE 6-6. Classification of Valves Used in Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines 1. Fluid: fuel; oxidizer; cold pressurized gas; hot turbine gas. 2. Application or Use: main propellant control; thrust chamber valve (dual or single); bleed; drain; fill; by-pass; preliminary stage flow; pilot valve; safety valve; overboard dump; regulator; gas generator control; sequence control; isolation of propellant or high-pressure gas prior to start. 3. Mode of Actuation: automatically operated (by solenoid, pilot valve, trip mechanism, pyrotechnic, etc.); manually operated; pressure-operated by air, gas, propellant, or hydraulic fluid (e.g., check valve, tank vent valve, pressure regulator, relief valve), with or without position feedback, rotary or linear actuator. 4. The flow magnitude determines the size of the valve. 5. Duty cycle: single or multiple pulse operation; reusable for other flights; long or short life. 6. Valve Type: normally open; normally closed; normally partly open; two-way; three-way, with/without valve position feedback; ball valve, gate valve, butterfly type, spring loaded. 7. Temperature and pressure allow classification by high, low, or cryogenic temperature fluids, or high or low pressure or vacuum capability. 8. Accessible or not accessible to inspection, servicing, or replacement of valve or its seal. Two valves commonly used in pressurized feed systems are isolation valves (when shut, they isolate or shut off a portion of the propulsion system) and latch valves; they require power for brief periods during move- ments, such as to open or shut, but need no power when latched or fastened into position. A very simple and very light valve is a burst diaphragm. It is essentially a circular disk of material which blocks a pipeline and is designed so that it will fail and burst at a predetermined pressure differential. Burst diaphragms are positive seals and prevent leakage, but they can be used only once. The German Wasserfall antiaircraft missile used four burst disks; two were in high pressure air lines and two were in the propellant lines. Figure 6-14 shows a main liquid oxygen valve. It is normally closed, rotary actuated, cryogenic, high pressure, high flow, reusable ball valve, allowing continuous throtting, a controlled rate of opening through a crank and hy- draulic piston (not shown), with a position feedback and anti-icing controls. Pressure regulators are special valves which are used frequently to regulate gas pressures. Usually the discharge pressure is regulated to a predetermined standard pressure value by continuously throttling the flow, using a piston, flexible diaphragm, or electromagnet as the actuating mechanism. Regulators can be seen in Figs. 1-3 and 6-13. The various fluids in a rocket engine are conveyed by pipes or lines, usually made of metal and joined by fittings or welds. Their design must provide for 234 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS Hydraulic actuator - housing Thermal insulator Valve" housing with splines Shaft seal assembly bearing Intergral ball/shaft/cams Closed Valve outlet ' " ' Cam follower Bearing Inlet pin and bearing seal Section A-A Seal liftoff Open FIGURE 6--14. The SSME main oxidizer valve is a low-pressure drop ball valve repre- sentative of high-pessure large valves used in rocket engines. The ball and its integral shaft rotate in two bearings. The seal is a machined plastic ring spring-loaded by a bellows against the inlet side of the ball. Two cams on the shaft lift the seal a short distance off the ball within the first few degrees of ball rotation. The ball is rotated by a precision hydraulic actuator (not shown) through an insulating coupling. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) thermal expansion and provide support to minimize vibration effects. For gimballed thrust chambers it is necessary to provide flexibility in the piping to allow the thrust axis to be rotated through a small angle, typically +3 to 10 °. This flexibility is provided by flexible pipe joints and/or by allowing pipes to deflect when using two or more right-angle turns in the lines. The high-pressure propellant feed lines of the SSME have both flexible joints and right-angle bends, as shown in Figs 6-1 and 6-15. This joint has flexible bellows as a seal and a universal joint-type mechanical linkage with two sets of bearings for carrying the separating loads imposed by the high pressure. Sudden closing of valves can cause water hammer in the pipelines, leading to unexpected pressure rises which can be destructive to propellant system com- ponents. An analysis of this water hammer phenomenon will allow determina- tion of the approximate maximum pressure (Refs. 6-15 and 6-16). The friction of the pipe and the branching of pipelines reduce this maximum pressure. 6.10. ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE 235 ~!iiiiiiii!i) ~¸¸ ii!!!!!!!iiiiiii~iii~i~,~,,,~' Bearing Bellows seal .... ~ i i i i !
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~ i ~ i ~ ' ¸ ~ Bearing Sleeve FIGURE 6--15. Flexible high-pressure joint with external gimbal rings for a high-pres- sure hot turbine exhaust gas. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) Water hammer can also occur when admitting the initial flow of high-pressure propellant into evacuated pipes. The pipes are under vacuum to remove air and prevent the forming of gas bubbles in the propellant flow, which can cause combustion problems. Many liquid rocket engines have filters in their lines. This is necessary to prevent dirt, particles, or debris, such as small pieces from burst diaphragms, from entering precision valves or regulators (where debris can cause a mal- function) or from plugging small injection holes, which could cause hot streaks in the combustion gases, in turn causing a thrust chamber failure. Occasionally a convergent-divergent venturi section, with a sonic velocity at its throat, is placed into one or both of the liquid propellant lines. The merits are that it maintains constant flow and prevents pressure disturbances from traveling upstream. This can include the propagating of chamber pressure oscillations or coupling with thrust chamber combustion instabilities. The venturi section can also help in minimizing some water hammer effects in a system with multiple banks of thrust chambers. 6.10. ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE Most of the larger rocket engines have their own mounting structure or sup- port structure. On it the major components are mounted. It also transmits the 236 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS thrust force to the vehicle. Welded tube structures or metal plate/sheet metal assemblies have been used. In some large engines the thrust chamber is used as a structure and the turbopump, control boxes, or gimbal actuators are attached to it. In addition to the thrust load, an engine structure has to withstand forces imposed by vehicle maneuvers (in some cases a side acceleration of 10 go), vibration forces, actuator forces for thrust vector control motions, and loads from transportation over rough roads. In low-thrust engines with multiple thrusters there often is no separate engine mounting structure; the major components are in different locations of the vehicle, connected by tubing, wiring, or piping, and each is usually mounted directly to the vehicle or spacecraft structure. PROBLEMS 1. Enumerate and explain the merits and disadvantages of pressurized and turbopump feed systems. 2. In a turbopump it is necessary to do more work in the pumps if the thrust chamber operating pressure is raised. This of course requires an increase in turbine gas flow which, when exhausted, adds little to the engine specific impulse. If the chamber pressure is raised too much, the decrease in performance due to an excessive portion of the total propellant flow being sent through the turbine and the increased mass of the turbopump will outweigh the gain in specific impulse that can be attained by increased chamber pressure and also by increased thrust chamber nozzle exit area. Outline in detail a method for determining the optimum chamber pressure where the sea level performance will be a maximum for a rocket engine that operates in prin- ciple like the one shown in Fig. 1-4. 3. The engine performance data for a turbopump rocket system are as follows: Engine system specific impulse Engine system mixture ratio Engine system thrust Oxidizer vapor flow to pressurize oxidizer tank Propellant flow through turbine Gas generator mixture ratio Gas generator specific impulse 272 sec 2.52 40,000 N 0.003% of total oxidizer flow 2.1% of total propellant flow 0.23 85 sec Determine performance of the thrust chamber I~, r, F (see Sect. 10-2). 4. For a pulsing rocket engine, assume a simplified parabolic pressure rise of 0.005 sec, a steady-state short period of full chamber pressure, and a parabolic decay of 0.007 sec approximately as shown in the sketch. Plot curves of the following ratios as a function of operating time t from t = 0.013 to t = 0.200 sec; (a) average pressure to ~-0.005-~ Pe t > Time • <--~ 0.007------> PROBLEMS 237 ideal steady-state pressure (with zero rise or decay time); (b) average It to ideal steady-state Is; (c) average F to ideal steady-state F. 5. For a total impulse of 100 lbf-sec compare the volume and system weights of a pulsed propulsion system using different gaseous propellants, each with a single spherical gas storage tank (at 3500 psi and 0°C). A package of small thrust nozzles with piping and controls is provided which weighs 5.2 lb. The gaseous propellants are hydrogen, nitrogen, and argon (see Table 7-3). 6. Compare several systems for a potential roll control application which requires four thrusters of 1 lbf each to operate for a cumulative duration of 2 min each. Include the following: Pressurized helium Cold Pressurized nitrogen Cold Pressurized krypton Cold Pressurized helium at 500°F (electrically heated) The pressurized gas is stored at 5000 psi in a single spherical fiber-reinforced plastic tank; use a tensile strength of 200,000 psi and a density of 0.050 lbm/in. 3 with a 0.012 in. thick aluminum inner liner as a seal against leaks. Neglect the gas volume in the pipes, valves, and thrusters, but assume the total hardware mass of these to be about 1.3 lbm. Use Table 7-3. Make estimates of the tank volume and total system weight. Discuss the relative merits of these systems. 7. Make tables comparing the merits and disadvantages of engines using the gas gen- erator cycle and engines having the staged combustion cycle. 8. Prepare dimensioned rough sketches of the two propellant tanks needed for operat- ing a single RD253 engine (Table 10-5) for 80 sec at full thrust and an auxiliary rocket system using the same propellants, with eight thrust chambers, each of 100 kg thrust, but operating on the average with only two of the eight firing at any one time, with a duty cycle of 12 percent (fires only 12% of the time), but for a total flight time of 4.00 hours. Describe any assumptions that were made with the propellant budget, the engines, or the vehicle design, as they affect the amount of propellant. 9. Table 10-5 shows that the RD 120 rocket engine can operate at 85% of full thrust and with a mixture ratio variation of -t-10.0%. Assume a 1.0% unavailable residual 238 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS propellant. The allowance for operational factors, loading uncertainties, off-nominal rocket performance, and a contingency is 1.27% for the fuel and 1.15% for the oxidizer. (a) In a particular flight the average thrust was 98.0% of nominal and the mixture ratio was off by + 2.00% (oxidizer rich). What percent of the total fuel and oxidizer loaded into the vehicle will remain unused at thrust termination? (b) If we want to run at a fuel-rich mixture in the last 20% of the flight duration (in order to use up all the intended flight propellant), what would the mixture ratio have to be for this last period? (e) In the worst possible scenario with maximum throttling and extreme mixture ratio excursion (but operating for the nominal duration), what is the largest possible amount of unused oxidizer or unused fuel in the tanks? SYMBOLS a F go k L m rh N P Ap P ?. t T U V W 0/ gear ratio thrust, N (lbf) acceleration of gravity at sea level, 9.8066 m/sec 2 specific impulse, sec specific heat ratio shaft torque, m-N (ft-lbf) propellant mass, kg (lbm) mass flow rate, kg/sec (lb/sec) shaft speed, rpm (rad/sec) pressure, N/m 2 (psi) pressure drop, N/m 2 (psi) power, W mixture ratio (oxidizer to fuel mass flow rate) time, sec absolute temperature, K vehicle velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) volume flow rate, m 3/sec (ft 3/sec) total propellant weight, N (lbf) weight flow rate, N/sec (lbf/sec) nozzle divergence angle Subscripts b C d f gg oa bearings, seals chamber or thrust chamber discharge side fuel gas generator overall REFERENCES 239 O S tp 1 2 3 oxidizer suction side tank pressurization chamber (stagnation condition) nozzle exit ambient atmosphere REFERENCES 6-1. D. K. Huzel and D. H. Huang. Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines, Revised edition, AIAA, 1992, 437 pages. 6-2. G. G. Gakhun, V. I. Baulin, et ala., Construction and Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines (in Russian), Konstruksiya i Proyektirovaniye Zhidkostniyk Raketnykh Dvigateley, Mashinostroyeniye, Moscow, 1989, 424 pages. 6-3. C. J. G. Dixon and J. G. B. Marshall, "Mathematical Modelling of Bipropellant Combined Propulsion Subsystems," AIAA Paper 90-2303, 26th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 1990; and Design Guide for Pressurized Gas Systems, Vols. I and II, prepared by IIT Research Institute, NASA Contract NAS7-388, March 1966. 6--4. H. C. Hearn, "Design and Development of a large Bipropellant Blowdown Propulsion System," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 11, No. 5, September-October 1995. 6-5. H. C. Hearn, "Evaluation of Bipropellant Pressurization Concepts for Spacecraft," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 19, July 1982, pp. 320-325. 6-6. 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Walling, Jr. "Design and Qualification of a Surface Tension Propellant Tank for an Advanced Spacecraft," AIAA Paper 88- 2848, 24th Joint Propulsion Conference, 1988. 6-12. H. Grosdemange and G. Schaeffer. "The SEPR 844 Reuseable Liquid Rocket Engine for Mirage Combat Aircraft", AIAA Paper 90-1835, July 1990. 6-13. D. Manski, C. Goertz, H. D. Sassnick, J. R. Hulka, B. D. Goracke, and D. J. H. Levack, "Cycles for Earth to Orbit Propulsion," Journal of Propulsion and Power, AIAA, Vol. 14, No. 5, September-October 1998. 240 LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS 6-14. J. R. Brown. "Expander Cycle Engines for Shuttle Cryogenic Upper Stages, AIAA Paper 83-1311, 1983. 6-15. R. P. Prickett, E. Mayer, and J. Hermel, "Waterhammer in Spacecraft Propellant Feed Systems," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 8, No. 3, May-June 1992. 6-16. Chapter 9 in: I. Karassik, W. C. Krutzsch, W. H. Fraser, and J. P. Messina (eds), Pump Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976 (pumps and waterhammer). CHAPTER 7 LIQUID PROPELLANTS The classification of liquid propellants has been given in Section 6.1 of the preceding chapter. In this chapter we discuss properties, performance, and characteristics of selected common liquid propellants. These characteristics affect the engine design, test facilities, propellant storage and handling. Today we commonly use three liquid bipropellant combinations. Each of their propellants will be described further in this chapter. They are: (1) the cryogenic oxygen-hydrogen propellant system, used in upper stages and some- times booster stages of space launch vehicles; it gives the highest specific impulse for a non-toxic combination, which makes it best for high vehicle velocity missions; (2) the liquid oxygen-hydrocarbon propellant combination, used for booster stages (and a few second stages) of space launch vehicles; its higher average density allows a more compact booster stage, when com- pared to the first combination; also, historically, it was developed before the first combination and was originally used for ballistic missiles; (3) several storable propellant combinations, used in large rocket engines for first and second stages of ballistic missiles and in almost all bipropellant low-thrust, auxiliary or reaction control rocket engines (this term is defined below); they allow long-term storage and almost instant readiness to start without the delays and precautions that come with cryogenic propellants. In Russia the nitric acid-hydrocarbon combination was used in ballistic missiles many years ago. Today Russia and China favor nitrogen tetroxide-unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine or UDMH for ballistic missiles and auxiliary engines. The USA started with nitrogen tetroxide and a fuel mixture of 50% UDMH with 50% hydrazine in the Titan missile. For auxiliary engines in many satellites and upper stages the USA has used the bipropellant of nitrogen tetroxide with 241 242 LIQUID PROPELLANTS monomethylhydrazine. The orbit maneuvering system of the Space Shuttle uses it. Alternatively, many US satellites have used monopropellant hydrazine for auxiliary engines. A comparative listing of various performance quantities for a number of propellant combinations is given in Table 5-5 and in Ref. 7-1. Some important physical properties of various propellants are given in Table 7-1. For compar- ison water is also listed. Specific gravities and vapor pressures are shown in Figs. 7-1 and 7-2. 7.1. PROPELLANT PROPERTIES It is important to distinguish between the characteristics and properties of the liquid propellants (the fuel and oxidizer liquids in their unreacted condition) and those of the hot gas mixture, which result from the reaction in the combus- tion chamber. The chemical nature of the liquid propellants determines the properties and characteristics of both of these types. Unfortunately, none of the practical, known propellants have all the desirable properties, and the selection of the propellant combination is a compromise of various factors, such as those listed below. Economic Factors Availability in large quantity and a low cost are very important considerations in the selection of a propellant. In military applications, consideration has to be given to logistics of production, supply, and other possible military uses. The production process should be simple, requiring only ordinary chemical equip- ment and available raw materials. It is usually more expensive to use a toxic or cryogenic propellant than a storable, non-toxic one, because it requires addi- tional steps in the operation, more safety provisions, additional design features, longer check-out procedures, and often more trained personnel. Performance of Propellants The performance can be compared on the basis of the specific impulse, the effective exhaust velocity, the characteristic velocity, the specific propellant consumption, the ideal exhaust velocity, or other engine parameters. They have been explained in Chapter 3, 5 and 6. The specific impulse and exhaust velocity are functions of pressure ratio, specific heat ratio, combustion tem- perature, mixture ratio, and molecular mass. Values of performance para- meters for various propellant combinations can be calculated with a high degree of accuracy and several are listed in Table 5-5. Very often the per- formance is expressed in terms of flight performance parameters for a given rocket application, as explained in Chapter 4. Here the average density, the 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 > ,,... aO .~ 0.8 0.6 0.4 50 100 Liquid fluorine J .1 1 \ • . 150 .
. \ 0,2 Liquid hydrogen 1 - 400 - 300 Temperature, K 200 250 300 350 • ' Red u ~,,~ . . . . 87 ~hY~,O~e~o2~e " ! • -- ",~f-N~O, .,.. ~,~-" Nitromethane " Urfuryt al .~, =r., | j I "",lot r [ I~'~ I -- "---- ' ~ Hydrazine hydrate Hy,.tra.' .- ~ ~ _ 1 ~ , ,".1.,ne~...~r Anil~ne~. + 75~ e J i 1 " ~ ....~ Liquid ethane .
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Some Physical Properties of Several Common Liquid Propellants Liquid Liquid Monomethyl- Propellant Fluorine Hydrazine Hydrogen Methane hydrazine Chemical formula F2 N2H4 H2 CH4 CH3NHNH2 Molecular mass Melting or freezing point (K) Boiling point (K) Heat of vaporization (kJ/kg) Specific heat (kcal/kg-K) Specific gravity c Viscosity (centipoise) Vapor pressure (MPa) 38.0 32.05 2.016 16.03 46.072 53.54 274.69 14.0 90.5 220.7 85.02 386.66 20.4 111.6 360.6 166.26 b 44.7 b 446 510 b 875 (298.15 K) 0.368 0.736 1.75 b 0.835 b 0.698 (85 K) (293 K) (20.4 K) (293 K) 0.357 0.758 f 0.735 (69.3 K) (338 K) (393 K) 1.636 1.005 0.071 0.424 0.8788 (66 K) (293 K) (20.4 K) (111.5 K) (293 K) 1.440 0.952 0.076 0.857 (93 K) (350 K) (14 K) (311 K) 0.305 0.97 0.024 0.12 0.855 (77.6 K) (298 K) (14.3 K) (111.6 K) (293 K) 0.397 0.913 0.013 0.22 0.40 (70 K) (330 K) (20.4 K) (90.5 K) (344 K) 0.0087 0.0014 0.2026 0.033 0.0073 (100 K) (293 K) (23 K) (100 K) (300 K) 0.00012 0.016 0.87 0.101 0.638 (66.5 K) (340 K) (30 K) (117 K) (428 K) aRed fuming nitric acid (RFNA) has 5 to 20% dissolved NO2 with an average molecular weight of about 60, and a density and vapor pressure somewhat higher than those of pure nitric acid. bat boiling point. CReference for specific gravity ratio: 103 kg/m 3 or 62.42 lbm/ft 3. specific impulse, and the engine mass ratio usually enter into a complex flight relation equation. For high performance a high content of chemical energy per unit of propel- lant mixture is desirable because it permits a high chamber temperature. A low molecular mass of the product gases of the propellant combination is also desirable. It can be accomplished by using fuels rich in combined hydrogen, which is liberated during the reaction. A low molecular mass is obtained if a large portion of the hydrogen gas produced does not combine with oxygen. In general, therefore, the best mixture ratio for many bipropellants is not neces- sarily the stoichiometric one (whch results in complete oxidation and yields a 7.1. PROPELLANT PROPERTIES 245 Nitric Acid a Nitrogen Liquid (99%) pure) Tetroxide Oxygen Unsymmetrical Dimethyl- Rocket Fuel hydrazine RP-1 (UDMH) Water HNO3 63.016 231.6 N20 4 0 2 Hydrocarbon (CH3)2NNH 2 H20 CH1.97 92.016 32.00 --~ 175 60.10 18.02 261.95 54.4 225 216 273.15 355.7 294.3 90.0 460- 540 336 373.15 480 413 b 213 246 b 542 2253 b (298 K) 0.042 0.374 0.4 0.45 0.672 1.008 (311 K) (290 K) (65 K) (298 K) (298 K) (273.15 K) 0.163 0.447 0.71 (373 K) (360 K) (340 K) 1.549 1.447 1.14 0.58 0.856 1.002 (273.15 K) (293 K) (90.4 K) (422 K) (228 K) (373.15 K) 1.476 1.38 1.23 0.807 0.784 1.00 (313.15 K) (322 K) (77.6 K) (289 K) (244 K) (293.4 K) 1.45 0.47 0.87 0.75 4.4 0.284 (273 K) (293 K) (53.7 K) (289 K) (220 K) (373.15 K) 0.33 0.19 0.21 0.48 1.000 (315 K) (90.4 K) (366 K) (300 K) (277 K) 0.0027 0.01014 0.0052 0.002 0.0384 0.00689 (273.15 K) (293 K) (88.7 K) (344 K) (289 K) (312 K) 0.605 0.2013 0.023 0.1093 0.03447 (343 K) (328 K) (422 K) (339 K) (345 K) high flame temperature) but usually a fuel-rich mixture containing a large portion of low-molecular-mass reaction products, as shown in Chapter 5. If very small metallic fuel particles of beryllium or aluminum are suspended in the liquid fuel, it is theoretically possible to increase the specific impulse by between 9 and 18%, depending on the particular propellant combination, its mixture ratio and the metal powder additive. Gelled propellants with sus- pended solid particles have been tested successfully with storable fuels. For gelled propellants, see Section 7.5. The chemical propellant combination that has the highest potential specific impulse (approximately 480 sec at 1000 psia chamber pressure and expansion to sea level atmosphere, and 565 sec in a vacuum with a nozzle area ratio of 50) uses a toxic liquid fluorine oxidizer with hydrogen fuel plus suspended toxic solid particles of beryllium; as yet a practical means for storing these propel- lants and a practical rocket engine have not been developed. Vapor pressure, atm 0 0 0 .~ ~ 0 ~ 0 0 0 -400 _ 3 o o ~ ~ ,, - ~ O 0 ~ ~ - - - - F l ~ i ~ e i ~ ~ + ~ o o ~ ~ ~ ~ + ~ o o ~ _ ~ ~ ~ + 500 FIGURE 7-2. Vapor pressures of several liquid propellants as a function of temperature. o o o o 3 E $~ o o (31 o o 7.1. PROPELLANT PROPERTIES 247 Common Physical Hazards Although the several categories of hazards are described below, they do not all apply to every propellant. The hazards are different for each specific propellant and must be carefully understood before working with that propellant. The consequences of unsafe operation or unsafe design are usually also unique to several propellants. Corrosion. Various propellants, such as nitrogen tetroxide or hydrogen per- oxide, have to be handled in containers and pipelines of special materials. If the propellant were permitted to become contaminated with corrosion products, its physical and chemical properties could change sufficiently to make it unsuita- ble for rocket operation. The corrosion of the gaseous reaction products is important in applications in which the reaction products are likely to damage structure and parts of the vehicle or affect communities and housing near a test facility or launch site. Explosion Hazard. Some propellants, such as hydrogen peroxide and nitro- methane, are unstable and tend to detonate under certain conditions of impu- rities, temperature, and shock. If liquid oxidizers (e.g., liquid oxygen) and fuels are mixed together they can be detonated. Unusual, rare flight vehicle launch or transport accidents have caused such mixing to occur (see Refs. 7-2 and 7-3). Fire Hazard. Many oxidizers will start chemical reactions with a large variety of organic compounds. Nitric acid, nitrogen tetroxide, fluorine, or hydrogen peroxide react spontaneously with many organic substances. Most of the fuels are readily ignitable when exposed to air and heat. Accidental Spills. Unforeseen mishaps during engine operation and traffic accidents on highways or railroads while transporting hazardous materials, including propellants, have on occasion caused spills, which expose people to unexpected fires, or potential health hazards. The U.S. Department of Trans- portation has rules for marking and containing hazardous materials during transport and also guidelines for emergency action (see Ref. 7-4). Health Hazards. Many propellants are toxic or poisonous, and special pre- cautions have to be taken to protect personnel. Fluorine, for example, is very poisonous. Toxic propellant chemicals or poisonous exhaust species can enter the human body in several ways. The resulting health disorders are propellant specific. Nitric acid can cause severe skin burn and tissue disintegration. Skin contact with aniline or hydrazine can cause nausea and other adverse health effects. Hydrazine and its derivatives, such as dimethylhydrazine or hydrazine hydrate, are known carcinogens (cancer-causing substances). Many propellant 248 LIQUID PROPELLANTS vapors cause eye irritation, even in very small concentration. Inadvertent swal- lowing of many propellants can also cause severe health degradation. The inhalation of certain toxic exhaust gases or gaseous or vaporized pro- pellants is perhaps the most common health hazard. It can cause severe damage if the exposure is for long duration or in concentrations that exceed established maximum threshold values. In the United States the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established limits or thresholds on the allowable exposure and concentration for most propellant chemicals. Several of these propellant gas threshold limits are mentioned later in this chapter. Toxic gases in the exhaust could include hydrofluoric acid (HF) gas; its OSHA 8-hr personnel exposure limit is 3 ppm (volumetric parts per million) and its short-term (typically, 15 min) exposure limit is 6 ppm. A concentration of 3000 ppm or 0.3% can be fatal within a few seconds. Pentaborane, which is very toxic and has been used in experimental engines, has an 8-hr personnel expo- sure limit at a threshold of 0.005 ppm. References 7-2 and 7-5 give more information on toxic effects. The corrosion, explosion, and fire hazards of many propellants put severe limitations on the materials, the handling, and the design of rocket-propelled vehicles and their engine compartments. Not only is the rocket system itself exposed to the hazardous propellant, but adjacent personnel, structural parts, electrical and other vehicle equipment, and test and launch facilities have to be properly protected against the effects of possible leaks, fumes, and fires or explosions from propellant accumulations. Material Compatibility. Many liquid propellants have only a limited number of truly compatible materials, both metals and nonmetals, such as gaskets or O-rings. There have been unfortunate failures (causing fires, leakage, corro- sion, or malfunctions) when an improper or incompatible material was used in the hardware of a rocket engine. Depending on the specific component and loading conditions, these structural materials have to withstand high stresses, stress corrosion, high temperatures, or abrasion. Several specific material lim- itations are mentioned in the next section. Certain materials catalyze a self- decomposition of stored hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen, making long-term storage difficult and, if confined, causing its container to explode. Many structural materials, when exposed to cold, cryogenic propellants, can become very brittle. Desirable Physical Properties Low Freezing PoinL This permits operation of rockets in cold weather. The addition of small amounts of special chemicals has been found to help depress the freezing point of some liquid propellants which solidify readily at relatively high temperature. 7.1. PROPELLANT PROPERTIES 249 High Specific Gravity. In order to accommodate a large mass of propellants in a given vehicle tank space, a dense propellant is required. It permits a small vehicle construction and, consequently, a relatively low structural vehicle mass and low aerodynamic drag. Specific gravity, therefore, has an important effect on the maximum flight velocity and range of any rocket-powered vehicle or missile flying within the earth's atmosphere, as explained in Chapter 4. Specific gravities for various propellants are plotted in Fig. 7-1. A variation of the temperature of stored propellant will cause change in liquid level in the tank. For any given mixture ratio r, the average specific gravity of a propellant combination 8av can be determined from the specific gravities of the fuel 3f and of the oxidizer ~;o- The average specific gravity is defined as the mass of the fuel and oxidizer, divided by the sum of their volumes. Here the mixture ratio is defined as the oxidizer mass flow rate divided by the fuel mass flow rate. 3a v = So'f(1 + r) r3f + 3 o (7-1) Values of 3av for various propellant combinations are listed in Table 5-5. The value of ~av can be increased by adding heavy materials to the propellants, either by solution or colloidal suspension. The identical type of equation can be written for the average density Pay in terms of the fuel density and the oxidizer density. poPf(1 + r) /Pay -- (7-2) pfr + Po In the SI system of units the specific gravity has the same numerical value as the density expressed in units of grams per cubic centimeter or kg/liter. In some performance comparisons the parameter density specific impulse Id is used. It is defined as the product of the average specific gravity ~ and the specific impulse I,: I d = (~avls (7--3) Stability. No deterioration and no decomposition with long-term (over 15 years) storage and minimal reaction with the atmosphere have been attained with many propellants. Good chemical stability means no decomposition of the liquid propellant during operation or storage, even at elevated temperature. A good liquid propellant should also have no chemical deterioration when in contact with piping, tank walls, valve seats, and gasket materials, even at relatively high ambient temperatures. No appreciable absorption of moisture and no adverse effects of small amounts of impurities are desirable properties. There should be no chemical deterioration when liquid flows through the hot cooling jacket passages. Some hydrocarbons (e.g., olefins) decompose and 250 LIQUID PROPELLANTS form carbonaceous deposits on the hot inside surfaces of the cooling passage. These deposits can be hard, reduce the heat flow, increase the local metal temperatures, and thus can cause the metal to weaken and fail. About 1% per year of stored concentrated hydrogen peroxide decomposes in clean storage tanks. Between 1 and 20% of a cryogenic propellant (stored in a vehicle) evaporates every day in an insulated tank. Heat Transfer Properties. High specific heat, high thermal conductivity, and a high boiling or decomposition temperature are desirable for propellants that are used for thrust chamber cooling (see Section 8.3). Pumping Properties. A low vapor pressure permits not only easier handling of the propellants, but also a more effective pump design in applications where the propellant is pumped. This reduces the potential for cavitation, as ex- plained in Chapter 10. If the viscosity of the propellant is too high, then pumping and engine-system calibration become difficult. Propellants with high vapor pressure, such as liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and other liquefied gases, require special design provisions, unusual handling techniques, and spe- cial low-temperature materials. Temperature Variation. The temperature variation of the physical properties of the liquid propellant should be small. For example, a wide temperature variation in vapor pressure and density (thermal coefficient of expansion) or an unduly high change in viscosity with temperature makes it very difficult to accurately calibrate a rocket engine flow system or predict its performance over any reasonable range of operating temperatures. Ignition, Combustion, and Flame Properties If the propellant combination is spontaneously ignitable, it does not require an ignition system. This means that burning is initiated as the oxidizer and the fuel come in contact with each other. Spontaneously ignitable propellants are often termed hypergolic propellants. Although an ignition system is not a very objec- tionable feature, its elimination is usually desirable because it simplifies the propulsion system. All rocket propellants should be readily ignitable and have a small ignition time delay in order to reduce the potential explosion hazard during starting. Starting and ignition problems are discussed further in Section 8.4. Nonspontaneously ignitable propellants have to be heated by external means before ignition can begin. Igniters are devices that accomplish an initial slight pressurization of the chamber and the initial heating of the propellant mixture to the point where steady flow combustion can be self-sustained. The amount of energy added by the igniter to activate the propellants should be small so that low-power ignition systems can be used. The energy required for satisfac- 7.2. LIQUID OXIDIZERS 251 tory ignition usually diminishes for increasing ambient temperature of the propellant. Certain propellant combinations burn very smoothly without combustion vibration. Other propellant combinations do not demonstrate this combustion stability and, therefore, are less desirable. Combustion is treated in Chapter 9. Smoke formation is objectionable in many applications because of the smoke deposits on the surrounding equipment and parts. Smoke and brilliantly luminous exhaust flames are objectionable in certain military applications, because they can be easily detected. In some applications the condensed species in the exhaust gas can cause surface contamination on spacecraft windows or optical lenses and the electrons in the flame can cause undesirable interference or attenuation of communications radio signals. See Chapter 18 for information on exhaust plumes. Property Variations and Specifications The propellant properties and quality must not vary, because this can affect engine performance, combustion, and physical or chemical properties. The same propellant must have the same composition, properties, and storage or rocket operating characteristics if manufactured at different times or if made by different manufacturers. For these reasons propellants are purchased against specifications which define ingredients, maximum allowable impurities, packaging methods or compatible materials, allowable tolerances on physical properties (such as density, boiling point, freezing point, viscosity, or vapor pressure), quality control requirements, cleaning procedures for containers, documentation of inspections, laboratory analyses, or test results. A careful chemical analysis of the composition aand impurities is necessary. Reference 7- 6 describes some of these methods of analysis. Additive Altering and tailoring propellant properties can be achieved with additives. For example, to make a non-hypergolic fuel become hypergolic (readily ignited), a reactive ingredient has been added. To desensitize concentrated hydrogen per- oxide and reduce self-decomposition, it is diluted with 3 to 15% water. To increase density or to alleviate certain combustion instabilities, a fine powder of a heavy solid material can be suspended in the propellant. 7.2. LIQUID OXIDIZERS Many different types of storable and cryogenic liquid oxidizer propellants have been used, synthesized, or proposed. For high specific impulse this includes boron-oxygen-fluorine compounds, oxygen-fluorine compounds, nitrogen- fluorine formulations, and fluorinated hydrocarbons; however, they all have 252 LIQUID PROPELLANTS some undesirable characteristics and these synthetic oxidizers have not been proven to be practical. Oxidizer liquids that have been used in experimental liquid rocket engines include mixtures of liquid oxygen and liquid fluorine, oxygen difluoride (OF2) , chlorine trifluoride (C1F3), or chlorine pentafluoride (C1Fs). All of these are highly toxic and very corrosive. Several commonly used oxidizers are listed below. Liquid Oxygen (02) Liquid oxygen, often abbreviated as LOX, boils at 90 K at atmospheric pres- sure; at these conditions it has a specific gravity of 1.14 and a heat of vapor- ization of 213 kJ/kg. It is widely used as an oxidizer and burns with a bright white-yellow flame with most hydrocarbon fuels. It has been used in combina- tion with alcohols, jet fuels (kerosene-type), gasoline, and hydrogen. As shown in Table 5-5, the attainable performance is relatively high, and liquid oxygen is therefore a desirable and commonly used propellant in large rocket engines. The following missiles and space launch vehicles use oxygen: (1) with jet fuel-- Atlas, Thor, Jupiter, Titan I, Saturn booster; (2) with hydrogen--Space Shuttle and Centaur upper stage; (3) with alcohol--V-2 and Redstone. Figures 1-4 and 6-1 show units that use oxygen. Figures 5-1 to 5-6 give theoretical perfor- mance data for liquid oxygen with a kerosene-type fuel. Although it usually does not burn spontaneously with organic materials at ambient pressures, combustion or explosions can occur when a confined mix- ture of oxygen and organic matter is suddenly pressurized. Impact tests show that mixtures of liquid oxygen with many commercial oils or organic materials will detonate. Liquid oxygen supports and accelerates the combustion of other materials. Handling and storage are safe when contact materials are clean. Liquid oxygen is a noncorrosive and nontoxic liquid and will not cause the deterioration of clean container walls. When in prolonged contact with human skin, the cryogenic propellant causes severe burns. Because liquid oxygen eva- porates rapidly, it cannot be stored readily for any great length of time. If liquid oxygen is used in large quantities, it is often produced very close to its geographical point of application. Liquid oxygen can be obtained in several ways, such as by boiling liquid nitrogen out of liquid air. It is necessary to insulate all lines, tanks, valves, and so on, that contain liquid oxygen in order to reduce the evaporation loss. Rocket propulsion sys- tems which remain filled with liquid oxygen for several hours and liquid oxygen storage systems have to be well insulated against absorbing heat from the surroundings. External drainage provisions have to be made on all liquid oxygen tanks and lines to eliminate the water that condenses on the walls. Example 7-1. Estimate the approximate temperature and volume change of liquid oxygen if an oxygen tank is pressurized to 8.0 atmospheres for a long time before engine start. Assume the tank is 60% full and the evaporated oxygen is refrigerated and recondensed (constant mass). 7.2. LIQUID OXIDIZERS 253 SOLUTION. Using Table 7-1 and Figs. 7-1 and 7-2, the vapor pressure goes from 1.0 atm (0.1 MPa) to 8 atm (about 0.8 MPa) and the equilibrium temperature goes from the boiling point of 90 K at 1.0 atm to about 133 K. The corresponding specific gravities are 1.14 and 0.88 respectively. This is an increase of 1.14/0.88 = 1.29 or about 77% full (29% more volume). In tanks with turbopump feed systems the actual tank pressures are lower (typically 2 to 4 atm) and the evaporated oxygen is vented, causing a cooling effect on the liquid surface. So the numbers calculated above are too large (8 atm was selected to clearly show the effect). The warming occurs when there is a long hold period of a pressurized cryogenic propellant tank and is most pronounced when the final portion of the pro- pellant is being emptied. Nevertheless the higher temperature, higher vapor pressure, and lower density can cause changes in mixture ratio, required tank volume, and pump suction condition (see Section 10.1). Therefore tanks with cryogenic propellant are insulated (to minimize heat transfer and density changes) and are pressurized only shortly before engine start, so as to keep the propellant at its lowest possible temperature. Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) In rocket application, hydrogen peroxide has been used in a highly concen- trated form of 70 to 99%; the remainder is mostly water. Commercial peroxide is approximately 30% concentrated. Concentrated hydrogen peroxide was used in gas generator and rocket applications between 1938 and 1965 (X-1 and X- 15 research aircraft). In the combustion chamber, the propellant decomposes according to the following chemical reaction, forming superheated steam and gaseous oxygen: H202 --+ H20 + 102 + heat This decomposition is brought about by the action of catalysts such as various liquid permanganates, solid manganese dioxide, platinum, and iron oxide. In fact, most impurities act as a catalyst. H202 is hypergolic with hydrazine and will burn well with kerosene. The theoretical specific impulse of 90% hydrogen peroxide is 154 sec, when used as a monopropellant with a solid catalyst bed. Even under favorable conditions H20 2 will often decompose at a slow rate during storage, about one percent per year for 95%, and gas will bubble out of the liquid. Contaminated liquid peroxide must be disposed of before it reaches a danger point of about 448 K, when an explosion usually occurs. Concentrated peroxide causes severe burns when in contact with human skin and may ignite and cause fires when in contact with wood, oils, and many other organic materials. In the past rocket engines with hydrogen peroxide oxidizer have been used for aircraft boost (German Me 163, and U.S. F 104) and a missile (Britain: Black Knight). It has not been used for a long time, partly because of its long-term storage stability. However, there has been some improvement and some renewed interest in this dense oxidizer, which produces a nontoxic exhaust. 254 LIQUID PROPELLANTS Nitric Acid (HNO3) There are several types of nitric acid mixtures that have been used as oxidizers between 1940 and 1965; they are not used extensively today in the United States. The most common type, red fuming nitric acid (RFNA), consists of concentrated nitric acid (HNO3) that contains between 5 and 20% dissolved nitrogen dioxide. The evaporating red-brown fumes are exceedingly annoying and poisonous. Compared to concentrated nitric acid (also called white fuming nitric acid), RFNA is more energetic, more stable in storage, and less corrosive to many tank materials. Nitric acid is highly corrosive. Only certain types of stainless steel, gold, and a few other materials are satisfactory as storage containers or pipeline materi- als. A small addition of fluorine ion (less than 1% of HF) inhibits the nitric acid, causes a fluoride layer to form on the wall, and greatly reduces the corrosion with many metals. It is called inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA). In case of accident of spilling, the acid should be diluted with water or chemically deactivated. Lime and alkali metal hydroxides and carbo- nates are common neutralizing agents. However, nitrates formed by the neu- tralization are also oxidizing agents and must be handled accordingly. Nitric acid has been used with gasoline, various amines, hydrazine, dimethylhydrazine, and alcohols. It ignites spontaneously with hydrazine, fur- furyl alcohol, aniline, and other amines. The specific gravity of nitric acid varies from 1.5 to 1.6, depending on the percentages of nitric oxide, water, and impurities. This high density permits compact vehicle construction. Vapors from nitric acid or red fuming nitric acid have an OSHA 8-hr personnel exposure limit or a threshold work allowance of 2 ppm (parts per million or about 5 mg/m 3) and a short-term exposure limit of 10 ppm. Droplets on the skin cause burns and sores which do not heal readily. Nitrogen Tetroxide (N204) This is a high-density yellow-brown liquid (specific gravity of 1.44). Although it is the most common storable oxidizer used in the United States today, its liquid temperature range is narrow and it is easily frozen or vaporized. It is only mildly corrosive when pure, but forms strong acids when moist or allowed to mix with water. It readily absorbs moisture from the air. It can be stored indefinitely in sealed containers made of compatible material. It is hypergolic with many fuels and can cause spontaneous ignition with many common materials, such as paper, leather, and wood. The fumes are reddish brown and are extremely toxic. Because of its high vapor pressure it must be kept in relatively heavy tanks. The freezing point of N204 can be lowered (by adding a small amount of nitric oxide or NO) but at the penalty of a higher vapor pressure. This mixture of NO and N204 is called mixed oxides of nitro- gen (MON) and different grades have been 2 and 30% NO content. 7.3. LIQUID FUELS 255 Nitrogen tetroxide is a storable propellant oxidizer and is used in the Titan missile together with a fuel mixture consisting of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine. It is also used with monomethylhydrazine fuel in the Space Shuttle orbital maneuver system and reaction control system and in many spacecraft propulsion systems. In many of these applications care must be taken to avoid freezing this propellant. The OSHA 8-hr personnel exposure limit is 5 ppm or 9 mg/m 3. 7.3. LIQUID FUELS Again, many different chemicals have been proposed, investigated, and tested. Only a few have been used in production rocket engines. Liquid fuels other than those listed below have been used in experimental rocket engines, in older experimental designs, and in some older production engines. These include aniline, furfuryl alcohcol, xylidine, gasoline, hydrazine hydrate, borohydrides,- methyl and/or ethyl alcohol, ammonia, and mixtures of some of these with one or more other fuels. Hydrocarbon Fuels Petroleum derivatives encompass a large variety of different hydrocarbon che- micals, most of which can be used as a rocket fuel. Most common are those types that are in use with other applications and engines, such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel oil, and turbojet fuel. Their physical properties and chemical composition vary widely with the type of crude oil from which they were refined, with the chemical process used in their production, and with the accu- racy of control exercised in their manufacture. Typical values are listed in Table 7-2. In general, these petroleum fuels form yellow-white, brilliantly radiating flames and give good preformance. They are relatively easy to handle, and there is an ample supply of these fuels available at low cost. A specifically refined petroleum product particularly suitable as a rocket propellant has been designated RP-1. It is basically a kerosene-like mixture of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons with a somewhat narrow range of densities and vapor pressure. Several hydrocarbon fuels can form carbon deposits on the inside of cooling passages, impeding the heat transfer and raising wall temperatures. Ref. 7-7 indicates that this carbon formation depends on fuel temperature in the cooling jacket, the particular fuel, the heat transfer, and the chamber wall material. RP-1 is low in olefins and aromatics, which can cause carbonaceous deposits inside fuel cooling passages. RP-1 has been used with liquid oxygen in the Atlas, Thor, Delta, Titan I, and Saturn rocket engines (see Figs. 5-1 to 5-6). Methane (CH4) is a cryogenic hydrocarbon fuel. It is denser than liquid hydrogen and relatively low in cost. Compared to petroleum refined hydro- 256 LIQUID PROPELLANTS TABLE 7-2. Properties of Some Typical Hydrocarbon Fuels Made from Petroleum Aviation Gasoline Diesel Jet Fuel Kerosene 100/130 Fuel RP- 1 Specific gravity at 289 K 0.78 0.81 0.73 0.85 0.80-0.815 Freezing point (K) 213 (max.) 230 213 250 239 (max.) Viscosity at 289 K 1.4 1.6 0.5 2.0 16.5 (at 239 K) (cP) Flash point (K) (TCC) 269 331 244 333 316 ASTM distillation (K) 10% evaporated 347 337 458-483 50% evaporated 444 363 90% evaporated 511 391 617 Reid vapor pressure (psia) 2 to 3 Below 1 7 0.1 Specific heat (cal/kg-K) 0.50 0.49 0.53 0.47 0.50 Average molecular mass 130 175 90 (kg/mol) carbons it has highly reproducible properties. With liquid oxygen it is a candi- date propellant combination for launch vehicle booster rocket engines and also reaction engines control when oxygen is available from the main engines). Experimental oxygen-methane engines have been tested, but they have not yet flown. Liquid Hydrogen (H2) Liquid hydrogen, when burned with liquid fluorine or liquid oxygen, gives a high performance, as shown in Table 5-5. It also is an excellent regenerative coolant. With oxygen it burns with a colorless flame; however, the shock waves in the plume may be visible. Of all known fuels, liquid hydrogen is the lightest and the coldest, having a specific gravity of 0.07 and a boiling point of about 20 K. The very low fuel density requires bulky fuel tanks, which necessitate very large vehicle volumes. The extremely low temperature makes the problem of choosing suitable tank and piping materials difficult, because many metals become brittle at low temperatures. Because of its low temperature, liquid hydrogen tanks and lines have to be well insulated to minimize the evaporation of hydrogen or the condensation of moisture or air on the outside with the subsequent formation of liquid or solid air or ice. A vacuum jacket often has been used in addition to insulating materials. All common liquids and gases solidify in liquid hydrogen. These solid particles in turn plug orifices and valves. Therefore, care must be taken to scavenge all lines and tanks of air and moisture (flush with helium or pull 7.3. LIQUID FUELS 257 vacuum) before introducing the propellant. Mixture of liquid hydrogen and solid oxygen or solid air can be explosive. Liquid hydrogen has two species, namely, orthohydrogen and parahydro- gen, which differ in their nuclear spin state. As hydrogen is liquefied, the relative equilibrium composition of ortho- and parahydrogen changes. The transformation from one species to another is accompanied by a transfer of energy. Liquid hydrogen is manufactured from gaseous hydrogen by successive compression, cooling, and expansion processes. Hydrogen gas, when mixed with air, is highly flammable and explosive over a wide range of mixture ratios. To avoid this danger, hydrogen gas leakage (a tank vent line) is often intentionally ignited and burned in the air. Liquid hydrogen is used with liquid oxygen in the Centaur upper stage, the Space Shuttle main engine, and upper stage space engines developed in Japan, Russia, Europe, and China. Hydrogen burning with oxygen forms a nontoxic exhaust gas. This propel- lant combination has been applied successfully to space launch vehicles because of its high specific impulse. Here the payload capability usually increases greatly for relatively small increases in specific impulse. However, the low density of hydrogen makes for a large vehicle and a relatively high drag. One method to increase the density of hydrogen is to use a subcooled mixture of liquid hydrogen and suspended frozen small particles of solid hydrogen, which is denser than the liquid. Experiments and studies on this "slush" hydrogen have been performed; it is difficult to produce and maintain a uniform mixture. It has not yet been used in a flight vehicle. Some studies have shown that, when burned with liquid oxygen, a hydro- carbon (such as methane or RP-1) can give a small advantage in space launch vehicle first stages. Here the higher average propellant density allows a smaller vehicle with lower drag, which compensates for the lower specific impulse of the hydrocarbon when compared to a hydrogen fuel. Also, there are some concepts for operating the booster-stage rocket engine initially with hydrocar- bon fuel and then switching during flight to hydrogen fuel. As yet, engines using two fuels, namely methane (or hydrocarbon) and hydrogen, have not yet been fully developed or flown. Some work on an experimental engine was done in Russia. Hydrazine (N2H4) Reference 7-8 gives a good discussion of this propellant, which is used as a bipropellant fuel as well as a monopropellant. Hydrazine and its related liquid organic compounds, monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH), all have similar physical and thermochemical properties. Hydrazine is a toxic, colorless liquid with a high freezing point (274.3 K). Hydrazine has a short ignition delay and is spontaneously ignitable with nitric acid and nitrogen tetroxide. 258 LIQUID PROPELLANTS Its vapors may form explosive mixtures with air. If hydrazine is spilled on a surface or a cloth, a spontaneous ignition with air can occur. Pure anhydrous hydrazine is a stable liquid; it has been safely heated above 530 K. It has been stored in sealed tanks for over 15 years. With impurities or at higher temperatures it decomposes and releases energy. Under pressure shock (blast wave) it decomposes at temperatures as low as 367 K. Under some conditions this decomposition can be a violent detonation, and this has caused problems in cooling passages of experimental injectors and thrust chambers. Harmful effects to personnel may result from ingestion, inhalation of vapors, or prolonged contact with skin. The OSHA 8-hr personnel exposure limit is 0.1 ppm or 0.13 mg/m 3. Hydrazine is a known carcinogen. Hydrazine reacts with many materials, and care must be exercised to avoid storage contact with materials that cause a decomposition (see Ref 7-9). Tanks, pipes, or valves must be cleaned and free of impurities. Compatible materials include stainless steels (303, 304, 321, or 347), nickel, and 1100 and 3003 series of aluminum. Iron, copper and its alloys (such as brass or bronze), monel, magnesium, zinc, and some types of aluminum alloy must be avoided. Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine [(CH3)2NNH2] A derivative of hydrazine, namely, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH), is often used instead of or in mixtures with hydrazine because it forms a more stable liquid, particularly at higher temperatures. Furthermore, it has a lower freezing point (215.9 K) and a higher boiling point (336.5 K) than a hydrazine. When UDMH is burned with an oxidizer it gives only slightly lower values of Is than pure hydrazine. UDMH is often used when mixed with 30 to 50% hydrazine. This fuel is used in the Titan missile and launch vehicle and spacecraft engines in 50% mixtures and has been used in the lunar landing and take-off engines. UDMH is used in Russian and Chinese rocket engines. Freezing does not affect UDMH, MMH, or hydrazine, but freezing of a 50:50 mixture of UDMH and hydrazine causes a separation into two distinct layers; a special remixing operation is necessary for reblending if freezing occurs in a space vehicle. The OSHA 8-hr personnel exposure limit for vapor is 0.5 ppm, and UDMH is a carcinogen. Monomethylhydrazine (CH3NHNH2) Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) has been used extensively as a fuel in space- craft rocket engines, particularly in small attitude control engines, usually with N20 4 as the oxidizer. It has a better shock resistance to blast waves, better heat transfer properties, and a better liquid temperature range than pure hydrazine. Like hydrazine, its vapors are easily ignited in air; the flammability limits are from 2.5 to 98% by volume at atmospheric sea level pressure and ambient temperature. The materials compatible with hydrazine are also compatible 7.4. LIQUID MONOPROPELLANTS 259 with MMH. The specific impulse with storable oxidizers usually is 1 or 2% lower with MMH than with NzH 4. Both MMH an UDMH are soluble in many hydrocarbons; hydrazine is not. All hydrazines are toxic materials, but MMH is the most toxic when inhaled, and UDMH the least toxic. Atmospheric concentrations of all hydrazines should be kept below 0.1 ppm for long periods of exposure. Monomethylhydrazine, when added in relatively small quantities of 3 to 15% to hydrazine, has a substantial quenching effect on the explosive decom- position of hydrazine. Monomethylhydrazine decomposes at 491 K, whereas hydrazine explodes at 369 K when subjected to pressure shocks of identical intensity. MMH is a suspected carcinogen and the OSHA personnel 8-hour exposure limit is 0.2 ppm. 7.4. LIQUID MONOPROPELLANTS The propellant-feed and control-system simplicity associated with a monopro- pellant makes this type of propellant attractive for certain applications. Hydrazine is being used extensively as a monopropellant in small attitude and trajectory control rockets for the control of satellites and other spacecraft and also as a hot gas generator. (It is discussed in the preceding section.) Other monopropellants (ethylene oxide or nitromethane) were tried experimentally, but are no longer used today. Concentrated hydrogen peroxide was used for monopropellant gas generation in the USA, Russia, and Germany in engines designed before 1955. Ignition of monopropellants can be produced thermally (electrical or flame heat) or by a catalytic material. A monopropellant must be chemically and thermally stable to insure good liquid storage properties, and yet it must be easily decomposed and reactive to give good combustion properties. Hydrazine as a Monopropellant Hydrazine is not only an excellent storable fuel, but also an excellent mono- propellant when decomposed by a suitable solid or liquid catalyst; this catalyst often needs to be preheated for fast startup. Iridium is an effective catalyst at room temperature. At elevated temperature (about 450 K) many materials decompose hydrazine, including iron, nickel, and cobalt. See Ref. 7-8. Different catalysts and different reaction volumes make the decomposition reaction go to different products, resulting in gases varying in composition or temperature. As a monopropellant, it is used in gas generators or in space engine attitude control rockets. Hydrazine has been stored in sealed tanks for over 15 years. A typical hydrazine monopropellant thrust chamber, its injection pattern, and its decom- position reaction are described in Chapter 10 and typical design parameters are shown in Fig. 7-3 and a monopropellant structure in Fig. 8-16. 260 LIQUID PROPELLANTS ",Z" 4---' 13. E r- .£ ..Q .2 13 2:o o~ .-- m ~ m E 0 1600 1400 1200 1000 900 20 40 60 80 100 ..... -- 2500 - 2000 ~ - 1500 o . ,. " ~ 1350 1300 1250 1200 260 ~-..-....~. 240 220 .... t 2OO 22 18 14 10 80 6O 40 20 ! 1 .o o 4400 4200 ~d 4000 .~ o tm <E E e ~ N2j..... H2 0 tD ~ ~,~--. ~ "--' " "~ I ''' "~'' " ''~ 7 ~ NH3- 0 ,, o 0 20 40 60 80 100 Ammonia decomposition, % FIGURE 7-3. Operating parameters for decomposed hydrazine at the exit of a catalytic reactor as a function of the ammonia dissociation fraction. Adapted with permission from Ref. 7-8. The catalytic decomposition of hydrazine can be described ideally as a two- step process; this ignores other steps and intermediate products. First, hydra- zine (NzH4) decomposes into gaseous ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen (N2); this reaction is highly exothermic, i.e., it releases heat. Secondly, the ammonia decomposes further into nitrogen and hydrogen gases, but this reaction is endothermic and absorbs heat. These simplified reactions can be written as 3N2H 4 --+ 4(1 -x)NH3 + (1 + 2x)N 2 + 6xH 2 (7-4) Here x is the degree of ammonia dissociation; it is a function of the catalyst type, size, and geometry, the chamber pressure, and the dwell time within the 7.5. GELLED PROPELLANTS 261 catalyst bed. Figure 7-3 shows several ideal rocket engine parameters for hydrazine monopropellant as a function of x, the fraction of ammonia that is decomposed. The values are for an ideal thruster at 1000 psia chamber pressure with an area ratio of 50 expanding at high altitude. The best specific impulse is attained when little ammonia is allowed to dissociate. Hydrazine is manufactured in several grades of purity. The standard com- mercial hydrazine has about 1.5% maximum by weight of water, less than 1.0% aniline, and no more than 10 mg/1 of particulates, including carbon. Monopropellant-grade hydrazine has less than 1% water, less than 0.5% ani- line (whch is a material commonly used in the manufacture of hydrazine), and traces of ammonia, carbon dioxide, chlorides, and iron- or carbon-containing materials such as UDMH or MMH. Aniline and other organic impurities can poison the catalyst used to decompose monopropellant hydrazine; as men- tioned in Chapter 10, this can cause operating problems. There is also a highly purified grade of hydrazine that has less water, less than 0.005% aniline, and less than 0.003% carbon materials; it does not contaminate the catalyst and is used now in many monopropellant applications. Hydroxyl Ammonium Nitrate (NH2OHNO3) This is a relatively new, synthetic, propellant material rich in oxygen, but with combined hydrogen and nitrogen (fuel ingredients), it is abbreviated as HAN. It is an opaque hygroscopic solid when pure, and a clear colorless odorless liquid in aqueous solutions. The solid HAN (specific gravity of 1.84) is a potential solid propellant ingredient and the liquid HAN solution is a potential monopropellant (a 13 molar solution has a specific gravity of 1.523). Both can be made to burn smoothly and several catalysts have been effective in obtain- ing controlled decomposition. The boiling point (110 to 145°C) and the freez- ing point (-15 to -44°C) vary with the water content. HAN becomes more viscous as the percentage of water is reduced. The liquid is corrosive, toxic, denser than hydrazine monopropellant, and does not seem to be carcinogenic. The liquid is incompatible with alkali materials, many metals, and other mate- rials. Even with relatively very compatible materials HAN solutions decom- pose slowly in storage; a satisfactory stabilizer has yet to be found. The monopropellant's specific impulse is between 200 and 265 sec, depending on the water content and the mixing of the aqueous HAN with one of several possible compatible organic fuel liquids. The HAN propellant formulation, its rocket engines, and solid motors are still in their research and development phase, as shown in Refs. 7-9 and 7-10. 7.5. GELLED PROPELLANTS Gelled propellants have additives that make them thixotropic materials. They have the consistency of thick paint or jelly when at rest, but they liquify and 262 LIQUID PROPELLANTS flow through pipes, valves, pumps, or injectors when an adequate shear stress is applied. They offer these advantages. Small aluminum particles can be suspended in the fuels where smoky exhaust is not objectionable. Inert solid particles can be suspended in oxidizer liquids. This increases propellant density, density impulse, and thus reduces the size of tanks and vehicles. Smaller vehicles have reduced drag and thus can allow an increase in the range or speed of tactical missiles. There is no plugging of injector orifices or valve passages and good flow control has been demonstrated. Individual gelled fuel propellants will be essentially nonflammable and will not usually sustain an open fire. There is reduced susceptibility of leakage or spill, reduced sloshing of liquids in the tanks, and the boil-off rate is reduced. Long-term storage without settling or separation is possible; more than 10 years has been demonstrated. Explosions or detonations, which happen when a vehicle accident causes liquid propellants to become inadvertently premixed, are much less likely with gelled propellants, which are difficult to mix. Many spilled gelled propellants can be diluted with water and disposed of safely. Short-duration pulsing is possible. Most storable oxidizers, a few cryogenic propellants, and most liquid stor- able fuels can be gelled. Explosions are much less likely when a propellant tank is penetrated by a bullet or when a missile is exposed to an external fire or a nearby detona- tion. These are some of the disadvantages: There is a small decrease in specific impulse due to dilution with a gelling agent, and less efficient atomization or combustion. For example, the characteristic velocity c of oxygen-kerosene propellant is decreased by 4 to 6% when the kerosene is gelled and aluminum is suspended in the fuel. When both the fuel and a nitric acid oxidizer are gelled, the perfor- mance loss (c) can be as high as 8%. Clever injector design and the selection of good gelling agents can reduce this loss. Loading or unloading of propellants is somewhat more complex. Residual propellant quantity may be slightly higher, because the thixotropic fluid layer on the walls of the tanks and pipes may be slightly thicker. Changes in ambient temperature will cause slight changes in propellant density and viscosity and therefore also in mixture ratio; this can result in more leftover or residual propellant and thus in a slight reduction of 7.6. GASEOUS PROPELLANTS 263 available total impulse. This can be minimized by careful selection of gelling agents so as to match the rheological property changes of oxidizer and fuel over a particular temperature range. Suspended metals can make the plume smoky and visible. Some gelling agents have resulted in unstable gelled propellants; that is, they separated or underwent chemical reactions. Experimental rocket engines have shown these gelled propellants to be gen- erally safer than ordinary liquid propellants and to have good performance and operational characteristics (see Refs 7-11 and 7-12). This makes them less susceptible to field accidents. A variety of different organic and inorganic gelling agents have been explored with a number of different liquid propellants. Experimental thrust chambers and rocket engine systems have been satis- factorily demonstrated with several gelled propellant combinations. One experimental engine is shown in Fig. 6-8. As far as is known, no such rocket engine has yet been put into production or flight operation. An effort is under- way to demonstrate this technology clearly and to qualify a rocket engine with gelled propellants for an actual flight application. 7.6. GASEOUS PROPELLANTS Cold gas propellants have been used successfully for reaction control systems (RCS) for perhaps 50 years. The engine system is simple, consisting of one or more high-pressure gas tanks, multiple simple metal nozzles (often aluminum or plastic), an electrical control valve with each nozzle, a pressure regulator, and provisions for filling and venting the gas. The tank size will be smaller if the tank pressures are high. Pressures are typically between 300 and 1000 MPa (about 300 to 10,000 psi). The mass of spherical storage tanks is essentially independent of pressure if they contain the same mass of gas. Typical cold gas propellants and some of their properties and characteristics are listed in Table 7-3. Nitrogen, argon, dry air, krypton and Freon 14 have been employed in spacecraft RCSs. With high-pressure hydrogen or helium as cold gas, the specific impulse is much higher, but the densities of these gases are much lower. This requires a much larger gas storage volume and heavier high- pressure tanks. In most applications the extra inert mass outweighs the advan- tage of better performance. In a few applications the gas (and its storage tank) are heated electrically or chemically. This improves the specific impulse and allows a smaller tank, but it also introduces complexity. The selection of the gas propellant, the storage tanks, and RCS design depend on many factors, such as volume and mass of the storage tanks, the maximum thrust and total impulse, the gas density, required maneuvers, duty cycle, and flight duration. Cold gas systems are used for total impulses of perhaps 1200 N-sec or 5000 lbf-sec. Higher values usually employ liquid pro- pellants. 264 LIQUID PROPELLANTS TABLE 7-3. Properties of Gaseous Propellants Used for Auxiliary Propulsion Molecular Density a Propellant Mass (lb/ft 3) k Theoretical Specific Impulse b (see) Hydrogen 2.0 1.77 1.40 284 Helium 4.0 3.54 1.67 179 Methane 16.0 14.1 1.30 114 Nitrogen 28.0 24.7 1.40 76 Air 28.9 25.5 1.40 74 Argon 39.9 35.3 1.67 57 Krypton 83.8 74.1 1.63 50 "At 5000 psia and 20°C. bin vacuum with nozzle area ratio of 50:1 and initial temperature of 20°C. If the operation is short (only a few minutes, while the main engine is running), the gas expansion will be adiabatic (no heat absorption by gas) and often is analyzed as isentropic (constant stagnation presure). The tempera- ture of the gas will drop (the pressure and specific impulse will also drop) as the gas is consumed. For long intermittent operations (months or years in space) the heat from the spacecraft is transfered to the gas and the tank temperature stays essentially constant; the expansion will be nearly isothermal. An analysis of gas expansion is given in Section 6.5. The advantages and disadvantages of cold gas systems are described on pages 303 and 304. 7.7. SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS To minimize the hazards and potential damage inherent in reactive propellant materials, it is necessary to be very conscientious about the likely risks and hazards (see Ref. 7-4). This concerns toxicity, explosiveness, fire or spill dan- ger, and others mentioned in Section 7.1. Before an operator, assembler, main- tenance mechanic, supervisor; or engineer is allowed to transfer or use a particular propellant, he or she should receive safety training in the particular propellant, its characteristics, its safe handling or transfer, potential damage to equipment or the environment, and the countermeasures for limiting the con- sequences in case of an accident. They must also understand the potential hazards to the health of personnel, first aid, remedies in case of contact expo- sure of the skin, ingestion, or inhaling, and the use of safety equipment. Examples of safety equipment are protective clothing, detectors for toxic vapors, remote controls, warning signals, or emergency water deluge. The personnel working with or being close to highly toxic materials usually have to undergo frequent health monitoring. Also rocket engines need to be PROBLEMS 265 designed for safety to minimize the occurrence of a leak, an accidental spill, an unexpected fire, or other potentially unsafe conditions. Most organizations have one or more safety specialists who review the safety of the test plans, manufacturing operations, design, procedures, or safety equipment. With the proper training, equipment, precautions, and design safety features, all propel- lants can be handled safely. If a safety violation occurs or if an operation, design, procedure, or practice is found to be (or appears to be) unsafe, then a thorough investigation of the particular item or issue should be undertaken, the cause of the lack of safety should be investigated and identified, and an appropriate remedial action should be selected and initiated as soon as possible. The discharge of toxic exhaust gases to the environment and their dispersion by the wind can cause exposure of operating personnel as well as the people in nearby areas. This is discussed in Section 20.2. The dumping or spilling of toxic liquids can contaminate subterranean aquifers and surface waters, and their vapors can pollute the air. Today the type and amount of gaseous and liquid discharges are regulated and monitored by government authorities. These dis- charges must be controlled or penalties will be assessed against violators. Obtaining a permit to discharge can be a lengthy and involved procedure. PROBLEMS 1. Plot the variation of the density specific impulse (product of average specific gravity and specific impulse) with mixture ratio and explain the meaning of the curve. Use the theoretical shifting specific impulse values of Figure 5-1 and the specific gravities from Figure 7-1 or Table 7-1 for the liquid oxygen-RP-1 propellant combination. Answers: Check point at r = 2.0; Is = 290; Id = 303; 3av = 1.01. 2. Prepare a table comparing the relative merits of liquid oxygen and nitric acid as rocket oxidizers. 3. Derive Eq. 7-1 for the average specific gravity. 4. A rocket engine uses liquid oxygen and RP-1 as propellants at a design mass mixture ratio of 2.40. The pumps used in the feed system are basically constant-volume flow devices. The RP-1 hydrocarbon fuel has a nominal temperature of 298 K and it can vary at about +25°C. The liquid oxygen is nominally at its boiling point (90 K), but, after the tank is pressurized, this temperature can increase by 30 K. What are the extreme mixture ratios under unfavorable temperature conditions? If this engine has a nominal mass flow rate of 100 kg/sec and a duration of 100 sec, what is the maximum residual propellant mass when the other propellant is fully consumed? Use the curve slopes of Fig. 7-1 to estimate changes in density. Assume that the specific impulse is constant for the relatively small changes in mixture ratio, that vapor pressure changes have no influence on the pump flow, and that the engine has no automatic control for mixture ratio. 266 LIQUID PROPELLANTS 5. The vehicle stage propelled by the rocket engine in Problem 4 has a design mass ratio mf/mo of 0.50 (see Eq. 4-6). How much will the worst combined changes in propel- lant temperatures effect the mass ratio and the ideal gravity-free vacuum velocity? 6. (a) What should be the approximate percent ullage volume for nitrogen tetroxide tank when the vehicle is exposed to ambient temperatures between about 50°F and about 150°F? (b) What is maximum tank presure at 150°F. (e) What factors should be considered in part (b)? Answers: (a) 15 to 17%; the variation is due to the nonuniform temperature distri- bution in the tank; (b) 6 to 7 atm; (e) vapor pressure, nitrogen monoxide content in the oxidizer, chemical reactions with wall materials, or impu- rities that result in largely insoluble gas products. 7. An insulated, long vertical, vented liquid oxygen tank has been sitting on the sea level launch stand for a period of time. The surface of the liquid is at atmospheric pressure and is 10.2 m above the closed outlet at the bottom of the tank. If there is no circulation, what will be the temperature, pressure and density of the oxygen at the tank outlet? SYMBOLS /d k density specific impulse, sec specific impulse, sec ratio of specific heat mixture ratio (mass flow rate of oxidizer to mass flow rate of fuel) Greek Letters (~av # 3o Pav, ,Of, Po average specific gravity of mixture specific gravity of fuel specific gravity of oxidizer densities, kg/m 3 (lbm/ft 3) REFERENCES 7-1. S. F. Sarner, Propellant Chemistry, Reinhold Publishing Company, New York, 1966. 7-2. Chemical Rocket Propellant Hazards, Vol. 1, General Safety Engineering Design Criteria, Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA) Publication 194, October 1971. 7-3. L. C. Sutherland, "Scaling Law for Estimating Liquid Propellant Explosive Yields," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March-April 1978, pp. 124-125. REFERENCES 267 7-4. Hazardous Materials, 1980 Emergency Response Guidebook, DOT-P 5800.2, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, 1980. 7-5. 1990-1991 Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices, American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, OH, 1990 (revised periodically). 7-6. H. E. Malone, The Analysis of Rocket Propellants, Academic Press, New York, 1976. 7-7. K. Liang, B.Yang, and Z. Zhang, "Investigation of Heat Transfer and Coking Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Fuels," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 14, No. 5, September-October 1998. 7-8. E. W. Schmidt, Hydrazine and its Derivatives, Preparation, Properties, Applications, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984. 7-9. O. M. Morgan and D. S. Meinhardt, "Monopropellant Selection Criteria Hydrazine and other Options," AIAA Technical Paper 99-2595, June 1999. 7-10. D. Mittendorf, W. Facinelli, and R. Serpolus, "Experimental Development of a Monopropellant for Space Propulsion Systems," AIAA Technical Paper 99-2951, June 1999. 7-11. K. F. Hodge, T. A. Crofoot, and S. Nelson, "Gelled Technical Propellants for Tactical Missile Application," AIAA Technical Paper 99-2976, June 1999. 7-12. B. D. Allen, "History, Development and Testing of Thixotropic Gels for Advanced Systems," AIAA Propulsion Conference, July 1985. CHAPTER 8 THRUST CHAMBERS The thrust chamber is the key subassembly of a rocket engine. Here the liquid propellants are metered, injected, atomized, vaporized, mixed, and burned to form hot reaction gas products, which in turn are accelerated and ejected at high velocity (see Refs. 6-1 and 6-2). This chapter describes thrust chambers, their components, cooling, ignition, and heat transfer. A rocket thrust chamber assembly (Figs. 8-1 and 8-2) has an injector, a combustion chamber, a super- sonic nozzle, and mounting provisions. All have to withstand the extreme heat of combustion and the various forces, including the transmission of the thrust force to the vehicle. There also is an ignition system if non-spontaneously ignitable propellants are used. Some thrust chamber assemblies also have inte- grally mounted propellant valves and sometimes a thrust vector control device, as described in Chapter 16. Table 8-1 (see pages 272-273) gives various data about five different thrust chambers with different kinds of propellants, cooling methods, injectors, feed systems, thrust levels, or nozzle expansions. Some engine parameters are also listed. Some of the terms used in this table will be explained later in this chapter. The basic analyses for thrust chamber performance (specific impulse, com- bustion temperature) are given in Chapter 5, the basic design parameters (thrust, flow, chamber pressure, or throat area) are in Chapter 3, and the combustion phenomena in Chapter 9. Although we use the word thrust chamber in this book (for rocket engines generally larger than 1000 lbf thrust), some articles use the term thrust cylinder or rocket combustor. We will also use the term thruster for small thrust units, such as attitude control thrusters, and for electrical propulsion systems. 268 Gimbal mountin Oxygen elbow~ Pressure tapping -~ Oxygen val've-~V mounting flange i;a Injectc plate Fuel inlet -.-'~ manifold Sealing ring J Pyrotechnic igniter/' Electrical lead j Combustion section- (convergent) Hydraulic actuat, pick-up point Thrust chamber throat THRUST CHAMBERS 269 Flow straightener Oxygen dome Igniter fuel feed Fuel valve ~ounting flange Injector plate (rotated 180 ° ) ........ fuel feed Fuel feed Fuel feed Fuel cooled tubular wall stiffening band Chamber stiffening nozzle Drain plug Fuel return manifold FIGURE 8--1. Construction of a regeneratively cooled tubular thrust chamber using a kerosene-type fuel and liquid oxygen, as originally used in the Thor missile. The nozzle inside diameter is about 15 in. The sea-level thrust was originally 120,000 lbf, but was uprated to 135,000, then 150,000, and finally to 165,000 lbf by increasing the flow and chamber pressure and strengthening and modifying the hardware. The cone-shaped exit cone was replaced by a bell-shaped nozzle. Figure 8-9 shows how the fuel flows down through every other tube and returns through the adjacent tube before flowing into the injector. Figure 8-4 shows the flow passages in a similar injector. (Courtesy of Rolls Royce, England.) 0 12 quarter-wave integral acoustic resonator cavities Oxidizer inlet 10.4 Platelet type injector with impinging stream pattern ~ -- Stainless steel inner liner with 120 groove coolant passages and electroformed nickel closure Fuel inlet-~ Tapered torus fuel manifold Fuel-cooled chamber --~ Fuel-cooled ,9- nozzle ---- ---- section 75.1 inch Radiation-cooled nozzle extension, thin J. niobium alloy shell 43.09 in. ID. jp~,,,,- ] FIGURE 8-2. Simplified half-section of one of the two thrust chambers of the orbital maneuvering engines used on the Space Shuttle vehicle. Each develops a vacuum thrust of 6000 lbf (26,689 N) and delivers a minimum vacuum specific impulse of 310 sec, using nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine propellants at a nominal mixture ratio of 1.65 and a nominal chamber pressure of 128 psia. It is designed for 100 flight missions, a service life of 10 years, and a minimum of 500 starts. These engines provide the thrust for final orbit attainment, orbit circulariza- tion, orbit transfer, rendezvous, and deorbit maneuvers. The nozzle area ratio of 55:1. (Courtesy of Aerojet Propulsion Company.) 8.1. INJECTORS 271 8.1. INJECTORS The functions of the injector are similar to those of a carburetor of an internal combustion engine. The injector has to introduce and meter the flow of liquid propellants to the combustion chamber, cause the liquids to be broken up into small droplets (a process called atomization), and distribute and mix the pro- pellants in such a manner that a correctly proportioned mixture of fuel and oxidizer will result, with uniform propellant mass flow and composition over the chamber cross section. This has been accomplished with different types of injector designs and elements; several common types are shown in Fig. 8-3 and complete injectors are shown in Figs. 9-6, 8-1, and 8-4. The injection hole pattern on the face of the injector is closely related to the internal manifolds or feed passages within the injector. These provide for the distribution of the propellant from the injector inlet to all the injection holes. A large complex manifold volume allows low passage velocities and good distri- bution of flow over the cross section of the chamber. A small manifold volume allows for a lighter weight injector and reduces the amount of "dribble" flow after the main valves are shut. The higher passage velocities cause a more uneven flow through different identical injection holes and thus a poorer dis- tribution and wider local gas composition variation. Dribbling results in after- burning, which is an inefficient irregular combustion that gives a little "cutoff" thrust after valve closing. For applications with very accurate terminal vehicle velocity requirements, the cutoff impulse has to be very small and reproducible and often valves are built into the injector to minimize passage volume. Impinging-stream-type, multiple-hole injectors are commonly used with oxygen-hydrocarbon and storable propellants. For unlike doublet patterns the propellants are injected through a number of separate small holes in such a manner that the fuel and oxidizer streams impinge upon each other. Impingement forms thin liquid fans and aids atomization of the liquids into droplets, also aiding distribution. Characteristics of specific injector orifices are given in Table 8-2 (see page 279). Impinging hole injectors are also used for like-on-like or self-impinging patterns (fuel-on-fuel and oxidizer-on-oxidizer). The two liquid streams then form a fan which breaks up into droplets. Unlike doublets work best when the hole size (more exactly, the volume flow) of the fuel is about equal to that of the oxidizer and the ignition delay is long enough to allow the formation of fans. For uneven volume flow the triplet pattern seems to be more effective. The nonimpinging or shower head injector employs nonimpinging streams of propellant usually emerging normal to the face of the injector. It relies on turbulence and diffusion to achieve mixing. The German World War II V-2 rocket used this type of injector. This type is now not used, because it requires a large chamber volume for good combustion. Sheet or spray-type injectors give cylindrical, conical, or other types of spray sheets; these sprays generally inter- sect and thereby promote mixing and atomization. By varying the width of the sheet (through an axially moveable sleeve) it is possible to throttle the propel- -,4 TABLE 8-1. Thrust Chamber Characteristics RL 10B-2 Engine Designation LE-7 (Japan) RCS RS-27 AJ-10-118I Application Manufacturer Thrust Chamber Delta-III and IV upper stage Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation Booster stage for H-II launcher Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Attitude control Kaiser Marquardt Company Delta II Space Launch booster The Boeing Co., Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power Delta II Second stage Aerojet Propulsion Company Fuel Oxidizer Thrust chamber thrust (lbf) at sea level (lbf) in vacuum (lbf) Thrust chamber mixture ratio Thrust chamber specific impulse at sea level (sec) in vacuum (sec) Characteristic exhaust velocity, c (ft/sec) Thrust chamber propellant flow (lb/sec) Injector end chamber pressure (psia) Nozzle end stagnation pressure (psia) Thrust chamber sea level weight (lbf) Gimbal mount sea level weight (lbf) Chamber diameter (in.) Nozzle throat diameter (in.) Nozzle exit diameter (in.) Nozzle exit area ratio Liquid H 2 Liquid 0 2 No sea level firing 24,750 5.88 NA 462 7578 53.2 640 NA < 150 <10 5.2 88 285 Liquid H 2 Liquid 0 2 190,400 242,500 6.0 349.9 445.6 5594.8 346.9 1917 1560 57.3 15.75 9.25 68.28 54:1 MMH N204 12 18 2.0 200 290 5180 0.062 70 68 7 NA 1.09 0.427 3.018 50:1 RP- 1 (kerosene) Liquid oxygen 164,700 207,000 2.35 257 294 5540 640 576 534 730 70 21 16.2 45.8 8:1 50% N2H4/50% UDMH N204 NA 9850 1.90 320 5606 30.63 125 137 23 11.7 7.5 60 65:1 Chamber contraction area ratio Characteristic chamber length L (in.) Thrust chamber overall length (in.) Fuel jacket and manifold volume (ft 3) Nozzle extension Cumul. firing duration (sec) Restart capability Cooling system Tube diameter/channel width (in.) Number of tubes Jacket pressure drop (psi) Injector type Injector pressure drop---oxidizer (psi) Injector pressure drop--fuel (psi) Number of oxidizer injector orifices Number of fuel injector orifices Engine Characteristics 90 Carbon-carbon > 360 Yes Stainless steel tubes, 1½ passes regenerative cooled NA NA 253 Concentric annular swirl and resonator cavities 2.87 6:1 1.67:1 30.7 18 38.7 14.8 11.0 86.15 3.5 2.5 None None None No Yes No Regenerative (fuel) Radiation Stainless steel tubes, cooled, stainless cooled, single pass, steel tubes niobium regenerative cooling 0.05 (channel) NA 0.45 288 0 292 540 NA 100 Hollow post/sleeve Drilled Flat plate, drilled elements; baffle and holes rings and baffle acoustic cavities 100 704 50 156 54 154 50 140 216 452 (coaxial) 1 1145 216 452 (coaxial) 1 1530 2.54:1 30.5 18.7 None > 150 Yes Ablative layer is partly consumed Ablative material: Silica phenolic NA Outer row: shower head; triplets & doublets, with dual tuned resonator 40 4O 1050 1230 Feed system Engine thrust (at sea level) (lb) Engine thrust (altitude) (lb) Engine specific impulse at sea level Engine specific impulse at altitude Engine mixture ratio (oxidizer/fuel) Turbopump with Turbopump Pressure Turbopump with Pressure expander cycle fed tanks gas generator fed tanks NA 190,400 12 165,000 NA 24,750 242,500 18 207,700 9850 NA 349.9 200 253 320 462 445.6 290 288 320 5.88 6.0 2.0 2.27 1.90 ',,4 limited only by available propellant. Sources: Companies listed above and NASA. The thrust for the thrust chamber is usually slightly less than the thrust of the engine for open cycles, such as a gas generator cycle; the thrust chamber specific impulse is actually slightly higher (about 1%) than the engine specific impulse. For closed cycles such as the staged combustion cycle, the F and Is values of the engine and thrust chamber are the same. 274 THRUST CHAMBERS Injection holes-x~ U///~~ Impingement ~y//~~ Impingementpolnts Fuel ~~~=~'. ! points Y//~~ f._,-¢, " manifolds ~ ~ F a c e of manifoldsOxidizer J~~-~;;~?\~ 2.'~ \/~.~ rA " Face of Oxidizer ~,~6j~~_=,=.~:~.) injector Fuel /~'~ < ~" injector manifolds ~g~,,,~ ~,'-'. . ~'-'~ man,folds~~ i"~! ,'XA K4 -, Doublet impinging Triplet impinging stream pattern stream pattern ~//~~~.~]ypical pointimpingement 7~, ,/~,.m,,ra~ Typical straight manifoldsX,~~ ~..~')' __ Oxidizer J~)~9"TM'/J ~-.: manifolds ~------~ manifolds~ ~-~':'.); Oxidizer .~ll~ ~.i~' manifolds "//A ~,q Self-impinging Shower head stream pattern stream pattern Inner tube Outer ~ Injector face o~it~e/e h G y ~ l S r e g U S n °r Pl°st Sp:cer slieve ~ Oxi.d.izer L:qu~d n ,4," ' "~ _ l ' ~ Yg jl- -'=""""'7="7"-- | .
-~ ~ aOjrufi~ieg~~~~iiiiiior ................. sleeve ~~~\'~'- ]ace Hollow post and Variable injection area sleeve element concentric tube injector FIGURE 8--3. Schematic diagrams of several injector types. The movable sleeve type variable thrust injector is adapted from Ref. 8-1. lant flow over a wide range without excessive reduction in injector pressure drop. This type of variable area concentric tube injector was used on the descent engine of the Lunar Excursion Module and throttled over a 10:1 range of flow with only a very small change in mixture ratio. The coaxial hollow post injector has been used for liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen injectors by most domestic and foreign rocket designers. It is shown in the lower left of Fig. 8-3. It works well when the liquid hydrogen has absorbed heat from cooling jackets and has been gasified. This gasified hydrogen flows at high speed (typically 330 m/sec or 1000 ft/sec); the liquid oxygen flows far more slowly (usually at less than 33 m/sec or 100 ft/sec) and the differential velocity causes a shear action, which helps to break up the oxygen stream into small droplets. The injector has a multiplicity of these coaxial posts on its face. This 8.1. INJECTORS 275 FIGURE 8--4. Injector with 90 ° self-impinging (fuel-against-fuel and oxidizer-against- oxidizer)-type countersunk doublet injection pattern. Large holes are inlets to fuel manifolds. Pre-drilled rings are brazed alternately over an annular fuel manifold or groove and a similar adjacent oxidizer manifold or groove. A section through a similar but larger injector is shown in Fig. 8-1. type of injector is not used with liquid storable bipropellants, in part because the pressure drop to achieve high velocity would become too high. The SSME injector shown in Fig. 9-6 uses 600 of these concentric sleeve injection elements; 75 of them have been lengthened beyond the injector face to form cooled baffles, which reduce the incidence of combustion instability. The original method of making injection holes was to carefully drill them and round out or chamfer their inlets. This is still being done today. It is difficult to align these holes accurately (for good impingement) and to avoid burrs and surface irregularities. One method that avoids these problems and allows a large number of small accurate injecton orifices is to use multiple etched, very thin plates (often called platelets) that are then stacked and diffusion bonded together to form a monolithic structure as shown in Fig. 8-5. The photo-etched pattern on each of the individual plates or metal sheets then provides not only for many small injection orifices at the injector face, but also for internal dis- tribution or flow passages in the injector and sometimes also for a fine-mesh filter inside the injector body. The platelets can be stacked parallel to or normal to the injector face. The finished injector has been called the platelet injector and has been patented by the Aerojet Propulsion Company. 276 THRUST CHAMBERS Face plate with inclined injection holes (laser drilled) Fuel distribution plate with etched cooling passages Alignment pins (2) Cover plate with oxidizer inlet Ca) Oxidizer distribution manifold plate Four stacked plates (with exaggerated thickness) Oxidizer manifold Oxidizer filter ~ / Oxidizer Fuel m a n i f o l d ~ port Valve ~ ~ ~ , ~ , ~ - x ~ inlet Fuel filter , ~ Intergral /, • .' .... flange Like on like /Injector face impinging orifices Enlarged detail segment of Cross section through an etched plate one design of like-on-like impinging orifices and feed passage geometry (b) FIGURE 8-5. Simplified diagrams of two types of injector using a bonded platelet construction technique: (a) injector for low thrust with four impinging unlike doublet liquid streams; the individual plates are parallel to the injector face; (b) Like-on-like impinging stream injector with 144 orifices; plates are perpendicular to the injector face. (Courtesy of Aerojet Propulsion Company.) Injector Flow Characteristics The differences of the various injector configurations shown in Fig. 8-3 reflect themselves in different hydraulic flow-pressure relationships, different starting characteristics, atomization, resistance to self-induced vibrations, and combus- tion efficiency. 8.1. INJECTORS 277 The hydraulic injector characteristics can be evaluated accurately and can be designed for orifices with the desired injection pressures, injection velocities, flows, and mixture ratio. For a given thrust F and a given effective exhaust velocity c, the total propellant mass flow rh is given by rh = F/c from Eq. 2-6. The relations between the mixture ratio, the oxidizer, and the fuel flow rates are givenby Eqs. 6-1 to 6-4. For the flow of an incompressible fluid through hydraulic orifices, Q - CaAv/2Ap/p rh- Qp- CaAv/2PA p (8-1) (8-2) where Q is the volume flow rate, Ca the dimensionless discharge coefficient, p the propellant mass density, A the cross-sectional area of the orifice, and Ap the pressure drop. These relationships are general and can be applied to any one section of the propellant feed system, to the injector, or to the overall liquid flow system. A typical variation of injection orifice flow and pressure drop is shown in Fig. 8-6. If the hole has a rounded entrance (top left sketch), it gives the lowest pressure drop or the highest flow. Small differences in chamfers, hole entry radius, or burrs at the edge of a hole can cause significant variations in the discharge coefficient and the jet flow patterns, and these in turn can alter O. 1 -- 800 I I I ] ' [ ' I ,- / ~¢j" 0o ~: 0.05 -- 400 .~. u_ u.. 300 -, 200 /~~Z. lO0 0.01 -- 0 0 2 Hole diameter 1 5 mm ,. , ~... 4 6 8 10 12 Pressure drop, atm FIGURE 8-6. Hydraulic characteristics of four types of injection orifice. 14 278 THRUST CHAMBERS the quality and distribution of the atomized small droplets, the local mixture ratio, and the local heat transfer rates. An improperly manufactured hole can cause local chamber or injector burnout. For any given pressure drops the injection orifices determine the mixture ratio and the propellant flows of the rocket unit. From Eqs. 6-1 and 8-2 the mixture ratio is r - rno/rhf -(Cd)o/(Cd)fx/(po/p~)(Apo/Ap f) (8-3) The quantities in the preceding equations have to be chosen so that the correct design mixture ratio is attained, even if the total flow is varied slightly. Orifices whose discharge coefficients are constant over a large range of Reynolds num- bers and whose ratio (Cd)o/(Cd)f remains invariant should be selected. For a given injector it is usually difficult to maintain the mixture ratio constant at low flows or thrusts, such as in starting. The quality of the injector is checked by performing cold tests with inert simulant liquids instead of reactive propellant liquids. Often water is used to confirm pressure drops through the fuel or oxidizer side at different flows and this allows determination of the pressure drops with propellants and the dis- charge coefficients. Nonmixable inert liquids are used with a special apparatus to determine the local cold flow mixture ratio distribution over the chamber cross section. The simulant liquid should be of approximately the same density and viscosity as the actual propellant. All new injectors are hot fired and tested with actual propellants. The actual mixture ratio can be estimated from cold flow test data, the measured hole areas, and discharge coefficients by correcting by the square root of the density ratio of the simulant liquid and the propellant. When water at the same pressure is fed alternately into both the fuel and the oxidizer sides, Apf = Apo and pf = Po and the water mixture ratio will be r = [(Ca)o/(Ca)f]Ao/Af (8-4) Therefore, the mixture ratio measured in water tests can be converted into the actual propellant mixture ratio by multiplying it by the square root of the density ratio of the propellant combination and the square root of the pressure drop ratio. The mechanism of propellant atomization with simultaneous vaporization, partial combustion, and mixing is difficult to analyze, and per- formance of injectors has to be evaluated by experiment within a burning rocket thrust chamber. The injection velocity is given by v = Q/A = Cdv/2Ap/p (8-5) Values of discharge coefficients for various types of injection orifices are shown in Table 8-2. The velocity is a maximum for a given injection pressure drop 8.1. INJECTORS 279 TABLE 8-2. Injector Discharge Coefficients Diameter Orifice Type Diagram (ram) Discharge Coefficient S h a r p - e d g e d "/////~//~/J///////~,,~,,,,~ A b o v e 2.5 orifice ---~--~---~ff'- Below 2.5 _ ~ ?~f,~ '~------/? 0.61 0.65 approx. Short-tube with ~/J/~'J////~Jd 1.00 0.88 rounded entrance ~'-~~ 1.57 0.90 L / D > 3.0 ~/////////////~,,,,,,,,,,,,~,,,,~ 1.00 (with L/D ~ 1.0) 0.70 Short tube with conical entrance ~/////'//J/J//~ 0.50 0.7 _~ ~ 1.00 0.82 ~ ~ 1.57 0.76 2.54 0.84-0.80 3.18 0.84-0.78 Short spiral tube effect with ~ ~ ~ ~ 1.0--6.4 0.2-0.55 Sharp-edged ~ 1.00 0.70-0.69 --~ ,.~.. cone . .~--~ 1.57 0.72 when the discharge coefficient equals 1. Smooth and well-rounded entrances to the injection holes and clean bores give high values of the discharge coefficient and this hole entry design is the most common. When an oxidizer and a fuel jet impinge, the resultant momentum can be calculated from the following relation, based on the principle of conservation of momentum. Figure 8-7 illustrates a pair of impinging jets and defines Y0 as the angle between the chamber axis and the oxidizer stream, yf as the angle between the chamber axis and the fuel stream, and 6 as the angle between the chamber axis and the average resultant stream. If the total momentum of the two jets before and after impingement is equal, tan 3 - rhovo sin 70 - rhlvf sin yf (8-6) rnovo cos 70 + ~fvf cos 7f 280 THRUST CHAMBERS ~~/'/j ,f Oxidizer jet _ ~--,xh M ~Fuel jet Line of resultant jet momentum ,~f ~mpmgement FIGURE 8--7. Angular relation of doublet impinging-stream injection pattern. Good performance is often obtained when the resultant momentum of impinging streams is approximately axial. If the resultant momentum is along the chamber axis, 6 = 0, tan ~ - 0, and the angular relation for an axially directed jet momentum is given by rnoVo sin ~'o = rhfvf sin yf (8-7) From these equations the relation between yf, Yo, and 3 can be determined. A sample injector analysis is shown in Section 8.6. Factors Influencing Injector Behavior A complete theory relating injector design parameters to rocket performance and combustion phenomena has not yet been devised, and therefore the approach to the design and development of liquid propellant rocket injectors has been largely empirical. Yet the available data indicate several important factors that affect the performance and operating characteristics of injectors; some of these are briefly enumerated here. Propellant Combination. The particular combination of fuel and oxidizer affects such characteristics as the relative chemical reactivity, the ease and speed of vaporization, the ignition temperature, the diffusion of hot gases, the volatility, or the surface tension. Hypergolic (self-igniting) propellants generally require injector designs somewhat different from those required by propellants that must be ignited. Injector designs that perform well with one combination generally do not work too well with a different propellant combination. Injection Orifice Pattern and Orifice Size. With individual holes in the injector plate, there appears to be an optimum performance and/or heat transfer condition for each of the following parameters: orifice size, angle of impingement, angle of resultant momentum, distance of the impingement 8.1. INJECTORS 281 locus from the injector face, number of injection orifices per unit of injector face surface, flow per unit of injection orifice, and distribution of orifices over the injector face. These parameters are largely determined experimentally or from similar earlier successful injectors. Transient Conditions. Starting and stopping may require special provisions (temporary plugging of holes, accurate valve timing, insertion of paper cups over holes to prevent entry of one propellant into the manifold of the other propellant, or check valves) to permit satisfactory transient operation. Hydraulic Characteristics. The orifice type and the pressure drop across the injection orifice determine the injection velocity. A low pressure drop is desirable to minimize the weight of the feed system or the pumping power and improve the overall rocket efficiency, yet high pressure drops are used often to increase the rocket's resistance to combustion instability and enhance atomization of the liquids. Heat Transfer. Injectors influence the performance and the heat transferred in rocket thrust chambers. Low heat transfer rates have been obtained when the injection pattern resulted in an intentionally rich mixture near the chamber walls. In general, the higher performance injectors have a higher heat-transfer rate to the walls of the combustion chamber, the nozzle, and the injector face. Structural Design. The injector is highly loaded by pressure forces from the combustion chamber and the propellant manifolds. During transition (starting or stopping) these pressure conditions can cause stresses which sometimes exceed the steady-state operating conditions. The faces of many modern injectors are flat and must be reinforced by suitable structures which nevertheless provide no obstructions to the hydraulic manifold passages; the structure must also be sufficiently flexible to allow thermal deformations caused by heating the injector face with hot combustion gases or cooling by cryogenic propellants. The injector design must also provide for positive seals between fuel and oxidizer manifolds (an internal leak can cause manifold explosions or internal fires) and a sealed attachment of the injector to the chamber. In large, gimbal-mounted thrust chambers the injector also often carries the main thrust load, and a gimbal mount is often directly attached to the injector, a shown in Figs. 6-1 and 8-1. Combustion Stability. The injection hole pattern, impingement pattern, hole distribution, and pressure drop have a strong influence on combustion stability; some types are much more resistant to pressure disturbances. As explained in Section 9-3, the resistance to vibration is determined 282 THRUST CHAMBERS experimentally, and often special antivibration devices, such as baffles or resonance cavities, are designed directly into the injector. 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE The combustion chamber is that part of a thrust chamber where the combus- tion or burning of the propellant takes place. The combustion temperature is much higher than the melting points of most chamber wall materials. Therefore it is necessary either to cool these walls (as described in a later section of this chapter) or to stop rocket operation before the critical wall areas become too hot. If the heat transfer is too high and thus the wall temperatures become locally too high, the thrust chamber will fail. Heat transfer to thrust chambers will be described later in this chapter. Section 8.6 gives a sample analysis of a thrust chamber and Ref. 8-2 describes the design and development of one. Volume and Shape Spherical chambers give the least internal surface area and mass per unit chamber volume; they are expensive to build and several have been tried. Today we prefer a cylindrical chamber (or slightly tapered cone frustum) with a flat injector and a converging-diverging nozzle. The chamber volume is defined as the volume up to the nozzle throat section and it includes the cylindrical chamber and the converging cone frustum of the nozzle. Neglecting the effect of the corner radii, the chamber volume V~ is Vc --AlL1 + A1L~(1 + v/At/A1 + At~A1) (8-8) Here L is the cylinder length, A1/At is the chamber contraction ratio, and Lc is the length of the conical frustum. The approximate surfaces exposed to heat transfer from hot gas comprise the injector face, the inner surface of the cylin- der chamber, and the inner surface of the converging cone frustrum. The volume and shape are selected after evaluating these parameters: 1. The volume has to be large enough for adequate mixing, evaporation, and complete combustion of propellants. Chamber volumes vary for different propellants with the time delay necessary to vaporize and activate the propellants and with the speed of reaction of the propellant combination. When the chamber volume is too small, combustion is incomplete and the performance is poor. With higher chamber pressures or with highly reactive propellants, and with injectors that give improved mixing, a smaller chamber volume is usually permissible. 2. The chamber diameter and volume can influence the cooling require- ments. If the chamber volume and the chamber diameter are large, the 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 283 o ° o heat transfer rates to the walls will be reduced, the area exposed to heat will be large, and the walls are somewhat thicker. Conversely, if the volume and cross section are small, the inner wall surface area and the inert mass will be smaller, but the chamber gas velocities and the heat transfer rates will be increased. There is an optimum chamber volume and diameter where the total heat absorbed by the walls will be a mini- mum. This is important when the available cooling capacity of the cool- ant is limited (for example oxygen-hydrocarbon at high mixture ratios) or if the maximum permissive coolant temperature has to be limited (for safety reasons with hydrazine cooling). The total heat transfer can also be further reduced by going to a rich mixture ratio or by adding film cooling (discussed below). All inert components should have minimum mass. The thrust chamber mass is a function of the chamber dimensions, chamber pressure, and nozzle area ratio, and the method of cooling. Manufacturing considerations favor a simple chamber geometry, such as a cylinder with a double cone bow-tie-shaped nozzle, low cost materials, and simple fabrication processes. In some applications the length of the chamber and the nozzle relate directly to the overall length of the vehicle. A large-diameter but short chamber can allow a somewhat shorter vehicle with a lower structural inert vehicle mass. The gas pressure drop for accelerating the combustion products within the chamber should be a minimum; any pressure reduction at the nozzle inlet reduces the exhaust velocity and the performance of the vehicle. These losses become appreciable when the chamber area is less than three times the throat area. For the same thrust the combustion volume and the nozzle throat area become smaller as the operating chamber pressure is increased. This means that the chamber length and the nozzle length (for the same area ratio) also decrease with increasing chamber pressure. The perfor- mance also goes up with chamber pressure. The preceding chamber considerations conflict with each other. It is, for instance, impossible to have a large chamber that gives complete combustion but has a low mass. Depending on the application, a compromise solution that will satisfy the majority of these considerations is therefore usually selected and verified by experiment. The characteristic chamber length is defined as the length that a chamber of the same volume would have if it were a straight tube and had no converging nozzle section. L= Vc/At (8-9) 284 THRUST CHAMBERS where L (pronounced el star) is the characteristic chamber length, At is the nozzle throat area, and Vc is the chamber volume. The chamber includes all the volume up to the throat area. Typical values for L are between 0.8 and 3.0 meters (2.6 to 10 ft) for several bipropellants and higher for some monopro- pellants. Because this parameter does not consider any variables except the throat area, it is useful only for a particular propellant combination and a narrow range of mixture ratio and chamber pressure. The parameter L was used about 40 years ago, but today the chamber volume and shape are chosen by using data from successful thrust chambers of prior similar designs and identical propellants. The stay time t~ of the propellant gases is the average value of the time spent by each molecule or atom within the chamber volume. It is defined by t s -- Vc/(riT)2~) (8-10) where rh is the propellant mass flow, ~1 is the average specific volume or volume per unit mass of propellant gases in the chamber, and Vc is the chamber volume. The minimum stay time at which a good performance is attained defines the chamber volume that gives essentially complete combustion. The stay time varies for different propellants and has to be experimentally deter- mined. It includes the time necessary for vaporization, activation, and com- plete burning of the propellant. Stay times have values of 0.001 to 0.040 sec for different types of thrust chambers and propellants. The nozzle dimensions and configuration can be determined from the ana- lyses presented in Chapter 3. The converging section of the supersonic nozzle experiences a much higher internal gas pressure than the diverging section and therefore the design of the converging wall is similar to the design of the cylindrical chamber wall. Most thrust chambers use a shortened bell shape for the diverging nozzle section. Nozzles with area ratios up to 400 have been developed. In Chapter 3 it was stated that very large nozzle exit area ratios allow a small but significant improvement in specific impulse, particularly at very high alti- tudes; however, the extra length and extra vehicle mass necessary to house a large nozzle make this unattractive. This disadvantage can be mitigated by a multipiece nozzle, that is stored in annular pieces around the engine during the ascent of the launch vehicle and automatically assembled in space after launch vehicle separation and before firing. This concept, known as extendible nozzle cone, has been successfully employed in solid propellant rocket motors for space applications for about 20 years. The first flight with an extendible nozzle on a liquid propellant engine was performed in 1998 with a modified version of a Pratt & Whitney upper stage engine. Its flight performance is listed in Table 8-1. The engine is shown later in Fig. 8-19 and its carbon-carbon extendible nozzle cone is described in the section on Materials and Fabrication. 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 285 Heat Transfer Distribution Heat is transmitted to all internal hardware surfaces exposed to hot gases, namely the injector face, the chamber and nozzle walls. The heat transfer rate or heat transfer intensity, that is, local wall temperatures and heat transfer per unit wall area, varies within the rocket. A typical heat transfer rate dis- tribution is shown in Fig. 8-8. Only 1 to 5 % of the total energy generated in the gas is transferred as heat to the chamber walls. For a typical rocket of 44,820 N or 10,000 lbf thrust the heat rejection rate to the wall may be between 0.75 and 3.5 MW, depending on the exact conditions and design. See Section 8.3. The amount of heat transferred by conduction from the chamber gas to the walls in a rocket thrust chamber is negligible. By far the largest part of the heat is transferred by means of convection. A part (usually 5 to 35%) of the trans- ferred heat is attributable to radiation. For constant chamber pressure, the chamber wall surface increases less rapidly than the volume as the thrust level is raised. Thus the cooling of chambers is generally easier in large thrust sizes, and the capacity of the wall material or the coolant to absorb all the heat rejected by the hot gas is generally more critical in smaller sizes, because of the volume-surface relationship. Higher chamber pressure leads to higher vehicle performance (higher Is), but also to higher engine inert mass. However, the resulting increase of heat transfer with chamber pressure often imposes design or material limits on the maximum practical chamber pressure for both liquid and solid propellant rockets. The heat transfer intensity in chemical rocket propulsion can vary from less than 50 W/cm 2 or 0.3 Btu/in.Z-sec to over 16 kW/cm 2 or 100 Btu/in.2-sec. The 2.0 • - CJ ~ E ~ E ZIZ o Axial distance I Thrust chamber contour FIGURE 8--8. Typical axial heat transfer rate distribution for liquid propellant thrust chambers and solid propellant rocket motors. The peak is always at the nozzle throat and the lowest value is usually near the nozzle exit. 286 THRUST CHAMBERS high values are for the nozzle throat region of large bipropellant thrust cham- bers and high-pressure solid rocket motors. The lower values are for gas gen- erators, nozzle exit sections, or small thrust chambers at low chamber pressures. Cooling of Thrust Chambers The primary objective of cooling is to prevent the chamber and nozzle walls from becoming too hot, so they will no longer be able to withstand the imposed loads or stresses, thus causing the chamber or nozzle to fail. Most wall materi- als lose strength and become weaker as temperature is increased. These loads and stresses are discussed in the next section. With further heating, the walls would ultimately fail or even melt. Cooling thus reduces the wall temperatures to an acceptable value. Basically, there are two cooling methods in common use today. The first is the steady state method. The heat transfer rate and the temperatures of the chambers reach thermal equilibrium. This includes regenerative cooling and radiation cooling. The duration is limited only by the available supply of pro- pellant. Regenerative cooling is done by building a cooling jacket around the thrust chamber and circulating one of the liquid propellants (usually the fuel) through it before it is fed to the injector. This cooling technique is used primarily with bipropellant chambers of medium to large thrust. It has been effective in applications with high chamber pressure and high heat transfer rates. Also, most injectors use regenerative cooling. In radiation cooling the chamber and/or nozzle have only a single wall made of high temperature material. When it reaches thermal equilibrium, this wall usually glows red or white hot and radiates heat away to the surroundings or to empty space. Radiation cooling is used with monopropellant thrust chambers, bipropellant and monopropellant gas generators, and for diverging nozzle exhaust sections beyond an area ratio of about 6 to 10 (see Fig. 8-2). A few small bipropellant thrusters are also radiation cooled. This cooling scheme has worked well with lower chamber pressures (less than 250 psi) and moderate heat transfer rates. The second cooling method relies on transient heat transfer or unsteady heat transfer. It is also called heat sink cooling. The thrust chamber does not reach a thermal equilibrium, and temperatures continue to increase with operating duration. The heat absorbing capacity of the hardware determines its max- imum duration. The rocket combustion operation has to be stopped just before any of the exposed walls reaches a critical temperature at which it could fail. This method has mostly been used with low chamber pressures and low heat transfer rates. Heat sink cooling of thrust chambers can be done by absorbing heat in an inner liner made of an ablative material, such as fiber-reinforced plastics. Ablative materials are used extensively in solid propellant rocket 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 287 motors and will be discussed further in Chapters 11 and 14. The analysis of both of these cooling methods is given in the next section of this chapter. Film cooling and special insulation are supplementary techniques that are used occasionally with both methods to locally augment their cooling capabil- ity. All these cooling methods will be described further in this chapter. Cooling also helps to reduce the oxidation of the wall material and the rate at which walls would be eaten away. The rates of chemical oxidizing reactions between the hot gas and the wall material can increase dramatically with wall temperature. This oxidation problem can be minimized not only by limiting the wall temperature, but also by burning the liquid propellants at a mixture ratio where the percentage of aggressive gases in the hot gas (such as oxygen or hydroxyl) is very small, and by coating certain wall materials with an oxida- tion-resistant coating; for example iridium has been coated on the inside of rhenium walls. Cooling with Steady-State Heat Transfer. Cooled thrust chambers have provisions for cooling some or all metal parts coming into contact with hot gases, such as chamber walls, nozzle walls, and injector faces. Internal cooling passages, cooling jackets, or cooling coils permit the circulation of a coolant. Jackets can consist of separate inner and outer walls or of an assembly of contoured, adjacent tubes (see Figs. 8-1 and 8-9). The inner wall confines the gases, and the spaces between the walls serves as the coolant passage. The nozzle throat region is usually the location that has the highest heat-transfer intensity and is therefore the most difficult to cool. For this reason the cooling jacket is often designed so that the coolant velocity is highest at the critical regions by restricting the coolant passage cross section, Nozzle exit manifold \ f- Inlet ~ Reinforcing _ ..~ / tension .,p~'j~-'~ I Injector [ j J i Throat I ..j -. - Top view without manifold B A .C Exit (Section C) o[Ix~ Chamber (Section B) Throat (Section A) FIGURE 8-9. Diagram of a tubular cooling jacket. The tubes are bent to the chamber and nozzle contours; they are formed hydraulically to give a variable cross section to permit the same number of tubes at the throat and exit diameters. Coolant enters through the inlet manifold into every other tube and proceeds axially to the nozzle exit manifold, where it then enters the alternate tubes and returns axially to go directly to the injector. 288 THRUST CHAMBERS and so that the fresh cold coolant enters the jacket at or near the nozzle. While the selection of the coolant velocity and its - variation along the wall for any given thrust chamber design depends on heat-transfer considerations, the selection of the coolant passage geometry often depends on pressure loss, stresses, and manufacturing considerations. An axial flow cooling jacket, or a tubular wall, has a low hydraulic friction loss but is practical only for large coolant flows (above approximately 9 kg/sec). For small coolant flows and small thrust units, the design tolerances of the cooling jacket width between the inner and outer walls or the diameters of the tubes, become too small, or the tolerances become prohibitive. Therefore, most small thrust chambers use radiation cooling or ablative materials. In regenerative cooling the heat absorbed by the coolant is not wasted; it augments the initial energy content of the propellant prior to injection, increas- ing the exhaust velocity slightly (0.1 to 1.5%). This method is called regenera- tive cooling because of the similarity to steam regenerators. The design of the tubular chamber and nozzle combines the advantages of a thin wall (good for reducing thermal stresses and high wall temperatures) and a cool, lightweight structure. Tubes are formed to special shapes and contours (see Figs. 8-1 and 8-9), usually by hydraulic means, and then brazed, welded, or soldered together (see Ref. 8-3). In order to take the gas pressure loads in hoop tension, they are reinforced on the outside by high-strength bands or wires. While Fig. 8-9 shows alternate tubes for up and down flow, there are chambers where the fuel inlet manifold is downstream of the nozzle throat area and where the coolant flow is up and down in the nozzle exit region, but unidirectionally up in the throat and chamber regions. Radiation cooling is another steady-state method of cooling. It is simple and is used extensively in the low heat transfer applications listed previously. Further discussion of radiation cooling is given in the Materials and Fabrication subsection. In order for heat to be radiated into space, it is usually necessary for the bare nozzle and chamber to stick out of the vehicle. Figure 8-18 shows a radiation-cooled thrust chamber. Since the white hot glowing radiation-cooled chambers and/or nozzles are potent radiators, they may cause undesirable heating of adjacent vehicle or engine components. Therefore, many have insulation (see Fig. 8-15) or simple external radiation shields to minimize these thermal effects; however, in these cases the actual chamber or nozzle wall temperatures are higher than they would be without the insulation or shielding. Cooling with Transient Heat Transfer. Thrust chambers with unsteady heat transfer are basically of two types. One is a simple metal chamber (steel, copper, stainless steel, etc.) made with walls sufficiently thick to absorb plenty of heat energy. For short-duration testing of injectors, testing of new propellants, rating combustion stability, and very-short-duration rocket- propelled missiles, such as an antitank weapon, a heavy-walled simple, short- duration steel chamber is often used. The common method of ablative cooling or heat sink cooling uses a combination of endothermic reactions 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 289 (breakdown or distillation of matrix material into smaller compounds and gases), pyrolysis of organic materials, counter-current heat flow and coolant gas mass flow, charring and localized melting. An ablative material usually consists of a series of strong, oriented fibers (such as glass, Kevlar, or carbon fibers) engulfed by a matrix of an organic material (such as plastics, epoxy resins or phenolic resins). As shown in Fig. 14-11, the gases seep out of the matrix and form a protective film cooling layer on the inner wall surfaces. The fibers and the residues of the matrix form a hard char or porous coke-like material that preserves the wall contour shapes. The orientation, number and type of fiber determine the ability of the com- posite ablative material to withstand significant stresses in preferred directions. For example, internal pressure produces longitudinal as well as hoop stresses in the thrust chamber walls and thermal stresses produce compression on the inside of the walls and tensile stresses on the outside. We have learned how to place the fibers in two or three directions, which makes them anisotropic. We then speak of 2-D and 3-D fiber orientation. A set of strong carbon fibers in a matrix of amorphous carbon is a special, but favorite type of material. It is often abbreviated as C-C or carbon-carbon. The carbon materials lose their ability to carry loads at about 3700 K or 6200 F. Because carbon oxidizes readily to form CO or CO2, its best applications are with fuel-rich propellant mixtures that have little or no free oxygen or hydroxyl in their exhaust. It is used for nozzle throat inserts. Properties for one type of C-C are given in Table 14-5. Ablative cooling was first used and is still used extensively with solid pro- pellant rocket motors. It has since been successfully applied to liquid propel- lant thrust chambers, particularly at low chamber pressure, short duration (including several short-duration firings over a long total time period) and also in nozzle extensions for both large and small thrust chambers, where the static gas temperatures are relatively low. It is not usually, effective for cooling if the chamber pressures are high, the exhaust gases contain oxidative species, or the firing durations are long. Repeatedly starting and stopping (also known as pulsing) presents a more severe thermal condition for ablative materials than operating for the same cumulative firing time but without interruption. Figure 8-10 shows that for small pulsing rockets, which fire only 4 to 15 % of the time, the consumption or pyrolysis of the ablative liner is a maximum. This curve varies and depends on the specific duty cycle of firings, the design, the materials, and the pauses between the firings. The duty cycle for a pulsing thruster was defined in Chapter 6 as the average percent of burning or operating time divided by the total elapsed time. Between pulsed firings there is a heat soak back from the hot parts of the thruster to the cooler outer parts (causing them to become softer) and also a heat loss by radiation to the surroundings. At a duty cycle below 3%, there is sufficient time between firings for cooling by radiation. At long burning times (above 50%) the ablative material's hot layers act as insulators and prevent the stress-bearing portions from becoming too hot. 290 THRUST CHAMBERS 100 ,8 ° ~ 5o 0 J i I 0 50 100~ Burning time/total time FIGURE 8-10. Relative depth of pyrolysis of ablative material with different duty cycles using many short-duration thrust pulses for a small liquid propellant reaction control thrust chamber of 20 lbf thrust. Depending on the design, the thrusters with duty cycles between 4 and 25% have the most severe thermal loading. It is often advantageous to use a different cooling method for the down- stream part of the diverging nozzle section, because its heat transfer rate per unit area is usually much lower than in the chamber or the converging nozzle section, particularly with nozzles of large area ratio. There is usually a small saving in inert engine mass, a small increase in performance, and a cost saving, if the chamber and the converging nozzle section and the throat region (up to an area ratio of perhaps 5 to 10) use regenerative cooling and the remainder of the nozzle exit section is radiation cooled (or sometimes ablative cooled). See Fig. 8-2 and Ref. 8-4. Film Cooling This is an auxiliary method applied to chambers and/or nozzles, augmenting either a marginal steady-state or a transient cooling method. It can be applied to a complete thrust chamber or just to the nozzle, where heat transfer is the highest. Film cooling is a method of cooling whereby a relatively cool thin fluid film covers and protects exposed wall surfaces from excessive heat transfer. Fig. 8-11 shows film-cooled chambers. The film is introduced by injecting small quantities of fuel or an inet fluid at very low velocity through a large number of orifices along the exposed surfaces in such a manner that a protective relatively cool gas film is formed. A coolant with a high heat of vaporization and a high boiling point is particularly desirable. In liquid propellant rocket engines extra fuel can also be admitted through extra injection holes at the outer layers of the injector; thus a propellant mixture is achieved (at the periphery of the cham- ber), which has a much lower combustion temperature. This differs from film cooling or transpiration cooling because there does not have to be a chamber 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 291 ~ Liquid propellant Annular zone injector O f extra fuel injection--) /--Film coolant --Hot burning Liquid t | |/ injection holes /solid propellant propellant L ~. ~,,~ ~.~,-~, ~ injection ~ l:~~~~r ~ ~ / ~ ~ ~ Layer of I} ' !l IIII ~~'/~'("~,-~-~';~/~'/~ relatively I~,'~, ~-~b~i!~l,, , r, t21 !;ll f c°°lgas l , i II . IJi i / i/! I /',l I '~' ~,~m~ ..... "~\ I //,~f\ Cool burning I~\ I //~ ManiloIOS TOr soil r~rnur~l~nt '~\ //,~" / I k "--'[~ec~°;/an~r ~/,J')l I (',~~~ L''°rlr~'la~llant )')f/(( ,~'// I /\'k~ ~7,/! I \" \,~ ~-- Grap hire ~/'/ '~i~ "/ i / \ insert / I/" / ] I ', \]~---Layerof It/ ' I' ! I/ '~ \l~--Layerof i11/ ¢ \ \\• ~[ / ' i " \,'li relatively ~[/ ! i I / '~1 relatively ~1/ / { I \1~I~ L_,L~L~~ cool gas I , ~ I ', cool gas Ill 1 I ' i Ii i FIGURE 8--11. Simplified diagrams of three different methods of forming a cool boundary layer. cooling jacket or film-cooling manifolds. In solid propellant rocket engines this can be accomplished by inserting a ring of cool-burning propellant upstream of the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 8-11 or by wall insulation materials, whose abla- tion and charring will release relatively cool gases into the boundary layer. Turbine discharge gas (700 to 1100°C) has also been used as a film coolant for uncooled nozzle exit sections of large liquid propellant rocket engines. Of course, the ejection of an annular gas layer at the periphery of the nozzle exit, at a temperature lower than the maximum possible value, causes a decrease in a specific impulse. Therefore, it is desirable to reduce both the thickness of this cooler layer and the mass flow of cooler gas, relative to the total flow, to a practical minimum value. A special type of film cooling, sweat cooling or transpiration cooling, uses a porous wall material which admits a coolant through pores uniformly over the surface. This technique has been successfully used to cool injector faces in the upper stage engine (J-2) of the moon launch vehicle and the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) with hydrogen fuel. Thermal Insulation Theoretically, a good thermal insulation layer on the gas side of the chamber wall can be very effective in reducing chamber wall heat transfer and wall temperatures. However, efforts with good insulation materials such as refrac- tory oxides or ceramic carbides have not been successful. They will not with- 292 THRUST CHAMBERS stand differential thermal expansion without cracking or spalling. A sharp edge on the surface (crack or flaked-off piece of insulator) will cause a sudden rise in the stagnation temperature and most likely lead to a local failure. Asbestos is a good insulator and was used several decades ago; because it is a cancer causing agent, it is no longer used. Coating development efforts with rhenium and other materials are continuing. Insulation or heat shields have been successfully applied on the exterior of radiation-cooled thrust chambers to reduce the heat transfer to adjacent sensi- tive equipment or structures. With hydrocarbon fuels it is possible to form small carbon particles or soot in the hot gas and that can lead to a carbon deposit on the gas side of the chamber or nozzle walls. If it is a thin, mildly adhesive soot, it can be an insulator, but it is difficult to reproduce such a coating. More likely it forms hard, caked deposits, which can be spalled off in localized flakes and form sharp edges, and then it is undesirable. Most designers have preferred instead to use film cooling or extra high coolant velocities in the cooling jacket with injectors that do not create adhesive soot. Hydraulic Losses in the Cooling Passage The cooling coil or cooling jacket should be designed so that the fluid adsorbs all the heat transferred across the inner motor wall, and so that the coolant pressure drop will be small. A higher pressure drop allows a higher coolant velocity in the cooling jacket, will do a better job of cooling, but requires a heavier feed system, which increases the engine mass slightly and thus also the total inert vehicle mass. For many liquid propellant rockets the coolant velocity in the chamber is approximately 3 to 10 m/sec or 10 to 33 ft/sec and, at the nozzle throat, 6 to 24 m/sec or 20 to 80 ft/sec. A cooling passage can be considered to be a hydraulic pipe, and the friction loss can be calculated accordingly. For a straight pipe, Ap/p - ½fv2(L/D) (S-11) where Ap is the friction pressure loss, p the coolant mass density, L the length of coolant passage, D the equivalent diameter, v the average velocity in the cooling passage, and f the friction loss coefficient. In English engineeering units the right side of the equation has to be divided by go, the sea-level acceleration of gravity (32.2 ft/sec2). The friction loss coefficient is a function of Reynolds number and has values betwen 0.02 and 0.05. A typical pressure loss of a cooling jacket is between 5 and 25% of the chamber pressure. A large portion of the pressure drop in a cooling jacket usually occurs in those locations where the flow direction or the flow-passage cross section is changed. Here the sudden expansion or contraction causes a loss, sometimes 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 293 larger than the velocity head v2/2. This hydraulic situation exists in inlet and outlet chamber manifolds, injector passages, valves, and expansion joints. The pressure loss in the cooling passages of a thrust chamber can be calcu- lated, but more often it is measured. This pressure loss is usually determined in cold flow tests (with an inert fluid instead of the propellant and without com- bustion), and then the measured value is corrected for the actual propellant (different physical properties) and the hot firing conditions; a higher tempera- ture will change propellant densities or viscosities and in some designs it changes the cross section of cooling flow passages. Chamber Wall Loads and Stresses The analysis of loads and stresses is performed on all propulsion components during their engineering design. Its purpose is to assure the propulsion designer and the flight vehicle user that (1) the components are strong enough to carry all the loads, so that they can fulfill their intended function; (2) potential fail- ures have been identified, together with the possible remedies or redesigns; and (3) their masses have been reduced to a practical minimum. In this section we concentrate on the loads and stresses in the walls of thrust chambers, where high heat fluxes and large thermal stresses complicate the stress analysis. Some of the information on safety factors and stress analysis apply also to all pro- pulsion systems, including solid propellant motors and electric propulsion. The safety factors (really margins for ignorance) are very small in rocket propulsion when compared to commercial machinery, where these factors can be 2 to 6 times larger. Several load conditions are considered for each rocket component; they are: 1. Maximum expected working load is the largest likely operating load under all likely operating conditions or transients. Examples are operating at a slightly higher chamber pressure than nominal as set by tolerances in design or fabrication (an example is the tolerance in setting the tank pressure regulator) or the likely transient overpressure from ignition shock. 2. The design limit load is typically 1.20 times the maximum expected work- ing load, to provide a margin. If the variation in material composition, material properties, the uncertainties in the method of stress analysis, or predicted loads are significant, a larger factor may be selected. 3. The damaging load can be based on the yield load or the ultimate load or the endurance limit load, whichever gives the lowest value. The yield load causes a permanent set or deformation, and it is typically set as 1.10 times the design limit load. The endurance limit may be set by fatigue or creep considerations (such as in pulsing). The ultimate load induces a stress equal to the ultimate strength of the material, where significant elonga- tion and area reduction can lead to failure. Typically it is set as 1.50 times the design limit load. 294 THRUST CHAMBERS . The proof test load is applied to engines or their components during development and manufacturing inspection. It is often equal to the design limit load, provided this load condition can be simulated in a laboratory. Thrust chambers and other components, whose high thermal stresses are difficult to simulate, use actual hot firing tests to obtain this proof, often with loads that approach the design limit load (for example, higher than nominal chamber pressure or a mixture ratio that results in hotter gas). The walls of all thrust chambers are subjected to radial and axial loads from the chamber pressure, flight accelerations (axial and transverse), vibration, and thermal stresses. They also have to withstand a momentary ignition pressure surge or shock, often due to excessive propellant accumulation in the chamber. This surge can exceed the nominal chamber pressure. In addition, the chamber walls have to transmit thrust loads as well as forces and in some applications also moments, imposed by thrust vector control devices described in Chapter 16. Walls also have to survive a "thermal shock", namely, the initial thermal stresses at rapid starting. When walls are cold or at ambient temperature, they experience higher gas heating rates than after the walls have been heated. These loads are different for almost every design, and each unit has to be considered individually in determining the wall strengths. A heat transfer analysis is usually done only for the most critical wall regions, such as at and near the nozzle throat, at a critical location in the chamber, and sometimes at the nozzle exit. The thermal stresses induced by the temperature difference across the wall are often the most severe stresses and a change in heat transfer or wall temperature distribution will affect the stresses in the wall. Specific failure criteria (wall temperature limit, reaching yield stress, or maximum coolant temperature, etc.) have to be established for these analyses. The temperature differential introduces a compressive stress on the inside and a tensile stress on the outside of the inner wall; the stress s can be calcu- lated for simple cylindrical chamber walls that are thin in relation to their radius as s = 2~.E AT/(1 - v) (8-12) where ~, is the coefficient of thermal expansion of the wall material, E the modulus of elasticity of the wall material, AT the temperature drop across the wall, and v the Poisson ratio of the wall material. Temperature stresses frequently exceed the yield point. The materials experience a change in the yield strength and the modulus of elasticity with temperature. The preceding equa- tion is applicable only to elastic deformations. This yielding of rocket thrust chamber wall materials can be observed by the small and gradual contraction of the throat diameter after each operation (perhaps 0.05% reduction in throat diameter after each firing) and the formation of progressive cracks of the inside 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 295 wall surface of the chamber and throat after successive runs. These phenomena limit the useful life and number of starts or temperature cycles of a thrust chamber (see Refs. 8-5 and 8-6). In selecting a working stress for the wall material of a thrust chamber, the variation of strength with temperature and the temperature stresses over the wall thickness have to be considered. The temperature drop across the inner wall is typically between 50 and 550 K, and an average temperature is some- times used for estimating the material properties. The most severe thermal stresses can occur during the start, when the hot gases cause thermal shock to the hardware. These transient thermal gradients cause severe thermal strain and local yielding. A picture of a typical stress distribution caused by pressure loads and ther- mal gradients is shown in Fig. 8-12. Here the inner wall is subjected to a compressive pressure differential caused by a high liquid pressure in the cooling jacket and a relatively large temperature gradient. In a large rocket chamber, 3000 K ,,,, 2400K ~ 1800K P " 1200 K E 60O K OK .~ ¢T z~ v~ ¢n t,. 0') Gas film Chamber wall Temperature dro ~7~ across wall I I Liquid coolant I I I I I -- Liquid film I ~..... Typical temperature distribution Neutral axis (zero stress) 1. Stress due to thermal expansion J gradient across wall only f 2. Stress due to pressure differential across wall only 3. Resultant stress (sum of curves 1 J and 2) with no yielding and constant modulus of elasticity 4. Actual stress in wall with yielding at hot 8as side and chanRing modulus of elasticity 5. Yield stress distribution across wall (varies with temperature) [~ I<--Wall thlckness---~ > Distance from thrust chamber axis FIGURE 8-12. Typical stresses in a thrust chamber inner wall. 296 THRUST CHAMBERS such as is used in the Redstone missile, the wall thickness of the nozzle steel way may be 7 mm and the temperature differential across it may readily exceed several hundred degrees. This temperature gradient causes the hot inner wall surface to expand more than the wall surface on the coolant side and imposes a high compressive thermal stress on the inside surface and a high tensile thermal stress on the coolant side. In these thick walls the stress induced by the pressure load is usually small compared to the thermal stress. The resultant stress dis- tribution in thick inner walls (shown shaded in the sample stress diagram of Fig. 8-12) indicates that the stress in the third of the wall adjacent to the hot gases has exceeded the yield point. Because the modulus of elasticity and the yield point diminish with temperature, the stress distribution is not linear over the yielded portion of the wall. In effect, this inner portion acts as a heat shield for the outer portion which carries the load. Because of the differential expansion between the hot inner shell and the relatively cold outer shell, it is necessary to provide for axial expansion joints to prevent severe temperature stresses. This is particularly critical in larger double-walled thrust chambers. The German V-2 thrust chamber expanded over 5 mm in an axial and 4 mm in a radial direction. Tubes for tubular wall thrust chambers are subjected to several different stress conditions. Only that portion of an individual cooling tube exposed to hot chamber gases experiences high thermal stresses and deformation as shown in Fig. 8-17. The tubes have to hold the internal coolant pressure, absorb the thermal stresses, and contain the gas pressure in the chamber. The hottest temperature occurs in the center of the outer surface of that portion of each tube exposed to hot gas. The thermal stresses are relatively low, since the temperature gradient is small; copper has a high conductivity and the walls are relatively thin (0.5 to 2 mm). The coolant pressure-induced load on the tubes is relatively high, particularly if the thrust chamber operates at high chamber pressure. The internal coolant pressure tends to separate the tubes. The gas pressure loads in the chamber are usually taken by reinforcing bands which are put over the outside of the tubular jacket assembly (see Fig. 8-1 and 8-9). The joints between the tubes have to be gas tight and this can be accom- plished by soldering, welding, or brazing. When a high-area-ratio nozzle is operated at high ambient pressure, the lower part of the nozzle structure experiences a compression because the pres- sure in the nozzle near the exit is actually below atmospheric value. Therefore, high-area-ratio nozzles usually have stiffening rings on the outside of the nozzle near the exit to maintain a circular shape and thus prevent buckling, flutter, or thrust misalignment. Aerospike Thrust Chamber A separate category comprises thrust chambers using a center body, such as a plug nozzle or aerospike nozzle. They have more surface to cool than ordinary thrust chambers. A circular aerospike thruster is described in Chapter 3 and 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 297 shown schematically in Fig. 3-12. Here the diameter of the exhaust flow plume increases with altitude. A linear version of a truncated (shortened) aerospike thrust chamber is currently being developed with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as the propellants; see Refs. 8-7 and 8-8. An experimental engine; assembly (XRS-2200) with 20 cells and two hydrogen-cooled, two-dimensional, curved ramps is shown in Figs 8-13 and 8-14. Each individual small (regen- eratively cooled) thrust chamber or cell has its own cylindrical combustion chamber, a circular small nozzle throat, but a rectangular nozzle exit of low area ratio. The gas from these 20 rectangular nozzle exits is further expanded (and thus reaches a higher exhaust velocity) along the contour of the spike or ramp. The two fuel-cooled side panels are not shown in these figures. The flat surface at the bottom or base is porous or full of small holes and a low-pressure gas flows through these openings. This causes a back pressure on the flat base surface. This flow can be the exhaust gas from the turbopumps and is typically 1 or 2% of the total flow. The gas region below this base is enclosed by the two gas flows from the ramps and the two side plates and is essentially independent of ambient pressure or altitude. Two of the XRS-2200 engine drive the X-33 wing shaped vehicle aimed at investigating a single stage to orbit concept. The thrust F of this aerospike thrust chamber consists of (1) the axial component thrusts of each of the little chamber modules, (2) the integral of the pressures acting on the ramps over the axially projected area Aa normal to the axis of the ramps, and (3) the pressure acting over the base area Abase. f~ a F -- [thv 2 cos 0 q- (/02 - p3)A 2 cos 0] q-- 2 dA -}- (/)base -- p3)Abase (8-13) Here 0 is the angle of the module nozzle axis to the centerline of the spike, rh is the total propellant flow, v2 is the exhaust velocity of the module, A2 is the total exit area of all the modules, P2 is the exhaust pressure at the exit of the module, and P3 is the ambient pressure at the nozzle exit level. These expressions are a simplified version of the thrust. Not included, for example, is the negative effect of the slipstream of air around the engine (which causes a low-pressure region) and the friction on the side plates; both actually decrease the thrust slightly. For each application there is an optimum angle 0, an optimum ramp length, an optimum ratio of the projected ramp area to the base area, and an optimum base pressure, which is a function of the base flow. The local gas pressures on the ramps are influenced by shock wave phenom- ena and change with altitude. Figure 8-14 shows a typical pressure distribution on a typical ramp surface and the flow patterns for low and high altitude. The hot gas flows coming out of the cell nozzles are turned into a nearly axial direction by multiple expansion waves (shown as dashed lines), which cause a reduction in pressure. At lower altitudes the turning causes compression shock waves (represented as solid lines), which causes local pressures to rise. The compression waves are reflected off the boundary between the hot gas jet Oxidizer thrust vectoring control valve (2 places) ! ! Powerpack isolation valve (LOX) Oxidizer thrust vectoring contr, valve (2 places Powerpack :--'-':on (LOX) Thrust cell (10 ea. bank) Oxidizer turbopump Heat exchanger Fuel turbopump Nozzle ramp (cooled) Engine base Oxidizer turbopun ust cell ea. bank) I opump Thrust, sea level/vacuum, Ibf 206, 200/266,000 Specific impulse, SL/vac. (sec) 340/429 Chamber pressure, psia 854 Mixture ratio O2/H 2 5.5 Dimensions, (in.), aft end 46 W x 88 L forward end 133 W x 88 L Height, in. 79 H FIGURE 8--13. Side view and oblique top view of the XRS-2200 aerospike linear rocket engine with 20 thrust cells and two curved fuel- cooled ramps. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 299 Propellant enters through multiple injectors ~. / Thruster [.O / moou,\ . chambers "~" ~ Y~/'//////////////2 Expansion ~ ~ Axial waves " ~~~w/~Cj;~;~ ~ Curved nozzle distance Compression ~~,~..Y(~~ ~ i ~ waves ~"i\iba'#~e? ramp solace Porous base plate Boundary '"'/~ \/ J / with air /iii / Conditions at low altitude i Ramp wall pressure k / / Annular \ ~ ]Basel ~, projected ramp \ I ~ -~ 1 area I ~ ~[ area normal to "~',~ ~1 I<~ ~" centerline Expansion ~'~':,, ,,?~'!,,, waves n ~ i~ Boundary Axial l / ', ",, "',,,,~++..~,.." / '\x/w,th a,r distance l ~ SecbS°u/ation region Ramp wall pressure Conditions at high altitude FIGURE 8-14. Pressure profile and flow pattern along the ramp of an aerospike nozzle. and the ambient air stream, creating further expansion waves. At high altitude there are no compression waves emanating from the ramp and the expanding diverging flow exerts a decreasing pressure on the ramp area and behaves very similarly to the diverging nozzle flow in a bell-shaped conventional nozzle exit section. The contact locations, where the compression waves touch the ramp surface, have higher local heat transfer than other areas on the ramp surface; these locations move downstream as the vehicle gains altitude. The wave pat- terns and the pressure distribution on the spike or ramp surface can be deter- mined from computerized fluid dynamics programs or a method of characteristics program. The advantages claimed for a linear aerospike engine are these: (1) compared to the axisymmetric rocket engine, it fits well into the trailing edge of a winged or lifting body type vehicle and often has less engine and structural mass; (2) it has altitude compensation and thus operates at optimum nozzle expansion and 300 THRUST CHAMBERS highest possible performance at every altitude; (3) differential throttling of certain sets of individual thruster modules allows pitch, yaw, and roll control of the vehicle during powered flight, as explained in Chapter 16. There is no gimbal joint, no movement of the nozzle, no actuators, and no actuator power supply or strong structural locations for actuator side loads; (4) the truncated aerospike is short and requires less vehicle volume and structures; and (5) the engine structure can be integrated with the vehicle structure, avoiding a sepa- rate vehicle structure at or near the engines. The disadvantages include the lack of proven flight experience, proven reliability and performance validation (which are expected to happen soon), and a larger-than-usual surface area subject to high heat transfer. Low-Thrust Rocket Thrust Chambers or Thrusters Spacecraft, certain tactical missiles, missile defense vehicles, and upper stages of ballistic missiles often use special, multiple thrusters in their small, liquid propellant rocket engines. They generally have thrust levels between about 0.5 and 10,000 N or 0.1 to 2200 lbf, depending on vehicle size and mission. As mentioned in Chapter 4, they are used for trajectory corrections, attitude con- trol, docking, terminal velocity control in spacecraft or ballistic missiles, divert or side movement, propellant settling, and other functions. Most operate with multiple restarts for relatively short durations during a major part of their duty cycle. As mentioned in Chapter 6, they can be classified into hot gas thrusters (high-performance bipropellant with combustion temperatures above 2600 K and Is of 200 to 325 sec), warm gas thrusters such as monopropellant hydrazine (temperatures between 500 and 1600 K and Is of 18 to 245 sec), and cold gas thrusters such as high-pressure stored nitrogen (200 to 320 K) with low specific impules (40 to 120 sec). A typical small thruster for bipropellant is shown in Fig. 8-15 and for hydrazine monopropellant in Fig. 8-16. For attitude control angular motion these thrust chambers are usually arranged in pairs as explained in Section 4.6. The same control signal activates the valves for both units of such a pair. All these small space rocket systems use a pressurized feed system, some with positive expulsion provisions, as explained in Section 6.3. The vehicle mission and the automatic control system of the vehicle often require irregular and frequent pulses to be applied by pairs of attitude control thrust chambers, which often operate for very short periods (as low as 0.01 to 0.02 sec). This type of frequent and short-duration thrust application is also known as pulsed thrust operation. For translation maneuvers a single thruster can be fired (often in a pulsing mode) and the thrust axis usually goes through the center of gravity of the vehicle. The resulting acceleration will depend on the thrust and the location of the thruster on the vehicle; it can be axial or at an angle to the flight velocity vector. There is a performance degradation with decreasing pulse duration, because propellants are used inefficiently during the buildup of thrust and the decay of 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 301 Columbium chamber with disilicide coating (0.003 in. thick) 5.25 ~ 9.75 Monometh,yl hyrazin~ Low density molded insulatioJ Nf°zzloel ct~to ~I~ v?ve | / / v~'c[~'contour _ 1"113 / Titanium cover / ~ I -ql"l II ~ ~ J \ . I \,'% dia. " 33 I / [e[roxloe Injector design / valve S 0 i .
n 0 8 3 c ~ doublet dia. Electrical junction box 0.041 fuel dia. Chamber pressure transducer Heater Leak detection device 2 Propellant valves FIGURE 8--15. This radiation-cooled, insulated vernier thruster is one of several used on the Reaction Control System of the Space Shuttle vehicle for orbit stabilization and orientation, rendezvous or docking maneuvers, station keeping, deorbit, or entry. The nozzle is cut off at an angle to fit the contour of the vehicle. Performance data are given in Table 6-3. Operation can be in a pulse mode (firing durations between 0.08 and 0.32 sec with minimum offtime of 0.08 sec) or a steady-state mode (0.32 to 125 sec). Demonstrated life is 23 hr of operation and more than 300,000 starts. (Courtesy of Kaiser Marquardt Company and NASA.) thrust, when they operate below full chamber pressure and the nozzle expan- sion characteristics are not optimum. The specific impulse suffers when the pulse duration becomes very short. In Section 3-5 the actual specific impulse of a rocket operating at a steady state was given at about 92% of theoretical specific impulse. With very short pulses (0.01 sec) this can be lower than 50%, and with pulses of 0.10 sec it can be around 75 to 88%. Also, the reproduci- bility of the total impulse delivered in a short pulse is not as high after pro- longed use. A preheated monopropellant catalyst bed will allow performance improvement in the pressure rise and in short pulses. One way to minimize the impulse variations in short pulses and to maximize the effective actual specific impulse is to minimize the liquid propellant passage volume between the control valve and the combustion chamber. The propellant flow control valves for pulsing attitude control thrust chambers are therefore often designed as an integral part of the thrust chamber-injector assembly, as shown in Fig. 8-15. Special electrically actuated leakproof, fast-acting valves with response times ranging from 2 to 25 msec for both the opening and closing operation are used. Valves must operate reliably with predictable characteris- tics for perhaps 40,000 to 80,000 starts. This in turn often requires endurance proof tests of 400,000 to 800,000 cycles. 302 THRUST CHAMBERS D .... ~o,,÷ Propellant injector k'~K"~ ' "'~'ln; .... S diffuser screens ~ .) / 20-30 mesh granules "~ / F iridum-alumina catalyst //// / / [~ 40:1 nozzle, radiation cooled, // / / _ ~ Inconel~, / / v///,,'b'/////,'///Y/////la~J "~ ;i-# , ,;'" 7, ,i' . ,,,, ;~, ,,,, , I vii ......... -'a:'.///l//,l~- screens 1 Bed midscreen ,,) • ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ..~.... ~..~.. ~yl/l \ ~ ,,~, f~:. : .... .~.~.~...~, ,~'~ .... .~.: ...,....-.... -.
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~ ~ ~-.,~..~ ~. ~:%>;? ~ ..~ ~ ~.~ .... .~. ~..,~....~. • ~.,~. ...~. ~.. ~ . Etched m icroorifice . ,.~a...,~... ..... Shower head FIGURE 8-16. Typical hydrazine monopropellant small thrust chamber with catalyst bed, showing different methods of injection. Liquid storable bipropellants such as N204-monomethylhydrazine are used when high performance is mandatory. Some have used ablative materials for thrust chamber construction, as in the Gemini command module. The Space Shuttle small thrusters use radiation cooling with refractory metals, as shown in Fig. 8-15. A radiation cooled thruster is shown later in Fig. 8-18. Carbon materials made of woven strong carbon fibers in a matrix of carbon have also been used in radiation-cooled bipropellant thrusters. Hydrazine monopropellant thrusters are used when system simplicity is important and moderate performance is acceptable. They have a nontoxic, clear, clean exhaust plume. Virtually all hydrazine monopropellant attitude control rockets use finely dispersed iridium or cobalt deposited on porous ceramic (aluminum oxide) substrate pellets 1.5 to 3 mm in diameter as a catalyst. Figure 8-16 shows a typical design of the catalyst pellet bed in an 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 303 attitude control rocket designed for pulse and steady-state operation meeting a specific duty cycle. Each injection hole is covered with a cylindrical screen section which extends into a part of the catalyst bed and distributes the hydra- zine propellant. Fig. 8-16 also shows other successful types of hydrazine injec- tor. Several arrangements of catalyst beds are employed; some have spring- loading to keep the pellets firmly packed. Hydrazine monopropellant thrust units range in size from 0.2 to 2500 N of thrust; the scaling procedure is empirical and each size and design requires testing and retesting. The amount of ammonia decomposition, shown in Fig. 7-3, can be controlled by the design of the catalyst bed and its decomposition chamber. Mechanical, thermal, and chemical problems arise in designing a catalyst bed for igniting hydrazine, the more important of which are catalytic attrition and catalyst poisoning. Catalytic attrition or physical loss of catalyst material stems from motion and abrasion of the pellets, with loss of very fine particles. Crushing of pellets can occur because of thermal expansion and momentary overpressure spikes. As explained in Chapter 7, the catalyst activity can also decline because of poisoning by trace quantities of contaminants present in commercial hydrazine, such as aniline, monomethylhydrazine, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, sulfur, zinc, sodium, or iron. Some of these contaminants come with the hydrazine and some are added by the tankage, pressurization, and propellant plumbing in the spacecraft. The high-purity grade has less than 0.003% aniline and less than 0.005% carbonaceous material; it does not con- taminate catalysts. Catalyst degredation, regardless of cause, produces ignition delays, overpressures, and pressure spikes, decreases the specific impulse, and decreases the impulse duplicate bit per pulse in attitude control engines. Figure 19-4 shows a combination of chemical monopropellant and electrical propulsion. Electrical post-heating of the reaction gases from catalysis allows an increase of the altitude specific impulse from 240 sec to about 290 or 300 sec. A number of these combination auxiliary thrusters have successfully flown on a variety of satellite applications and are particularly suitable for spacecraft where electrical power is available and extensive short-duration pulsing is needed. Cold gas thrusters and their performance were mentioned in Section 6.8 and their propellants and specific impulses are listed in Table 7-3. They are simple, low cost, used with pressurized feed systems, used for pulsing operations, and for low thrust and low total impulse. They can use aluminum or plastics for thrusters, valves and piping. The Pegasus air-launched launch vehicle uses them for roll control only. The advantages of cold gas systems are: (a) they are very reliable and have been proven in space flights lasting more than 10 years; (b) the system is simple and relatively inexpensive; (c) the ingredients are nontoxic; (d) no deposit or contamination on sensitive spacecraft surfaces, such as mirrors; (e) they are very safe; and (f) capable of random pulsing. The disadvantages are: (a) engines are relatively heavy with poor propellant mass fractions (0.02 to 0.19); (b) the specific impulses and vehicle velocity increments 304 THRUST CHAMBERS are low, when compared to mono- or bipropellant systems; and (c) relatively large volumes. Materials and Fabrication The choice of the material for the inner chamber wall in the chamber and the throat region, which are the critical locations, is influenced by the hot gases resulting from the propellant combination, the maximum wall temperature, the heat transfer, and the duty cycle. Table 8-3 lists typical materials for several thrust sizes and propellants. For high-performance, high heat transfer, regen- eratively cooled thrust chambers a material with high thermal conductivity and a thin wall design will reduce the thermal stresses. Copper is an excellent conductor and it will not really oxidize in fuel-rich non-corrosive gas mixtures, such as are produced by oxygen and hydrogen below a mixture ratio of 6.0. The inner walls are therefore usually made of a copper alloy (with small addi- tions of zirconium, silver, or silicon), which has a conductivity not quite as good as pure (oxygen-free) copper but has improved high temperature strength. Figure 8-17 shows a cross section of a cooling jacket for a large, regenera- tively cooled thrust chamber with formed tapered tubes that are brazed together. The other fabrication technique is to machine nearly rectangular grooves of variable width and depth into the surface of a relatively thick contoured high-conductivity chamber and nozzle wall liner; the grooves are then filled with wax and, by an electrolyte plating technique, a wall of nickel is added to enclose the coolant passages (see Fig. 8-17). The wax is then melted out. As with tubular cooling jackets, a suitable inlet and outlet manifolds are needed to distribute and collect the coolant flow. The figure also shows the locations of maximum wall temperature. For propellant combinations with corrosive or aggressive oxidizers (nitric acid or nitrogen tetroxide) stainless steel is often used as the inner wall material, because copper would chemically react. The depth and width of milled slots (or the area inside formed tubes) vary with the chamber-nozzle profile and its diameters. At the throat region the cooling velocity needs to be at its highest and therefore the cooling passage cross section will be at its lowest. The failure modes often are bulging on the hot gas side and the opening up of cracks. During hot firing the strain at the hot surface can exceed the local yield point, thus giving it a local permanent compressive deformation. With the cooldown after operation and with each successive firing, some additional yielding and further plastic deformation will occur until cracks form. With successive firings the cracks can become deep enough for a leak and the thrust chamber will then usually fail. The useful life of a metal thrust chamber is the maximum number of firings (and sometimes also the cumulative firing dura- tion) without such a failure. The prediction of wall failures is not simple and Refs. 8-5 and 8-6 explain this in more detail. Useful life can also be limited by the storage life of soft components (O-rings, gaskets, valve stem lubricant) and, 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 305 TABLE 8-3. Typical Materials used in Several Common Liquid Propellant Thrust Chambers Cooling Application Propellant Components Method Typical Materials Bipropellant TC, cooled, high pressure (Booster or upper stage) Oxygen- C, N, E F Copper alloy hydrogen Same Oxygen- hycrocarbon or storable propellant Experimental TC All types (very limited duration--only a few seconds) Small bipropellant All types TC 1 F Transpiration cooled porous stainless steel face. Structure is stainless steel Alternate E R Carbon fiber in a carbon matrix, or niobium Alternate E T Steel shell with ablative inner liner C, N, E, I F Stainless steel with tubes or milled slots Alternate E R Carbon fiber in a carbon matrix, or niobium Alternate E T Steel shell with ablative inner liner C, N, E U Low carbon steel C, N, E R Carbon fiber in carbon matrix, rhenium, niobium Steel shell with ablative inner linear I F Stainless steels, titanium !nconel, alloy steels Stainless steel Aluminum, steel or plastic Small monopropellant Hydrazine C, N, E, R TC I F Cold gas TC Compressed C, N, E, I U air, nitrogen HNO 3 or N204 oxidizer with N2H4, MMH, or UDMH as fuels (see Chapter 7). TC = thrust chamber, C = chamber wall, N = nozzle convering section wall and throat region walls, E = walls at exit region of diverging section of nozzle, I = injector face, F = fuel cooled (regenerative), R -- radiation cooled, U = uncooled, T = transient heat transfer or heat sink method (ablative material). 306 THRUST CHAMBERS Milled cooling Electrodeposi channel outer shell : ~ ~ ~lnner wall Hot combustion gas Estimated temperature d istri bution for above construction ~ Isotherms (solid lines) Dashed lines indicate / direction of heat flux Hottest areas Outer structural bands ~ "~Filler Tubes (formed) Formed tubes brazed or soldered I I [ I I I I I Cooling passage together Hot gas flow Solder or braze material fillet FIGURE 8-17. Enlarged cross section of thrust chamber's regenerative cooling pas- sages for two types of design. for small thrusters with many pulses, also the fatigue of valve seats. Therefore, there is a maximum limit on the number of firings that such a thrust chamber can withstand safely, and this limits its useful life (see Refs. 8-7 and 8-8). For radiation cooling, several different carbon materials have worked in a reducing, fuel-rich rocket atmosphere. At other gas mixtures they can oxidize at the elevated temperatures when they glow red or white. They can be used at wall temperatures up to perhaps 3300 K or 6000 R. Carbon materials and ablative materials are used extensively in solid propellant rocket motors and are discussed further in Chapter 14. For some small radiation-cooled bipropellant thrusters with storable pro- pellants, such as those of the reaction control thrusters on the Space Shuttle Orbiter, the hot walls are made of niobium coated with disilicide (up to 1120 K 8.2. COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NOZZLE 307 or 2050 R). To prevent damage, a fuel-rich mixtures or film cooling is often used. Rhenium walls protected by iridium coatings (oxidation resistant) have come into use more recently and can be used up to about 2300 K or 4100 R (see Ref. 8-9). Other high temperature materials, such as tungsten, molybdenum, alumina, or tantalum, have been tried, but have had problems in manufacture, cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, and excessive oxidation. A small radiation-cooled monopropellant thruster is shown in Fig. 8-16 and a small radiation cooled bipropellant thruster in Fig. 8-18. This thruster's injection has extra fuel injection holes (not shown in Fig. 8-18) to provide film cooling to keep wall temperatures below their limits. This same thruster will also work with hydrazine as the fuel. Until recently it has not been possible to make large pieces of carbon- carbon material. This was one of the reasons why large nozzle sections and integral nozzle-exit-cone pieces in solid motors were made from carbon phe- nolic cloth lay-ups. Progress in manufacturing equipment and technology has now made it possible to build and fly larger c-c pieces. A three-piece extendible c-c nozzle exit cone of 2.3 m (84 in.) diameter and 2.3 to 3 mm thickness has recently flown on an upper-stage engine. This engine with its movable nozzle Solenoid operated fuel valve ;ear periphery i - - - ..... S bustion operated ,jl_l chamber with integral oxidizer 7 nozzle throat, rhenium, valve/ coated with iridium / Mounting J flange and injector assembly Unlike doublet pattern injector with additional film coolant injection holes .
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. Upper nozzle exit section, niobium with disilicide coating 551.94 mm r~ m E -- E Thrust 1 O0 Ibf Chamber pressure ~ 140 psia Nozzle area ratio 250 to 375 Specific impulse up to 323 sec Mass 10.5 Ibm FIGURE 8-18. Radiation-cooled reaction control thruster R-4D-15 uses nitrogen tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine propellants. The large nozzle area ratio allows good vacuum performance. It has three different nozzle materials, each with a lower allowable temperature (Re 4000°F; Nb 3500°F; Ti 1300°F. (Courtesy of Kaiser- Marquardt Company.) 308 THRUST CHAMBERS extension is shown in Fig. 8-19, its parameters are listed in Table 8-1, and its testing is reported in Ref. 8-4. The material properties have to be evaluated before a material can be selected for a specific thrust chamber application. This evaluation includes physical properties, such as tensile and compressive strengths, yield strength, fracture toughness, modulus of elasticity (for determining deflections under load), thermal conductivity (a high value is best for steady-state heat transfer), coefficient of thermal expansion (some large thrust chambers grow by 3 to 10 mm when they become hot, and that can cause problems with their piping connections or structural supports), specific heat (capacity to absorb thermal energy), reflectivity (for radiation), or density (ablatives require more volume than steel). All these properties change with temperature (they are different when they are hot) and sometimes they change with little changes in composi- tion. The temperature where a material loses perhaps 60 to 75% of its room temperature strength is often selected as the maximum allowable wall tempera- ture, well below its melting point. Since a listing of all the key properties of a single material requires many pages, it is not possible to list them here, but they are usually available from manufacturers and other sources. Other important properties are erosion resistance, little or no chemical reactions with the pro- pellants or the hot gases, reproducible decomposition or vaporization of abla- tive materials, ease and low cost of fabrication (welding, cutting, forming, etc.), the consistency of the composition (impurities) of different batches of each material (metals, organics, seals, insulators, lubricants, cleaning fluids), and ready availability and low cost of each material. 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS In actual rocket development not only is the heat transfer analyzed but the rocket units are almost always tested to assure that heat is transferred satis- factorily under all operating and emergency conditons. Heat transfer calcula- tions are useful to guide the design, testing, and failure investigations. Those rocket combustion devices that are regeneratively cooled or radiation cooled can reach thermal equilibrium and the steady-state heat transfer relationships will apply. Transient heat transfer conditions apply not only during thrust buildup (starting) and shutdown of all rocket propulsion systems, but also with cooling techniques that never reach equilibriurm; such as with ablative materials. Sophisticated finite element analysis (FEA) programs of heat transfer have been available for at least a dozen years and several different FEA computer programs have been used for the analysis of thrust chamber steady-state and transient heat transfer, with different chamber geometries or different materials with temperature variant properties. A detailed description of this powerful analysis is beyond the scope of this book, but can be found in Refs. 8-10 and 8-11. Major rocket propulsion organizations have developed their own ver- 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 309 Nozzle extension device (motors) Oxidizer-LO 2 inlet ~ FueI-LH 2 inlet / = ' ~ = = i Turbopump/ ~ Turbine discharge noz extension Gimbal mount Controller Regeneratively cooled chamber and nozzle Propellant cooldown lines Movable nozzle extension (a) Half section of nozzle extension in stowed position Nozzle extension device_ (motors) Nozzle extension parameters: Height: 2.5 m (all 3 segments) Max. diameter: 2.1 m Material thickness: 2.3 to 3.0 mm Mass: 92 kg w ,.,.,,..,~F kJ Regeneratively cooled chamber and nozzle One of several pushing members to move nozzle into position Fixed nozzle extension (carbon-carbon) Joint and seal Two-piece nozzle extension. Exit segment (carbon-carbon) (b) Nozzle extension in deployed position FIGURE 8--19. The RL-10B-2 rocket engine has an extendible nozzle cone or skirt, which is placed around the engine during the ascent of the Delta III launch vehicle. This extension is lowered into position by electromechanical devices after the launch vehicle has been separated from the upper stage at high altitude and before firing. (Courtesy of Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies.) 310 THRUST CHAMBERS sions of suitable computer programs for solving their heat transfer problems. This section gives the basic relationships that are the foundation for FEA programs. They are intended to give some understanding of the phenomena and underlying principles. General Steady-State Heat Transfer Relations For heat transfer conduction the following general relation applies" Q dT AT -- = -- (8-14) A -K ~-~ -x L where Q is the heat transferred per unit across a surface A, dT/dL the tem- perature gradient with respect to thickness L at the surface A, and x the thermal conductivity expressed as the amount of heat transferred per unit time through a unit area of surface for 1 ° temperature difference over a unit wall thickness. The negative sign indicates that temperature decreases as thick- ness increases. The steady-state heat transfer through the chamber wall of a liqud-cooled rocket chamber can be treated as a series type, steady-state heat transfer pro- blem with a large temperature gradient across the gaseous film on the inside of the chamber wall, a temperature drop across the wall, and, in cases of cooled chambers, a third temperature drop across the film of the moving cooling fluid. It is a combination of convection at the boundaries of the flowing fluids and conduction through the chamber walls. The problem is basically one of heat and mass transport associated with conduction through a wall. It is shown schematically in Fig. 8-20. The general steady-state heat transfer equations for regeneratively cooled thrust chambers can be expressed as follows: q - h(Tg - Tz) - Q/A (8-15) __ Tg- Tz (8-16) 1/hg + tw/K + 1/hz = hg(To - Twg) (8-17) = (K/tw)(Twg - rwt) (8-18) = hl(Twt- Tz) (8-19) where q is heat transferred per unit area per unit time, Tg the absolute chamber gas temperature, Tt the absolute coolant liquid temperature, Twt the absolute wall temperature on the liquid side of the wall, Twg the absolute wall tempera- ture on the gas side of the wall, h the overall film coefficient, hg the gas film coefficient, hz the coolant liquid film coefficient, tw the thickness of the chamber wall, and x the conductivity of the wall material. The strength and thermal properties of materials are functions of temperature. Any consistent set of units 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 311 Coolant fluid films ~ ] ~ /~ Inner wall w ,~ Gas film Coolant fluid ~ ~- ~-- Outer wall ~ (3000 K) ..~.~- __..~,v~.~--~- Atmosphere ca. Twg (700 K) E Tot (53O K) .... T l (420 K) ~- ..... Hot gas ~ " Ambient air /- temperature Radial distance from center line of thrust chamber (294 K) FIGURE 8-20. Temperature gradients in cooled rocket thrust chamber. The listed temperatures are typical. can be used in these equations. These simple relations assume that the heat flow is radial. The simple quasi-one-dimensional theory also often assumes that the thermal conductivity and the film coefficients are at average values and not functions of temperature or pressure. A two- or three-dimensional finite ele- ment model would also need to be used to analyze the heat transfer in the axial directions, which usually occurs in the nozzle throat wall regions; some of the heat from the hot nozzle insert is transferred to wall regions upstream and downstream of the insert. Because the film coefficients, the gas and liquid coolant temperatures, the wall thickness, and the surface areas usually vary with the axial distance within a combustion chamber (assuming axial heat transfer symmetry), the total heat transfer per unit time Q can be found by integrating the local heat transfer over the entire internal surface area of the chamber and the nozzle: Q-fqdA-~fDqdL (8-20) Because both q and D are complicated functions of L, the equation usually has to be solved by dividing the rocket chamber into finite lengths. Assuming that q is given by Eqs. 8-15 to 8-19 and remains constant over the length of each element gives an approximate solution. The important quantities for controlling the heat transfer across a rocket chamber wall are the fluid film boundaries established by the combustion products on one side of the wall and the coolant flow on the other. The gas film coefficient largely determines the numerical value of the heat transfer rate, and the liquid film largely determines the value of the wall temperatures. The 312 THRUST CHAMBERS determination of the film coefficients in Eqs. 8-17 and 8-19 is difficult because of the complex geometries, the nonuniform velocity profile, the surface rough- ness, the boundary layer behavior, and the combustion oscillations. Conventional heat transfer theory is usually given in terms of several dimen- sionless parameters (Ref. 8-10): - 0.026 (8-21) K where hg is the film coefficient, D the diameter of the chamber of the nozzle, v the calculated average local gas velocity, x the conductivity of the gas, # the absolute gas viscosity, Cp the specific heat of the gas at constant pressure, and p the gas density. In Eq. 8-21 the quantity hgD/K is known as the Nusselt number, the quan- tity Dvp/# as the Reynolds number, and the quantity Cp#/X as the Prandtl number Pr. The gas film coefficient hg can be determined from Eq. 8-21: (PV) °8 pr0.4K//z0.8 (8-22) hg - 0.026 D0.2 where pv is the local mass velocity, and the constant 0.026 is dimensionless. In order to compensate for some of the boundary layer temperature gradient effects on the various gas properties in rocket combustion, Bartz (Ref. 8-12) has surveyed the agreement between theory and experiment and developed semi-empirical correction factors: 0 hg = D0.2 \ pr0. 6 °8 \ #o / (8-23) The subscript 0 refers to properties evaluated at the stagnation or combustion temperature; the subscript am refers to properties at the arithmetic mean tem- perature of the local free-stream static temperature and the wall temperatures; and p' is the free-stream value of the local gas density. Again, the empirical constant 0.026 is dimensionless when compatible dimensions are used for the other terms. The gas velocity v is the local free-stream velocity corresponding to the density p'. Since density raised to the 0.8 power is roughly proportional to the pressure and the gas film coefficient is roughly proportional to the heat flux, it follows that the heat transfer rate increases approximately linearly with the chamber pressure. These heat transfer equations have been validated for common propellants, limited chamber pressure ranges, and specific injectors (see Ref. 8-13). The temperature drop across the inner wall and the maximum temperature are reduced if the wall is thin and is made of material of high thermal con- 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 313 ductivity. The wall thickness is determined from strength considerations and thermal stresses, and some designs have as little as 0.025 in. thickness. Surface roughness can have a large effect on the film coefficients and thus on the heat flux. Measurements have shown that the heat flow can be increased by a factor of up to 2 by surface roughness and to higher factors when designing turbulence-creating obstructions in the cooling channels. Major surface rough- ness on the gas side will cause the gas locally to come close to stagnation temperature. However, surface roughness on the liquid coolant side of the wall will enhance turbulence and the absorption of heat by the coolant and reduce wall temperatures. Example 8-I. The effects of varying the film coefficients on the heat transfer and the wall temperatures are to be explored. The following data are given: Wall thickness Wall material Average conductivity Average gas temperature Average liquid bulk temperature Gas-film coefficient Liquid-film coefficient 0.445 mm Low-carbon steel 43.24 W/m2-K/m 3033 K or 2760°C 311.1 K or 37.8°C 147 W/m2-°C 205,900 W/m2-°C Vary hg (at constant hz), then vary hz (at constant hg), and then determine the changes in heat transfer rate and wall temperatures on the liquid and the gas side of the wall. SOLUTION. Use Eqs. 8-16 to 8-19 and solve for q, Twg, and Twz. The answers shown in Table 8-4 indicate that variations in the gas-film coefficient have a profound influence on the heat transfer rate but relatively little effect on the wall temperature. The exact opposite is true for variations in the liquid-film coefficient; here, changes in hz produce little change in q but a fairly substantial change in the wall temperature. TABLE 8-4. Change in Film Coefficient Change in Film Coefficient (%) Gas Film Liquid Film Change in Heat Transfer (%) Wall Temperature (K) Gas Side, Twg Liquid Side, Twz 50 100 100 100 200 100 400 100 100 50 100 25 100 12.5 100 6.25 50 324.4 321.1 100 337.2 330.5 198 362.8 349.4 389 415.6 386.1 99 356.1 349.4 98 393.3 386.7 95 460.0 397.8 91 596.7 590.5 314 THRUST CHAMBERS Transient Heat Transfer Analysis An uncooled (high melting point) metal thrust chamber is the simplest type to analyze, because there is no chemical change. Thermal equilibrium is not reached. The uncooled walls act essentially as a heat sponge and absorb heat from the hot gases. With the air of experimental data to determine some typical coefficients, it is possible in some cases to predict the transient heating of uncooled walls. Heat is transferred from the hot gases to the wall, and during operation a changing temperature gradient exists across the wall. The heat transferred from the hot wall to the surrounding atmosphere, and by conduction of metal parts to the structure, is negligibly small during this transient heating. Each local point within the wall has its temperature raised as the burning process is extended in time. After the completion of the rocket's operation, the wall temperatures tend to equalize. A typical temperature-time-location history is given in Fig. 8-21. Here the horizontal line at T = 21°C denotes the initial 1000 900 800 700 600 o o 500 E 4OO Typical equilibrium temperature of wall some time after rocket firing T = 357°C 300 200 100 oL 0 Heated surface 3 4 5 6 7 Wall position number Wall thickness, 12.7 mm 8 9 10 Insulated surface FIGURE 8-21. Typical temperature distributions through a wall of an uncooled metal thrust chamber as a function of heating time. 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 315 equilibrium condition of the wall before the rocket operates; the various curves show the temperature profile across the wall at successive time intervals after initiation of combustion. The line at T = 357°C shows an equilibrium tem- perature of the wall a finite time after cutoff. The heat transferred across the hot surface of the wall (and distributed within the wall by conduction) must be less than the heat-absorbing capacity of the wall material below the critical temperature. If heat transfer to the out- side atmosphere and axially within the metal wall is neglected, this can be expressed in a very simplified form: Q At = -xA(dT/dL)At - m-(A T (8-24) where Q is the heat per second transferred across area A. Eq. 8-17 shows that Q/A depends on the hot gas temperature, the wall temperature, and the gas film coefficient. The heat conductivity K depends on the material and its tem- perature; AT denotes the average wall temperature increment; dT/dL the temperature gradient of the heat flow near the hot wall surface in degrees per unit thickness; m the mass of a unit area of wall; ~ the average specific heat of the wall material; and At at the time increment. The chamber and nozzle walls can be divided into cylindrical or conical segments, and each wall segment in turn is divided into an arbitrary number of axisymmetric concentric layers, each of a finite thickness. At any given time the heat con- ducted from any one layer of the wall exceeds the heat conducted into the next outer layer by the amount of heat absorbed in raising the temperature of the particular layer. This iterative approach lends itself readily to two- or three- dimensional computer analysis, resulting in data similar to Fig. 8-21. It is usually sufficient to determine the heat transfer at the critical locations, such as in the nozzle throat region. A more complex three-dimensional analysis can also be undertaken; here the wall geometry is often more complex than merely cylindrical, heat is conducted also in directions other than normal to the axis, temperature variable proper- ties are used, boundary layer characteristics vary with time and location, and there may be more than one material layer in the wall. A number of mathematical simulations of transient heat transfer in ablative materials have been derived, many with limited success. This approach should include simulation for the pyrolysis, chemical decomposition, char depth, and out-gassing effects on film coefficient, and it requires good material property data. Most simulations require some experimental data. Steady-State Transfer to Liquids in Cooling Jacket The term regenerative cooling is used for rockets where one of the propellants is circulated through cooling passages around the thrust chamber prior to the injection and burning of this propellant in the chamber. It is really forced convection heat transfer. The term regenerative is perhaps not altogether 316 THRUST CHAMBERS appropriate here, and it bears little relation to the meaning given to it in steam turbine practice. It is intended to convey the fact that the heat absorbed by the coolant propellant is not wasted but augments its initial temperature and raises its energy level before it passes through the injector. This increase in the inter- nal energy of the liquid propellant can be calculated as a correction to the enthalpy of the propellant (see Chapter 5). However, the overall effect on rocket performance is usually very slight. With some propellants the specific impulse can be 1% larger if the propellants are preheated through a tempera- ture differential of 100 to 200°C. In hydrogen-cooled thrust chambers and in small combustion chambers, where the wall-surface-to-chamber volume ratio is relatively large, the temperature rise in the regenerative coolant will be high, and the resulting increase in specific impulse is sometimes more than 1%. The behavior of the liquid film is critical for controlling the wall tempera- tures in forced convection cooling of rocket devices at high heat fluxes (see Table 8-4 and Refs. 8-14 and 8-15). At least four different types of film appear to exit, as can be interpreted from Fig. 8-22. Here the heat transfer rate per unit of wall surface is shown as a function of the difference between the wall temperature on the liquid side Twz and the bulk temperature of the liquid Tt. 1. The normal forced convection region at low heat flux appears to have a liquid boundary layer of predictable characteristics. It is indicated by region A-B in Fig. 8-22. Here the wall temperature is usually below the boiling point of the liquid at the cooling jacket pressure. In steady- state heat transfer analysis the liquid film coefficient can be approximated by the usual equation (see Refs. 8-10 and 8-12): E / i d / ,:. .~g/ / // / ~_Supercritical t/ // i:ooi r,t ~~'" A Twl- T l (log scale) FIGURE 8-22. Regimes in transferring heat from a hot wall to a flowing liquid. 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 317 ht - 0.023~ (a-25) where rh is the fluid mass flow rate, ~ its average specific heat, A the cross- sectional flow area, D the equivalent diameter of the coolant passage cross section, v the fluid velocity, p the coolant density, It its absolute viscosity, and tc its conductivity. Many liquid-cooled rocket devices oper- ate in this regime of heat transfer. Values of the physical properties of several propellants are given in Tables 8-5 and 7-1. In Table 8-5 it can be seen that hydrazine is a good heat absorber, but kerosene is poor. 2. When the wall temperature Twt exceeds the boiling point of the liquid by perhaps 10 to 50 K, small vapor bubbles form at the wall surface. These small, nuclei-like bubbles cause local turbulence, break away from the wall, and collapse in the cooler liquid. This phenomenon is known as nucleate boiling. The turbulence induced by the bubbles changes the character of the liquid film and, augmented by the vaporization of some of the propellant, the heat transfer rate is increased without a proportional increase in the temperature drop across the film, as can be seen by the steep slope B-C of the curve in Figure 8-22. If the pressure of the fluid is raised, then the boiling point is also raised and the nucleate TABLE 8-5. Heat Transfer Characteristics of Several Liquid Propellants Liquid Coolant Boiling Characteristics Nucleate Boiling Characteristics Boiling Critical Critical Pressure Temp. Temp. Pressure Temp. Pressure Velocity qmax (MPa) (K) (K) (MPa) (K) (MPa) (m/see) (MW/m 2) Hydrazine 0.101 387 652 14.7 322.2 4.13 10 22.1 0.689 455 20 29.4 3.45 540 405.6 4.13 10 14.2 6.89 588 20 21.2 Kerosene 0.101 490 678 2.0 297.2 0.689 1 2.4 0.689 603 8.5 6.4 1.38 651 297.2 1.38 1 2.3 1.38 651 8.5 6.2 Nitrogen tetroxide 0.101 294 431 10.1 288.9 4.13 20 11.4 0.689 342 322.2 9.3 4.13 394 366.7 6.2 Unsymmetrical 0.101 336 522 6.06 300 2.07 10 4.9 dimethyl 1.01 400 20 7.2 hydrazine 3.45 489 300 5.52 10 4.7 The grooves, tubes, or coolant passages in liquid propellant rocket chambers are often of complex cross section. The equivalent diameter, needed for fluid-film heat transfer calculations, is usually defined as four times the hydraulic radius of the coolant passage; the hydraulic radius is the cross- sectional flow area divided by the wetted perimeter. 318 THRUST CHAMBERS boiling region shifts to the right, to B'-C'. This boiling permits a sub- stantial increase in the heat transfer beyond that predicted by Eq. 8-25. This phenomenon often occurs locally in the nozzle throat area, where the heat flux is high. 3. As the heat transfer is increased further, the rate of bubble formation and the bubble size become so great that the bubbles are unable to escape from the wall rapidly enough. This reaction (shown as C-D in Fig. 8-22) is characterized by an unstable gas film and is difficult to obtain repro- ducibly in tests. When a film consisting largely or completely of gas forms along the hot wall surface, then this film acts as an insulation layer, causing a decrease in heat flux and, usually, a rapid increase in wall temperature, often resulting in a burnout or melting of the wall material. The maximum feasible heat transfer rate (point C) is indicated as qmax in Table 8-5 and appears to be a function of the cooling-fluid properties, the presence of dissolved gases, the pressure, and the flow velocity. 4. As the temperature difference across the film is further increased, the wall temperatures reach values in which heat transfer by radiation becomes important. Region D-E is not of interest to rocket designers. Cooling can also be accomplished by a fluid above its critical point with coolants such as hydrogen. In this case there is no nucleate boiling and the heat transfer increases with the temperature difference, as shown by the supercritical (dashed) line in Fig. 8-22. Liquid hydrogen is an excellent coolant, has a high specific heat, and leaves no residues. Chemical changes in the liquid can seriously influence the heat transfer from hot walls to liquids. Cracking of the fuel, with an attendant formation of insoluble gas, tends to reduce the maximum heat flux and thus promote failure more readily. Hydrocarbon fuel coolants (methane, jet fuel) can break down and form solid, sticky carbon deposits inside the cooling channel, impeding the heat transfer. Other factors influencing steady-state coolant heat transfer are gas radiation to the wall, bends in the coolant passage, improper welds or manufacture, and flow oscillations caused by turbulence or combustion un- steadiness. Some propellants, such as hydrazine, can decompose spontaneously and explode in the cooling passage if they become too hot. To achieve a good heat-absorbing capacity of the coolant, the pressure and the coolant flow velocity are selected so that boiling is permitted locally but the bulk of the coolant does not reach this boiling condition. The total heat rejected by the hot gases to the surface of the hot walls, as given by Eq. 8-15 must be less than that permitted by the temperature rise in the coolant, namely qA = Q = the(T1 - T2) (8-26) where rh is the coolant mass flow rate, ~ the average specific heat of the liquid, T1 the initial temperature of the coolant as it enters the cooling jacket, and T2 8.3. HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS 319 its final temperature. Q is the rate of heat absorption per unit time; q is this same rate per unit heat transfer area. A. T2 should be below the boiling point prevailing at the cooling jacket pressure. Radiation Radiation heat emission is the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a gas, liquid, or solid body by the virtue of its temperature and at the expense of its internal energy. It covers the wavelength range from 10,000 to 0.0001 #m, which includes the visible range of 0.39 to 0.78 #m. Radiation heat transfer occurs most efficiently in a vacuum because there is no absorption by the intervening fluids. The heat transmitted by the mechanism of radiation depends primarily on the temperature of the radiating body and its surface condition. The second law of thermodynamics can be used to prove that the radiant energy E is a function of the fourth power of the absolute temperature T: E = f~:crA T 4 (8-27) The energy E radiated by a body is defined as a function of the emissivity ~, which is a dimensionless factor for surface condition and material properties, the Stefan-Boltzmann constant ~ (5.67 x 10 -8 W/mZ-K4), the surface area A, the absolute temperature T, and the geometric factor f, which depends on the arrangement of adjacent parts and the shape. At low temperatures (below 800 K) radiation accounts for only a negligible portion of the total heat transfer in a rocket device and can usually be neglected. In rocket propulsion there are these radiation concerns: 1. Emission of hot gases to the internal walls of a combustion chamber, a solid propellant grain, a hybrid propellant grain or a nozzle. 2. Emission to the surroundings or to space from the external surfaces of hot hardware (radiation-cooled chambers, nozzles, or electrodes in elec- tric propulsion). 3. Radiation from the hot plume downstream of the nozzle exit. This is described in Chapter 18. In rocket combustion devices gas temperatures are between 1900 and 3900 K or about 3000 to 6600°F; their radiation contributes between 3 and 40% of the heat transfer to the chamber walls, depending on the reaction gas composi- tion, chamber size, geometry, and temperature. It can be a significant portion of the total heat transfer. In solid propellant motors the radiation heating of the grain surfaces can be critical to the burning rate, as discussed in Chapter 13. The absorption of radiation on the wall follows essentially the same laws as those of emission. Metal surfaces and formed tubes reflect much of the radiant energy, whereas ablative materials and solid propellant seem to absorb most of 320 THRUST CHAMBERS the incident radiation. A highly reflective surface on the inside wall of a com- bustor tends to reduce absorption and to minimize the temperature increase of the walls. The hot reaction gases in rocket combustion chambers are potent radiation sources. Gases with symmetrical molecules, such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, have been found not to show many strong emission bands in those wavelength regions of importance in radiant heat transfer. Also, they do not really absorb much radiation and do not contribute considerable energy to the heat transfer. Heteropolar gases, such as water vapor, carbon monoxide, car- bon dioxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrocarbons, ammonia, oxides of nitrogen, and the alcohols, have strong emission bands of known wavelengths. The radiation of energy of these molecules is associated with the quantum changes in their energy levels of rotation and interatomic vibration. In general, the radiation intensity of all gases increases with their volume, partial pressure, and the fourth power of their absolute temperature. For small thrust chambers and low chamber pressures, radiation contributes only a small amount of energy to the overall heat transfer. If the hot reaction gases contain small solid particles or liquid droplets, then the radiation heat transfer can increase dramatically by a factor of 2 to 10. The particulates greatly increase the radiant energy as explained in Section 18.1. For example, the reaction gas from some slurry liquid propellants and many solid propellants contains fine aluminum powder. When burned to form alu- minum oxide, the heat of combustion and the combustion temperature are increased (raising heat transfer), and the specific impulse is raised somewhat (giving improved performance). The oxide can be in the form of liquid droplets (in the chamber) or solid particles (in the nozzle diverging section), depending on the local gas temperature. Furthermore, the impact of these particulates with the wall will cause an additional increase in heat transfer, particularly to the walls in the nozzle throat and immediately upstream of the nozzle throat region. The particles also cause erosion or abrasion of the walls. 8.4. STARTING AND IGNITION The starting of a thrust chamber has to be controlled so that a timely and even ignition of propellants is achieved and the flow and thrust are built up smoothly and quickly to their rated value (see Ref. 6-1). The initial propellant flow is less than fullflow, and the starting mixture ratio is usually different from the operating mixture ratio. A low initial flow prevents an excessive accumula- tion of unignited propellants in the chamber. The starting injection velocity is low, the initial vaporization, atomization, and mixing of propellants in a cold combustion chamber is incomplete, and there are local regions of lean and rich mixtures. With cryogenic propellants the initial chamber temperature can be below ambient. The optimum starting mixture is therefore only an average of a range of mixture ratios, all of which 8.4. STARTING AND IGNITION 321 should be readily ignited. Mixture ratios near the stoichiometric mixture ratio have a high heat release per unit of propellant mass and therefore permit bringing the chamber and the gases up to equilibrium faster than would be possible with other mixtures. The operating mixture ratio is usually fuel rich and is selected for optimum specific impulse. One method of analytical model- ing of the ignition of cryogenic propellants is given in Ref. 8-16. The time delay for starting a thrust chamber ideally consists of the following time periods: (1) time needed to fully open the propellant valves (typically 0.002 to more than 1.00 sec, depending on valve type and its size and upstream pres- sure); (2) time needed to fill the liquid passage volume between the valve seat and the injector face (piping, internal injector feed holes, and cavities); (3) time for forming discrete streams or jets of liquid propellant (sometimes gaseous propellant, if cryogenic liquid is preheated by heat of ambient temperature cooling jacket) and for initial atomization into small droplets and for mixing these droplets; (4) time needed for droplets to vaporize and ignite (laboratory tests show this to be very short, 0.02 to 0.05 sec, but this depends on the propellants and the available heat); (5) once ignition is achieved at a particular location in the chamber, it takes time to spread the flame or to heat all the mixed propellant that has entered into the chamber, to vaporize it, and to raise it to ignition temperature; (6) time needed to raise the chamber to the point where combustion will be self sustaining, and then to its full pressure. There are overlaps in these delays and several of them can occur simulta- neously. The delays [items (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) above] are longer with large injectors or large diameter chambers. Small thrusters can usually be started very quickly, in a few milliseconds, while larger units require 1 sec or more. In starting a thrust chamber one propellant always reaches the chamber a short time ahead of the other; it is almost impossible to synchronize exactly the fuel and oxidizer feed systems so that the propellants reach the chamber simul- taneously at all injection holes. Frequently, a more reliable ignition is assured when one of the propellants is intentionally made to reach the chamber first. For example, for a fuel-rich starting mixture the fuel is admitted first. Reference 8-17 describes the control of the propellant lead. Other factors influencing the starting flows, the propellant lead or lag, and some of the delays mentioned above are the liquid pressures supplied to the injector (e.g., regulated pressure), the temperature of the propellant (some can be close to their vapor point), and the amount of insoluble gas (air bubbles) mixed with the initial quantity of propellants. 322 THRUST CHAMBERS The propellant valves (and the flow passages betwen them and the injector face) are often so designed that they operate in a definite sequence, thereby assuring an intentional lead of one of the propellants and a controlled buildup of flow and mixture ratio. Often the valves are only partially opened, avoiding an accumulation of hazardous unburned propellant mixture in the chamber. Once combustion is established, the valves are fully opened and full flow may reach the thrust chamber assembly. The initial reduced flow burning period is called the preliminary stage. Section 10.5 describes the starting controls. Full flow in the larger thrust chambers is not initiated with non-self-igniting propellants until the controller received a signal of successful ignition. The verification of ignition or initial burning is often built into engine controls using visual detection (photocell), heat detection (pyrometer), a fusible wire link, or sensing of a pressure rise. If the starting controls are not designed properly, unburnt propellant may accumulate in the chamber; upon ignition it may then explode, causing sometimes severe damage to the rocket engine. Starting controls and engine flow calibrations are discussed in Section 10.5 Non-spontaneously ignitable propellants need to be activated by absorbing energy prior to combustion initiation. This energy is supplied by the ignition system. Once ignition has begun the flame is self-supporting. The igniter has to be located near the injector in such a manner that a satisfactory starting mix- ture at low initial flow is present at the time of igniter activation, yet it should not hinder or obstruct the steady-state combustion process. At least five dif- ferent types of successful propellant ignition systems have been used. Spark plug ignition has been used successfully on liquid oxygen-gasoline and on oxygen-hydrogen thrust chambers, particularly for multiple starts during flight. The spark splug is often built into the injector, as shown in Fig. 9-6. Ignition by electrically heated wires has been accomplished, but at times has proven to be less reliable than spark ignition for liquid propellants. Pyrotechnic ignition uses a solid propellant squib or grain of a few seconds' burning duration. The solid propellant charge is electrically ignited and burns with a hot flame within the combustion chamber. Almost all solid propellant rockets and many liquid rocket chambers are ignited in this fashion. The igniter container may be designed to fit directly onto the injector or the chamber (see Fig. 8-1), or may be held in the chamber from outside through the nozzle. This ignition method can only be used once; thereafter the charge has to be replaced. In precombustion chamber ignition a small chamber is built next to the main combustion chamber and connected through an orifice; this is similar to the precombustion chamber used in some internal combustion engines. A small amount of fuel and oxidizer is injected into the precombustion chamber and ignited. The burning mixture enters the main combustion chamber in a torch- like fashion and ignites the larger main propellant flow which is injected into the main chamber. This ignition procedure permits repeated starting of vari- able-thrust engines and has proved successful with the liquid oxygen-gasoline and oxygen-hydrogen thrust chambers. 8.5. VARIABLE THRUST 323 Auxiliary fluid ignition is a method whereby some liquid or gas, in addition to the regular fuel and oxidizer, is injected into the combustion chamber for a very short period during the starting operation. This fluid is hypergolic, which means it produces spontaneous combustion with either the fuel or the oxidizer. The combustion of nitric acid and some organic fuels can, for instance, be initiated by the introduction of a small quantity of hydrazine or aniline at the beginning of the rocket operation. Liquids that ignite with air (zinc diethyl or aluminum triethyl), when preloaded in the fuel piping, can accomplish a hypergolic ignition. The flow diagram of the RD 170 Russian rocket engine in Fig. 10-10 shows several cylindrical containers prefilled with a hypergolic liquid, one for each of the high pressure fuel supply lines; this hypergolic liquid is pushed out (by the initial fuel) into the thrust chambers and into the pre- burners to start their ignitions. In vehicles with multiple engines or thrust chambers it is required to start two or more together. It is often difficult to get exactly simultaneous starts. Usually the passage or manifold volumes of each thrust chamber and their respective values are designed to be the same. The temperature of the initial propellant fed to each thrust chamber and the lead time of the first quantity of propellant entering into the chambers have to be controlled. This is needed, for example, in two small thrusters when used to apply roll torques to a vehicle. It is also one of the reasons why large space launch vehicles are not released from their launch facility until there is assurance that all the thrust chambers are started and operating. 8.5. VARIABLE THRUST Section 3.8 mentions the equations related to this topic. One of the advantages of liquid propellant rocket engines is the ability to throttle or to randomly vary the thrust over a wide range. Deep throttling over a thrust range of more than 10:1 is required for relatively few applications. Moon landing, interceptor missiles, and gas generators with variable power output are examples. Moderate throttling (a thrust range of up to perhaps 2.5:1) is needed for trajectory velocity control (as in some tactical missiles), space maneuvers, or temporarily limiting the vehicle velocity (to avoid excessive aerodynamic heat- ing during the ascent through the atmosphere), as in the Space Shuttle main engine. Throttling is accomplished by reducing the propellant flow supply to the thrust chamber and thus reducing the chamber pressure. The pressure drop in the injector is related to the injection velocity by Eq. 8-5. The accompanying reduction of the injector pressure drop can lead to a very low liquid injection velocity and, thus, to poor propellant mixing, improper stream impingement patterns, and poor atomization, which in turn can lead to lower combustion efficiency and thus lower performance and sometimes unstable combustion. 324 THRUST CHAMBERS The variation of flow through a given set of injection orifices and of thrust by this method is limited. There are several throttling methods whereby the injection pressure drop is not decreased unduly. This permits a change in chamber pressure without a major decrease in injector pressure drop. A moving sleeve" mechanism for adjusting the fuel and the oxidizer injection circular sheet spray areas is shown in Fig. 8-3. One way of preventing unstable operation and a drop-off in performance is to use multiple thrust chambers or multiple rocket engines, each of which oper- ates always at or near rated conditions. The thrust is varied by turning indivi- dual thrust chambers on or off and by throttling all of them over a relatively narrow range. For small reaction control thrusters the average thrust is usually reduced by pulsing. It is accomplished by controlling the number of cycles or pulses (each has one short fixed-duration thrust pulse plus a short fixed-duration zero- thrust pause), by modulating the duration of individual pulses (with short pauses between pulses), or alternatively by lengthening the pause between pulses. 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS This example shows how a thrust chamber is strongly influenced by the overall vehicle system requirements or the mission parameters and the vehicle design. As outlined in the Design Section of Chapter 10 and in the discussion of the selection of propulsion systems in Chapter 17, each engine goes through a series of rationalizations and requirements that define its key parameters and its design. In this example we describe how the thrust chamber parameters are derived from the vehicle and engine requirements. The overall system require- ments relate to the mission, its purpose, environment, trajectories, reusability, reliability, and to restraints such as allowable engine mass, or maximum dimensional envelope. We are listing some, but not all of the requirements. It shows how theory is blended with experience to arrive at the initial choices of the design parameters. Here we define the application as a new upper stage of an existing multistage space launch vehicle, that will propel a payload into deep space. This means continuous firing (no restart or reuse), operating in the vacuum of space (high nozzle area ratio), modest acceleration (not to exceed 5 go), low cost, moder- ately high performance (specific impulse), and a thrust whose magnitude depends on the payloads, the flight path and acceleration limits. The desired mission velocity increase of the stage is 3400 m/sec. The engine is attached to its own stage, which is subsequently disconnected and dropped from the payload stage. The payload stage (3500 kg) consists of a payload of 1500 kg (for scientific instruments, power supply, or communications and flight control equipment) and its own propulsion systems (including propellant) of 2000 kg 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS 325 (for trajectory changes, station keeping, attitude control, or emergency man- euvers). There are two geometric restraints: the vehicle has an outside diameter of 2.0 m, but when the structure, conduits, certain equipment, thermal insula- tion, fittings, and assembly are considered, it really is only about 1.90 m. The restraint on the stage length of 4.50 m maximum will affect the length of the thrust chamber. We can summarize the key requirements: Application Payload Desired velocity increase Au Maximum stage diameter Maximum stage length Maximum acceleration Uppermost stage to an existing multistage launch vehicle 3500 kg 3400 m/sec in gravity free vacuum 1.90 m 4.50 m 5 go Decisions on Basic Parameters. The following engine design decisions or parameter selection should be made early in the design process: Propellant combination Chamber pressure Nozzle area ratio Feed system, using pumps or pressurized tanks Thrust level From a performance point of view, the best propellant combination would be liquid oxygen with liquid hydrogen. However, this bipropellant would have a low average specific gravity (0.36), a very large liquid hydrogen tank, and would cause an increase in vehicle drag during ascent. It would have some potential problems with exceeding the allocated stage volume, hydrogen mass losses, and the vehicle structure. The lower stages of the existing launch vehicle use liquid oxygen with RP-1 fuel with an average specific gravity of about 1.014, and the launch pad is already equipped for supplying these. The new stage is limited in volume and cross section. Because of these factors the propellant combination of liquid oxygen and RP-1 (a type of kerosene) is selected. From Fig. 5-1 we see that the theoretical specific impulse is between 280 and 300 sec, depending on the mixture ratio and whether we use frozen or shifting chemical equilibrium in the nozzle flow expansion. This figure also shows that the maximum value of the characteristic velocity c is reached at a mixture ratio of about 2.30, which is a fuel-rich mixture. We select this mixture ratio. Its combustion temperature is lower than the mixture ratios with higher values, and this should make the cooling of the thrust chamber easier. We will see later that cooling may present some problems. Based on universal experience, we select a value of Is part way (about 40%) between the values for frozen and shifting equilibrium, namely 292 sec at the standard chamber pressure of 1000 psi or 6.895 MPa, and a nozzle big enough for expansion to sea level. From Fig. 5-1 and Table 5-5 we find the molecular 326 THRUST CHAMBERS mass to be 23 kg/kg-mol and the specific heat ratio k to be about 1.24. Later we will correct this value of Is from this standard reference condition to the actual vacuum specific impulse of the thrust chamber. Next we will select a chamber pressure, a nozzle area ratio and a feed system concept. Historically there has been favorable experience with this propellant combination at chamber pressures between 400 and 3400 psia with nozzle area ratios up to about 40 with both gas generator cycles and staged combustion cycles, giving proof that this is feasible. The following considerations enter into this selection: 1. Higher chamber pressures allow a smaller thrust chamber and (for the same nozzle exit pressure) a shorter nozzle cone with a smaller nozzle exit diameter. The thrust chamber is small enough for a toroidal tank to be built around it, and this conserves stage length. This not only saves vehicle space, but usually also some inert mass in the vehicle and the engine. Figure 8-23 shows the relative sizes of thrust chambers for three chamber pressures and two nozzle area ratios (E of 100 and 300). The nozzle length and exit diameter cannot exceed the values given in the requirements, which, as can be seen, rules out low chamber pressure or high area ratio. The dimensions shown are calculated later in this analysis. 1.69 m .2m 7.1 m Pl = 0.689 MPa (100 psia) Pl = 8.962 MPa Pl = 4.826 MPa (1300 psia) (700 psia) 1.7m ll"lrn 2.54rn Dlo o = 0.60 rn D3o o = 1.05 rn Dlo o = 0.835 rn D3o o = 1.44 rn FIGURE 8--23. Comparison of thrust chamber sizes for three chamber pressures and two nozzle area ratios (100 and 300). 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS 327 2. The heat transfer rate is almost proportional to the gas density, which is proportional to the chamber pressure, as shown by Eq. 8-21 and 8-23. On some prior thrust chambers there have been problems with the for- mation of solid carbon layer or deposits either inside the cooling jacket (increasing wall temperatures) or on the inner walls of the combustion chamber (the solid can flake off and cause burnout). This favors a lower chamber pressure. 3. Concern over leak-free seals for both static and dynamic seal increases with chamber pressure, which in turn causes all feed presures also to increase. 4. A feed system using pressurized gas is feasible, but its inert masses of tanks and engine are favorable only, if the chamber pressure is very low, perhaps around 100 psia or less. The tanks for propellants and pressur- izing gas become very heavy and the thrust chamber will be very large and exceed the dimensional restraints mentioned above. We therefore cannot use this feed system or very low chamber pressures. 5. If we use a pump feed system, the power needed to drive the pumps increases directly with chamber pressure Pl. In a gas generator engine cycle this means a slightly reduced performance as the value of Pl goes up. For a staged combustion cycle it means high pressures, particu- larly high pressure hot gas flexible piping, and a more complex, hea- vier, and expensive engine. We therefore select a gas generator cycle (see Fig. 1-4) at a low enough chamber pressure, so that the thrust chamber (and the other inert hardware) will just fit the geometrical constraints, and the engine inert mass and the heat transfer will be reasonable. For these reasons we pick a chamber pressure of 700 psia or 4.825 MPa and an area ratio of 100. With further analysis we could have picked Pl more precisely; it could be somewhat lower or higher. Next we correct the specific impulse to the operating conditions using a ratio of thrust coeffi- cients. We can use Eq. 3-30 or interpolate between Figs. 3-7 and 3-8 for a value of k- 1.24. The reference or standard condition (see Fig. 3-6) is for a pressure ratio Pl/P3 of 1000/14.7 -68, which corresponds to an area ratio of about 8. Then (CF)standard = 1.58. For the actual high-altitude operation the pressure ratio is close to infinity and the nozzle has an area ratio of 100; we can determine the thrust coefficient by interpolating k- 1.24. The result is (CF)vacuum = 1.90. The new ideal specific impulse value for a chamber threshold of 700 psia and a nozzle area ratio of 100 is therefore 292 x (1.90/1.58)- 351.1 sec. In order to correct for losses (divergence, boundary layer, incomplete combustion, some film cooling, etc.) we use a correction factor of 0.96 giving a thrust chamber specific impulse of 337.1 sec. The engine uses a gas generator and this will reduce the engine specific impulse further by a factor of 0.98 or (Is)engin e -- 330.3 sec or an effective exhaust velocity of 3237 m/sec. 328 THRUST CHAMBERS Stage Masses and Thrust LeveL An estimate of the stage masses will next be made. We assume that the inert hardware (tanks, gas, generator, turbopumps, etc.) is about 7% of the propellant mass, which is conservative when compared to existing engines. In a full-fledged engine design this number would be verified or corrected once an estimated mass budget becomes available. From Eq. 4-7 eA,/v = m _ _ o _ o = mp + 0.07mp + 3500 = e3400/3237 mf 0.07rap + 3500 Solve for mp - 7639 kg. The final and initial masses of the stage are then 4023 kg and 11,002 kg respectively. The maximum thrust is limited by the maximum allowed acceleration of 5g0. It is Fmax = m0 a-- 11,002 x 5 x 9.8 = 539,100 N. This would become a rela- tively large and heavy thrust chamber. Considerable saving in inert mass can be obtained if a smaller thrust size (but longer firing duration) is chosen. Since this same thrust chamber is going to be used for another mission where an accel- eration of somewhat less than 1.0g0 is wanted, a thrust level of 50,000 N or 11,240 lbf is chosen. The maximum acceleration of the stage occurs just before cutoff; it is a- F/mf- 50,000/4023- 12.4 m/sec 2 or about 1.26 times the acceleration of gravity. This fits the thrust requirements. The following have now been determined: Propellant Mixture ratio (O/F) Thrust Chamber pressure Nozzle area ratio Specific impulse (engine) Specific impulse (thrust chamber) Engine cycle Usable propellant mass Liquid oxygen and liquid kerosene (RP- 1) 2.30 (engine) 50,000 N or 11,240 lbf 700 psia or 4.826 MPa 100 330.3 sec 337.1 sec Gas generator 7478 kg Propellant Flows and Dimensions of Thrust Chamber. From Eq. 2-6 we obtain the propellant mass flow rh = F/c = 50,000/3200 = 15.625 kg/sec When this total flow and the overall mixture ratio are known, then the fuel flow rhf and oxidizer flow rho for the engine, its gas generator, and its thrust cham- ber can be determined from Eqs. 6-3 and 6-4 as shown below. 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS 329 rhf =/n/(r + 1) = 15.446/(2.3 + 1) = 4.680 kg/sec rh o = rnr/(r + 1) = (15.446 x 2.30)/3.30 = 10.765 kg/sec The gas generator flow &gg consumes about 2.0% of the total flow and oper- ates at a fuel-rich mixture ratio of 0.055; this results in a gas temperature of about 890 K. (rhf)gg = 0.2928 kg/sec (rho)gg = 0.0161 kg/sec The flows through the thrust chamber are equal to the total flow diminished by the gas generator flow, which is roughly 98.0% of the total flow or 15.137 kg/sec. (rhf)t~ = 4.387 kg/sec (rho)tc = 10.749 kg/sec The duration is the total effective propellant mass divided by the mass flow rate tb = mp/&p = 7478/15.446 -- 484.1 sec or a little longer than 8 minutes The nozzle throat area is determined from Eq. 3-31. At = F/(plCF)= 50,000/(4.826 x l06 x 1.90)= 0.005453 m 2 or 54.53 cm 2 The nozzle throat diameter is Dt = 8.326 cm. The internal diameter of the nozzle at exit A 2 is determined from the area ratio of 100 to be D 2 - ~ × Dt or 83.26 cm. A shortened or truncated bell nozzle (as discussed in Section 3.4) will be used with 80% of the length of a 15 ° conical nozzle, but with the same performance as a 15 ° cone. The nozzle length (from the throat to the exit) can be determined by an accurate layout or by L = (D 2 -Dr)/(2 tan 15) as 139.8 cm. For an 80% shortened bell nozzle this length would be about 111.8 cm. The contour or shape of a shortened bell nozzle can be approximated by a parabola (parabola equation is y2 = 2px). Using an analysis (similar to the analysis that resulted in Fig. 3-14) the maximum angle of the diverging section at the inflec- tion point would be about 0/= 34 ° and the nozzle exit angle 0e--7 °. The approximate contour consists of a short segment of radius 0.4rt of a 34 ° included angle (between points T and I in Fig. 3-14) and a parabola with two known points at I and E. Knowing the tangent angles (34 and 7 °) and the y coordinates [Ye = r2 and Yi = rt + 0.382 rt (1 - cos Oi) ] allows the determination of the parabola by geometric analysis. Before detail design is undertaken, a more accurate contour, using the method of characteristics, is suggested. The chamber diameter should be about twice the nozzle throat diameter to avoid pressure losses in the combustion chamber (D C = 16.64 cm). Using the approximate length of prior successful smaller chambers and a characteristic length L of about 1.1 m, the chamber length (together with the converging nozzle section) is about 11.8 inch or 29.9 cm. The overall length of the thrust 330 THRUST CHAMBERS chamber (169 cm) is the sum of the nozzle length (111.8 cm), chamber (29.9 cm), injector thickness (estimated at 8 cm), mounted valves (estimated at 10 cm), a support structure, and possibly also a gimbal joint. The middle sketch of the three thrust chambers in Fig. 8-23 corresponds roughly to these numbers. We have now the stage masses, propellant flows, nozzle and chamber con- figuration. Since this example is aimed at a thrust chamber, data on other engine components or parameters are given only if they relate directly to the thrust chamber or its parameters. Next we check if there is enough available vehicle volume (1.90 m diameter and 4.50 m long) to allow making a larger nozzle area ratio and thus gain a little more performance. First we determine how much of this volume is occu- pied by propellant tanks and how much might be left over or be available for the thrust chamber. This analysis would normally be done by tank design specialists. The average density of the propellant mixture can be determined from Eq. 7-1 to be 1014 kg/m 3 and the total usable propellant of 7478 kg. Using densities from Table 7-1 the fuel volume and the oxidizer volume can be calculated to be 2.797 and 4.571 m 3 respectively. For a diameter of 1.90 m, a nearly spherical fuel tank, a separate oxidizer cylindrical tank with elliptical ends, 6% ullage, and 2% residual propellant, a layout would show an overall tank length of about 3.6 m in a space that is limited to 4.50 m. This would leave only 0.9 m for the length of the thrust chamber, and this is not long enough. Therefore we would need to resort to a more compact tank arrangement, such as using a common bulkhead between the two tanks or building a toroidal tank around the engine. It is not the aim to design the tanks in this example, but the conclusion affects the thrust chamber. Since the available volume of the vehicle is limited, it is not a good idea to try to make the thrust chamber bigger. This diversion into the tank design shows how a vehicle parameter affects the thrust chamber design. For example, if the tank design would turn out to be difficult or the tanks would become too heavy, then one of these thrust cham- ber options can be considered: (1) go to a higher chamber pressure (makes the thrust chamber and nozzle smaller, but heavier), (2) go to a lower thrust engine (will be smaller and lighter), (3) store the nozzle of the upper stage thrust chamber in two pieces and assemble them once the lower stages have been used and discarded (see Fig. 8-19; it is more complex and somewhat heavier), or (4) use more than one thrust chamber in the engine (will be heavier, but shorter). We will not pursue these or other options here. Heat Transfer. The particular computer program for estimating heat transfer and cooling parameters of thrust chambers will depend on the background and experience of specific engineers and rocket organizations. Typical computer programs divide the internal wall surface of the chamber and nozzle into axial incremental axial steps. Usually in a preliminary analysis the heat transfer is estimated only for critical locations such as for the throat and perhaps the chamber. 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS 331 From Fig. 5-1 and Eq. 3-12 or 3-22 we determine the following gas tem- peratures for the chamber, nozzle throat region, and a location in the diverging exit section. They are: T1 = 3600 K, Tt = 3243 K, and Te = 1730 K at an area ratio of 6.0 in the diverging nozzle section. The chamber and nozzle down to an exit area ratio of 6 will have to be cooled by fuel. For this propellant combina- tion and for the elevated wall temperatures a stainless steel has been success- fully used for the inner wall material. Notice that beyond this area ratio of about 6, the nozzle free stream gas temperatures are relatively low. Uncooled high temperature metals can be used here in this outer nozzle region. Radiation cooling, using a material such as niobium (coated to prevent excessive oxidation) or carbon fibers in a nonpor- ous carbon matrix, is suitable between an area ratio of 6 and about 25. For the final large nozzle exit section, where the temperatures are even lower, a lower cost material such as stainless steel or titanium is suggested. Ablative materials have been ruled out, because of the long duration and the aggressive ingredi- ents in the exhaust gas. The gas compositions of Figs. 5-2 and 5-3 indicate that some free oxygen and hydroxyl is present. We now have identified the likely materials for key chamber components. The best way to cool the radiation cooled exit segment of the nozzle (beyond area ratio of 6) is to let it stick out of the vehicle structure; the heat can then be freely radiated to space. One way to accomplish this, is to discard the vehicle structure around the nozzle end. As in Fig. 8-8, the maximum heat transfer rate will be at the nozzle throat region. A variety of heat transfer analysis programs are available for estimating this heat transfer. If a suitable computer program is not available, then an approximate steady-state heat transfer analysis can be made using Eqs. 8-15 to 8-19 and the physical properties (specific heat, thermal conductivity, and density) of RP-1 at elevated temperatures. The film coefficients of Eqs. 8-23 and 8-25 are also needed. This is not done in this example, in part because data tables for the physical properties would take up a lot of space and results are not always reliable. Data from prior thrust chambers with the same propellants indicate a heat transfer rate at the nozzle throat region exceeding 10 Btu/in. 2- sec or 1.63 x 107 W/m 2. The RP-1 fuel is an unusual coolant, since it does not have a distinct boiling point. Its composition is not consistent and depends on the oil stock from which it was refined and the refining process. It is distilled or evaporated gradually over a range of temperatures. The very hot wall can cause the RP- 1 to locally break down into carbon-rich material and to partially evaporate or gasify. As long as the small vapor bubbles are recondensed when they are mixed with the cooler portions of the coolant flow, a steady heat transfer process will occur. If the heat transfer is high enough, then these bubbles will not be condensed, may contain noncondensable gases, and the flow will contain substantial gas bubbles and become unsteady, causing local overheat- ing. The recondensing is aided by high cooling passage velocities (more than 10 m/sec at the throat region) and by turbulence in these passages. A coolant 332 THRUST CHAMBERS flow velocity of 15 m/sec is selected for the throat and 7 m/sec in the chamber and nozzle exit segment. The material for the cooling jacket will be stainless steel to resist the oxida- tion and erosion of the fast moving, aggressive hot gas, which contains free oxygen and hydroxyl species. The cooling by fuel will assure that the tempera- tures of this stainless steel are well below its softening temperature of about 1050 K. The construction of the cooling jacket can be tubular, as shown in Figs. 8-1 and 8-9, or it can consist of milled channels as shown in Figs. 8-2 and 8-17. The cross section of each tube or cooling channel will be a minimum at the throat region, gradually become larger, and be about two or more times as large at the chamber and diverging nozzle regions. The wall thickness (on the hot gas side) should be as small as possible to reduce the temperature drop across the wall (which reduces the thermal stresses and allows a lower wall temperature) and to minimize the yielding of the material that occurs due to thermal deformation and pressure loads. Figure 8-12 shows this behavior, but for a thick wall. Practical considerations such as manufacturability, the num- ber of test firings before flight, the deformation under pressure loads, the temperature gradient and dimensional tolerances also enter into the selection of the wall thickness. A thickness of 0.5 mm and a cooling velocity of 15 m/sec have been selected for the throat region of the cooling jacket and cooling velocities of 7 m/sec in the chamber and the cooled nozzle segment. Milled slots (rather than tubes) have been selected for this thrust chamber. The selection of the number of milled slots, their cross sections, and the wall thickness is a function of the coolant mass flow, its pressure, wall stresses, wall material, and the shape of the channel. Figure 8-24 and Table 8-6 describe the channel width and height for different numbers of channels and different locations. The fuel coolant flow is diminished by the gas generator fuel flow (0.293 kg/sec) and is about 4.387 kg/sec. For this flow and a cooling velocity of 15 m/sec in the throat region the cumulative cross-sectional area of all the channels is only about 3.62 cm 2. The cooling velocity is lower in the chamber and nozzle regions and the cumulative channel flow area will be larger there. The variables are the number of channels, the thickness of the hot wall, the rib thickness between channels, the cooling velocity, the gas temperature, and the Width ~i i ~ ~i i~-.. Rib Depth~ ~-~ \ CowOl~nhga n n e I Hot gas side Wall of inner wall thickness FIGURE 8-24. Segment of cooling jacket with milled channels and an electroformed outer wall. 8.6. SAMPLE THRUST CHAMBER DESIGN ANALYSIS 333 TABLE 8--6. Alternative Milled Channel Configurations for Fuel (cooling) Flow of 4.387 kg/sec Throat Section Chamber Section Wall thickness 0.05 cm Wall thickness 0.06 cm Rib thickness 0.08 cm Rib thickness 0.08 Total flow area 3.653 cm 2 Total flow area 7.827 cm 2 Flow velocity 15 m/sec Flow velocity 7.0 m/sec Number of Channel Channel Number of Channel Channel Channels Width, cm Depth, cm Channels Width, cm Depth, cm 80 0.257 0.177 100 0.193 0.189 100 0.456 0.171 120 0.145 0.210 120 0.367 0.179 140 0.113 0.231 140 0.303 0.184 150 0.100 0.243 150 0.277 0.188 160 0.092 0.247 160 0.255 0.192 180 0.070 0.289 180 0.218 0.196 location along the thrust chamber profile. The number of channels or tubes will determine the shape of the cross section, ranging from deep and thin to almost square. The effect of varying the number of channels or channel dimensions and shape is shown in Table 8-6. The minimum inert mass of the cooling jacket and a low friction loss occur, when the shape (which varies axially throughout the jacket) is on the average close to a square. On the basis of analyses, as shown in the table, a 150-channel design has been selected for giving favorable cross section, reasonable dimensions for ease of fabrication, good cooling and often low thermal wall stresses. Reinforcing bands have to be put on the outside of the tubes or channels to hold the internal gas pressure during operation, to contain the coolant pres- sures, which cause heated walls wanting to become round, and any surge pressures during the start transient or arising from water hammer in the lines. We assume a surge pressure of 50% above chamber pressure and a steel strength cr of 120,000 psi. In the chamber the inside diameter is 16.7 cm (6.57 in.), the walls and channels are 0.3 cm thick, and the pressure is 700 psia or 4.826 MPa. If one band allows the reinforcing of a length of chamber of 3.0 in. the cross sectional area of that reinforcing band will be A = pDL/(2~) -- [700 × 1.5 x (6.57 + 0.3) x 3]/(2 x 120,000) -- 0.0902 in. If the band were 1.0 in. wide, its thickness would be 0.09 in. and if it were 3 in. wide it would be 0.3 in. thick. Large nozzle exit sections have been observed to experience flutter or cyclic deformation, and therefore some stiffening rings may be needed near the exit. The capacity of the fuel to absorb heat is approximately CpmfA T = 0.5 x 4.81 × 200 = 278,000 J/sec. The maximum AT is established by keeping the 334 THRUST CHAMBERS fuel well below its chemical decomposition point. This calculated heat absorp- tion is less than the heat transfer from the hot gases. It is therefore necessary to reduce the gas temperature near the chamber and nozzle walls or to increase the heat absorption. This can be accomplished by (1) introducing film cooling by injection into the chamber just ahead of the nozzle, by (2) modifying the injection patterns, so that a cooler, fuel-rich thick internal boundary layer is formed, or (3) by allowing some nucleate boiling in the throat region. The analysis of these three methods is not given here. Item (2), supplementary cooling, is selected because it is easy to design and build, and can be based on extensive data of prior favorable experience. However it causes a small loss of performance (up to about 1% in specific impulse). Injector Design. The injector pattern can be any one of the several types shown in Figs. 8-3 and 8-4. For this propellant combination we have used both doublets (like and unlike), and triplets in the USA, and the Russians have used multiple hollow double posts with swirling or rotation of the flow in the outer annulus. Based on good experience and demonstrated combustion stability with similar designs, we select a doublet self impinging type stream pattern and an injector design similar to Fig 8-4. The impinging streams form fans of liquid propellant, which break up into droplets. Oxidizer and fuel fans alternate radially. We could also use a platelet design, like Fig. 8-5. The pressure drop across the injector is usually set at values between 15 and 25% of the chamber pressure, in part to obtain high injection velocities, which aid in atomization and droplet breakup. In turn this leads to more complete combustion (and thus better performance) and to stable combustion. We will use 20% or 140 psi or 0.965 MPa for the injector pressure drop. There is a small pressure loss in the injector passages. The injection velocities are found from Eqs. 8-1 and 8-5. The equation is solved for the area A, which is the cumulative cross-section area of all the injection holes of one of the propellants in the injector face. With rounded and clean injection hole entrances the discharge coefficient will be about 0.80 as shown in Table 8-2. Solving for the cumulative injection hole area for the fuel and the oxidizer flow gives 1.98 cm 2 for the fuel and 4.098 cm 2 for the oxidizer. A typical hole diameter in this size of injector would be about 0.5 to 2.5 mm. We will use a hole size of 1.5 mm for the fuel holes (with 90% of the fuel flow) and 2.00 mm for the oxidizer hole size, resulting in 65 doublets of oxidizer holes and 50 doublets of fuel. By using a slightly smaller fuel injection hole diameter, we can match the number of 65 doublets as used with the oxidizer holes. These injection doublets will be arranged on the injec- tor face in concentric patterns similar to Fig. 8-4. We may be able to obtain a slightly higher performance by going to smaller hole sizes and a large number of fuel and oxidizer holes. In addition there will be extra fuel holes on the periphery of the injector face to help in providing the cooler boundary layer, which is needed to reduce heat transfer. They will use 10% of the fuel flow and, PROBLEMS 335 for a 0.5 mm hole diameter, the number of holes will be about 100. To make a good set of liquid fans, equal inclination angles of about 25 ° are used with the doublet impingements. See Fig. 8-7. Ignition. A pyrotechnic (solid propellant) igniter will be used. It has to have enough energy and run long enough to provide the pressure and temperature in the thrust chamber for good ignition. Its diameter has to be small enough to be inserted through the throat, namely 8.0 cm maximum diameter and 10 to 15 cm long. Layout Drawings, Masses, Flows, and Pressure Drops. We now have enough of the key design parameters of the selected thrust chamber, so a preliminary layout drawing can be made. Before this can be done well, we will need some analysis or estimates on the manifolds for fuel and oxidizer, valve mounting provisions and their locations, a nozzle closure during storage, a thrust structure, and possibly an actuator and gimbal mount, if gimballing is required by the mission. A detailed layout or CAD (Computer Aided Design) image (not shown in this analysis) would allow a more accurate picture and a good determination of the mass of the thrust chamber and its center of gravity both with and without propellants. Estimates of gas pressures, liquid pressures (or pressure drops) in the flow passages, injector, cooling jacket, and the valves are needed for the stress ana- lysis, so that various wall thicknesses and component masses can be determined. Material properties will need to be obtained from references or tests. A few of these analyses and designs may actually change some of the data we selected or estimated early in this sample analysis and some of the calculated parameters may have to be re-analyzed and revised. Further changes in the thrust chamber design may become evident in the design of the engine, the tanks, or the inter- face with the vehicle. The methods, processes and fixtures for manufacturing and testing (and the number and types of tests) will have to be evaluated and the number of thrust chambers to be built has to be decided, before we can arrive at a reasonable manufacturing plan, a schedule and cost estimates. PROBLEMS 1. How much total heat per second can be absorbed in a thrust chamber with an inside wall surface area of 0.200 m 2 if the coolant is liquid hydrogen and the coolant temperature does not exceed 145 K in the jacket? Coolant flow is 2 kg/sec. What is the average heat transfer rate per second per unit area? Use the data from Table 7-1 and the following: Heat of vaporization near boiling point Thermal conductivity (gas at 21 K) (gas at 194.75 K) (gas at 273.15 K) 446 kJ/kg 0.013 W/m-K 0.128 W/m-K 0.165 W/m-K 336 THRUST CHAMBERS 2. During a static test a certain steel thrust chamber is cooled by water. The following data are given: Average water temperature Thermal conductivity of water Gas temperature Viscosity of water Specific heat of water Cooling passage dimensions Water flow through passage Thickness of inner wall Heat absorbed 100°F 1.07 x 10 -4 Btu/sec-ft2-°F/ft 4500°F 2.5 x 10 -5 lbf-sec/ft 2 1.0 Btu/lb-°F 1 ~x½in. 0.585 lb/sec 1 in. 1.3 Btu/in.2-sec Thermal conductivity of wall material 26 Btu/hr-ft2-°F/ft Determine (a) the film coefficient of the coolant; (b) the wall temperature on the coolant side; (c) the wall temperature on the gas side. 3. In the example of Problem 2 determine the water flow required to decrease the wall temperature on the gas side by 100°F. What is the percentage increase in coolant velocity? Assume that the various properties of the water and the average water temperature do not change. 4. Express the total temperature drop in Problem 2 in terms of the percentage tem- preature drops through the coolant film, the wall, and the gas film. 5. Determine the absolute and relative reduction in wall temperatures and heat trans- fer caused by applying insulation in a liquid-cooled rocket chamber with the follow- ing data: Tube wall thickness Gas temperature Gas-side wall temperature Heat transfer rate Liquid film coefficient Wall material 0.381 mm 2760 K 1260 K 15 MW/m 2 23 kW/m2-K Stainless steel AISI type 302 A 0.2 mm thick layer of insulating paint is applied on the gas side; the paint consists mostly of magnesia particles. The conductivity of this magnesia is 2.59 W/mZ-K/m. The stainless steel has an average thermal conductivity of 140 Btu/hr-ftZ-°F/in. 6. A small thruster has the following characteristics: Propellants Nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine Injection individual hole size Between 0.063 and 0.030 in. Injection hole pattern Thrust chamber type Specific gravities: Impingement point Direction of jet momentum r = 1.65 (fuel rich) F = 300 lbf Pl = 250 psi (Ap)i, j = 50.0 psi Unlike impinging doublet Ablative liner with a carbon-carbon nozzle throat insert 1.446 for oxidizer and 0.876 for fuel 0.25 in. from injector face Parallel to chamber axis after impingement (Is)actual = 251 sec tb = 25 sec A1/At = 3.0 (Cd)o = (Ca)f = 0.86 PROBLEMS 337 Determine the number of oxidizer and fuel holes and their angles. Make a sketch to show the symmetric hole pattern and the feed passages in the injector. To protect the wall, the outermost holes should all be fuel holes. 7. A large, uncooled, uninsulated, low carbon steel thrust chamber burned out in the throat region during a test. The wall (0.375 in. thick) had melted and there were several holes. The test engineer said that he estimated the heat transfer to have been about 15 Btu/in. 2. The chamber was repaired and you are responsible for the next test. Someone suggested that a series of water hoses be hooked up to spray plenty of water on the outside of the nozzle wall at the throat region during the next test to prolong the firing duration. The steel's melting point is estimated to be 2550°F. Because of the likely local variation in mixture ratio and possibly imperfect impin- gement, you anticipate some local gas regions that are oxidizer rich and could start the rapid oxidation of the steel. You therefore decide that 2250°F should be the maximum allowable inner wall temperature. Besides knowing the steel weight den- sity (0.284 lbf/in.3), you have the following data for steel for the temperature range from ambient to 2250°F: the specific heat is 0.143 Btu/lbm-°F and the thermal conductivity is 260 Btu/hr-ftZ-°F/in. Determine the approximate time for running the next test (without burnout) both with and without the water sprays. Justify any assumptions you make about the liquid film coefficient of the water flow. If the water spray seems to be worth while (getting at least 10% more burning time), make sketches with notes on how the mechanic should arrange for this water flow so it will be most effective. 8. The following conditions are given for a double-walled cooling jacket of a rocket thrust chamber assembly: Rated chamber pressure Rated jacket pressure Chamber diameter Nozzle throat diameter Nozzle throat gas pressure Average inner wall temperature at throat region Average inner wall temperature at chamber region Cooling passage height at chamber and nozzle exit Cooling passage height at nozzle throat Nozzle exit gas pressure Nozzle exit diameter Wall material Safety factor on yield strength Cooling fluid Average thermal conductivity of steel 210 psi 290 psi 16.5 in. 5.0 in. 112 psi ll0°F 800°F 0.375 in. 0.250 in. 14.7 psi. 10 in. 1020 carbon steel 2.5 RP-1 250 Btu/hr-ftZ-F/in. Assume other parameters, if needed. Compute the outside diameters and the thick- ness of the inner and outer walls at the chamber, at the throat, and at the nozzle exit. 9. Determine the hole sizes and the angle setting for a multiple-hole, doublet imping- ing stream injector that uses alcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants. The resultant momentum should be axial, and the angle between the oxygen and fuel jets (Yo + Yf) should be 60 ° . Assume the following: (Ca)o 0.87 Chamber pressure 300 psi (Ca)f 0.91 Fuel pressure 400 psi 338 THRUST CHAMBERS Po 71 lb/ft 3 Oxygen pressure pf 51 lb/ft 3 Number of jet pairs r 1.20 Thrust Actual specific impulse 218 sec Answers: 0.0197 in.; 0.0214 in.; 32.3°; 27.7 ° . 380 psi 4 250 lbf 10. Explain in a rational manner why Fig. 8-10 has a maximum and how this maximum would be affected by the duty cycle, ablative material, heat loss from the thrust chamber, effect of altitude, and so on. Why does this maximum not occur at 90% burn time? 11. Table 10-5 shows that the RD 120 rocket engine can operate down to 85% of full thrust and at a mixture ratio variation of +10.0%. In a particular static test the average thrust was held at 96% of nominal and the average mixture ratio was 2.0% fuel rich. Assume a 1.0% residual propellant, but neglect other propellant budget allowances. What percentage of the fuel and oxidizer that have been loaded will remain unused at thrust termination? If we want to correct the mixture ratio in the last 20.0% of the test duration and use up all the available propellant, what would be the mixture ratio and propellant flows for this last period? 12. Make a simple sketch to scale of the thrust chamber that was analyzed in Section 8.6. The various dimensions should be close, but need not be accurate. Include or make separate sketches of the cooling jacket and the injector. Also compile a table of all the key characteristics, similar to Table 8-1, but include gas generator flows, and key materials. Make estimates or assumptions for any key data that is not mentioned in Section 8.6 SYMBOLS A Aa Cp m C Ca CF D E f go h Ah I~, k L L m area, m 2 (ft 2) Projected area of linear aerospike ramp, m 2 (ft 2) specific heat at constant pressure, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm R) average liquid specific heat, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm R) discharge coefficient thrust coefficient (see Eq. 3-31) diameter, m (ft) modulus of elasticity, N/m 2 (lbf/in.2), or radiation energy, kg-mZ/sec 2 friction loss coefficient, or geometric factor in radiation sea level acceleration of gravity, 9.806 m/sec 2 (32.17 ft/sec 2) film coefficient, W/(m2-K) enthalpy change, J/kg (Btu/lb) specific impulse, sec specific heat ratio length, m (ft) characteristic chamber length, m (ft) mass, kg P Pr q Q r s t ts tw T 73 v~ SYMBOLS 339 mass flow rate, kg/sec (lb/sec) pressure, N/m 2 or Pa (lbf/in. 2) Prandtl number (Cp#/X) heat-transfer rate or heat flow per unit area, J/mZ-sec (Btu/ftZ-sec) volume flow rate, m3/sec (ft3/sec), or heat flow rate, J/sec flow mixture ratio (oxidizer to fuel) stress N/m 2 (lbf/in. 2) time, see stay time, sec wall thickness, m (in.) absolute temperature, K (R) velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) specific volume, m 3/kg(ft 3/lb) combustion chamber volume (volume up to throat), m 3 (ft 3) Greek Letters Yo Yf A 0 K # 1) p o- angle between chamber axis and oxidizer stream angle between chamber axis and fuel stream finite differential angle between chamber axis and the resultant stream nozzle area ratio (~ = Az/At), or emissivity of radiating body angle thermal conductivity, J/(mZ-sec-K)/m (Btu/in.2-sec 2- R/in.) coefficient of thermal expansion, m/m-K (in./in.-R) viscosity, m 2/sec Poisson ratio density, kg/m 3 (lbf/ft 3) Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5.67 x 10 -8 W/mZ-K 4) Subscripts am c f g l o t w wg wl 0 arithmetic mean chamber fuel or final condition gas liquid oxidizer throat wall wall on side of gas wall on side of liquid initial condition 340 THRUST CHAMBERS inlet or chamber condition nozzle exit condition atmosphere or ambient condition REFERENCES 8-1. 8-2. 8-3. 8-4. 8-5. 8-6. 8-7. 8-8. 8-9. 8-10. 8-11. 8-12. 8-13. 8-14. 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Znaty, "Numerical Modeling of the HM 7 B Main Chamber Ignition," AIAA Paper 89-2397, 1989. 8-17. A. R. Casillas, J. Eninger, G. Josephs, J. Kenney, and M. Trinidad, "Control of Propellant Lead/Lag to the LEA in the AXAF Propulsion System," AIAA Paper 98-3204, July 1998. CHAPTER 9 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS The design, development, and operation of liquid rocket engines requires efficient stable burning of the propellants and the generation of a high- temperature, uniform gas that is the rocket's working fluid. In this chapter we treat the complex phenomena of the combustion processes in the com- bustion chamber of a liquid bipropellant thrust chamber. We describe in general terms the combustion behavior, the progress in analysis of combus- tion, the several types of combustion instability with its undesirable effects, and semiempirical remedies. The objective is to operate at very high com- bustion efficiencies and to prevent the occurrence of combustion instability. Thrust chambers should operate with stable combustion over a wide range of operating conditions. For a treatment of these subjects see Refs. 9-1 to 9-3. The combustion of liquid propellants is very efficient in well-designed thrust chambers, precombustion chambers, or gas generators. Efficiencies of 95 to 99.5% are typical compared to turbojets or furnaces, which can range from 50 to 97%. This is due to the very high reaction rates at the high combustion temperatures and the thorough mixing of fuel and oxidizer reaction species by means of good injection distribution and gas turbulence. The losses are due to incomplete burning or inadequate mixing (nonuniform mixing ratio). For very small bipropellant thrust chambers, where the injector has very few injection orifices or elements, the combustion efficiency can be well below 95%. 342 9.1. COMBUSTION PROCESS 343 9.1. COMBUSTION PROCESS In describing the combustion processes, it is convenient and helpful to the understanding to divide the combustion chamber into a series of discrete zones, as shown in Fig. 9-1 for a typical configuration. It has a flat injector face with many small injection orifices for introducing both fuel and oxidi- zer liquids as many discrete individual streams, jets, or thin sprays or sheets. The relative thicknesses of these zones, their behavior, and their transitions are influenced by the specific propellant combination, the operating condi- tions (pressure, mixture ratio, etc.), the design of the injector, and chamber geometry. The boundaries between the zones shown in Fig. 9-1 are really not flat surfaces and do not display steady flow. They are undulating, dynamically movable, irregular boundaries with localized changes in velo- city, temporary bulges, locally intense radiation emissions, or variable tem- perature. Table 9-1 shows the major interacting physical and chemical processes that occur in the chamber. This table is a modification of tables and data in Refs. 9-2 and 9-3. The combustion behavior is propellant dependent. If the fuel were hydrogen that has been used to cool the thrust chamber, the hydrogen would be gaseous and fairly warm (60 to 500 K); there would be no liquid hydrogen droplets and no evaporation. With hypergolic propellants there is an initial chemical reac- tion in the liquid phase when a droplet of fuel impinges on a droplet of oxidi- zer. Experiments show that the contact can create local explosions and enough energy release to suddenly vaporize a thin layer of the fuel and the oxidizer locally at the droplet's contact face; there immediately follows a vapor chemi- cal reaction and a blow-apart and breakup of the droplets, due to the explosion shock wave pressure (Refs. 9-4 and 9-5). Injection/ Rapid- Streamtube atomization combustion combustion zone ~ zone zone Transonic-flow zone = L,: --------- Supersonic expansion zone ~ o~.. Chamber-corn bustion region = with subsonic flow Two-dimensional sonic-flow line FIGURE 9-1. Division of combustion chamber into zones for analysis. (Reprinted with permission from Ref. 8-1, copyright by AIAA.) 344 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS TABLE 9-1. Physical and Chemical Processes in the Combustion of Liquid Propellants Injection Atomization Vaporization Liquid jets enter chamber at relatively low velocities Sometimes gas propellant is injected Partial evaporation of liquids Interaction of jets and high pressure gas Impingement of jets or sheets Formation of liquid fans Formation of droplets Secondary breakup of drops Liquid mixing and some liquid-liquid chemical reaction Oscillations of jets or fans as they become unstable during breakup Vaporization begins and some vapor reactions occur Droplet gasification and diffusion Further heat release from local chemical reactions Low gas velocities and some cross flow Heat absorbed by radiation and conduction from blowback of turbulent gases from the hot reaction zone Acceleration to higher velocities Vaporization rate influenced by pressure or temperature oscillations and acoustic waves Mixing and Reaction Expansion in Chamber Turbulent mixing (three-dimensional) Multiple chemical reactions and major heat releases Interactions of turbulence with droplets and chemical reactions Temperature rise reduces densities Local mixture ratios, reaction rates, or velocities are not uniform across chamber and vary rapidly with time Some tangential and radial flows Chemical kinetics causes attainment of final combustion temperature and final equilibrium reaction gas composition Gas dynamics displays turbulence and increasing axial gas velocities Formation of a boundary layer Acceleration to high chamber velocities Streamlined high-velocity axial flow with very little cross flow Rapid Combustion Zone In this zone intensive and rapid chemical reactions occur at increasingly higher temperature; any remaining liquid droplets are vaporized by convective heating and gas pockets of fuel-rich and fuel-lean gases are mixed. The mixing is aided by local turbulence and diffusion of the gas species. The further breakdown of the propellant chemicals into intermediate frac- tions and smaller, simpler chemicals and the oxidation of fuel fractions occur rapidly in this zone. The rate of heat release increases greatly and this causes the specific volume of the gas mixture to increase and the local axial velocity to increase by a factor of 100 or more. The rapid expansion of the heated gases also forces a series of local transverse gas flows from hot high-burning-rate sites to colder low-burning-rate sites. The liquid droplets that may still persist in the upstream portion of this zone do not follow the gas flow quickly and are 9.1. COMBUSTION PROCESS 345 difficult to move in a transverse direction. Therefore, zones of fuel-rich or oxidizer-rich gases will persist according to the orifice spray pattern in the upstream injection zone. The gas composition and mixture ratio across the chamber section become more uniform as the gases move through this zone, but the mixture never becomes truly uniform. As the reaction product gases are accelerated, they become hotter (due to further heat releases) and the lateral velocities become relatively small compared to the increasing axial velocities. The combustion process is not a steady flow process. Some people believe that the combustion is locally so intense that it approches localized explosions that create a series of shock waves. When observing any one specific location in the chamber, one finds that there are rapid fluctuations in pressure, tempera- ture, density, mixture ratio, and radiation emissions with time. Injection/Atomization Zone Two different liquids are injected with storable propellants and with liquid oxygen/hydrocarbon combinations. They are injected through orifices at velo- cities typically between 7 and 60 m/sec or about 20 to 200 ft/sec. The injector design has a profound influence on the combustion behavior and some see- mingly minor design changes can have a major effect on instability. The pat- tern, sizes, number, distribution, and types of orifices influence the combustion behavior, as do the pressure drop, manifold geometry, or surface roughness in the injection orifice walls. The individual jets, streams, or sheets break up into droplets by impingement of one jet with another (or with a surface), by the inherent instabilities of liquid sprays, or by the interaction with gases at a different velocity and temperature. In this first zone the liquids are atomized into a large number of small droplets (see Refs. 9-3 and 9-6). Heat is trans- ferred to the droplets by radiation from the very hot rapid combustion zone and by convection from moderately hot gases in the first zone. The droplets evaporate and create local regions rich either in fuel vapor or oxidizer vapor. This first zone is heterogeneous; it contains liquids and vaporized propellant as well as some burning hot gases. With the liquid being located at discrete sites, there are large gradients in all directions with respect to fuel and oxidizer mass fluxes, mixture ratio, size and dispersion of droplets, or properties of the gaseous medium. Chemical reactions occur in this zone, but the rate of heat generation is relatively low, in part because the liquids and the gases are still relatively cold and in part because vaporization near the droplets causes fuel- rich and fuel-lean regions which do not burn as quickly. Some hot gases from the combustion zone are recirculated back from the rapid combustion zone, and they can create local gas velocities that flow across the injector face. The hot gases, which can flow in unsteady vortexes or turbulence patterns, are essential to the initial evaporation of the liquids. The injection, atomization and vaporization processes are different if one of the propellants is a gas. For example, this occurs in liquid oxygen with gaseous hydrogen propellant in thrust chambers or precombustion chambers, where 346 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS liquid hydrogen has absorbed heat from cooling jackets and has been gasified. Hydrogen gas has no droplets and does not evaporate. The gas usually has a much higher injection velocity (above 120 m/sec) than the liquid propellant. This causes shear forces to be imposed on the liquid jets, with more rapid droplet formation and gasification. The preferred injector design for gaseous hydrogen and liquid oxygen is different from the individual jet streams used with storable propellants, as shown in Chapter 8. Stream Tube Combustion Zone In this zone oxidation reactions continue, but at a lower rate, and some addi- tional heat is released. However, chemical reactions continue because the mix- ture tends to be driven toward an equilibrium composition. Since axial velocities are high (200 to 600 m/sec) the transverse convective flow velocities become relatively small. Streamlines are formed and there is relatively little turbulent mixing across streamline boundaries. Locally the flow velocity and the pressure fluctuate somewhat. The residence time in this zone is very short compared to the residence time in the other two zones. The streamline type, inviscid flow, and the chemical reactions toward achieving chemical equili- brium presist not only throughout the remainder of the combustion chamber, but are also extended into the nozzle. Actually, the major processes do not take place strictly sequentially, but several seem to occur simultaneously in several parts of the chamber. The flame front is not a simple plane surface across the combustion chamber. There is turbulence in the gas flow in all parts of the combustion chamber. The residence time of the propellant material in the combustion chamber is very short, usually less than 10 milliseconds. Combustion in a liquid rocket engine is very dynamic, with the volumetric heat release being approximately 370 MJ/m3-sec, which is much higher than in turbojets. Further, the higher temperature in a rocket causes chemical reaction rates to be several times faster (increasing exponentially with temperature) than in turbojet. 9.2. ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION For the purpose of analysing the combustion process and its instabilities, it has been convenient to divide the acoustical characteristics into linear and non- linear behavior. A number of computer simulations with linear analyses have been developed over the last 45 years and have been used to understand the combustion process with liquid propellant combustion devices and to predict combustion oscillation frequencies. The nonlinear behavior (for example, why does a disturbance cause an apparently stable combustion to suddenly become unstable?) is not well understood and not properly simulated. Mathematical simulations require a number of assumptions and simplifications to permit 9.2. ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION 347 feasible solutions (see Refs. 9-1, 9-3, 9-6, and 9-7). Good models exist for relatively simple phenomena such as droplets of a propellant vaporizing and burning in a gaseous atmosphere or the steady-state flow of gases with heat release from chemical reactions. The thermochemical equilibrium principles mentioned in Chapter 5 also apply here. Some programs who consider some turbulence and film cooling effects. The following phenomena are usually ignored or greatly simplified: cross flows; nonsymmetrical gradients; unsteadiness of the flow; time variations in the local temperature, local velocity, or local gas composition; thermochemical reactions at local off-design mixture ratios and at different kinetic rates; enhancement of vaporization by acoustic fields (see Ref. 9-8); uncertainties in the spatial as well as the size distribution of droplets from sprays; or drag forces on droplets. It requires skilled, experienced personnel to use, interpret, and modify the more complex programs so that meaningful results and con- clusions can be obtained. The outputs of these computer programs can give valuable help and confirmation about the particular design and are useful guides in interpreting actual test results, but by themselves they are not suffi- cient to determine the designs, select specific injector patterns, or predict the ocurrence of combustion instabilities. All the existing computer programs known to the authors are suitable for steady-state flow conditions, usually at a predetermined average mixture ratio and chamber pressure. However, during the starting, thrust change, and stop- ping transients, the mixture ratio and the pressure change drastically. The analysis of these transient conditions is more difficult. The combustion is strongly influenced by the injector design. The following are some of the injection parameters which influence combustion behavior: injector spray or jet pattern; their impingement; hole sizes or hole distribution; droplet evaporation; injection pressure drop; mixture ratio; pressure or tem- perature gradients near the injector; chamber/injector geometry; initial propel- lant temperature, and liquid injection pressure drop. Attempts to analyze these effects have met with only partial success. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a relatively new analytical tool that can provide a comprehensive description of complex fluid dynamic and ther- modynamic behavior. It allows for a time history of all parameters and can even include some nonlinear effects. Numerical approaches are used to eval- uate sets of equations and models that represent the behavior of the fluid. For complex geometries the information has been tracked with up to 250,000 discrete locations and can include changes in gas composition, thermody- namic conditions, equilibrium reactions, phase changes, viscous or nonvis- cous flow, one-, two-, or three-dimensional flow, and steady-state or transient conditions. It has been applied to resonance cavities in injectors or chambers and to the flow of burning gases through turbines. A comprehensive rocket combustion model using CFD is not yet available, but could become useful in the future. 348 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY If the process of rocket combustion is not controlled (by proper design), then combustion instabilities can occur which can very quickly cause excessive pressure vibration forces (which may break engine parts) or excessive heat transfer (which may melt thrust chamber parts). The aim is to prevent occur- rence of this instability and to maintain reliable operation (see Ref. 9-8). Although much progress has been made in understanding and avoiding com- bustion instability, new rocket engines can still be plagued by it. Table 9-2 lists the principal types of combustion vibrations encountered in liquid rocket thrust chambers (see Refs. 9-3 and 9-9). Admittedly, combus- tion in a liquid rocket is never perfectly smooth; some fluctuations of pres- sure, temperature, and velocity are always present. When these fluctuations interact with the natural frequencies of the propellant feed system (with and without vehicle structure) or the chamber acoustics, periodic superimposed oscillations, recognized as instability, occur. In normal rocket practice smooth combustion occurs when pressure fluctuations during steady operation do not exceed about -t-5% of the mean chamber pressure. Combustion that gives greater pressure fluctuations at a chamber wall location which occur at com- pletely random intervals is called rough combustion. Unstable combustion, or combustion instability, displays organized oscillations occurring at well- defined intervals with a pressure peak that may be maintained, may increase, or may die out. These periodic peaks, representing fairly large concentrations TABLE 9-2. Principal Types of Combustion Instability Type and Word Description Frequency Range (Hz) Cause Relationship Low frequency, called chugging or feed system instability Intermediate frequency, called acoustic, a buzzing, or entropy waves High frequency, called screaming, screeching, or squealing 10-400 400-1000 Above 1000 Linked with pressure interactions between propellant feed system, if not the entire vehicle, and combustion chamber Linked with mechanical vibrations of propulsion structure, injector manifold, flow eddies, fuel/oxidizer ratio fluctuations, and propellant feed system resonances Linked with combustion process forces (pressure waves) and chamber acoustical resonance properties aUse of the word acoustical stems from the fact the frequency of the oscillations is related to combustion chamber dimensions and velocity of sound in the combustion gas. 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 349 of vibratory energy, can be easily recognized against the random-noise back- ground (see Fig. 9-2). Chugging, the first type of combustion instability listed in Table 9-2, stems mostly from the elastic nature of the feed systems and structures of vehicles or the imposition of propulsion forces upon the vehicle. Chugging of an engine or thrust chamber assembly can occur in a test facility, especially with low cham- ber pressure engines (100 to 500 psia), because of propellant pump cavitation, gas entrapment in propellant flow, tank pressurization control fluctuations, and vibration of engine supports and propellant lines. It can be caused by resonances in the engine feed system (such as an oscillating bellows inducing a periodic flow fluctuation) or a coupling of structural and feed system fre- quencies. P] Smooth combustion Time Rough combustion P] P] Time ~< Damping time • pullsel~ /~I /lllV [" ~ItV' " APmax ' ~""l~] ~V " Stability rating test " Time FIGURE 9-2. Typical oscillogrpah traces of chamber pressure Pl with time for different combustion events. 350 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS When both the vehicle structure and the propellant liquid in the feed system have about the same natural frequency, then force coupling can occur, not only to maintain, but also to strongly amplify oscillations. Propellant flow rate disturbances, usually at 10 to 50 Hz, give rise to low-frequency longitudinal combustion instability, producing a longitudinal motion of vibration in the vehicle. This vehicle flight instability phenomenon has been called pogo instability since it is similar to pogo jumping stick motion. Pogo instabilities can occur in the propellant feed lines of large vehcles such as space launch vehicles or ballistic missiles. Avoiding objectionable engine-vehicle coupled oscillation is best accom- plished at the time of initial design of the vehicle, as contrasted to applying "fixes" later as has been the case with rocket engines for the Thor, Atlas, and Titan vehicles. Analytical methods exist for understanding the vibration modes and damping tendencies of major vehicle components, including the propellant tanks, tank pressurization systems, propellant flow lines, engines, and basic vehicle structure. Figure 9-3, a simplified spring-mass model of a typical two-stage vehicle, indicates the complexity of the analytical problem. Fortunately, the vibrational characteristics of the assembly can be affected substantially by designing damping into the major components or subassem- blies. Techniques for damping pogo instability include the use of energy- absorption devices in fluid flow lines, perforated tank liners, special tank sup- ports, and properly designed engine, interstage, and payload support structures (see Refs. 9-10 and 9-11). A partially gas-filled pogo accumulator has been an effective damping device; it is attached to the main propellant feed line. Such an accumulator is used in the oxidizer feed line of the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) betwen the two oxidizer turbopumps; it can be seen in Figs. 6-1 and 6-12. The SSME fuel line does not need such a damping device, because the fuel has a relatively very low density and a lower mass flow. The dynamic characteristics of a propellant pump can also have an influence on the pogo-type vibrations, as examined in Ref. 9-12. The pogo frequency will change as propellant is consumed and the remaining mass of propellant in the vehicle changes. The bending or flexing of pipes, joints or bellows, or long tanks also has an influence. Buzzing, the intermediate type of instability, seldom represents pressure perturbations greater than 5% of the mean in the combustion chamber and usually is not accompanied by large vibratory energy. It often is more noisy and annoying than damaging, although the occurrence of buzzing may initiate high-frequency instability. Often it is characteristic of coupling between the combustion process and flow in a portion of the propellant feed system. Initiation is thought to be from the combustion process. Acoustic resonance of the combustion chamber with a critical portion of the propellant flow sys- tem, sometimes originating in a pump, promotes continuation of the phenom- enon. This type of instability is more prevalent in medium-size engines (2000 to 250,000 N thrust or about 500 to 60,000 lbf) than in large engines. 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 351 m1-Payload m 2- Spacer, dome, barrel m3-Oxidizer m4-Dome, ~ barrel m5- Between tanks m6-Dome, ~ barrel m7-Fuel m8-Dome, ~ barrel m9-Tail skirt mlo-Engine rail-Forward skirt m]2-Dome, ~ barrel mx3-Oxidizer m14-Dome, ~ barrel ~ = between tanks mls-Dome, ~ barrel ~= between tanks m16-Fuel m17-Fuel cone, barrel A ma8-Pumps m]9-Tail skirt A / \ m2o-Engines /__5 FIGURE 9-3. Typical two-stage vehicle spring-mass model used in analysis of pogo vibration in the veritcal direction. 352 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS The third type, screeching or screaming, has high frequency and is most perplexing and most common in the development of new engines. Both liquid and solid propellant rockets commonly experience high-frequency instablity during their development phase. Since energy content increases with frequency, this type is the most destructive, capable of destroying an engine in much less than 1 sec. Once encountered, it is the type for which it is most difficult to prove that the incorporated "fixes" or improvements render the engine "stable" under all launch and flight conditions. It can be treated as a phenom- enon isolated to the combustion chamber and not generally influenced by feed system or structure. High-frequency instability occurs in at least two modes, longitudinal and transverse. The longitudinal mode (sometimes called organ pipe mode propa- gates along axial planes of the combustion chamber and the pressure waves are reflected at the injector face and the converging nozzle cone. The transverse modes propagate along planes perpendicular to the chamber axis and can be broken down into tangential and radial modes. Transverse mode instability predominates in large liquid rockets, particularly in the vicinity of the injector. Figure 9-4 shows the distribution of pressure at various time intervals in a cylindrical combustion chamber (cross section) encountering transverse mode instability. Two kinds of wave form have been observed for tangential vibra- tions. One can be considered a standing wave that remains fixed in position while its pressure amplitude fluctuates. The second is a spinning or traveling tangential wave which has associated with it a rotation of the whole vibratory system. This waveform can be visualized as one in which the amplitude remains constant while the wave rotates. Combinations of transverse and longitudinal modes can also occur and their frequency can also be estimated. Energy that drives screeching is believed to be predominantly from acous- tically stimulated variations in droplet vaporization and/or mixing, local deto- nations, and acoustic changes in combustion rates. Thus, with favorable acoustic properties, high-frequency combustion instability, once triggered, can rapidly drive itself into a destructive mode. Invariable, a distinct boundary layer seems to disappear and heat transfer rates increase by an order of mag- nitude, much as with detonation, causing metal melting and wall burn- throughs, sometimes within less than 1 sec. The tangential modes appear to be the most damaging, heat transfer rates during instability often increasing 4 to 10 times. Often the instantaneous pressure peaks are about twice as high as with stable operation. One possible source of triggering high-frequency instability is a rocket com- bustion phenomenon called popping. Popping is an undesirable random high- amplitude pressure disturbance that occurs during steady-state operation of a rocket engine with hypergolic propellants. It is a possible source for initiation of high-frequency instability. "Pops" exhibit some of the characteristics of a detonation wave. The rise time of the pressure is a few microseconds and the pressure ratio across the wave can be as high as 7:1. The elimination of popping 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 353 N N /< +fi - _ + (Initial condition) (Half cycle later) / i I ,/ STANDING 1ST TANGENTIAL - t\ + (Initial condition) (Half cycle later) t'\/ 0 \~x.. \ x / // 1ST RADIAL N N N N - + (Initial condition) (Half cycle later) C /F // < I SPINNING 1ST TANGENTIAL N N N N N N + "V., - N N (Initial condition) (Half cycle later) STANDING 2ND TANGENTIAL FIGURE 9--4. Simplified representation of transverse pressure oscillation modes at two time intervals in a cylindrical combustion chamber. The solid line curves indicate pres- sures greater than the normal or mean operating pressure and the dashed lines indicate lower pressures. The N-N lines show the node locations for these wave modes. is usually achieved by redesign of the injector rather than by the application of baffles or absorbers. Some combustion instabilities can be induced by pulsations in the liquidflow originating in turbopumps. Unsteady liquid flow can be caused by irregular cavitation at the leading edge of the inducer impellers or the main pump 354 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS impellers. Also, when an impeller's trailing edge passes a rib or stationary vane of the volute, a small pressure perturbation always occurs in the liquid flow that travels downstream to the injector. These two types of pressure fluctuation can be greatly amplified if they coincide with the natural frequency of combus- tion vibrations in the chamber. The estimated natural frequencies can be determined from the wavelength l, or the distance traveled per cycle, and the acoustic velocity a (see Eq. 3-10). The frequency, or number of cycles per second, is frequency = a/l = (1/l)v/kTR'/9~ (9-1) where k is the specific heat ratio, R' the universal gas constant, 93/the estimated molecular weight of the hot chamber gases, and T the local average absolute temperature. The length of wave travel depends on the vibrational mode, as shown in Fig. 9-4. Smaller chambers give higher frequencies. Table 9-3 shows a list of estimated vibration frequencies for the Vulcain HM 60 rocket thrust chamber; it operates with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants at a vacuum thrust of 1008 kN, a nominal chamber pres- sure of 10 MPa, and a nominal mixture ratio of 5.6 (see Ref. 9-13). The data in the table are based on acoustic measurements at ambient conditions with corrections for an appropriate sonic velocity correlation; since the chamber has a shallow conical shape and no discrete converging nozzle section, the purely longitudinal vibration modes would be weak; in fact, no pure long- itudinal modes were detected. Figure 9-5 shows a series of time-sequenced diagrams of frequency-pres- sure-amplitude measurements taken in the oxygen injector manifold of the Vulcain HM 60 engine during the first 8 sec of a static thrust chamber test while operating at off-nominal design conditions. Chugging can be seen at low TABLE 9-3. Estimated Acoustic Hot Gas Frequencies for Nominal Chamber Operating Conditions for the Vulcain HM-60 Thrust Chamber Frequency Frequency Mode a (L, T, R) (Hz) Mode a (L, T, R) (Hz) T1 (0, 1, 0) 2424 L1T3 (1, 3, 0) 6303 L1T1 (1, 1, 0) 3579 T4 (0, 4, 0) 6719 T2 (0, 2, 0) 3856 LZR1 (2, 0, 1) 7088 R1 (0, 0, 1) 4849 T5 (0, 5, 0) 8035 L1T2 (1, 2, 0) 4987 TR21 (0, 2, 1) 8335 T3 (0, 3, 0) 5264 R2 (0, 0, 2) 8774 L1R1 (1, 0, 1) 5934 Reprinted with AIAA permission from Ref. 9-13. aModes are classified as L (longitudinal), T (tangential), or R (radial) and the number refers to the first, second, or third natural frequency. 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 355 4O .... 30 Record Number (Time) 4 '" Pressure 2 0 o 2ooo Frequency (Hz) FIGURE 9-5. Graphical representation of a series of 40 superimposed frequency- amplitude diagrams taken 0.200 sec apart during the start phase (for the first 8 sec) of the Vulcain HM 60 thrust chamber. In this static hot-firing test the thrust chamber was operating at 109 bar chamber pressure and an oxidizer-to-fuel mass flow mixture ratio of 6.6. (Copied with permission from Ref. 9-13). frequency (up to 500 Hz) during the first few seconds and a natural frequency around 1500 Hz is attributed to the natural resonance frequency of the oxygen injector dome structure where the high-frequency pressure transducer was- mounted. The continued oscillations observed at about 500 and 600 Hz are probably resonances associated with the feed system. Rating Techniques Semi-empirical techniques exist for artificially disturbing combustion in a rocket thrust chamber during test operation and evaluating its resistance to instability (see Ref. 9-14). These include: (1)nondirectional "bombs" placed within the combustion chamber; (2) oriented explosive pulses from a "pulse gun" directed through the chamber sidewall; and (3) directed flows of inert gas through the sidewall into the chamber. Often heavy prototype thrust chambers are used because they are less expensive and more resistant to damage than flight-weight engines. Other techniques used less widely but which are impor- tant, especially for small engines, include: (1) momentary operation at "off- mixture ratio;" (2) introduction of "slugs" of inert gas into a propellant line; and (3) a purposeful "hard start" achieved by introducing a quantity of unreacted propellant at the beginning of the operation. The objective of these rating techniques is to measure and demonstrate the ability of an engine system to return quickly to normal operation and stable combustion after the combustion process has intentionally been disturbed or perturbed. All techniques are intended to introduce shock waves into the combustion chamber or to otherwise perturb the combustion process, affording opportu- nity for measuring recovery time for a predetermined overpressure disturbance, 356 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS assuming stable combustion resumes. Important to the magnitude and mode of the instability are the type of explosive charge selected, the size of the charge, the location and direction of the charge, and the duration of the exciting pulse. The bottom curve in Fig. 9-2 characterizes the recover of stable operation after a combustion chamber was "bombed." The time interval to recover and the magnitude of explosive or perturbation pressure are then used to rate the resistance of the engine to instability. The nondirectional bomb method and the explosive pulse-gun method are the two techniques in common use. The bomb that can be used in large flight- weight thrust chambers without modification consists of six 250 grains of explosive powder (PETN,RDX,etc.) encased in a Teflon, nylon, or micarta case. Detonation of the bomb is achieved either electrically or thermally. Although the pulse gun requires modification of a combustion chamber, this technique affords directional control, which is important to tangential modes of high-frequency instability and allows several data points to be observed in a single test run by installing several pulse guns on one combustion chamber. Charges most frequently used are 10, 15, 20, 40, and 80 grains of pistol powder. Pulse guns can be fired in sequence, introducing successive pressure perturba- tions (approximately 150 msec apart), each of increasing intensity, into the combustion chamber. Control of Instabilities The control of instabilities is an important task during the design and develop- ment of a rocket engine. The designer usually relies on prior experience with similar engines and tests on new experimental engines. He also has available analytical tools with which to simulate and evaluate the combustion process. The design selection has to be proven in actual experiments to be free of instabil- ities over a wide range of transient and steady-state operating conditions. Some of the experiments can be accomplished on a subscale rocket thrust chamber that has a similar injector, but most tests have to be done on a full-scale engine. The design features to control instabilities are different for the three types described in Table 9-2. Chugging is usually avoided if there is no resonance in the propellant feed system and its coupling with the elastic vehicle structure. Increased injection pressure drop and the addition of artificial damping devices in the propellant feed lines have been used successfully. Chugging and acous- tical instabilities sometimes relate to the natural frequency of a particular feed system component that is free to oscillate, such as a loop of piping that can vibrate or a bellows whose oscillations cause a pumping effect. With the choice of the propellant combination usually fixed early in the planning of a new engine, the designer can alter combustion feedback (depres- sing the driving mechanism) by altering injector details, (such as changing the injector hole pattern, hole sizes or by increasing the injection pressure drop), or alternatively by increasing acoustical damping within the combustion chamber. Of the two methods, the second has been favored in recent years because it is 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 357 very effective, it is better understood, and theory fits. This leads to the applica- tion of injector face baffles, discrete acoustic energy absorption cavities, and combustion chamber liners or changes in injector design, often by using a trial and error approach. Injector face baffles (see Fig. 9-6) were a widely accepted design practice in the 1960s for overcoming or preventing high-frequency instability. Baffle design is predicated on the assumption that the most severe instability, oscilla- tions, along witht he driving source, are located in or near the injector-atomi- zation zone at the injector end of the combustion chamber. The baffles minimize influential coupling and amplification of gas dynamic forces within the chamber. Obviously, baffles must be strong, have excellent resistance to combustion temperatures (they are usually cooled by propellant), and must protrude into the chamber enough to be effective, yet not so far as to act like an individual combustion chamber with its own acoustical characteristics. The number of baffle compartments is always odd. An even number of compart- ments enhances the standing modes of instability, with the baffles acting as nodal lines separating regions of relatively high and low pressure. The design and development of baffles remains highly empirical. Generally, baffles are designed to minimize acoustical frequencies below 4000 Hz, since experience has shown damaging instability is rare at frequencies above 4000 Hz. Spark igniter Oxygen inlet manifolds ' Thrust load - transmitting cone .
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The great volu- metric change in going from liquid to burned gases and the momentum imparted to a particle (solid or liquid) both constitute damping phenomena in that they take energy from high instantaneous local pressures. Unfortunately, the combustion process can generate a great deal more pressure oscillation energy than is absorbed by its inherent damping mechanism. Acoustical absorbers are applied usually as discrete cavities along or in the wall of the combustion chamber near the injector end. Both act as a series of Helmholtz resonators that remove energy from the vibratory system which otherwise would maintain the pressure oscillations. Figure 9-7 shows the appli- cation of discrete cavities (interrupted slots) at the "corner" of the injector face. The corner location usually minimizes the fabrication problems, and it is the one location in a combustion chamber where a pressure antinode exists for all L Orifice " " diameter ,~, V " "~~ d L+AL Helmholtz resonator Spring IMass] Y////////////////~ Friction resistance Mechanical analogy of acoustic cavity Chamber wall "~ F//////////////////~ n, ec, T Cha /~j I diameter D Wall dividing One of eight two cavities cavities FIGURE 9-7. Diagram of acoustic energy absorber cavities at the periphery of an injector. In this thrust chamber the cavity restriction is a slot (in the shape of sections of a circular arc) and not a hole. Details of the chamber cooling channels, injector holes, or internal feed passages are not shown. 9.3. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 359 resonant modes of vibration, including longitudinal, tangential, radial, and combinations of these. Velocity oscillations are minimal at this point, which favors absorber effectiveness. Transverse modes of instability are best damped by locating absorbers at the corner location. Figure 9-7 also shows a Helmholtz resonator cavity and its working principles in simple form. Taking one resonator element, the mass of gas in the orifice with the volume of gas behind it forms an oscillatory system analogous to the spring-mass system shown (see Ref. 9-15). Even though Helmholtz resonator theory is well understood, problems exist in applying the theory to conditions of high pressure, temperature, chamber flow, and sound energy levels present when screech occurs, end in properly tuning the cavities to the estimated frequencies. Absorption cavities designed as Helmholtz resonators placed in or near the injector face offer relatively high absorption bandwidth and energy absorbed per cycle. The Helmholtz resonator (an enclosed cavity with a small passage entry) dissipates energy twice each cycle (jets are formed upon inflow and outflow). Modern design practice favors acoustic absorbers over baffles. The storable propellant rocket engine shown in Fig. 8-2 has acoustic absorption cavities in the chamber wall at a location next to the injector. The resonance frequency f of a Helmholtz cavity can be estimated as f - ~ V-L (9-2) Here a is the local acoustic velocity, A is the restrictor area, A - (rr/4)d 2, and other symbols are as shownin Fig. 9-7. The AL is an empirical factor between 0.05 and 0.9 to allow for additional oscillating gas mass. It varies with the Lid ratio and the edge condition of the restricted orifice (sharp edge, rounded, chamfered). Resonators in thrust chambers are tuned or designed to perform their maximum damping at predicted frequencies. Small changes in injector geometry or design can cause an unstable combus- tion to become stable and vice versa. New injectors, therefore, use the design and geometry of proven, stable prior designs with the same propellants. For example, the individual pattern of concentric tube injector elements used with gaseous hydrogen and liquid oxygen (shown in Fig. 8-3) are likely to be more stable, if the hydrogen gas is relatively warm and the injection velocity of the hydrogen is at least l0 times larger than that of the liquid oxygen. In summary, the designer needs to (1) use data from prior successful engines and simulation programs to establish key design features and estimate the likely resonances, (2) design the feed system and structure to avoid these reso- nances, (3) use a robust injector design that will provide good mixing and dispersion of propellants and be resistant to disturbances, and (4) if needed, include tuned damping devices (cavities) to overcome acoustic oscillations. To validate that a particular thrust chamber is stable, it is necessary to test it over the range of likely operating conditions without encountering instability. An 360 COMBUSTION OF LIQUID PROPELLANTS analysis is needed to determine the maximum and minimum likely propellant temperatures, maximum and minimum probable chamber pressures, and the highest and lowest mixture ratios, using a propellant budget as shown in Section 10.3. These limits then establish the variations of test conditions for this test series. Because of our improved understanding, the amount of testing needed to prove stability has been greatly reduced. PROBLEMS 1. For a particular liquid propellant thrust chamber the following data are given: Chamber presure 68 MPa Chamber shape cylindrical Internal chamber diameter 0.270 m Length of cylindrical section 0.500 m Nozzle convergent section angle 45 ° Throat diameter and radius of wall curvature 0.050 m Injector face Flat Average chamber gas temperature 2800 K Average chamber gas molecular weight 20 kg/kg-mol Specific heat ratio 1.20 Assume the gas composition and temperature to be uniform in the cylindrical cham- ber section. State any other assumptions that may be needed. Determine the approx- imate resonance frequencies in the first longitudinal mode, radial mode, and tangential mode. 2. In Problem 1, explain how these three frequencies will change with combustion temperature, chamber pressure, chamber length, chamber diameter, and throat dia- meter. 3. Why does heat transfer increase during combustion instability? 4. Prepare a list of steps for undertaking a series of tests to validate the stability of a new pressure-fed liquid bipropellant rocket engine. 5. Estimate the resonant frequency of a set of each of nine cavities similar to Fig. 9-7. Here the chamber diameter D -- 0.200 m, the slot width is 1.0 mm, and the width and height of the cavity are each 20.0 mm. The walls separating the individual cavities are 10.0 mm thick. Assume L = 4.00 ram, AL = 3.00 mm, and a = 1050 m/sec. Answer: approximately 3138 cycles/sec. REFERENCES 9-1. R. D. Sutton, W. S. Hines, and L. P. Combs, "Development and Application of a Comprehensive Analysis of Liquid Rocket Combustion," AIAA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, Feburary 1972, pp. 194-203. 9-2. K. K. Kuo, Principles of Combustion, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986. REFERENCES 361 9-3. V. Yang and W. Anderson (Eds.) Liquid Rocket Engine Combustion Instability, Vol. 169 of Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA, 1995, in particular Chapter 1, F.E.C. Culick and V. Yang, "Overview of Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines." 9-4. B. R. Lawver, "Photographic Observations of Reactive Stream Impingement," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 17, No. 2, March-April 1980, pp. 134- 139. 9-5. M. Tanaka and W. Daimon, "ExplosionPhenomena from Contact of Hypergolic Liquids," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1984, pp. 314-316. 9-6. P. Y. Liang, R. J. Jensen, and Y. M. Chang, "Numerical Analysis of the SSME Preburner Injector Atomization and Combustion Process," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 3, No. 6, November-December 1987, pp. 508-513. 9-7. M. Habiballah, D. Lourme, and F. Pit, "PHEDRE--Numerical Model for Combustion Stability Studies Applied to the Ariane Viking Engine," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 7, No. 3, May-June 1991, pp. 322-329. 9-8. R. I. Sujith, G. A. Waldherr, J. I. Jagoda and B. T. Zinn, "Experimental Investigation of the Evaporation of Droplets in Axial Acoustic Fields," Journal of Propulsion and Power, AIAA, Vol. 16, No. 2, March-April 2000, pp. 278-285. 9-9. D. T. Hartje (Ed.), "Liquid Propellant Rocket Combustion Instability," NASA SP-194, U.S. Government Printing Office, No. 3300-0450, 1972. 9-10. B. W. Oppenheim and S. Rubin," Advanced Pogo Analysis for Liquid Rockets," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 30, No. 3, May-June 1993. 9-11. G. About et al., "A New Approach of POGO Phenomenon Three-Dimensional Studies on the Ariane 4 Launcher," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 15, Nos. 6 and 7, 1987, pp. 321-330. 9-12. T Shimura and K. Kamijo, "Dynamic Response of the LE-5 Rocket Engine Liquid Oxygen Pump," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 22, No. 7, March-April 1985. 9-13. E. Kirner, W. Oechslein, D. Thelemann and D. Wolf, "Development Status of the Vulcain (HM 60) Thrust Chamber." AIAA Paper 90;2255, July 1990. 9-14. F. H. Reardon, "Combustion Stability Specification and Verification Procedure," CPIA Publication 247, October 1973. 9-15. T. L. Acker and C. E. Mitchell, "Combustion Zone-Acoustic Cavity Interactions in Rocket Combustors," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 10, No 2, March- April 1994, pp. 235-243. CHAPTER 10 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN, ENGINE CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION, AND OPTIMIZATION In this chapter we first discuss a complex high-precision, high-speed, rotating subsystem, namely the turbopump. Only some high-thrust engines have turbo- pumps. This chapter contains an overall engine discussion which applies to all engines. This includes the liquid propellant rocket engine's design, perfor- mance, controls, calibration, propellant budget, integration, and optimization. 10.1. TURBOPUMPS The assembly of a turbine with one or more pumps is called a turbopump. Its purpose is to raise the pressure of the flowing propellant. Its principal subsys- tems are a hot gas powered turbine and one or two propellant pumps. It is a high precision rotating machine, operating at high shaft speed with severe thermal gradients and large pressure changes, it usually is located next to a thrust chamber, which is a potent source of noise and vibration. This turbopump feed system and its several cycles have been discussed in Section 6.6 and Fig. 6-2 categorizes the various common turbopump config- urations. Turbopumps or installation of turbopumps in rocket engines are shown in Figs. 1-4, 6-1, 6-12, 8-19, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, and 10-11; they are discussed in Refs. 6-1 and 10-1. A schematic diagram of different design arrangements of pumps and turbines for common turbopump types can be seen in Fig. 10-4. Table 10-1 shows lists parameters of pumps and turbines of two large rocket engines. Specific nomenclature and terminology used in the next few paragraphs will be explained later in this Chapter. In Fig. 10-1 a simple turbopump with a 362 TABLE 10--1. Turbopump Characteristics Engine: Feed System Cycle: Propellants: Space Shuttle Main Engine ~ Modified Staged Combustion Cycle Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen LE_7 b Modified Staged Combustion Cycle Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen Pumps DesignationC LPOTP LPFTP HPOTP HPFTP Type Axial flow Axial flow Dual inlet Radial flow No. of impeller stages -- 1 + 1J 3 No. of aux. or inducers 1 1 1 Flow rate (kg/sec) 425 70.4 509 50.9 70.4 Inlet pressure (MPa) 0.6 0.9 2.70 NA 1.63 Discharge pressure (MPa) 2.89 2.09 27.8 47.8 a 41.0 Pump efficiency (%) 68 75 72 75 a 75 HPFTP HPOTP Radial flow Radial flow 2 l+l d 1 1 35.7 211.5 46.7 a 0.343 0.736 18.2 a 26.5 18.2 26.7 a 69.9 76.5 78.4 a Turbines No. of stages 6 2 3 2 Type Hydra ulic Reaction- R eactio n- Reaction- LOX driven impulse impulse impulse Flow rate (kg/sec) 27.7 66.8 Inlet temperature (K) 105.5 264 756 1000 Inlet pressure (MPa) 26.2 29.0 32.9 32.9 Pressure ratio NA 1.29 1.54 1.50 Turbine efficiency (%) 69 60 74 79 Turbine speed (rpm) 5020 15,670 22,300 34,270 Turbine power (kW) 1120 2290 15,650 40,300 Mixture ratio, O/F LOX only H 2 only --~0.62 ~0.88 Reaction- Reaction- impulse impulse 33.1 15.4 871 863 20.5 19.6 143 1.37 73.2 48.1 41600 18300 25,350 7012 --~ 0.7 ~0.7 aData courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, at flight power level of 104.5% of design thrust. bData courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. cLPOTP, low-pressure oxidizer turbopump; HPFTP, high-pressure fuel turbopump. dBoost impeller stage for oxygen flow to preburners or gas generator. 364 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Hydrostatic bearing Internal passages for supplying propellant to bearings \ Pump volute with changing cross section \ Shrouded impeller Hydros1 bearing Hot gas Entry slots inlet flange to turbine \ nozzles Turbine gas discharge flange Typical nozzle Turbine blades Turbine disk Shaft seal Angular ball bearing for axial loads Inducer impeller Pump diffuser vanes Nut holding inducer to shaft Shaft / / l Pump Pump suction housing Pump discharge flange flange Gas inlet manifold and turbine housing FIGURE 10-1. Cut-away view of an experimental turbopump demonstrator with a single-stage liquid oxygen pump impeller, an inducer impeller, and a single-stage turbine (one row of blades) on the same shaft. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) single-stage propellant pump (with an inducer impeller ahead of the main impeller) is driven by a single-stage axial-flow turbine. The hot combustion gases, which drive this turbine, are burned in a separate gas generator (or a precombustion chamber or preburner) at a mixture ratio that gives gases between 900 and 1200 K; this is sufficiently cool, so that the hot turbine hard- ware (blades, nozzles, manifolds, or disks) still have sufficient strength without needing forced cooling. The gases are expanded (accelerated) in an annular set of converging-diverging supersonic turbine nozzles, which are cast into the cast turbine inlet housing. The gases then enter a set of rotating blades, which are mounted on a rotating wheel or turbine disk. The blades remove the tangential energy of the gas flow. The exhaust gas velocity exiting from the blades is relatively low and its direction is essentially parallel to the shaft. The pump is driven by the turbine through an interconnecting solid shaft. The propellant 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 365 enters the pump through an inducer, a special impeller where the pressure of the propellant is raised only slightly (perhaps 5 to 10% of the total pressure rise). This is just enough pressure so that there will be no cavitation as the flow enters the main pump impeller. Most of the kinetic energy given to the flow by the pump impeller is converted into hydrostatic pressure in the diffusers (the dif- fuser vanes are not clearly visible, since they are inclined) and/or volutes of the pump. The two hydrostatic bearings support the shaft radially. All bearings and shaft seals create heat as they run. They are cooled and lubricated by a small flow of propellant, which is supplied from the pump discharge through drilled passages. One bearing (near the pump) is very cold and the other is hot, since it is close to the hot turbine. The angular ball bearing accepts the axial net loads from the unbalanced hydrodynamic pressures around the shrouded impeller, the inducer, and also the turbine blades or the turbine disk. A novel, high speed, compact, and light weight liquid hydrogen turbopump is shown in Fig. 10-2 and in Ref 10.2. It is intended to be used with a new upper stage hydrogen/oxygen rocket engine with a thrust of about 50,000 lbf (22.4 kN), a delivered engine specific impulse of 450.6 sec at an engine mixture ratio of 6.0. This engine will run on an expander cycle, with a chamber pressure of 1375 psia (96.7 kg/m 2) and a maximum internal fuel pressure of 4500 psi (323.4 kg/m 2) at the fuel pump discharge. The unique single-piece titanium rotor turns nominally at 166,700 rpm, has two machined sets of pump vanes, a machined inducer impeller, a set of machined radial inflow turbine Housing for filtered Cast pump housing with integral bearing supply crossover passages (Incone1718) / / / ~,/Pump / ~ One-piece titanium rotor with inducer, two outlet ~/) impellers' turbine' and bearing s u r f a c e s / / ~~~<~/x/f~O u o ~ / 1~ ~ Split hydrostatic bearing P~p___~///((f~//~- ~.,. o~-- / f ~ - ~ hous~os o~coJoyP09) ,nlet-~{o~/O~~o ( ~ Radial in-flow turbine .~ ~ [/0 F J/~//// ~ ~ ~ / Cast turbine housing with ~)~(~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ / vanelessinternal.v°lU~~g e U gas flange FIGURE 10-2. Exploded view of an advanced high-speed, two-stage liquid hydrogen fuel pump driven by a radial flow turbine. (Copied with permission of Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies; adapted from Ref. 10-2.) 366 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION blades, and radial as well as axial bearing surfaces. A small filtered flow of hydrogen lubricates the hydrostatic bearing surfaces. The cast pump housing has internal crossover passages between stages. The unique radial in-flow tur- bine (3.2 in. dia.) produces about 5900 hp at an efficiency of 78%. The hydro- gen pump impellers are only 3.0 in. diameter and produce a pump discharge pressure of about 4500 psi at a fuel flow of 16 lbm/sec and an efficiency of 67%. A high pump inlet pressure of about 100 psi is needed to assure cavita- tion-free operation. The turbopump can operate at about 50% flow (at 36% discharge pressure and 58% of rated speed). The number of pieces to be assembled is greatly reduced, compared to a more conventional turbopump, thus enhancing its inherent reliability. The geared turbopump in Fig. 10-3 has a higher turbine and pump efficien- cies, because the speed of the two-stage turbine is higher than the pump shaft speeds and the turbine is smaller. The auxiliary power package (e.g., hydraulic pump) was used only in an early application. The precision ball bearings and Oxygen pump main impeller inlet Fuel pump impeller Inducer impeller -t--- Fuel outlet -,~----2- stage turbine rurbine inlet manifold Auxiliary ---1 .
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A higher shaft speed will allow a lower mass turbopump, but it cavitates more readily and requires a higher tank pressure and heavier vehicle tanks (which often outweigh the mass savings in the turbopump) in order to have acceptable life and reliability. The engine requirements give the initial basic design goals for the turbo- pump, namely propellant flow, the pump outlet or discharge pressure (which has to be equal to the chamber pressure plus the pressure drops in the piping, valves, cooling jacket, and injector), the desired best engine cycle (gas generator or staged combustion, as shown in Fig. 6-9), the start delay, and the need for restart or throttling, if any. Also, the propellant properties (density, vapor pressure, viscosity, or boiling point) must be known. Some of the design cri- teria are explained in Refs. 6-1 and 10-3, and basic texts on turbines and pumps are listed as Refs. 10-4 to 10-8. There are several design variations or geometrical arrangements for trans- mitting turbine power to one or more propellant pumps; some are shown schematically in Fig. 10-4. If the engine has propellants of similar density (such as liquid oxygen and RP-1), the fuel and oxidizer pumps will have similar shaft speeds and can usually be placed on a common shaft driven by a single turbine (F-l, RS-27/Delta Fig. 10-3, Atlas, or Redstone engines). If there is a mismatch between the optimum pump speed and the optimum turbine speed (which is usually higher), it may save inert mass and turbine drive gas mass to interpose a gear reduction between their shafts. See Fig. 6-11. For the last two decades designers have preferred to use direct drive, which avoids the compli- cation of a gear case but at a penalty in efficiency and the amount of turbine drive propellant gas required. See Figs. 6-12, 10-1, or 10-2. If the densities are very different (e.g., liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen), the pump head rise (head = ap/p) is much higher for the lower-density pro- pellant, and the hydrogen pump usually has to have more than one impeller or one stage and will typically operate at a higher shaft speed; in this case separate Pump head means the difference between pump discharge and pump suction head. Its units are meters or feet. The head is the height of a column of liquid with equivalent pressure at its bottom. The conversion from pounds per square inch into feet of head is: (X) psi = 144(X)/density (lb/ft3). To convert pascals (N/m 2) of pressure into column height (m), divide by the density (kg/m 3) and go (9.806 m/sec2). :368 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION G Two pumps on same shaft with outboard turbine. Shaft goes through fuel pump inlet. G Direct drive with turbine in middle. Shaft goes through turbine discharge manifold. GC ~G Two turbines, each with one pump. Gas flow shown in parallel. (alternate is gas flow in series, first through one and then the other turbine). With gear case, turbine can run faster. The two pumps Two main pumps and two booster have different speeds, pumps, each with its own gas turbine FIGURE 10-4. Simplified diagrams of different design arrangements of turbopumps. F is fuel pump, O is oxidizer pump, T is turbine, G is hot gas, and GC is gear case. turbopumps for the fuel and the oxidizer can give the lowest energy and overall mass (J-2, SSME, LE-7, Vulcain 60). Usually, the preliminary analysis for the pump is done first. Avoiding exces- sive cavitation sets a key pump parameter, namely the maximum shaft speed. This is the highest possible shaft speed, which in turn allows the lightest tur- bopump mass, without excessive cavitation in the pump. If excessive cavitation occurs at the leading edge of the first impeller (inducer or main impeller), then the flow will become unsteady and variable, leading to lower thrust and pos- sible combustion instability. The amount of pressure in the vehicle (gas pres- sure in propellant tank plus the static elevation pressure) that can be made available to the engine (at the pump inlet) for suppressing cavitation has to be larger than the impeller vanes' own pressure limit to cavitate. This allows us then to determine the shaft speed, which in turn can establish the approximate pump efficiencies, impeller tip speed (usually limited by the material strength of the impeller), number of pump stages, key dimensions of the impeller, and the 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 369 pump power requirements. All this will be discussed further (including key equations) in the pump section of this chapter. The key turbine parameter can be estimated, because the power output of the turbine essentially has to equal the power demand of the pump. If the pump is driven directly, that is without a gear case, then the pump speed and the turbine speed are equal. From the properties of the turbine drive gas (tempera- ture, specific heat, etc.), the strength limits of the turbine materials, and the likely pressure drop, it is possible to determine the basic dimensions of the blades (pitch line velocity, turbine nozzle outlet velocity, number of rows (stages) of blades, turbine type, or turbine efficiency). The particular arrange- ment or geometry of the major turbopump components is related to their selection process. Most propellant pumps have a single-stage main impeller. For liquid hydrogen with its low density, a two- or three-stage pump is nor- mally needed. Usually some design limit is reached which requires one or more iterations, each with a new changed approach or parameter. The arrangement of the major turbopump components (Fig. 10-4) is also influenced by the position of the bearings on the shaft. For example, we do not want to place a bearing in front of an impeller inlet because it will cause turbulence, distort the flow distribution, raise the suction pressure requirement, and make cavita- tion more likely to occur. Also, bearings positioned close to a turbine will experience high temperatures, which influences the lubrication by propellant and may demand more cooling of the bearings. The use of booster pumps allows lower tank pressure, and thus lower inert vehicle mass, and provides adequate suction pressures to the main pump inlet. Booster pumps are used in the Space Shuttle main engine and the Russian RD- 170, as seen in Figs. 6-12 and 10-11. Some booster pumps have been driven by a liquid booster turbine using a small flow of high-pressure liquid propellant that has been tapped off the discharge side of the main pump. The discharged turbine liquid then mixes with the main propellant flow at the discharge of the booster pump. Later in this section a few of the equations that apply to the steady-state (full thrust) operating condition will be described. However, no detailed dis- cussion will be given of the transient starting conditions, such as the filling of pipes, pumps, or manifolds with liquid propellants, or the filling of turbines and their manifolds with high-pressure gas. These dynamic conditions can be complex, are related to the combustion reactions, and are sometimes difficult to analyze, yet they are very significant in the proper and safe operation of the engine. Each major rocket engine manufacturer has developed some methodol- ogy, usually analysis and hydraulic models, for these system dynamics that are often peculiar to specific engines and hardware (see Refs. 10-3 and 10-4). Mass is at a premium in all flying installations, and the feed system is selected to have a minimum combined mass of tubines, pumps, gas generator, valves, tanks, and gas generator propellants. Some of the considerations in the design of turbopumps are the thermal stresses, warpage due to thermal expan- sion or contraction, axial loads, adequate clearances to prevent rubbing yet 370 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION minimize leakage, alignment of bearings, provisions for dynamic balancing of rotating parts, mounting on an elastic vehicle frame without inducing external forces, and avoiding undue pressure loads in the liquid and gas pipes. Vibrations of turbopumps have caused problems during development. The analyses of the various vibrations (shaft, turbine blades, liquid oscillations, gas flow oscillations, or bearing vibrations) are not given here. At the critical speed the natural structural resonance frequency of the rotating assembly (shaft, impellers, turbine disk, etc.) coincides with the rotation operating speed. A slight unbalance can be amplified to cause significant shaft deflections (in bending), bearing failure, and other damage. The operating speed therefore is usually lower and sometimes higher than the critical speed. A large diameter stiff shaft, rigid bearings, and stiff bearing supports will increase this critical speed, and damping (such as the liquid lubricant film in the bearing) will reduce the vibration amplitude. Also, this critical shaft frequency or the operating speed should not coincide with and excite other natural vibration frequencies, such as those of various parts (piping, bellows, manifolds, or injector dome). The solving of various internal vibrations problems, such as whirl in bearings and blade vibrations, is reported in Ref. 10-5. Bearings in most existing turbopumps are high precision, special alloy ball or roller bearings. Some ball bearings can take both radial and axial loads. Ball and roller bearings are limited in the loads and speeds at which they can operate reliably. In some turbopump designs this maximum bearing speed determines the minimum size of turbopump, rather than the cavitation limit of the pump. More recently, we use hydrostatic bearings where the shaft rides on a high-pressure fluid film; they have good radial load capacity, can provide some damping of oscillations and a stiff support. Axial loads (due to pressure unbalance on impellers and turbine blades) can be taken by special hydrostatic bearings. Since there is no direct contact between rolling and stationary assem- blies, there is little or no wear and the life expectancy of these hydrostatic bearings is long. However, there is rubbing contact and wear at low speeds, namely during start or shutdown (see Ref. 10-6). Cooling and lubricating the bearings and seals is essential for preventing bearing problems. A small flow of one of-the propellants is used. Hydrocarbon fuels are usually good lubricants and hydrogen is a good coolant, but a marginal lubricant. If an oxidizer is used as the coolant and lubricant, then the materials used for bearings and seals have to be resistant to oxidation when heated during operation. If the turbopump is part of a reusable rocket engine, it becomes more complex. For example, it can include provision to allow for inspection and automatic condition evaluation after each mission or flight. This can include an inspection of bearings through access holes for boroscope instruments, check- ing for cracks in highly stressed parts (turbine blade roots or hot-gas high- pressure manifolds), or the measurement of shaft torques (to detect possible binding or warpage). 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 371 Pumps Classification and Description. The centrifugal pump is generally consid- ered the most suitable for pumping propellant in large rocket units. For the large flows and high pressures involved, they are efficient as well as economical in terms of mass and space requirement. Figure 10-5 is a schematic drawing of a centrifugal pump. Fluid entering the impeller, which is essentially a wheel with spiral curved vanes rotating within a casing, is accelerated within the impeller channels and leaves the impeller per- iphery with a high velocity to enter the volute, or collector, and thereafter the diffuser, where conversion from kinetic energy (velocity) to potential energy (pressure) takes place. In some pumps the curved diffuser vanes are upstream of the collector. The three-dimensional hydraulic design of impeller vanes, diffuser vanes, and volute passages can be accomplished by computer pro- grams to give high efficiency and adequate strength. Internal leakage, or cir- culation between the high-pressure (discharge) side and the low-pressure (suction) side of an impeller, is held to a minimum by maintaining close clear- ances between the rotating and stationary parts at the seals or wear ring sur- faces. External leakage along the shaft is minimized or prevented by the use of a shaft seal. Single-stage pumps (one impeller only) are stress-limited in the pressure rise they can impart to the liquid, and multiple-stage pumps are there- fore needed for high pump head, such as with liquid hydrogen. References 10- 5 to 10-7 give information on different pumps. There is a free passage of flow through the pump at all times, and no positive means for shutoff are provided. The pump characteristics, that is, the pressure rise, flow, and efficiency, are functions of the pump speed, the impeller, the vane shape, and the casing configuration. 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. 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 ! I I]1111 I , i ~ ~ L .L - - - V-2 oxygen pump 2 I Efficiency ~,. 1--. 4 . . . . . . . ~ ---- -~ ~ ~Lr- ..-- i i .,11 "" - ~ ~ ~'~" ~'--' " ,-Brake horsepower . L-,---- -----' ~'"~'-- ,, 1 I i 600 2O 0 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 Discharge, gallons per minute j~, 4o8 t/) 4OO 100 '~ 00 FIGURE 10-6. Water test performance curves of the centrifugal pumps of the German V-2 rocket engine. The propellants are diluted 75% ethyl alcohol and liquid oxygen. 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 373 pumps. The negative slope on the head versus flow curve indicates a stable pump behavior. References 10-7 and 10-8 describe the development of a smaller turbopump and the testing of a spiral high-speed first-stage impeller, called an inducer. A shrouded impeller has a shroud or cover (in the shape of a surface of revolution) on top of the vanes as shown in Figs. 10-1, 10-3, and 10-5. This type usually has higher stresses and lower leakage around the impeller. In an unshrouded impeller or turbine the vanes are not covered as seen in the turbine vanes in Fig. 10.2. Pump Parameters. This section outlines some of the important parameters and features that have to be considered in the design of rocket propellant centrifugal pumps under steady flow conditions. The required pump flow is established by the rocket design for a given thrust, effective exhaust velocity, propellant densities, and mixture ratio. In addition to the flow required by the thrust chamber, the propellant consumption of the gas generator, and in some designs also a bypass around the turbine and auxiliaries have to be considered in determining the pump flows. The required pump discharge pressure is determined from the chamber pressure and the hydraulic losses in valves, lines, cooling jacket, and injectors (see Eq. 6-15). To obtain the rated flow at the rated pressure, an additional adjustable pres- sure drop for a control valve or orifice is usually included which permits a calibration adjustment or change in the required feed pressure. A regulation of the pump speed can also change the required adjustable pressure drop. As described in Section 10.6, this adjustment of head and flow is necessary to allow for hydraulic and performance tolerances on pumps, valves, injectors, propellant density, and so on. It is possible to predict the pump performance at various speeds if the per- formance is known at any given speed. Because the fluid velocity in a given pump is proportional to the pump speed N, the flow quantity or discharge Q is also proportional to the speed and the head H is proportional to the square of the speed. This gives the following relations: Q (flow)~ N (rpm or rad/sec) H (pump head)~ N 2 P (pump power)~ N 3 (10-1) From these relations it is possible to derive a parameter called the specific speed Ns. It is a dimensionless number derived from a dimensional analysis of pump parameters as shown in Ref. 10-9. N s - Nx/-Qe/(goAge) 3/4 (10-2) 374 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Any set of consistent units will satisfy the equation: for example, N in radians per second, Q in m3/s, go as 9.8 m/sec 2, and H in meters. The subscript e refers to the maximum efficiency condition. In U.S. pump practice it has become the custom to delete go, express N in rpm, and Q in gallons per minute or ft3/sec. Much of the existing U.S. pump data is in these units. This leads to a modified form of Eq. 10-2, where Ns is not dimensionless, namely N s - 21.2Nx/~e/(AHe) 3/4 (10-3) The factor 21.2 applies when N is in rpm, Q is in ft 3/sec, and H is in feet. For each range of specific speed, a certain shape and impeller geometry has proved most efficient, as shown in Table 10-2. Because of the low density, hydrogen can be pumped effectively by axial flow devices. The impeller tip speed in centrifugal pumps is limited by design and material strength considerations to about 60 to 450 m/sec or roughly 200 to 1475 ft/sec. With titanium (lower density than steel) and machined unshrouded impellers a tip speed of over 2150 ft/sec is now possible and used on the pumps shown in Fig. 10-2. For cast impellers this limiting value is lower than for machined impellers. This maximum impeller tip speed determines the maximum head that can be obtained from a single stage. The impeller vane tip speed u is the product of the shaft speed, expressed in radians per second, and the impeller radius and is related to the pump head by u = grv/2goAH (10---4) where ~ has values between 0.90 and 1.10 for different designs. For many pumps, 7r = 1.0. TABLE 10-2. Pump Types Impeller type Radial Francis Mixed flow Near axial Axial Basic shape (half section) Casing ~ impeller~~aft ~ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x \ ~ Efficiency % 50-80 60-90 70-92 76-88 75-82 Specific speed N s U.S. nomenclature 500-1000 1000-2000 2000-3000 3000-6000 Above 8000 SI consistent units 0.2-0.3 0.4 0.6-0.8 1.0-2.0 Above 2.5 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 375 The flow quantity defines the impeller inlet and outlet areas according to the equation of continuity. The diameters obtained from this equation should be in the proportion indicated by the diagrams for a given specific speed in Table 10-2. The continuity equation for an incompressible liquid is Q = Air1 = A2v2 (10-5) where the subscripts refer to the impeller inlet and outlet sections, all areas being measured normal to their respective flow velocity. The inlet velocity Vl ranges usually between 2 and 6 m/sec or 6.5 to 20 ft/sec and the outlet velocity v2 between 3 and 15 m/sec or 10 to 70 ft/sec. For a compressible liquid, such as liquid hydrogen, the density will change with pressure. The continuity equation then is: rh = AlvlPl = A2v2P2 (10-6) The head developed by the pump will then also depend on the change in density. The pump performance is limited by cavitation, a phenomenon that occurs when the static pressure at any point in a fluid flow passage becomes less than the fluid's vapor pressure. The formation of vapor bubbles causes cavitation. These bubbles collapse when they reach a region of higher pressure, that is, when the static pressure in the fluid is above the vapor pressure. In centrifugal pumps cavitation is most likely to occur behind the leading edge of the pump impeller vane at the inlet because this is the point at which the lowest absolute pressure is encountered. The excessive formation of vapor causes the pump discharge mass flow to diminish and fluctuate and can reduce the thrust and make the combustion erratic and dangerous (see Ref. 10-10). When the bubbles travel along the pump impeller surface from the low- pressure region (where they are formed) to the downstream higher-pressure region, the bubbles collapse. The sudden collapses create local high-pressure pulses that have caused excessive stresses in the metal at the impeller surface. In most rocket applications this cavitation erosion is not as serious as in water or chemical pumps, because the cumulative duration is relatively short and the erosion of metal on the impeller is not usually extensive. It has been a concern with test facility transfer pumps. The required suction head (H~) R is the limit value of the head at the pump inlet (above the local vapor pressure); below this value cavitation in the impel- ler will not occur. It is a function of the pump and impeller design and its value increases with flow as can be seen in Fig. 10-6. To avoid cavitation the suction head above vapor pressure required by the pump (Hs)R must always be less than the available or net positive suction head furnished by the line up to the pump (H~) A, that is, (Hs)R < (Hs)A. The required suction head above vapor pressure can be determined from the suction specific speed S: S- 21.2Nx/--QTe/(Hs) 3/4 (10-7) 376 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION The suction specific speed S depends on the quality of design and the specific speed Ns, as shown in Table 10-2. The suction specific speed S has a value between 5000 and 60,000 when using ft-lbf units. For pumps with poor suction characteristics it has values near 5000, for the best pump designs without cavitation it has values near 10,000 and 25,000, and for pumps with limited and controllable local cavitation it has values above 40,000. In Eq. 10-7 the required suction head (Hs)R is usually defined as the critical suction head at which the developed pump discharge head has been diminished arbitrarily by 2% in a pump test with increasing throttling in the suction side. Turbopump development has, over the last several decades, led to impeller designs which can operate successfully with considerably more cavitation than the arbitrary and commonly accepted 2% head loss limit. Inducers are now designed to run stably with extensive vapor bubbles near the leading edge of their vanes, but these bubbles collapse at the trailing end of these vanes. Inducers now can have S values above 80,000. A discussion of the design of impeller blades can be found in Ref. 10-9. The head that is available at the pump suction flange is called the net positive suction head or available suction head above vapor pressure (Hs)A. It is an absolute head value determined from the tank pressure (the absolute gas pres- sure in the tank above the liquid level), the elevation of the propellant level above the pump inlet, the friction losses in the line between tank and pump, and the vapor pressure of the fluid. When the flying vehicle is undergoing accelerations, the head due. to elevation must be corrected accordingly. These various heads are defined in Fig. 10-7. The net positive suction head (H,) A is the maximum head available for suppressing cavitation at the inlet to the pumps: (Ms) A -- Htank -+- Helevatio n - Hfriction - Hvapo r (10--8) To avoid pump cavitation, (Hs)A has to be higher than (Hs)R. If additional head is required by the pump, the propellant may have to be pressurized by external means, such as by the addition of another pump in series (called a booster pump) or by gas pressurization of the propellant tanks. This latter method requires thicker tank walls and, therefore, heavier tanks, and a bigger gas-pressurizing system. For example, the oxygen tank of the German V-2 was pressurized to 2.3 atm, partly to avoid pump cavitation. For a given value of (Hs)A, propellants with high vapor pressure require correspondingly higher tank pressures and heavier inert tank masses. For a given available suction head (Hs) A, a pump with a low required suction pressure usually permits designs with high shaft speeds, small diameter, and low pump inert mass. A small value of (Hs)R is desirable because it may permit a reduction of the requirements for tank pressurization and, therefore, a lower inert tank mass. The value of (Hs)R will be small if the impeller and fluid passages are well designed and if the shaft speed N is low. A very low shaft speed, however, requires a large diameter pump, which will be excessively heavy. The trend in 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 377 Tank pressure gage i Fluid level -- Absolute static head at pump inlet with zero flow Typical ~ valve Pump inlet flange ~~~Pump Pressure" reference line m Atmospheric pressure Absolute tank_ I pressure, H~.~, Q Gage tank H gas pressure Elevation Ill head Friction loss Hf l Atmospheric l ½ pressure L Vapor pressure Friction loss of fluid, H~=~or Available gage pressure at pump inlet with flow Absolute available dynamic and static head at pump inlet with flow Net positive suction head (NPSH) or maximum head available for surpressing cavitation in the pump IHs)A FIGURE 10--7. Definition of pump suction head. selecting centrifugal pumps for rocket application has been to select the highest shaft speed that gives a pump with a low value of (Hs)R, does not require excessive tank pressurization or other design complications, and thereby per- mits relatively lightweight pump design. This places a premium on pumps with good suction characteristics. There have been some low-thrust, low-flow, experimental engines that have used positive displacement pumps, such as diaphragm pumps, piston pumps, or rotary displacement pumps (gear and vane pumps). For low values of Ns these pumps have much better efficiencies, but their discharge pressures fluc- tuate with each stroke and they are noisy. One method to provide a lightweight turbopump with minimal tank pres- sure is to use an inducer, which is a special pump impeller usually on the same shaft and rotating at the same speed as the main impeller. It has a low head rise and therefore a relatively high specific speed. Inducer impellers are immediately upstream of the main impeller. They are basically axial flow pumps with a spiral impeller, and many will operate under slightly cavitating conditions. The inducer stage's head rise (typically, 2 to 10% of the total pump head) has to be just large enough to suppress cavitation in the main pump impeller; this allows a smaller, lighter, higher-speed main pump. Figures 10-3 and 10-8 show an inducer and Ref. 10-8 describes the testing of one of them. 378 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION FIGURE 10--8. Fuel pump inducer impeller of the Space Shuttle main engine low- pressure fuel turbopump. It has a diameter about 10 in., a nominal hydrogen flow of 148.6 lbm/sec, a suction pressure of 30 psi, a discharge pressure of 280 psi at 15,765 rpm, an efficiency of 77%, and a suction specific speed of 39,000 when tested with water. (Courtesy of The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.) In some rockets the inert mass of the turbopump and tank system can be further reduced by putting the inducer impeller into a separate low-power, low- speed booster turbopump, driven by its own separate turbine. In the Space Shuttle main engine there are two such low-pressure-rise turbopumps, as shown in the flow diagram of Fig. 6-4 and the engine view of Fig. 6-1. This allows the inducer impeller to be operated at an optimum (lower) shaft speed. Influence of Propellants. For the same power and mass flow, the pump head is inversely proportional to the propellant density. Since pumps are basically constant-volume flow machines, the propellant with the highest density re- quires less head, less power and thus allows a smaller pump assembly. Because many of the propellants are dangerous to handle, special provision has to be made to prevent any leakage through the shaft seals. With sponta- neously ignitable propellants the leakages can lead to fires in the pump com- partment and may cause explosions. Multiple seals are often used with a drainage provision that safely removes or disposes of any propellants that flow past the first seal. Inert-gas purges of seals have also been used to remove hazardous propellant vapors. The sealing of corrosive propellants puts very severe requirements on the sealing materials and design. With cryogenic pro- pellants the pump bearings are usually lubricated by the propellant, since lubricating oil would freeze at the low pump hardware temperature. 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 379 Centrifugal pumps should operate at the highest possible pump efficiency. This efficiency increases with the volume flow rate and reaches a maximum value of about 90% for very large flows (above 0.05 m3/sec) and specific speeds above about 2500 (see Refs. 6-1 and 10-9). Most propellant pump efficiencies are between 30 and 70%. The pump efficiency is reduced by surface roughness of casing and impellers, the power consumed by seals, bearings, and stuffing boxes, and by excessive wear ring leakage and poor hydraulic design. The pump efficiency r/e is defined as the fluid power divided by the pump shaft power Pp: rip = ,oQ AH/Pp (10-9) A correction factor of 550 ft-lbf/hp has to be added if Pe is given in horse- power, H in feet, and Q in ft3/sec. When using propellants, the pump power has to be multiplied by the density ratio if the required power for water tests is to be determined. Example 10-1. Determine the shaft speed and the overall impeller dimensions for a liquid oxygen pump which delivers 500 lb/sec of propellant at a discharge pressure of 1000 psia and a suction pressure of 14.7 psia. The oxygen tank is pressurized to 35 psia. Neglect the friction in the suction pipe and the suction head changes due to acceleration and propellant consumption. The initial tank level is 15 ft above the pump suction inlet. SOLUTION. The density of liquid oxygen is 71.2 lbm/ft 3 at its boiling point. The volume flow will be 500/71.2 = 7.022 ft3/sec. The vapor pressure of the oxygen is 1 atm = 14.7 psi= 29.8 ft. The suction head is 35 x 144/71.2 = 70.8 ft. From Eq. 10-8 the available suction head is 70.8 + 14.7 = 85.5 ft. The available suction head above vapor pressure is (Hs)A = 70.8+ 14.7-0-29.8 = 55.7 ft. The discharge head is 1000 × 144/71.2 = 2022 ft. The head delivered by the pump is then 2022 - 85.5 = 1937 ft. The required suction head will be taken as 80% of the available suction head in order to provide a margin of safety for cavitation (Hs)R = 0.80 x 85.5 = 68.4 ft. Assume a suction specific speed of 15,000, a reasonable value if no test data are available. From Eq. 10-7 solve for the shaft speed N: 075 S = 21.2Nx/r-Q/(Hs) 3/4 - 21.2N~/7.022/68.4 " = 15,000 Solve for N- 6350 rpm or 664.7 rad/sec. The specific speed, from Eq. 10-3, is Ns = 21.2Nv/-Q/H 3/4 = 21.2 x 6350~/7.022/1937 °75 = 1222 According to Table 10-2, the impeller shape for this value of Ns will be a Francis type. The impeller discharge diameter D2 can be evaluated from the tip speed by Eq. 10-4: u = 7tv/2goAH = 1.0~/2 x 32.2 x 1937 = 353 ft/sec D2 = 353 x 2/664.7 = 1.062 ft -- 12.75 in. 380 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION The impeller inlet diameter D 1 can be found from Eq. 10-5 by assuming a typical inlet velocity of 15 ft/sec and a shaft cross section 5.10 in. 2 (2.548 in. diameter). A = Q/Vl = 7.022/15 = 0.468 ft 2 = 67.41 in. 2 1 2 A --~n'D1 + 5.10- 67.41 + 5.10- 72.51 in. 2 D1 = 9.61 in. (internal flow passage diameter) This is enough data to draw a preliminary sketch of the impeller. Turbines The turbine must provide adequate shaft power for driving the propellant pumps (and sometimes also auxiliaries) at the desired speed and torque. The turbine derives its energy from the expansion of a gaseous working fluid through fixed nozzles and rotating blades. The blades are mounted on disks to the shaft. The gas is expanded to a high, nearly tangential, velocity and through inclined nozzles and then flows through specially shaped blades, where the gas energy is converted into tangential forces on each blade. These forces cause the turbine wheel to rotate (see Refs.10-1 and 10-11). Classification and Description. The majority of turbines have blades at the periphery of a turbine disk and the gas flow is axial, similarly in concept to the axial flow pattern shown for pumps in Table 10-2 and the single-stage turbine of Fig. 10-1. However, there are a few turbines with radial flow (particularly at high shaft speeds), such as the one shown in Fig. 10-2. Ideally there are two types of axial flow turbines of interest to rocket pump drives: impulse turbines and reaction turbines, as sketched in Fig. 10-9. In an impulse turbine the enthalpy of the working fluid is converted into kinetic energy within the first set of stationary turbine nozzles and not in the rotating blade elements. High- velocity gases are delivered (in essentially a tangential direction) to the rotating blades, and blade rotation takes place as a result of the impulse imparted by the momentum of the fluid stream of high kinetic energy to the rotating blades which are mounted on the turbine disk. The velocity-staged impulse turbine has a stationary set of blades which changes the flow direction after the gas leaves the first set of rototating blades and directs the gas to enter a second set of rotating blades in which the working fluid gives up further energy to the turbine wheel. In a pressure-staged impulse turbine, the expansion of the gas takes place in all the stationary rows of blades. In a reaction turbine the ex- pansion of the gas is roughly evenly split between the rotating and stationary blade elements. The high pressure drop available for the expansion of the turbine working fluid in a gas generator cycles favors simple, lightweight one- or two-stage impulse turbines for high thrust engines. Many rocket tur- bines are neither pure impulse nor reaction turbines, but often are fairly close to an impulse turbine with a small reaction in the rotating vanes. Press Direction t of motion rel f Velocity [~ Velo( Single-stage, single-row impulse turbine 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 381 motion Stationary row Pressure 0 2 Velocity "-U 3 Single-stage, Three-stage two-row reaction turbine, velocity compounded ~50% reaction impulse turbine I00 -- 80- 60- ¢- .w .~ 40 -- ,.,-. 0% - (13 . _ 20- --1 10I 0.01 3 rows, impluse stage V" I 1,4111 O.O2 O.04 Reaction stage I I il I I "1 I I I I IIII I I II 0.06 0.08 O. 10 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.801.00 Isentropic velocity ratio ule o FIGURE 10-9. Top view diagram, pressure and velocity profiles, and efficiency curves for impulse and reaction type turbines. The velocity ratio is the pitch line velocity of the rotating blades u divided by the theoretical gas spouting velocity Co derived from the enthalpy drop. Adapted with permission from Refs. 10-1 and 10-12. With some cycles the turbine exhaust gases pass through a De Laval nozzle at the exit of the exhaust pipe (see Fig. 1-4). The high turbine outlet pressure gives critical flow conditions at the venturi throat (particularly at high alti- tudes) and thereby assures a constant turbine outlet pressure and a constant turbine power which will not vary with altitude. Furthermore, it provides a small additional thrust to the engine. 382 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Turbine Performance and Design Considerations. The power supplied by the turbine is given by a combined version of Eqs. 3-1 and 3-7: PT = ~TTrhT Ah PT -- JTTrhTCpTl[ 1 -- OP2/Pl) (k-1)/k] (10-10) (10-11) The power delivered by the turbine PT is proportional to the turbine effi- ciency r/v, the flow through the turbine rhT, and the available enthalpy drop per unit of flow Ah. The units in this equation have to be consistent (1 Btu = 778 ft-lbf- 1055 J). This enthalpy is a function of the specific heat Cp, the nozzle inlet temperature T1, the pressure ratio across the turbine, and the ratio of the specific heats k of the turbine gases. For gas generator cycles the pressure drop between the turbine inlet and outlet is relatively high, but the turbine flow is small (typically 2 to 5% of full propellant flow). For staged combustion cycles this pressure drop is very much lower, but the turbine flow is much larger. For very large liquid propellant engines with high chamber pressure the turbine power can reach over 250,000 hp, and for small engines this could be perhaps around 35 kW or 50 hp. According to Eq. 6-12, the power delivered by the turbine PT has to be equal to the power required by the propellant pumps, the auxiliaries mounted on the turbopump (such as hydraulic pumps, electric generators, tachometers, etc.), and power losses in bearings, gears, seals, and wear rings. Usually these losses are small and can often be neglected. The effect of the turbine gas flow on the specific impulse of the rocket engine system is discussed in Sections 6.2 and 10.2. For gas generator engine cycles, the rocket designer is interested in obtaining a high turbine efficiency and a high turbine inlet temperature T1 in order to reduce the flow of turbine working fluid, and for gas generator cycles also to raise the overall effective specific impulse, and, therefore, reduce the propellant mass required for driving the turbine. Three-dimensional computer analyses of the gas flow behavior and turbine blade geometry have resulted in efficient blade designs. Better turbine blade materials (such as single crystals which have been uni- directionally solidified) and specialty alloys can allow turbine inlet tempera- tures between 1400 K (or about 2050°F) and perhaps 1600 K (or 2420°F); these higher temperatures or higher gas enthalpies reduce the required turbine flow. Reliability and cost considerations have kept actual turbine inlet temperatures at conservative values, such as 1150 to 1250°F or about 900 to 950 K, using lower cost steel alloy as the material. The efficiency of turbines for rocket turbopumps is shown in Fig. 10-9. Maximum blade speeds with good design and strong high-temperature materials are typically 400 to 700 m/sec or about 1300 to 2300 ft/sec. Higher blade speeds generally allow an improvement in efficiency. For the efficiency to be high the turbine blade and nozzle profiles have to have smooth surfaces. Small clearances at the turbine blade tips are also needed, to minimize leakage. 10.1. TURBOPUMPS 383 The low efficiency in many rocket turbines is dictated by centrifugal pump design considerations, which limit the shaft speed for turbopumps in which the pump and turbine are mounted on a common shaft, as discussed in the next section. A low shaft speed together with minimum mass requirements, which prohibit a very large turbine wheel diameter, give a low blade speed, which in turn reduces the efficiency. The advantage of increased turbine efficiency (less gas generator propellant requirement) can be realized only if the turbopump design allows high blade speeds. This can be achieved in rockets of medium and low thrust by gearing the turbine to the pumpshaft or by using pumps that permit high shaft speeds; in rockets of very high thrust the pumps have diameters and shaft speeds close to those of the turbines and can be mounted on the same shaft as the turbine. The power input to the turbine can be regulated by controlling the flow to the turbine inlet. This can be accomplished by throttling or by-passing some of the flow of the working fluid to the turbine and varying the turbine inlet pressure. There is no warm-up time available in rocket turbines. The sudden admission of hot gas at full flow causes severe thermal shock and thermal distortion and increases the chances for rubbing between moving metal parts. The most severe stresses of a turbine blade often are thermal stresses; they come during the engine start when the leading edge is very hot but other parts of the blade are still cold. This and other loading conditions can be more severe in rocket turbines than in air-burning gas turbines. For low-thrust engines the shaft speeds can become very high, such as over 100,000 rpm. Also, the turbine blade height becomes very short and friction losses can become prohibitive. In order to obtain a reasonable blade height we go to partial admission turbine designs. Here a portion of the turbine nozzles are effectively plugged or eliminated. Gas Generators and Preburners A gas generator is used as the source of hot gas (from combustion of propel- lants) for driving many of the turbines of turbopumps in a liquid rocket engine. Depending on the engine cycle, other sources of turbine drive gases are some- times employed, as described in Section 6.3. Gas generators can be classified as monopropellant, bipropellant, or solid propellant. Actually the basic design parameters for gas generators are similar to those for engine thrust chambers or solid rocket motors. The combustion temperature is usually kept below 1400 to 1600 K (or 2000 to 2400°F) by intentionally regulating or mixing the propellants in proportions substantially different from stoichiometric mixture, usually fuel rich. These lower gas tem- peratures allow uncooled chamber construction and prevent melting or limit the erosion or turbine blades. With monopropellants, such as hydrogen per- oxide (H202) or hydrazine (N2H4), the flow is easily controlled and the gases are generated at predictable temperatures depending on the details of the cat- alyst and the gas generator design. In principle a gas generator looks like an 384 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION uncooled rocket thrust chamber except that the nozzle is replaced by a pipe leading to the turbine nozzles. Propellants supplied to the liquid propellant gas generators can come from separate pressurized tanks or can be tapped off from the engine propellant pumps. When starting pump-fed gas generators, the turbomachinery needs to be brought up to operating speed. This can be done by a solid propellant gas generator starter, an auxiliary pressurized propellant supply, or by letting the engine "bootstrap" itself into a start using the liquid column head existing in the vehicle tankage and feed system lines--usually called a "tank-head" start. Gas generators have been used for other applications besides supplying power to rocket feed systems. They have a use wherever there is a need for a large amount of power for a relatively short time, because they are simpler and lighter than conventional short-duration power equipment. Typical applica- tions are gas generators for driving torpedo turbines and gas generators for actuating airplane catapults. In a staged combustion cycle all of one propellant and a small portion of the other propellant (either fuel-rich or oxidizer-rich mixture) are burned to create the turbine drive gases. This combustion device is called a preburner and it is usually uncooled. It has a much larger flow than the gas generators mentioned above, its turbines have a much smaller pressure drop, and the maximum pressure of the propellants is higher. 10.2. PERFORMANCE OF COMPLETE OR MULTIPLE ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS The simplified relations that follow give the basic method for determining the overall specific impulse, the total propellant flow, and the overall mixture ratio as a function of the corresponding component performance terms for complete rocket engine systems. This applies to engine systems consisting of one or more thrust chambers, auxiliaries, gas generators, turbines, and evaporative propel- lant pressurization systems all operating at the same time. Refer to Eqs. 2-5 and 6-1 for the specific impulse Is, propellant flow rate or rh and mixture ratio r. The overall thrust Foa is the sum of all the thrusts from thrust chambers and turbine exhausts and the overall flow rh is the sum of their flows. The subscripts oa, o, and f designate the overall engine system, the oxidizer, and the fuel, respectively. Then Y~F y~F (Is)oa = ~-~----~ -- go y~ rh Woa = Z 1~ or EWo E,no (10-12) rhoa = y~rh (10-13) (10-14) 10.2. PERFORMANCE OF COMPLETE OR MULTIPLE ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS :385 These same equations should be used for determining the overall performance when more than one rocket engine is contained in a vehicle propulsion system and they are operating simultaneously. They also apply to multiple solid pro- pellant rocket motors and combinations of liquid propellant rocket engines and solid propellant rocket booster motors, as in the Space Shuttle (see Fig. 1-13). Example I0-2. For an engine system with a gas generator similar to the one shown in Fig. 1-4, determine a set of equations that will express (1) the overall engine perfor- mance and (2) the overall mixture ratio of the propellant flows from the tanks. Let the following subscripts be used: c, thrust chamber; gg, gas generator; and tp, tank pressur- ization. For a nominal burning time t, a 1% residual propellant, and a 6% overall reserve factor, give a formula for the amount of fuel and oxidizer propellant required with constant propellant flow. Ignore stop and start transients, thrust vector control, and evaporation losses. SOLUTION. Only the oxidizer tank is pressurized by vaporized propellant. Although this pressurizing propellant must be considered in determining the overall mixture ratio, it should not be considered in determining the overall specific impulse since it stays with the vehicle and is not exhausted overboard. (Is)oa ,-~ F c -]- Egg (10--15) (th c + thgg)go (Fho)c .qt (li~o)gg + (rho)t p (10-16) roa ~ (,hj)~ + (,nj)g. mf = [(rhf) c + (rhf)gg] t (1.O0 + 0.01 + 0.06) mo = [(rho)~ + (rho)gg + (tho)tp] t (1.00 + 0.01 + 0.06) For this gas generator cycle the engine mixture ratio or roa is different from the thrust chamber mixture ratio rc = (mo)c/(mf)c. Similarly, the overall engine specific impulse is slightly lower than the thrust chamber specific impulse. However, for an expander cycle or a staged combustion cycle these two mixture ratios and two specific impulses are the same, provided that there are no gasified propellant used for tank pressurization. The overall engine specific impulse is influenced by the nozzle area ratio and the chamber pressure, and to a lesser extent by the engine cycle, and the mixture ratio. Table 10-3 describes 11 different rocket engines using liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants designed by different companies in different countries, and shows the sensitivity of the specific impulse to these parameters. References 10-13 to 10-15 give additional data on several of these engines. TABLE 10-3. Comparison of Rocket Engines Using Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen Propellants Engine Designation Engine Cycle, Manuf. Thrust in Specific Chamber or Country (Year Vacuum, Impulse in Pressure, Qualified) Vehicle kN (lbf) Vacuum (sec) bar (psia) Mixture Ratio Nozzle Area Ratio Engine Mass (dry), kg SSME, staged Space 2183 452.5 combustion, Shuttle (490,850) Rocketdyne (1998) (3 required) RS-68, gas Delta 3313 415 generator, (745,000) Rocketdyne (2000) LE-5A, Expander HII 121.5 452 bleed, MH1, (27,320) Japan, (1991) LE-7, staged HII 1080 445.6 combustion, MH 1, (242,800) Japan (1992) Vulcain, gas Ariane 5 1120 433 generator, SEP (251,840) and other European Co.'s HM7, gas generator, SEP Ariane 62.7 444.2 France 1,2,3,4 (14,100) RL 10-A3, Various 73.4 444.4 Expander, upper (16,500) Pratt & Whitney (1965) stages RE 10-B2, (1998), 110 466.5 same as above (24,750) YF 73, Long March 44,147 420 China (10,000) YF 75 (2 required), 78.45 440 China (17,600) 196 (2870) 97.2 (1410) 37.2 (540) 122 (1769) 112 (1624) 36.2 (525) 32.75 (475) 44.12 (640) 26.28 (381) 36.7 (532) 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.35 5.1 5.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 68.8 21.5 130 52 45 45 61 375 40 80 3400 6800 255 1720 1585 155 132 275 236 550 10.3. PROPELLANT BUDGET 387 10.3. PROPELLANT BUDGET In all liquid propellant rocket engines some of the propellants are used for purposes other than producing thrust or increasing the velocity of the vehicle. This propellant must also be included in the propellant tanks. A propellant budget can include the eleven items listed below, but very few engines have allowances for all these items. Table 10-4 shows an example of a budget for a spacecraft pressure-fed engine system with several small thrusters and one larger thrust chamber. 1. Enough propellant has to be a available for achieving the required vehicle velocity increase of the particular application and the particular flight vehicle or stage. The nominal velocity increment is usually defined by systems analysis and mission optimization using an iterative calcula- tion based on Eqs. 4-19 or 4-35. If there are alternative flight paths or missions for the same vehicle, the mission with an unfavorable flight path and the highest total impulse should be selected. This mission- required propellant is the largest portion of the total propellants loaded into the vehicle tanks. 2. In a turbopump system using a gas generator cycle, a small portion of the overall propellant is burned in a separate gas generator. It has a lower flame temperature than the thrust chamber and operates at a different mixture ratio; this causes a slight change in the overall mixture ratio of propellants flowing from the tanks, as shown by Eqs. 10-14 and 10-16. TABLE 104. Example of a Propellant Budget for a Spacecraft Propulsion System with a Pressurized Monopropellant Feed System Budget Element Typical Value 1. Main thrust chamber (increasing the velocity of stage or vehicle) 2. Flight control function (for reaction control thrusters and flight stability) 3. Residual propellant (trapped in valves, lines, tanks, etc.) 4. Loading uncertainty 5. Allowance for off-nominal performance 6. Allowance for off-nominal operations 7. Mission margin (reserve for first two items above) 8. Contingency 70-90% (determined from mission analysis and system engineering) 5-15% (determined by control requirements) 0.5-2% of total load a 0.5% of total load a 0.5-1.0% of total load a 0.25-1.0% of total load a 3-10% of items 1 and 2 2-10% of total load a Source: Adapted from data supplied by TRW, Inc. aTotal load is sum of items 1, 2, and 7. 388 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION 3. In a rocket propulsion system with a thrust vector control (TVC) system, such as a swiveling thrust chamber or nozzle, the thrust vector will be rotated by a few degrees. Thrust vector control systems are described in Chapter 16. There is a slight decrease in the axial thrust and that reduces the vehicle velocity increment in item 1. The extra propellant needed to compensate for the small velocity reduction can be determined from the mission requirements and TVC duty cycle. It could be between 0.1 and 4% of the total propellant. 4. In some engines a small portion of cryogenic propellants is heated, vaporized, and used to pressurize cryogenic propellant tanks. A heat exchanger is used to heat liquid oxygen from the pump discharge and pressurize the oxygen tank, as shown schematically in Fig. 1-4. This method is used in the hydrogen and oxygen tanks of the Space Shuttle external tank (see Ref. 6-6). 5. Auxiliary rocket engines that provide for trajectory corrections, station keeping, maneuvers, or attitude control usually have a series of small restartable thrusters (see Chapter 4). The propellants for these auxiliary thrusters have to be included in the propellant budget if they are sup- plied from the same feed system and tanks as the larger rocket engine. Depending on the mission and the propulsion system concept, this auxiliary propulsion system can consume a significant portion of the available propellants. 6. The residual propellant that clings to tank walls or remains trapped in valves, pipes, injector passages, or cooling passages is unavailable for producing thrust. It is typically 0.5 to 2% of the total propellant load. It increases the final vehicle mass at thrust termination and reduces the final vehicle velocity slightly. 7. A loading uncertainty exists due to variations in tank volume or changes in propellant density or liquid level in the tank. This is typically 0.25 to 0.75% of the total propellant. It depends, in part, on the accuracy of the method of measuring the propellant mass during loading (weighing the vehicle, flow meters, level gages, etc.). 8. The off-nominal rocket performance is due to variations in the manufac- ture of hardware from one engine to another (such as slightly different pressure losses in a cooling jacket, in injectors and valves, or somewhat different pump characteristics); these cause slight changes in combus- tion behavior, mixture ratio, or specific impulse. If there are slight variations in mixture ratio, one of the two liquid propellants will be consumed fully and an unusable residue will remain in the other pro- pellant's tank. If a minimum total impulse requirement has to be met, extra propellant has to be tanked to allow for these mixture ratio varia- tions. This can amount up to perhaps 2.0% of one of the propellants. 9. Operational factors can result in additional propellant requirements, such as filling more propellant than needed into a tank or incorrectly, 10.4. ENGINE DESIGN 389 10. 11. adjusting regulators or control valves. It can also include the effect of changes in flight acceleration from the nominal value. For an engine that has been carefully calibrated and tested, this factor can be small, usually betwen 0.1 and 1.0%. When using cryogenic propellants an allowance for evaporation and cool ing down has to be included. It is the mass of extra propellant that is allowed to evaporate (and be vented overboard while the vehicle is waiting to be launched) or that is fed through the engine to cool it down, before the remaining propellant in the tank becomes less than the minimum needed for the flight mission. Its quantity depends on the amount of time between topping off (partial refilling) of the tank. Finally, an overall contingency or ignorance factor is needed to allow for unforeseen propellant needs or inadequate or uncertain estimates of any of the items above. This can also include allowances for vehicle drag uncertainties, variations in the guidance and control system, wind, or leaks. Only some of the items above provide axial thrust (items l, 2, and sometimes also 3 and 5), but all the items need to be considered in determining the total propellant mass and volume. 10.4. ENGINE DESIGN The approach, methods, and resources used for rocket engine preliminary design and final design are usually different for each design organization and for each major type of engine. They also differ by the degree of novelty. 1. A totally new engine with new major components and some novel design concepts will result in an optimum engine design for a given application, but it is usually the most expensive and longest development approach. One of the major development costs is usually in sufficient testing of components and several engines (under various environmental and per- formance limit conditions), in order to establish credible reliability data with enough confidence to allow the initial flights and initial production. Since the state of the art is relatively mature today, the design and devel- opment of a truly novel engine does not happen very often. 2. New engine using major components or somewhat modified key components from proven existing engines. This is a common approach today. The design of such an engine requires working within the capability and limits of existing or slightly modified components. It requires much less testing for proving relability. 3. Uprated or improved version of an existing, proven engine. This approach is quite similar to the second. It is needed when an installed engine for a given mission requires more payload (which really means higher thrust) 390 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION and/or longer burning duration (more total impulse). Uprating often means more propellant (larger tanks), higher propellant flows and higher chamber and feed pressures, and more feed system power. The engine usually has an increased inert engine mass (thicker walls). In a simplified way, we describe here a typical process for designing an engine. At first the basic function and requirements of the new engine must be established. These engine requirements are derived from the vehicle mission and vehicle requirements, usually determined by the customer and/or the vehi- cle designers, often in cooperation with one or more engine designers. The engine requirements can include key parameters such as thrust level, the desired thrust-time variation, restart or pulsing, altitude flight profile, envir- onmental conditions, engine locations within the vehicle, and limitations or restraints on cost, engine envelope, test location, or schedule. It also includes some of the factors listed later in Table 17-5. If an existing proven engine can be adapted to these requirements, the subsequent design process will be simpler and quite different than the design of a truly new engine. Usually some early tentative decisions about the engine are made, such as the selection of the propellants, their mixture ratio, or the cooling approach for the hot components. They are based on mission requirements, customer pre- ferences, past experiences, some analysis, and the judgement of the key decision makers. Some additional selection decisions include the engine cycle, having one, two, or more thrust chambers fed from the same feed system, redundancy of auxiliary thrusters, or type of ignition system. Trade-off studies between several options are appropriate at this time. With a modified existing engine these parameters are well established, and require few trade-off studies or analyses. Initial analyses of the pressure balances, power distribution between pumps and turbines, gas generator flow, propellant flows and reserves, or the maximum cooling capacity are appropriate. Sketches and preliminary esti- mates of inert mass of key components need to be made, such as tanks, thrust chambers, turbopumps, feed and pressurization systems, thrust vector control, or support structure. Alternate arrangements of components (layouts) are usually examined, often to get the most compact configuration. An initial evaluation of combustion stability, stress analysis of critical components, water hammer, engine performance at some off-design conditions, safety fea- tures, testing requirements, cost, and schedule are often performed at this time. Participation of appropriate experts from the field of manufacturing, field service, materials, stress analysis, or safety can be critical for selecting the proper engine and the key design features. A design review is usually conducted on the selected engine design and the rationale for new or key features. Test results of subscale or full-scale components, or related or experimental engines, will have a strong influence on this design process. The key engine selection decisions need to be validated later in the development process by testing new components and new engines. 10.4. ENGINE DESIGN 391 The inert mass of the engine and other mass properties (center of gravity or moment of inertia) are key parameters of interest to the vehicle designer or customer. They are needed during preliminary design and again, in more detail, in the final design. The engine mass is usually determined by summing up the component or subsystem masses, each of which is either weighed or estimated by calculating their volumes and knowing or assuming their densities. Sometimes early estimates are based on known similar parts or subassemblies. Preliminary engine performance estimates are often based on data from prior similar engines. If these are not available, then theoretical performance values can be calculated (see Chapter 2, 3, and 5) for F, I~, k, or ~, using appropriate correction factors. Measured static test data are, of course, better than esti- mates. The final performance values are obtained from flight tests or simulated altitude tests, where airflow and altitude effects can interact with the vehicle or the plume. If the preliminary design does not meet the engine requirements, then changes need to be made to the initial engine decisions and, if that is not sufficient, sometimes also to the mission requirements themselves. Components, pressure balances, and so forth will be reanalyzed and the results will be a modified version of the engine configuration, its inert mass, and performance. This process is iterated until the requirements are met and a suitable engine has been found. The initial design effort culminates in preli- minary layouts of the engine, a preliminary inert mass estimate, an estimated engine performance, a cost estimate, and a tentative schedule. These prelimin- ary design data form the basis for a written proposal to the customer for undertaking the final or detail design, development, testing, and for delivering engines. Optimization studies are made to select the best engine parameters for meet- ing the requirements; some of them are done before a suitable engine has been identified, some afterwards. They are described further in Section 10.7. We optimize parameters such as chamber pressure, nozzle area ratio, thrust, mix- ture ratio, or number of large thrust chambers supplied by the same turbo- pump. The results of optimization studies indicate the best parameter, which will give a further, usually small, improvement in vehicle performance, propel- lant fraction, engine volume, or cost. Once the engine proposal has been favorably evaluated by the vehicle designers, and after the customer has provided authorization and funding to proceed, then the final design can begin. Some of the analyses, layouts, and estimates will be repeated, but in more detail, specifications and manufacturing documents will be written, vendors will be selected, and tooling will be built. The selection of some of the key parameters (particularly those associated with some technical risk) will need to be validated. After another design review, key components and prototype engines are built and ground tested as part of a planned development effort. If proven reliable, one or two sets of engines will be installed in a vehicle and operated during flight. In those programs where a 392 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION fair number of vehicles are to be built, the engine will then be produced in the required quantity. Table 10-5 shows some of the characteristics of three different Russian designs staged combustion cycle engine designs, each at a different thrust and with different propellants (see Ref. 10-17). It shows primary engine para- TABLE 10--5. Data on Three Russian Large Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Using a Staged Combustion Cycle Engine Designation RD- 120 RD- 170 RD-253 Application (number of engines) Oxidizer Fuel Number and types of turbopumps (TP) Thrust control, % Mixture ratio control, % Throttling (full flow is 100% ), % Engine thrust (vacuum), kg Engine thrust (SL), kg Specific impulse (vacuum), sec Specific impulse (SL), sec Propellant flow, kg/sec Mixture ratio, O/F Length, mm Diameter, mm Dry engine mass, kg Wet engine mass, kg Zenit second Energia launch vehicle Proton vehicle stage (1) booster (4) and booster (1) Zenit first stage (1) Liquid oxygen Liquid oxygen N20 4 Kerosene Kerosene UDMH One main TP and One main TP and two Single TP two boost TPs boost TPs Yes Yes +5 ±10 i7 4-12 85 40 None 85,000 806,000 167,000 740,000 150,000 350 337 316 309 285 242.9 2393 528 2.6 2.63 2.67 3872 4000 2720 1954 3780 1500 1125 9500 1080 1285 10500 1260 Thrust Chamber Characteristics Chamber diameter, mm Characteristic chamber length, mm Chamber area contraction ratio Nozzle throat diameter, mm Nozzle exit diameter, mm Nozzle area ratio, Thrust chamber length, mm Nominal combustion temperature, K Rated chamber pressure, kg/cm 2 Nozzle exit pressure, kg/cm 2 Thrust coefficient, vacuum Thrust coefficient, SL Gimbal angle, degree Injector type 320 380 430 1274 1079.6 999.7 1.74 1.61 1.54 183.5 235.5 279.7 1895 1430 1431 106.7 36.9 26.2 2992 2261 2235 3670 3676 3010 166 250 150 0.13 0.73 0.7 1.95 1.86 1.83 1.71 1.65 Fixed 8 Fixed Hot, oxidizer-rich precombustor gas plus fuel With a staged combustion cycle the thrust, propellant flow, and mixture ratio for the thrust chamber have the same values as for the entire engine. 10.4. ENGINE DESIGN 393 TABLE 10--5. (Continued) Engine Designation RD-120 RD-170 RD-253 Turbopump Characteristics Pumped liquid Oxidizer Fuel Pump discharge pressure, 347 358 kg/cm Flow rate, kg/sec 173 73 Impeller diameter, mm 216 235 Number of stages 1 1 Pump efficiency, % 66 65 Pump shaft power, hp 11,210 6145 Required pump NPSH, m 37 23 Oxidizer Fuel Oxidizer Fuel 614 516 282 251 1792 732 384 144 409 405 229 288 1 1 + 1 a 1 1 + 1 a 74 74 68 69 175,600 77,760 16,150 8850 260 118 45 38 Shaft speed, rpm 19,230 13,850 13,855 Pump impeller type Radial flow Radial flow Radial flow Turbine power, hp 17,588 257,360 25,490 Turbine inlet pressure, main 324 519 239 turbine, kg/cm Pressure ratio 1.76 1.94 1.42 Turbine inlet temperature, K 735 772 783 Turbine efficiency, % 72 79 74 Number of turbine stages 1 1 1 Preburner Characteristics Flow rate, kg/sec 177 836 403.5 Mixture ratio, O/F 53.8 54.3 21.5 Chamber pressure, kg/cm 2 325 546 243 Number of preburners 1 2 1 aFuel flow to precombustor goes through a small second-stage pump. (Courtesy of NPO Energomash, Moscow.) meters (chamber pressure, thrust, specific impulse, weight, propellant combi- nation, nozzle area ratio, dimensions, etc.) which influence the vehicle perfor- mance and configuration. It also shows secondary parameters, which are internal to the engine but important in component design and engine optimiza- tion. The Space Shuttle main engine (see Figs. 6-1 and 6-12) has two fuel-rich preburners, but the Russian engines use oxidizer-rich preburners. Figure 10-10 shows the RD-170 engine with four thrust chambers (and their thrust vector actuators) supplied by a centrally located single large turbopump (257,000 hp; not visible in the photo) and one of the two oxidizer-rich preburners. The flow diagram of Fig. 10-11 shows this turbopump and the two booster turbopumps; one is driven by a turbine using a bleed of oxygen-rich gas from the turbine exhaust (the gas is condensed when it mixes with the liquid oxygen flow) and the other by a liquid turbine using high-pressure liquid fuel. Much of today's engine design, preliminary design and design optimization can be performed on computer programs. These include infinite element ana- lyses, codes for stress and heat transfer, weight and mass properties, stress and strain analysis of a variety of structures, water hammer, engine performance analyses, feed system analyses (for balance of flow, pressures, and power), gas 394 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION FIGURE 10-10. The RD-170 rocket engine, shown here on a transfer cart, can be used as an expendable or reusable engine (up to 10 flights). It has been used on the Zenith, Soyuz booster, and Energiya launch vehicles. The tubular structure supports the four hinged thrust chambers and its control actuators. It is the highest thrust liquid rocket engine in use today. (Courtesy of NPO Energomash, Moscow.) pressurization, combustion vibrations, and various exhaust plume effects (see Ref. 10-16). Some customers require that certain analyses (e.g., safety, static test performance) be delivered to them prior to engine deliveries. Many computer programs are specific to a particular design organization, a certain category of application (e.g., interplanetary flight, air-to-air combat, long-range ballistic missile, or ascent to earth orbit), and many are specific to a particular engine cycle. One is called engine balance program and it balances the pressure drops in the fuel, oxidizer, and pressurizing gas flow systems; similar programs balance the pump and turbine power, speeds, and torques (see Fue' m 0x,d,zer inlet To oxygen tan k in let He pressurization Filter ~( ~ /Filter ~ 0xidizer booster N~. He supply _ Heat exchanger turbopu mp_,'~-~ Fuel booster 1 of 2 preburners turbopump. Main turbine Injector ~D t,,Irl Valves Nozzle Start fuel Regulator Oxidizer tanks (6) pump Main Fuel ~ ~Command pressure fuel pump kick pump Throttles determination module FIGURE 10--11. Simplified flow diagram of the RD-170 high-pressure rocket engine. The single-shaft large turbopump has a single-stage reaction turbine, two fuel pumps, and a single-stage oxygen pump with an inducer impeller. All of the oxygen and a small portion of the fuel flow supply two oxidizer-rich preburners. Only two of the four thrust chambers are shown in this diagram. The two booster pumps prevent cavitation in the main pumps. The pressurized helium subsystem (only shown partially) supplies various actuators and control valves; it is indicated by the symbol y. Ignition is accomplished by injecting a hypergolic fuel into the two preburners and the four thrust chambers. (Courtesy of NPO Energomash, Moscow.) 396 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Section 10.7), compare different turbopump configurations (see Section 10.1); some balance programs also calculate approximate masses for engine, tanks, turbine drive fluids. The program allows iterations of various pressures and pressure drops, mixture ratios, thrust levels, number of thrust chambers, dis- tribution of total velocity increment between different vehicle stages, trades between constant thrust (or propellant flow) and decreasing thrust (throttling) or pulsed (intermittent) thrust. 10.5. ENGINE CONTROLS All liquid propellant rocket engines have controls to accomplish some or all of the following tasks: 1. Start rocket operation 2. Shut down rocket operation. 3. Restart, if desired. 4. Maintain programmed operation (predetermined constant or randomly varied thrust, preset propellant mixture ratio and flow). 5. When safety devices sense an impending malfunction or a critical con- dition of the vehicle or the engine, the control system will automatically change the engine operating conditions to remedy the defected defect, or cause a safe emergency engine shutdown. Only some of the likely failure modes can be remedied by sensing a potential problem and initiating a remedial action. Some failures occur so rapidly that there is not enough time to counteract them. Others are too difficult to identify reliably as a failure and others are not well understood. 6. Fill with propellants. 7. Drain excess propellant after operation. 8. With cryogenic propellants the pipes, pumps, cooling jackets, injectors, and valves have to be cooled to the cryogenic fluid temperature prior to start, by bleeding cold propellant through them; this cooling propellant is not used to produce thrust. Its periodic flow has to be controlled. 9. Check out proper functioning of critical components or a group of components without actual hot operation before and/or after flight. 10. For recoverable and reusable rocket engines, also provide built-in self- test features to perform continuous checks in flight and on the ground and recycle the engine to a ready condition within a few minutes after a launch abort without any ground servicing. The complexity of these control elements and the complexity of the engine systems depend very much on the mission of the vehicle. In general, rockets that are used only once (single-shot devices), that are filled with propellants at the factory, and that have to operate over a narrow range of environmental 10.5. ENGINE CONTROLS 397 conditions tend to be simpler than rocket systems intended for repeated use, for applications where satisfactory operation must be demonstrated prior to use, and for manned vehicles. Because of the nature of the liquid propellants, most of the control actuation functions are achieved by valves, regulators, pressure switches, and flow controls. The use of special computers for automatic control in large engines is now common. The flow control devices, namely the valves, were discussed in Section 6.9. Safety controls are intended to protect personnel and equipment in case of malfunction. For example, the control system is usually so designed that a failure of the electrical power supply to the rocket causes a nonhazardous shutdown (all electrical valves automatically returning to their normal posi- tion) and no mixing or explosion of unreacted propellant can occur. Another example is an electrical interlock device which prevents the opening of the main propellant valves until the igniter has functioned properly. Check-out controls permit a simulation of the operation of critical control components without actual hot operation of the rocket unit. For example, many rockets have provisions for permitting actuation of the principal valves without having propellant or pressure in the system. Control of Engine Starting and Thrust Buildup In the starting and stopping process of a rocket engine, it is possible for the mixture ratio to vary considerably from the rated design mixture ratio because of a lead of one of the propellants and because the hydraulic resistances to propellant flow are not the same for the fuel and the oxidizer passages. During this transition period it is possible for the rocket engine to pass through regions of chamber pressure and mixture ratio which can permit combustion instabil- ity. The starting and stopping of a rocket engine is very critical in timing, valve sequencing, and transient characteristics. A good control system must be designed to avoid undesirable transient operation. Close control of the flow of propellant of the pressure, and of the mixture ratio is necessary to obtain reliable and repeatable rocket performance. The starting and ignition of thrust chambers has been discussed in Section 8.4. Fortunately, most rocket units operate with a nearly constant propellant consumption and a constant mixture ratio, which simplifies the operating con- trol problem. Stable operation of liquid propellant flows can be accomplished without automatic control devices because the liquid flow system in general tends to be inherently stable. This means that the hydraulic system reacts to any disturbance in the flow of propellant (a sudden flow increase or decrease) in such a manner as to reduce the effect of the disturbance. The system, there- fore, usually has a natural tendency to control itself. However, in some cases the natural resonances of the system and its components can have frequency values that tend to destabilize the system. The start delay time for a pressure feed system is usually small. Prior to start, the pressurization system has to be activated and the ullage volume has to be 398 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION pressurized. This start delay is the time to purge the system if needed, open valves, initiate combustion, and raise the flow and chamber pressure to rated values. A turbopump system usually requires more time to start. In addition to the foregoing starting steps for a pressurized system, it has to allow a time period for starting a gas generator or preburner and for bringing the turbo- pumps up to a speed at which combustion can be sustained and thereafter up to full flow. If the propellant is nonhypergolic, additional time has to be allowed for the igniter to function and for feedback to confirm that it is working properly. All these events need to be controlled. Table 10-6 describes many of these steps. Starting of small thrusters with a pressurized feed system can be very fast, as short as 3 to 15 millisec, enough time for a small valve to open, the propellant to flow to the chamber and to ignite, and the small chamber volume to be filled with high-pressure combustion gas. For turbopump-fed systems and larger thrust engines, the time from start signal to full chamber pressure is longer, about 1 to 5 sec, because the pump rotors have inertia, the igniter flame has to heat a relatively large mass of propellants, the propellant line volumes to be filled are large, and the number of events or steps that need to take place is larger. Large turbopump-fed rocket engines have been started in at least four ways: 1. A solid propellant start grain or start cartridge is used to pressurize the gas generator or preburner, and this starts turbine operations. This method is used on Titan III hypergolic propellant rocket engines (first and second stages) and on the H-1 (nonhypergolic), where the start grain flame also ignites the liquid propellants in the gas generator. This is usually the fastest start method, but it does not provide for a restart. 2. This method, known as tank head start, is used on the SSME, is slower, does not require a start cartridge, and permits engine restart. The head of liquid from the vehicle tanks (usually in vertically launched large vehi- cles) plus the tank pressure cause a small initial flow of propellants; then slowly more pressure is built up as the turbine begins to operate and in a couple of seconds the engine "bootstraps" its flows and the pressures then rise to their rated values. 3. A small auxiliary pressurized propellant feed system is used to feed the initial quantity of fuel and oxidizer (at essentially full pressure) to the thrust chamber and gas generator. This method was used on the RS-27 engine in the first stage of a Delta II space launch vehicle. 4. The spinner start method uses clean high-pressure gas from a separate tank to spin the turbine (usually at less than full speed) until the engine provides enough hot gas to drive the turbine. The high-pressure tank is heavy, the connections add complexity, and this method is seldom used today. 10.5. ENGINE CONTROLS ;399 TABLE 10-6. Major Steps in the Starting and Stopping of a Typical Large Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine with a Turbopump Feed System 1. Prior to Start Check out functioning of certain components (without propellant flow), such as the thrust vector control or some valve actuators. Fill tanks with propellants. Bleed liquid propellants to eliminate pockets of air or gas. When using propellants that can react with air (e.g., hydrogen can freeze air, small solid air crystals can plug injection holes, and solid air with liquid hydrogen can form an explosive mixture), it is necessary to purge the piping system (including injector, valves and cooling jacket) with an inert, dry gas (e.g., helium) to remove air and moisture. In many cases several successive purges are undertaken. With cryogenic propellants the piping system needs to be cooled to cryogenic temperatures to prevent vapor pockets. This is done by repeated bleeding of cold propellant through the engine system (valves, pumps, pipes, injectors, etc.) just prior to start. The vented cold gas condenses moisture droplets in the air and this looks like heavy billowing clouds escaping from the engine. Refill or "top off" tank to replace cryogenic propellant that has evaporated or been used for cooling the engine. Pressurize vehicle's propellant tanks just before start. 2. Start." Preliminary Operation Provide start electric signal, usually from vehicle control unit or test operator. With nonhypergolic propellants, start the ignition systems in gas generator or preburner and main chambers; for nonhypergolic propellants a signal has to be received that the igniter is burning before propellants are allowed to flow into the chambers. Initial operation: opening of valves (in some cases only partial opening or a bypass) to admit fuel and oxidizer at low initial flows to the high pressure piping, cooling jacket, injector manifold, and combustion chamber(s). Valve opening rate and sequencing may be critical to achieve proper propellant lead. Propellants start to burn and turbine shaft begins to rotate. Using an automated engine control, make checks (e.g., shaft speed, igniter function, feed pressures) to assure proper operation before initiating next step. In systems with gearboxes the gear lubricant and coolant fluid start to flow. For safety reasons, one of the propellants must reach the chamber first. 3. Start." Transition to Full Flow/Full Thrust Turbopump power and shaft speed increase. Propellant flows and thrust levels increase until they reach full-rated values. May use controls to prevent exceeding limits of mixture ratio or rates of increase during transient. Principal valves are fully opened. Attain full chamber pressure and thrust. In systems where vaporized propellant is fed into the propellant tanks for tank pressurization, the flow of this heated propellant is initiated. Systems for controlling thrust or mixture ratio or other parameter are activated. 4. Stop Signal to stop deactivates the critical valve(s). Key valves close in a predetermined sequence. For example, the valve controlling the gas generator or preburner will be closed first. Pressurization of propellant tanks is stopped. As soon as turbine drive gas supply diminishes the pumps will slow down. Pressure and flow of each propellant will diminish quickly until it stops. The main valves are closed, often by spring forces, as the fluid pressures diminish. Tank pressurization may also be stopped. In some engines the propellant trapped in the lines or cooling jacket may be blown out by vaporization or gas purge. 400 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION SSME Start and Stop Sequences. This is an example of the transient start and stop behavior of a complex staged combustion cycle engine with a tank head start. It illustrates the rapid functions of an electronic controller. The SSME flow sheet in Fig. 6-12 identifies the location of the key components mentioned below and Fig. 10-12 shows the sequence and events of these transients. The remainder of this subsection is based on information provided by The Boeing Company, Rockerdyne Propulsion and Power. For a tank head start, initial energy to start the turbines spinning is all derived from initial propellant tank pressures (fuel and oxidizer) and gravity (head of liquid column). Combining the tank head start with a staged combus- tion cycle consisting of five pumps, two preburners, and a main combustion chamber (MCC) results in a complicated and sophisticated start sequence, which is very robust and reliable. Prior to test, the SSME turbopumps and ducting (down to the main propellant valves) are chilled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (LOX) to cryogenic temperature to ensure liquid propellants for proper pump operation. At engine start command, the main fuel valve (MFV) is opened first to provide chilling below the MFV and a fuel lead to the engine. The three oxidizer valves sequence the main events during the crucial first two seconds of start. The fuel preburner oxidizer valve (FPOV) is ramped to 56% to provide LOX for ignition in the fuel preburner (FPB) in order to provide initial turbine torque of the high-pressure fuel turbopump (HPFTP). Fuel system oscillations (FSO), which occur due to heat transfer downstream of the initially chilled system can result in flowrate dips. These fuel flow dips can lead to damaging temperature spikes in the FPB as well as the oxidizer preburner (OFB) at ignition and 2 Hz cycles thereafter until the hydrogen is above critical pressure. The oxidizer preburner oxidizer valve (OPOV) and main oxidizer valve (MOV) are ramped open next to provide LOX for OPB and MCC ignition. The next key event is FPB prime. Priming is filling of the OX system upstream of the injectors with liquid propellant. This results in increased com- bustion and higher power. This event occurs around 1.4 sec into start. The high-pressure fuel turbopump (HPFTP) speed is automatically checked at 1.24 sec into start to ensure it will be at a high enough level before the next key event, MCC prime, which is controlled by the MOV. Priming and valve timing are critical. We explain some of the events that could go wrong. At MCC prime, an abrupt rise in backpressure on the fuel pump/turbine occurs. If flowrate through the fuel pump at this time is not high enough (high speed), then the heat imparted to the fluid as it is being pumped can vaporize it, leading to unsatisfactory flow in the engine, and subsequent high mixture ratio with high gas temperature and possible burnout in the hot gas system. This occurs if the MCC primes too early or HPFTP speed is abnormally low. If the MCC primes too late, the HPFTP may accelerate too fast due to low backpressure after FPB prime and exceed its safe speed. The MCC prime normally occurs at 1.5 sec. 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The OPOV provides minimal flowrate during the early part of the start to force the oxidizer to prime last at 1.6 sec into start. Again, the FSO influences temperature spikes in the OPB and must be sequenced around, prior to the MCC prime which raises the fuel pressure above critical in the fuel system. At two seconds into start, the propellant valves are sequenced to provide 25% of rated power level (RPL). During the first 2.4 sec of start, the engine is in an open-loop mode, but proportional control of the OPOV is used, based on MCC pressure. At this point, additional checks are carried out to ensure engine health, and a subsequent ramp to mainstage at 2.4 sec is done using closed-loop MCC-chamber-pressure/OPOV control. At 3.6 sec, closed-loop mixture ratio/FPOV control is activated. The chamber cooling valve (CCV) is open at engine start and sequenced to provide optimum coolant fuel flow to the nozzle cooling jacket and the cham- ber and preburners during the ignition and main stage operation. It diverts flow to the cooling passages in the nozzle after MCC prime causes the heat load to increase. The description above is simplified and does not mention several other automatic checks, such as verifying ignition in the MCC or FPB or the fuel or chamber pressure buildup, which are sensed and acted upon at various times during the start sequence. The spark-activated igniters are built into the three injectors (MCC, FPB, OPB) using the same propellants. They are not mentioned above or shown in the flow sheet, but one of them can be seen in Fig. 9-6. The shutdown sequence is initiated by closing the OPOV, which powers down the engine (reduces oxygen flow, chamber pressure, and thrust); this is followed quickly by closing the FPOV, so the burning will shut down fuel rich. Shortly thereafter the MOV is closed. The MFV stays open for a brief time and then is moved into an intermediate level to balance with the oxygen flow (from trapped oxygen downstream of the valves). The MPV and the CCV are closed after the main oxygen mass has been evaporated or expelled. Automatic Controls Automatically monitored controls are frequently used in liquid propellant rock- ets to accomplish thrust control or mixture ratio control. The automatic con- trol of the thrust vector is discussed in Chapter 16. Before electronic controls became common for large engines, pneumatic controls were used with helium gas. We still use helium to actuate large valves, but no longer for logic control. A pressure ladder sequence control was used, where pressures (and a few other quantities) were sensed and, if satisfactory, the next step of the start sequence was pneumatically initiated. This was used on the H-1 engine and the Russian RD-170 engine, whose flow sheet is shown in Figure 10-11. Most automatic controls use a servomechanism. They generally consist of three basic elements: a sensing mechanism, which measures or senses the vari- able quantity to be controlled; a computing or controlling mechanism, which 10.5. ENGINE CONTROLS 403 compares the output of the sensing mechanism with a reference value and gives a control signal to the third component, the actuating device, which manipu- lates the variable to be controlled. Additional discussion of computer control with automatic data recording and analysis is given in Chapter 20. Figure 10-13 shows a typical simple thrust control system for a gas gen- erator cycle aimed at regulating the chamber pressure (and therefore also the thrust) during the flight to a predetermined value. A pressure-measuring device with an electric output is used for the sensing element, and an automatic control device compares this gauge output signal with a signal from the refer- ence gauge or a computer voltage and thus computes an error signal. This error signal is amplified, modulated, and fed to the actuator of the throttle valve. By controlling the propellant flow to the gas generator, the generator pressure is regulated and, therefore, also the pump speed and the main propellant flow; indirectly, the chamber pressure in the thrust chamber is regulated and, there- fore, also the thrust. These quantities are varied until such time as the error signal approaches zero. This system is vastly simplified here, for the sake of Common shaft Propellant pumps Turbine exhaust Hot gas line fGas generator Actuated dual throttle valve in gas generator feed lines Automatic electronic f control device Chamber pressure sensor Reference pressure strain gage (measures a desired regulated gas pressure) FIGURE 10--13. Simplified schematic diagram of an automatic servomechanism-type chamber pressure control of a liquid propellant rocket engine with a turbopump feed system, a gas generator, and a tank head, boot strap (self-pumping) starting system. 404 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION illustration; in actual practice the system may have to be integrated with other automatic controls. In this diagram the mixture of the gas generator is con- trolled by the pintle shapes of the fuel and oxidizer valves of the gas generator and by yoking these two valves together and having them moved in unison by a single actuator. In the expander cycle shown schematically in Fig. 6-11, the thrust is regu- lated by maintaining a desired chamber pressure and controlling the amount of hydrogen gas flowing to the turbine by means of a variable bypass. The flow through this bypass is small (typically 5% of gas flow) and is controlled by the movement of a control valve. In a propellant utilization system the mixture ratio is varied to insure that the fuel and oxidizer propellant tanks are both simultaneously and comple- tely emptied; no undue propellant residue should remain to increase the empty mass of the vehicle, which in turn would detrimentally decrease the vehicle mass ratio and the vehicle's flight performance (see Chapter 4). For example, the oxidizer flow rate may be somewhat larger than normal due to its being slightly denser than normal or due to a lower than normal injector pressure drop; if uncontrolled, a fuel residue would remain at the time of oxidizer exhaustion; however, the control system would cause the engine to operate for a period at a propellant mixture ratio slightly more fuel-rich than normal, to compensate and assure almost simultaneous emptying of both propellant tanks. Such a control system requires accurate measurement of the amount of propellant remaining in the two propellant tanks during the flight. Any of the three principal components of an automatic control system can have many differerent forms. Typical sensing devices include those that mea- sure chamber pressure, propellant pressures, pump rotational speeds, tank level, or propellant flow. The actuating device can throttle propellant flow or control a bypass device or the gas generator discharge. There are many oper- ating mechanisms for the controller, such as direct electrical devices, electronic analog or digital computers, hydraulic or pneumatic devices, and mechanical devices. The actuators can be driven by electrical motors, hydraulic, pneu- matic, or mechanical power. The hydraulic actuators can provide very high forces and quick response. The exact type of component, the nature of the power supply, the control logic, the system type, and the operating mechanisms for the specific control depend on the details of the application and the require- ments. Controls are discussed further in Refs. 6-1 and 10-18. In applications where the final vehicle velocity must be accurately deter- mined, the amount of impulse that is imparted to the vehicle during the cutoff transient may be sufficiently variable to exceed the desired velocity tolerance. Therefore, in these applications close control over the thrust decay curve is necessary and this can be accomplished by automatic control over the sequen- cing and closing rates of the main propellant valves and the location of the valves in relation to the injector. 10.6. ENGINE SYSTEM CALIBRATION 405 Control by Computer Early rocket engines used simple timers and, later, a pressure ladder sequence to send commands to the engine for actuating valves and other steps in the operation. Pneumatic controllers were also used in some engines for starting and stopping. For the last 20 years we have used digital computers in large liquid propellant rocket engines for controlling their operation (see Ref. 10- 15). In addition to controlling the start and stop of engines, they can do a lot more and can contribute to making the engine more reliable. Table 10-7 gives a list of typical functions that a modern engine control computer has undertaken in one or more engines. This list covers primarily large turbopump-fed engines and does not include consideration of multiple small thruster attitude control rocket engines. The design of control computers is beyond this text. In general it has to consider carefully all the possible engine requirements, all the functions that have to be monitored, all the likely potential failure modes and their com- pensating or ameliorating steps, all the sensed parameters and their scales, the method of control, such as open, closed, or multiple loops, adaptive or self- learning (expert system), the system architecture, the software approach, the interrelation and division of tasks with other computers on board the vehicle or on the ground, and the method of validating the events and operations. It is also convenient to have software that will allow some changes (which become necessary because of engine developments or failures) and allow the control of several parameters simultaneously. While the number of func- tions performed by the control computer seems to have increased in the last 20 years, the size and mass of the control computer has actually decreased substantially. The control computer is usually packaged in a waterproof, shockproof black box, which is mounted on the engine. Fire-resistant and waterproof cable harnesses lead from this box to all the instrument sensors, valve position indicators, tachometers, accelerometers, actuators, and other engine compo- nents, to the power supply, the vehicle's controller, and an umbilical, severable multi-wire harness leads to the ground support equipment. 10.6. ENGINE SYSTEM CALIBRATION Although an engine has been designed to deliver a specific performance (F, Is, rn, r), a newly manufactured engine will not usually perform precisely at these nominal parameters. If the deviation from the nominal performance values is more than a few percent, the vehicle will probably not complete its intended flight course. There are several reasons for these deviations. Because of unavoidable dimensional tolerances on the hardware, the flow-pressure profile or the injector impingement (combustion efficiency) will deviate slightly from the nominal design value. Even a small change in mixture 4{}6 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION TABLE 10-7. Typical Functions to Be Performed by Digital Computers in Monitoring and Controlling the Operation of a Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine 1. Sample the signals from significant sensors (e.g., chamber pressure, gas and hardware temperatures, tank pressure, valve position, etc.) at frequent intervals, say once, 10, 100, or 1000 times per second. For parameters that change slowly, e.g., the temperature of the control box, sampling every second or every five seconds may be adequate, but chamber pressure would be sampled at a high frequency. 2. Keep a record of all the significant signals received and all the signals generated by the computer and sent out as commands or information. 3. Control the steps and sequence of the engine start. Figure 1 0-12 and Table 10-6 list typical steps that have to be taken, but do not list the measured parameters that will confirm that the commanded step was implemented. For example, if the igniter is activated, a signal change from a properly located temperature sensor or a radiation sensor could verify that the ignition had indeed happened. 4. Control the shutdown of the engine. For each of the steps listed at the bottom of Table 10-6 or in Fig. 10-12 there often has to be a sensing of a pressure change or other parameter change to verify that the commanded shutdown step was taken. An emergency shutdown may be commanded by the controller, when it senses certain kinds of malfunctions, that allow the engine to be shut down safely before a dramatic failure occurs. This emergency shutdown procedure must be done quickly and safely and may be different from a normal shutdown, and must avoid creating a new hazardous condition. 5. Limit the duration of full thrust operation. For example, cutoff is to be initiated just before the vehicle attains the desired mission flight velocity. 6. Safety monitoring and control. Detect combustion instability, over-temperatures in precombustors, gas generators, or turbopump bearings, violent turbopump vibration, turbopump overspeed or other parameter known to cause rapid and drastic component malfunction, that can quickly lead to engine failure. Usually, more than one sensor signal will show such a malfunction. If detected by several sensors, the computer may identify it as a possible failure whose in-flight remedy is well known (and preprogrammed into the computer); then a corrective action or a safe shutdown may be automatically commanded by the control computer. 7. Control propellant tank pressurization. The tank pressure value has to be within an allowable range during engine operation and also during a coasting flight period prior to a restart. Sensing the activation of relief valves on the tank confirms overpressure. Automatically, the computer can then command stopping or reducing the flow of pressurant. 8. Perform automatic closed-loop control of thrust and propellant utilization (described before). 9. Transmit signals to a flying vehicle's telemetering system, which in turn can send them to a ground station, thus providing information on the engine status, particularly during experimental or initial flights. 10. Self-test the computer and software. 11. Analyze key sensor signals for deviation from nominal performance before, during, and after engine operation. Determine whether sensed quantities are outside of predicted limits. If appropriate and feasible, if more than one sensor indicates a possible out-of-limit value, and if the cause and remedy can be predicted (preprogrammed), then the computer can automatically initiate a compensating action. 10.6. ENGINE SYSTEM CALIBRATION 4.07 ratio will cause a significant increase of residual, unused propellant. Also, minor changes in propellant composition or storage temperature (which affects density and viscosity) can cause deviations. Regulator setting toler- ances or changes in flight acceleration (which affects static head) are other factors. An engine calibration is the process of adjusting some of its internal parameters so that it will deliver the intended performance within the allowed tolerance bands. Hydraulic and pneumatic components (valves, pipes, expansion joints) can readily be water flow tested on flow benches and corrected for pressure drops and density (and sometimes also viscosity) to determine their pressure drop at rated flow. Components that operate at elevated temperatures (thrust cham- bers, turbines, preburners, etc.) have to be hot fired and cryogenic components (pumps, some valves) often have to be tested at the cryogenic propellant tem- perature. The engine characteristics can be estimated by adding together the corrected values of pressure drops at the desired mass flow. Furthermore, the ratio of the rated flows tho/thf has to equal the desired mixture ratio r. This is shown in the example below. The adjustments include adding pressure drops with judiciously placed orifices, or changing valve positions or regulator setting. In most pressurized feed systems the pressurizing gas is supplied from its high pressure tank through a regulator to pressurize both the fuel and the oxidizer in their respective tanks. The pressure drop equations for the oxidizer and the fuel (subscripts o and f) are given below for a pressurized feed system at nominal flows. 1 2 Pgas -- (Apgas)f -- Pl -at- Apf -Jr- (APinj)f -+- (Apj)f 4- -~pfvf Jr- Lapf (10-17) 1 2 Pgas- (APgas)o --Pl -Jr- Apo + (APinj)o -~-~PoVo 4-Lapo (10--18) The gas pressure in the propellant tank is the regulated pressure Pgas, dimin- ished by the pressure losses in the gasline Apgas. The static head of the liquid Lap (L is the distance of the liquid level above the thrust chamber, a is the flight acceleration, and p is the propellant density) augments the gas pressure. It has to equal the chamber pressure Pl plus all the pressure drops in the liquid piping or valves Ap, the injector Apinj , the cooling jacket Apj, and the dynamic flow head ½ pv 2. If the required liquid pressures do not equal the gas pressure in the propellant tank at the nominal propellant flow, then an additional pressure drop (calibration orifice) has to be inserted. A good design provides an extra pressure drop margin for this purpose. Two methods are available for precise control of the engine performance parameters. One uses an automatic system with feedback and a digital com- puter to control the deviations in real time, while the other relies on an initial static calibration of the engine system. The latter appoach is simpler and is sometimes preferred, and is still quite accurate. 408 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION The pressure balance is the process of balancing the available pressure sup- plied to the engine (by pumps and/or pressurized tanks) against the pressure drops plus the chamber pressure. It is necessary to do this balancing in order to calibrate the engine, so it will operate at the desired flows and mixture ratio. Figure 10-14 shows the pressure balance for one of the two branches of pro- pellant systems in a bipropellant engine with a pressurized feed system. It plots the pressure drops (for injector, cooling passages, pressurizing gas passages, valves, propellant feed lines, etc.) and the chamber pressure against the pro- pellant flow, using actual component pressure drop measurements (or esti- mated data) and correcting them for different flows. The curves are generally plotted in terms of head loss and volumetric flow to eliminate the fluid density as an explicit variable for a particular regulated pressure. The regulated pres- sure is the same for the fuel and oxidizer pressure balance and it also can be adjusted. This balance of head and flow must be made for both the fuel and oxidizer systems, because the ratio of their flows establishes the actual mixture ratio and the sum of their flows establishes the thrust. The pressure balance between available and required tank pressure, both at the desired flow, is achieved by adding a calibration orifice into one of the lines, as can be seen in Fig. 10-14. Not shown in the figure is the static head provided by the elevation of the liquid level, since it is small for many space launch systems. However, with high acceleration and dense propellants, it can be a significant addition to the available head. For a pumped feed system of a bipropellant engine, Fig. 10-15 shows a balance diagram for one branch of the two propellants systems. The pump speed is an additional variable. The calibration procedure is usually more complex for a turbopump system, because the pump calibration curves (flow-head-power relation) can not readily be estimated without good test data and cannot easily be approximated by simple analytical relations. The flow of the propellants to a gas generator or preburner also needs to be cali- brated. In this case the turbine shaft torque has to equal the torque required by the pumps and the energy losses in bearings, seals or windage. Thus a power balance must be achieved in addition to the matching of pressures and the individual propellant flows. Since these parameters are interdependent, the determination of the calibration adjustments may not always be simple. Many rocket organizations have developed computer programs to carry out this balancing. Example 10-3. The following component data and design requirements are given for a pressurized liquid propellant rocket system similar to that in Figs. 1-3 and 10-14: fuel, 75% ethyl alcohol; oxidizer, liquid oxygen; desired mixture ratio, 1.30; desired thrust, 5000 lbf at sea level. For this propellant combustion gas k = 1.22. Component test data: Pressure losses in gas systems were found to be negligible. Fuel valve and line losses were 9.15 psi at a flow of 9.63 lbm/sec of water. Oxidizer valve and line losses were 14.2 psi at a flow of 12.8 lbm/sec of liquid oxygen. Fuel cooling jacket prssure loss was 52 psi at a flow of 9.61 lbm/sec of water. Oxidizer side injector pressure 10.6. ENGINE SYSTEM CALIBRATION 409 U3 U3 a) i._ el. o t3 --r Ideal regulated pressure Regulated pressure diminished by losses in gas line = available tank pressure Orifice pressure drop Rated tank pressure Calibration, np / _L/_ Injection pressure drop Hydraulic losses in valves, lines Desired flow, Chamber ). pressure Volumetric flow rate (,as) Regulator Propellant ~ J Valve EI~ Orifice ~ njector FIGURE 10-14. Simplified flow diagram and balance curves for the fuel or the oxidizer of a typical gas-pressurized bipropellant feed system. This diagram is also the same for a monopropellant feed system, except that it has no calibration orifice; it is calibrated by setting the proper regulated pressure. Rated H d Speed ..=,.. Available pump pressure ~,,~ (characteristic pump curves) ~ _ ~ e e d ~,,~..J/ /. Control valve .............. ~ "~/~/~djustment drop Required rocket thrust chamber ~ ~ZTZ/I/J7 feed pressure ~,~/Chamb'Z~'~dv //.eer Valve and line losses ~njection ~ 1 I drop Rated Q Pump capacity or flow FIGURE 10--15. Simplified diagram of the balance of available and required feed pres- sures versus flow for one of the propellants in a rocket engine with a turbopump feed system. Chamber pressure is increased by liquid column. 410 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION drop was 90.0 psi at 10.2 lb/sec of oxygen flow under thrust chamber operating condi- tions. Fuel side injector pressure drop was 48.3 psi at 10.2 lb/sec of fuel flow under thrust chamber operating conditions. Average results of several sea-level thrust chamber tests were: thrust = 5410 lbf; mixture ratio - 1.29; specific impulse = 222 sec; chamber pressure = 328 psia; nozzle area ratio - 4.0. Determine regulator setting and size and location of calibration orifices. SOLUTION. First, the corrections necessary to obtain the desired thrust chamber conditions have to be determined. The experimental thrust chamber data must be adjusted for deviations in mixture ratio, thrust, and specific impulse. The variation of specific impulse with mixture ratio is determined from experimental data or (on a relative basis) from theoretical calculations similar to those that are the basis of Fig. 5-1. Because the value of Is at the desired mixture ratio of 1.30 is within 0.08% of the value of Is under the actual test conditions (r = 1.29), any mixture ratio correction of I~ is neglected here. The correction of the specific impulse for chamber pressure is made next. The specific impulse is essentially proportional to the thrust coefficients as determined from Eq. 3-30. For k = 1.22, and the pressure ratios Pl/P3 = 328/14.7--22.2 and 300/14.7= 20.4, the values of CF can be calculated as 1.420 and 1.405, respectively. In this calculation P2 has to be determined for isentropic conditions, such as those in Figs. 3-7 or 3-8 for the given nozzle area ratio. The sea-level specific impulse is therefore corrected to I s = 222 (1.405/1.420)= 220 sec. The chamber pressure has to be reduced from 328 psi to a lower value in order to bring the thrust from its test value of 5410 lbf to the design value of 5000 lbf. In accordance with Eq. 3-31, F--CFAtpl. The chamber pressure is inversely proportional to the thrust coefficient CF and proportional to the thrust, and therefore Pl/P'I = (F1/F1)(CF/CF) The primes refer to the component test condition. p~ = 328(5000/5410)(1.420/1.405)= 306 psi The desired total propellant flow is, from Eq. 2-5, fv = F/I~ = 5000/220 = 22.7 lbf/sec For a mixture ratio of 1.3, the desired fuel and oxidizer flows are obtained from Eqs. 6-3 and 6-4 as wf = 9.9 lbf/sec and Wo = 12.8 lbf/sec. Next, the various component pressure drops are corrected to the desired flow values and to the corrected propellant densities in accordance with Eq. 8-2, which applies to all hydraulic devices. By neglecting variations in discharge coefficients, this equation can be rewritten into a convenient form: With this equation and the specific gravity values (from Fig. 7-1) of 1.14 for oxygen, 0.85 for diluted ethyl alcohol, and 1.0 for water, the new pressure drops for the corrected flow conditions can be found, and these are tabulated below with flow values given in pounds per second and pressure values in pounds per square inch. 10.7. SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND ENGINE OPTIMIZATION 411 Component Test Data Design Conditions Component Fluid w Ap Fluid w Ap Fuel injector Fuel 10.2 48.3 Fuel 9.9 45.3 Oxidizer injector Oxygen 14.0 90.0 Oxygen 12.8 75.0 Fuel cooling jacket Water 9.61 52.0 Fuel 9.9 64.9 Fuel valve and line Water 9.63 9.15 Fuel 9.9 11.4 Oxidizer valve and line Oxygen 12.8 14.2 Oxygen 12.8 14.2 The total pressure drop in the fuel system is 45.3 + 64.9 + 11.4 = 121.6 psi, and in the oxidizer system it is 75.0 + 14.2 - 89.2 psi. The tank pressures required to obtain the desired flows are calculated by adding the chamber pressure to these pressure drops; that is, (P)o = 306 + 89.2 = 395.2 psi and (p)f- 306 + 121.6 = 427.6 psi. To equalize the tank pressures so that a single gas pressure regulator can be used, an additional pressure loss must be introduced into the oxygen system. The correction to this simple pressurized liquid propellant system is accomplished by means of an orifice, which must be placed in the propellant piping between the oxidizer tank and the thrust chamber. Allowing 10 psi for regulator func- tioning, the pressure drop in a calibration orifice will be Ap -- 427.6 - 395.2 + 10 -- 42.4 psi. The regulator setting should be adjusted to give a regulated downstream pressure of 427.6 psi under flow conditions. The orifice area (assume Cd -0.60 for a sharp-edged orifice) can be obtained from Eq. 8-2, but corrected with a go for English units. rh 12.8 x 144 A m Cd~/2gp Ap 0.60~/2 x 32.2 x 1.14 x 62.4 x 42.4 x 144 = 0.581 in. 2 (or 0.738 in. diameter) A set of balancing equations can be assembled into a computer program to assist in the calibration of engines. It can also include some of the system's dynamic analogies that enable proper calibration and adjustment of transient performance of the engine as during start. There is a trend to require tighter tolerances on rocket engine parameters (such as thrust, mixture ratio, or spe- cific impulse), and therefore the measurements, calibrations, and adjustments are also being performed to much tighter tolerances than was customary 25 years ago. 10.7. SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND ENGINE OPTIMIZATION Rocket engines are part of a vehicle and must interact and be integrated with other vehicle subsystems. There are interfaces (connections, wires, or pipelines) between the engine and the vehicle's structure, electric power system, flight control system (commands for start or thrust vector control), and ground support system (check-out or propellant supply). The engine also imposes limitations on vehicle components by its heat emissions, noise, and vibrations. 4.12 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Integration means that the engine and the vehicle are compatible with each other, interfaces are properly designed, and there is no interference or unne- cessary duplication of functions with other subsystems. The engine works with other subsystems to enhance the vehicle's performance and reliability, and reduce the cost. In Chapter 17 we describe the process of selecting rocket propulsion systems and it includes a discussion of interfaces and vehicle inte- gration. This discussion in Chapter 17 is supplementary and applies to several different rocket propulsion systems. This section concerns liquid propellant rocket engines. Since the propulsion system is usually the major mass of the vehicle, its structure (which usually includes the tanks) often becomes a key structural element of the vehicle and has to withstand not only the thrust force but also various vehicle loads, such as aerodynamic forces or vibrations. Several alternate tank geometries and locations (fuel, oxidizer, and pressurizing gas tanks), different tank pressures, and different structural connections have to be evaluated to determine the best arrangement. The thermal behavior of the vehicle is strongly affected by the heat genera- tion (hot plume, hot engine components, or aerodynamic heating) and the heat absorption (the liquid propellants are usually heat sinks) and by heat rejection to its surroundings. Many vehicle components must operate within narrow temperature limits, and their thermal designs can be critical when evaluated in terms of the heat balance during, after, and before the rocket engine opera- tion. Optimization studies are conducted to select the best values or to optimize various engine parameters such as chamber pressure (or thrust), mixture ratio (which affects average propellant density and specific impulse), number of thrust chambers, nozzle area ratio, or engine volume. By changing one or more of these parameters, it is usually possible to make some improvement to the vehicle performance (0.1 to 5.0%), its reliability, or to reduce costs. Depending on the mission or application, the studies are aimed at maximizing one or more vehicle parameter such as range, vehicle velocity increment, pay- load, circular orbit altitude, propellant mass fraction, or minimizing costs. For example, the mixture ratio of hydrogen-oxygen engines for maximum specific impulse is about 3.6, but most engines operate at mixture ratios between 5 and 6 because the total propellant volume is less, and this allows a reduced mass for the propellant tanks and the turbopump (resulting in a higher vehicle velocity increment) and a reduced vehicle drag (more net thrust). The selection of the best nozzle area ratio was mentioned in Chapter 3; it depends on the flight path's altitude-time history; the increase in specific impulse is offset by the extra nozzle weight and length. The best thrust-time profile can also usually be optimized, for a given application, by using trajectory analyses. SYMBOLS 413 PROBLEMS 1. Estimate the mass and volume of nitrogen required to pressurize an NzO4-MMH feed system for a 4500 N thrust chamber of 25 sec duration (~'v = 0.92, the ideal, Is = 285 sec at 1000 psi or 6894 N/M 2 and expansion to 1 atm). The chamber pressure is 20 atm (abs.) and the mixture ratio is 1.65. The propellant tank pressure is 30 atm, and the initial gas tank pressure is 150 atm. Allow for 3% excess propellant and 50% excess gas to allow some nitrogen to dissolve in the propellant. The nitrogen regu- lator requires that the gas tank pressure does not fall below 29 atm. 2. What are the specific speeds of the four SSME pumps? (See the data given in Table 10-1.) 3. Compute the turbine power output for a gas consisting of 64% by weight of H20 and 36% by weight of 02, if the turbine inlet is at 30 atm and 658 K with the outlet at 1.4 atm and with 1.23 kg flowing each second. The turbine efficiency is 37%. 4. Compare the pump discharge gage pressures and the required pump powers for five different pumps using water, gasoline, alcohol, liquid oxygen, and diluted nitric acid. The respective specific gravities are 1.00, 0.720, 0.810, 1.14, and 1.37. Each pump delivers 100 gal/min, a head of 1000 ft, and arbitrarily has a pump efficiency of 84%. Answers: 433, 312, 350, 494, and 594 psi; 30.0, 21.6, 24.3, 34.2, and 41.1 hp. 5. The following data are given on a liquid propellant rocket engine: Thrust Thrust chamber specific impulse Fuel Oxidizer Thrust chamber mixture ratio Turbine efficiency Required pump power Power to auxiliaries mounted on turbopump gear case Gas generator mixture ratio Turbine exhaust pressure Turbine exhaust nozzle area ratio Enthalpy available for conversion in turbine per unit of gas Specific heat ratio of turbine exhaust gas 40,200 lbf 210.2 sec Gasoline (sp. gr. 0.74) Red fuming nitric acid (sp. gr. 1.57) 3.25 58% 580 hp 50 hp 0.39 37 psia 1.4 180 Btu/lb 1.3 Determine the engine system mixture ratio and the system specific impulse. Answers: 3.07 and 208. SYMBOLS a A ep acceleration, m/sec 2 (ft/sec 2) area, m 2 (ft 2) specific heat at constant pressure, J/kg-K (Btu/lbm-R) 414 TURBOPUMPS, ENGINE DESIGN & CONTROLS, CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION Cr D F go Ah H (Hs)A (Hs)R Is k L rn N Us P P Q I" S t T U U thrust coefficient (see Eq. 3-30) diameter, m (ft) thrust, N (lbf) sea-level acceleration of gravity, 9.806 m/sec 2 (32.17 ft/sec 2) enthalpy change, J/kg (Btu/lb) head, m (ft) available pump suction head above vapor pressure, often called net positive suction head, m (ft) required pump suction head above vapor pressure, m (ft) specific impulse, sec (lbf-sec/lbf) specific heat ratio length, m (ft) mass flow rate, kg/sec shaft speed, rpm (rad/sec) specific speed of pump pressure, N/m 2 (lbf/in. 2) power, W (hp) volume flow rate, m 3/sec (ft 3/sec) flow mixture ratio (oxidizer to fuel flow) suction specific speed of pump time, see absolute temperature, K (R) tip speed or mean blade speed, m/sec (ft/sec) velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) Greek Letters A ¢d (F /7 X P finite differential discharge correction factor thrust correction factor efficiency coefficient of thermal expansion, m/m-K (in./in.-R) density, kg/m 3 (lb/ft 3) constant Subscripts C e f gg 0 oa P T chamber maximum efficiency fuel gas generator oxidizer overall engine system pump turbine initial condition inlet outlet REFERENCES 415 REFERENCES 10-1. 10-2. 10-3. 10--4. 10-5. 10-6. 10-7. 10-8. 10-9. 10-10. 10-11. 10--12. 10-13. 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Mattox and J. B. White, "Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller," NASA Technical Paper 1932, 1981, p. 19. CHAPTER 11 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS This is the first of four chapters on solid propellant rockets. It discusses the burning rates, motor performance, grain configurations, and structural analy- sis. In solid propellant rocket motors--and the word "motor" is as common to solid rockets as the word "engine" is to liquid rockets--the propellant is con- tained and stored directly in the combustion chamber, sometimes hermetically sealed in the chamber for long-time storage (5 to 20 years). Motors come in many different types and sizes, varying in thrust from about 2 N to over 4 million N (0.4 to over 1 million lbf). Historically, solid propellant rocket motors have been credited with having no moving parts. This is still true of many, but some motor designs include movable nozzles and actuators for vectoring the line of thrust relative to the motor axis. In comparison to liquid rockets, solid rockets are usually relatively simple, are easy to apply (they often constitute most of the vehicle structure), and require little servicing; they can- not be fully checked out prior to use, and thrust cannot usually be randomly varied in flight. Figures 1-5 and 11-1 show the principal components and features of rela- tively simple solid propellant rocket motors. The grain is the solid body of the hardened propellant and typically accounts for 82 to 94% of the total motor mass. Design and stresses of grains are described later in this chapter. Propellants are described in the next chapter. The igniter (electrically activated) provides the energy to start the combustion. The grain starts to burn on its exposed inner surfaces. The combustion and ignition of solid propellants are discussed in Chapter 13. This grain configuration has a central cylindrical cavity with eight tapered slots, forming an 8-pointed star. Many grains have slots, grooves, holes, or other geometric features and they alter the initial 417 418 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS Composite solid Mounting propellant grain flange Igniter \ / \ ~ Insulation layer 27.30 in. Titanium 8-point star, internal Contoured exhaust case Nozzle throat insert, carbon , . l ] 9.474 in. burning grain cavity nozzle with carbon phenolic inner liner FIGURE 11-1. Cross section of the STAR TM 27 rocket motor, which has been used for orbit and satellite maneuvers. It has an altitude thrust of 6000 lbf, nominally burns for 34.4 sec and has an initial mass of 796 lbm. For more data see Table 11-3. (Courtesy of Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies.) burning surface, which determines the initial mass flow and the initial thrust. The hot reaction gases flow along the perforation or port cavity toward the nozzle. The inner surfaces of the case (really a pressure vessel), which are exposed directly to hot gas, have a thermal protection or insulation layer to keep the case from becoming too hot, in which case it could no longer carry its pressure and other loads. The case is either made of metal (such as steel, aluminum or titanium) or a composite fiber-reinforced plastic material. The nozzle accelerates the hot gas; it is made of high temperature materials (usually a graphite and/or an ablative material to absorb the heat) to withstand the high temperatures and the erosion. The majority of all solid rockets have a simple fixed nozzle, as shown here, but some nozzles have provision to rotate it slightly so as to control the direction of the thrust to allow vehicle steering. Chapter 14 describes nozzles, cases, insulators, liners, and the design of solid propellant rocket motors. Each motor is fastened to its vehicle by a thrust-carrying structure. In Fig. 11-1 there is a skirt (with a flange) integral with the case; it is fastened to the vehicle. The subject of thrust vector control, exhaust plumes, and testing are omitted from these four chapters but are treated for both liquid and solid propellant 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 419 units in Chapters 16, 18, and 20, respectively. Chapter 17 provides a compar- ison of the advantages and disadvantages of solid and liquid propellant rocket units. Chapters 3 to 5 are needed as background for these four chapters. Applications for solid propellant rockets are shown in Tables 1-3, 1-4, and 11-1; each has its own mission requirements and thus propulsion requirements. Figures 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 illustrate representative designs for some of the major categories of rocket motors listed in Table 11-1: namely, a large booster or second stage, a motor for space flight, and a tactical missile motor. Reference 11-1 is useful for component and design information. There are several ways for classifying solid propellant rockets. Some are listed in Table 11-2 together with some definitions. Table 11-3 gives charac- teristics for three specific rocket motors, and from these data one can obtain a feeling for some of the magnitudes of the key parameters. These motors are shown in Figs. 16-5 and 16-9. Solid propellant rocket motors are being built in approximately 35 different countries today, compared to only three countries about 50 years ago. The technology is well enough understood and disseminated that many companies or government arsenals are now capable of designing developing, and manu- facturing solid rockets in several categories. Almost all rocket motors are used only once. The hardware that remains after all the propellant has been burned and the mission completed--namely, the nozzle, case, or thrust vector control device--is not reusable. In very rare applications, such as the Shuttle solid booster, is the hardware recovered, cleaned, refurbished, and reloaded; reusability makes the design more complex, but if the hardware is reused often enough a major cost saving will result. Unlike some liquid propellant rocket engines, a solid propellant rocket motor and its key components cannot be operationally pretested. As a result, individual motor reliability must be inferred by assuring the structural integrity and verifying manufacturing quality on the entire population of motors. 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE The rocket motor's operation and design depend on the combustion character- istics of the propellant, its burning rate, burning surface, and grain geometry. The branch of applied science describing these is known as internal ballistics; the effect of grain geometry is treated in Section 11.3. The burning surface of a propellant grain recedes in a direction essentially perpendicular to the surface. The rate of regression, usually expressed in cm/ sec, mm/sec, or in./sec, is the burning rate r. In Fig. 11-5 we can visualize the change of the grain geometry by drawing successive burning surfaces with a constant time interval between adjacent surface contours. Figure 11-5 shows this for a two-dimensional grain with a central cylindrical cavity with five slots. Success in rocket motor design and development depends significantly on knowledge of burning rate behavior of the selected propellant under all (text continues on page 426) 0 Saddle attach Nozzle, intergral with three- fitting, dimensional carbon-carbon alumindm intergral throat and entry Forward ~ Structure External section and with adapter/closure Igniter- \ reinforcements insulation, Case IM7 carbon/phenolic graphite aluminum pyrogen \ for wing loads cork grapi~ite/HBRF-55A " epoxy insulation/cone / ISO,n, da." -.:.~i .
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~ . ................ Forward flap, Case bond, Internal insulation, Propellant, Flight termination silica-filled EPDM SEL-133 aramid-filled EPDM HTPB-88% solids system, shaped charge FIGURE 11-2. Booster rocket motor for the Pegasus air-launched three-stage satellite launch vehicle. It has a cylinder grain cavity with fins. The 50 in. diameter case has structural reinforcements to attach the Pegasus vehicle to its launch airplane and also to mount a wing to the case. It produces a maximum vacuum thrust of 726 kN (163,200 lbf) for 68.6 sec, a vacuum specific impulse of 295 sec, with a propellant mass of 15,014 kg and an initial mass of 16,383 kg. (Courtesy of Orbital Sciences, Corp. and Alliant Tech Systems.) 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 421 Motor case- Kevlar fibers reinforced; 63.4 in. diameter Rolled up extension device • / ~ Movable nozzle extension, Igniter ,conical sections in nested or stowed position ) 1 Extended nozzle in Propella ~ ~position Aft skirt ~ for structural " support Extended sheet metal strip is disconnected and rotated out of way of vectoring nozzle FIGURE 11-3. Inertial upper stage (IUS) rocket motor with an extendible exit cone (EEC). This motor is used for propelling upper launch vehicle stages or spacecraft. The grain is simple (internal tube perforation). With the EEC and a thrust vector control, the motor has a propellant fraction of 0.916. When launched, and while the two lower vehicle stages are operating, the two conical movable nozzle segments are stowed around the smaller inner nozzle segment. Each of the movable segments is deployed in space and moved into its operating position by three identical light-weight, electri- cally driven actuators. The nozzle area ratio is increased from 49.3 to 181; this improves the specific impulse by about 14 sec. This motor (without the EEC) is described in Table 11-3 and a similar motor is shown in Fig. 16-5. (Courtesy of United Technologies Corp., Chemical Systems.) Case with internal insulation Snap ring (2) cF°sr~rae d sF°l~ Nard O ring groove (2) ~ Aft skirt /Aft __~ ~ / ~ .............. ~. ~/ closure Blast f ~"~/~ ~ li',~"):f"~~ insulation__ tube 9in~~.. ~ ..... ~ Grain / . ~ /FT-~~ -~1 ig~niter t [ ~ 39 in. -i FIGURE 11-4. Simplified cross section through a typical tactical motor. The blast tube allows the grain to be close to the center of gravity of the vehicle; there is very little movement of the center of gravity. The nozzle is at the missile's aft end. The annular space around the blast tube is usually filled with guidance, control, and other non- propulsive equipment. A free-standing grain is loaded before the aft closure is assembled. 422 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS TABLE 11-1. Major Application Categories for Solid Propellant Rocket Motors Category Application Typical Characteristics Large booster and second- stage motors High-altitude motors Space launch vehicles; lower stages of long-range ballistic missiles (see Figs. 11-2 and 14-2) Upper stages of multistage ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles; space maneuvers Large diameter (above 48 in.); L/D of case = 2 to 7; burn time t = 60 to 120 sec; low- altitude operations with low nozzle area ratios (6 to 16) High-performance propellant; large nozzle area ratio (20 to 200); L/D of case = 1 to 2; burn time t = 40 to 120 sec (see Fig. 11-3) Tactical missiles 1. High acceleration: short-range Tube launched, L/D -- 4 to 13; bombardment, antitank very short burn time (0.25 to 1 missile sec); small diameter (2.75 to 18 2. Modest acceleration: air-to- surface, surface-to-air, short- range guided surface-to-surface, and air-to-air missiles Ballistic missile Defense against long- and defense medium-range ballistic missiles Pilot emergency escape; push missiles from submarine launch tubes or land mobile cannisters; actuators and valves; short- term power supply; jet engine starter; munition dispersion; rocket turbine drive starter; automotive air bags Gas generator in.); some are spin stabilized Small diameter (5 to 18 in.); L/D of case - 5 to 10; usually has fins and/or wings; thrust is high at launch and then is reduced (boost-sustain); many have blast tubes (see Fig. 11-4); wide ambient temperature limits: sometimes minimum temperature-65 ° F or-53°C, maximum temperature + 160°F or +71°C; usually high acceleration; often low-smoke or smokeless propellant Booster rocket and a small upper maneuverable stage with multiple attitude control nozzles and one or more side or divert nozzles Usually low gas temperature (< 1300°C); many different configurations, designs, and propellants; purpose is to create high-pressure, energetic gas rather than thrust 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 423 TABLE 11-2. Classification of Solid Rocket Motors Basis of Classification Examples of Classification Application Diameter/Length Propellant Case design Grain configuration Grain installation Explosive hazard Thrust action Toxicity See Table 11-1. 0.005-6.6 m or 0.2-260 in.; 0.025 to 45 m or 1 to 1800 in. Composite: Heterogeneous (physical) mixture of powdered metal (fuel), crystalline oxidizer and polymer binder Double-base: Homogeneous mixture (colloidal) of two explosives (usually nitroglycerin in nitrocellulose) Composite-modified double-base: Combines composite and double-base ingredients Gas generator and others: See Chapter 12 Steel monolithic: One-piece steel case Fiber monolithic: Filament wound (high-strength fibers) with a plastic matrix Segmented: Case (usually steel) and grain are in segments which are transported separately and fastened together at launch site Cylindrical: Cylindrically shaped, usually hollow End-burning: Solid cylinder propellant grain Other configurations: See Figs. 11-16 and 11-17 Case-bonded: Adhesion exists between grain and case or between grain and insulation and case; propellant is usually cast into the case Cartridge-loaded: Grain is formed separately from the motor case and then assembled into case Class 1.3: Catastrophic failure shows evidence of burning and explosion, not detonation Class 1.1: Catastrophic failure shows evidence of detonation Neutral grain: Thrust remains essentially constant during the burn period Progressive grain: Thrust increases with time Regressive grain: Thrust decreases with time Pulse rocket: Two or more independent thrust pulses or burning periods Step-thrust rocket: Usually, two distinct levels of thrust Toxic and nontoxic exhaust gases 424 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS TABLE 11-3. Characteristics of Missile Motor and Space Motor Characteristic First Stage Orbus-6 STARrM 27 Minuteman Inertial Upper Apogee Missile Motor a Stage Motor b Motor a Motor Performance (70°F, sea level) Maximum thrust (lbf) Burn time average thrust (lbf) Action time average thrust (Ibf) C Maximum chamber pressure (psia) Burn time average chamber pressure (psia) c Action time average chamber pressure (psia) c Burn time/action time (sec) c Ignition delay time (sec) Total impulse (lbf-sec) Burn time impulse (lbf-sec) Altitude specific impulse (sec) Temperature limits (°F) 201,500 23,800 194,600 17,175 176,600 17,180 850 839 780 611 6,404 (vacuum) 6,010 (vacuum) 5,177 (vacuum) 569 552 720 604 502 101.0/103.5 1,738,000 1,737,000 289.6 (vacuum) 45 to 82 Composition: NH4C104 (%) Aluminum (%) Binder and additives (%) Density (lbm/in. 3) Burning rate at 1000 psia (in./sec) Burning rate exponent Temperature coeffcient of pressure (%oF) Adiabatic flame temperature (°F) Characteristic velocity (ft/sec) 52.6/61.3 0.130 10,830,000 10,240,000 254 60 to 80 Propellant 68 18 14 0.0635 0.276 0.3 to 0.45 0.09 6150 5200 Type Propellant volume (in. 3) Web (in.) Web fraction (%) Sliver fraction (%) Average burning area (in. z ) Volumetric loading (%) 70 16 14 0.0636 0.349 0.21 0.102 5790 5180 Central perforation 94,490 24.2 77.7 0 3905 92.4 Type Number of squibs Minimum firing current (A) Propellant Grain Six-point star 709,400 17.36 53.3 5.9 38,500 88.7 Igniter Pyrogen 2 Pyrogen 2 through-the bulkhead initiators NA Total Total inert Burnout 4.9 6515 513 478 Weights (lbf) 50,550 4719 4264 34.35/36.93 0.076 213,894 290.8 (vacuum) 20 to 100 72 16 12 0.0641 0.280 0.28 0.10 5,909 5,180 8-point star 11,480 8.17 6O 2.6 1,378 Pyrogen 2 5.0 796.3 60.6 53.4 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 425 TABLE 11-3. (Continued) Characteristic First Stage Orbus-6 STAR TM 27 Minuteman Inertial Upper Apogee Misisle Motor a Stage Motor b Motor a Propellant Internal insulation External insulation Liner Igniter Nozzle Thrust vector control device Case Miscellaneous Propellant mass fraction Overall length (in.) Outside diameter (in.) Material Nominal thickness (in.) Minimum ultimate strength (psi) Minimum yield strength (psi) Hydrostatic test pressure (psi) Hydrostatic yield pressure (psi) Minimum burst pressure, psi Typical burst pressure, psi Material 45,831 6000 735.7 634 141 12.6 309 0 0 150 Incl. with 0.4 insulation 26 21 2.9 (empty) 887 143 20.4 Incl. with nozzle 49.4 0 2557 200 23.6 156 4 0.7 0.912 0.921 0.924 Dimensions 294.87 72.4 48.725 65.69 63.3 27.30 Case Ladish D6AC steel 0.148 225,000 195,000 940 985 Kevlar fibers/epoxy 6 A1-4V titanium 0.35 1030 NA 1225 > 1350 Liner 0.035 165,000 155,000 725 76.7 Polymeric HTPB system Insulation Type Hydrocarbon- Silica-filled EPDM asbestos Density (lbm/in. 3) 0.0394 0.044 TL-H-304 NA Nozzle Number and type 4, movable Single, flexible Fixed, contoured Expansion area ratio 10:1 47.3 48.8/45.94 Throat area (in. z ) 164.2 4.207 5.900 Expansion cone half angle (deg) 11.4 Initial 27.4, Initial 18.9, final 17.2 exit 15.5 Throat insert material Forged tungsten Three-dimensional 3D carbon-carbon carbon-carbon Shell body material AISI 4130 steel NA NA Exit cone material NA Two-dimensional Carbon phenolic carbon-carbon aCourtesy of Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies, Inc. bCourtesy United Technologies Corp., Chemical Systems; there is also a version Orbus 6-E (see Fig. 11-3) with an extendible, sliding nozzle; it has a specific impulse of 303.8 sec, a total weight of 6604 lb and a burnout weight of 567 lb. CBurn time and action time are defined in Fig. 11-13. NA: not applicable or not available. 426 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS FIGURE 11-5. Diagram of successive burning surface contours, each a fixed small time apart. It shows the growth of the internal cavity. The lengths of these contour lines are roughly the same (within +15%), which means that the burning area is roughly constant. motor operating conditions and design limit conditions. Burning rate is a function of the propellant composition. For composite propellants it can be increased by changing the propellant characteristics: 1. Add a burning rate catalyst, often called burning rate modifier (0.1 to 3.0% of propellent) or increase percentage of existing catalyst. 2. Decrease the oxidizer particle size. 3. Increase oxidizer percentage. 4. Increase the heat of combustion of the binder and/or the plasticizer. 5. Imbed wires or metal staples in the propellant. Aside from the propellant formulation and propellant manufacturing process, burning rate in a full-scale motor can be increased by the following: 1. Combustion chamber pressure. 2. Initial temperature of the solid propellant prior to start. 3. Combustion gas temperature. 4. Velocity of the gas flow parallel to the burning surface. 5. Motor motion (acceleration and spin-induced grain stress). Each of these influencing factors will be discussed. The explanation of the behavior of the burning rate with various parameters is largely found in the combustion mechanism of the solid propellant, which is described in Chapter 13. Analytical models of the burning rate and the combustion process exist and are useful for preliminary designs and for extending actual test data; for detail 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 427 designs and for evaluation of new or modified propellants, engineers need some actual test data. Burning rate data are usually obtained in three ways--namely, from testing by: 1. Standard strand burners, often called Crawford burners. 2. Small-scale ballistic evaluation motors. 3. Full-scale motors with good instrumentation. A strand burner is a small pressure vessel (usually with windows) in which a thin strand or bar of propellant is ignited at one end and burned to the other end. The strand can be inhibited with an external coating so that it will burn only on the exposed cross-sectional surface; chamber pressure is simulated by pressurizing the container with inert gas. The burning rate can be measured by electric signals from embedded wires, by ultrasonic waves, or by optical means (Ref. 11-2). The burning rate measured on strand burners is usually lower than that obtained from motor firing (by 4 to 12%) because it does not truly simu- late the hot chamber environment. Also small ballistic evaluation motors usually have a slightly lower burning rate than full-scale larger motors, because of scaling factors. The relationship between the three measured burning rates is determined empirically for each propellant category and grain configuration. Strand-burner data are useful in screening propellant formulations and in quality control operations. Data from full-scale motors tested under a variety of conditions constitute the final proof of burning-rate behavior. Obviously, the strand burner and other substitutes for the full-scale motor must be exploited to explore as many variables as practicable. During development of a new or modified solid propellant, it is tested extensively or characterized. This includes the testing of the burn rate (in several different ways) under different temperatures, pressures, impurities, and conditions. It also requires measurements of physical, chemical, and man- ufacturing properties, ignitability, aging, sensitivity to various energy inputs or stimuli (e.g., shock, friction, fires), moisture absorption, compatibility with other materials (liners, insulators, cases), and other characteristics. It is a lengthy, expensive, often hazardous program with many tests, samples, and analyses. The burning rate of propellant in a motor is a function of many parameters, and at any instant governs the mass flow rate rh of hot gas generated and flowing from the motor (stable combustion): rh = Abrpb (11--1) Here A b is the burning area of the propellant grain, r the burning rate, and Pb the solid propellant density prior to motor start. The total mass m of effective propellant burned can be determined by integrating Eq. 11-1: 428 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS m- f m dt- pb f Abr dt where Ab and r vary with time and pressure. (11--2) Burning Rate Relation with Pressure Classical equations relating to burning rate are helpful in preliminary design, data extrapolation, and understanding the phenomena; however, analytical modeling and the supportive research have yet to adequately predict the burn- ing rate of a new propellant in a new motor. Elemental laws and equations on burning rate usually deal with the influence of some of the important para- meters individually. Unless otherwise stated, burning rate is expressed for 70°F or 294 K propellant (prior to ignition) burning at a reference chamber pressure of 1000 psia or 6.895 MPa. With many propellants it is possible to approximate the burning rates as a function of chamber pressure, at least over a limited range of chamber pres- sures. A log-log plot is shown in Fig. 11-6. For most production-type propel- lants, this empirical equation is r -- apt (11-3) where r, the burn rate, is usually in centimeters per second or inches per second, and the chamber pressure Pl is in MPa or psia; a is an empirical constant influenced by ambient grain temperature. This equation applies to all the com- monly used double-base, composite, or composite double-base propellants and they are described in the next chapter. Also a is known as the temperature coefficient and it is not dimensionless. The burning rate exponent n, sometimes called the combustion index, is independent of the initial grain temperature and describes the influence of chamber pressure on the burning rate. The change in ambient temperature does not change the chemical energy released in combus- tion; it merely changes the rate of reaction at which energy is released. The curves shown in Fig. 11-6 are calculated and are straight lines on a log- log plot; however, many actual burning rate plots deviate somewhat and the actual data have some slight bends in parts of the curve, as seen in Fig. 11-7. For a particular propellant and for wide temperature and pressure limits, the burning rate can vary by a factor of 3 or 4. For all propellants they range from about 0.05 to 75 mm/sec or 0.02 to 3 in./sec; the high values are difficult to achieve, even with considerable burning rate catalyst additives, embedded metal wires, or high pressures (above 14 MPa or 2000 psi). A technology that would give a burning rate of more than 250 mm/sec at a chamber pressure of 1000 psia is desired by motor designers for several applications. 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 429 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 o 0.5 0.4 0.3 • ~ 0.2 e-- rn 0.1 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 300 400 600 1000 2000 3000 Chamber pressure, psi FIGURE 11-6. Plot of the burning rate versus chamber pressure for several typical solid rocket propellants, some at three different temperatures. A particular double base plateau propellant shows a constant burning rate over a fairly wide pressure range. Example II-I. Tabulate the variation of burning rate with pressure for two propellants with a 1 = 0.00137, n 1 = 0.9, a 2 = 0.060, and n 2 = 0.4, with p expressed in pounds per square inch and r in inches per second. SOLUTION. Use Eq. 11-3 and solve for several conditions, as shown below. Pressure (psia) rl (in./sec) r 2 (in./sec) 500 0.367 0.720 1000 0.685 0.95 1500 0.994 1.11 2000 1.28 1.26 2500 1.56 1.33 From inspection of these results and also from Eq. 11-3, it can be seen that the burning rate is very sensitive to the exponent n. For stable operation, n has values greater than 0 and less than 1.0. High values of n give a rapid change of burning rate with pressure. This implies that even a small change in chamber pressure produces substantial changes in the amount of hot gas produced. Most production propellants have a pressure exponent n ranging between 0.2 and 0.6. In practice, as n approaches 1, burning rate and chamber pressure 430 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS 2.0 1.0 if) E 0.5 . t.- rn 0.2 L 0.11 5 Diameter AP % (lain) O DB matrix 0 -- A AP-CMDB 20 150 • AP-CMDB 30 150 O AP-CMDB 30 18 I I I I I 1 1 I I I I ! I I 10 20 50 100 200 Pressure, atm FIGURE 11-7. Measured burning rate characteristics of a double-base (DB) propellant and three composite-modified double-base (CMDB) propellants which contain an increasing percentage of small diameter (159 pm) particles of ammonium perchlorate (AP). When the size of the AP particles is reduced or the percentage of AP is increased, an increase in burning rate is observed. None of these data form straight lines. (Reproduced with permission of the AIAA from Chapter 1 of Ref. 11-3.) become very sensitive to one another and disastrous rises in chamber pressure can occur in a few milliseconds. When the n value is low and comes closer to zero, burning can become unstable and may even extinguish itself. Some pro- pellants display a negative n which is important for "restartable" motors or gas generators. A propellant having a pressure exponent of zero displays essentially zero change in burning rate over a wide pressure range. Plateau propellants are those that exhibit a nearly constant burning rate over a limited pressure range. One is shown with a dashed line in Fig. 11-6; they are relatively insensitive to major changes in chamber pressure for a limited range of pressures. Several double base propellants and a few composite propellants have this desirable plateau characteristic. Table 12-1 lists the nominal burning rate r and the pressure exponent n for several operational (production) propellants. Burning Rate Relation with Temperature Temperature affects chemical reaction rates and the initial ambient temperature of a propellant grain prior to combustion influences burning rate, as shown in Figs. 11-6 and 11-8. Common practice in developing and testing larger rocket motors is to "condition" the motor for many hours at a particular temperature 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 431 before firing to insure that the propellant grain is uniformly at the desired temperature. The motor performance characteristics must stay within specified acceptable limits. For air-launched missile motors the extremes are usually 219 K (-65°F) and 344 K (160°F). Motors using typical composite propellant experience a 20 to 35% variation in chamber pressure and a 20 to 30% varia- tion in operating time over such a range of propellant temperatures (see Fig. 11-8). In large rocket motors an uneven heating of the grain (e.g., by the sun heating one side) can cause a sufficiently large difference in burning rate so that a slight thrust misalignment can be caused (see Ref. 11-4). The sensitivity of burning rate to propellant temperature can be expressed in the form of temperature coefficients, the two most common being (61nr'] l(,r) % - r p (1 ]-4) =K--\ar/K PC with Crp, known as the temperature sensitivity of burning rate, expressed as percent change of burning rate per degree change in propellant temperature at a particular value of chamber pressure, and JrK as the temperature sensitivity of pressure expressed as percent change of chamber pressure per degree change in propellant temperature at a particular value of K. Here K is a geometric function, namely the ratio of the burning surface Ab to nozzle throat area At. The coefficient % for a new propellant is usually calculated from strand- burner test data, and zrx from small-scale or full-scale motors. Mathematically, 1500 ,- u) C~. ~- 1 0 0 0 - - Cl (D .(3 E e- o 500- I I I I I I ] J + 160°F , , +70°F propellant grain temperature N -65OF Typical composite propellant Neutral burning grain 1 I ,, I, I 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Burning time, sec FIGURE 11-8. Effect of propellant temperature on burning time and chamber pressure for a particular motor. The integrated areas under the curves are proportional to the total impulse, which is the same for the three curves. 432 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS these coefficients are the partial derivative of the natural logarithm of the burning rate r or the chamber pressure p, respectively, with respect to propel- lant temperature T. Values for ap typically range between 0.001 and 0.009 per degree Kelvin or 0.002 to 0.04 per degree F and for ~rK it is 0.067 to 0.278%/°C or 0.12 to 0.50%/°F. With rr/¢ established, the effect of small grain temperature changes on motor chamber pressure is expressed from Eq. 11-5: Ap = zrKpl AT (11-6) where Pl is the reference chamber pressure and Ap is the pressure rise (psia) for a value of A T or T- To. The values of ~rK and ap depend primarily on the nature of the propellant burning rate, the composition, and the combustion mechanism of the propel- lant. It is possible to derive a relationship between the two temperature sensi- tivities, namely 1 zrK = 1 - n % (11-7) This formula is usually valid when the three variables are constant over the chamber pressure and temperature range. When substituting the value of r from Eq. 11-3 into Eq. 11-5, the temperature sensitivity ap can be also expressed as ap - [8 ln(apn)] _ 1 da (11-8) 8T Jp- a dT which then defines ap in terms of the changes in the temperature factor a at constant chamber pressure. It is not simple to predict the motor performance, because of changes in grain temperature and manufacturing tolerances. Reference 11-4 analyses the prediction of burning time. Example 11-2. For a given propellant with a neutrally burning grain the value of the temperature sensitivity at constant burning area is rrK -- 0.005/°F or 0.5%/°F; the value of the pressure exponent n is 0.50. The burning rate r is 0.30 in./sec at 70°F at a chamber pressure of Pl -- 1500 psia and an effective nominal burning time of 50 sec. Determine the variation in Pl and t6 for a change of +50°F or from + 20°F to +120°F assuming that the variation is linear. SOLUTION. First Eq. 11-5 is modified: Jrz~ = zXp/(p~ /x T) = Ap/[1500(+50)] = 0.005 Solving, Ap = +375 psi or a total excursion of about 750 psi or 50% of nominal chamber pressure. 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 433 The total impulse or the chemical energy released in combustion stays essentially constant as the grain ambient temperature is changed; only the rate at which it is released is changed. The thrust at high altitude is approximately proportional to the chamber pressure (with A t and CF assumed to be essentially constant in the equation F- CFp]At) and the thrust will change also, about in proportion to the chamber pressure. Then the burning time is approximately tl = 50 x 1500/(1500 - 375) = 66.7 sec t 2 = 50 x 1500/(1500 + 375) = 40.0 sec The time change 66.7 - 40.0 = 26.7 sec is more than 50% of the nominal burning time. The result would be somewhat similar to what is described in Fig. 11-8. In this example the variation of chamber pressure affects the thrust and burning time of the rocket motor. The thrust can easily vary by a factor of 2, and this can cause significant changes in the vehicle's flight path when operating with a warm or a cold grain. The thrust and chamber pressure increases are more dramatic if the value of n is increased. The least variation in thrust or chamber pressure occurs when n is small (0.2 or less) and the temperature sensitivity is low. Burning Enhancement by Erosion Erosive burning refers to the increase in the propellant burning rate caused by the high-velocity flow of combustion gases over the burning propellant sur- face. It can seriously affect the performance of solid propellant rocket motors. It occurs primarily in the port passages or perforations of the grain as the combustion gases flow toward the nozzle; it is more likely to occur when the port passage cross-sectional area A is small relative to the throat area At with a port-to-throat area ratio of 4 or less. An analysis of erosive burning is given in Ref. 11-5. The high velocity near the burning surface and the turbulent mixing in the boundary layers increase the heat transfer to the solid propellant and thus increase the burning rate. Chapter 10 of Ref. 11-3 surveys about 29 different theoretical analytical treatments and a variety of experimental techniques aimed at a better understanding of erosive burning. Erosive burning increases the mass flow and thus also the chamber pressure and thrust during the early portion of the burning, as shown in Fig. 11-9 for a particular motor. As soon as the burning enlarges the flow passage (without a major increase in burning area), the port area flow velocity is reduced and erosive burning diminishes until normal burning will again occur. Since pro- pellant is consumed more rapidly during the early erosive burning, there usually is also a reduction of flow and thrust at the end of burning. Erosive burning also causes early burnout of the web, usually at the nozzle end, and exposes the insulation and aft closure to hot combustion gas for a longer period of time; this usually requires more insulation layer thickness (and 434 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS Erosive burning No erosive burning t' I Burning time I \ FIGURE 11-9. Typical pressure-time curve with and without erosive burning. more inert mass) to prevent local thermal failure. In designing motors, erosive burning is either avoided or controlled to be reproducible from one motor to the next. A relatively simple model for erosive burning, based on heat transfer, was first developed in 1956 by Lenoir and Robillard (Refs. 11-3 and 11-6) and has since been improved and used widely in motor performance calculations. It is based on adding together two burn rates: r0, which is primarily a func- tion of pressure and ambient grain temperature (basically Eq. 11-3) without erosion, and re, the increase in burn rate due to gas velocity or erosion effects. r--ro+r e = ap n + otG°8D -°'2 exp(-flrpb/G) (11--9) Here G is the mass flow velocity per unit area in kg/m2-sec, D is a characteristic dimension of the port passage (usually, D = 4Ap/S, where Ap is the port area and S is its perimeter), p is the density of the unburned propellant (kg/m3), and c~ and/3 are empirically constants. Apparently,/3 is independent of propellant formulation and has a value of about 53 when r is in m/sec, Pl is in pascals, and G is in kg/m2-sec. The expression of oe was determined from heat transfer considerations to be 0.0288Cp# °2Pr-2/3 T1 - Ts ot - (11-10) PbCs T 2 - Tp 11.1. PROPELLANT BURNING RATE 435 Here Cp is the average specific heat of the combustion gases in kcal/kg-K, # the gas viscosity in kg/m-sec, Pr the dimensionless Prandtl number (#Cp/K) based on the molecular properties of the gases, K the thermal conductivity of the gas, cs the heat capacity of the solid propellant in kcal/kg-K, T 1 the combustion gas reaction absolute temperature, Ts the solid propellant surface temperature, and Tp the initial ambient temperature within the solid propellant grain. Figure 11-10 shows the augmentation ratio r/ro, or the ratio of the burning rate with and without erosive burning, as a function of gas velocity for two similar propellants, one of which has an iron oxide burn rate catalyst. Augmentation ratios up to 3 can be found in some motor designs. There is a pressure drop from the forward end to the aft end of the port passage, because static pressure energy is converted into kinetic gas energy as the flow is accel- erated. This pressure differential during erosive burning causes an extra axial load and deformation on the grain, which must be considered in the stress analysis. The erosion or burn rate augmentation is not the same throughout the length of the port passage. The erosion is increased locally by turbulence if there are discontinuities such as protrusions, edges of inhibitors, structural supports, or gaps between segmented grains. 2.0 o 1.8 . ~= E O . E 1.6 E .E E ~ 1.4 0) O 1.2 I I I I Propellant types - 13 Formulation (I) A Formulation (IV) -- AP 73% AP 72% HTPB 27% HTPB 26% dAe 20 pm Fe203 2 % -- r o 0.687 cm/sec clAp 20 pm -- r o 1.265 cm/sec 1.0 200 700 (iv) .....---'~ i 1 I ! 300 400 500 600 Freestream velocity, m/sec FIGURE 11-10. Effect of gas velocity in the perforation or grain cavity on the erosive burning augmentation factor, which is the burning rate with erosion r divided by the burning rate without erosion r0. (Reproduced with permission of the AIAA from Chapter 10 of Ref. 11-3.) 436 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS Other Burning Rate Enhancements Enhancement of burning rate can be expected in vehicles that spin the rocket motor about its longitudinal axis (necessary for spin-stabilized flight) or have high lateral or longitudinal acceleration, as occurs typically in antimissile rock- ets. This phenomenon has been experienced with a variety of propellants, with and without aluminum fuel, and the propellant formulation is one of the con- trolling variables (see Fig. 11-11). Whether the acceleration is from spin or longitudinal force, burning surfaces that form an angle of 60 to 90 ° with the acceleration vector are most prone to burning rate enhancement. For example, spinning cylindrical interal burning grains are heavily affected. The effect of spin on a motor with an operational composite propellant internal burning grain is shown in Fig. 11-12. The accelerated burning behavior of candidate propellants for a new motor design is often determined in small-scale motors, or in a test apparatus which subjects burning propellant to acceleration (Ref. 11-8). The stresses induced by rapid acceleration or rapid chamber pressure rise can cause crack formation (see Refs. 11-9 and 11-10), which exposes additional burning surface. The burning rate of the propellant in an end-burning grain at a location immediately adjacent to or near the propellant-to-insulation bondline along the case wall, can, depending on the propellant formulation and manufacturing process, be higher than that of the propellant elsewhere in the grain. The embedding of wires or other shapes of good metal heat conductors in the propellant grain increases the burning rate. One technique has several silver wires arranged longitudinally in an end-burning grain (see Ref. 11-11). Depending on wire size and the number of wires per grain cross-sectional area, the burning rate can easily be doubled. Aluminum wires are about half as effective as silver wires. Other forms of heat conductors have been wire 1.0 o 50 I , ra = burning rate, acceleration imposed r = burning rate without acceleration p = 500 psia _ 90 ° orientation 4.0 O '~ 3.0 (-. (1,) E ~- 2.0 e-- e-- L en El07 18% AI, 29 Acceleration, g BUU 3~ AI, 15_.~ PBAA 16~ AI, 26 I I00 150 FIGURE 11-11. Acceleration effect on burning rate for three different propellants. (Adapted with permission from Ref. 11-7.) 11.2. BASIC PERFORMANCE RELATIONS 437 1000 f s I I I i I i I ~ I i I I I 1 800 r f52g 910 rpm'~ ! 6001--- ~ I [,673 rpm ~- 400 200 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 Time, sec FIGURE 11-12. Effect of axial spin on the thrust-time behavior of a rocket motor with composite propellant using aluminum and PBAN (polybutadiene acrylonitrile) as fuels. (Adapted with permission from Ref. 11-7.) staples (short bent wires) mixed with the propellant prior to the casting operation. Intense radiation emissions from the hot gases in the grain cavity transfer heat to the burning propellant surfaces. More energetic radiation causes an increase in burning rate. Radiation of the exhaust plume (outside of the nozzle) and the effect of particles in the gas are discussed in Chapter 18. Combustion instability, also called oscillatory combustion, can affect the burning rate of the propellant because of increased heat-transfer rate, gas velocity, and high pressure. This is discussed in Chapter 13. 11.2. BASIC PERFORMANCE RELATIONS One basic performance relation is derived from the principle of conservation of matter. The propellant mass burned per unit time has to equal the sum of the change in gas mass per unit time in the combustion chamber grain cavity and the mass flowing out through the exhaust nozzle per unit time. AbrPb -- ~(Pl V1) + AtPl k + 1 (11-11) The term on the left side of the equation gives the mass rate of gas generation from Eq. 11-1. The first term on the right gives the change in propellant mass in the gas volume of the combustion chamber, and the last term gives the 438 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS nozzle flow according to Eq. 3-24. The burning rate of the propellant is r; A b is the propellant burning area; Pb is the solid propellant density; Pl is the chamber gas density; V1 is the chamber gas cavity volume, which becomes larger as the propellant is expended; At is the throat area; Pl is the chamber pressure; T1 is the absolute chamber temperature, which is usually assumed to be constant; and k is the specific heat ratio of the combustion gases. During startup the changing mass of propellant in the grain cavity becomes important. The pre- ceding equation can be simplified and is useful in some numerical solutions of transient conditions, such as during start or shutdown. The value of the burning surface A b may change with time and is a function of the grain design, as described in Section 11.3. For preliminary performance calculations the throat area At is usually assumed to be constant for the total burning duration. For exact performance predictions, it is necessary also to include the erosion of the nozzle material, which causes a small increase in nozzle throat area as the propellant is burned; this nozzle enlargement is described in Chapter 14. The larger value of At causes a slight decrease in chamber pressure, burning rate, and thrust. The gas volume V1 will increase greatly with burn time. If the gas mass in the motor cavity is small, and thus if the rate of change in this gas mass is small relative to the mass flow through the nozzle, the term d(pl V1)/dt can be neglected. Then a relation for steady burning conditions can be obtained from Eqs. 11-3 and 11-11: Ab At Pl v/k2~( k + 1)/(k-1) = --K pbrq/--RT1 (pl)l-nv/k2/(k + 1)/(k-1) Pba~--T 1 (11-12) As an approximation, the chamber pressure can be expressed as a function of the area ratio of the burning surface to the nozzle throat cross section for a given propellant: Pl ~ (Ab/At) 1~(l-n) = K1/(1-n) (11-13) The ratio of the burning area to the nozzle throat area is an important quantity in solid propellant engineering and is given the separate symbol K. Equations 11-12 and 11-13 show the relation between burning area, chamber pressure, throat area, and propellant properties. For example, this relation permits an evaluation of the variation necessary in the throat area if the chamber pressure (and therefore also the thrust) is to be changed. For a pro- pellant with n - 0.8, it can be seen that the chamber pressure would vary as the fifth power of the area ratio K. Thus, small variations in burning surface can have large effects on the internal chamber pressure and therefore also on the 11.2. BASIC PERFORMANCE RELATIONS 439 burning rate. The formation of surface cracks in the grain (due to excessive stress) can cause an unknown increase in Ab. A very low value of n is therefore desirable to minimize the effects of small variations in the propellant charac- teristics or the grain geometry. Using this equation and the definition of the characteristic velocity c from Eq. 3-32, one can write K -- Ab/At - p]l-n)/(apbc) (11-14) Here a and Pb are constants and c does not really vary much. This can be rewritten Pl = (Kapbc) 1~(l-n) (11-15) The equations above are based on the very simple mathematical dependence of burning rate on chamber pressure. However, for many propellants, this simplification is not sufficiently valid. For accurate evaluation, experimental values must be found. Those parameters that govern the burning rate and mass discharge rate of motors are called internal ballistic properties; they include r, K, ap, JrK, and the influences caused by pressure, propellant ingredients, gas velocity, or accelera- tion. The subsequent solid propellant rocket parameters are performance para- meters; they include thrust, ideal exhaust velocity, specific impulse, propellant mass fraction, flame temperature, temperature limits, and duration. The ideal nozzle exhaust velocity of a solid propellant rocket is dependent on the thermodynamic theory as given by Eq. 3-15 or 3-16. As explained in Chapter 5, this equation holds only for frozen equilibrium conditions; for shifting equilibrium the exhaust velocity is best defined in terms of the enthalpy drop (hi - h2), which can be computed from v2 = v/2(hl - h2). In deriving the exhaust velocity equation, it was assumed that the approach velocity of gases upstream of the nozzle is small and can be neglected. This is true if the port area Ap (the flow area of gases between and around the propellant grains) is relatively large compared to the nozzle throat area A t . When the port-to- throat-area ratio Ap/A t is less than about 4, a pressure drop correction must be made to the effective exhaust velocity. The thrust for solid propellant rockets is given by the identical definitions developed in Chapters 2 and 3, namely, Eqs. 2-14 and 3-29. The flame or combustion temperature is a thermochemical property of the propellant formu- lation and the chamber pressure. It not only affects the exhaust velocity, but also the hardware design, flame radiation emission, materials selection, and the heat transfer to the grain and hardware. In Chapter 5 methods for its calcula- tion are explained. The determination of the nozzle throat area, nozzle expan- sion area ratio, and nozzle dimensions is discussed in Chapter 3. 4,40 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS The effective exhaust velocity c and the specific impulse Is are defined by Eqs. 2-3, 2-4, and 2-6. It is experimentally difficult to measure the instantaneous propellant flow rate or the effective exhaust velocity. However, total impulse and total propellant mass consumed during the test can be measured. The approximate propellant mass is determined by weighing the rocket before and after a test. The effective propellant mass is often slightly less than the total propellant mass, because some grain designs permit small portions of the propellant to remain unburned during combustion, as is explained in a later chapter. Also, a portion of the nozzle and insulation materials erodes and vaporizes during the rocket motor burning and this reduces the final inert mass of the motor and also slightly increases the nozzle mass flow. This explains the difference between the total inert mass and the burnout mass in Table 11-3. It has been found that the total impulse can be accurately deter- mined in testing by integrating the area under a thrust time curve. For this reason the average specific impulse is usually calculated from total measured impulse and effective propellant mass. The total impulse It is defined by Eq. 2-1 as the integration of thrust F over the operating duration tb: fo tb It - F dt - Ftb (11-16) m where F is an average value of thrust over the burning duration tb. The burning time, action time, and pressure rise time at ignition are defined in Fig. 11-13. Time zero is actually when the firing voltage is applied to the ignition squib or prime charge. Visible exhaust gas will actually come out of the rocket nozzle for a period longer than the action time, but the effluent mass flow ahead and behind the action time is actually very small. These definitions are somewhat arbitrary but are commonly in use and documented by standards such as Ref. 2-2. For flight tests it is possible to derive the instantaneous thrust from the measured flight path acceleration (reduced by an estimated drag) and the estimated instantaneous mass from the chamber pressure measurements, which is essentially proportional to the rocket nozzle mass flow; this gives another way to calculate specific impulse and total impulse. As explained in Section 3.6, there are at least four values of specific impulse: (1) theoretical specific impulse, (2) delivered or actual values as measured from flight tests, static tests, or demonstrations (see Ref. 11-12), (3) delivered specific impulse at standard or reference conditions, and (4) the minimum guaranteed value. Merely quoting a number for specific impulse without further explana- tion leaves many questions unanswered. This is similar to the four performance values for liquid propellant engines listed in Section 3.6. Specific impulse as diminished by several losses can be predicted as shown in Ref. 11-13. Losses include the nozzle inefficiencies due to viscous boundary layer fric- tion and nonaxial flow as described in Chapter 3, thrust vector deflection as described in Chapter 16, residual unburned propellants, heat losses to the walls 11.2. BASIC PERFORMANCE RELATIONS 441 75% of max. value Ignition delay time I L.. I Ignition rise time I I Initial maximum value Time tb = burning time ta = action time / _ Aft tangent bisector x FIGURE 11-13. Definitions of burning time and action time. or insulators, incomplete combustion, or the presence of solid particles in the gas which need to be accelerated. There are also some performance gains; the gases (created by ablation of the ablative nozzle and insulators or the igniter propellants) contribute to an increased mass flow, in many cases also to a somewhat lower average molecular weight of the gas and to a slight reduction of the final inert mass after rocket motor operation. The two-phaseflow equations for calculating specific impulse can be solved if the size distribution, shape, and percentage of solid particles in the exhaust gas are known. The assumption of a uniform average spherical particle diameter simplifies the analysis (Ref. 11-13), and this diameter can be estimated from specific impulse measurements on rocket motor tests (Ref. 11-14). Section 3.5 gives a simple theory for two-phase flow of solid particles in a gas flow. Sometimes density-specific impulse, the specific gravity of the propellant grain multiplied by specific impulse, is stated as a performance parameter, particu- larly in rocket motor applications where a compact design is desirable (see Eq. 7-3). Propellants burn to varying degrees of completeness depending on the fuel, the oxidizer, their ratios, the energy losses, and the environment within the motor. Propellants with nonmetal fuels usually burn with a velocity correction factor of 97 or 98%, as contrasted to 90 to 96% for propellants with aluminum powder as the fuel. The solid particles in the exhaust do not contribute to the gas expansion, require energy to be accelerated, and two-phase flow is less 442 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS efficient. However, the addition of the aluminum increases the heat of combus- tion, the chamber gas temperature, and thus the exhaust velocity or specific impulse. This increase usually outweighs the loss for having to accelerate the small solid aluminum oxide particles. The propellant mass fraction ~ was defined in Eq. 2-8 as ~" = mp/mo and it is directly related to the motor mass ratio and therefore also to the flight perfor- mance of the vehicle. The initial motor mass m0 is the sum of the useful solid propellant mass mp and the non-burning, inert hardware mass of the motor. For a vehicle's propellant mass fraction, the payload mass and the nonpropul- sion inert mass (vehicle structure, guidance and control, communications equipment, and power supply) have to be added. A high value of ~" indicates a low inert motor mass, an efficient design of the hardware, and high stresses. This parameter has been used to make approximate preliminary design esti- mates. It is a function of motor size or mass, thrust level, the nozzle area ratio, and the material used for the case. For very small motors (less than 100 lbm) the value of the propellant fraction is between 0.3 and 0.75. Medium-sized motors (100 < m0 < 1000 lbm) have ~" values between 0.8 and 0.91. For larger motors (1000 < m0 < 50,000 lbm) ~" is between 0.88 and 0.945. A range of values is given for each category, because of the influence of the following other variables. Medium- and large-sized motors with steel cases generally have lower ~" values than those with titanium cases, and their values are lower than for cases made of Kevlar fibers in an epoxy matrix. The highest values are for cases made of graphite or carbon fibers in an epoxy matrix. The ~" values are lower for larger area ratio nozzles and motors with thrust vector control. The STAR TM 27 rocket motor, shown in Fig. 11-1 and described in Table 11-3, has a propellant mass fraction of 0.924. This is high for a medium- sized motor with a titanium metal case and a relatively large nozzle exit section. A number of performance parameters are used to evaluate solid propellant rockets and to compare the quality of design of one rocket with another. The first is the total-impulse-to-loaded-weight ratio (It~we). The loaded weight wG is the sea-level initial gross weight of propellant and rocket propulsion system hardware. Typical values for It~we are between 100 and 230 sec, with the higher values representative of high-performance rocket propellants and highly stressed hardware, which means a low inert mass. The total-impulse-to-loaded- weight ratio ideally approaches the value of the specific impulse. When the weight of hardware, metal parts, inhibitors, and so on becomes very small in relation to the propellant weight wp, then the ratio It/wa approaches It~w, which is the definition of the average specific impulse (Eqs. 2-3 and 2-4). The higher the value of It/wG, the better the design of a rocket unit. Another parameter used for comparing propellants is the volume impulse; it is defined as the total impulse per unit volume of propellant grain, or It/Vb. The thrust-to-weight ratio F/wc is a dimensionless parameter that is iden- tical to the acceleration of the rocket propulsion system (expressed in multiples of go) if it could fly by itself in a gravity-free vacuum; it excludes other vehicle component weights. It is peculiar to the application and can vary from very low 11.2. BASIC PERFORMANCE RELATIONS 443 values of less than one go to over 1,000 go for high acceleration applications of solid propellant rocket motors. Some rocket assisted gun munitions have accel- erations of 20,000 go. The temperature limits refer to the maximum and minimum storage tem- peratures to which a motor can be exposed without risk of damage to the propellant grain. They are discussed further in Section 11.4. Example 11-3. The following requirements are given for a solid propellant rocket motor: Sea level thrust 2000 lbf average Duration 10 sec Chamber pressure 1000 psia Operating temperature Ambient (approx. 70°F) Propellant Ammonium nitrate-hydrocarbon Determine the specific impulse, the throat and exit areas, the flow rate, the total pro- pellant weight, the total impulse, the burning area, and an estimated mass assuming moderately efficient design. Properties for this propellant are: k = 1.26; T1 = 2700°F = 3160 R; r = 0.10 in./sec at 1000 psia; c = 4000 ft/sec; Pb = 0.056 lb/in. 3", molecular weight = 22 lbm/lb-mol; gas constant = 1544/22 = 70.2 ft-lbf/lbm-R. SOLUTION. From Figs. 3-4 and 3-6, C F -- 1.57 (for k = 1.26, with optimum expan- sion at sea level and a pressure ratio of 1000/14.7 - 68) and E = Az/At = 7.8. The ideal thrust coefficient has to be corrected for nozzle losses. Assume a correction of 0.98; then CF = 0.98 × 1.57 = 1.54. The specific impulse is (Eq. 3-32). I s -- CCF/g 0 -- (4000 x 1.54)/32.2 = 191 sec The required throat area is obtained from Eq. 3-31' At = F/(plCF) - 2000/(1000 x 1.54)- 1.30 in. 2 The exit area is 7.8 x 1.30 = 10.1 in. 2 The nozzle weight flow rate is obtained from Eq. 2-5, namely w = F/Is -- 2000/191 = 10.47 lbf/sec. The effective propellant weight for a duration of 10 sec is therefore approximately 105 lbf. Allowing for residual propellant and for inefficiencies on thrust buildup, the total loaded propellant weight is assumed to be 4% larger, namely, 105 × 1.04 = 109 lbf. The total impulse is from Eq. 2-2: It -- Ftb = 2000 × 10 --" 20,000 lbf-sec. This can also be obtained from It = w x I~ - 105 x 191 = 20,000 lbf-sec. The propellant burning surface can be found by using Eq. 11-12: A b -- AtPl v~k2/(k + 1)/(k-1) par~/RT1 1.30 × 1000 / 32.2 x 1.26 0.056 x 0.10 V(1544/22) ~-3160 (0.885) 8.7 --- 1840 in. 2 444 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS This result can also be obtained from Eq. 11-11 or 11-14. The ratio is given by K = Ab/At- 1840/1.30 = 1415 The loaded gross weight of the rocket motor (not the vehicle) can only be estimated after a detailed design has been made. However, an approximate guess can be made by choosing a total impulse to weight ratio of perhaps 143. wG - It/(It/wG) - 20,000/143 - 140 lbf Beause the propellants account for 109 lbf, the hardware parts can be estimated as 14 0- 109- 31 lbf. 11.3. PROPELLANT GRAIN AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION The grain is the shaped mass of processed solid propellant inside the rocket motor. The propellant material and geometrical configuration of the grain determine the motor performance characteristics. The propellant grain is a cast, molded, or extruded body and its appearance and feel is similar to that of hard rubber or plastic. Once ignited, it will burn on all its exposed surfaces to form hot gases that are then exhausted through a nozzle. A few rocket motors have more than one grain inside a single case or chamber and very few grains have segments made of different propellant composition (e.g., to allow different burning rates). However, most rockets have a single grain. There are two methods of holding the grain in the case, as seen in Fig. 11-14. Cartridge-loaded or freestanding grains are manufactured separately from the case (by extrusion or by casting into a cylindrical mold or cartridge) and then loaded into or assembled into the case. In case-bonded grains the case is used as a mold and the propellant is cast directly into the case and is bonded to the case or case insulation. Free-standing grains can more easily be replaced Fn,'~= rH ¢ q v Case with inner liner / Grain base ~lange insulation I~, ~l~i~n :le Nozzle Cartridge-loaded grain (free-standing) Case-bonded grain FIGURE 11-14. Simplified schematic diagrams of a free-standing (or cartridge-loaded) and a case-bonded grain. 11.3. PROPELLANT GRAIN AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 4.45 if the propellant grain has aged excessively. Aging is discussed in the next chapter. Cartridge-loaded grains are used in some small tactical missiles and a few medium-sized motors. They often have a lower cost and are easier to inspect. The case-bonded grains give a somewhat better performance, a little less inert mass (no holding device, support pads, and less insulation), a better volumetric loading fraction, are more highly stressed, and often somewhat more difficult and expensive to manufacture. Today almost all larger motors and many tactical missile motors use case bonding. Stresses in these two types of grains are briefly discussed under structural design in the next section. Definitions and terminology important to grains include: Configuration: The shape or geometry of the initial burning surfaces of a grain as it is intended to operate in a motor. Cylindrical Grain: A grain in which the internal cross section is constant along the axis regardless of perforation shape. (see Fig. 11-3). Neutral Burning: Motor burn time during which thrust, pressure, and burn- ing surface area remain approximately constant (see Fig. 11-15), typically within about +15%. Many grains are neutral burning. Perforation: The central cavity port or flow passage of a propellant grain; its cross section may be a cylinder, a star shape, etc. (see Fig. 11-16). Progressive Burning: Burn time during which thrust, pressure, and burning surface area increase (see Fig. 11-15). Regressive Burning: Burn time during which thrust, pressure, and burning surface area decrease (see Fig. 11-15). Sliver: Unburned propellant remaining (or lost--that is, expelled through the nozzle) at the time of web burnout (see sketch in Problem 11-6). ul :3 L.. JE: 0 CD L :3 Ul Ul CD L D_ Time FIGURE 11-15. Classification of grains according to their pressure-time characteristics. 446 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS Propellant Bonded insulation Chamber End-burner (case bonded), neutral burn Web thickness b Internal burning tube, progressive _ ~ ,, b Slots and tube, neutral burn Radial grooves and tube, neutral burn Star (neutral) Wagon wheel Multiperforated (neutral) (progressive-regressive) Dog bone Dendrite (case bonded) FIGURE 11-16. Simplified diagrams of several grain configurations. Burning Time, or Effective Burning Time, tb: Usually, the interval from 10% maximum initial pressure (or thrust) to web burnout, with web burnout usually taken as the aft tangent-bisector point on the pressure-time trace (see Fig. 11-13). Action Time, ta: The burning time plus most of the time to burn slivers; typically, the interval between the initial and final 10% pressure (or thrust) points on the pressure-time trace (see Fig. 11-13). 11.3. PROPELLANT GRAIN AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 447 Deflagration Limit: The minimum pressure at which combustion can still be barely self-sustained and maintained without adding energy. Below this pressure the combustion ceases altogether or may be erratic and unsteady with the plume appearing and disappearing periodically. Inhibitor: A layer or coating of slow- or nonburning material (usually, a polymeric rubber type with filler materials) applied (glued, painted, dipped, or sprayed) to a part of the grain's propellant surface to prevent burning on that surface. By preventing burning on inhibited surfaces the initial burning area can be controlled and reduced. Also called restrictor. Liner: A sticky non-self-burning thin layer of polymeric-type material that is applied to the cases prior to casting the propellant in order to promote good bonding between the propellant and the case or the insulator. It also allows some axial motion between the grain periphery and the case. Internal Insulator: An internal layer between the case and the propellant grain made of an adhesive, thermally insulating material that will not burn readily. Its purpose is to limit the heat transfer to and the tempera- ture rise of the case during rocket operation. Liners and insulators can be seen in Figs. 11-1, 11-2, 11-4, and 11-14, and are described in Chapter 12. Web Thickness, b: The minimum thickness of the grain from the initial burning surface to the insulated case wall or to the intersection of another burning surface; for an end-burning grain, b equals the length of the grain (see Fig. 11-16). Web Fraction, bf: For a case-bonded internal burning grain, the ratio of the web thickness b to the outer radius of the grain: bf = b/radius = 2b/diameter (11-17) Volumetric Loading Fraction, Vf: The ratio of propellant volume Vb to the chamber volume Vc (excluding nozzle) available for propellant, insula- tion, and restrictors. Using Eq. 2-4 and Vb = m/p: Vf = Vb/Vc = It/(Ispbgo Vc) (11-18) where It is the total impulse, Is the specific impulse, and Pb the propellant density. A grain has to satisfy several interrelated requirements: 1. From the flight mission one can determine the rocket motor requirements. They have to be defined and known before the grain can be designed. They are usually established by the vehicle designers. This can include total impulse, a desired thrust-time curve and a tolerance thereon, motor mass, ambient temperature limits during storage and operation, available 4.48 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS vehicle volume or envelope, and vehicle accelerations caused by vehicle forces (vibration, bending, aerodynamic loads, etc.). 2. The grain geometry is selected to fit these requirements; it should be compact and use the available volume efficiently, have an appropriate burn surface versus time profile to match the desired thrust-time curve, and avoid or predictably control possible erosive burning. The remaining unburned propellant slivers, and often also the shift of the center of gravity during burning, should be minimized. This selection of the geo- metry can be complex, and it is discussed in Refs. 11-1 and 11-7 and also below in this section. 3. The propellant is usually selected on the basis of its performance cap- ability (e.g., characteristic velocity), mechanical properties (e.g., strength), ballistic properties (e.g., burning rate), manufacturing charac- teristics, exhaust plume characteristics, and aging properties. If neces- sary, the propellant formulation may be slightly altered or "tailored" to fit exactly the required burning time or grain geometry. Propellant selection is discussed in Chapter 12 and in Ref. 11-7. 4. The structural integrity of the grain, including its liner and/or insulator, must be analyzed to assure that the grain will not fail in stress or strain under all conditions of loading, acceleration, or thermal stress. The grain geometry can be changed to reduce excessive stresses. This is discussed in the next section of this chapter. 5. The complex internal cavity volume of perforations, slots, ports, and fins increases with burning time. These cavities need to be checked for reso- nance, damping, and combustion stability. This is discussed in Chapter 13. 6. The processing of the grain and the fabrication of the propellant should be simple and low cost (see Chapter 12). The grain configuration is designed to satisfy most requirements, but some- times some of these six categories are satisfied only partially. The geometry is crucial in grain design. For a neutral burning grain (approximately constant thrust), for example, the burning surface Ab has to stay approximately con- stant, and for a regressive burning grain the burning area will diminish during the burning time. From Eqs. 11-3 and 11-14 the trade-off between burning rate and the burning surface area is evident, and the change of burning surface with time has a strong influence on chamber pressure and thrust. Since the density of most modern propellants falls within a narrow range (about 0.066 lbm/in. 3 or 1830 kg/m 3 + 2 to -15%), it has little influence on the grain design. As a result of motor developments of the past three decades, many grain configurations are available to motor designers. As methods evolved for increasing the propellant burning rate, the number of configurations needed decreased. Current designs concentrate on relatively few configurations, since the needs of a wide variety of solid rocket applications can be fulfilled by 11.3. PROPELLANT GRAIN AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 449 combining known configurations or by slightly altering a classical configura- tion. The trend has been to discontinue configurations that give weak grains which can form cracks, produce high sliver losses, have a low volumetric loading fraction, or are expensive to manufacture. The effect of propellant burning on surface area is readily apparent for simple geometric shapes such as rods, tubes, wedges, and slots, as shown in the top four configurations of Fig. 11-16. Certain other basic surface shapes burn as follows: external burning rod--regressive; external burning wedge m regressive. Most propellant grains combine two or more of these basic surfaces to obtain the desired burning characteristic. The star perforation, for example, combines the wedge and the internal burning tube. Figure 11-17 indicates typical single grains with combinations of two basic shapes. The term conocyl is a contraction of the words cone and cylinder. Configurations that combine both radial and longitudinal burning, as does the internal-external burning tube without restricted ends, are frequently referred to as "three-dimensional grains" even though all grains are geometri- cally three-dimensional. Correspondingly, grains that burn only longitudinally "-J Conocyl (case-bonded) Finocyl (case-bonded) relieving insulation i t Spherical (case-bonded) with slots and cylinder FIGURE II-17. Typical common grain configurations using combinations of two basic shapes for the grain cavity. 451) SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS or only radially are "two-dimensional grains." Grain configurations can be classified according to their web fraction by, their length-to-diameter ratio L/D, and their volumetric loading fraction VU. These three dependent variables are often used in selecting a grain configuration in the preliminary design of a motor for a specific application. Obvious overlap of characteristics exists with some of the configurations, as given in Table 11-4 and shown by simple sketches in Fig. 11-16. The configurations listed above the line in the table are common in recent designs. The bottom three were used in earlier designs and usually are more difficult to manufacture or to support in a case. The end burner has the highest volumetric loading fraction, the lowest grain cavity volume for a given total impulse, and a relatively low burning area or thrust with a long duration. The internal burning tube is relatively easy to manufac- ture and is neutral burning with unrestricted ends of L/D ~ 2. By adding fins or cones (see Fig. 11-17) this configuration works for 2 < L/D < 4. The star configuration is ideal for web fractions of 0.3 to 0.4; it is progressive above 0.4, but can be neutralized with fins or slots. The wagon wheel is structurally superior to the star shape around 0.3 and is necessary at a web fraction of 0.2 (high thrust and short burn time). Dendrites are used in the lowest web fraction when a relatively large burning area is needed (high thrust and short duration), but stresses may be high. Although the limited number of config- urations given in this table may not encompass all the practical possibilities for fulfilling a nearly constant thrust-time performance requirement, combinations of these features should be considered to achieve a neutral pressure-time trace and high volumetric loading before a relatively unproven configuration is accepted. The capabilities of basic configurations listed in these tables can be TABLE 11-4. Characteristics of Several Grain Configurations Pressure-time Web L/D Volumetric Burning C.G. Configuration Fraction ratio Fraction Characteristics shift End burner > 1.0 NA 0.90-0.98 Neutral Large Internal burning tube 0.5-0.9 1-4 0.80-0.95 Neutral a Small to (including slotted moderate tube, trumpet, conocyl, finocyl) Segmented tube (large 0.5-0.9 > 2 0.80-0.95 Neutral Small grains) Internal star b 0.3-0.6 NA 0.75-0.85 Neutral Small Wagon Wheel b 0.2-0.3 NA 0.55-0.70 Neutral Small Dendrite b 0.1-0.2 1-2 0.55-0.70 Neutral Small Internal-external 0.3-0.5 NA 0.75-0.85 Neutral Small burning tube Rod and tube 0.3-0.5 NA 0.60-0.85 Neutral Small Dog bone b 0.2-0.3 NA 0.70-0.80 Neutral Small aNeutral if ends are unrestricted, otherwise progressive. bHas up to 4 or sometimes 8% sliver mass and thus a gradual thrust termination. NA: not applicable or not available. 11.3. PROPELLANT GRAIN AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 451 extended by alterations. The movement of the center of gravity influences the flight stability of the vehicle. Relative values of this CG shift are also shown in Table 11-4. Most solid propellant manufacturers have specific approaches and sophisticated computer programs for analyzing and optimizing grain geometry alternatives and permitting burn surface and cavity volume analysis. See Refs. 11-15 and 11-16 and Chapters 8 and 9 of Ref. 11-1. The end burning grain (burning like a cigarette) is unique; it burns solely in the axial direction and maximizes the amount of propellant that can be placed in a given cylindrical motor case. In larger motors (over 0.6 m diameter) these end burners show a progressive thrust curve. Figure 11-18 shows that the burning surface soon forms a conical shape, causing a rise in pressure and thrust. Although the phenomenon is not fully understood, two factors contri- bute to higher burning rate near the bondline: chemical migration of the burn- ing rate catalyst into and towards the bondline, and local high propellant stresses and strains at the bond surface, creating local cracks (Ref. 11-17). Rockets used in air-launched or certain surface-launched missile applica- tions, weather rockets, certain antiaircraft or antimissile rockets, and other tactical applications actually benefit by reducing the thrust with burn time. A high thrust is desired to apply initial acceleration, but, as propellant is consumed and the vehicle mass is reduced, a decrease in thrust is desirable; this limits the maximum acceleration on the rocket-propelled vehicle or its sensitive payload, often reduces the drag losses, and usually permits a more effective flight path. Therefore, there is a benefit to vehicle mass, flight perfor- mance, and cost in having a higher initial thrust during the boost phase of the flight, followed by a lower thrust (often 10 to 30% of boost thrust) during the sustaining phase of the powered flight. Figure 11-19 shows grains which give two or more discrete thrust periods in a single burn operation. The configura- tions are actually combinations of the configurations listed in Table 11-4. Equilibrium conical burning J surface / Case / 1 ) Initial burning surface FIGURE 11-18. Schematic diagram of end-burning grain coning effect. In larger sizes (above approximately 0.5 m diameter) the burning surface does not remain flat and perpendicular to the motor axis, but gradually assumes a conical shape. The lines in the grain indicate successively larger-area burning surface contours. 452 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS @ @ Single grain. Boost with radial burning, sustain with end burning @ Dual end burning grains with two propellants of different burning rates. Not used today, because the manufacture is more expensive @ @ Single grain. Boost with large burning area, sustain with smaller burning area (both radial) Single grain. Boost-sustain-boost, with different burning areas (all radial burning) FIGURE 11-19. Several simplified schematic diagrams of grain configurations for an initial period of high thrust followed by a lower-thrust period. In a single-propellant dual-thrust level solid rocket motor, factors relating to the sustain portion usually dominate in the selection of the propellant type and grain configuration if most of the propellant volume is used during the longer sustain portion. A restartable rocket motor has advantages in a number of tactical rocket propulsion systems used for aircraft and missile defense applications. Here two (or sometimes three) grains are contained inside the same case, each with its own igniter. The grains are physically separated typically by a structural bulk- head or by an insulation layer. One method for accomplishing this is shown in Fig. 11-20. The timing between thrust periods (sometimes called thrust pulses) can be controlled and commanded by the missile guidance system, so as to change the trajectory in a nearly optimum fashion and minimize the flight time to target. The separation mechanism has to prevent the burning-hot pressur- ized gas of the first grain from reaching the other grain and causing its inad- vertent ignition. When the second grain is ignited the separation devices are automatically removed, fractured, or burned, but in such a manner that the 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 453 Grain for Rib support Bulkhead Metal case with Grain for second pulse .
~ structure and seals internal insulation first pulse Ignite~..... zle Burst diaphragm with Igniter insulation on right side FIGURE 11-20. Simplified diagram of one concept of a two-pulse experimental rocket motor with two grains separated by a bulkhead. During the first pulse operation the metal diaphragm is supported by a spider-web-like structure made of high temperature material. Upon ignition of the second stage, the scored diaphragm is loaded in the other direction; it breaks and its leaves peel back. The bulkhead opening has a much larger area than the nozzle throat. fragments of hardware pieces will not plug the nozzle or damage the insulation (see Refs. 11-18 and 11-19). Slivers Any remaining unburnt propellant is known as slivers. Figure 11-5 and the figure in Problem 11-6 show small slivers or pieces of unburnt propellant remaining at the periphery of the grain, because the pressure went below the deflagration limit (see Ref. 11-20). About 25 years ago grain designs had 2 to 7% propellant slivers; this useless material caused a reduction in propellant mass fraction and vehicle mass ratio. The technology of grain design has advanced so that there are almost no slivers (usually less than 1%). If slivers were to occur in a new unusual grain design, the designer would try to replace the sliver volume with lower-density insulator, which gives less of a mass ratio penalty than the higher-density propellant residue. This is shown in Fig. 11-17. 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN The objective of stress analysis of rocket motors is to design the configuration of the grain, the liners, or the grain support in such a way that excessive stresses or excessive strains will not occur and so that there will be no failure. Static and dynamic loads and stresses are imposed on the propellant grains during man- ufacture, transportation, storage, and operation. Structurally, a rocket motor is a thin shell of revolution (motor case) almost completely filled with avis- 454 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS coelastic material, the propellant, which usually accounts for 80 to 94% of the motor mass. Propellant has some mechanical properties that are not found in ordinary structural materials and these have received relatively little study. The viscoelastic nature of solid propellant is time-history dependent and the mate- rial accumulates damage from repeated stresses; this is known as the cumula- tive-damage phenomenon. The most common failure modes are: 1. Surface cracks are formed when the surface strain is excessive. They open up new additional burning surfaces and this in turn causes the chamber pressure as well as the thrust to be increased. The higher, shorter dura- tion thrust will cause the vehicle to fly a different trajectory and this may cause the mission objective to be missed. With many cracks or deep cracks, the case becomes overpressurized and will fail. The limiting strain depends on the stress level, grain geometry, temperature, propellant age, load history, and the sizes of flaws or voids. At a high strain rate, deeper, more highly branched cracks are more readily formed than at a lower strain rate (see Ref. 11-9). 2. The bond at the grain periphery is broken and an unbonded area or gap can form next to the liner, insulator, or case. As the grain surface regresses, a part of the unbonded area will become exposed to the hot, high-pressure combustion gases, and then suddenly the burning area is increased by the unbonded area. Other failure modes, such as an excessively high ambient grain temperature causing a large reduction in the physical strength properties, ultimately result in grain cracks and/or debonding. Air bubbles, porosity, or uneven density can locally reduce the propellant strength sufficiently to cause failure, again by cracks or debonds. Other failure modes are excessive deformations of the grain (e.g., slump of large grains can restrict the port area) and involuntary ignition due to the heat absorbed by the viscoelastic propellant from excessive mechanical vibration (e.g., prolonged bouncing during transport). If the grain has a large number of small cracks or a few deep cracks or large areas of unbonding prior to firing, the burning area will increase, often pro- gressively and unpredictably, and the resulting higher pressure will almost always cause the case to burst. A few small cracks or minor unbonded areas will usually not impede satisfactory motor operation. Material Characterization Before a structural analysis can be performed it is necessary to understand the materials and obtain data on their properties. The grain materials (propellant, insulator, and liner) are rubber-like materials that are nearly incompressible. They all have a bulk modulus in compression of at least 1400 MPa or about 200,000 psi in their original state (undamaged). Since there are very few voids 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 455 in a properly made propellant (much less than 1%), its compression strain is low. However, the propellant is easily damaged by applied tension and shear loads. If the strength of propellant in tension and shear (typically betwen 50 and 1000 psi) is exceeded, the grain will be damaged or fail locally. Since grains are three-dimensional, all stresses are combined stresses and not pure compres- sion stresses, and grains are thus easily damaged. This damage is due to a "dewetting" of the adhesion between individual solid particles and the binder in the propellant and appears initially as many small voids or porosity. Those very small holes or debonded areas next to or around the solid particles may initially be under vacuum, but they become larger with strain growth. The propellant, liner, and insulator with a solid filler are viscoelastic materi- als. They show a nonlinear viscoelastic behavior, not a linear elastic behavior. This means that the maximum stress and maximum elongation or strain dimin- ish each time a significant load is applied. The material becomes weaker and suffers some damage with each loading cycle or thermal stress application. The physical properties also change with the time rate of applying loads; for exam- ple, very fast pressurization actually gives a stronger material. Certain binders, such as hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), give good elongation and a stronger propellant than other polymers used with the same percentage of binder. Therefore HTPB is a preferred binder today. The physical properties are also affected by the manufacturing process. For example, tensile specimens cut from the same conventionally cast grain of composite propellant can show 20 to 40% variation in the strength properties between samples of different orientations relative to the local casting slurry flow direction. Viscoelastic material properties change as a function of prior loading and damage history. They have the capability to reheal and recover partially following damage. Chemical deterioration will in time degrade the properties of many propellants. These phenomena make it difficult to characterize these materials and predict their behavior or physical properties in engineering terms. Several kinds of laboratory tests on small samples are routinely performed today to determine the physical properties of these materials. (see Refs. 11-21 and 11-22). Simple tests, however, do not properly describe the complex non- linear behavior. These laboratory tests are conducted under ideal conditions-- mostly uniaxial stresses instead of complex three-dimensional stresses--with a uniform temperature instead of a thermal gradient and usually with no prior damage to the material. The application of laboratory test results to real structural analysis therefore involves several assumptions and empirical correc- tion factors. The test data are transformed into derived parameters for deter- mining safety margins and useful life, as described in Chapter 9 of Ref. 11-1. There is no complete agreement on how best to characterize these materials. Nevertheless, laboratory tests provide useful information and several are described below. The most common test is a simple uniaxial tensile test at constant strain rate. One set of results is shown in Fig. 11-21. The test is commonly used for manufacturing quality control, propellant development, and determining fail- 456 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS E = initial modulus ~m = rlominal strain at maximum stress ¢r = nominal strain at rupture Cd = dewetting strain (slope departs from its maximum) O'm = nominal maximum stress / O'r = nominal stress at rupture 100 -- / After some | f accumulated I 80 / damage I .~ 60 ~r r 40 o r I I 0 5 I0 15 25 Percent strain, in./in, x 100 I -1 2O FIGURE 11-21. Stress-strain curves for a typical composite-type solid propellant showing the effect of cumulative damage. The maximum stress o m is higher than the rupture stress ~r, of the tensile test sample. ure criteria. Once the sample has been loaded, unloaded, and restressed several times, the damage to the material changes its response and properties as shown by the dashed curve in Fig. 11-21. The dewetting strain is, by definition, the strain (and corresponding max- imum stress) where incipient failure of the interface bonds between small solid oxidizer crystals and the rubbery binder occurs. The dewetting stress is analo- gous to the yield point in elastic materials, because this is when internal mate- rial damage begins to happen. The slope E, the modulus at low strain, is not ordinarily used in design, but is often used as a quality control parameter. Data from several such uniaxial tests at different temperatures can then be manipu- lated to arrive at allowable stresses, permissible safe strains, and a derived artificial modulus, as described later. Once a case-bonded grain has been cooled down from its casting temperature it will have shrunk and be under multidirectional strain. Samples cut from different parts of a temperature- cycled grain will usually give different tensile test results. 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 457 Biax&l strength tests are also performed frequently in the laboratory. One type is described in Ref. 11-21. Meaningful three-dimensional stress tests are difficult to perform in the laboratory and are usually not done. There are other sample tests that give information about propellant behavior, such as strain endurance tests to obtain the levels of strain at which the propellant has long endurance and does not suffer significant damage, tests at constant stress levels, fracture tests of samples with known cracks or defects, tensile tests under simulated chamber pressure, or tests to measure the thermal coefficient of expansion. Peel tests of the adhesive bonds of propellants to liners or insu- lators are very common and their failures are discussed in Ref 11-22. The application and interpretation of all these tests depend on the stress conditions in the grain and company preferences. In addition, strain or stress measure- ments are made occasionally on full-scale, experimental, flight-weight motors using special embedded sensors. Care must be taken that the implanting of these sensors into the grain will not disturb the local stress-strain distribution, which would lead to erroneous measurements. The maximum failure stresses of most propellants are relatively low com- pared to those of plastic materials. Typical values range from about 0.25 to 8 MPa or about 40 to about 1200 psi, with average values between 50 and 300 psi, and elongations range from 4 to 250%, depending on the specific propel- lant, its temperature, and its stress history. Table 11-5 shows properties for a relatively strong propellant. Some double-base propellants and binder-rich composite propellants can withstand higher stresses (up to about 32 MPa or 4600 psi). The pressure and the strain rate have a major influence on the physical properties. Tensile tests performed at chamber pressure give higher strength than those done at atmospheric pressure, in some cases by a factor of 2 or more. High strain rates (sudden-start pressurization) can also improve the propellant properties temporarily. The strength properties of the grain material are commonly determined over a range of propellant temperatures. For air-launched missiles these limits are TABLE 11-5. Range of Tensile Properties of Reduced Smoke Composite Propellant for a Tactical Missile a Temperature (°F) 158 77 -40 Maximum stress (psi) Modulus (psi) Strain at maximum stress/strain and at ultimate stress (%) 137-152 198-224 555-633 262-320 420-483 5120-6170 54/55-65/66 56/57-64/66 46/55-59/63 aPolybutadiene binder with reduced aluminum and ammonium perchlorate; data are from four different 5-gallon mixes. Source: Data taken with permission of the AIAA from Ref. 11-23. 458 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS wide, with -65°F and +160°F or 219 K and 344 K often being the lower and upper extremes expected during motor exposure. Propellant grains must be strong enough and have elongation capability sufficient to meet the high stress concentrations present during shrinkage at low temperature and also under the dynamic load conditions of ignition and motor operation. The mechanical properties (strength, elongation) can be increased by increasing the percent of binder material in the propellant, but at a reduction in performance. Structural Design The structural analysis of a typical case-bonded grain has to consider not only the grain itself but also the liner, insulator, and case, which interact structurally with the propellant grain under various loading conditions (see Chapter 9 or Ref. 11-1). The need to obtain strong bonds between the propellant and the liner, the liner and the insulator, or the insulator and the case is usually satis- fied by using properly selected materials and manufacturing procedures to assure a good set of bonds. Liners are usually flexible and can accept large strains without failure, and the vehicle loads can be transmitted from the case (which is usually part of the vehicle structure) into the propellant. When the propellant is cured (heated in an oven), it is assumed to have uniform internal temperature and to be free of thermal stresses. As the grain cools and shrinks after cure and reaches an equilibrium uniform ambient tem- perature (say, from -40 to +75°F), the propellant experiences internal stresses and strains which can be relatively large at low temperature. The stresses are increased because the case material usually has a thermal coefficient of expan- sion that is smaller than that of the propellant by an order of magnitude. The stress-free temperature range of a propellant can be changed by curing the motor under pressure. Since this usually reduces the stresses at ambient tem- perature extremes, this pressure cure is now being used more commonly. The structural analysis begins when all loads can be identified and quanti- fied. Table 11-6 lists the typical loads that are experienced by a solid propellant motor during its life cycle and some of the failures they can induce. Some of these loads are unique to specific applications. The loads and the timing of these loads during the life cycle of a solid propellant rocket motor have to be analyzed for each application and each motor. They depend on the motor design and use. Although ignition and high accelerations (e.g., impact on a motor that falls off a truck) usually cause high stresses and strains, they may not always be the critical loads. The stresses induced by ambient environmental temperature cycling or gravity slumps are often relatively small; however, they are additive to stresses caused by other loads and thus can be critical. A space motor that is to be fired within a few months after manufacture presents a different problem than a tactical motor that is to be transported, temperature cycled, and vibrated for a long time, and this is different yet from a large- diameter ballistic missile motor that sits in a temperature-conditioned silo for more than 10 years. 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 459 TABLE 11--6. Summary of Loads and Likely Failure Modes in Case-Bonded Rocket Motors Load Source Description of Load and Critical Stress Area 1. Cool-down during manufacture after Temperature differential across case and hot cure grain; tension and compression stresses 2. Thermal cycling during storage or transport 3. Improper handling and transport vibrations 4. Ignition shock/pressure loading 5. Friction of internal gas flow in cavity 6. Launch and axial flight acceleration 7. Flight maneuvers (e.g., antimissile rocket) 8. Centrifugal forces in spin-stabilized projectiles/missiles 9. Gravity slump during storage; only in large motors 10. External air friction when case is also the vehicle's skin on grain surfaces; hot grain, cool case Alternative hot and cold environment; critical condition is with cold grain, hot case; two critical areas: bond-line tensile stress (tearing), inner-bore surface cracking Shock and vibration, 5 to 30g0 forces during road transport at 5 to 300 Hz (5 to 2500 Hz for external aircraft carry) for hours or days; critical failure: grain fracture or grain debonding Case expands and grain compresses; axial pressure differential is severe with end- burning grains; critical areas; fracture and debonding at grain periphery Axially rearward force on grain Inertial load mostly axial; shear stress at bond line; slump deformation in large motors can reduce port diameter High side accelerations cause unsymmetrical stress distribution; can result in debonding or cracks High strain at inner burning surfaces; cracks will form Stresses and deformation in perforation can be minimized by rotating the motor periodically; port area can be reduced by slump Heating of propellant, liner and insulators will lower their strengths causing premature failure. Induces thermal stresses Furthermore, the structural analysis requires a knowledge of the material characteristics and failure criteria: namely, the maximum stress and strains that can safely be accepted by the propellant under various conditions. The failure criteria are derived from cumulative damage tests, classical failure theories, actual motor failures, and fracture mechanics. This analysis may be an iterative 460 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS analysis, because the materials and geometry need to be changed if analysis shows that the desired margins of safety are exceeded. Ideally, the analysis would be based on a nonlinear viscoelastic stress theory; however, such an approach is still being developed and is not yet reliable (see Ref. 11-1). An analysis based on a viscoelastic material behavior is feasible, relatively complex, and requires material property data that are difficult to obtain and uncertain in value. Most structural analyses today are based on an elastic material model; it is relatively simple and many two- and three- dimensional finite element analysis computer programs of this approach are available at rocket motor manufacturing companies. Admittedly, this theory does not fit all the facts, but with some empirical corrections it has given approximate answers to many structural grain design problems. An example of a two-dimensional finite element grid from a computer output is shown in Fig. 11-22 for a segment of a grain using an elastic model (see Refs. 11-24 and 11-25). With elastic materials the stress is essentially proportional to strain and independent of time; when the load is removed, the material returns to its original condition. Neither of these propositions is valid for grains or their propellant materials. In viscoelastic material a time-related dependency exists between stresses and strains; the relationship is not linear and is influenced by the rate of strain. The stresses are not one-dimensional as many laboratory tests are, but three-dimensional, which are more difficult to visualize. When the load is removed, the grain does not return to its exact original position. References 11-26 and 11-27 and Chapters 9 and 10 of Ref. 11-1 discuss three-dimensional analysis techniques and viscoelastic design. A satisfactory analysis technique has yet to be developed to predict the influence of cumula- tive damage. Various techniques have been used to compensate for the nonelastic beha- vior by using allowable stresses that have been degraded for nonlinear effects and/or an effective modulus that uses a complex approximation based on laboratory strain test data. Many use a modified modulus (maximum stress- strain at maximum stress or O'm/f m in Fig. 11-21) called the stress relaxation modulus ER in a master curve against temperature-compensated time to failure, as shown in Fig. 11-23. It is constructed from data collected from a series of uniaxial tests at constant strain rate (typically, 3 to 5%) performed at different temperatures (typically -55 to +43°C). The shifted temperature Ts/T is shown in the inset on the upper right for 3% strain rate and sample tests taken at different temperatures. The factor ~. in the ordinate corrects for the necking down of the tension sample during test. The small inset in this figure explains the correction for temperature that is applied to the reduced time to failure. The empirical time-temperature shift factor aT is set to zero at ambient tem- peratures (25°C or 77°F) and graphically shifted for higher and lower tempera- tures. The master curve then provides time-dependent stress-strain data to calculate the response of the propellant for structural analysis (see Ref. 11- 21 and Chapter 9 of Ref. 11-1). 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 461 Sleeve Case Grain [ End Annular grooves \ ~///;~7~ XiXi!XlXi i! JI ifi! FIGURE 11-22. Finite element analysis grid of the forward end of a cast grain in a filament-wound plastic case. The grain has an internal tube and annular grooves. The top diagram shows the model grid elements and the bottom shows one calculated strain or deformation condition. (Reprinted with permission from A. Turchot, Chapter 10 of Ref. 11-1). 462 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS 6000 3000 E2 ~1000 % '5 200 • -o 4 o E = 100t2 I o 60 I x ~ , ~= 0 -~ x ~ -2 I rv -80 -40 0 40 80 120 160 T e m p e r a t u r e °F 10- 10 -7 10 4 10-5 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 Nominal stress = 3% Temp. °F Log a T TslT -40.0 4.00 1.285 ID 23.0 1.38 1.100 O 71.0 0.00 1.000 a 120.0 -1.19 0.915 0 141.0 -1.4,.0 0.889 E a (5 yr) = 65 psi at 70 °F E R (5 yr) = 67 psi at 48 °F E R (2 mo) = 88 psi at 23 °F "--~~,,. E, (o.1 ,e~)= 31~0 p,i at 23 oF 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 Reduced time, (t/aT), min FIGURE 11-23. This stress-relaxation modulus master curve for a particular composite solid propellant is constructed from manipulated data taken from a number of uniaxial tensile tests at constant strain rate but different temperatures. (Reproduced with permis- sion of United Technologies Corp., Chemical Systems from Ref. 11-27.) Usually, several different grain loading and operating conditions need to be analyzed. Such a structural analysis is useful for identifying locations of max- imum stress or strain and to any structural members or grain sectors that are too weak or too heavy, but these analyses have not always been successful. The choice of the best analysis tool and the best pseudo-viscoelastic compensation factors will depend on the experience of the stress analyst, the specific motor design conditions, the complexity of the motor, the geometry, and suitable, available, valid propellant property data. In a case-bonded motor, special provision is required to reduce the stress concentrations at the grain ends where the case and grain interface, especially for motors expected to operate satisfactorily over a wide range of temperatures. Basically, the high stresses arise from two primary sources. First, the physical properties, including the coefficient of thermal expansion of the case material and the propellant, are grossly dissimilar. The coefficient of expansion of a typical solid propellant is 1.0 x 10 -4 m/m-K, which is five times as great as that of a steel motor case. Secondly, the aft-end and head-end geometries at the grain-case juncture often present a discontinuity, with the grain stress the- oretically approaching infinity. Actually, finite stresses exist because viscoplastic deformations do occur in the propellant, the liner, and the case insulation. Calculating the stress in a given case-grain termination arrangement is usually impractical, and designers rely on approximations supported by empirical data. For simple cylindrical grains the highest stresses usually occur at the outer and inner surfaces, at discontinuities such as the bond surface termination point, or at stress concentration locations, such as sharp radii at the roots or 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 463 tips of star or wagonwheel perforations, as shown in Fig. 11-16. Figure 11-24 shows a stress relief flap, sometimes called a boot, a device to reduce local stresses. It is usually an area on the outside of the grain near its aft end (and sometimes also its forward end), where the liner material is not sticky but has a non-adhesive coating that permits the grain to shrink away from the wall. It allows for a reduction of the grain at the bond termination point. It moves the location of highest stress into the liner or the insulation at the flap termination or hinge. Normally, the liner and insulation are much stronger and tougher than the propellant. Parametric studies of propellant and case-bond stresses of a typical grain- case termination design (Fig. 11-24) reveal the following: 1. Flap length is less significant than the thickness of the insulation or the separate flap boot, if one is used, in controlling the local level of stresses at the grain-case termination. 2. The distribution of stresses at the grain-case termination is sensitive to the local geometry; the level of stress at the case bond increases with web fraction and length-to-diameter ratio under loading by internal pressure and thermal shrinkage. 3. As the L/D and web fraction increase, the inner-bore hoop stress and the radial stress at the grain-case bond increase more rapidly than does the Flap (unbonded length), no adhesion between liner and insulation , Bonded__~ \ ~ ~ ~ - Case (insulated Case _ ......... insulation ~ : ii :-~ n inside) Grain liner : ~ ~:i~ / Grain termination / Head end of perforation Star-shaped perforation / Perforation vally Perforation tip FIGURE 11-24. The asterisks in the bottom simplified diagram denote potentially critical failure areas. The top sketch is an enlargement of the aft termination region of the grain and shows a boot or stress relief flap. 464 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS grain-case termination stress under internal pressure and thermal shrink- age loads. 4. The radial case-bond stress level at the grain-case termination is much larger than the case-bond shear stress under axial acceleration loading as well as under internal pressure and thermal shrinkage loading. Aging of propellants in rocket motors refers to their deterioration in the physical properties with time. It is caused by the cumulative damage done to the grain (such as by thermal cycling, and load applications) during storage, hand- ling, or transport. It can also be caused by chemical changes with time, such as the gradual depletion (evaporation) of certain liquid plasticizers or moisture absorption. The ability to carry stress or to allow elongation in propellants diminishes with cumulative damage. The aging limit is the estimated time when the motor is no longer able to perform its operation reliably or safely (see Refs. 11-28 and 11-29). Depending on the propellant and the grain design, this age limit or motor life can be betwen 8 and 25 years. Before this limit is reached, the motor should be deactivated and have its propellant removed and replaced. This refurbishing of propellant is routinely done on larger and more expensive rocket motors in the military inventory. With small tactical rocket motors the aging limit is usually determined by full-scale motor-firing tests at various time periods after manufacture, say 2 or 3 years and with an extrapolation to longer time periods. Accelerated tempera- ture aging (more severe thermal cycles) and accelerated mechanical pulse loads and overstressing are often used to reduce the time needed for these tests. For large rocket motors, which are more expensive, the number of full-scale tests has to be relatively small, and aging criteria are then developed from structural analysis, laboratory tests, and subscale motor tests. Many of the early grains were cartridge loaded and kept the grain isolated from the motor case to minimize the interrelation of the case and the grain stresses and strains resulting from thermal expansion. Also, upon pressuriza- tion the case would expand, but the grain would shrink. The case-bonded grain presents a far more complex problem in stress analysis. With the propellant grain bonded firmly to the case, being a semirubbery and relatively weak material, it is forced to respond to case strains. As a result, several critically stressed areas exist in every case-bonded motor design; some are shown with an asterisk in Fig. 11-24. The varying nature of the stress analysis problem is brought about by the physical character of propellant; in general terms, solid propellant is relatively weak in tension and shear, is semielastic, grows softer and weaker at elevated temperatures, becomes hard and brittle at low temperatures, readily absorbs and stores energy upon being vibrated, degrades physically during long-term storage because of decomposition and chemical or crystalline changes, and accumulates structural damage under load, including cyclic load. This last phenomenon is shown graphically in Fig. 11-25 and is particularly important in the analysis of motors that are to have a long shelf-life (more than 10 years). 11.4. PROPELLANT GRAIN STRESS AND STRAIN 465 e" e- ., p, r- o ~ E O 100 m .
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. J Storage Firing FIGURE 11-25. Representation of the progress in cumulative damage to the bond between the grain and the case in a case-bonded rocket motor experiencing a hypothe- tical stress history. (Adapted from Ref. 11-30.) No a priori reason is known for materials to exhibit cumulative damage, but propellants and their bond to case material exhibit this trait even under con- stant load, as shown in Fig. 11-26. Valid theories and analytical methods applicable to cumulative damage include a consideration of both the stress- strain history and the loading path (the material effected). The most important environmental variables affecting the shelf life of a motor are time, temperature 100 ¢- '- 10 ¢- O .
~ Steel plate -- ~" "~~ Propellant - Insulation ~,. ~ ~ f Liner-bond - _-- ~ ~ ~ line -- - Case to insulatio~~.,,~ - ~ ~Steel plate - - --- o Batch A -~ - • Batch B - -- i I t I I 10 -1 100 101 102 Time to failure, hr FIGURE 11-26. Time dependent reduction of the propellant-liner-insulator bond strength when subjected to constant load at 77°F. (From Ref. 11-31.) 466 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS cycles, propellant mass, stress (gravity forces for large motors), and shock and vibration. Failure due to cumulative damage usually appears as cracks in the face of the perforation or as local "unbonds" in case-bonded motors. The strength of most propellants is sensitive to the rate of strain; in effect they appear to become more brittle at a given temperature as the strain rate is increased, a physical trait that is important during the ignition process. 11.5. ATTITUDE CONTROL AND SIDE MANEUVERS WITH SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS A clever attitude control (also called reaction control) system with solid pro- pellants is used on some ballistic missiles. Its hot reaction gas has a low enough temperature so that uncooled hardware can be used for long durations. Ammonium nitrate composite propellant (mentioned as gas generator propel- lants in Tables 12-1 and 12-2) or a propellant consisting of a nitramine (RDX or HMX, described in Chapter 12) with a polymer binding are suitable. The version shown schematically in Fig. 11-27 provides pitch and yaw control; hot gas flows continuously through insulated manifolds, open hot-gas valves, and all four nozzles. When one of these valves is closed, it causes an unbalance of gas flow and produces a side force. To keep things simple, the four roll-control thrusters have been deleted from this figure. ~-~ ~ Four nozzles, two each ~)(' for pitch and yaw control Four hot ~ ,.,.,, [~7] gas valves ~ Hot gas .
, , ~ ~ ~ / distribution tor burning grains FIGURE 11-27. Simplified diagram of a rocket attitude control system using solid propellant. All four valves are normally open and gas flows equally through all nozzles. PROBLEMS 467 With this type of attitude control system it is possible to achieve variable duration thrust pulsing operations and random pitch, yaw, and roll maneuvers. It is competitive with multi-thruster liquid propellant attitude control systems. The solid propellant versions are usually heavier, because they have heavy insulated hardware and require more propellant (for continuous gas flow), whereas the liquid version is operated only when attitude control motions are required. A similar approach with hot gas valves applies to upper stages of interceptor vehicles used for missile defense; there is little time available for maneuvers of the upper stage to reach the incoming missile or aircraft and therefore the burning durations are usually short. The solid propellant gas temperatures are higher than with gas generators (typically 1260°C or 2300°F), but lower than with typical composite propellants (3050 K or 5500°F), and this allows the valves and manifolds to be made of high-temperature material (such as rhe- nium or carbon). In addition to attitude control, the system provides a sub- stantial side force or divert thrust. It displaces the flight path laterally. Figure 11-28 shows such a system. Since all hot-gas valves are normally open, a valve has to be closed to obtain a thrust force as explained in the previous figure. The attitude control system provides pitch, yaw, and roll control to stabilize the vehicle during its flight, to orient the divert nozzle into the desired direction, and sometimes to orient the seeker (at the front of the vehicle) toward the target. PROBLEMS 1. What is the ratio of the burning area to the nozzle area for a solid propellant motor with these characteristics? Propellant specific gravity 1.71 Chamber pressure 14 MPa Burning rate 38 mm/sec Temperature sensitivity ~p 0.007 (K) -1 Specific heat ratio 1.27 Chamber gas temperature 2220 K Molecular mass 23 kg/kg-mol Burning rate exponent n 0.3 2. Plot the burning rate against chamber pressure for the motor in Problem 1 using Eq. 11-3 between chamber pressures of 11 and 20 MPa. 3. What would the area ratio Ab/A t in Problem 1 be if the pressure were increased by 10%? (Use curve from Problem 2.) 4. Design a simple rocket motor for the conditions given in Problems 1 and 2 for a thrust of 5000 N and a duration of 15 sec. Determine principal dimensions and approximate weight. 468 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS Compartment for guidance control, seeker and electronics equipment ACS grain #1 Insulated hot gas pipe Divert grain, #1 Center of gravity High-thrust divert nozzle with hot gas valve (electr. actuator) Divert grain, #2 ACS grain #2 Space for power supply Six low-thrust ACS nozzles ~~ Cluster of six hot gas valves for ACS nozzles (pitch 2, yaw and roll 4) FIGURE 11-28. Simplified schematic diagram of two propulsion systems for one type of maneuverable upper stage of an interceptor missile. The side or divert forces are relatively large and go essentially through the center of gravity (CG) of the upper stage vehicle. To minimize the CG travel two grains are above and two grains are below the CG. Each nozzle has its own hot gas valve, which is normally open and can be pulsed. The attitude control system (ACS) is fed from the reaction gas of two grains and has six small nozzles. 5. For the Orbus-6 rocket motor described in Table 11-3 determine the total impulse- to-weight ratio, the thrust-to-weight ratio, and the acceleration at start and burnout if the vehicle inert mass and the payload come to about 6000 lbm. Use burn time from Table 11-3 and assume g ~ 32.2 ft/sec 2. 6. For a cylindrical two-dimensional grain with two slots the burning progresses in finite time intervals approximately as shown by the successive burn surface contours in the drawing on the next page. Draw a similar set of progressive burning surfaces PROBLEMS 469 for any one configuration shown in Figure 11-16 and one shown in Figure 11-17, and draw an approximate thrust-time curve from these plots, indicating the loca- tions where slivers will remain. Assume the propellant has a low value of n and thus the motor experiences little change in burning rate with chamber pressure. Slivers Initial port area contour 7. Explain the significance of the web fraction, the volumetric loading ratio, and the L/D ratio in terms of vehicle performance and design influence. 8. The partial differential equations 11-4 and 11-5 express the influence of tempera- ture on the burning of a solid propellant. Explain how a set of tests should be set up and exactly what should be measured in order to determine these coefficients over a range of operating conditions. 9. What would be the likely change in r, Is, Pl, F, tb, and It if the three rocket motors described in Table 11-3 were fired with the grain 100°F cooler than the data shown in the table? Assume typical average temperature effects. 10. A newly designed case-bonded rocket motor with a simple end-burning grain failed and exploded on its first test. The motor worked well for about 20% of its burn time, when the record showed a rapid rise in chamber pressure. It was well condi- tioned at room temperature before firing and the inspection records did not show any flaws or voids in the grain. Make a list of possible causes for this failure and suggestions on what to do in each case to avoid a repetition of the failure. 11. Derive Eq. 11-7. (Hint: First derive 7rK by differentiating Eq. 11-3 with respect to temperature.) Note: This relation does not fit all the experimental data fully because there are other variables besides n that have a mild influence. For a more complex approach, see Ref. 11-32. 12. What will be the percent change in nominal values of At, r, Is, To, tb, Ab/At and the nozzle throat heat transfer rate, if the Orbus-6 rocket motor listed in Table 11-3 is to be downgraded in thrust for a particular flight by 15% by substituting a new nozzle with a larger nozzle throat area but the same nozzle exit area? The propel- lants, grain, insulation, and igniter will be the same. 470 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS 13. What would be the new values of It, Is, p~, F, tb, and r for the first stage of the Minuteman rocket motor described in Table 11-3, if the motor were fired at sea level with the grain temperature 20°F hotter than the data shown. Use only data from this table. Answers: It = 10,240,000 lbf-sec, Is = 224 sec, Pl = 796 psia, F = 1.99 x 105 lbf, tb = 51.5 sec, r -- 0.338 in./sec. SYMBOLS a Ab Ap A t b C C Cp Cs CF D ER F F go G h Is I, k K L m rh n P Pl Pr r R t ta burning rate constant, also called temperature coefficient solid propellant burning area, m 2 (It 2) port area (flow area of gases inside grain cavity or between and around propellant grains), m 2 (ft 2) nozzle throat cross-sectional area, m 2 (It 2) web thickness, m (in.) web fraction, or web thickness-to-radius ratio effective exhaust velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) characteristic exhaust velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) specific heat of gas, kcal/kg-K specific heat of solid, kcal/kg-K thrust coefficient diameter, m (ft) relaxation modulus, MPa (psi) thrust, N (lbf) average thrust, N (lbf) acceleration due to gravity at sea level, 9.8066 m/sec 2 (32.2 ft/sec 2) mass flow rate, kg-mZ/sec enthalpy per unit mass, J/kg or Btu/lbm specific impulse, sec total impulse, N-sec (lbf-sec) specific heat ratio ratio of burning surface to throat area, Ab/At length, m mass, kg mass flow rate, kg/sec burning rate exponent pressure, MPa (lbf/in. 2) chamber pressure, MPa (lbf/in.2) Prandtl number, I~Cp/X propellant burning rate (velocity of consumption), m/sec or mm/sec or in./sec gas constant, J/kg-K time, see action time, sec REFERENCES 471 tb T ~2 Vb Vc vi W WG burn time, sec absolute temperature, K(R) theoretical exhaust velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) propellant volume, m 3 (It 3) chamber volume, m 3 (ft 3) volumetric loading fraction, % total effective propellant weight, N (lbf) total loaded rocket weight, or gross weight, N (lbf) weight rate of flow, N/sec (lbf/sec) Greek Letters O/ 8 K # Ar K p o" ~p heat transfer factor constant partial derivative elongation or strain conductivity viscosity temperature sensitivity coefficient of pressure, K -I(R -1) density, kg/m 3 (lbm/ft 3) stress, N/cm 2 (psi) temperature sensitivity coefficient of burning rate, K-l(R -1) propellant mass fraction Subscripts solid propellant burning conditions pressure or propellant or port cavity throat conditions initial or reference condition chamber condition nozzle exit condition REFERENCES 11-1. 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Hildreth, "Structural Service Life Estimates for a Reduced Smoke Rocket Motor," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 19, No. 6, November 1982, pp. 564--570. S. W. Tsa (Ed.), Introduction to Viscoelasticity, Technomic Publishing Co., Stanford, CT, Conn., 1968. J. D. Ferry, Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1970. R. E. Hamke, M. T. Gaunce, and J. R. Osborn, "The Effect of Pressure Exponent on Temperature Sensitivity," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 15, Nos. 6 and 7, 1987, pp. 377-382. CHAPTER 12 SOLID PROPELLANTS In this chapter we describe several common solid rocket propellants, their principal categories, ingredients, hazards, manufacturing processes, and qual- ity control. We also discuss liners and insulators, propellants for igniters, tailoring of propellants, and propellants for gas generators. It is the second of four chapters dealing with solid propellant rocket motors. Thermochemical analyses are needed to characterize the performance of a given propellant. The analysis methods are described in Chapter 5. Such ana- lyses provide theoretical values of average molecular weight, combustion tem- perature, average specific heat ratio, and the characteristic velocity; they are functions of the propellant composition and chamber pressure. A specific impulse can also be computed for a particular nozzle configuration. The term solid propellant has several connotations, including: (1) the rub- bery or plastic-like mixture of oxidizer, fuel, and other ingredients that have been processed and constitute the finished grain; (2) the processed but uncured product; (3) a single ingredient, such as the fuel or the oxidizer. Acronyms and chemical symbols are used indiscriminately as abbreviations for propellant and ingredient names; only some of these will be used here. 12.1. CLASSIFICATION Processed modern propellants can be classified in several ways, as described below. This classification is not rigorous or complete. Sometimes the same propellant will fit into two or more of the classifications. 474 12.1. CLASSIFICATION 4,75 1. Propellants are often tailored to and classified by specific applications, such as space launch booster propellants or tactical missile propellants; each has somewhat specific chemical ingredients, different burning rates, different physical properties, and different performance. Table 11-1 shows four kinds of rocket motor applications (each has somewhat dif- ferent propellants) and several gas generator applications. Propellants for rocket motors have hot (over 2400 K) gases and are used to produce thrust, but gas generator propellants have lower-temperature combustion gases (800 to 1200 K) and they are used to produce power, not thrust. Historically, the early rocket motor propellants used to be grouped into two classes: double-base (DB) propellants were used as the first production propellants, and then the development of polymers as binders made the composite propellants feasible. 2. Double-base (DB) propellants form a homogeneous propellant grain, usually a nitrocellulose (NC), a solid ingredient which absorbs liquid nitroglycerine (NG) plus minor percentages of additives. Both the major ingredients are explosives and function as a combined fuel and oxidizer. Both extruded double-base (EDB) and cast double-base (CDB) propellant have found extensive applications, mostly in small tactical missiles of older design. By adding crystalline nitramines (HMX or RDX) the performance and density can be improved; this is sometimes called cast-modified double-base propellant. A further improvement is to add an elastomeric binder (rubber-like, such as crosslinked polybutadiene), which improves the physical properties and allows more nitramine and thus improves the performance slightly. The resulting propellant is called elastomeric-modified cast double-base (EMCDB). These four classes of double base have nearly smokeless exhausts. Adding some solid ammo- nium perchlorate (AP) and aluminum (A1) increases the density and the specific impulse slightly, but the exhaust gas is smoky. The propellant is called composite-modified double-base propellant or CMDB. 3. Composite propellants form a heterogeneous propellant grain with the oxidizer crystals and a powdered fuel (usually aluminum) held together in a matrix of synthetic rubber (or plastic) binder, such as polybutadiene (HTPB). Composite propellants are cast from a mix of solid (AP crys- tals, A1 powder) and liquid (HTPB, PPG) ingredients. The propellant is hardened by crosslinking or curing the liquid binder polymer with a small amount of curing agent, and curing it in an oven, where it becomes hard and solid. In the past three decades the composite propellants have been the most commonly used class. They can be further subdivided: (1) Conventional composite propellants usually contain between 60 and 72% ammonium perchlorate (AP) as crystalline oxidizer, up to 22% Acronyms, symbols, abbreviations, and chemical names of propellant ingredients are explained in Tables 12-6 and 12-7 in Section 12.4. 476 SOLID PROPELLANTS aluminum powder (A1) as a metal fuel, and 8 to 16% of elastomeric binder (organic polymer) including its plasticizer. (2) Modified composite propellant where an energetic nitramine (HMX or RDX) is added for obtaining a little more performance and also a somewhat higher density. (3) Modified composite propellant where an energetic plasticizer such as nitroglycerine (used in double-base propellant) is added to give a little more performance. Sometimes HMX is also added. (4) A high-energy composite solid propellant (with some aluminum), where the organic elastomeric binder and plasticizer are largely replaced by energetic materials (such as certain explosives) and where some of the AP is replaced by HMX. Some of these are called elastomer-modified cast double-base propellants (EMCDB). Most are experimental propellants. The theoretical specific impulse can be between 270 and 275 sec at standard conditions. (5) A lower-energy composite propellant, where ammonium nitrate (AN) is the crystalline oxidizer (no AP). It is used for gas generator propel- lant. If a large amount of HMX is added, it can become a minimum smoke propellant with fair performance. Figures 12-1 and 12-2 show the general regions for the specific impulse, burning rate, and density for the more common classes of propellants. Composite propellants give higher densities, specific impulse, and a wider range of burning rates. The ordinate in these figures is an actual or esti- mated specific impulse at standard conditions (1000 psi and expansion to sea-level atmosphere). It does not include any pressure drops in the cham- ber, any nozzle erosion, or an assumption about combustion losses and scaling. The composite propellants are shown to have a wide range of burning rates and densities; most of them have specific gravities between 1.75 and 1.81 and burning rates between 7 and 20 mm/sec. Table 12-1 lists performance characteristics for several propellants. The double-base (DB) propellants and the ammonium nitrate (AN) propellants have lower per- formance and density. Most composite propellants have almost the same performance and density but a wide range of burning rates. The highest performance is for a CMDB propellant whose ingredients are identified as DB/AP-HMX/A1, but it is only four percent higher. Several of the classifications can be confusing. The term composite- modified double-base propellant (CMDB) has been used for (1) a DB propellant, where some AP, A1, and binder are added; (2) alternatively, the same propellant could be classified as a composite propellant to which some double-base ingredients have been added. 4. Propellants can be classified by the density of the smoke in the exhaust plume as smoky, reduced smoke, or minimum smoke (essentially smoke- 12.1. CLASSIFICATION 477 250 240 O 230 ~ eeo 210 200 High energy / x / \ / CMDB + HMX \ - \ f / ---- "-- 7~-" -- "- ~ I f~'~ / \ / / I //CDB// 1 i / I / I I / I I / / / / / / I I I EDB / / / / / / / / \I( / / \1 \~ /// ~ I/ \ _ -2 j ...... Aluminized Min. smoke Reduced smoke I I I I I I -- 10 20 30 40 50 60 Burning rate (mm/sec) FIGURE 12-1. Estimated actual specific impulse and burning rate for several solid propellant categories. (Adapted and reproduced from Ref. 12-1 with permission of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [AIAA].) , less). Aluminum powder, a desirable fuel ingredient, is oxidized to alu- minum oxide, which forms visible small solid smoke particles in the exhaust gas. Most composite propellants are smoky. By reducing the aluminum content in composite propellant, the amount of smoke is also reduced. Carbon (soot) particles and metal oxides, such as zirconium oxide or iron oxide, can also be visible if in high enough concentration. This is further discussed in Chapter 18. The safety rating for detonation can distinguish propellants as a poten- tially detonable material (class 1.1) or as a nondetonable material (class 1.3), as described in Section 11.3. Examples of class 1.1 propellant are a number of double-base propellants and composite propellants containing a significant portion of solid explosive (e.g., HMX or RDX), together with certain other ingredients. Propellants can be classified by some of the principal manufacturing processes that are used. Cast propellant is made by mechanical mixing of solid and liquid ingredients, followed by casting and curing; it is the most common process for composite propellants. Curing of many cast 478 SOLID PROPELLANTS (sec) 250 I - ~ 240 230 Aluminized propellants Minimum smoke propellants Reduced smoke propellants _ /CD ..;,;. Composites , High., energy Composites "~ (AP, AI, polymer)\ 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.85 Density (g/cm 3) Reduced smoke EMCDB ~. + AP + HMX 1.80 FIGURE 12-2. Estimated actual specific impulse and specific gravity for several solid propellant categories. (Adapted and reproduced from Ref. 12-1 with permission of the AIAA.) propellants is by chemical reaction between binder and curing agent at elevated temperature (45 to 150°C); however, there are some that can be cured at ambient temperatures (20 to 25°C) or hardened by a nonchemi- cal process such as crystallization. Propellant can also be made by a solvation process (dissolving a plasticizer in a solid pelletized matrix, whose volume is expanded). Extruded propellant is made by mechanical mixing (rolling into sheets) followed by extrusion (pushing through a die at high pressure). Solvation and extrusion processes apply primarily to double-base propellants. 7. Propellants have also been classified by their principal ingredient, such as the principal oxidizer (ammonium perchlorate propellants, ammonium nitrate propellants, or azide-type propellants) or their principal binder or fuel ingredient, such as polybutadiene propellants or aluminized propel lants. This classification of propellants by ingredients is described in Section 12.4 and Table 12-8. 8. Propellants with toxic and nontoxic exhaust gases. This is discussed in more detail in Section 12.3. TABLE 12-1. Characteristics of Some Operational Solid Propellants Propellant Type a Flame Density or Is Temperature e Spec. Gravity e Metal Range Content (see) b (°F) (°K) (lb/in 3) (sp. gr.) (wt %) Burning Pressure Rate C'e Exponent e Hazard (in./sec) n Classification d Stress (psi)/Strain (%) -60OF + 150°F Processing Method DB 220-230 4100 2550 0.058 1.61 0 0.05-1.2 0.30 1.1 4600/2 DB/AP/A1 260-265 6500 3880 0.065 1.80 20-21 0.2-1.0 0.40 1.3 2750/5 DB/AP-HMX/A1 265-270 6700 4000 0.065 1.80 20 0.2-1.2 0.49 1.1 2375/3 PVC/AP/A1 260-265 5600 3380 0.064 1.78 21 0.3-0.9 0.35 1.3 369/150 PU/AP/A1 260-265 5700 3440 0.064 1.78 16-20 0.2-0.9 0.15 1.3 1170/6 PBAN/AP/A1 260-263 5800 3500 0.064 1.78 16 0.25-1.0 0.33 1.3 520/16 (at -10°F) CTPB/AP/A1 260-265 5700 3440 0.064 1.78 15-17 0.25-2.0 0.40 1.3 325/26 HTPB/AP/A1 260-265 5700 3440 0.067 1.86 4-17 0.25-3.0 0.40 1.3 910/50 PBAA/AP/A1 260-265 5700 3440 0.064 1.78 14 0.25-1.3 0.35 1.3 500/13 AN/Polymer 180-190 2300 1550 0.053 1.47 0 0.06-0.5 0.60 1.3 200/5 490/60 Extruded 120/50 Extruded 50/33 Solvent cast 38/220 Cast or extruded 75/33 Cast 71/28 Cast 88/75 Cast 90/33 Cast 41/31 Cast NA Cast "AI, aluminum; AN, ammonium nitrate; AP, ammonium perchlorate; CTPB, carboxy-terminated polybutadiene; DB, double-base; HMX, cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine; HTPB, hydroxyl-terminatd poly- butadiene; PBAA, polybutadiene-acrylic acid polymer; PBAN, polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile terpolymer; PU, polyurethane; PVC, polyvinyl chloride. h At 1000 psia expanding to 14.7 psia, ideal or theoretical value at reference conditions. " At 1000 psia. a See page 491. e I,. flame temperature, density, burn rate and pressure exponent will vary slightly with specific composition. ,,q t,O 480 SOLID PROPELLANTS A large variety of different chemical ingredients and propellant formulations have been synthesized, analyzed, and tested in experimental motors. Later we list many of them. Perhaps only 12 basic types of propellant are in common use today. Other types are still being investigated. Table 12-2 evaluates some of the advantages and disadvantages of several selected propellant classes. A typical propellant has between 4 and 12 different ingredients. Representative formula- tions for three types of propellant are given in Table 12-3. In actual practice, each manufacturer of a propellant has his own precise formulation and proces- sing procedure. The exact percentages of ingredients, even for a given propel- lant such as PBAN, not only vary among manufacturers but often vary from motor application to motor application. The practice of adjusting the mass percentage and even adding or deleting one or more of the minor ingredients (additives) is known as propellant tailoring. Tailoring is the practice of taking a well-known propellant and changing it slightly to fit a new application, differ- ent processing equipment, altered motor ballistics, storage life, temperature limits, or even a change in ingredient source. New propellant formulations are normally developed using laboratory-size mixers, curing ovens, and related apparatus with the propellant mixers (1 to 5 liters) operated by remote control for safety reasons. Process studies usually accompany the development of the formulation to evaluate the "processibility" of a new propellant and to guide the design of any special production equip- ment needed in preparing ingredients, mixing, casting, or curing the propellant. Historically, black powder (a pressed mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and an organic fuel such as ground peach stones) was the first to be used. Other types of ingredients and propellants have been used in experimental motors, including fluorine compounds, propellants containing powdered beryllium, boron, hydrides of boron, lithium, or beryllium, or new synthetic organic plasticizer and binder materials with azide or nitrate groups. Most have not yet been considered satisfactory or practical for production in rocket motors. 12.2. PROPELLANT CHARACTERISTICS The propellant selection is critical to rocket motor design. The desirable pro- pellant characteristics are listed below and are discussed again in other parts of this book. The requirements for any particular motor will influence the prio- rities of these characteristics: 1. High performance or high specific impulse; really this means high gas temperature and/or low molecular mass. 2. Predictable, reproducible, and initially adjustable burning rate to fit the need of the grain design and the thrust-time requirement. 3. For minimum variation in thrust or chamber pressure, the pressure or burning rate exponent and the temperature coefficient should be small. 12.2. PROPELLANT CHARACTERISTICS 481 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 4. Adequate physical properties (including bond strength) over the intended operating temperature range. 5. High density (allows a small-volume motor). 6. Predictable, reproducible ignition qualities (such as reasonable ignition overpressure) 7. Good aging characteristics and long life. Aging and life predictions depend on the propellant's chemical and physical properties, the cumu- lative damage criteria with load cycling and thermal cycling (see page 461), and actual tests on propellant samples and test data from failed motors. 8. Low absorption of moisture, which often causes chemical deterioration. 9. Simple, reproducible, safe, low-cost, controllable, and low-hazard man- ufacturing. Guaranteed availability of all raw materials and purchased components over the production and operating life of the propellant, and good control over undesirable impurities. Low technical risk, such as a favorable history of prior applications. Relative insensitivity to certain energy stimuli described in the next sec- tion. Non-toxic exhaust gases. Not prone to combustion instability (see next chapter). Some of these desirable characteristics will apply also to all materials and purchased components used in solid motors, such as the igniter, insulator, case, or safe and arm device. Several of these characteristics are sometimes in conflict with each other. For example, increasing the physical strength (more binder and or more crosslinker) will reduce the performance and density. So a mod- ification of the propellant for one of these characteristics can often cause changes in several of the others. Several illustrations will now be given on how the characteristics of a propellant change when the concentration of one of its major ingredients is changed. For composition propellants using a polymer binder [hydroxyl-ter- minated polybutadiene (HTPB)] and various crystalline oxidizers, Fig. 12-3 shows the calculated variation in combustion or flame temperature, average product gas molecular weight, and specific impulse as a function of oxidizer concentration; this is calculated data taken from Ref. 12-2, based on a thermochemical analysis as explained in Chapter 5. The maximum values of Is and T 1 occur at approximately the same concentration of oxidizer. In practice the optimum percentage for AP (about 90 to 93%) and AN (about 93%) cannot be achieved, because concentrations greater than about 90% total solids (including the aluminum and solid catalysts) cannot be processed in a mixer. A castable slurry that will flow into a mold requires 10 to 15% liquid content. TABL-E 12-2. Characteristics of Selected Propellants Propellant Type Advantages Disadvantages Double-base (extruded) Double-base (castable) safe to handle; simple, well-known process; modest cost; good mechanical properties; good burn rate control; low temperature coefficient; plateau burning can be achieved Composite-modified double-base or Higher performance; good mechanical properties; high density CMDB with some AP and A1 (sp. gr. 1.83-1.86); less likely to have combustion stability problems; intermediate cost; good background experience Composite AP, A1, and PBAN or PU or CTPB binder Composite AP, A1, and HTPB binder; most common composite propellant today Modified composite AP, A1, PB binder plus some HMX or RDX Modest cost; nontoxic clean exhaust, smokeless; good burn rate Free-standing grain requires structural support; low control; wide range of burn rates; simple performance, low density; high to intermediate well-known process; good mechanical properties; low hazard in manufacture; can have storage temperature coefficient; very low pressure exponent; plateau problems with NG bleeding out; diameter limited burning is possible by available extrusion presses; class 1.1 Wide range of burn rates; nontoxic smokeless exhaust; relatively NG may bleed out or migrate; high to intermediate manufacture hazard; low performance; low density; higher cost than extruded DB; class 1.1 Storage stability can be marginal; complex facilities; some smoke in exhaust; high flame temperature; moisture sensitive; moderately toxic exhaust; hazards in manufacture; modest ambient temperature range; the value of n is high (0.8 to 0.9); moderately high temperature coefficient Reliable; high density; long experience background; modest cost; Modest ambient temperature range; high viscosity good aging; long cure time; good performance; usually stable limits at maximum solid loading; high flame combustion; low to medium cost; wide temperature range; high temperature; toxic, smoky exhaust; some are density; low to moderate temperature sensitivity; good burn moisture sensitive; some burn-rate modifiers (e.g. rate control; usually good physical properties; class 1.3 aziridines) are carcinogens Slightly better solids loading % and performance than PBAN or Complex facilities; moisture sensitive; fairly high CTPB; widest ambient temperature limits; good burn-rate flame temperature; toxic, smoky exhaust control; usually stable combustion; medium cost; good storage stability; widest range of burn rates; good physical properties; good experience; class 1.3 Higher performance; good burn-rate control; usually stable Expensive, complex facilities; hazardous processing; combustion; high density; moderate temperature sensitivity; can harder-to-control burn rate; high flame have good mechanical properties temperature; toxic, smoky exhaust; can be impact sensitive; can be class 1.1; high cost; pressure exponent 0.5-0.7 Composite with energetic binder and plasticizer such as NG, AP, HMX Modified double- base with HMX Modified AN propellant with HMX or RDX added Ammonium nitrate plus polymer binder (gas generator) RDX/HMX with polymer Highest performance; high density (1.8 to 1.86); narrow range of burn rates Higher performance; high density (1.78 to 1.88); stable combustion; narrow range of burn rates Fair performance; relatively clean; smokeless; nontoxic exhaust Clean exhaust; little smoke; essentially nontoxic exhaust; low temperature gas; usually stable combustion; modest cost; low pressure exponent Low smoke; nontoxic exhaust; lower combustion temperature Expensive; limited experience; impact sensitive; high pressure exponent Same as CMDB above; limited experience; most are class 1.1; high cost Relatively little experience; can be hazardous to manufacture; need to stabilize AN to limit grain growth; low burn rates; impact sensitive; medium density; class 1.1 or 1.3 Low performance; low density; need to stabilize AN to limit grain growth and avoid phase transformations; moisture sensitive; low burn rates Low performance; low density; class 1.1 484 SOLID PROPELLANTS TABLE 12-3. Representative Propellant Formulations Double-Base (JPN Propellant) Composite (PBAN Propellant) Composite Double-Base (CMDB Propellant) Ingredient Wt % Ingredient Wt % Ingredient Wt % Nitrocellulose 51.5 Ammonium 70.0 Ammonium 20.4 perchlorate perchlorate Nitroglycerine 43.0 Aluminum powder 16.0 Aluminum powder 21.1 Diethyl phthalate 3.2 Polybutadiene- 11.78 Nitrocellulose 21.9 acrylic acid- acrylonitrile Ethyl centralite 1.0 Epoxy curative 2.22 Nitroglycerine 29.0 Potassium sulfate 1.2 Triacetin 5.1 Carbon black < 1% Stabilizers 2.5 Candelilla wax < 1% Source: Courtesy of Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Edwards, California. A typical composition diagram for a composite propellant is shown in Fig. 12-4. It shows how the specific impulse varies with changes in the composition of the three principal ingredients: the solid AP, solid A1, and viscoelastic poly- mer binder. For double-base (DB) propellant the theoretical variations of Is and T1 are shown in Figs. 12-1 and 12-5 as a function of the nitroglycerine (NG) or plasticizer percentage. The theoretical maximum specific impulse occurs at about 80% NG. In practice, nitroglycerine, which is a liquid, is seldom found in concentrations over 60%, because the physical properties are poor if NG is high. There need to be other major solid or soluble ingredients to make a usable DB propellant. For CMDB propellant the addition of either AP or a reactive nitramine such as RDX allows a higher Is than ordinary DB (where AP or RDX percent is zero), as shown in Fig. 12-6. Both AP and RDX greatly increase the flame temperature and make heat transfer more critical. The maximum values of Is occur at about 50% AP and at 100% RDX (which is an impractical propellant that cannot be manufactured and will not have reasonable physical properties). At high concentrations of AP or RDX the exhaust gases contain considerable H20 and 02 (as shown in Fig. 12-7); these enhance the erosion rate of carbon- containing insulators or nozzle materials. The toxic HC1 is present in concen- trations between 10 and 20%, but for practical propellants it seldom exceeds 14%. Nitramines such as RDX or HMX contain relatively few oxidizing radicals, and the binder surrounding the nitramine crystals cannot be fully oxidized. The binder is decomposed at the combustion temperature, forms gases rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide (which reduces the molecular weight), and 12.2. PROPELLANT CHARACTERISTICS 485 300~ o (29 (D E 200- . . o Q. (29 100 60 I I I I I I RDX HMX 70 80 90 Oxidizerconcentration, % 100 4000t 3000 6 2000 1000 60 ! I I I I I 1 4 1 RDX 70 80 90 100 Oxidizer concentration, % 70 60 0 E 6~ 5o x- CD c6 40 E o 30 0 2O 10 60 I I I ! I I KN P I "1 I I 70 80 90 100 Oxidizer concentration, % FIGURE 12-3. Variation of combustion temperature, average molecular mass of the combustion gases, and theoretical specific impulse (at frozen equilibrium) as a function of oxidizer concentration for HTPB-based composite propellants. Data are for a cham- ber pressure of 68 atm and nozzle exit pressure of 1.0 atm. (Reproduced from Ref. 12-2 with permission of the AIAA.) 486 SOLID PROPELLANTS Binder: polyester-PU ~ A l u m i n u m /h/\ Is / V V \ k~\\%'x"~/l ll\W \ 8s = 45 40 35 30 25 N 15 I0 5 NH4CIO 4 FIGURE 12--4. Composition diagram of calculated specific impulse for an ammonium perchlorate-aluminum-polyurethane (PU is a polyester binder) at standard conditions (1000 psi and expansion to 14.7 psi). The maximum value of specific impulse occurs at about 11% PU, 72% AP, and 17% A1. (Reproduced from Ref. 12-3 with permission of the American Chemical Society.) 300 3400 TI 280 - 3000 (o 260 2600 • -, % 0.. E . o. ,,., E "5 240 2200 E It 220 1800 2 0 0 ~ 1400 0 20 40 60 80 I00 NG concentration, % FIGURE 12-5. Specific impulse and flame temperature versus nitroglycerine (NG) con- centration of double-base propellants. (Reproduced from Ref. 12-2 with permission of the AIAA.) 12.3. HAZARDS 487 300 280 260 m -I E .~- 240 Q. 220 2 0 0 0 I I ! ! I I I I i _ //I-- ~ ~ / / // ~ \ ------ AP-CMDB \ \ RDX-CMDB \ \ I I I I I I I I ~ 50 1( AP or RDX concentration, % 3400 3 0 0 0 2600 E 2200 ~ m 1800 1400 ~0 FIGURE 12--6. Specific impulse and flame temperature versus AP or RDX concentra- tion of AP-CMDB propellants. (Reproduced from Ref. 12-2 with permission of the AIAA.) cools the gases to a lower combustion temperature. The exhaust gases of AP- based and RDX-based CMDB propellant are shown in Fig. 12-7. The solid carbon particles seem to disappear if the RDX content is high. 12,3. HAZARDS With proper precautions and equipment, all common propellants can be man- ufactured, handled, and fired safely. It is necessary to fully understand the hazards and the methods for preventing hazardous situations from arising. Each material has its own set of hazards; some of the more common ones are described briefly below and also in Refs. 12-4 and 12-5. Not all apply to each propellant. Inadvertent Ignition If a rocket motor is ignited and starts combustion when it is not expected to do so, the consequences can include very hot gases, local fires, or ignition of adjacent rocket motors. Unless the motor is constrained or fastened down, its thrust will suddenly accelerate it to unanticipated high velocities or erratic flight paths that can cause damage. Its exhaust cloud can be toxic and corro- sive. Inadvertent ignition can be caused by these effects: 4118 SOLID PROPELLANTS o"e 40 E o o 30 u,... O ~ 2o 10 p = 70 atm H2 H20 HCI N2 O ~ 60 70 80 90 100 AP concentration, % 50 a~ 40 E .
_ _ _ ~ 30 O :~ 20 10 0 60 --p = 70 atm CO 70 80 90 100 RDX concentration, % FIGURE 12-7. Calculated combustion products of composite propellant with varying amounts of AP or RDX. (Adapted from Chapter 1 of Ref. 12-2 with permission of the AIAA.) Stray or induced currents activate the igniter. Electrostatic discharge causes a spark or arc discharge. Fires cause excessive heating of motor exterior, which can raise the propel- lant temperature above the ignition point. Impact (bullet penetration, or dropping the motor onto a hard surface). Energy absorption from prolonged mechanical vibration can cause the pro- pellant to overheat. An electromechanical system is usually provided that prevents stray currents from activating the igniter; it is called safe and arm system. It prevents ignition induced by currents in other wires of the vehicle, radar- or radio-frequency- induced currents, electromagnetic surges, or pulses from a nuclear bomb explo- sion. It prevents electric currents from reaching the igniter circuit during its 12.3. HAZARDS 489 "unarmed" condition. When put into the "arm" position, it is ready to accept and transmit the start signal to the igniter. Electrostatic discharges (ESD) can be caused by lightning, friction of insu- lating materials, or the moving separation of two insulators. The buildup of a high electrostatic potential of thousands of volts can, upon discharge, allow a rapid increase in electric current, which in turn can lead to arcing or exothermic reactions along the current's path. For this reason all propellants, liners, or insulators should have sufficient electric conductivity to prevent the buildup of an electrostatic charge. The inadvertent ignition of a Pershing ground-to- ground missile is believed to have been caused by electrostatic discharge while in the transporter-erector vehicle. ESD is a function of the materials, their surface and volume resistivities, dielectric constants, and the breakdown voltages. Viscoelastic propellants are excellent absorbers of vibration energy and can become locally hot when oscillated for extensive periods at particular frequen- cies. This can happen in designs where a segment of the grain is not well supported and is free to vibrate at natural frequencies. A propellant can also be accidentally ignited by various other energy inputs, such as mechanical friction or vibration. Standard tests have been developed to measure the pro- pellant's resistance to these energy inputs. Aging and Useful Life This topic was discussed briefly in the section on Structural Design in the previous chapter. The aging of a propellant can be measured with test motors and propellant sample tests if the loading during the life of the motor can be correctly anticipated. It is then possible to estimate and predict the useful shelf or storage life of a rocket motor (see Refs. 12-5 and 12-6). When a reduction in physical properties, caused by estimated thermal or mechanical load cycles (cumulative damage), has reduced the safety margin on the stresses and/or strains to a danger point, the motor is no longer considered to be safe to ignite and operate. Once this age limit or its predicted, weakened condition is reached, the motor has a high probability of failure. It needs to be pulled from the ready inventory, and the old aged propellant needs to be removed and replaced with new, strong propellant. The life of a particular motor depends on the particular propellant, the frequency and magnitude of imposed loads or strains, the design, and other factors. Typical life values range from 5 to 25 years. Shelf life can usually be increased by increasing the physical strength of the propellants (e.g., by increasing the amount of binder), selecting chemically compatible, stable ingre- dients with minimal long-term degradation, or by minimizing the vibration loads, temperature limits, or number of cycles (controlled storage and trans- port environment). 490 SOLID PROPELLANTS Case Overpressure and Failure The motor case will break or explode if the chamber pressure exceeds the case's burst pressure. The release of high-pressure gas energy can cause an explosion; motor pieces could be thrown out into the adjacent area. The sudden depres- surization from chamber pressure to ambient pressure, which is usually below the deflagration limit, would normally cause a class 1.3 propellant to stop burning. Large pieces of unburned propellant can often be found after a violent case burst. This type of motor failure can be caused by one of the following phenomena: 1. The grain is overaged, porous, or severely cracked and/or has major unbonded areas due to severe accumulated damage. 2. There has been a significant chemical change in the propellant due to migration or slow, low-order chemical reactions. This can reduce the allowable physical properties, weakening the grain, so that it will crack or cause unfavorable increases in the burning rate. In some cases chemi- cal reactions create gaseous products which create many small voids and raise the pressure in sealed stored motors. 3. The motor is not properly manufactured. Obviously, careful fabrication and inspection are necessary. 4. The motor has been damaged. For example, a nick or dent in the case caused by improper handling will reduce the case strength. This can be prevented by careful handling and repeated inspections. 5. An obstruction plugs the nozzle (e.g., a loose large piece of insulation) and causes a rapid increase in chamber pressure. 6. Moisture absorption can degrade the strength and strain capabilities by a factor of 3 to 10 in propellants that contain hygroscopic ingredients. Motors are usually sealed to prevent humid air access. Detonation versus Deflagration. When burning rocket motor propellant is overpressurized, it can either deflagrate (or burn) or detonate (explode vio- lently), as described in Table 12-4. In a detonation the chemical reaction en- ergy of the whole grain can be released in a very short time (microseconds), and in effect it becomes an explosive bomb. This detonation condition can happen with some propellants and some ingredients (e..g, nitroglycerine or HMX, which are described later in this chapter). Detonations can be minimized or avoided by proper design, correct manufacture, and safe handling and operat- ing procedures. The same material may burn or detonate, depending on the chemical for- mulation, the type and intensity of the initiation, the degree of confinement, the physical propellant properties (such as density or porosity), and the geometric characteristics of the motor. It is possible for certain propellants to change suddenly from an orderly deflagration to a detonation. A simplified explana- tion of this transition starts with normal burning at rated chamber pressure; TABLE 12-4. Comparison of Burning and Detonation 12.3. HAZARDS 491 Burning Characteristic With Air Within Rocket Motors Explosive Detonation Typical material Coal and air Propellant, no air Common means of Heat Heat initiating reaction Linear reaction rate 10 -6 0.2 to 5 × 10 -2 (m/see) (subsonic) (subsonic) Produces shock No No waves Time for completing 10 -1 10 -2 to 10 -3 reaction (see) Maximum pressure 0.07-0.14 0.7-100 (100-14,500) [MPa (psi)] (1 0-20) Process limitation By vaporization and heat transfer at burning surface Increase in burning Potential Overpressure and rate can result in: furnace sudden failure of failure pressure container Rocket propellant or explosives Shock wave; sudden pressure rise plus heat 2 to 9 × 103 (supersonic) Yes 10 -6 7000-70,000 (106-107 ) By physical and chemical properties of material, (e.g., density, composition) Detonation and violent rapid explosion of all the propellant the hot gas then penetrates pores or small cracks in the unburned propellant, where the local confinement can cause the pressure to become very high locally, the combustion front speeds up to shock wave speed with a low-pressure differential, and it then accelerates further to a strong, fast, high-pressure shock wave, characteristic of detonations. The degree and rigidity of the geo- metric confinement and a scale factor (e.g., larger-diameter grain) influence the severity and occurrence of detonations. Hazard Classification. Propellants that can experience a transition from deflagration to detonation are considered more hazardous and are usually designated as class 1.1-type propellants. Most propellants will burn, the case may burst if chamber pressure becomes too high, but the propellant will not detonate and are class 1.3 propellants. The required tests and rules for deter- mining this hazard category are explained in Ref. 12-7. Propellant samples are subjected to various tests, including impact tests (dropped weight) and card gap tests (which determine the force needed to initiate a propellant detonation when a sample is subjected to a blast from a known booster explosive). If the case should burst violently with a class 1.3 propellant, much of the remaining unburnt propellant would be thrown out, but would then usually stop burning. With a class 1.1 propellant, a powerful detonation can sometimes ensue, which rapidly gasifies all the remaining propellant, and is much more powerful and destructive than the bursting of the case under high pressure. Unfortunately, the term "explosion" has been used to describe both a bursting of a case with 492 SOLID PROPELLANTS its fragmentation of the motor and also the higher rate of energy release of a detonation, which leads to a very rapid and more energetic fragmentation of the motor. The Department of Defense (DOD) classification of 1.1 or 1.3 determines the method of labeling and the cost of shipping rocket propellants, loaded military missiles, explosives, or ammunition; it also determines the required limits on the amount of that propellant stored or manufactured in any one site and the minimum separation distance of that site to the next building or site. The DOD system (Ref. 12-7) is the same as that used by the United Nations. Insensitive Munitions In military operations an accidental ignition and unplanned operation or an explosion of a rocket missile can cause severe damage to equipment and injure or kill personnel. This has to be avoided or minimized by making the motor designs and propellants insensitive to a variety of energy stimuli. The worst scenario is a detonation of the propellant, releasing the explosive energy of all of the propellant mass, and this scenario is to be avoided. The missiles and its motors must undergo a series of prescribed tests to determine their resistance to inadvertent ignition with the most likely energy inputs during a possible battle situation. Table 12-5 describes a series of tests called out in a military speci- fication, which are detailed in Refs. 12-8 and 12-9. A threat hazard assessment must be made prior to the tests, to evaluate the logistic and operational threats during the missile's life cycle. The evaluation may cause some modifications to the test setups, changes in the passing criteria, or the skipping of some of these tests. The missiles, together with their motors, are destroyed in these tests. If the motor should detonate (an unacceptable result), the motor has to be redesigned TABLE 12-5. Testing for Insensitivity of Rockets and Missiles Test Description Criteria for Passing Fast cook off Slow cook off Bullet impact Fragment impact Sympathetic detonation Shaped explosive charge impact Spall impact Build a fire (of jet fuel or wood) underneath No reaction more severe than the missile or its motor burning Gradual heating (6°F/hr) to failure Same as above One to three 50 caliber bullets fired at short Same as above intervals Small high-speed steel fragment Same as above Detonation from an adjacent similar motor No detonation of test motor or a nearby specific munition Blast from specified shaped charge in No detonation specified location Several high-speed spalled fragments from a Fire, but no explosion or steel plate which is subjected to a shaped detonation charge 12.3. HAZARDS 493 and/or have a change in propellant. There are some newer propellants that are more resistant to these stimuli and are therefore preferred for tactical missile applications, even though there is usually a penalty in propulsion performance. If explosions (not detonations) occur, it may be possible to redesign the motor and mitigate the effects of the explosion (make it less violent). For example, the case can have a provision to vent itself prior to an explosion. Changes to the shipping container can also mitigate some of these effects. If the result is a fire (an acceptable result), it should be confined to the particular grain or motor. Under some circumstances a burst failure of the case is acceptable. Upper Pressure Limit If the pressure-rise rate and the absolute pressure become extremely high (as in some impact tests or in the high acceleration of a gun barrel), some propellants will detonate. For many propellants these pressures are above approximately 1500 MPa or 225,000 psi, but for others they are lower (as low as 300 MPa or 45,000 psi). They represent an upper pressure limit beyond which a propellant should not operate. Toxicity A large share of all rockets do not have a significant toxicity problem. A number of propellant ingredients (e.g., some crosslinking agents and burning rate catalysts) and a few of the plastics used in fiber-reinforced cases can be dermatological or respiratory toxins; a few are carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) or suspected carcinogens. They, and the mixed uncured propellant containing these materials, have to be handled carefully to prevent operator exposure. This means using gloves, face shields, good ventilation, and, with some high-vapor-pressure ingredients, gas masks. The finished or cured grain or motor is usually not toxic. The exhaust plume gases can be very toxic if they contain beryllium or berylium oxide particles, chlorine gas, hydrochloric acid gas, hydrofluoric acid gas, or some other fluorine compounds. When an ammonium perchlorate oxidizer is used, the exhaust gas can contain up to about 14% hydrochloric acid. For large rocket motors this can be many tons of highly toxic gas. Test and launch facilities for rockets with toxic plumes require special precautions and occasionally special decontamination processes, as explained in Chapter 20. Safety Rules The most effective way to control hazards and prevent accidents is (1) to train personnel in the hazards of each propellant of concern and to teach them how to avoid hazardous conditions, prevent accidents, and how to recover from an accident; (2) to design the motors, facilities, and the equipment to be safe; and 494 SOLID PROPELLANTS (3) to institute and enforce rigid safety rules during design, manufacture, and operation. There are many such rules. Examples are no smoking and no matches in areas where there are propellants or loaded motors, wearing spark-proof shoes and using spark-proof tools, shielding all electrical equip- ment, providing a water-deluge fire extinguishing system in test facilities to cool motors or extinguish burning, or proper grounding of all electrical equipment and items that could build up static electrical charges. 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS A number of relatively common propellant ingredients are listed in Table 12-6 for double-base propellants and in Table 12-7 for composite-type solid pro- pellants. They are categorized by major function, such as oxidizer, fuel, binder, plasticizer, curing agent, and so on, and each category is described in this section. However, several of the ingredients have more than one function. These lists are not complete and at least 200 other ingredients have been tried in experimental rocket motors. A classification of modern propellants, including some new types that are still in the experimental phase, is given in Table 12-8, according to their bin- ders, plasticizers, and solid ingredients; these solids may be an oxidizer, a solid fuel, or a combination or compound of both. The ingredient properties and impurities can have a profound effect on the propellant characteristics. A seemingly minor change in one ingredient can cause measurable changes in ballistic properties, physical properties, migra- tion, aging, or ease of manufacture. When the propellant's performance or ballistic characteristics have tight tolerances, the ingredient purity and proper- ties must also conform to tight tolerances and careful handling (e.g., no expo- sure to moisture). In the remainder of this section a number of the important ingredients, grouped by function, are briefly, discussed. Inorganic Oxidizers Some of the thermochemical properties of several oxidizers and oxygen radical- containing compounds are listed in Table 12-9. Their values depend on the chemical nature of each ingredient. Ammonium perchlorate (NH4C104) is the most widely used crystalline oxi- dizer in solid propellants. Because of its good characteristics, including com- patibility with other propellant materials, good performance, quality, uniformity, and availability, it dominates the solid oxidizer field. Other solid oxidizers, particularly ammonium nitrate and potassium perchlorate, were used and occasionally are still being used in production rockets but to a large extent have been replaced by more modern propellants containing ammo- nium perchlorate. Many oxidizer compounds were investigated during the 1970s, but none reached production status. 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS 495 TABLE 12-6. Typical Ingredients of Double-Base (DB) Propellants and Composite- Modified Double-Base (CMDB) Propellants Type Percent Acronym Typical Chemicals Binder 30-50 NC Reactive plasticizer (liquid explosive) Plasticizer (organic liquid fuel) 20-50 0-10 Burn-rate modifier up to 3 Coolant Opacifier Stabilizer and or antioxidant Visible flame suppressant Lubricant (for extruded propellant only) Metal fuel a Crystalline oxidizer a Solid explosive crystals a NG DEGDN TEGDN PDN TMETN DEP TA DMP EC DBP PbSa PbSt CuSa CuSt OXM C DED > 1 EC DPA KNO3 up to 2 K2SO 4 >0.3 C 0-15 A1 { AP 0-15 AN HMX 0-20 RDX NQ Nitrocellulose (solid), usually plasticized with 20 to 50% nitroglycerine Nitroglycerine Diethylene glycol dinitrate Triethylene glycol dinitrate Propanedial-dinitrate Trimethylolethane trinitrate Diethyl phthalate Triacetin Dimethyl phthalate Dioctile phthalate Ethyl centralite Dibutyl phthalate Lead salicylate Lead stearate Copper salicylate Copper stearate Oxamine Carbon black (powder or graphite powder) Diethyl diphenyl Ethyl centralite Diphenyl amine Potassium nitrate Potassium sulphate Graphite Wax Aluminum, fine powder (solid) Ammonium perchlorate Ammonium nitrate Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine Nitroguanadine a Several of these, but not all, are added to CMDB propellant. The oxidizing potential of the perchlorates is generally high, which makes this material suited to high specific impulse propellants. Both ammonium and potassium perchlorate are only slightly soluble in water, a favorable trait for propellant use. All the perchlorate oxidizers produce hydrogen chloride (HC1) and other toxic and corrosive chlorine compounds in their reaction with fuels. Care is required in firing rockets, particularly the very large rockets, to safe- guard operating personnel or communities in the path of exhaust gas clouds. Ammonium perchlorate (AP) is supplied in the form of small white crystals. Particle size and shape influences the manufacturing process and the propellant burning rate. Therefore, close control of the crystal sizes and the size distribu- 496 SOLID PROPELLANTS TABLE 12-7. Typical Ingredients of Composite Solid Propellants Type Percent Acronym Typical Chemicals Oxidizer (crystalline) Metal fuel (also acts as a combustion stabilizer) Fuel/Binder, polybutadiene type Fuel/Binder, polyether and polyester type Curing agent or crosslinker, which reacts with polymer binder Burn-rate modifier Explosive filler (solid) Plasticizer/Pot life control (organic liquid) 0-70 0-30 5-18 0-15 0.2-3.5 0.2-3 0-40 0-7 AP AN KP KN DN A1 Be Zr I HTPB CTPB PBAN PBAA PEG PCP PGA PPG HTPE PU MAPO IPDI TDI HMDI DDI TMP BITA FeO nBF HMX RDX NQ DOP DOA DOS DMP IDP Ammonium perchlorate Ammonium nitrate Potassium perchlorate Potassium nitrate Ammonium dinitramine Aluminum Beryllium (experimental propellant only) Zirconium (also acts as burn-rate modifier) Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene Polybutadiene acrylonitrile acrylic acid Polybutadiene acrylic acid Polyethylene glycol Polycaprolactone polyol Polyglycol adipate Polypropylene glycol Hydroxyl-terminated polyethylene Polyurethane polyester or polyether Methyl aziridinyl phosphine oxide Isophorone diisocyanate Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate Hexamethylene diisocyanide Dimeryl diisocyanate Trimethylol propane Trimesoyl- 1 (2-ethyl)-aziridine Ferric oxide n-Butyl ferrocene Oxides of Cu, Pb, Zr, Fe Alkaline earth carbonates Alkaline earth sulfates Metallo-organic compounds Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine Nitroguanadine Dioctyl phthalate Dioctyl adipate Dioctyl sebacate Dimethyl phthalate Isodecyl pelargonate TABLE 12-7. (Continued) 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS 497 Type Percent Acronym Typical Chemicals Energetic plasticizer (liquid) Energetic fuel/ binder 0-14 0-15 GAP NG DEGDN BTTN TEGDN TMETN PCP GAP PGN BAMO/AMMO BAMO/NMMO Bonding agent >0.1 MT-4 (improves bond to solid HX-752 particles) Stabilizer I DPA (reduces chemical > 0.5 NMA deterioration) Processing aid > 0.5 Glycidyl azide polymer Nitroglycerine Diethylene glycol dinitrate Butanetriol trinitrate Triethylene glycol dinitrate Trimethylolethane trinitrate Polycaprolactone polymer Glycidyl azide polymer Propylglycidyl nitrate Bis-azidomethyloxetane/Azidomethyl- methyloxetane copolymer Bis-azidomethyloxetane/Nitramethyl- methyloxetane copolymer MAPO-tartaric acid-adipic acid condensate Bis-isophthal-methyl-aziridine Diphenylamine Phenylnaphthylamine N-methyl-p-nitroaniline Dinitrodiphenylanine Lecithin Sodium lauryl sulfate tion present in a given quantity or batch is required. AP crystals are rounded (nearly ball shaped) to allow easier mixing than sharp, fractured crystals. They come in sizes ranging from about 600 [arn (l[arn - 10 -6 m) diameter to about 80 [am from the factory. Sizes below about 40 [am diameter are considered hazardous (can easily be ignited and sometimes detonated) and are not shipped; instead, the propellant manufacturer takes larger crystals and grinds them (at the motor factory) to the smaller sizes (down to 2 [am) just before they are incorporated into a propellant. The inorganic nitrates are relatively low-performance oxidizers compared with perchlorates. However, ammonium nitrate is used in some applications because of its very low cost and smokeless and relatively nontoxic exhaust. Its principal use is with low-burning-rate, low-performance rocket and gas generator applications. Ammonium nitrate (AN) changes its crystal structure at several phase transformation temperatures. These changes cause slight changes in volume. One phase transformation at 32°C causes about a 3.4% change in volume. Repeated temperature cycling through this transition tem- perature creates tiny voids in the propellant, and causes growth in the grain and a change in physical or ballistic properties. The addition of a small amount TABLE 12-8. Classification of Solid Rocket Propellants Used in Flying Vehicles According to their Binders, Plasticizers, and Solid Ingredients Solid Oxidizer Propellant Designation Binder Plasticizer and/or Fuel Application Double-base, DB Plasticized NC NG, TA, etc. CMDB a Plasticized NC NG, TMETN, TA, BTTN, etc. Same Same Same Same EMCDB a Plasticized NC + elastomeric polymer Polybutadiene HTPB HTPB CTPB, PBAN, PBAA TPE a Thermoplastic elastomer PEG, PPG, PCP, PGA, and mixtures GAP, PGN, BAMO/ NMMO, BAMO/AMMO Polyether and polyesters Energetic binder (other than NC) Same DOA, IDP, DOP, DOA, etc. Same None Minimum signature and smoke A1, AP, KP Booster, sustainer, and spacecraft HMX, RDX, AP Reduced smoke HMX, RDX, azides Minimum signature, gas generator Like CMDB above, but generally superior mechanical properties with elastomer added as binder Booster, sustainer or spacecraft; used extensively in many applications Reduced smoke, gas generator A1, AP, KP, HMX, RDX AN, HMX, RDX, some AP All like HTPB above, but somewhat lower performance due to higher processing viscosity and consequent lower solids content. Still used in applications with older designs Similar to HTPB, but without chemical curing process. TPEs cure (crosslink) via selective crystallization of certain parts of the binder. Still are experimental propellants DOA, IDP, TMETN, DEGDN, etc. A1, AP, KP, HMX Booster, sustainer, or spacecraft TMETN, BTTN, etc. GAP-azide, Like polyether/polyester propellants above, but with slightly GAP-nitrate, NG higher performance. Experimental propellant. a CMDB, composite-modified double-base; EMCDB, elastomer-modified cast double-base; TPE, thermoplastic elastomer. For definition of acronyms and abbreviation of propellant ingredients see Tables 12-6 and 12-7. 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS 499 TABLE 12-9. Comparison of Crystalline Oxidizers Molecular Oxygen Chemical Mass Density Content Oxidizer Symbol (kg/kg-mol) (kg/m 3) (wt %) Remarks Ammonium NH4C10 4 117.49 1949 54.5 Low n, low cost, perchlorate readily available Potassium KC10 4 138.55 2519 46.2 Low burning rate, perchlorate medium performance Sodium NaC104 122.44 2018 52.3 Hygroscopic, high perchlorate performance Ammonium NH4NO 3 80.0 1730 60.0 Smokeless, medium nitrate performance Potassium KNO3 101.10 2109 47.5 Low cost, low nitrate performance of stabilizer such as nickel oxide (NiO) or potassium nitrate (KNO3) seems to change the transition temperature to above 60°C, a high enough value so that normal ambient temperature cycling will no longer cause recrystallization (Refs. 12-10 and 12-11). AN with such an additive is known as phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN). AN is hygroscopic, and the absorption of moisture will degrade propellant made with AN. Fuels This section discusses solid fuels. Powdered spherical aluminum is the most common. It consists of small spherical particles (5 to 60 lam diameter) and is used in a wide variety of composite and composite-modified double-base pro- pellant formulations, usually constituting 14 to 20% of the propellant by weight. Small aluminum particles can burn in air and this powder is mildly toxic if inhaled. During rocket combustion this fuel is oxidized into aluminum oxide. These oxide particles tend to agglomerate and form larger particles. The aluminum increases the heat of combustion, the propellant density, the com- bustion temperature, and thus the specific impulse. The oxide is in liquid droplet form during combustion and solidifies in the nozzle as the gas tem- perature drops. When in the liquid state the oxide can form a molten slag which can accumulate in pockets (e.g., around an impropely designed sub- merged nozzle), thus adversely affecting the vehicle's mass ratio. It also can deposit on walls inside the combustion chamber, as described in Refs. 12-12 and 14-13. Boron is a high-energy fuel that is lighter than aluminum and has a high melting point (2304°C). It is difficult to burn with high efficiency in combustion chambers of reasonable length. However, it can be oxidized at reasonable 500 SOLID PROPELLANTS efficiency if the boron particle size is very small. Boron is used advantageously as a propellant in combination rocket-air-burning engines, where there is ade- quate combustion volume and oxygen from the air. Beryllium burns much more easily than boron and improves the specific impulse of a solid propellant motor, usually by about 15 sec, but it and its oxide are highly toxic powders absorbed by animals and humans when inhaled. The technology with composite propellants using powdered beryllium fuel has been experimentally proven, but its severe toxicity makes its application unlikely. Theoretically, both aluminum hydride (A1H3) and beryllium hydride (BeH2) are attractive fuels because of their high heat release and gas-volume contribu- tion. Specific impulse gains are 10 to 15 sec for AlzH3 and 25 to 30 sec for BeH2. Both are difficult to manufacture and both deteriorate chemically during storage, with loss of hydrogen. These compounds are not used today in practical fuels. Binders The binder provides the structural glue or matrix in which solid granular ingredients are held together in a composite propellant. The raw materials are liquid prepolymers or monomers. Polyethers, polyesters and poly-buta- dienes have been used (see Tables 12-6 and 12-7). After they are mixed with the solid ingredients, cast and cured, they form a hard rubber-like material that constitutes the grain. Polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU) (Table 12-1) were used 40 years ago and are still used in a few motors, mostly of old design. Binder materials are also really fuels for solid propel- lant rockets and are oxidized in the combustion process. The binding ingre- dient, usually a polymer of one type or another, has a primary effect on motor reliability, mechanical properties, propellant processing complexity, storability, aging, and costs. Some polymers undergo complex chemical reac- tions, crosslinking, and branch chaining during curing of the propellant. HTPB has been the favorite binder in recent years, because it allows a some- what higher solids fraction (88 to 90% of AP and A1) and relatively good physical properties at the temperature limits. Several common binders are listed in Tables 12-1, 12-6 and 12-7. Elastomeric binders have been added to plasticized double-base-type nitrocellulose to improve physical properties. Polymerization occurs when the binder monomer and its crosslinking agent react (beginning in the mixing process) to form long-chain and complex three-dimensional polymers. Other types of binders, such as PVC, cure or plasticize without a molecular reaction (see Refs. 12-2, 12-3, and 12-13). Often called plastisol-type binders, they form a very viscous dispersion of a powdered polymerized resin in nonvolatile liquid. They polymerize slowly by interaction. 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS 501 Burning-Rate Modifiers A burning-rate catalyst or burning-rate modifier helps to accelerate or decele- rate the combustion at the burning surface and increases or decreases the value of the propellant burning rate. It permits the tailoring of the burning rate to fit a specific grain design and thrust-time curve. Several are listed in Tables 12-6 and 12-7. Some, like iron oxide or lead stearate, increase the burning rate; however, others, like lithium fluoride, will reduce the burning rate of some composite propellants. The inorganic catalysts do not contribute to the com- bustion energy, but consume energy when they are heated to the combustion temperature. These modifiers are effective because they change the combustion mechanism, which is described in Chapter 13. Chapter 2 of Ref. 12-2 gives examples of how several modifiers change the burning rate of composite pro- pellants. Plasticizers A plasticizer is usually a relatively low-viscosity liquid organic ingredient which is also a fuel. It is added to improve the elongation of the propellant at low temperatures and to improve processing properties, such as lower viscosity for casting or longer pot life of the mixed but uncured propellants. The plasticizers listed in Tables 12-6, 12-7, and 12-8 show several plasticizers. Curing Agents or Crosslinkers A curing agent or crosslinker causes the prepolymers to form longer chains of larger molecular mass and interlocks between chains. Even though these mate- rials are present in small amounts (0.2 to 3%), a minor change in the percen- tage will have a major effect on the propellant physical properties, manufacturability, and aging. It is used only with composite propellants. It is the ingredient that causes the binder to solidify and become hard. Several curing agents are listed in Table 12-7. Energetic Binders and Plasticizers Energetic binders and/or plasticizers are used in lieu of the conventional organic materials. They contain oxidizing species (such as azides or organic nitrates) as well as organic species. They add some additional energy to the propellant causing a modest increase in performance. They serve also as a binder to hold other ingredients, or as an energetic plasticizer liquid. They can self-react exothermally and burn without a separate oxidizer. Glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) is an example of an energetic, thermally stable, hydro- xyl-terminated prepolymer that can be polymerized. It has been used in experi- 502 SOLID PROPELLANTS ental propellants. Other energetic binder or plasticizer materials are listed in Tables 12-6, 12-7 and 12-8. Organic Oxidizers or Explosives Organic oxidizers are explosive organic compounds with --NO2 radical or other oxidizing fractions incorporated into the molecular structure. References 12-2 and 12-13 describe their properties, manufacture, and application. These are used with high-energy propellants or smokeless propellants. They can be crystalline solids, such as the nitramines HMX or RDX, fibrous solids such as NC, or energetic plasticizer liquids such as DEGN or NG. These materials can react or burn by themselves when initiated with enough activating energy, but all of them are explosives and can also be detonated under certain conditions. Both HMX and RDX are stoichiometrically balanced materials and the addi- tion of either fuel or oxidizer only will reduce the T1 and Is values. Therefore, when binder fuels are added to hold the HMX or RDX crystals in a viscoelastic matrix, it is also necessary to add an oxidizer such as AP or AN. RDX and HMX are quite similar in structure and properties. Both are white crystalline solids that can be made in different sizes. For safety, they are shipped in a desensitizing liquid, which has to be removed prior to propellant processing. HMX has a higher density, a higher detonation rate, yields more energy per unit volume, and has a higher melting point. NG, NC, HMX, and RDX are also used extensively in military and commercial explosives. HMX or RDX can be included in DB, CMDB, or composite propellants to achieve higher performance or other characteristics. The percentage added can range up to 60% of the propellant. Processing propellant with these or similar ingre- dients can be hazardous, and the extra safety precautions make the processing more expensive. Liquid nitroglycerine (NG) by itself is very sensitive to shock, impact, or friction. It is an excellent plasticizer for propellants when desensitized by the addition of other materials (liquids like triacetin or dibutyl phthalate) or by compounding with nitrocellulose. It is readily dissolved in many organic sol- vents, and in turn it acts as a solvent for NC and other solid ingredients (Ref. 12-13). Nitrocellulose (NC) is a key ingredient in DB and CMDB propellant. It is made by the acid nitration of natural cellulose fibers from wood or cotton and is a mixture of several organic nitrates. Although crystalline, it retains the fiber structure of the original cellulose (see Ref. 12-13). The nitrogen content is important in defining the significant properties of nitrocellulose and can range from 8 to 14%, but the grades used for propellant are usually between 12.2 and 13.1%. Since it is impossible to make NC from natural products with an exact nitrogen content, the required properties are achieved by careful blending. Since the solid fiber-like NC material is difficult to make into a 12.4. PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS 503 grain, it is usually mixed with NG, DEGN, or other plasticizer to gelatinize or solvate it when used with DB and CMDB propellant. Additives Small amounts of additives are used for many purposes, including accelerating or lengthening the curing time, improving the rheological properties (easier casting of viscous raw mixed propellant), improving the physical properties, adding opaqueness to a transparent propellant to prevent radiation heating at places other than the burning surface, limiting migration of chemical species from the propellant to the binder or vice versa, minimizing the slow oxidation or chemical deterioration during storage, and improving the aging characteris- tics or the moisture resistance. Bonding agents are additives to enhance adhe- sion between the solid ingredients (AP or A1) and the binder. Stabilizers are intended to minimize the slow chemical or physical reactions that can occur in propellants. Catalysts are sometimes added to the crosslinker or curing agent to slow down the curing rate. Lubricants aid the extrusion process. Desensitizing agents help to make a propellant more resistant to inadvertent energy stimulus. These are usually added in very small quantities. Particle-Size Parameters The size, shape, and size distribution of the solid particles of AP, A1 or HMX in the propellant can have a major influence on the composite propellant char- acteristics. The particles are spherical in shape, because this allows easier mix- ing and a higher percentage of solids in the propellant than shapes of sharp- edged natural crystals. Normally, the ground AP oxidizer crystals are graded according to particle size ranges as follows: Coarse 400 to 600 ~tm (1 ~tm = 10 -6 m) Medium 50 to 200 lam Fine 5 to 15 tam Ultrafine submicrometer to 5 ~tm Coarse and medium-grade AP crystals are handled as class 1.3 materials, whereas the fine and ultrafine grades are considered as class 1.1 high explosives and are usually manufactured on-site from the medium or coarse grades. (See Section 12.3 for a definition of these explosive hazard classifications.) Most propellants use a blend of oxidizer particle sizes, if only to maximize the weight of oxidizer per unit volume of propellant, with the small particles filling part of the voids between the larger particles. Figure 12-8 shows the influence of varying the ratio of coarse to fine oxidi- zer particle sizes on propellant burning rate and also the influence of a burning rate additive. Figure 12-9 shows that the influence of particle size of the alu- minum fuel on propellant burning rate is much less pronounced than that of oxidizer particle size. Figure 12-8 also shows the effect of particle size. Particle 504 SOLID PROPELLANTS 0.80 0.76 ¢j Q) (/1 • -~ 0.72 = 0.68 ¢.. L m 0.64 0.60 65 j j Strand Wburner: 600 psi, 80°F t35 60/40 55/45 50/50 Coarse/fine ratio FIGURE 12-8. Typical effect of oxidizer (ammonium perchlorate) particle size mixture and burning rate additive on the burning rate of a composite propellant. (From NASA report SP-72262, Motor Propellant Development, July l, 1967.) size range and particle shape of both the oxidizer [usually ammonium perchlo- rate (AP)] and solid fuel (usually aluminum) have a significant effect on the solid packing fraction and the rheological properties (associated with the flow- ing or pouring of viscous liquids) of uncured composite propellant. By defini- tion, the packing fraction is the volume fraction of all solids when packed to minimum volume (a theoretical condition). High packing fraction makes mix- ing, casting, and handling during propellant fabrication more difficult. Figure 12-10 shows the distribution of AP particle size using a blend of sizes; the shape of this curve can be altered drastically by controlling the size ranges and ratios. Also, the size range and shape of the solid particles affect the solids loading ratio, which is the mass ratio of solid to total ingredients in the uncured propellants. Computer-optimized methods exist for adjusting particle-size dis- tributions for improvement of the solids loading. The solids loading can be as 0.23 t.) .__. 0.22 .E 0.21 e- m 0.20 0 c~ I I I Strand burner: 500 psi, room temperature o ~ 10 20 30 40 50 60 Particle size, pm FIGURE 12-9. Typical effect of aluminum particle size on propellant burning rate for a composite propellant. (From NASA Report 8075, Solid Propellant Processing Factors in Rocket Motor Design, October 1971.) 12.5. OTHER PROPELLANT CATEGORIES 505 m " .
_ o w.. 0 .-,., (I} E 0 E e- E I,.. {.. 30 20 A I r 0 0 100 400 200 300 Particle diameter, pm FIGURE 12-10. The oxidizer (AP) particle size distribution is a blend of two or more different particle sizes; this particular composite propellant consists of a narrow cut at about 10 pm and a broad region from 50 to 200 pm. high as 90% in some composite propellants. High solids loading, desired for high performance, introduces complexity and higher costs into the processing of propellant. Trade-off among ballistic (performance) requirements, processi- bility, mechanical strength, rejection rates, and facility costs is a continuing problem with many high-specific-impulse composite propellants. References 12-2 and 12-13 give information on the influence of particle size on motor performance. A monomodal propellant has one size of solid oxidizer particles, a bimodal has two sizes (say, 20 and 200 pm), and a trimodal propellant has three sizes, because this allows a larger mass of solids to be placed into the propellant. Problem 12-1 has a sketch that explains how the voids between the large particles are filled with smaller particles. 12.5. OTHER PROPELLANT CATEGORIES Gas Generator Propellants Gas generator propellants produce hot gas but not thrust. They usually have a low combustion temperature (800 to 1600 K), and most do not require insu- lators when used in metal cases. Typical applications of gas generators were listed in Table 11-1. A large variety of propellants have been used to create hot gas for gas generators, but only a few will be mentioned. Stabilized AN-based propellants have been used for many years with various ingredients or binders. They give a clean, essentially smokeless exhaust and a low combustion temperature. Because of their low burning rate they are useful for long-duration gas generator applications, say 30 to 300 sec. Typical corn- 506 SOLID PROPELLANTS positions are shown in Ref. 12-11, and a typical propellant is described in Table 12-10. One method of reducing flame temperature is to burn conventional hot AP propellant and then add water to it to cool the gases to a temperature where uncooled metals can contain them. This is used on the MX missile launcher tube gas generator (Ref. 12-14). Another formulation uses HMX or RDX with an excess of polyether- or polyester-type polyurethane. For the inflation of automobile collision safety bags the exhaust gas must be nontoxic, smoke free, have a low temperature (will not burn people), be quickly initiated, and be reliably available. One solution is to use alkali azides (e.g., NaN3 or KN3) with an oxide and an oxidizer. The resulting nitrates or oxides are solid materials that are removed by filtering and the gas is clean and is largely moderately hot nitrogen. In one model, air can be aspirated into the air TABLE 12-10. Typical Gas Generator Propellant using Ammonium Nitrate Oxidizer Ballistic Properties Calculated flame temperature (K) 1370 Burning rate at 6.89 MPa and 20°C (mm/sec) 2.1 Pressure exponent n (dimensionless) 0.37 Temperature sensitivity ap (%/K) 0.22 Theoretical characteristic velocity, c (m/sec) 1205 Ratio of specific heats 1.28 Molecular weight of exhaust gas 19 Composition (Mass Fraction) Ammonium nitrate (%) 78 Polymer binder plus curing agent (%) 17 Additives (processing aid, stabilizer, antioxidant) (%) 5 Oxidizer particle size, (gm) 150 Exhaust Gas Composition (Molar %) Water 26 Carbon monoxide 19 Carbon dioxide 7 Nitrogen 21 Hydrogen 27 Methane Trace Physical Properties at 25°C or 298 K Tensile strength (MPa) 1.24 Elongation (%) 5.4 Modulus of elasticity in tension (N/m 2) 34.5 Specific gravity 1.48 12.5. OTHER PROPELLANT CATEGORIES 507 bag by the hot, high-pressure gas (see Ref. 12-15). One particular composition uses 65 to 75% NAN3, 10 to 28% Fe203, 5 to 16% NaNO3 as an oxidizer, a burn rate modifier, and a small amount of SiO 2 for moisture absorption. The resultant solid nitride slag is caught in a filter. The power P delivered by a gas generator can be expressed as P - &(hi - h2) -- [rhT1Rk/(k - 1)][1 - (p2/Pl) (k-1)/k] (12-1) where rh is the mass flow rate, hi and h2 the enthalpies per unit mass, respec- tively, at the gas generator chamber and exhaust pressure conditions, T1 is the flame temperature in the gas generator chamber, R the gas constant, P2/Pl is the reciprocal of the pressure ratio through which these gases are expanded, and k the specific heat ratio. Because the flame temperature is relatively low there is no appreciable dissociation, and frozen equilibrum calculations are usually adequate. Smokeless or Low-Smoke Propellant Certain types of DB propellant, DB modified with HMX, and AN composites can be nearly smokeless. There is no or very little particulate matter in the exhaust gas. These minimum-smoke propellants are not a special class with a peculiar formulation but a variety of one of the classes mentioned previously. Propellants containing A1, Zr, Fe203 (burn rate modifier), or other metallic species will form visible clouds of small solid metal or metal oxide particles in the exhaust. For certain military applications a smokeless propellant is needed and the reasons are stated in Chapter 18 (Exhaust Plumes). It is very difficult to make a propellant which has a truly smokeless exhaust gas. We therefore distinguish between low-smoke also called minimum-smoke (almost smokeless), and reduced-smoke propellants, which have a faintly visible plume. A visible smoke trail comes from solid particles in the plume, such as aluminum oxide. With enough of these particles, the exhaust plume will scatter or absorb light and become visible as primary smoke. The particles can act as focal points for moisture condensation, which can occur in saturated air or under high humidity, low temperature conditions. Also, vaporized plume molecules, such as water or hydrochloric acid, can condense in cold air and form droplets and thus a cloud trail. These processes create a vapor trail or secondary smoke. Several types of DB propellant, DB modified with HMX, nitramine (HMX or RDX) based composites, AN composites, or combinations of these, give very few or no solid particles in their exhaust gas. They do not contain alumi- num or AP, generally have lower specific impulse than comparable propellants with AP, and have very little primary smoke, but can have secondary smoke in unfavorable weather. Several of these propellants have been used in tactical missiles. 508 SOLID PROPELLANTS Reduced-smoke propellants are usually composite propellants with low con- centrations of aluminum (1 to 6%); they have a low percentage of aluminum oxide in the exhaust plume, are faintly visible as primary smoke, but can precipitate heavy secondary smoke in unfavorable weather. Their performance is substantially better than that of minimum-smoke propellants, as seen in Fig. 12-1. Igniter Propellants The process of propellant ignition is discussed in Section 13.2, and several types of igniter hardware are discussed in Section 14.3. Propellants for igniters, a specialized field of propellant technology, is described here briefly. The require- ments for an igniter propellant will include the following: Fast high heat release and high gas evolution per unit igniter propellant mass to allow rapid filling of grain cavity with hot gas and partial pres- surization of the chamber. Stable initiation and operation over a wide range of pressures (subatmo- spheric to chamber pressure) and smooth burning at low pressure with no ignition overpressure surge. Rapid initiation of igniter propellant burning and low ignition delays. Low sensitivity of burn rate to ambient temperature changes and low burn- ing rate pressure exponent. Operation over the required ambient temperature range. Safe and easy to manufacture, safe to ship and handle. Good aging characteristics and long life. Minimal moisture absorption or degradation with time. Low cost of ingredients and fabrication. Some igniters not only generate hot combustion gas, but also hot solid particles or hot liquid droplets, which radiate heat and impinge on the propellant sur- face, embed themselves into this surface, and assist in achieving propellant burning on the exposed grain surface. There have been a large variety of different igniter propellants and their development has been largely empirical. Black powder, which was used in early motors, is no longer favored, because it is difficult to duplicate its properties. Extruded double-base propellants are used frequently, usually as a large num- ber of small cylindrical pellets. In some cases rocket propellants that are used in the main grain are also used for the igniter grain; sometimes they are slightly modified. They are used in the form of a small rocket motor within a large motor that is to be ignited. A common igniter formulation uses 20 to 35% boron and 65 to 80% potassium nitrate with 1 to 5% binder. Binders typically include epoxy resins, graphite, nitrocellulose, vegetable oil, polyisobutylene, and other binders listed in Table 12-7. Another formulation uses magnesium 12.6. LINERS, INSULATORS, AND INHIBITORS 509 with a fluorocarbon (Teflon); it gives hot particles and hot gas (Refs. 12-16 and 12-17). Other igniter propellants are listed in Ref. 12-18. 12.6. LINERS, INSULATORS, AND INHIBITORS These three layers at the interface of a grain were defined in Section 11.3. Their materials do not contain any oxidizing ingredients; they will ablate, cook, char, vaporize, or distintegrate in the presence of hot gases. Many will burn if the hot combustion gas contains even a small amount of oxidizing species, but they will not usually burn by themselves. The liner, internal insulator, or inhibitor must be chemically compatible with the propellant and each other to avoid migration (described below) or changes in material composition; they must have good adhesive strength, so that they stay bonded to the propellant, or to each other. The temperature at which they suffer damage or experience a large surface regression should be high. They should all have a low specific gravity, thus reducing inert mass. Typical materials are neoprene (specific gravity 1.23), butyl rubber (0.93), a synthetic rubber called ethylenepropylene diene or EPDM (0.86), or the binder used in the propellant, such as polybutadiene (0.9 to 1.0); these values are low compared with a propellant specific gravity of 1.6 to 1.8. For low-smoke propellant these three rubber-like materials should give off some gas, but few, if any, solid particles (see Ref. 12-19). In addition to the desired characteristics listed in the previous paragraph, the liner should be a soft stretchable rubber-type thin material (typically 0.02 to 0.04 in. thick with 200 to 450% elongation) to allow relative movement along the bond line between the grain and the case. This differential expansion occurs because the thermal coefficient of expansion of the grain is typically an order of magnitude higher than that of the case. A liner will also seal fiber-wound cases (particularly thin cases), which are often porous, so that high-pressure hot gas cannot escape. A typical liner for a tactical guided missile has been made from polypropylene glycol (about 57%), a titanium oxide filler (about 20%), a di- isocyanate crosslinker (about 20%), and minor ingredients such as an antiox- idant. The motor case had to be preheated to about 82°C prior to application. Ethylenepropylene diene monomer (EPDM) is linked into ethylenepropylene diene terpolymer to form a synthetic rubber which is often used as polymer for liners; it adheres and elongates nicely. In some motors today the internal insulator not only provides for the ther- mal protection of the case from the hot combustion gases, but also often serves the function of the liner for good bonding between propellant and insulator or insulator and case. Most motors still have a separate liner and an insulating layer. The thermal internal insulator should fulfill these additional requirements: 1. It must be erosion resistant, particularly in the insulation of the motor aft end or blast tube. This is achieved in part by using tough elastomeric 510 SOLID PROPELLANTS materials, such as neoprene or butyl rubber, that are chemically resistant to the hot gas and the impact of particulates. This surface integrity is also achieved by forming a porous black carbon layer on its heated surface called a porous char layer, which remains after some of the interstial materials have been decomposed and vaporized. 2. It must provide good thermal resistance and low thermal conductivity to limit heat transfer to the case and thus keep the case below its maximum allowable temperature, which is usually between 160 and 350°C for the plastic in composite material cases and about 550 and 950°C for most steel cases. This is accomplished by filling the insulator with silicon oxide, graphite, Kevlar, or ceramic particles. Asbestos is an excellent filler mate- rial, but is no longer used because of its health hazard. 3. It should allow a large-deformation or strain to accommodate grain deflections upon pressurization or temperature cycling, and transfer loads between the grain and the case. 4. The surface regression should be minimal so as to retain much of its original geometric surface contour and allow a thin insulator. A simple relationship for the thickness d at any location in the motor depends on the exposure time te, the erosion rate re (obtained from erosion tests at the likely gas velocity and temperature), and the safety factor f which can range from 1.2 to 2.0: d = teref (12-2) Some designers use the simple rule that the insulation depth is twice the charred depth. The thickness of the insulation is not usually uniform; it can vary by a factor of up to 20. It is thicker at locations such as the aft done, where it is exposed for longer intervals and at higher scrubbing velocities than the insulator layers protected by bonded propellant. Before making a material selection, it is neces- sary to evaluate the flow field and the thermal environment (combustion tem- perature, gas composition, pressure, exposure duration, internal ballistics) in order to carry out a thermal analysis (erosion prediction and estimated thick- ness of insulator). An analysis of loads and the deflections under loads at different locations of the motor are needed to estimate shear and compression stresses. If it involves high stresses or a relief flap, a structural analysis is also needed. Various computer programs, such as the one mentioned in Refs. 12-20 and 12-21, are used for these analyses. An inhibitor is usually made of the same kinds of materials as internal insulators. They are applied (bonded, molded, glued, or sprayed) to grain surfaces that should not burn. In a segmented motor, for example (see Fig. 14-2), where burning is allowed only on the internal port area, the faces of the cylindrical grain sections are inhibited. 12.7. PROPELLANT PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURE 511 Migration is the transfer of mobile (liquid) chemical species from the solid propellant to the liner, insulator, or inhibitor, or vice versa. Liquid plasticizers such as NG or DEGN or unreacted monomers or liquid catalysts are known to migrate. This migratory transfer occurs very slowly; it can cause dramatic changes in physical properties (e.g., the propellant next to the liner becomes brittle or weak) and there are several instances where nitroglycerine migrated into an insulator and made it flammable. Migration can be prevented or inhib- ited by using (1) propellants without plasticizers, (2) insulators or binders with plasticizers identical to those used in propellants, (3) a thin layer of an imper- vious material or a migration barrier (such as PU or a thin metal film), and (4) an insulator material that will not allow.migration (e.g., PU) (see Ref. 12-22). The graphite-epoxy motors used to boost the Delta launch vehicle use a three-layer liner: EPDM (ethylenepropylene diene terpolymer) as a thin primer to enhance bond strength, a polyurethane barrier to prevent migration of the plasticizer into the EPDM liner, and a plasticized HTPB-rich liner to prevent burning next to the case-bond interface. The composite AP-A1 propellant also uses the same HTPB binder. Liners, insulators, or inhibitors can be applied to the grain in several ways: by painting, coating, dipping, spraying, or by gluing a sheet or strip to the case or the grain. Often an automated, robotic machine is used to achieve uniform thickness and high quality. Reference 12-21 describes the manufacture of par- ticular insulators. An external insulation is often applied to the outside of the motor case, particularly in tactical missiles or high-acceleration launch boosters. This insu- lation reduces the heat flow from the air boundary layer outside the vehicle surface (which is aerodynamically heated) to the case and then to the propel- lant. It thus prevents fiber-reinforced plastic cases from becoming weak or the propellant from becoming soft or, in extreme situations, from being ignited. This insulator must withstand the oxidation caused by aerodynamically heated air, have good adhesion, have structural integrity to loads imposed by the flight or launch, and must have a reasonable cure temperature. Materials ordinarily used as internal insulators are unsatisfactory, because they burn in the atmo- sphere and generate heat. The best is a nonpyrolyzing, low-thermal-conductiv- ity refractory material (Ref. 12-23) such as high-temperature paint. The internal and external insulation also helps to reduce the grain temperature fluctuations and thus the thermal stresses imposed by thermal cycling, such as day-night variations or high- and low-altitude temperature variations for airborne missiles. 12.7. PROPELLANT PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURE The manufacture of solid propellant involves complex physical and chemical processes. In the past, propellant has been produced by several different pro- cesses, including the compaction or pressing of powder charges, extrusion of 512 SOLID PROPELLANTS propellant through dies under pressure using heavy presses, and mixing with a solvent which is later evaporated. Even for the same type of propellant (e.g., double-base, composite, or composite double-base) the fabrication processes are usually not identical for different manufacturers, motor types, sizes, or propellant formulation, and no single simple generalized process flowsheet or fabrication technique is prevalent. Most of the rocket motors in production today use composite-type propellants and therefore some emphasis on this process is given here. Figure 12-11 shows a representative flowsheet for the manufacture of a complete solid rocket motor with a composite propellant made by batch pro- cesses. Processes marked with an asterisk are potentially hazardous, are usually operated or controlled remotely, and are usually performed in buildings designed to withstand potential fires or explosions. The mixing and casting processes are the most complex and are more critical than other processes in determining the quality, performance, burn rate, and physical properties of the resulting propellant. The rheological properties of the uncured propellant, meaning its flow prop- erties in terms of shear rate, stress, and time, are all-important to the proces- sibility of the propellant, and these properties usually change substantially throughout the length of the processing line. Batch-type processing of propel- lant, including the casting (pouring) of propellant into motors that serve as their own molds, is the most common method. For very large motors several days are needed for casting perhaps 40 batches into a single case, forming a single grain. Vacuum is almost always imposed on the propellant during the mixing and casting operations to remove air and other dispersed gases and to avoid air bubbles in the grain. Viscosity measurements of the mixed propellant (10,000 to 20,000 poise) are made for quality control. Vacuum, temperature, vibration, energy input of the mixer, and time are some of the factors affecting the viscosity of the uncured propellant. Time is important in terms of pot life, that period of time the uncured propellant remains reasonably fluid after mix- ing before it cures and hardens. Short pot life (a few hours) requires fast operations in emptying mixers, measuring for quality control, transporting, and casting into motors. Some binder systems, such as those using PVC, give a very long pot life and avoid the urgency of haste in the processing line. References 12-3, 12-18, and 12-24 give details on propellant processing techniques and equipment. Double-base propellants and modified double-base propellants are manu- factured by a different set of processes. The key is the diffusion of the liquid nitroglycerine into the fibrous solid matrix or nitrocellulose, thus forming, by means of solvation, a fairly homogeneous, well-dispersed, relatively strong solid material. Several processes for making double-base rocket propellant are in use today, including extrusion and slurry casting. In the slurry casting process the case (or the mold) is filled with solid casting powder (a series of small solid pellets of nitrocellulose with a small amount of nitroglycerine) and the case is then flooded with liquid nitroglycerine, which then solvates the 12.7. PROPELLANT PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURE 513 Chemical ingredients receiving, storage, inspection, weighing and preparation i Igniter [ Oxidizer chemicals crystals /~-- Classify I ;~~, I \ / Aluminum Binder [ powder (monomer) Additives Grind 1 Weigh, "1 blend, mix and cure Weigh Dry, blend Store H I ~ C'ean~a00'yl I Cure case insulator & liner I I Fa bricate Fa bricateJ and mold aft & assemble fwd. domes, case insulators & flaps Inspect, assemble & test H Fabricate nozzle Safe and arm device Fabricate TVC Fabricate igniter hardware t-t Inspect & clean H Electrical h test & inspect ,,, H C'ests I-- i ,& inspect H Igniter assembly & check-out Premix w Mixing 1 Casting into case .Curing Remove mandrel & tooling Machine off excess propellant X-ray inspect Final assembly Inspect, check-out, pack & ship I Clean 1 mixer LJ Clean&. U Fabricate ~ repair tooling ~ tooling. "t J Curing i l agent II L__'J FIGURE 12-11. Simplified manufacturing process flow diagram for a rocket motor and its composite solid propellant. 514 SOLID PROPELLANTS pellets. Figure 12-12 shows a simplified diagram of a typical setup for a slurry cast process. Double-base propellant manufacturing details are shown in Refs. 12-3 and 12-13. Mandrels are used during casting and curing to assure a good internal cavity or perforation. They are made of metal in the shape of the internal bore (e.g., star or dogbone) and are often slightly tapered and coated with a nonbonding material, such as Teflon, to facilitate the withdrawal of the mandrel after curing without tearing the grain. For complicated internal passages, such as a conocyl, a complex built-up mandrel is necessary, which can be withdrawn through the nozzle flange opening in smaller pieces or which can be collapsed. Hot air Fixture for supply for appling pressure Vacuum or cure during cure air exhaust \ \ for cure To vacuum pump Trap Window \ Pit cover Piston \ "x,_ / ram I Pressurized hydraulic fluid Regulated pressure air supply / Solvent tank Solvent (NG) Motor case Casting pit Motor support Bed of casting powder (pellets) Solvent supply pipe Advancing level of solvent liquid during casting Distributor plate with small holes Solvent distributor cap FIGURE 12-12. Simplified diagram of one system for slurry casting and initial curing of a double-base solid propellant. PROBLEMS 515 Some manufacturers have had success in making permanent mandrels (which are not withdrawn but stay with the motor) out of lightweight foamed propel- lant, which burns very quickly once it is ignited. An important objective in processing is to produce a propellant grain free of cracks, low-density areas, voids, or other flaws. In general, voids and other flaws degrade the ballistic and mechanical properties of the propellant grain. Even the inclusion of finely dispersed gas in a propellant can result in an abnormally high burning rate, one so high as to cause catastrophic motor failure. The finished grain (or motor) is usually inspected for defects (cracks, voids, and debonds) using x-ray, ultrasonic, heat conductivity, or other nondestruc- tive inspection techniques. Samples of propellant are taken from each batch, tested for rheological properties, and cast into physical property specimens and/or small motors which are cured and subsequently tested. A determination of the sensitivity of motor performance, including possible failure, to propel- lant voids and other flaws often requires the test firing of motors with known defects. Data from the tests are important in establishing inspection criteria for accepting and rejecting production motors. Special process equipment is needed in the manufacture of propellant. For composite propellants this includes mechanical mixers (usually with two or three blades rotating on vertical shafts agitating propellant ingredients in a mixer bowl under vacuum), casting equipment, curing ovens, or machines for automatically applying the liner or insulation to the case. Double-base processing requires equipment for mechanically working the propellant (roll- ers, presses) or special tooling for allowing a slurry cast process. Computer- aided filament winding machines are used for laying the fibers of fiber-rein- forced plastic cases and nozzles. PROBLEMS 1. Ideally the solid oxidizer particles in a propellant can be considered spheres of uni- form size. Three sizes of particles are available: coarse at 500 ~tm, medium at 50 ~tm, and fine at 5 ~tm, all at a specific gravity of 1.95, and a viscoelastic fuel binder at a specific gravity of 1.01. Assume that these materials can be mixed and vibrated so that the solid particles will touch each other, there are no voids in the binder, and the particles occupy a minimum of space similar to the sketch of the cross section shown here. It is desired to put 94 wt % of oxidizer into the propellant mix, for this will give maximum performance. (a) Determine the maximum weight percentage of oxidizer if only coarse crystals are used or if only medium-sized crystals are used. (b) Determine the maximum weight of oxidizer if both coarse and fine crystals are used, with the fine crystals filling the voids between the coarse particles. What is the optimum relative proportion of coarse and fine particles to give a maximum of oxidizer? (c) Same as part (b), but use coarse and medium crystals only. Is this better and, if so, why? (d) Using all three sizes, what is the ideal weight mixture ratio and what is the maximum oxidizer content possible and the theoretical maximum specific gravity of 516 SOLID PROPELLANTS the propellant? (Hint: The centers of four adjacent coarse crystals form a tetrahedron whose side length is equal to the diameter.) 2. Suggest one or two specific applications (intercontinental missile, anti-aircraft, space launch vehicle upper stage, etc.) for each of the propellant categories listed in Table 12-2 and explain why it was selected when compared to other propellants. 3. Prepare a detailed outline of a procedure to be followed by a crew operating a propellant mixer. This 1 m 3 vertical solid propellant mixer has two rotating blades, a mixing bowl, a vacuum pump system to allow mix operations under vacuum, feed chutes or pipes with valves to supply the ingredients, and variable-speed electric motor drive, a provision for removing some propellant for laboratory samples, and a double-wall jacket around the mixing bowl to allow heating or cooling. It is known that the composite propellant properties are affected by mix time, small deviations from the exact composition, the temperature of the mix, the mechanical energy added by the blades, the blade speed, and the sequence in which the ingre- dients are added. It is also known that bad propellant would be produced if there are leaks that destroy the vacuum, if the bowl, mixing blades, feed chutes, and so on, are not clean but contain deposits of old propellant on their walls, if they are not mixed at 80°C, or if the viscosity of the mix becomes excessive. The sequence of loading ingredients shall be: (1) prepolymer binder, (2) plasticizer, (3) minor liquid additives, (4) solid consisting of first powdered aluminum and thereafter mixed bimodal AP crystals, and (5) finally the polymerizing agent or crosslinker. Refer to Fig. 12-11. Samples of the final liquid mix are taken to check viscosity and density. Please list all the sequential steps that the crew should undertake before, during, and after the mixing operation. If it is desired to control to a specific parameter (weight, duration, etc.), that fact should be stated; however, the specific data of ingredient mass, time, power, temperature, and so on, can be left blank. Mention all instruments (e.g., thermometers, wattmeter, etc.) that the crew should have and identify those that they must monitor closely. Assume that all ingredients were found to be of the desired composition, purity, and quality. 4. Determine the longitudinal growth of a 24-in.-long free-standing grain with a linear thermal coefficient of expansion of 7.5 x 10-5/°F for temperature limits of -40 to PROBLEMS 517 140°F. Answer: 0.32 in. 5. The following data are given for an internally burning solid propellant grain with inhibited end faces and a small initial port area: Length 40 in. Port area 27 in. 2 Propellant weight 240 lb Initial pressure at front end of chamber 1608 psi Initial pressure at nozzle end of chamber 1412 psi Propellant density 0.060 lb/in. 3 Vehicle acceleration 21.2 go Determine the initial forces on the propellant supports produced by pressure differ- ential and vehicle acceleration. Answers: 19,600 lbf, 5090 lbf. 6. A solid propellant unit with an end-burning grain has a thrust of 4700 N and a duration of 14 sec. Four different burning rate propellants are available, all with approximately the same performance and the same specific gravity, but different AP mix and sizes and different burning rate enhancements. They are 5.0, 7.0, 10, and 13 mm/sec. The preferred L/D is 2.60, but values of 2.2 to 3.5 are acceptable. The impulse-to-initial-weight ratio is 96 at an L/D of 2.5. Assume optimum nozzle expan- sion. Chamber pressure is 6.894 MPa or 1000 psia and the operating temperature is 20°C or 68°F. Determine grain geometry, propellant mass, hardware mass, and initial mass. 7. For the rocket in Problem 6 determine the approximate chamber pressure, thrust, and duration at 245 and 328 K. Assume the temperature sensitivity (at a constant value of Ab/At) of 0.01%/K does not change with temperature. 8. A fuel-rich solid propellant gas generator propellant is required to drive a turbine of a liquid propellant turbopump. Determine its mass flow rate. The following data are given: Chamber pressure Pl = 5 MPa Combustion temperature T 1 = 1500 K Specific heat ratio k = 1.25 Required pump input power 970 kW Turbine outlet pressure 0 psia Turbine efficiency 65% Molecular weight of gas 22 kg/kg-mol Pressure drop between gas generator and turbine nozzle inlet 0.10 MPa Windage and bearing friction is 10 kW. Neglect start transients. Answer: rh = 0.257 kg/sec. 9. The propellant for this gas generator has these characteristics: Burn rate at standard conditions 4.0 mm/sec Burn time 110 sec Chamber pressure 5.1 MPa 518 SOLID PROPELLANTS Pressure exponent n 0.55 Propellant specific gravity 1.47 Determine the size of an end-burning cylindrical grain. Answer: Single end-burning grain 27.2 cm in diameter and 31.9 cm long, or two end- burning opposed grains (each 19.6 cm diameter x 31.9 cm long) in a single chamber with ignition of both grains in the middle of the case. 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Heller, "Rocket Motor Service Life Calculations Based on First Passage Method," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 26, No. 4, July-August 1989, pp. 279-284. D. I. Thrasher, "State of the Art of Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Grain Design in the United States," Chapter 9 in Design Methods in Solid Rocket Motors, Lecture Series LS 150, AGARD/NATO, April 1988. "Explosive Hazard Classification Procedures," DOD, U.S. Army Technical Bulletin TB 700-2, updated 1989 (will become a UN specification). "Hazards Assessment Tests for Non-Nuclear Ordnance," Military Standard MIL-STD-2105B (Government-issued Specification), 1994. "Department of Defense--Ammunition and Explosive Safety Standard." U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army TB 700-2, U.S. Navy NAVSEAINST 8020.8, U.S. Air Force TO 11A-1-47, Defense Logistics Agency DLAR 8220.1, 1994 rev. G. M. Clark and C. A. Zimmerman, "Phase Stabilized Ammonium Nitrate Selection and Development," JANNAF Publication 435, October 1985, pp. 65-75. J. Li and Y. Xu, "Some Recent Investigations in Solid Propellant Technology for Gas Generators," AIAA Paper 90-2335, July 1990. S. Boraas, "Modeling Slag Deposition in the Space Shuttle Solid Motor," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 21, No. 1, January-February 1984, pp. 47-54. REFERENCES 519 12-13. V. Lindner, "Explosives and Propellants," Kirk-Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Vol. 9, pp. 561-671, 1980. 12-14. J. A. McKinnis and A. R. O'Connell, "MX Launch Gas Generator Development," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 20, No. 3, May-June 1983. 12-15. T. H. Vos and G. W. Goetz, "Inflatable Restraint Systems, Helping to Save Lives on the Road," Quest, published by TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 1989-1990, pp. 2-27. 12-16. A. Peretz, "Investigation of Pyrotechnic MTV Compositions for Rocket Motor Igniters," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 21, No. 2, March-April 1984, pp. 222-224. 12-17. G. Frut, "Mistral Missile Propulsion System," AIAA Paper 89-2428, July 1989 (B-KNO3 ignition). 12-18. A. Davenas, Solid Rocket Propulsion Technology, Pergamon Press, 1993 (origin- ally published in French, 1988). 12-19. J. L. Laird and R. J. Baker, "A Novel Smokeless Non-flaking Solid Propellant Inhibitor," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 2, No. 4, July-August 1986, pp. 378-379. 12-20. M. Q. Brewster, "Radiation-Stagnation Flow Model of Aluminized Solid Rocket Motor Insulation Heat Transfer," Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 1989, pp. 132-139. 12-21. A. Truchot, "Design of Solid Rocket Motor Internal Insulation," Chapter 10 in Design Methods in Solid Rocket Motors, Lecture Series LS 150, AGARD/ NATO, April 1988. 12-22. M. Probster and R. H. Schmucker, "Ballistic Anomalies in Solid Propellant Motors Due to Migration Effects," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 13, No. 10, 1986, pp. 599-605. 12-23. L. Chow and P. S. Shadlesky, "External Insulation for Tactical Missile Motor Propulsion Systems," AIAA Paper 89-2425, July 1989. 12-24. W. W. Sobol, "Low Cost Manufacture of Tactical Rocket Motors," Proceedings of 1984 JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Vol. II, Chemical Propulsion Information Agency, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia, MD, 1984, pp. 219-226. CHAPTER 13 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS This is the third of four chapters on solid propellant motors. We discuss the combustion of solid propellants, the physical and chemical processes of burn- ing, the ignition or startup process, the extinction of burning, and combustion instability. The combustion process in rocket propulsion systems is very efficient, when compared to other power plants, because the combustion temperatures are very high; this accelerates the rate of chemical reaction, helping to achieve nearly complete combustion. As was mentioned in Chapter 2, the energy released in the combustion is between 95 and 99.5% of the possible maximum. This is difficult to improve. There has been much interesting research on rocket combustion and we have now a better understanding of the phenomena and of the behavior of burning propellants. This combustion area is still the domain of specialists. The rocket motor designers have been concerned not so much with the burning process as with controlling the combustion (start, stop, heat effects) and with preventing the occurrence of combustion instability. 13.1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES The combustion in a solid propellant motor involves exceedingly complex reactions taking place in the solid, liquid, and gas phases of a heterogeneous mixture. Not only are the physical and chemical processes occurring during solid propellant combustion not fully understood, but the available analytical combustion models remain oversimplified and unreliable. Experimental obser- vations of burning propellants show complicated three-dimensional micro- 520 13.1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES 521 structures, a three-dimensional flame structure, intermediate products in the liquid and gaseous phase, spatially and temporally variant processes, aluminum agglomeration, nonlinear response behavior, formation of carbon particles, and other complexities yet to be adequately reflected in mathematical models. Some insight into this combustion process can be gained by understanding the behavior of the major ingredients, such a ammonium perchlorate, which is fairly well explored. This oxidizer is capable of self-deflagration with a low- pressure combustion limit at approximately 2 MPa, the existence of at least four distinct "froth" zones of combustion between 2 and 70 MPa, the existence of a liquid froth on the surface of the crystal during deflagration between 2 and 6 MPa, and a change in the energy-transfer mechanism (particularly at about 14 MPa). Its influence on combustion is critically dependent on oxidizer purity. The surface regression rate ranges from 3 mm/sec at 299 K and 2 MPa to 10 mm/sec at 423 K and 1.4 MPa. The various polymeric binders used in composite propellants are less well characterized and their combustion properties vary, depending on the binder type, heating rate, and combustion chamber pressure. The addition of powdered aluminum (2 to 40 ~tm) is known to favorably influence specific impulse and combustion stability. Photography of the burn- ing aluminum particles shows that the particles usually collect into relatively large accumulaties (100 or more particles) during the combustion process. The combustion behavior of this ingredient depends on many variables, including particle size and shape, surface oxides, the binder, and the combustion wave environment. Ref. 13-1 describes solid propellant combustion. Visual observations and measurements of flames in simple experiments, such as strand burner tests, give an insight into the combustion process. For double- base propellants the combustion flame structure appears to be homogeneous and one-dimensional along the burning direction, as shown in Fig. 13-1. When heat from the combustion melts, decomposes, and vaporizes the solid propel- lant at the burning surface, the resulting gases seem to be already premixed. One can see a brilliantly radiating bright flame zone where most of the chemical reaction is believed to occur and a dark zone between the bright flame and the burning surface. The brightly radiating hot reaction zone seems to be detached from the combustion surface. The combustion that occurs inside the dark zone does not emit strong radiations in the visible spectrum, but does emit in the infrared spectral region. The dark zone thickness decreases with increasing chamber pressure, and higher heat transfer to the burning surface causes the burning rate to increase. Experiments on strand burners in an inert nitrogen atmosphere, reported in Chapter 1 of Ref. 13-1, show this dramatically: for pressures of 10, 20, and 30 atm the dark zone thickness is 12, 3.3, and 1.4 mm, respectively, and the corresponding burning rates are 2.2, 3.1, and 4.0 mm/sec. The overall length of the visible flame becomes shorter as the chamber pressure increases and the heat release per unit volume near the surface also increases. In the bright, thin fizz zone or combustion zone directly over the burning surface of the DB propellant, some burning and heat release occurs. Beneath 522 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS Typical temperature (°C) • ..•".'."i".. < 2000 ...... .• .
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. . . . . . , Strand F burner-~ width End of visible flame Secondary (luminous) combustion zone- very bright Fuzzy interface Induction zone or dark zone - almost invisible Primary combustion zone-- visible - Burning surface Degraded solid propellant zone Preheated solid propellant zone ... Unheated propellant FIGURE 13--1. Schematic diagram of the combustion flame structure of a double-base propellant as seen with a strand burner in an inert atmosphere. (Adapted from Chapter 1 of Ref. 13-1 with permission of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA.) is a zone of liquefied bubbling propellant which is thought to be very thin (less than 1 lam) and which has been called the foam or degradation zone. Here the temperature becomes high enough for the propellant molecules to vaporize and break up or degrade into smaller molecules, such as NO2, aldehydes, or NO, which leave the foaming surface. Underneath is the solid propellant, but the layer next to the surface has been heated by conduction within the solid pro- pellant material. Burn rate catalysts seem to affect the primary combustion zone rather than the processes in the condensed phase. They catalyze the reaction at or near the surface, increase or decrease the heat input into the surface, and change the amount of propellant that is burned. A typical flame for an AP/A1/HTPB propellant looks very different, as seen in Fig. 13-2. Here the luminous flame seems to be attached to the burning Acronyms are explained in Tables 12-6 and 12-7. 13.1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES 523 Less bril emissior Bright, ,, emissiol of flame Visible flame length • Burning surface Degradation zone Preheated zone Unheated zone ~, Width of strand burner FIGURE 13-2. Diagram of the flickering, irregular combustion flame of a composite propellant (69% AP, 19% A1, plus binder and additives) in a strand burner with a neutral atmosphere. (Adapted from Chapter 1 of Ref. 13-1 with permission of AIAA.) surface, even at low pressures. There is no dark zone. The oxidizer-rich decom- posed gases from the AP diffuse into the fuel-rich decomposed gases from the fuel ingredients, and vice versa. Some solid particles (aluminum, AP crystals, small pieces of binder, or combinations of these) break loose from the surface and the particles continue to react and degrade while in the gas flow. The burning gas contains liquid particles of hot aluminum oxides, which radiate intensively. The propellant material and the burning surface are not homoge- neous. The flame structure is unsteady (flicker), three dimensional, not truly axisymmetrical, and complex. The flame structure and the burning rates of composite-modified cast double-base (CMDB) propellant with AP and A1 seem to approach those of composite propellant, particularly when the AP content is high. Again there is no dark zone and the flame structure is unsteady and not axisymmetrical. It also has a complex three-dimensional flame structure. According to Ref. 13-1, the flame structure for double-base propellant with a nitramine addition shows a thin dark zone and a slightly luminous degrada- tion zone on the burning surface. The dark zone decreases in length with increasd pressure. The decomposed gases of RDX or HMX are essentially 524 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS neutral (not oxidizing) when decomposed as pure ingredients. In this CMDB/ RDX propellant the degradation products of RDX solid crystals interdiffuse with the gas from the DB matrix just above the burning surface, before the RDX particles can produce monopropellant flamelets. Thus an essentially homogeneous premixed gas flame is formed, even though the solid propellant itself is heterogeneous. The flame structure appears to be one-dimensional. The burning rate of this propellant decreases when the RDX percentage is increased and seems to be almost unaffected by changes in RDX particle size. Much work has been done to characterize the burning behavior of different propel- lants. See Chapters 2, 3, and 4 by Kishore and Gayathri, Boggs, and Fifer, respectively, in Ref. 13-1, and Refs. 13-2 to 13-8. The burning rate of all propellants is influenced by pressure (see Section 11.1 and Eq. 11-3), the initial ambient solid propellant temperature, the burn rate catalyst, the aluminum particle sizes and their size distribution, and to a lesser extent by other ingredients and manufacturing process variables. Erosive burn- ing is basically an accelerated combustion phenomenon stimulated by increased heat transfer and erosion by local high velocities; this was discussed briefly in Chapter 11. Analysis of combustion is treated later in this chapter. 13.2. IGNITION PROCESS This section is concerned with the mechanism or the process for initiating the combustion of a solid propellant grain. Specific propellants that have been successfully used for igniters have been mentioned in Section 12.5. The hard- ware, types, design, and integration of igniters into the motor are described in Section 14.4. Chapters 2, 5, and 6 of Ref. 13-1 review the state of the art of ignition, data from experiments, and analytical models, which have been found to be mostly unreliable. Solid propellant ignition consists of a series of complex rapid events, which start on receipt of a signal (usually electric) and include heat generation, trans- fer of the heat from the igniter to the motor grain surface, spreading the flame over the entire burning surface area, filling the chamber free volume (cavity) with gas, and elevating the chamber pressure without serious abnormalities such as overpressures, combustion oscillations, damaging shock waves, hang- fires (delayed ignition), extinguishment, and chuffing. The igniter in a solid rocket motor generates the heat and gas required for motor ignition. Motor ignition must usually be complete in a fraction of a second for all but the very large motors (see Ref. 13-9). The motor pressure rises to an equili- brium state in a very short time, as shown in Fig. 13-3. Conventionally, the ignition process is divided into three phases for analytical purposes: Phase I, Ignition time lag: the period from the moment the igniter receives a signal until the first bit of grain surface burns. 13.2. IGNITION PROCESS 525 ~3 • ~ 800 Q.. 600 Q. .,Q E 400 t- O 200 ~' I '~ /ha~ell' ! 'Phaselll' I' '' l ' _ i ----17--. . ,,,, i / re _- \ipyrogen type) 4Phase I--~ /Motor chamber I 4 /pressure i -- J _ 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 Time, milliseconds 1600 1200 ~ if) e~ 800 ~- t- 4O0 FIGURE 13-3. Typical ignition pressure transient portion of motor chamber pressure- time trace with igniter pressure trace and ignition process phases shown. Electric signal is received a few milliseconds before time zero. Phase II, Flame-spreading interval: the time from first ignition of the grain surface until the complete grain burning area has been ignited. Phase III, Chamber-filling interval: the time for completing the chamber- filling process and for reaching equilibrium chamber pressure and flow. The ignition will be successful once enough grain surface is ignited and burning, so that the motor will continue to raise its own pressure to the oper- ating chamber pressure. The critical process seems to be a gas-phase reaction above the burning surface, when propellant vapors or decomposition products interact with each other and with the igniter gas products. If the igniter is not powerful enough, some grain surfaces may burn for a short time, but the flame will be extinguished. Satisfactory attainment of equilibrium chamber pressure with full gas flow is dependent on (1) characteristics of the igniter and the gas temperature, com- position and flow issuing from the igniter, (2) motor propellant composition and grain surface ignitability, (3) heat transfer characteristics by radiation and convection between the igniter gas and grain surface, (4) grain flame spreading rate, and (5) the dynamics of filling the motor free volume with hot gas (see Ref. 13-10). The quantity and type of caloric energy needed to ignite a parti- cular motor grain in the prevailing environment has a direct bearing on most of the igniters' design parameters--particularly those affecting the required heat output. The ignitability of a propellant at a given pressure and temperature is normally shown as a plot of ignition time versus heat flux received by the propellant surface, as shown in Fig. 13-4; these data are obtained from labora- tory tests. Ignitability of a propellant is affected by many factors, including (1) the propellant formulation, (2) the initial temperature of the propellant grain 526 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS 1.0 0.5 0.1 t~ or} = E = 0.05 0 g 0.01 0.005 \ m 0.6 \ \ - =5 -- 0.75 - __- double base proipella 1.0 i I 10 1 I I I I I 20 40 60 80100 120 Heat flux, cal/cm2-sec FIGURE 13-4. Propellant ignitability curves" effect of heat flux on ignition time for a specific motor. surface, (3) the surrounding pressure, (4) the mode of heat transfer, (5) grain surface roughness, (6) age of the propellant, (7) the composition and hot solid particle content of the igniter gases, (8) the igniter propellant and its initial temperature, (9) the velocity of the hot igniter gases relative to the grain sur- face, and (10) the cavity volume and configuration. Figure 13-4 and data in Chapter 14 show that the ignition time becomes shorter with increases in both heat flux and chamber pressure. If a short ignition delay is required, then a more powerful igniter will be needed. The radiation effects can be significant in the ignition transient as described in Ref. 13-11. In Section 14.3 we describe an analysis and design for igniters. 13.3. EXTINCTION OR THRUST TERMINATION Sometimes it is necessary to stop or extinguish the burning of a solid motor before all the propellant has been consumed: 13.3. EXTINCTION OR THRUST TERMINATION 527 1. When a flight vehicle has reached the desired flight velocity (for a ballistic missile to attain a predetermined velocity or for a satellite to achieve an accurate orbit), or a precise total impulse cutoff is needed. 2. As a safety measure, when it appears that a flight test vehicle will unex- pectedly fly out of the safe boundaries of a flight test range facility. 3. To avoid collisions of stages during a stage separation maneuver (requir- ing a thrust reversal) for multistage flight vehicles. 4. During research and development testing, when one wants to examine a partially burned motor. The common mechanisms for achieving extinction are listed below and described in Chapters 2, 5, and 6 of Ref. 13-1. 1. Very rapid depressurization, usually by a sudden, large increase of the nozzle throat area or by fast opening of additional gas escape areas or ports. The most common technique neutralizes the thrust or reverses the net thrust direction by suddenly opening exhaust ports in the forward end of the motor case. Such a thrust reversal using ports located on the forward bulkhead of the case is achieved in the upper stages of Minuteman and Poseidon missiles. This is done by highly predictable and reproducible explosive devices which suddenly open additional gas escape areas (thus causing pressure reduction) and neutralize the thrust by exhausting gases in a direction opposite to that of the motor nozzle. To balance side forces, the thrust termination blow-out devices and their ducts are always designed in symmetrically opposed sets (two or more). In Fig. 1-5 there are four symmetrically placed openings that are blown into the forward dome of the case by circular explosive cords. Two of the sheathed circular cord assemblies are sketched on the outside of the forward dome wall. The ducts that lead the hot gas from these openings to the outside of the vehicle are not shown in this figure. The forward flow of gas occurs only for a very brief period of time, during which the thrust is actually reversed. The rapid depressurization causes a sudden stopping of the combustion at the propellant burning surface. With proper design the explosive cords do not cause a detonation or explosion of the remaining unburned propellant. 2. During some motor development projects it can be helpful to see a par- tially consumed grain. The motor operation is stopped when the flames are quenched by injecting an inhibiting liquid such as water. Reference 13-12 shows that adding a detergent to the water allows a better contact with the burning surface and reduces the amount of water needed for quenching. 3. Lowering the combustion pressure below the pressure deflagration limit. Compared to item 1, this depressurization occurs quite slowly. Many solid propellants have a low-pressure combustion limit of 0.05 to 0.15 528 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS MPa. This means that some propellants will not extinguish when vented during a static sea-level test at 1 atm (0.1 MPa) but will stop burning if vented at high altitude. A sudden depressurization is effective because the primary combustion zone at the propellant surface has a time lag compared to the gaseous combustion zone which, at the lower pressure, quickly adjusts to a lower reaction rate and moves farther away from the burning surface. The gases created by the vapor- ization and pyrolysis of the hot solid propellant cannot all be consumed in a gas reaction close to the surface, and some will not burn completely. As a result, the heat transfer to the propellant surface will be quickly reduced by several orders of magnitude, and the reaction at the propellant surface will diminish and stop. Experimental results (Chapter 12 of Ref. 13-1) show that a higher initial combustion pressure requires a faster depressurization rate (dp/dt) to achieve extinction. 13.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY There seem to be two types of combustion instability: a set of acoustic reso- nances or pressure oscillations, which can occur with any rocket motor, and a vortex shedding phenomenon, which occurs only with particular types of grains. Acoustic Instabilities When a solid propellant rocket motor experiences unstable combustion, the pressure in the interior gaseous cavities (made up by the volume of the port or perforations, fins, slots, conical or radial groves) oscillates by at least 5% and often by more than 30% of the chamber pressure. When instability occurs, the heat transfer to the burning surfaces, the nozzle, and the insulated case walls is greatly increased; the burning rate, chamber pressure, and thrust usually increase; but the burning duration is thereby decreased. The change in the thrust-time profile causes significant changes in the flight path, and at times this can lead to failure of the mission. If prolonged and if the vibration energy level is high, the instability can cause damage to the hardware, such as over- heating the case and causing a nozzle or case failure. Instability is a condition that should be avoided and must be carefully investigated and remedied if it occurs during a motor development program. Final designs of motors must be free of such instability. There are fundamental differences with liquid propellant combustion beha- vior. In liquid propellants there is a fixed chamber geometry with a rigid wall; liquids in feed systems and in injectors that are not part of the oscillating gas in the combustion chamber can interact strongly with the pressure fluctuations. In solid propellant motors the geometry of the oscillating cavit~ increases in size 13.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 529 as burning proceeds and there are stronger damping factors, such as solid particles and energy-absorbing viscoelastic materials. In general, combustion instability problems do not occur frequently or in every motor development, and, when they do occur, it is rarely the cause for a drastic sudden motor failure or disintegration. Nevertheless, drastic failures have occurred. Undesirable oscillations in the combustion cavity propellant rocket motors is a continuing problem in the design, development, production, and even long- term (10 yr) retention of solid rocket missiles. While acoustically "softer" than a liquid rocket combustion chamber, the combustion cavity of a solid propel- lant rocket is still a low-loss acoustical cavity containing a very large acoustical energy source, the combustion process itself. A small fraction of the energy released by combustion is more than sufficient to drive pressure vibrations to an unacceptable level. Combustion instability can occur spontaneously, often at some particular time during the motor burn period, and the phenomenon is usually repeatable in identical motors. Both longitudinal and transverse waves (radial and tan- gential) can occur. Figure 13-5 shows a pressure-time profile with typical instability. The pressure oscillations increase in magnitude, and the thrust and burning rate also increase. The frequency seems to be a function of the cavity geometry, propellant composition, pressure, and internal flame field. As \ \ \ Burning time FIGURE 13-5. Simplified diagram showing two periods of combustion instability in the pressure-time history, with enlargements of two sections of this curve. The dashed lines show the upper and lower boundaries of the high-frequency pressure oscillations, and the dot-dash curve is the behavior without instability after a slight change in propellant formulation. The vibration period shows a rise in the mean pressure. With vibration, the effective burning time is reduced and the average thrust is higher. The total impulse is essentially unchanged. 530 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS the internal grain cavity is enlarged and local velocities change, the oscillation often abates and disappears. The time and severity of the combustion vibration tend to change with the ambient grain temperature prior to motor operation. For a simple grain with a cylindrical port area, the resonant transverse mode oscillations (tangential and radial) correspond roughly to those shown in Fig. 9-4 for liquid propellant thrust chambers. The longitudinal or axial modes, usually at a lower frequency, are an acoustic wave traveling parallel to the motor axis between the forward end of the perforation and the con- vergent nozzle section. Harmonic frequencies of these basic vibration modes can also be excited. The internal cavities can become very complex and can include igniter cases, movable as well as submerged nozzles, fins, cones, slots, star-shaped perforations, or other shapes, as described in the section on grain geometry in Chapter 11; determination of the resonant frequencies of com- plex cavities is not always easy. Furthermore, the geometry of the internal resonating cavity changes continually as the burning propellant surfaces recede; as the cavity volume becomes larger, the transverse oscillation fre- quencies are reduced. The bulk mode, also known as the Helmholtz mode, L mode, or chuffing mode, is not a wave mode as described above. It occurs at relatively low frequencies (typically below 150 Hz and sometimes below 1 Hz), and the pressure is essentially uniform throughout the volume. The unsteady velocity is close to zero, but the pressure rises and falls. It is the gas motion (in and out of the nozzle) that corresponds to the classical Helmholtz resonator mode, similar to exciting a tone when blowing across the open mouth of a bottle (see Fig. 9-7). It occurs at low values of L (see Eq. 8-9), sometimes during the ignition period, and disappears when the motor internal volume becomes larger or the chamber pressure becomes higher. Chuffing is the periodic low- frequency discharge of a bushy, unsteady flame of short duration (typically less than 1 sec) followed by periods of no visible flame, during which slow out- gassing and vaporization of the solid propellant accumulates hot gas in the chamber. The motor experiences spurts of combustion and consequent pres- sure buildup followed by periods of nearly ambient pressure. This dormant period can extend for a fraction of a second to a few seconds (Ref. 13-13 and Chapter 13 by Price in Ref. 13-1). A useful method of visualizing unstable pressure waves is shown in Figs. 9-5 and 13-6 and Ref. 13-14. It consists of a series of Fourier analyses of the measured pressure vibration spectrum, each taken at a different time in the burning duration and displayed at successive vertical positions on a time scale, providing a map of amplitude versus frequency versus burning time. This figure shows a low-frequency axial mode and two tangential modes, whose frequency is reduced in time by the enlargement of the cavity; it also shows the timing of different vibrations, and their onset and demise. The initiation or triggering of a particular vibration mode is still not well understood but has to do with energetic combustion at the propellant surface. A sudden change in pressure is known to be a trigger, such as when a piece of 13.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 531 ,v _ ,, I 4 ~ First ~ longitudinal mode T # I \ \ First tangential .~ mode \ \ Frequency \ Second \,~ tangential mode FIGURE 13-6. Example of mode frequency display; also called a "waterfall" diagram of a motor firing. Only four complete time-frequency curves are shown; for easy visua- lization the other time lines are partly omitted except near the resonating frequencies. The height of the wave is proportional to pressure. As the cavity volume increases, the frequencies of the transverse modes decrease. (Adapted from E. W. Price, Chapter 13 of Ref. 13-1, with permission of AIAA.) broken-off insulation or unburned propellant flows through the nozzle and temporarily blocks all or a part of the nozzle area (causing a momentary pressure rise). The shifting balance between amplifying and damping factors changes dur- ing the burning operation and this causes the growth and also the abatement of specific modes of vibration. The response of a solid propellant describes the change in the gas mass production or energy release at the burning surface when it is stimulated by pressure perturbations. When a momentary high pressure peak occurs on the surface, it increases the instantaneous heat transfer and thus the burning rate, causing the mass flow from that surface to also increase. Velocity perturbations along the burning surface are also believed to cause changes in mass flow. Phenomena that contribute to amplifying the vibrations, or to gains in the acoustic energy (see Ref. 13-1, Chapter 13 by Price), are: 1. The dynamic response of the combustion process to a flow disturbance or the oscillations in the burning rate. This combustion response can be 532 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS determined from tests of T-burners as described on pages 533 and 534. The response function depends on the frequency of these perturbations and the propellant formulation. The combustion response may not be in a phase with the disturbance. The effects of boundary layers on velocity perturbations have been investigated in Ref. 13-15. 2. The interactions of flow oscillation with the main flow, similar to the basis for the operation of musical wind instruments or sirens (see Ref. 13-16). 3. The fluid dynamic influence of vortexes. Phenomena that contribute to a diminishing of vibration or to damping are energy-absorbing processes; they include the following: 1. Viscous damping in the boundary layers at the walls or propellant sur- faces. 2. Damping by particles or droplets flowing in an oscillating gas/vapor flow is often substantial. The particles accelerate and decelerate by being "dragged" along by the motion of the gas, a viscous flow process that absorbs energy. The attenuation for each particular vibration frequency is an optimum at a particular size of particles; high damping for low- frequency oscillation (large motors) occurs with relatively large solid particles (8 to 20 ~tm); for small motors or high-frequency waves the best damping occurs with small particles (2 to 6 ~tm). The attenuation drops off sharply if the particle size distribution in the combustion gas is not concentrated near the optimum for damping. 3. Energy from longitudinal and mixed transverse/longitudinal waves is lost out through the exhaust nozzle. Energy from purely transverse waves does not seem to be damped by this mechanism. 4. Acoustic energy is absorbed by the viscoelastic solid propellant, insula- tor, and the motor case; its magnitude is difficult to estimate. The propellant characteristics have a strong effect on the susceptibility to instability. Changes in the binder, particle-size distribution, ratio of oxidizer to fuel, and burn-rate catalysts can all affect stability, often in ways that are not predictable. All solid propellants can experience instability. As a part of char- acterizing a new or modified propellant (e.g., determining its ballistic, mechan- ical, aging, and performance characteristics), many companies now also evaluate it for its stability behavior, as described below. Analytical Models and Simulation of Combustion Stability Many interesting investigations have been aimed at mathematical models that will simulate the combustion behavior of solid propellants. This was reviewed by T'ien in Chapter 14 of Ref 13-1. 13.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 533 Using complex algorithms and computers it has been possible to successfully simulate the combustion for some limited cases, such as for validating or extrapolating experimental results or making limited predictions of the stability of motor designs. This applies to well-characterized propellants, where empiri- cal constants (such as propellant response or particle-size distribution) have been determined and where the range of operating parameters, internal geo- metries, or sizes has been narrow. The analytical methods used to date have by themselves not been satisfactory to a motor designer. It is unlikely that a reliable simple analysis will be found for predicting the occurrence, severity, nature, and location of instability for a given propellant and motor design. The physical and chemical phenomena are complex, multidimensional, unsteady, nonlinear, influenced by many variables, and too difficult to emulate mathe- matically without a good number of simplifying assumptions. However, theo- retical analysis gives insight into the physical phenomena, can be a valuable contributor to solving instability problems, and has been used for preliminary design evaluation of grain cavities. Combustion Stability Assessment, Remedy, and Design In contrast with liquid rocket technology, an accepted combustion stability rating procedure does not now exist for full-scale solid rockets. Undertaking stability tests on large full-scale flight-hardware rocket motors is expensive, and therefore lower-cost methods, such as subscale motors, T-burners, and other test equipment, have been used to assess motor stability. The best known and most widely used method of gaining combustion sta- bility-related data is the use of a T-burner, an indirect, limited method that does not use a full-scale motor. Figure 13-7 is a sketch of a standard T-burner; it has a 1.5-in. internal diameter double-ended cylindrical burner vented at its mid- point (see Refs. 13-17 to 13-19). Venting can be through a sonic nozzle to the atmosphere or by a pipe connected to a surge tank which maintains a constant level of pressure in the burner cavity. T-burner design and usage usually con- centrate on the portion of the frequency spectrum dealing with the transverse oscillations expected in a full-scale motor. The desired acoustical frequency, to be imposed on the propellant charge as it burns, determines the burner length (distance between closed ends). The nozzle location, midway between the ends of the burner, minimizes attentuation of fundamental longitudinal mode oscillations (in the propellant grain cavity). Theoretically, an acoustic pressure node exists at the center and antinodes occur at the ends of the cavity. Acoustic velocity nodes are out of phase with pressure waves and occur at the ends of the burner. Propellant charges are often in the shape of discs or cups cemented to the end faces of the burner. The gas velocity in the burner cavity is kept intentionally low (Mach 0.2 or less) compared with the velocity in a full-scale motor. This practice minimizes the influence of velocity-coupled energy waves and allows the influence of pressure-coupled waves to be more clearly recognized. 534 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS °°:j ¢,~]~ Propellant ~ } ~ • ,i o~ o on,c nozz,e Igniter wires ~ P m <~ v First ~ P Second ~ P Third FIGURE 13-7. Standard T-burner and its longitudinal mode standing waves (pressure and velocity). Use of the T-burner for assessing the stability of a full-scale solid rocket presupposes valid theoretical models of the phenomena occurring in both the T-burner and the actual rocket motor; these theories are still not fully vali- dated. In addition to assessing solid rocket motor combustion stability, the T- burner also is used to evaluate new propellant formulations and the importance of seemingly small changes in ingredients, such as a change in aluminum powder particle size and oxidizer grind method. Once an instability has been observed or predicted in a given motor, the motor design has to fix the problem. There is no sure method for selecting the right remedy, and none of the cures suggested below may work. The usual alternatives are: 1. Changing the grain geometry to shift the frequencies away from the undesirable values. Sometimes, changing fin locations, port cross-section profile, or number of slots has been successful. 13.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 535 2. Changing the propellant composition. Using aluminum as an additive has been most effective in curing transverse instabilities, provided that the particle-size distribution of the aluminum oxide is favorable to opti- mum damping at the distributed frequency. Changing size distribution and using other particulates (Zr, A1203, or carbon particles) has been effective in some cases. Sometimes changes in the binder have worked. 3. Adding some mechanical device for attenuating the unsteady gas motions or changing the natural frequency of cavities. Various inert resonance rods, baffles, or paddles have been added, mostly as a fix to an existing motor with observed instability. They can change the resonance frequen- cies of the cavities, introduce additional viscous surface losses, but also cause extra inert mass and potential problems with heat transfer or ero- sion. Combustion instability has to be addressed during the design process, usually through a combination of some mathematical simulation, understand- ing similar problems in other motors, studies of possible changes, and sup- porting experimental work (e.g., T-burners, measuring particle-size distribution). Most solid propellant rocket companies have in-house two- and three-dimensional computer programs to calculate the likely acoustic modes (axial, tangential, radial, and combinations of these) for a given grain/motor, the initial and intermediate cavity geometries, and the combus- tion gas properties calculated from thermochemical analysis. Data on com- bustion response (dynamic burn rate behavior) and damping can be obtained from T-burner tests. Data on particle sizes can be estimated from prior experience or plume measurements (Ref. 13-20). Estimates of nozzle losses, friction, or other damping need to be included. Depending on the balance between gain and damping, it may be possible to arrive at conclusions on the grain's propensity to instability for each specific instability mode that is analyzed. If unfavorable, either the grain geometry or the propellant usually have to be modified. If favorable, full-scale motors have to be built and tested to validate the predicted stable burning characteristics. There is always a trade-off between the amount of work spent on extensive analysis, subscale experiments and computer programs (which will not always guarantee a stable motor), and taking a chance that a retrofit will be needed after full- scale motors have been tested. If the instability is not discovered until after the motor is in production, it is often difficult, time consuming, and expensive to fix the problem. Vortex-Shedding Instability This instability is associated with burning on the inner surfaces of slots in the grain. Large segmented rocket motors have slots between segments, and some grain configurations have slots that intersect the centerline of the grain. Figure 13-8 shows that hot gases from the burning slot surfaces enter the main flow in 536 COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS Streamlines of gas flow Vortices Vortices im Streamlines of gas flow FIGURE 13-8. Simple sketches of four partial grain sections each with a slot or a step. Heavy lines identify the burning surfaces. The flow patterns cause the formation of vortices. The shedding of these vortices can induce flow oscillations and pressure instabilities. the perforation or central cavity of the grain. The hot gas from the slot is turned into a direction toward the nozzle. The flow from the side stream restricts the flow emanating from the upstream side of the perforation and, in effect, reduces the port area. This restriction causes the upstream port pres- sure to rise; sometimes there is a substantial pressure rise. The interaction of the two subsonic gas flows causes turbulence. Vortices form and are periodi- cally shed or allowed to flow downstream, thereby causing an unstable flow pattern. The vortex shedding patterns can interact with the acoustic instabil- ities. Reference 13-21 gives a description and Ref. 13-22 a method for analyz- ing these vortex-shedding phenomena. The remedy usually is to apply inhibitors to some burning surfaces or to change the grain geometry; for exam- ple, by increasing the width of the slot, the local velocities are reduced and the vortices become less pronounced. REFERENCES 537 PROBLEMS 1. (a) Calculate the length of a T-burner to give a first natural oscillation of 2000 Hz using a propellant that has a combustion temperature of 2410 K, a specific heat ratio of 1.25, a molecular weight of 25 kg/kg-mol, and a burning rate of 10.0 mm/ sec at a pressure of 68 atm. The T-burner is connected to a large surge tank and prepressurized with nitrogen gas to 68 atm. The propellant disks are 20 mm thick. Make a sketch to indicate the T-burner dimensions, including the disks. (b) If the target frequencies are reached when the propellant is 50% burned, what will be the frequency at propellant burnout? Answers: (a) Length before applying propellant - 0.270 m; (b) frequency at burnout = 1854 Hz. 2. An igniter is needed for a rocket motor similar to one shown in Fig. 11-1. Igniters have been designed by various oversimplified design rules such as Fig. 13-3. The motor has an internal grain cavity volume of 0.055 m 3 and an initial burning surface of 0.72 m 2. The proposed igniter propellant has these characteristics: combustion temperature 2500 K and an energy release of about 40 J/kg-sec. Calculate the mini- mum required igniter propellant mass (a) if the cavity has to be pressurized to about 2 atm (ignore heat losses); (b) if only 6% of the igniter gas energy is absorbed at the burning surface, and it requires about 20 cal/cmZ-sec to ignite in about 0.13 sec. 3. Using the data from Fig. 13-4, plot the total heat flux absorbed per unit area versus pressure to achieve ignition with the energy needed to ignite being just above the deflagration limit. Then, for 0.75 atm, plot the total energy needed versus ignition time. Give a verbal interpretation of the results and trend for each of the two curves. REFERENCES 13-1. N. Kubota, "Survey of Rocket Propellants and Their Combustion Characteristics," Chapter 1; K. Kishore and V. Gayathri, "Chemistry of Ignition and Combustion cf Ammonium-Perchlorate-Based Propellants," Chapter 2; T. L. Boggs, "The Thermal Behavior of Cyclotrimethylene Trinitrate (RDX) and Cyclotetramethylene Tetranitrate (HMX)," Chapter 3; R. A. 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Kubota et al., "Combustion Wave Structures of Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellants," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 2, No. 4, July-August 1986, pp. 296-300. 13-5. T. Boggs, D. E. Zurn, H. F. Cordes, and J. Covino, "Combustion of Ammonium Perchlorate and Various Inorganic Additives," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 4, No. 1, January-February 1988, pp. 27-39. 13-6. T. Kuwahara and N. Kubota, "Combustion of RDX/AP Composite Propellants at Low Pressure," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 21, No. 5, September-October 1984, pp. 502-507. 13-7. P. A. O. G. Korting, F. W. M. Zee, and J. J. Meulenbrugge, "Combustion Characteristics of Low Flame Temperature, Chlorine-Free Composite Propellants," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 3, May-June 1990, pp. 250-255. 13-8. N. Kubota and S. Sakamoto, "Combustion Mechanism of HMX," Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 14, 1989, pp. 6-11. 13-9. L. H. Caveny, K. K. Kuo, and B. J. 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Beddini and T. A. Roberts, "Response of Solid Propellant Combustion to the Presence of a Turbulent Acoustic Boundary Layer," AIAA Paper 88-2942, 1988. 13-16. F. Vuillot and G. Avalon, "Acoustic-Mean Flow Interaction in Solid Rocket Motors, Using Navier-Stokes Equations," AIAA Paper 88-2940, 1988. 13-17. W. C. Andrepont and R. J. Schoner, "The T-Burner Method for Determining the Combustion Response of Solid Propellants," AIAA Paper 72-1053, 1972. 13-18. E. W. Price, H. B. Mathes, O. H. Madden, and B. G. Brown, "Pulsed T-Burner Testing of Combustion Dynamics of Aluminized Solid Propellants," Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 1971, pp. 65-69. REFERENCES 539 13-19. R. L. Coates, "Application of the T-Burner to Ballistic Evaluation of New Propellants," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 3, No. 12, December 1966, pp. 1793-1796. 13-20. E. D. Youngborg, J. E. Pruitt, M. J. Smith, and D. W. Netzer, "Light- Diffraction Particle Size Measurements in Small Solid Propellant Rockets," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 3, May-June 1990, pp. 243-249. 13-21. F. Vuillot, "Vortex Shedding Phenomena in Solid Rocket Motors," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1995. 13-22. A. Kourta, "Computation of Vortex Shedding in Solid Rocket Motors using a Time-Dependent Turbulence Model," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 3, May-June 1999. CHAPTER 14 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN This is the last of four chapters on solid propellant rockets. We describe the key inert components of solid propellant rocket motors, namely the motor case, nozzle, and igniter case, and then discuss the design of motors. Although the thrust vector control mechanism is also a component of many rocket motors, it is described separately in Chapter 16. The key to the success of many of these components is new materials which have been developed in recent years. 14.1. MOTOR CASE The case not only contains the propellant grain, but also serves as a highly loaded pressure vessel. Case design and fabrication technology has progressed to where efficient and reliable motor cases can be produced consistently for any solid rocket application. Most problems arise when established technology is used improperly or from improper design analysis, understating the require- ments, or improper material and process control, including the omission of nondestructive tests at critical points in the fabrication process. Case design is usually governed by a combination of motor and vehicle requirements. Besides constituting the structural body of the rocket motor with its nozzle, propellant grain, and so on, the case frequently serves also as the primary structure of the missile or launch vehicle. Thus the optimization of a case design frequently entails trade-offs between case design parameters and vehicle design parameters. Often, case design is influenced by assembly and fabrication requirements. 540 14.1. MOTOR CASE 541 Table 14-1 lists many of the types of loads and their sources; they must be considered at the beginning of a case design. Only some of them apply to any one rocket motor application. In addition, the environmental conditions pecu- liar to a specific motor and its usage must be carefully considered. Typically, these conditions include the following: (1) temperature (internal heating, aero- dynamic heating, temperature cycling during storage, or thermal stresses and strains); (2) corrosion (moisture/chemical, galvanic, stress corrosion, or hydro- gen embrittlement); (3) space conditions: vacuum or radiation. Three classes of materials have been used: high-strength metals (such as steel, aluminum, or titanium alloys), wound-filament reinforced plastics, and a combination of these in which a metal case has externally wound filaments for extra strength. Table 14-2 gives a comparison of several typical materials. For filament-reinforced materials it gives the data not only for the composite material, but also for several strong filaments and a typical binder. The strength-to-density ratio is higher for composite materials, which means that they have less inert mass. Even though there are some important disadvan- tages, the filament-wound cases with a plastic binder are usually superior on a vehicle performance basis. Metal cases combined with an external filament- wound reinforcement and spiral-wound metal ribbons glued together with plastic have also been successful. The shape of the case is usually determined from the grain configuration or from geometric vehicle constraints on length or diameter. The case configura- tions range from long and thin cylinders (L/D of 10) to spherical or near- TABLE 14-1. Rocket Motor Case Loads Origin of Load Type of Load/Stress Internal pressure Axial thrust Motor nozzle Thrust vector control actuators Thrust termination equipment Aerodynamic control surfaces or wings mounted to case Staging Flight maneuvering Vehicle mass and wind forces on launch pad Dynamic loads from vehicle oscillations Start pressure surge Ground handling, including lifting Ground transport Earthquakes (large motors) Tension biaxial, vibration , Axial, vibration Axial, bending, shear Axial, bending, shear Biaxial, bending Tension, compression, bending, shear, torsion Bending, shear Axial, bending, shear, torsion Axial, bending, shear Axial, bending, shear Biaxial Tension, compression, bending, shear, torsion Tension, compression, shear, vibration Axial, bending, shear 542 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN TABLE 14--2. Physical Properties of Selected Solid Propellant Motor Case Materials at 20°C Material Tensile Modulus of Strength Strength, Elasticity, Density, to Density N/ram 2 N/mm 2 g/cm 3 Ratio ( 103 psi) ( 106 psi) (lbm/in. 3) (1000) E-glass Aramid (Kevlar 49) Carbon fiber or graphite fibers Filaments 1930-3100 72,000 2.5 1040 (280-450) (10.4) (0.090) 3050-3760 124,000 1.44 (370-540) (18.0) (0.052) 2300 3500-6900 230,000-300,000 1.53-1.80 2800 (50(01000) (33-43) (0.055-0.065) Epoxy Binder (by itself) 83 2800 1.19 70 (12) (0.4) (0.043) Filament-Reinforced Composite Material E Glass 1030 35,000 1.94 500 (150-170) (4.6-5.0) (0.070) Kevlar 49 1310 58,000 1.38 950 (190) (8.4) (0.050) Graphite IM 2300 102,000 1.55 1400 (250-340) (14.8) (0.056) Metals Titanium alloy 1240 110,000 4.60 270 (180) (16) (0.166) Alloy steel 1400-2000 207,000 7.84 205 (heat treated) (200-290) (30) (0.289) Aluminum 455 72,000 2.79 165 alloy 2024 (66) (10.4) (0.101) (heat treated) Source: Data adapted in part from Chapter 4A by Evans and Chapter 7 by Scippa of Ref. 11-1. spherical geometries (see Figs. 1-5, 11-1 to 11-4, and 11-17). The spherical shape gives the lowest case mass per unit of enclosed volume. The case is often a key structural element of the vehicle and it sometimes has to provide for mounting of other components, such as fins, skirts, electric conduits, or thrust vector control actuators. The propellant mass fractions of the motor are usually strongly influenced by the case mass and typically range from 0.70 to 0.94. The higher values apply to upper stage motors. For small-diameter 14.1. MOTOR CASE 543 motors the mass fraction is lower, because of practical wall thicknesses and the fact that the wall surface area (which varies roughly as the square of the diameter) to chamber volume (which varies roughly as the cube of diameter) is less favorable in small sizes. The minimum thickness is higher than would be determined from simple stress analysis; for a a fiber composite case it is two layers of filament strands and the minimum metal thickness is dictated by manufacturing and handling considerations. Simple membrane theory can be used to predict the approximate stress in solid propellant rocket chamber cases; this assumes no bending in the case walls and that all the loads are taken in tension. For a simple cylinder of radius R and thickness d, with a chamber pressure p, the longitudinal stress cr t is one- half of the tangential or hoop stress ~0: cr o = 2cr t = pR/d (14-1) For a cylindrical case with hemispherical ends, the cylinder wall has to be twice as thick as the walls of the end closures. The combined stress should not exceed the working stress of the wall mate- rial. As the rocket engine begins to operate, the internal pressure p causes a growth of the chamber in the longitudinal as well as in the circumferential direction, and these deformations must be considered in designing the support of the motor or propellant grain. Let E be Young's modulus of elasticity, v be Poisson's ratio (0.3 for steel), and d be the wall thickness; then the growth in length L and in diameter D due to pressure can be expressed as pLD crt L AL .... 4Ed (1 - 2v) -- -E--- (1 - 2v) (14-2) 1) _ Details can be found in a text on thin shells or membranes. For a hemispherical chamber end, the stress in each of two directions at right angles to each other is equal to the longitudinal stress of a cylinder of identical radius. For ellipsoidal end-chamber closures, the local stress varies with the position along the sur- face, and the maximum stress is larger than that of a hemisphere. The radial displacement of a cylinder end is not the same as that of a hemispherical or ellipsoidal closure if computed by thin-shell theory. Thus a discontinuity exists which causes some shearing and bending stresses. Similarly, a boss for the attachment of an igniter, a pressure gauge, or a nozzle can make it necessary for bending and shear stresses to be superimposed on the simple tension stres- ses of the case. In these locations it is necessary to reinforce or thicken the chamber wall locally. Finite element computerized stress analysis programs exist and are used in motor design companies today to determine the case design configuration with reasonable stress values. This analysis must be done simultaneously with the 544 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN stress analysis on the grain (since it imposes loads on the case), and with a finite element thermal analysis to determine thermal stresses and deformations, since these analyses are interdependent on each other. The fast heating of the inner wall surface produces a temperature gradient and therefore thermal stresses across the wall. The theory of transient heat transfer has been treated by a number of authors, and, by means of a relaxa- tion method, a reasonable approximation of the temperature-time history at any location may be obtained. The inner wall of the case, which is exposed to hot gas, is usually protected by thermal insulation, as described in Section 12.6. Therefore the heat transfer to the case is very low. In fact, for a single operation (not two thrust periods) it is the designer's aim to keep the case temperatures near ambient or at the most 100°C above ambient. The case design has to provide means for attaching a nozzle (rarely more than one nozzle), for attaching it to the vehicle, igniters, and provisions for loading the grain. Sometimes there are also attached aerodynamic surfaces (fins), sensing instruments, a raceway (external conduit for electrical wires), handling hooks, and thrust vector control actuators with their power supply. For upper stages of ballistic missiles the case can also include blow-out ports or thrust termination devices, as described in Chapter 13. Typical methods for attaching these items include tapered or straight multiple pins, snap rings, or bolts. Gaskets and/or O-ring seals prevent gas leaks. Metal Cases Metal cases have several advantages compared to filament-reinforced plastic cases: they are rugged and will take considerable rough handling (required in many tactical missile applications), are usually reasonably ductile and can yield before failure, can be heated to a relatively high temperature (700 to 1000°C or 1292 to 1832°F and higher with some special materials), and thus require less insulation. They will not deteriorate significantly with time or weather expo- sure and are easily adapted to take concentrated loads, if made thicker at a flange or boss. Since the metal case has much higher density and less insulation, it occupies less volume than does a fiber-reinforced plastic case; therefore, for the same external envelope it can contain somewhat more propellant. Figure 14-1 shows the various sections of a typical large solid rocket case made of welded steel. The shape of the case, particularly the length-to-diameter ratio for cylindrical cases, influences not only the stresses to be withstood by the case but the amount of case material required to encase a given amount of propellant. For very large and long motors both the propellant grain and the motor case are made in sections; the case segments are mechanically attached and sealed to each other at the launch site. The segmented solid rocket booster for the Space Shuttle is shown in Fig. 14-2 and discussed in Ref. 14-1. For the critical seal between the segments a multiple-O-ring joint is often used, as shown in Fig. 14-3 and discussed in Ref. 14-2. Segments are used when an unsegmented motor would be too large and too heavy to be transported over 14.1. MOTOR CASE 545 Igniter assl~]mb/Ylgniter flange Girth weld (typical). x L~ pressure seal Forward ) Aft equator / Longitudinal equator ? I~ [ LL"weld (typical) I / ~[/[A/~ Fc?~'wa rd I ~/l I I ~,,,A ft closure \Attach ment b°lt "~,,r-~~ I I I ] I_.___~ center"ne ~ [ / [ t ~,~ ive I l I 0"r°,ZZ;er' ane'a /~ cnarge / ~.~ ~,~-~' -- I ; ~ \ ~ ~ / "~ ~ Cyl 'nd rica, section------~ ~ ~ a :Ns°~/el y Y-ring skirt attachment A-Rachment bolt) Th rust term ination centerline port FIGURE 14-1. Typical large solid rocket motor case made of welded alloy steel. Total propellant weight 1,106,280 Ibf Total RSRM weight 1,255,592 Ibf Maximum thrust (in vacuum) 3,060,000 Ibf Burning action time at 70°F 123.7 sec Assembled motor length 1513 inch Diameter of case 146 inch Propellant mass fraction (motor) 88.2% Temperature limits 40 to 120°F Chamber pressure max/av. 910/662 psia Specific impulse, altitude 268.2 sec Propellant: 70% AP 16% AI 14% PBAN & curative Burn rate 0.434 in./sec FIGURE 14-2. Simplified diagram of the four segments of the Space Shuttle solid rocket motor. Details of the thrust vector actuating mechanism or the ignition system are not shown. (Courtesy of NASA and Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies, Inc.) SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN FI uorocarbon ' 2 secondary ~ ~ O-ring ~ / k~ ~ ~ o-ring material, Fluorocarbon [//] / |1 ~ | size, and groove Third O-ring added primary ~ // !!11~ i changed-~~ Interference fit O-ring ~ i m ! Custom -~1 ~capture latch1.,1 added Grease ~ i~ I lira | shims ,.~ l [ I_l bead / ~ /~- [JL~ added i~ _ 11 J-seal • / I I ~ \I~,, Filled ~ deflection insulation I..~/~~ ~ Longer -J lx,'q added ~,~'x~/ / \ I pins and. ~¢, Sealed ~k~',~ r ~ ~ new retention ~ insulation ~,~/ ~ bandadded ~ introduced ~[ L.~ ~ ~- zinc chromate "~ ~ putty Design Redesign FIGURE 14-3. The joints between segments of the Shuttle solid rocket booster (SRB) were redesigned after a dramatic failure. The improvements were not only in a third O- ring, the mechanical joint, and its locking mechanism, but also featured a redesign of the insulation between propellant segments. (Courtesy of NASA.) ordinary roads (cannot make turns) or railways (will not go through some tunnels or under some bridges) and are often too difficult to fabricate. Small metal cases for tactical missile motors can be extruded or forged (and subsequently machined), or made in three pieces as shown in Fig. 11-4. This case is designed for loading a free-standing grain and the case, nozzle, and blast tube are sealed by O-rings (see Chapter 6 of Ref. 14-3 and Chapter 7 of Ref. 14-4). Since the mission velocities for most tactical missiles are relatively low (100 to 1500 m/sec), their propellant mass fractions are also relatively low (0.5 to 0.8) and the percentage of inert motor mass is high. Safety factors for tactical missile cases are often higher to allow for rough handling and cumu- lative damage. The emphasis in selecting motor cases (and other hardware components) for tactical missiles is therefore not on highest performance (low- est inert motor mass), but on reliability, long life, low cost, ruggedness, or survivability. High-strength alloy steels have been the most common case metals, but others, like aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloys, have also been used. Table 14-2 gives a comparison of motor case material properties. Extensive knowledge exists for designing and fabricating motor cases with low-alloy steels with strength levels to 240,000 psi. The maraging steels have strengths up to approximately 300,000 psi in com- bination with high fracture toughness. The term maraging is derived from the fact that these alloys exist as relative soft low-carbon martensites in the annealed condition and gain high strength from aging at relatively low temperatures. 14.1. MOTOR CASE 547 Forward skirt Outer cylindrical 2-D layer Inner layer is pressure vessel Aft skirt Aft head Forward bulkhead Metal ring to which igniter can be fastened Aft ring metal structure~ll I to which nozzle is _U fastened .
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. Rubber seal and connection (2 places) FIGURE 14-4. Simplified half-section of a typical design of a filament-wound compo- site material case. Elastomeric adhesives are shown in black. The outer layer reinforces the cylinder portion and provides attachment skirts. The thickness of the inner case increases at smaller diameter. The HY steels (newer than the maraging steels) are attractive because of their toughness and resistance to tearing, a property important to motor cases and other pressure vessels because failures are less catastrophic. This toughness characteristic enables a "leak before failure" to occur, at least during hydro- static proof testing. The HY steels have strengths between 180,000 and 300,000 psi (depending on heat treatment and additives). Stress-corrosion cracking of certain metals presents a unique problem which can result in spontaneous failure without any visual evidence of impending catastrophe. Emphasis given to lightweight thin metal cases aggravates stress corrosion and crack propagation, often starting from a flaw in the metal, with failure occurring at a stress level below the yield strength of the metal. Wound-Filament-Reinforced Plastic Cases Filament-reinforced cases use continuous filaments of strong fibers wound in precise patterns and bonded together with a plastic, usually an epoxy resin. Their principal advantage is their lower weight. Most plastics soften when they are heated above about 180°C or 355°F; they need inserts or reinforcements to allow fastening or assembly of other components and to accept concentrated loads. The thermal expansion of reinforced plastics is often higher than that of metal and the thermal conductivity is much lower, causing a higher tempera- 54.8 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN ture gradient. References 14-3 and 14--4 explain the design and winding of these composite cases, and Ref. 14-5 discusses their damage tolerance. Typical fiber materials are, in the order of increasing strength, glass, aramids (Kevlar), and carbon, as listed in Table 1 4-2. Typically, the inert mass of a case made of carbon fiber is about 50% of a case made with glass fibers and around 67% of a case mass made with Kevlar fibers. Individual fibers are very strong in tension (2400 to 6800 MPa or 350,000 to 1,000,000 psi). The fibers are held in place by a plastic binder of relatively low density; it prevents fibers slipping and thus weakening in shear or bending. In a filament-wound composite (with tension, hoop, and bending stresses) the fila- ments are not always oriented along the direction of maximum stress and the material includes a low-strength plastic; therefore, the composite strength is reduced by a factor of 3 to 5 compared to the strength of the filament itself. The plastic binder is usually a thermosetting epoxy material, which limits the max- imum temperature to between 100 to 180°C or about 212 to 355°F. Although resins with higher temperature limits are available (295°C or 563°F), their adhesion to the fibers has not been as strong. The safety factors used (in deterministic structural analysis) are typically for failure to occur at 1.4 to 1.6 times the maximum operating stress, and proof testing is done to 1.15 to 1.25 times the operating pressure. A typical case design is shown schematically in Fig. 14--4. The forward end, aft end, and cylindrical portion are wound on a preform or mold which already contains the forward and aft rings. The direction in which the bands are laid onto the mold and the tension that is applied to the bands is critical in obtain- ing a good case. The curing is done in an oven and may be done under pressure to assure high density and minimum voids of the composite material. The preform is then removed. One way is to use sand with a water-soluble binder for the preform; after curing the case, the preform is washed out with water. Since filament-wound case walls can be porous, they must be sealed. The liner between the case and the grain can be the seal that prevents hot gases from seeping through the case walls. Scratches, dents, and moisture absorption can degrade the strength of the case. In some designs the insulator is placed on the preform before winding and the case is cured simultaneously with the insulator, as seen in Ref. 14-6. In another design the propellant grain with its forward and aft closures is used as the preform. A liner is applied to this grain, then an insulator, and the high- strength fibers of the case are wound in layers directly over the insulated live propellant. Curing has to be done at a relatively low temperature so that the propellant will not be adversely affected. This process works well with extruded cylindrical grains. There are also cylindrical cases made of steel with an over- wrap layer of filament-wound composite material, as described in Ref. 14-7. The allowable stresses are usually determined from tensile tests of a roving or band and rupture tests on subscale composite cases made by an essentially identical filament winding process. Some companies reduce the allowable 14.1. MOTOR CASE 549 strength to account for the degradation due to moisture, manufacturing imper- fections, or nonuniform density. In a motor case the filaments must be oriented in the direction of principal stress and must be proportioned in number to the magnitude of stress. Compromise occurs around parts needed for nozzles, igniters, and so on, and then orientation is kept as close to the ideal as is practicable. Filaments are customarily clustered in yarns, rovings, or bands, as defined in Fig. 14-5. By using two or more winding angles (i.e., helicals and circum- ferentials) and calculating the proportion of filaments in each direction, a balanced stress structure is achieved. The ideal in balance is for each fiber in each direction to carry an equal load (tension only). Realistically, the filaments supported by the epoxy resin must absorb stress compression, bend- ing loads, cross-laminar shear, and interlaminar shear. Even though the latter stresses are small compared to the tensile stress, each must be examined by analysis since each can lead to case failure before a filament fails in tension. In a proper design, failure occurs when the filaments reach their ultimate tensile strength, rather than because of stresses in other directions. Figure 16-5 shows a cross section of a Kevlar filament motor case and flexible nozzle made of ablative materials. ent 0.0003 to 0.0005 in. diameter) 200 to 250 filaments) (2 to 12 yarns) (2 or more rovings) FIGURE 14-5. Filament winding terminology (each sketch is drawn to a different scale). 550 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN 14.2. NOZZLES The supersonic nozzle provides for the expansion and acceleration of the hot gases and has to withstand the severe environment of high heat transfer and erosion. Advances in material technology have allowed substantial mass reduc- tions and performance improvements. Nozzles range in size from 0.05 in. throat diameter to about 54 in., with operating durations of a fraction of a second to several minutes (see Chapters 2 and 3 of Ref. 14-3 and Chapter 6 in Ref. 14--4). Classification Nozzles for solid propellant rocket motors can be classified into five categories as listed below and shown in Fig. 14--6. 1. Fixed Nozzle. Simple and used frequently in tactical weapon propulsion systems for short-range air-, ground-, and sea-launched missiles, also as strap-on propulsion for space launch vehicles such as Atlas and Delta, and in spacecraft motors for orbital transfer. Typical throat diameters are between 0.25 and 5 in. for tactical missile nozzles and approximately I0 in. for strap-on motors. Fixed nozzles are generally not submerged (see below) and do not provide thrust vector control (although there are exceptions). See Fig. 14-7. 2. Movable Nozzle. Provides thrust vector control for the flight vehicle. As explained in Chapter 16, one movable nozzle can provide pitch and yaw control and two are needed for roll control. Movable nozzles are typi- cally submerged and use a flexible sealed joint or bearing with two actua- tors 90 degrees apart to achieve omniaxial motion. Movable nozzles are primarily used in long-range strategic propulsion ground- and sea- launched systems (typical throat diameters are 7 to 15 in. for the first stage and 4 to 5 in. for the third stage) and in large space launch boosters such as the Space Shuttle reusable solid rocket motor, Titan boost rocket motor, and Ariane V solid rocket booster, with throat diameters in the 30 to 50 in. range. 3. Submerged Nozzles. A significant portion of the nozzle structure is sub- merged within the combustion chamber or case, as shown in Figs. 1 4-1 to 14-3. Submerging the nozzle reduces the overall motor length somewhat, which in turn reduces the vehicle length and its inert mass. It is important for length-limited applications such as silo- and submarine-launched stra- tegic missiles as well as their upper stages, and space motor propulsion systems. Reference 14-8 describes the sloshing of trapped molten alumi- num oxide that can accumulate in the groove around a submerged noz- This section was revised and rewritten by Terry A. Boardman of Thiokol Corporation, a Division of Cordant Technologies. 14.2. NOZZLES 551 Fixed nozzle (simplest) (a) Moveable nozzle with flexible joint (allow controlled deflection of the thrust axis and this allows vehicle maneuvers) (b) Submerged nozzle (shorter overall length) (c) Extendable exit cone, aft sliding Extended concept. Allows large nozzle at high position altitude, but minimizes vehicle length and volume during ascent. Nozzle with blast tube (needed in some tactical missiles for balancing the center of gravity) (e) (d) FIGURE 14-6. Simplified diagrams of five common nozzle configurations. zle. This accumulation is undesirable, but can be minimized by good design. 4. Extendible Nozzle. Commonly referred to as an extendible exit cone, or EEC, although it is not always exactly conical. It is used on strategic missile propulsion upper-stage systems and upper stages for space launch vehicles to maximize motor-delivered specific impulse. As shown in Fig. 11-3, it has a fixed low-area-ratio nozzle section which is enlargedto a higher area ratio by mechanically adding a nozzle cone extension piece. The extended nozzle improves specific impulse by doubling or tripling the initial expansion ratio, thereby significantly increasing the nozzle thrust coefficient. This system thus allows a very high expansion ratio nozzle to be packaged in a relatively short length, thereby reducing vehicle inert mass. The nozzle cone extension is in its retracted position during the 552 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN boost phase of the flight and is moved into place before the motor is started but after separation from the lower stage. Typically, electrome- chanical or turbine-driven ball screw actuators deploy the exit cone extension. 5. Blast-Tube-Mounted Nozzle. Used with tactical air- and ground-launched missiles with diameter constraints to allow space for aerodynamic fin actuation or TVC power supply systems. The blast tube also allows the rocket motor's center of gravity (CG) to be close to or ahead of the vehicle CG. This limits the CG travel during motor burn and makes flight stabilization much easier. Each motor usually has a single nozzle. A few larger motors have had four movable nozzles, which are used for thrust vector control. Design and Construction Almost all solid rocket nozzles are ablatively cooled. The general construction of a solid rocket nozzle features steel or aluminum shells (housings) that are designed to carry structural loads (motor operating pressure and nozzle TVC actuator load are the biggest), and composite ablative liners which are bonded to the housings. The ablative liners are designed to insulate the steel or alumi- num housings, provide the internal aerodynamic contour necessary to effi- ciently expand combustion gases to generate thrust, and to ablate and char in a controlled and predictable manner to prevent the buildup of heat which could damage or substantially weaken the structural housings or the bonding materials. Solid rocket nozzles are designed to ensure that the thickness of ablative liners is sufficient to maintain the liner-to-housing adhesive bond line below the temperature that would degrade the adhesive structural proper- ties during motor operation. Nozzle designs are shown in Figs. 1-5, 11-1 to 11-4, and 14-7. The construction of nozzles ranges from simple single-piece non-movable graphite nozzles to complex multipiece nozzles capable of moving to control the direction of the thrust vector. The simpler, smaller nozzles are typically for applications with low chamber pressure, short durations (perhaps less than 10 sec), low area ratios, and/or low thrust. Typical small, simple built-up nozzles are shown in Fig. 14-7. Complex nozzles are usually necessary to meet more difficult design requirements such as providing thrust vector controls, operat- ing at high chamber pressures (and thus at higher heat transfer rates) and/or higher altitudes (large nozzle expansion ratios), producing very high thrust levels, and surviving longer motor burn durations (above 30 sec). Figures 14-8 and 14-9 illustrate the design features of the largest and one of the most complex solid rocket nozzles currently in production. This nozzle is used on the Reusable Solid Rocket Booster (RSRM) to provide 71.4% of the lift-off thrust of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle shown in Figs. 1-13 and 14-2. The nozzle is designed to provide large structural and thermal safety margins 14.2. NOZZLES 553 Th roat: pyrolytic graphite washers iner- glass phenol ic tape Liner: carbon phenolic tape Liner: silica phenolic tape Throat inlet: graphite. ~) / Nose: carbon phenolic Throat inlet: / • , • .
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. Solid propellant~ p ~ 1 shell Insulation i .../" Partially submerged nozzle External nozzle FIGURE 14-7. Nozzle designs for small solid propellant motors employ ablative heat sink wall pieces and graphite throat inserts resistant to high temperatures, erosion, and oxidation. The pyrolytic washers or disks are so oriented that their high conductivity direction is perpendicular to the nozzle axis. during the shuttle booster's 123.7 sec burn time and consists of nine carbon cloth phenolic ablative liners bonded to six steel and aluminum housings. The housings are bolted together to form the structural foundation for the nozzle. A flexible bearing (described further in Chapter 16), made of rubber vulcanized to steel shims, enables the nozzle to vector omniaxially up to eight degrees from centerline to provide thrust vector control. Since the metal housings are recov- RSRM Nozzle Characteristics Type Contoured or bell Thrust vector control Flexible bearing Expansion area ratio 7.72 Throat diameter 53.86 in. Exit diameter 149.64 in. Total length 178.75 in. Nozzle weight 23, 941 Ibf Maximum pressure 1.016 psi Maximum thrust (vac.) 3, 070, 000 Ibf Burn time 123.7 sec Materials Housings Steel and aluminum Liners Carbon cloth phenolic FIGURE 14--8. External quarter section view of nozzle configuration of the Space Shuttle reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM). (Courtesy of Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies.) 554 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN Throat inlet hou==,',,, Throat Throat inlet Inlet ring, aft Nose ring forward -~ Nose inlet housing (~ Nose cap -/ Forward j end ring e Snubber assembly /~~ Forward exit cone liner 1 d exit cone housing ~ u e d n ~ ~ - Aft exit cone liner .Aft end ~ housing -~i~.-~~~ ~=Fingexible I:X TM _ . --/ '- Structural support boot ring \ I - Bearing protector _ \ I DC 93-104 insulation Compliance ring ~ [ I Exit cone --J - ~Jowl housing severance system FIGURE 14-9. Section through movable nozzle shown in Fig. 14-8 with component identification. (Courtesy of Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies.) ered and reused after flight, an exit cone severance system (a circumferential linear shaped charge) is used to cut off a major section of the aft exit cone just below the aft exit cone aluminum housing to minimize splashdown loading on the remaining components. From a performance perspective, the primary nozzle design task is to efficiently expand gas flow from the motor combustion chamber to produce thrust. Simple nozzles with noncontoured conical exit cones can be designed using the basic thermodynamic relationships presented in Chapter 3 to determine throat area, nozzle half angle, and expansion ratio. A more com- plex contoured (bell-shaped) nozzle is used to reduce the divergence loss, improve the specific impulse slightly, and reduce nozzle length and mass. Section 3.4 gives data on designing bell-shaped nozzles with optimum wall contour (to avoid shock waves) and minimum impact of particulates in the exhaust gas. Two-dimensional, two-phase, reacting gas method-of-characteristics flow codes are used to analyze the gas-particle flow in the nozzle and determine the optimal nozzle contour which maximizes specific impulse while yielding acceptable erosion characteristics. Such codes provide analytical solutions to all identified specific impulse loss mechanisms which result in less than ideal performance. An example is given in Table 14-3. Figure 14-10 illustrates the amount of carbon cloth phenolic liner removed by chemical erosion and particle impingement, the liner char depth, and gas temperature and pressure at selected locations in the RSRM nozzle. Erosion on the nose cap (1.73 in.) is high primarily as a result of impingement by A1203 particles traveling down the motor bore. The impact of the particles mechani- cally removes the charred liner material. In contrast, the radial throat erosion of 1.07 in. results primarily from the carbon liner material reacting chemically 14.2. NOZZLES 555 TABLE 14-3. Calculated Losses in the Space Shuttle Booster RSRM Nozzle Theoretical specific impulse (vacuum conditions) Delivered specific impulse (vacuum conditions) Losses (calculated): Two-dimensional two-phase flow (includes divergence loss) Throat erosion (reduces nozzle area ratio) Boundary layer (wall friction) Submergence (flow turning) Finite rate chemistry (chemical equilibrium) Impingement (of A1203 particles on nozzle wall) Shock (if turnback angle is too high or nozzle length too low) Combustion efficiency (incomplete burning) 278.1 sec 268.2 sec (9.9 sec total) 7.4 sec 0.9 sec 0.7 sec 0.7 sec 0.2 sec 0.0 sec 0.0 sec 0.0 sec with oxidizing species in the combustion gas flow at the region of greatest heat transfer. At the throat location, impingement erosion is essentially zero because A120 3 particles are traveling parallel to the nozzle surface. The acronym ITE is often used; it means integral throat/entrance and refers to a single-piece nozzle throat insert that also includes a part of the converging entry section. ITE nozzle inserts can be seen in Figs. 1-5, 11-1, 11-3, and 11-4. Nozzle throat erosion causes the throat diameter to enlarge during operation, and is one of the problems encountered in nozzle design. Usually, a throat area increase larger than 5 % is considered unacceptable for most solid rocket appli- 0.87 0.43 6, 028 870. 1.15 0.44 5, 934 774 1.07 0.42 5, 504 465 I 0.30 0.57 4, 720 116 / 1.73" 0.57 6, 047 926 0.53 0.40 6, 047 930 0.14 0.62 7 ~ 6, 04 930 ~ Erosion (in.) ) Char depth (in.) At end of 120 second burn Temperature (°R)], One second after motor ignition Pressure (psi) J FIGURE 14-10. Erosion measurements and char depth data of the carbon fiber phe- nolic material of the nozzle of the Space Shuttle reusable solid rocket motor. (Courtesy of Thiokol Propulsion, a Division of Cordant Technologies.) 556 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN cations, since it causes a reduction in thrust and chamber pressure. Erosion occurs not only at the throat region (typically, at 0.01 to 0.25 mm/sec or 0.004 to 0.010 in./sec), but also at the sections immediately upstream and down- stream of the throat region, as shown in Fig. 14-10. Nozzle assemblies typically lose 3 to 12% of their initial inert mass. Erosion is caused by the complex interaction between the high-temperature, high-velocity gas flow, the chemi- cally aggressive species in the gas, and the mechanical abrasion by particles. The carbon in the nozzle material reacts with species like O2, O, OH, or H20 and is oxidized; the cumulative concentration of these species is an indication of the likely erosion. Tables 5-6 and 5-7 give chemical concentrations for the exhaust species from aluminized propellant. Fuel-rich propellants (which con- tain little free O2 or O) and propellants where some of the gaseous oxygen is removed by aluminum oxidation show less tendency to cause erosion. Uneven erosion of a nozzle causes thrust misalignment. Finding the optimum nozzle wall contour requires an analysis (computer codes for bell-shaped nozzles using the method of characteristics are mentioned in Section 3.4) to determine the wall contour which most rapidly turns the gas to near axial flow without introducing shock waves or impinging excessive aluminum oxide (A1203) particles on the nozzle wall. Figure 3-14 illustrates the key parameters which govern design of the nozzle contour; the initial angle Oi (angle through which supersonic flow is turned immediately downstream of the nozzle throat), the throat to exit plane length L, the exit plane exit angle 0e, and the turnback angle Oi - 0~. With solid or liquid particles in the exhaust the impingement can be minimized with an initial angle typically between 20 and 26 ° and a turnback angle of typically 10 to 15 °. The length reduction of a bell- shaped nozzle (with solid particles in the gas) is typically 80 to 90% of the length of an equivalent conical nozzle with 15 ° half angle. The nozzle throat inlet contour is generally based on a hyperbolic spiral that uniformly acceler- ates the combustion gas flow to supersonic velocity at the throat plane. Heat Absorption and Nozzle Materials Rocket motors never reach thermal equilibrium during their firing. The tem- peratures of all components exposed to the heat flow increase continuously during operation. In a good thermal design the critical locations reach a max- imum allowable temperature a short time after the motor stops running. The nozzle components rely on their heat-absorbing capacity (high specific heat and high energy demand for material decomposition) and slow heat transfer (good insulation with low thermal conductivity) to withstand the stresses and strains imposed by the thermal gradients and loads. The maximum allowable tem- perature for any of the motor materials is just below the temperature at which excessive degradation occurs (the material loses strength, melts, becomes too soft, cracks, pyrolyses, unglues, oxidizes too rapidly). The operating duration is limited by the design and amount of heat-absorbing and insulating material pieces. Stated in a different way, the objective is to design a nozzle with just 14.2. NOZZLES 557 sufficient heat-absorbing material mass and insulation mass at the various locations within the nozzle, so that its structures and joints will do the job for the duration of the application under all likely operating conditions. The selection and application of the proper material is the key to the suc- cessful design of a solid rocket nozzle. Table 14-4 groups various typical nozzle materials according to their usage. The high-temperature exhaust of solid rock- ets presents an unusually severe environment for the nozzle materials, espe- cially when metalized propellants are employed. About 60 years ago nozzles were made out of a single piece of molded polycrystalline graphite and some were supported by metal housing structures. They eroded easily, but were low in cost. We still use them today for short duration, low chamber pressure, low altitude flight applications of low thrust, such as in certain tactical missiles. For more severe conditions a throat insert or ITE was placed into the graphite piece; this insert was a denser, better grade of graphite; later pyrolytic graphite washers and fiber-reinforced carbon materials came into use. For a period of time tungsten inserts were used; they had very good erosion resistance, but were heavy and often cracked. Pyrolytic graphite was introduced and is still being used as washers for the throat insert of small nozzles, as shown in Fig. 14-7. The high-strength carbon fiber and the carbon matrix were major advances in high-temperature materials. For small and medium-sized nozzles, ITE pieces were then made of carbon-carbon, which is an abbreviation for carbon fibers in a carbon matrix (see Ref. 14-9). The orientation of the fibers can be two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D), as described below. Some properties of all these materials are listed in Tables 14-4 and 14-5. For large nozzles the then existing technology did not allow the fabrication of large 3D carbon-carbon ITE pieces, so layups of carbon fiber (or silicon fiber) cloth in a phenolic matrix were used. The regions immediately upstream and downstream of the throat have less heat transfer, less erosion, and lower temperatures than the throat region, and less expensive materials are usually satisfactory. This includes various grades of graphite, or ablative materials, strong high-temperature fibers (carbon or silica) in a matrix of phenolic or epoxy resins, which are described later in this section. Figure 16-6 shows a movable nozzle with multilayer insulators behind the graphite nozzle pieces directly exposed to heat. These insulators (between the very hot throat piece and housing) limit the heat transfer and prevent excessive housing temperatures. In the diverging exit section the heat transfer and temperatures are even lower and similar, but less capable and less expensive materials can be used here. This exit segment can be built integral with the nozzle throat segment (as it is in most small nozzles), or it can be a separate one- or two-piece subas- sembly which is then fastened to the smaller diameter throat segment. Ablative materials without oriented fibers as in cloth or ribbons, but with short fibers or insulating ceramic particles, can be used here. For large area ratios (upper stages and space transfer), the nozzle will often protrude beyond the vehicle's boat tail surface. This allows radiation cooling, since the exposed exit cone can 558 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN TABLE 144. Typical Motor Nozzle Materials and Their Functions Function Material Remarks Structure and Aluminum pressure Low carbon steel, high- container strength steels, and special (housing) alloys Heat sink and Molded graphite heat-resistant material at inlet Pyrolitic graphite and throat Tungsten, molybdenum, section; severe or other heavy metal thermal Carbon or Kevlar fiber environment and cloth with phenolic or high-velocity gas, plastic resins with erosion Carbon-carbon Limited to 515°C (959°F) Good between 625 and 1200°C (1100 and 2200°F), depending on material; rigid and strong For low chamber temperatures and low pressures only; low cost Has anisotropic conductivity Heavy, expensive, subject to cracking; resists erosion Sensitive to fiber orientation. Ablative materials Used with large throats Three- or four dimensional interwoven filaments, strong, expensive, limited to 3300°C (6000°F) Insulator (behind Ablative plastics, with fillers Want low conductivity, good heat sink or of silica or Kevlar, phenolic flame barrier); resins not exposed to flowing gas Flame barrier Ablative plastics (same as (exposed to hot insulators but with less low-velocity gas) filler and tough rubber matrix) Carbon, Kevlar or silica fibers with phenolic or epoxy resin Carbon-carbon Nozzle exit cone Ablative plastic with metal housing structure Refractory metal (tantalum, molybdenum) Carbon-carbon, may need gas seal adhesion, ruggedness, erosion resistance; can be filament wound or impregnated cloth layup with subsequent machining Lower cost than carbon-carbon; better erosion resistance than many insulators Cloth or ribbon layups; woven and compressed, glued to housng Higher temperature than others, three-dimensional weave or layup Heavy, limited duration; cloth or woven ribbon lay-ups, glued to housing Radiation cooled, strong, needs coating for oxidation resistance; can be thin, limited to 1650°C (3000°F), unlimited duration Radiation cooled, higher allowable temperature than metals; two- or three-dimensional weave, strong, often porous TABLE 14-5. Comparison of Properties of Molded and Pyrolytic Graphite, Carbon-Carbon, Carbon Cloth, and Silica Cloth Phenolic Three-Dimensional ATJ Carbon Fibers in a Carbon Cloth Silica Cloth Modern Graphite Pyrolytic Graphite Carbon Matrix Phenolic Phenolic Density (lbm/in. 3) 0.0556 Thermal expansion 0.005 to 0.007 (in./in./°F) Thermal conductivity 1.2 x 10 -3 (Btu/in.-sec/°F) at room temperature 1.5 x 10 -3 Modulus of elasticity 1.5 x 106 (warp)" (psi) at room 1.2 x 106 (fill)" temperature Shear modulus (psi) Erosion rate (typical) 0.004 to 0.006 (in./sec) 0.079 0.00144 (warp) 0.0432 (fill) 4.9 x 10 -5 (warp) a 4.2 x 10 -5 (fill) a 4.5 x 106 (warp) a 1.5 x 106 (fill) a 0.062 to 0.072 0.053 0.062 1 -9 x 10 -6 8.02x 10 -6 7.6 x 10 -6 2 to 21 x 10 -5 (warp) a 2.2 x 10 -3 (warp)" 8 to 50 x 10 -5 (fill) a 35 to 80 x 106 2.86 x 10 -6 (warp) a 2.91 x 10 -6 (fill) a 1.11 x 10 -3 (warp) a 3.17 x 10 -6 (warp)" 2.86 × 10-6(fill) a 0.2 × 106 (warp) a 0.81 x 106 0.80 x 106 2.7 × 106 (fill) a 0.001 to 0.002 0.0005 to 0.001 0.005 to 0.010 0.010 to 0.020 a Warp is in direction of principal fibers. Fill is at right angles to warp. ¢.rl 561) SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN reject heat by radiation to space. Lightweight thin high temperature metals (niobium, titanium, stainless steel, or a thin carbon-carbon shell) with radia- tion cooling have been used in a few upper-stage or spacecraft exit cone appli- cations. Since radiation-cooled nozzle exit sections reach thermal equilibrium, their duration is unlimited. The housing or structural support of the nozzle uses the same material as the metal case, such as steel or aluminum. The housings are never allowed to become very hot. Some of the simpler, smaller nozzles (with one, two, or three pieces, mostly graphite) do not have a separate housing structure, but use the ITE (integral throat/entry) for the structure. Estimates of nozzle internal temperatures and temperature distributions with time can be made using two-dimensional finite element difference methods for transient heat transfer analyses. These are similar in principle to the tran- sient heat transfer method described in Section 8.3 and shown in Fig. 8-21. After firing, the nozzle temperatures reach an equilibrium value by conducting heat from the hotter inner parts, which were exposed to the hot gas, to the cooler outer pieces. Sometimes the outer pieces will exceed their limit tempera- tures and suffer damage after firing. The structural analysis (stresses and strains) of the key nozzle components is dependent on the heat transfer ana- lysis, which determines the component temperatures. This allows use of the proper material physical properties, which are temperature dependent. The design must also allow for the thermal growth and the differential expansion of adjacent parts. Typical materials used for the ITE (integral throat and entrance) or nozzle throat insert are listed in Table 14-5. They are exposed to the most severe conditions of heat transfer, thermal stresses, and high temperatures. Their physical properties are often anisotropic; that is, their properties vary with the orientation or direction of the crystal structure or the direction of reinfor- cing fibers. Polycrystalline graphites are extruded or molded. Different grades with different densities and capabilities are available. As already mentioned, they are used extensively for simple nozzles and for ITE parts. Pyrolytic gra- phite is strongly anisotropic and has excellent conductivity in a preferred direc- tion. A nozzle using it is shown in Fig. 14-7. It is fabricated by depositing graphite crystals on a substratum in a furnace containing methane gas. Its use is declining, but it is still installed in current rocket motors of older design. The carbon-carbon material is made from carefully oriented sets of carbon fibers (woven, knitted, threaded, or laid up in patterns) in a carbon matrix. Two-dimensional (2D) material has fibers in two directions, 3D has fibers oriented in three directions (at right angle to each other), and 4D has an extra set of fibers at about a 45 ° angle to the other three directions. An organic liquid resin is injected into the spaces between the fibers. The assembly is pressurized, the filler is transformed into a carbon char by heating and is compacted by further injection and densification processes. The graphitization is then performed at temperatures higher than 2000°C. This material is expen- sive but suited to nozzle applications. Highly densified material is superior in 14.2. NOZZLES 561 high heat transfer regions, such as the throat. The multidirectional fiber rein- forcements allow them to better withstand the high thermal stresses introduced by the steep temperature gradients within the component. Ablative Materials. These are not only commonly used in the nozzles of rocket motors, but also in some insulation materials. They are usually a composite material of high-temperature organic or inorganic high strength fibers, namely high silica glass, aramids (Kevlar), or carbon fibers, impregnated with organic plastic materials such as phenolic or epoxy resin. The fibers may be individual strands or bands (applied in a geometric pattern on a winding machine), or come as a woven cloth or ribbon, all impregnated with resin. The ablation process is a combination of surface melting, sublimation, char- ring, evaporation, decomposition in depth, and film cooling. As shown in Fig. 14-11, progressive layers of the ablative material undergo an endothermic degradation, that is, physical and chemical changes that absorb heat. While some of the ablative material evaporates (and some types also have a viscous liquid phase), enough charred and porous solid material remains on the surface to preserve the basic geometry and surface integrity. Upon rocket start the ablative material acts like any thermal heat sink, but the poor conductivity causes the surface temperature to rise rapidly. At 650 to 800 K some of the resins start to decompose endothermically into a porous carbonaceous char and pyrolysis gases. As the char depth increases, these gases undergo an endothermic cracking process as they percolate through the char in a counter- flow direction to the heat flux. These gases then form an artificial fuel-rich, protective, relatively cool, but flimsy boundary layer over the char. Since char is almost all carbon and can withstand 3500 K or 6000 R, the porous char layer allows the original surface to be maintained (but with a rough surface texture) and provides geometric integrity. Char is a weak mate- rial and can be damaged or abraded by direct impingement of solid particles in the gas. 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. Typical Direction of combustion I temperatures gas f~w (f during C I operation ~ ) _. 1000oc - ~ ----~---~----,~J / / A /" , o o o c ./,//A 25oc ~//////,//////'//'///J/~/. Hot combustion gas Relatively cool gas layer- mostly pyrolysis gases, some liquids Porous char layer (usually black carbon) Reaction zone (generates gas and liquids) Undisturbed material wall FIGURE 14-11. Zones in an ablative material during rocket operation with fibers at 45 ° to the flow. 562 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN and/or nozzles shown in Figs. 1-5, 6-10, 11-1 to 11-4, and 14-10. Ablative parts are formed either by high-pressure molding (-~ 55 to 69 MPa or 8000 to 10,000 psi at 149°C or 300°F) or by tapewrapping on a shaped mandrel followed by an autoclave curing process at 1000 to 2000 psi pressure and 300°F temperature. Tapewrapping is a common method of forming very large nozzles. The wrapping procedure normally includes heating the shaped mandrel (~ 54°C or 130°F), heating the tape and resin (66 to 121°C or 150 to 250°F), pressure rolling the tape of fiber material and the injected resin in place while rolling (~ 35,000 N/m or 200 lbf/in, width), and maintaining the proper rolling speed, tape tension, wrap orientation, and resin flow rate. Experience has proven that as-wrapped density is an important indicator of procedural acceptability, with the desired criterion being near 90% of the autoclaved density. Resin content usually ranges between 25 and 35%, depending on the fabric-reinforcing material and the particular resin and its filler material. Normally, the mechanical properties of the cured ablative material, and also the durability of the material during rocket operation, correlate closely with the cured material density. Within an optimal density range, low density usually means poor bonding of the reinforcing layers, high porosity, low strength, and high erosion rate. In liquid propellant rockets, ablatives have been effective in very small thrust chambers (where there is insufficient regenerative cooling capacity), in pulsing, restartable spacecraft control rocket engines, and in variable-thrust (throttled) rocket engines. Figure 6-10 shows an ablative nozzle extension for a large liquid propellant rocket engine. The heat transfer properties of the many available ablative and other fiber- based materials will depend on their design, composition, and construction. Figure 14-12 shows several common fiber orientation and approaches. The orientation of fibrous reinforcements, whether in the form of tape, cloth, fila- ments, or random short fibers, has a marked impact on the erosion resistance of composite nozzles (for erosion data see Figure 14-10). When perpendicular to the gas flow, the heat transfer to the wall interior is high because of the short conducting path. Good results have been obtained when the fibers are at 40 to 60 ° relative to the gas flow over the surface. Nozzle fabrication variables pre- sent wide variations in nozzle life for a given design; the variables include the Hot gas Parallel fibers End grain fibers Shingle fibers FIGURE 14-12. Simplified sketches of three different types of fiber-reinforced ablative materials. 14.3. IGNITER HARDWARE 563 method of wrapping, molding, and curing, resin batch processes, and resin sources. 14.3. IGNITER HARDWARE In Section 13.2 the process of ignition was described, and in Section 12.5 some of the propellants used in igniters were mentioned briefly. In this section we discuss specific igniter types, locations, and their hardware (see Ref. 14-10). Since the igniter propellant mass is small (often less than 1% of the motor propellant) and burns mostly at low chamber pressure (low Is), it contributes very little to the motor overall total impulse. It is the designer's aim to reduce the igniter propellant mass and the igniter inert hardware mass to a minimum, just big enough to assure ignition under all operating conditions. Figure 14-13 shows several alternative locations for igniter installations. When mounted on the forward end, the gas flow over the propellant surface helps to achieve ignition. With aft mounting there is little gas motion, parti- cularly near the forward end; here ignition must rely on the temperature, pressure, and heat transfer from the igniter gas. If mounted on the nozzle, the igniter hardware and its support is discarded shortly after the igniter has used all its propellants and there is no inert mass penalty for the igniter case. There are two basic types: pyrotechnic igniters and pyrogen igniters; both are discussed below. Pyrotechnic Igniters In industrial practice, pyrotechnic igniters are defined as igniters (other than pyrogen-type igniters as defined further on) using solid explosives or energetic propellant-like chemical formulations (usually small pellets of propellant which Aft, internal Aft, external Forward, internal (supported by nozzle exit cone) ]-! Forward, external FIGURE 14--13. Simple diagrams of mounting options for igniters. Grain configura- tions are not shown. 564 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN give a large burning surface and a short burning time) as the heat-producing material. This definition fits a wide variety of designs, known as bag and carbon igniters, powder can, plastic case, pellet basket, perforated tube, com- bustible case, jellyroll, string, or sheet igniters. The common pellet-basket design in Fig. 14-14 is typical of the pyrotechnic igniters. Ignition of the main charge, in this case pellets consisting of 24% boron-71% potassium perchlorate-5% binder, is accomplished by stages; first, on receipt of an elec- trical signal the initiator releases the energy of a small amount of sensitive powdered pyrotechnic housed within the initiator, commonly called the squib or the primer charge; next, the booster charge is ignited by heat released from the squib; and finally, the main ignition charge propellants are ignited. A special form of pyrotechnic igniter is the surface-bonded or grain-mounted igniter. Such an igniter has its initiator included within a sandwich of flat sheets; the layer touching the grain is the main charge of pyrotechnic. This form of igniter is used with multipulse motors with two or more end-burning grains. The ignition of the second and successive pulses of these motors pre- sents unusual requirements for available space, compatibility with the grain materials, life, and the pressure and temperature resulting from the booster grain operation. Advantages of the sheet igniter include light weight, low volume, and high heat flux at the grain surface. Any inert material employed (such as wires and electric ceramic insulators) is usually blown out of the motor nozzle during ignition and their impacts have caused damage to the nozzle or plugged it, particularly if they are not intentionally broken up into small pieces. s lnitiator squib ~:~ \[~Adapter Safe and arm _Ji\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \ ~ /Vent-plate device - - ~ ~ \ ~///~ I~ ~_ 7////~ / Main charge (Turn or pull to arm) ~ ~.~////~//~/////~ Y////)/ ~ pellets Electrical connectorJ OQ(?O E E _J ,n,,,a, orw, re J l " as et and propellant ~Booster charge FIGURE 14-14. Typical pyrotechnic igniter with three different propellant charges that ignite in sequence. 14.3. IGNITER HARDWARE 565 Pyrogen Igniters A pyrogen igniter is basically a small rocket motor that is used to ignite a larger rocket motor. The pyrogen is not designed to produce thrust. All use one or more nozzle orifices, both sonic and supersonic types, and most use conven- tional rocket motor grain formulations and design technology. Heat transfer from the pyrogen to the motor grain is largely convective, with the hot gases contacting the grain surface as contrasted to a highly radiative energy emitted by pyrotechnic igniters. Figures 11-1, 11-2, and 11-20 illustrate rocket motors with a typical pyrogen igniter. The igniter in Fig. 16-5 has three nozzles and a cylindrical grain with high-burn-rate propellant. For pyrogen igniters the initiator and the booster charge are very similar to the designs used in pyro- technic igniters. Reaction products from the main charge impinge on the sur- face of the rocket motor grain, producing motor ignition. Common practice on the very large motors is to mount externally, with the pyrogen igniter pointing its jet up through the large motor nozzle. In this case, the igniter becomes a piece of ground-support equipment. Two approaches are commonly used to safeguard against motor misfires, or inadvertent motor ignition; one is the use of the classical safe and arm device and the second is the design of safeguards into the initiator. Energy for unin- tentional ignition--usually a disaster when it happens--can be (1) static elec- tricity, (2) induced current from electromagnetic radiation, such as radar, (3) induced electrical currents from ground test equipment, communication appa- ratus, or nearby electrical circuits in the flight vehicle, and (4) heat, vibration, or shock from handling and operations. Functionally, the safe and arm device serves as an electrical switch to keep the igniter circuit grounded when not operating; in some designs it also mechanically misaligns or blocks the ignition train of events so that unwanted ignition is precluded even though the initiator fires. When transposed into the arm position, the ignition flame can be reliably propagated to the igniter's booster and main charges. Electric initiators in motor igniters are also called squibs, glow plugs, pri- mers, and sometimes headers; they always constitute the initial element in the ignition train and, if properly designed, can be a safeguard against unintended ignition of the motor. Three typical designs of initiators are shown in Fig. 14- 15. Both (a) and (b) structurally form a part of the rocket motor case and generically are headers. In the integral diaphragm type (a) the initial ignition energy is passed in the form of a shock wave through the diaphragm activating the acceptor charge, with the diaphragm remaining integral. This same princi- ple is also used to transmit a shock wave through a metal case wall or a metal insert in a filament-wound case; the case would not need to be penetrated and sealed. The header type (b) resembles a simple glow plug with two high-resis- tance bridgewires buried in the initiator charge. The exploding bridgewire design (c) employs a small bridgewire (0.02 to 0.10 mm) of low-resistance material, usually platinum or gold, that is exploded by application of a high- voltage discharge. 566 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN . ,,Detonator charge Electrical conauctors-~, / ~, ~//////////A [ / A c c e p t o r charge I L~ ~ , ] ::. Initiator charge .
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. • . egral diaphragm (a) Wires~ (b) Single electrode (pop-out) Insulation ~lnitiator charge / ~~~~Bridgewire (c) FIGURE 14-15. Typical electric initiators; (a) integral diaphragm type; (b) header type with double bridgewire; (c) exploding bridgewire type. The safeguard aspect of the initiator appears as a basic design feature in the form of (1) minimum threshold electrical energy required for activation, (2) voltage blockage provisions (usually, air gaps or semiconductors in the elec- trical circuit), or (3) responsiveness only to a specific energy pulse or frequency band. Invariably, such safeguards compromise to some degree the safety pro- vided by the classical safe and arm device. A new method of initiating the action of an igniter is to use laser energy to start the combustion of an initiator charge. Here there are no problems with induced currents and other inadvertent electrical initiation. The energy from a small neodymium/YAG laser, external to the motor, travels in fiber-optical glass cables to the pyrotechnic initiator charge (Ref. 14-11). Sometimes an optical window in the case or closure wall allows the initiator charge to be inside the case. 14.3. IGNITER HARDWARE 567 Igniter Analysis and Design The basic theories of initiating ignition, heat transfer, propellant decomposi- tion, deflagration, flame spreading, and chamber filling are common to the design and application of pyrotechnic and pyrogen igniters. In general, the mathematical models of the physical and chemical processes that must be considered in the design of igniters are far from complete and accurate. See Chapter 5 by Hermance and Chapter 6 by Kumar and Kuo in Ref. 13-1, and Ref. 14-10. Analysis and design of igniters, regardless of the type, depend heavily on experimental results, including past successes and failures with full-scale motors. The effect of some of the important parameters has become quite predictable, using data from developed motors. For example, Fig. 14-16 is of benefit in estimating the mass of igniter main charge for motors of various sizes (motor free volume). From these data, m -- O.12(VF) °7 (14--4) t tE 104 f E 103 -- (.- o~ E li) C __~ _ 102 -- 80- 60- 40- 20- 10 108 Illlllll llllllll I"1111111II IIIIIIII I IIIllllll [lllllll I' w FW-2 FW_2~:~o FW-4Aft FVV-_ 1~6 FVV_ 4 FVV-lo\ o54SS % ~ Skybolt ~lst stage ~ .
, Skybolt 6 stage DM-14o ~yphon Eagleo\ 1st Stage ~ E~glg stage I111111 I hllllll I IIIIIIII I IIIIIIII I I1111111 I IIIIIIII I 107 106 105 104 103 Motor free volume, in. 3 102 FIGURE 14-16. Igniter charge mass versus motor free volume, based on experience with various-sized rocket motors using AP/A1 composite propellant. (Data with permis- sion from Ref. 14-12.) 568 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN where m is the igniter charge in grams and VF is the motor free volume in cubic inches or the void in the case not occupied by propellant. A larger igniter mass flow means a shorter ignition delay. The ignition time events were shown in Fig. 13-3. 14.4. ROCKET MOTOR DESIGN APPROACH Although there are some common elements in the design of all solid propellant rocket motors, there is no single, well-defined procedure or design method. Each class of application has some different requirements. Individual designers and their organizations have different approaches, background experiences, sequences of steps, or emphasis. The approach also varies with the amount of available data on design issues, propellants, grains, hardware, or materials, with the degree of novelty (many "new" motors are actually modifications of proven existing motors), or the available proven computer programs for analysis. Usually the following items are part of the preliminary design process. We start with the requirements for the flight vehicle and the motor, such as those listed in Table 14-6. If the motor to be designed has some similarities to proven existing motors, their parameters and flight experience will be helpful in redu- cing the design effort and enhancing the confidence in the design. The selection of the propellant and the grain configuration are usually made early in the preliminary design; propellant selection was discussed in Chapter 12 and grains in Chapter 11. It is not always easy for the propellant to satisfy its three key requirements, namely the performance (Is), burning rate to suit the thrust-time curve, and strength (maximum stress and strain). A well-characterized propel- lant, a proven grain configuration, or a well-tested piece of hardware will usually be preferred and is often modified somewhat to fit the new application. Compared to a new development, the use of proven propellant, grain design, or hardware components avoids many analyses and tests. An analysis of the structural integrity should be undertaken, at least in a few of the likely places, where stresses or strains might exceed those that can be tolerated by the grain or the other key components at the limits of loading or environmental conditions. An analysis of the nozzle should be done, particu- larly if the nozzle is complex or includes thrust vector control. Such a nozzle analysis was described briefly in an earlier section of this chapter. If gas flow analysis shows that erosive burning is likely to happen during a portion of the burning duration, it must be decided whether it can be tolerated, or whether it is excessive and a modification of the propellant, the nozzle material, or the grain geometry needs to be made. Usually a preliminary evaluation is also done of the resonances of the grain cavity with the aim of identifying possible combustion instability modes (see Chapter 13). Motor performance analysis, heat transfer, and stress analyses in critical locations will usually be done. 14.4. ROCKET MOTOR DESIGN APPROACH 569 TABLE 14-6. Typical Requirements and Constraints for Solid Rocket Motors Requirement Category Examples Application Functional Interfaces Operation Structure Insensitive munitions (military application) Cost and schedule Deactivation Constraints Definition of mission, vehicle and propulsion requirements, flight paths, maneuvers, environment Total impulse, thrust-time curve, ignition delay, initial motor mass, specific impulse, TVC angles and accelerations, propellant fraction, class 1.1 to 1.3, burn time, and tolerances on all of these parameters Attachments to vehicle, fins, TVC system, power supply, instruments, lifting and transport features, grain inspection, control signals, shipping container Storage, launch, flight environment, temperature limits, transport loads or vibrations, plume characteristics (smoke, toxic gas, radiation), life, reliability, safe and arm device functions, field inspections Loads and accelerations imposed by vehicle (flight maneuvers), stiffness to resist vehicle oscillations, safety factors Response to slow and fast cook-off, bullet impact, sympathetic detonation, shock tests Stay within the allocated time and money Method of removing/recycling of propellants, safe disposal of over-age motors Limits on volume, length, or diameter; minimum acceptable performance, maximum cost There is considerable interdependence and feedback between the propellant formulation, grain geometry/design, stress analysis, thermal analysis, major hardware component designs, and their manufacturing processes. It is difficult to finalize one of these without considering all tt.e others, and there may be several iterations of each. Data t'rom tests of laboratory samples, subscale motors, and full-scale motors have a strong influence on these steps. Preliminary layout drawings or CAD (compute~,-aided design) images of the motor with its key components will be made in sufficient detail to provide sizes and reasonably accurate dimensions. For example, a preliminary design of the thermal insulation (often with a heat transfer analysis) will provide preliminary dimensions for that insulator. The layout is used to estimate volumes, inert masses, or propellant masses, and thus the propellant mass fraction. If any of these analyses or layouts show a potential problem or a possible failure to meet the initial requirements or constraints, then usually a modifica- tion of the design, possibly of the propellant, or of the grain configuration may need to be made. The design process needs to be repeated with the changed motor design. If the proposed changes are too complex or not effective, then a 570 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN change in the motor requirements may be the cure to a particular problem of noncompliance with the requirements. It is common to have several iterations in the preliminary design and the final design. Any major new feature can result in additional development and testing to prove its performance, reliability, operation, or cost; this means a longer program and extra resources. A simplified diagram of one particular approach to motor preliminary design and development activities for a rocket motor is shown in Fig. 14-17. Not shown in this diagram are many other steps, such as igniter design and tests, liner/insulating selection, thrust vector control design and test, reliability analysis, evaluation of alternative designs, material specifications, inspection/ quality control steps, safety provision, special test equipment, special test instrumentation, and so on. If the performance requirements are narrow and ambitious, it will be neces- sary to study the cumulative tolerances of the performance or of various other parameters. For example, practical tolerances may be assigned to the propel- lant density, nozzle throat diameter (erosion), burn rate scale factor, initial burning surface area, propellant mass, or pressure exponent. These, in turn, reflect themselves into tolerances in process specifications, specific inspections, dimensional tolerances, or accuracy of propellant ingredient weighing. Cost is always a major factor and a portion of the design effort will be spent looking for lower-cost materials, simpler manufacturing processes, fewer assembly steps, or lower-cost component designs. For example, tooling for casting, mandrels for case winding, and tooling for insulator molding can be expensive. The time needed for completing a design can be shortened when there is good communication and a cooperative spirit between designers, propellant specia- lists, analysts, customer representatives, manufacturing people, test personnel, or vendors concerned with this effort. Reference 14-13 deals with some of the uncertainties of a particular booster motor design, and Ref. 14-14 discusses design optimization. A preliminary project plan is usually formulated simultaneously with the preliminary design work. A decade or more ago the project plan was made after the preliminary design was completed. With today's strong emphasis on low cost, the people working on the preliminary designs have also to work on reducing costs on all components and processes. The project plan reflects decisions and defines the number of motors and key components to be built, the availability and lead time of critical materials or components, the type and number of tests (including aging or qualification tests); it identifies the manufacturing, inspection, and test facilities to be used, the number and kind of personnel (and when they will be needed), or any special tooling or fixtures. These decisions and data are needed to make a realistic estimate of cost and a preliminary schedule. If these exceed the allowable cost or the desired delivery schedule, then some changes have to be made. For example, this may include changes in the number of units to be built, the number and types of tests, or a redesign for easier, less costly assembly. However, such changes must not compromise reliability or performance. It is difficult to 14.4. ROCKET MOTOR DESIGN APPROACH 571 Company experience/capability Available technologies i Vehicle mission, requirements and constraints Studies and analyses Performance estimates Ballistic analysis Grain geometry (F and A b versus t) Structure analysis Thermal analysis Vehicle interface compatibility Prel. acoustic study Design optimization (Pl, A2/At, r) Hazards evaluation Insulation estimates Erosion estimate Failure analysis Rocket motor I I requirements I ~i Selection .... and constraints ~_ , I criteria 1 -- I , Experimental support Build and test new or ~ ' I modified propellant, -"-- I [i~ ' I components and i _1 Conceptual i I = materials samples ],---~ designs ~- i ] Lab. andsubscale l ~ ~ motortest s ii Decisions/selections L .._] Preliminary. ~-----~'~ (to be iterated) --- design layouts I ~ Propellant I-" and project plans I_.. Chamber pressure Weight and balance II "- -" i Grain configuration Alternate grains, Nozzle configuration cases, nozzles, igniters Thrust-time profile Igniter type and location Cost and schedule Case type/material Thrust vector Prel. test plan control method Prel. manufacturing Number to be concept/plan built and tested Prel. estimates of cost and time Design reviews and L .... customer approval Selected motor prelim. design (baseline) Preliminary specifications Prel. project plan Approval to proceed with final design FIGURE 14-17 Simplified diagram of one approach to the preliminary design activity sequences and interrelations. Dashed lines indicate some of the feedback pathes. Some of the specific items listed here apply only to certain types of rocket motors. make a good plan, and good cost or time estimates, when the rocket motor has not been well defined or designed in sufficient detail. These plans and estimates are therefore largely based on experience with prior successful simi- lar rocket motors. 572 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN The final result of a preliminary design will be layout drawings or CAD images of the selected configuration, a prediction of performance, an estimate of motor mass (and, if needed, also the travel of the center of gravity), an identification of the propellant, grain, geometry, insulation, and several of the key materials of the hardware components. An estimate of predicted relia- bility and motor life would be accompanied by supporting data. All this infor- mation would be presented for review of the selected preliminary design. The review would be undertaken by a diverse group of motor experts, the vehicle designer, safety engineers, specialists in manufacturing, assembly, or inspec- tion, customer representatives, analysts, and others. Here the preliminary design team explains why they selected their particular design and how it meets the requirements. With competent reviewers there usually will be sugges- tions for changes or further improvements. The project plan, preliminary cost estimates, and preliminary schedule are sometimes included with the design review, but more often these are presented to a different group of experts, or just to the customer's experts. After the design review and the approval of the selected preliminary design, the detail or final design of all parts and components and the writing of certain specifications can begin. During manufacture and development testing some design changes may become necessary to improve the manufacture, reduce cost, or remedy a technical problem that became evident. In many organiza- tions the final, detailed design is again submitted to a design review before manufacturing can begin. The new motor will then start its development test- ing. In some larger, expensive motors, that have a lot of heritage from prior proven motors, the development may consist of a single motor firing. For motors which are built in large quantities and for motors with major new features, the development and qualification may involve the testing of 10 to 30 motors. The final design ends when all detail drawings or CAD images and a final parts list are completed, and specifications for motor testing, certain manufacturing operations, or materials/component acceptance have been pre- pared. The detail design is considered to be completed when the motor success- fully passes its development and qualification tests and begins production for deliveries. Example 14-1. This example shows one method for making a preliminary determina- tion of the design parameters of a solid rocket using a composite propellant. The rocket is launched at altitude and flies at constant altitude. The following data are given: Specific impulse (actual) Burning rate Propellant density Specific heat ratio Chamber pressure, nominal Desired average thrust Maximum vehicle diameter Desired duration Is = 240 sec at altitude and 1000 psia r = 0.8 in.,/sec at 1000 psia and 60°F Pb = 0.066 lbm/in. 3 at sea level k = 1.25 P l = 1000 psi F = 20,000 lbf D= 16in. tb = 5.0 sec 14.4. ROCKET MOTOR DESIGN APPROACH 573 Ambient pressure 3.0 psi (at altitude) Vehicle payload 5010 Ibm (includes structure) Approximately neutral burning is desired. SOLUTION a. Basic Design. The total impulse It and propellant weight at sea level Wb are obtained from Eqs. 2-2 and 2-5. It = Ftb = Iswb = 20,000 x 5.0 = 100,000 lbf- sec. The propellant weight is 100,000/240 = 417 lbf. Allowing for a loss of 2% for manufacturing tolerances and slivers, the total propellant weight is 1.02 x 417--425 lbf. The volume required for this propellant Vb is given by Vb = wb/Pb = 425/0.066 = 6439 in. 3. The web thickness b = rtb = 0.80 x 5 = 4.0 in. b. Case Dimensions. The outside diameter is fixed at 16.0 in. Heat-treated steel with an ultimate tensile strength of 220,000 psi is to be used. The wall thickness t can be determined from Eq. 14-1 for simple circumferential stress as t = (pl/D)/(2a). The value of Pl depends on the safety factor selected, which in turn depends on the heating of the wall, the prior experience with the mate- rial, and so on; a safety factor of 2.0 is suggested to allow for surface scratches, combined stresses and welds, and rough field handling. The value of D is the average diameter to the center of the wall. The wall thickness t is t = 2.0 x 1000 x 15.83/(2 x 220,000)- 0.086 in. A spherical head end and a spherical segment at the nozzle end similar to Fig. 11-1 is assumed. c. Grain Configuration. The grain will be cast into the case but will be thermally isolated from the case with an elastomeric insulator with an average thickness of 0.100 in. inside the case; the actual thickness will be less than 0.10 in. in the cylindrical and forward closure regions, but thicker in the nozzle entry area. The outside diameter D for the grain is determined from the case thickness and liner to be 16.0 - 2 x 0.086 - 2 x 0.10 - 15.62 in. The inside diameter D i of a simple hollow cylinder grain would be the outside diameter Do minus twice the web thickness or O i = 15.62- 2 x 4.0 - 7.62 in. For a simple cylindrical grain, the volume determines the effective length, which can be determined from the equa- tion L(D~o _ D 2) v~ = -4 6439 × 4 L= rr(15.622 - 7.622) = 44.05 in. The web fraction would be 2b/Do = 8/15.62 =0.512. The L/Do is (approxi- mately) 44.05/15.62 = 2.82. For grains with this web fraction and this L/Do ratio, Table 11-4 suggests the use of an internal burning tube with some fins for a cone. A conocyl configura- tion is selected, although a slotted tube or fins would also be satisfactory. These grain shapes are shown in Figs. 11-1 and 11-17. The initial or average burning area will be found from Eqs. 11-1 and 2-5: namely F = fi'Is = PbAbrls 574. SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN _ ~F _- 20,000 __ 1578.3 in.2 Ab -- pbrls 0.066 x 0.8 x 240 The actual grain now has to be designed into the case with spherical ends, so it will not be a simple cylindrical grain. The approximate volume occupied by the grain is found by subtracting the perforation volume from the chamber volume. There is a full hemisphere at the head end and a partial hemisphere of propellant at the nozzle end (0.6 volume of a full hemisphere). Vb -- ½(rc/6)D3o(1 + 0.6) + (rc/4)D2o L - (rr/4)D2i(L + Di/2 + 0.3D;/2) -- 6439 in. 3 This is solved for L, with D = 15.62 in. and the inside diameter Di = 7.62 in. The answer is L = 36.34 in. The initial internal hollow tube burn area is about rrDi(L + Di/2 + 0.3Di/2) = 1113 in. 2 The desired burn area of 1578 in. 2 is larger by about 465 in. 2. Therefore, an additional burn surface area of 465 in. 2 will have to be designed into the cones of a conocyl configuration or as slots in a slotted tube design. Actually, a detailed geometrical study should be made analyzing the instantaneous burn surface after arbitrary short time intervals and selecting a detailed grain con- figuration where Ab stays approximately constant. This example does not go through a preliminary stress and elongation analysis, but it should be done. d. Nozzle Design. From Chapter 3 the nozzle parameters can be determined. The thrust coefficient CF can be found from curves of Figs. 3-6, 3-7, and 3-8 or Eq. 3-30 for k= 1.25 and a pressure ratio of Pl/P2 = 1000/3 = 333. Then CF = 1.73. The throat area is from Eq. 3-31: At = F/plCF = 20,000/(1000 x 1.73)- 11.56 in. 2 The throat diameter is Dt = 3.836 in. The nozzle area ratio for optimum expan- sion (Fig. 3-6) Az/A t is about 27. The exit area and diameter are therefore about A e - 312 in. 2 and De = 19.93 in. However, this is larger than the max- imum vehicle diameter of 16.0 in. (A2 = 201 in.2), which is the maximum for the outside of the nozzle exit. Allowing for an exit cone thickness of 0.10 in., the internal nozzle exit diameter D2 is 15.80 in. and A2 is 196 in. 2. This would allow only a maximum area ratio of 196/11.56 or 16.95. Since the CF values are not changed appreciably for this new area ratio, it can be assumed that the nozzle throat area is unchanged. This nozzle can have a thin wall in the exit cone, but requires heavy ablative materials, probably in several layers near the throat and convergent nozzle regions. The thermal and structural analysis of the nozzle is not shown here. c. Weight Estimate. The steel case weight (assume a cylinder with two spherical ends and that steel weight density is 0.3 lbf/in. 3) is PROBLEMS 575 trcDLp + (rc/4)tD 2p - 0.0867r 15.83 x 36.34 x 0.3 + 0.785 x 0.086 x 15.832 x 0.3 = 50.9 lbf With attachments, flanges, igniter, and pressure tap bosses, this is increased to 57.0 lb. The nozzle weight is composed of the weights of the individual parts, estimated for their densities and geometries. This example does not go through the detailed calculations, but merely gives the result of 30.2 lb. Assume an expended igniter propellant weight of 2.0 lb and a full igniter weight of 5.0 lb. The total weight then is Case weight at sea level 57.0 lbf Liner/insulator 14.2 lbf Nozzle, including fasteners 30.2 lbf Igniter case and wires 2.0 lbf Total inert hardware weight 103.4 lbf Igniter powder 3 lbf Propellant (effective) 417 lbf Unuseable propellant (2%) 8 lbf Total weight Propellant and igniter powder 531.4 lbf 420.0 lbf f. Performance. The total impulse-to-weight ratio is 100,000/531.4 = 188.2. Comparison with Is shows this to be an acceptable value, indicating a good performance. The total launch weight is 5010 + 531.4 = 5541 lbf, and the weight at burnout or thrust termination is 5541-420 -5121 lbf. The initial and final thrust-to-weight ratios and accelerations are F/w- 20,000/5541 - 3.61 F/w= 20,000/5121 = 3.91 The acceleration in the direction of thrust is 3.61 times the gravitational accel- eration at start and 3.91 at burnout. g. Erosive Burning. The ratio of the port area to the nozzle throat area at start is (7.55/3.836) 2 - 3.95. This is close to the limit of 4.0, and erosive burning is not likely to be significant. A simple analysis of erosive burning in the conical cavity should also be made, but it is not shown here. PROBLEMS 1. In Figs. 13-4 and 14-16 it can be seen that higher pressures and higher heat transfer rates promote faster ignition. One way to promote more rapid ignition is for the nozzle to remain plugged until a certain minimum pressure has been reached, at which time the nozzle plug will be ejected. Analyze the time saving achieved by such a device, assuming that the igniter gas evolution follows Eqs. 11-3 and 576 SOLID ROCKET COMPONENTS AND MOTOR DESIGN 11-11. Under what circumstances is this an effective method? Make assumptions about cavity volume, propellant density, etc. 2. Compare a simple cylindrical case with hemispheric ends (ignore nozzle entry or igniter flanges) for an alloy steel metal and two reinforced fiber (glass and car- bon)-wound filament case. Use the properties in Table 14-2 and thin shell structure theory. Given: Length of cylindrical portion Outside cylinder diameter Internal pressure Web fraction Insulator thickness (average) for metal case for reinforced plastic case Volumetric propellant loading Propellant specific gravity Specific impulse (actual) Nozzle igniter and mounting provisions 370 mm 200 mm 6 MPa 0.52 1.2 mm 3.0 mm 88% 1.80 248 sec 0.20 kg Calculate and compare the theoretical propulsion system flight velocity (without payload) in a gravity-free vacuum for these three cases. 3. The following data are given for a case that can be made of either alloy steel or fiber- reinforced plastic. Type Metal Reinforced Plastic Material Physical properties Poisson ratio Coefficient of thermal expansions, m/m-K x 10 -6 Outside diameter (m) Length of cylindrical section (m) Hemispherical ends Nozzle flange diameter (m) Average temperature rise of case material during operation (~F) D6aC Organic filament composite (Kevlar) See Table 14-2 0.27 0.38 8 45 0.30 0.30 0.48 0.48 0.16 0.16 55 45 Determine the growth in diameter and length of the case due to pressurization, heating, and the combined growth, and interpret the results. 4. A high-pressure helium gas tank at 8000 psi maximum storage pressure and 1.5 ft internal diameter is proposed. Use a safety factor of 1.5 on the ultimate strength. The following candidate materials are to be considered: Kevlar fibers in an epoxy matrix (see Table 14-2) Carbon fibers in an epoxy matrix Heat-treated welded titanium alloy with an ultimate strength of 150,000 psi and a weight density of 0.165 lb/in. 3 REFERENCES 577 Determine the dimensions and sea level weight of these three tanks and discuss their relative merits. To contain the high-pressure gas in a composite material that is porous, it is also necessary to include a thin metal inner liner (such as 0.016 in.- thick aluminum) to prevent loss of gas; this liner will not really carry structural loads, but its weight and volume need to be considered. 5. Make a simple sketch and determine the mass or sea level weight of a rocket motor case that is made of alloy steel and is cylindrical with hemispherical ends. State any assumptions you make about the method of attachment of the nozzle assembly and the igniter at the forward end. Outer case and vehicle diameters Length of cylinder portion of case Ultimate tensile strength Yield strength Safety factor on ultimate strength Safety factor on yield strength Nozzle bolt circle diameter Igniter case diameter (forward end) Chamber pressure, maximum 20.0 in. 19.30 in. 172,000 psi 151,300 psi 1.65 1.40 12.0 in. 3.00 in. 1520 psi 6. Design a solid propellant rocket motor with insulation and liner. Use the AP/A1- HTPB propellant from Table 11-3 for Orbus 6. The average thrust is 3600 lbf and the average burn time is 25.0 sec. State all the assumptions and rules used in your solution and give your reasons for them. Make simple sketches of a cross section and a half section with overall dimensions (length and diameter), and determine the approximate loaded propellant mass. 7. The STAR 27 rocket motor (Fig. l 1-1 and Table 11-3) has an average erosion rate of 0.0011 in./sec. (a) Determine the change in nozzle area, thrust, chamber pressure, burn time, and mass flow at cut-off. (b) Also determine those same parameters for a condition when, somehow, a poor grade of ITE material was used that had three times the usual erosion rate. Comment on the difference and acceptability. Answer: Nozzle area increases by about (a) 5.3% and (b) 14.7% and chamber pres- sure at cutoff decreases by approximately the same percentage. REFERENCES 14-1. NASA, National Space Transportation System, Vols. 1 and 2, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, June 1988. 14-2. M. Salita, "Simple Finite Element Analysis Model of O-Ring Deformation and Activation during Squeeze and Pressurization," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 4, No. 6, November-December 1988. 14-3. J. H. Hildreth, "Advances in Solid Rocket Motor Nozzle Design and Analysis Technology since 1970," Chapter 2; A. Truchot, "Design and Analysis of Solid Rocket Motor Nozzle," Chapter 3; P. R. 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A. Truchot, "Overall Optimization of Solid Rocket Motors," Chapter 11 in Design Methods in Solid Rocket Motors, AGARD Lecture Series LS 150, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, NATO, revised 1988. CHAPTER 15 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS Terry A. Boardman Rocket propulsion concepts in which one component of the propellant is stored in liquid phase while the other is stored in solid phase are called hybrid propulsion systems. Such systems most commonly employ a liquid oxidizer and solid fuel t. Various combinations of solid fuels and liquid oxidizers as well as liquid fuels and solid oxidizers have been experimentally evaluated for use in hybrid rocket motors. Most common is the liquid oxidizer-solid fuel concept shown in Fig. 15-1. Illustrated here is a large pressure-fed hybrid booster configuration. The means of pressurizing the liquid oxidizer is not an important element of hybrid technology and a turbopump system could also perform this task. $ The oxidizer can be either a noncryogenic (storable) or a cryogenic liquid, depending on the application requirements. In this hybrid motor concept, oxidizer is injected into a precombustion or vaporization chamber upstream of the primary fuel grain. The fuel grain con- tains numerous axial combustion ports that generate fuel vapor to react with This is a revision of Chapter 15 in the 6th edition of Rocket Propulsion Elements originally authored by Terry A. Boardman, Alan Holzman, and George P. Sutton. t The term hybrid has also been applied to liquid monopropellant systems, electrical propulsion systems where a resistor or electric arc raises the temperature of the reaction gases, solid propulsion systems utilizing separate fuel-rich and oxidizer-rich propellant grains (so called solid-solid hybrid), or the solid fuel ramjet that has a combustion cycle very similar to the hybrid concept discussed in this chapter. The solid fuel ramjet is mentioned briefly in Chapter 1. ~Hybrid technology in this context is construed to encompass combustion physics, fuel grain design, and materials selection for nozzle and internal case insulators. The choice of pressure feeding or turbopump feeding oxidizer to the combustion chamber impacts vehicle performance through differences in mass fraction and specific impulse, but is considered an element of liquid propulsion technology rather than hybrid technology. 579 580 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS Pressurization system F LO2 oxidizer /- Systems tunnel ~ ' ~ f--- Graphite/aluminum LO 2 tank Concept features • Throttleable • Inert fuel grain • Simple injector Hypergolic igniter LO 2 injector ~-Inert HTPB fuel grain ~, /--Graphite composite case ~ " ~ .... r-- Combustion ports > ~. f-- Mixing chamber Flex bearing TVC { ~"Y'x . FIGURE 15-1. Large hybrid rocket booster concept capable of boosting the Space Shuttle. It has an inert solid fuel grain, a pressurized liquid oxygen feed system, and can be throttled. the injected oxidizer. An aft mixing chamber is employed to ensure that all fuel and oxidizer are burned before exiting the nozzle. The main advantages of a hybrid rocket propulsion system are: (1) safety during fabrication, storage, or operation without any possibility of explosion or detonation; (2) start-stop-restart capabilities; (3) relatively low system cost; (4) higher specific impulse than solid rocket motors and higher density-specific impulse than liquid bipropellant engines; and (5) the ability to smoothly change motor thrust over a wide range on demand. The disadvantages of hybrid rocket propulsion systems are: (1) mixture ratio and, hence, specific impulse will vary somewhat during steady-state operation and throttling; (2) lower density-specific impulse than solid propellant systems; (3) some fuel sliver must be retained in the combustion chamber at end-of- burn, which slightly reduces motor mass fraction; and (4) unproven propulsion system feasibility at large scale. 15.1. APPLICATIONS AND PROPELLANTS Hybrid propulsion is well suited to applications or missions requiring throt- tling, command shutdown and restart, long-duration missions requiring stor- able nontoxic propellants, or infrastructure operations (manufacturing and 15.1. APPLICATIONS AND PROPELLANTS 581 launch) that would benefit from a non-self-deflagrating propulsion system. Such applications would include primary boost propulsion for space launch vehicles, upper stages, and satellite maneuvering systems. Many early hybrid rocket motor developments were aimed at target missiles and low-cost tactical missile applications (Ref. 15-1). Other development efforts focused on high-energy upper-stage motors. In recent years develop- ment efforts have concentrated on booster prototypes for space launch appli- cations. Design requirements for one target missile, which entered production in the early 1970s, included a nominal thrust of 2200 N with an 8:1 throttling range, storable liquid oxidizer, and engine shutdown on command. Selected propellants included a nitrogen tetroxide/nitrous oxide oxidizer and a hydro- carbon fuel grain composed of polymethylmethacrylate (plexiglass) and mag- nesium (Ref. 15-2). Values of vacuum-delivered specific impulse for such storable propellant systems range between 230 and 280 sec. In another pro- gram (Ref. 15-3), a hybrid motor was developed for high-performance upper- stage applications with design requirements that included a nominal thrust level of 22,240 N and an 8:1 throttling range. Oxygen difluoride was selected as the oxidizer for use with a lithium hydride/polybutadiene fuel grain. Analytical and experimental investigations have been made using other high- performance propellants. High-energy oxidizers include fluorine/liquid oxygen mixtures (FLOX) and chlorine/fluorine compounds such as CIF3 and CIFs. Complementary high-energy fuels are typically hydrides of light metals, such as beryllium, lithium, and aluminum, mixed with a suitable polymeric binder (Ref. 15-4). Delivered vacuum-specific impulse levels for these high-energy hybrid propellants are in the 350 to 380 sec range, depending on nozzle expan- sion ratio. Combustion efficiencies of 95% of theoretical values have been achieved in tests with these propellants; however, none of these exotic formula- tion systems have seen use on flight vehicles. A more practical, although lower energy, upper-stage hybrid propellant system is 90 to 95% hydrogen peroxide oxidizer combined with hydroxyl- terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) fuel. Hydrogen peroxide is considered stor- able for time periods typical of upper-stage mission cycles (oxidizer tanking to mission completion on the order of several months) and is relatively inexpen- sive. In solid rocket motors, HTPB is used as the binder to consolidate the aluminum fuel and ammonium perchlorate oxidizer matrix. In a hybrid, HTPB becomes the entire fuel constituent. HTPB is low cost, processes easily, and will not self-deflagrate under any conditions. The propellant system of choice for large hybrid booster applications is liquid oxygen (LOX) oxidizer and HTPB fuel. Liquid oxygen is a widely used oxidizer in the space launch industry, is relatively safe, and delivers high performance at low cost. This hybrid propellant combination produces a nontoxic, relatively smoke-free exhaust. The LOX/HTPB propellant combi- nation favored for booster applications is chemically and performance-wise equivalent to a LOX-kerosene bipropellant system. 582 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS Where a smoky exhaust is not a detriment, hybrid propellants for certain applications may benefit from the addition of powdered aluminum to the fuel. This increases the combustion temperature, reduces the stoichiometric mixture ratio, and increases fuel density as well as overall density-specific impulse. Although density-specific impulse (pfls) is increased, addition of aluminum to the fuel actually reduces specific impulse. This occurs because the increase in flame temperature gained by adding aluminum does not compensate for the increase in molecular weight of the exhaust products. Figure 15-2 illustrates theoretical vacuum specific impulse levels (calculated at 1000 psia chamber pressure and a 10:1 nozzle expansion ratio) for a variety of cryogenic and storable oxidizers used in conjunction with HTPB fuel. Table 15-1 tabulates the heat of formation for HTPB reacted with various oxidizers. Large hybrid development work completed to date has focused on motors having a thrust level of approximately 1,112,000 N or 250,000 lbf. The American Rocket Company first tested a 250,000 lbf thrust LOX/HTPB hybrid in 1993 (Ref. 15-5). In 1999, a consortium of aerospace companies also tested several 250,000 lbf thrust LOX/HTPB hybrid prototypes as a candidate strap-on booster for space launch vehicles (see Ref. 15-6 and Fig. 15-3). In these motors, polycyclopentadiene (PCPD) is added to the c ._o c x .. o o o o .+_, 400 .... 300 - 2O0 0 I i I i I I i i i i ! F20 ClF5 H202 IRFNA N20 I I I I I I I I I I I 2 4 6 8 10 Mixture ratio 12 FIGURE 15-2. Theoretical vacuum specific impulse of selected oxidizers reacted with hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene fuel. The Is of the O2/HTPB propellant is compar- able to that of a LOX/kerosene bipropellant engine. 15.1. APPLICATIONS AND PROPELLANTS 5113 TABLE 15-1. Thermochemical Properties of Selected Oxidizers Reacted with HTPB Fuel Boiling Point Density AfH a Oxidizer Type (°C) (g/cm3) (kcal/mol) 0 2 Cryogenic - 183 1.149 - 3.1 F 2 Cryogenic - 188 1.696 -3.0 03 Cryogenic -112 1.614 + 30.9 F20 Cryogenic -145 1.650 +2.5 F202 Cryogenic -57 1.450 + 4.7 N20 Cryogenic -88 1.226 + 15.5 N204 Storable + 21 1.449 + 2.3 IRFNA b Storable + 80 to + 120 1.583 -41.0 H202 Storable + 150 1.463 44.8 C102 Storable + 11 1.640 + 24.7 C1F3 Storable + 11 1.810 -44.4 a AfH is the heat of formation as defined in Chapter 5. bInhibited red fuming nitric acid. HTPB fuel to increase fuel density by about 10% over HTPB alone. The motors were designed to operate for 80 sec at a LOX flow rate of 600 lbm/sec with a maximum chamber pressure of 900 psi. Figure 15-4 illustrates a cross section of one motor configuration. Test results indicated additional work is necessary to develop large hybrid motor configurations that exhibit stable combustion throughout the motor burn, and in understanding fuel regres- sion-rate scale-up factors. A hybrid fuel grain is ignited by providing a source of heat, which initiates gasification of the solid fuel grain at the head end of the motor. Subsequent initiation of oxidizer flow provides the required flame spreading to fully ignite the motor. Ignition is typically accomplished by injection of a hypergolic fluid into the motor combustion chamber. Using the motor described in Fig. 15-4 as an example, a mixture of triethyl aluminum (TEA) and triethyl borane (TEB) is injected into the vaporization chamber. The TEA/TEB mixture ignites spontaneously on contact with air in the combustion chamber, vaporizing fuel in the dome region. Subsequent injec- tion of liquid oxygen completes ignition of the motor. TEA/TEB mixtures are currently used for motor ignition in the Atlas and Delta commercial launch vehicles. Experimenters (Refs. 15-7 and 15-8) have described solid fuels that will ignite spontaneously at ambient temperature and pressure when sprayed with specific oxidizers other than LOX. Small hybrid motors, such as those used in a laboratory environment with gaseous oxygen oxidi- zer, are often electrically ignited by passing current through a resistor such as steel wool located in the combustion port, or by use of a propane or hydrogen ignition system. FIGURE 15-3. Static tests of a 250,000 lbf thrust hybrid motor prototype demonstrated that additional work is needed to understand fuel regression and combustion stability issues at large scale. The fuel case shown here is approximately 6.3 ft diameter. 15.2. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 585 SECTION A-A SECTION B-B LOX Injector I Port (18-in. dia) /~~ Vapor]ization Chamber Fins Ultrasonic Transducer .
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. •,,,,,. Vaponzatlon Chamber Mare Gram ..... Configuration Configuration Mixing Chamber-- B ~L / / B ~- - HTPB/PCPD Fuel Fuel ----/ L__ Flow Deflector / i___ A588 Steel Case EPDM Insulation (73-in. OD) EPDM ----, 512 in. . • 546 in. Simulated Submerged-- Flex Bearing Nozzle (3-D carbon-carbon throat) FIGURE 15-4. 250,000 lbf thrust hybrid booster design parameters and section of fuel grain and nozzle. The vaporization chamber fins and flow deflector are designed to promote flame holding in combustion ports. Maximum operating pressure Maximum vacuum thrust Throat diameter, initial Nozzle expansion ratio, initial Liquid oxygen flow rate Fuel weight Burn time 900 psia 250,000 lbf 14.60 in. 12 420 to 600 lbm/sec (throttlable) 45,700 lbf 80 sec 15.2. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION A characteristic operating feature of hybrids is that the fuel regression rate is typically less than one-third that of composite solid rocket propellants. It is very difficult to obtain fuel regression rates comparable to propellant burn rates in solid rocket motors. Consequently, practical high-thrust hybrid motor designs must have multiple perforations (combustion ports) in the fuel grain to produce the required fuel surface area. The performance of a hybrid motor (defined in terms of delivered specific impulse) depends critically on the degree of flow mixing attained in the combustion chamber. High performance stems from high combustion efficiency that is a direct function of the thoroughness with which unburned oxidizer exhausting from the combustion port is mixed with unburned fuel from within sublayers of the boundary layer. Multiple combustion ports serve to promote high com- bustion efficiency as a result of the turbulent mixing environment for unreacted fuel and oxidizer in the mixing chamber region downstream of the fuel grain. 586 HYBRID P R O P E L L A N T R O C K E T S A cross section of a typical high-thrust hybrid fuel grain is shown in Fig. 15-5. The number of combustion ports required is a motor optimization prob- lem that must account for the desired thrust level, acceptable shifts in mixture ratio during burn, motor length and diameter constraints, and desired oxidizer mass velocity. Hybrid rocket motor design typically begins by specifying a desired thrust level and a propellant system. Subsequently, selection of the desired operating oxidizer-to-fuel mixture ratio (O/F ratio) determines the propellant characteristic velocity. Once the characteristic velocity and mixture ratio are specified, the total propellant flow rate and the subsequent split between oxidizer and fuel flow rates necessary to produce the required thrust level can be computed. The necessary fuel flow rate in a hybrid is determined by the total fuel surface area (perimeter and length of the combustion ports) and the fuel regression rate. As will be shown in subsequent sections, the fuel regression rate is primarily determined by the oxidizer mass velocity, also called oxidizer flux. The oxidizer flux is equal to the mass flow rate of oxidizer in a combustion port divided by the port cross-sectional area. Thus the fuel flow rate is intrinsically linked to the oxidizer flow rate and cannot be independently specified, as in a liquid rocket engine. Much of the technology from liquid and solid propellant rockets is directly applicable to hybrid rockets; the main differences lie in the driving mechanisms for solid propellant burning and hybrid fuel regression. In a solid system, the oxidizer and fuel ingredients are well mixed during the propellant manufactur- ing process. Combustion occurs as a result of heterogeneous chemical reactions Combusti F ~ _ . Motor case FIGURE 15-5. Cross-sectional sketch of a multi-port fuel grain with web thickness between ports twice that of the outer wall. Multiple ports are required to achieve the large fuel surface area necessary for high fuel flow rates. 15.2. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 587 on or very near the surface of the solid propellant. The solid propellant burning rate is controlled by chamber pressure and follows the well-established law of Eq. 11-3; it is Eq. 15-1 in this chapter. ~- ap~ (15-1) where a and n are empirical coefficients derived experimentally for specific propellant formulations. Since the rate of propellant gasification per unit area in a solid rocket motor, at a given propellant bulk temperature and in the absence of erosive burning, is determined only by chamber pressure, motor thrust is predetermined by the initial propellant grain surface area and grain geometrical characteristics. Throttling or extinguishment is very difficult to achieve in practical solid rocket motor configurations since the fuel and oxidi- zer cannot be separated. As the fuel grain of a hybrid typically contains no oxidizer, the combustion process and hence the regression of the fuel surface is markedly different from that of a solid rocket motor. Because the solid fuel must be vaporized before combustion can occur, the fuel surface regression is intrinsically related to the coupling of combustion port aerodynamics and heat transfer to the fuel grain surface. The primary combustion region over the fuel grain surface has been shown to be limited to a relatively narrow flame zone occurring within the fuel grain boundary layer (Ref. 15-9). Factors affecting the development of the fuel grain boundary layer and, hence, fuel regression characteristics include pres- sure, gas temperature, grain composition, combustion port oxidizer mass flow rate, and combustion port length. The heat transfer relationships between the gas and solid phase depend on whether the boundary layer is laminar or turbulent. In a typical hybrid using oxygen as the oxidizer, the Reynolds num- ber per unit length is on the order of 1 to 2 x 105 per inch of grain length for flux levels between 0.3 and 0.6 lbm/sec/in. 2 (see Appendix 4 for definitions of non-dimensional parameters used in hybrid boundary layer analyses). Thus, the properties of a turbulent boundary layer govern the convective heat trans- fer processes to non-metallized fuel grains. In hybrids with metallized fuel grains, radiation from the metal oxide par- ticle cloud in the combustion port contribues a major portion of the total heat flux to the fuel grain. The local regression rate of the fuel is also quite sensitive to the general turbulence level of the combustion port gas flow (Refs. 15-10 and 15-11). Localized combustion gas eddies or recirculation zones adjacent to the fuel surface act to significantly enhance the regression rate in these areas. Hybrid fuel regression rate is thought to be insensitive to fuel grain bulk temperatures over the range in which solid rocket motors may operate (-65°F to 165°F). This is due to the absence of heterogeneous fuel/oxidizer reactions at the fuel surface (in which the reaction rates are temperature depen- dent) and because, over the above temperature range, the change in heat con- tent of the solid fuel is small compared to the heat necessary to initiate vaporization of the fuel surface. 588 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS Selection of fuel ingredients can also have a significant impact on the grain regression rate, which is largely a function of the energy required to convert the fuel from solid to vapor phase (hv). This energy is called the heat of gasification and, for polymeric fuels, includes the energy required to break polymer chains (heat of depolymerization) and the heat required to convert polymer fragments to gaseous phase (heat of vaporization). The term "heat of vaporization" is often used as a catchall phrase to include all decomposi- tion mechanisms in hybrid fuels. In non-metallized fuels, low heats of gasi- fication tend to produce higher regression rates. In metallized fuels, the addition of ultra-fine aluminum (UFA1) powder (particle sizes on the order of 0.05 lam to 0.1 gm) to HTPB has been noted to significantly increase the fuel regresion rate relative to a pure HTPB baseline (see Ref. 15-12 and Fig. 15-6). Hybrid propellants containing aluminum particles with diameters typi- cal of those used in solid rocket propellants (40 gm to 400 gm) do not exhibit this effect. Figure 15-7 depicts a simplified model of the hybrid combustion process for a non-metallized (non-radiating) fuel system. Fuel is vaporized as a result of heat transferred from the flame zone to the fuel mass. Vaporized fuel is con- vected upward toward the flame zone while oxidizer from the free stream (core flow) is transported to the flame zone by diffusion and flow turbulence. The flame is established at a location within the boundary layer determined by the stoichiometric conditions under which combustion can occur. The thickness of the flame is determined primarily by the rate at which the oxidation reaction 80 m 70 n t- -1- ~ 60 Q. ~ 50 Q. m 40 l-- "~ :30 • 20 c °~ . . . . J . . . . I . . . . I . . . . 1 . . . . 0 5 10 15 20 Mass fraction of UFAI (wt% of total HTPB fuel) 25 FIGURE 15-6. Ultra-fine aluminum (UFAL) powder mixed with HTPB significantly increases the fuel regression rate. 15.2. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 589 To liquid injector To nozzle Liquid spray and gas i::ii Heat fl Combustion port Border of boundary layer Combustion reaction products Bou ndary layer ~::;:iActive combustion zone j J t / id phase Heat flow Diffusion flame zone Fuel vapor zone Motor case FIGURE 15-7. Simplified model of the diffusion-controlled hybrid combustion pro- cess, illustrating the flame zone embedded within the fuel boundary layer. occurs. This rate is largely dependent on pressure and typically follows an Arrhenius relationship. The mechanisms of heat transfer to the fuel grain surface in a hybrid are convection and radiation. In a non-metallized fuel grain, at pressures and flux levels of interest for propulsion applications, heat transferred by convection is thought to be much larger than that transferred by gas-phase radiation or radiation from soot particles in the flow. As a result, the basic characteristics of fuel grain regression may be explored via an analysis of convective heat transfer in a turbulent boundary layer (see Appendix 4). Considering an energy balance at the fuel grain surface, one may derive an expression for the fuel surface regression rate as G0.8 I; -- 0.036 / \{/Z} 0"21~0.23 (15--2) pj ,, where G is the free stream propellant mass velocity (total oxidizer and fuel flow per unit area) in a combustion port at any given axial location x, pf is the solid- phase fuel density,/x is the combustion gas viscosity, and/3 is the non-dimen- sionalized fuel mass flux, resulting from fuel vaporization, evaluated at the fuel surface. The parameter/~ is frequently referred to as a blowing coefficient (see Appendices 4 and 5 for further discussion of 13). Equation 15-2 indicates that hybrid fuel regression rate for a non-radiative system is strongly dependent on G and rather weakly dependent on axial location (x) and fuel blowing char- 590 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS acteristics (/3). One may also note that the regression rate is not explicitly dependent on chamber pressure in this derivation. In fact, experiments have shown that the regression rate for some fuels exhibits little or no dependence on chamber pressure whereas the regression rate for others exhibits a strong dependence. In particular, metallized hybrid fuel systems exhibit a pronounced pressure dependence (Ref. 15-13). As the combustion port length increases, fuel added to the port mass flow increases the total port mass flux. In ports operating at low mixture ratios, the fuel mass increase may be on the same order as the oxidizer mass flow initially entering the port. Given the weak dependence of regression rate on x in Eq. 15- 2, one would therefore expect the fuel regression rate to increase with increas- ing axial length due to the increase in G. While this generally turns out to be the case, fuel regression rate has been observed to both increase and decrease with increasing x, depending on specifics of the motor configuration. In practice, axial fuel regression characteristics are strongly influenced by oxidizer injection and pre-combustion/vaporization chamber design characteristics. General trends that have been measured in hybrid combustion ports include the follow- ing as x increases: total mass flux increases; boundary layer thickness grows; flame standoff from the fuel surface increases; combustion port average gas temperature increases; oxidizer concentration decreases. Since the blowing coefficient/3 is not only an aerodynamic parameter but also a thermochemical parameter (see Appendix 5) and the x dependency is of the same order as/3 in Eq. 15-2, this expression is often simplified for purposes of preliminary engineering design by lumping effects of x,/3, fuel density, and gas viscosity into one parameter, a. In practice, deviations from the theoretical 0.8 power mass velocity dependency are also often noted. The result of sim- plifying Eq. 15-2 is to retain the functional form but fit the free constants a and n using experimental data obtained from characterizing specific fuel and oxi- dizer combinations. One functional form useful for engineering evaluations is i" - aG~o (15-3) where Go is the oxidizer mass velocity, which is equal at any time to the oxidizer flow rate divided by the combustion port area. The value of i: has been observed to vary from 0.05 in./sec to 0.2 in./sec. Likewise, n has been observed to fall in a range between 0.4 and 0.7. An alternative form of Eq. 15- 3, to account for an observed pressure and/or port diameter dependency, is given as /; n m l - aGopl Dp (15-4) where m and l have been observed to vary between zero and 0.25 and zero and 0.7, respectively. Figure 15-8 illustrates surface regression rate data obtained for the combus- tion of HTPB fuel grains and gaseous oxygen in rocket motor tests at two 15.2. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND GRAIN CONFIGURATION 591 "G" 0.1 (D ¢/) c" (D L_ E 0 GO Q) L_ u.. 0.01 0.01 I I • Labscale motor - -- r = O. 10460.686 I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I_ o 11-in diameter motor -- i" = 0.0656°77(Dp/3) °'71 ~ .
~ t y "° - I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I I 1 I I 0.1 1 Oxygen mass velocity (Ibm/sec-in 2) FIGURE 15-8. Hybrid regression rate has been observed to decrease as motor scale (combustion port diameter) increases. different scales. The first data set were obtained by testing fuel grains in a small laboratory-scale (2-in. motor diameter with a 0.43-in. combustion port dia- meter) rocket at varying gaseous oxygen flux levels (Ref. 15-14). A least- squares regression analysis, performed to determine the constants in Eq. 15- 3, indicates that, at this scale, the following relationship best describes the regression rate characteristics of HTPB as a function of oxygen mass flux: t:HTPB -- 0.104G 0"681 (15-5) Data obtained with the same propellant system in a larger 11-in. diameter hybrid motor with combustion port diameters ranging between 3 and 6 in. exhibited a relatively strong dependence on combustion port diameter (Ref. 15-15). Data from this testing was best matched with an expression in the form of Eq. 15-4: f'HTPB -- 0.065G°o "77(Dp/3) 0"71 (15-6) The difference in fuel regression characteristics between the two motor scales illustrates one of the central difficulties of hybrid motor design, i.e., that of scaling ballistic performance. Scaling issues in hybrid motors are currently not well understood (in part because of the lack of sufficient valid data for different motor sizes) and the literature abounds with empirical regression rate scaling relationships (Ref. 15-16). Computational fluid dynamic approaches to resol- ving the hybrid flow field and calculating fuel surface heating appear to offer the best hope of analytically evaluating scale effects. The dynamic behavior of a hybrid rocket may be analyzed using the con- tinuity equation O(p, v,) Ot = thin - rhout (15-7) 592 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS that expresses that the time rate of change of high-pressure gas inside the chamber is equal to the difference between the hot gas generated from inflow of liquid oxidizer, plus that generated from the regressing fuel surface, and the flow through the nozzle. Equation 15-7 may be rewritten as O(Pl Vl) - mo --t- rhf plAt 0~ -- c (15-8) When steady state is reached, Eq. 15-8 reduces to rn - rn o + rhf plat -- c (15-9) The thrust of a hybrid rocket motor can then be expressed as F = rhlsgo = (rho + rhf)Isgo (15-10) Changing the thrust or throttling of a hybrid is achieved by changing the oxidizer flow rate, usually by means of a throttling valve in the oxidizer feed line. The fuel flow is a function of the oxidizer flow but not necessarily a linear function. For circular port geometries with radius R, Eq. 15-3 may be recast as rh° ) n (15-11) i - a ~ The mass production rate of fuel is given by rhf = pf Abi" = 2rrpf R L i (15-12) where Ab is the combustion port surface area and L is the port length. Combining Eqs. 15-11 and 15-12, one obtains the fuel production rate in terms of port radius and oxidizer mass flow rate: rnf -- 27r 1-npfLaril~R 1-2n (15-13) From this expression one will note that, for the particular value of n - ½, the fuel mass flow rate is independent of combustion port radius and varies as the square root of oxidizer mass flow rate. For such a situation, if the oxidizer flow is reduced to one-half of its rated value, then the fuel flow will be reduced by a factor of 0.707 and the motor thrust, which depends on the total propellant flow (rnf + rno), will not vary linearly with the change in oxidizer flow. Usually, as the thrust is decreased by reducing the oxizider flow, the mixture ratio (rho/rnf) is reduced, becoming increasingly fuel rich. In some hybrid motor concepts, a portion of the oxidizer is injected in a mixing chamber downstream of the fuel grain in order to maintain a more constant mixture ratio. However, 15.3. DESIGN EXAMPLE 593 for most applications, the system design can be optimized over the range of mixture ratios encountered with very little degradation of average specific impulse due to throttling. Equation 15-13 also indicates that, for constant oxidizer flow, fuel produc- tion will increase with increasing port radius if n < ½. For n > l, fuel production will decrease with increasing port radius. For a fuel grain incorporating N circular combustion ports, Eq. 15-11 can be simply integrated to give combustion port radius, instantaneous fuel flow rate, instantaneous mixture ratio, and total fuel consumed as functions of burn time: Combustion port radius R as a function of time and oxidizer flow rate: 1 R(t)- a(2n+l) ~-~ t+ (15-14) Instantaneous fuel flow rate: rho)" rhf(t) - 2rrN pf La -~ -2n a(2n + 1) ~-~ t + (15-15) Instantaneous mixture ratio: mf 2pfLa ~ a(2n + 1) ~ t + (15-16) Total fuel consumed: mo n R~n+l ~ mf(t)--rrNpfL a(2n+l) ~-~ t+ • -R (15-17) where L is the fuel grain length, R; is the initial port radius, N is the number of combustion ports of radius R; in the fuel grain, and rho and rhf are the total oxidizer and fuel flow rates, respectively. Although the above equations are strictly valid only for circular combustion ports, they may be used to give a qualitative understanding of hybrid motor behavior which is applicable to the burnout of non-circular ports as well. 15.3. DESIGN EXAMPLE The preliminary design problem typically posed is to determine the approxi- mate size of a hybrid booster, given numerous system requirements and design assumptions. Suppose that the operating characteristics of a Space Shuttle- 594 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS class hybrid rocket booster are to be determined, given the following initial design requirements: Fuel Oxidizer Required booster initial thrust (vacuum) Burn time Fuel grain outside diameter Initial chamber pressure Initial mixture ratio Initial expansion ratio HTPB Liquid oxygen 3.1 x 106 lbf 120 sec 150 in. 700 psia 2.0 7.72 Using the ratio of specific heats from Table 15-2 and the given initial nozzle expansion ratio, the vacuum thrust coefficient is determined from tables or direct calculation to be 1.735. Initial nozzle throat area and throat diameter are determined from At = Fv _ 3.1 x 10 6 lbf CF~,Pl --(1.735)(700 lbf/in. 2) --2552.5 in. 2 then Dt -- 57.01 in. From the data of Table 15-2 for c versus mixture ratio, c corresponding to an initial mixture ratio of 2.0 is 5912 ft/sec. Theoretical c values are typically degraded to account for combustion inefficiency due to incomplete oxidizer/fuel mixing. Using a factor of 95 %, the delivered c is 5616 ft/sec. Total initial propellant flow rate can now be determined as TABLE 15--2. Theoretical Characteristic Velocity c and Ratio of Specific Heats k for Reaction Gases of Liquid Oxygen-HTPB Fuel Mass Mixture Ratio c(ft/sec) k 1.0 4825 1.2 5180 1.4 5543 1.6 5767 1.8 5882 2.0 5912 2.2 5885 2.4 5831 2.6 5768 2.8 5703 3.0 5639 1.308 1.282 1.239 1.201 1 171 1 152 1 143 1 138 1 135 1 133 1 132 15.3. DESIGN EXAMPLE 595 3 lbm-ft)(700 lbf/in.2)(2552.5 in. 2) rh - goplAt = lbf-sec 2 -- 10,236 lbm/sec c (0.95)(5912 ft/sec 2) 2.174 Noting that mixture ratio is defined as r = ,,o/,h r initial fuel and oxidizer flow rates follow at the initial mixture ratio of 2.0: = ,/,o + '/'s = ms( + l) 10,236 lbm/sec /7;/f = 3 = 3412 lbm/sec rh o - 10,236- 3412 = 6824 lbm/sec Figure 15-9a illustrates a candidate seven-circular-port symmetric fuel grain configuration. The dashed lines represent the diameters to which the combus- tion ports burn at the end of 120 sec. The problem is to determine the initial port diameter such that, at the end of the specified 120-sec burn time, the grain diameter constraint of 150 in. is satisfied. The unknown quantity in this prob- lem is the initial combustion port radius, Ri, and the fuel burn distance, db. In terms of initial port radius, the burn distance can be expressed via Eq. 15-14 as db = R(t, Ri)it=120 - R i The fuel grain diameter requirement of 150 in. is satisfied by the following relation: 150 in. = 6Ri + 6db Sub-scale motor test data indicate that one expression for the fuel surface regression rate can be described by Eq. 15-5. Assuming that these data are valid for the flux levels and port diameters under consideration (ignoring potential regression rate scaling issues), the above two relations can be com- bined to solve for the initial port radius and distance burned, yielding Ri = 14.32 in. db = 10.68 in. Knowing the initial port radius, the oxidizer mass velocity can be determined: Go -- rh° -- 6824 lbm/sec -- 1.51 lbm/in.2-sec N Ap 77l(14.32 in.) 2 The initial fuel regression rate may be explicitly determined from Eq. 15-5: 596 HYBRID P R O P E L L A N T R O C K E T S ~ Dg: 150 in. ~U" ii: ::!i~i if: :ii'i~" ~ M O t O r case ~ Dg= 150 in. ~~"--~'.~~:ii~-~- ~ Motor case (b) FIGURE 15--9. (a) Circular fuel grain combustion ports are volumetrically inefficient and leave large slivers at burnout. (b) Quadrilateral port hybrid grain configuration minimizes residual fuel sliver at burnout. _ . 0d(70.681 #'i 0 1,,--,_.oi -- 0.104(1.51 lbm/ft2-sec) °681 -- 0.138 in./sec From the initial fuel mass flow rate, determined to be 3412 lbm/sec, the fuel grain length required for a seven-circular-port design may be found from Eq. 15-12: L - rhf/__.__~N = (3412 lbm/sec)/7 = 1189.6 in. 27rRipfi'i 7r(28.65 in.)(0.033 Ibm/in.3)(0.138 in./sec) Using Eqs. 15-9, 15-10, 15-15, 15-16, and 15-17, while neglecting effects of throat erosion, the general operating characteristics of the booster may be computed with respect to time. The total fuel and oxidizer required for a 120-sec burn time are determined to be 362,577 and 818,880 lbm respectively. The total propellant mass required is therefore 1,181,457 lbm. 15.3. DESIGN EXAMPLE 597 Selection of circular fuel ports is not an efficient way of designing a hybrid grain since large fuel slivers will remain at the end of burn. In the preceding example, a sliver fraction (1 minus fuel consumed divided by fuel loaded) of 29.8% can be calculated. Recognizing that uniform burn distances around each port, as well as between combustion ports and the case wall, will minimize residual fuel sliver, the outer ring of circular ports may be replaced with quad- rilateral-shaped ports. Such a grain is illustrated in Fig. 15-9b. If, as before, the grain diameter is constrained to be 150 in., the grain geometry is uniquely determined by specification of the initial fuel and oxidizer flow rates, number of ports, burn time, and the requirement that the burn distance around each port be equal. Additionally, the hydraulic diameter Dh (four times port area divided by port perimeter) of all ports should be equal to assure that all ports have the same mass flow rate. For this example, the nine-port grain configuration results in a theoretical fuel sliver fraction of 4.3%. In reality, the sliver fraction for both designs will be somewhat greater than theoretical values since some web must be designed to remain between ports at the end of the burn duration to prevent slivers from being expelled out of the nozzle. Table 15-3 compares key features of the circular port grain design (Fig. 15-9a) and the quadrilateral grain design (Fig. 15-9b). In this example, the fuel consumed by the quadrilateral port design is less than that consumed by the circular port design. Therefore, the total impulse of the two designs will be different. If fuel consumed were constrained to be the same in each design, one would find that, as the number of quadrilateral fuel ports would be increased, the grain length would decrease and grain diameter would increase. In practice, the hybrid motor designer must carefully balance TABLE 15--3. Comparison of Circular Port and Quadrilateral Port Grain Designs Circular Quadrilateral Design Parameter Port Port Oxidizer flow rate (lbm/sec) Initial fuel flow rate (lbm/sec) Burn time (sec) Grain diameter (in.) Number of combustion ports Oxidizer flux (lbm/sec/in. 2) Fuel regression rate (in./sec) Distance burned (in.) Grain length (in.) Combustion port L/D Loaded fuel mass (lbm) Fuel consumed (Ibm) Theoretical sliver fraction (%) 6824 6824 3412 3412 120 120 150 150 7 9 1.51 1.07 0.138 0.109 10.68 8.78 1,189.6 976.1 41.5 37.2 516,664 364,170 362,577 348,584 29.8 4.28 598 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS launch vehicle system requirements, such as total impulse and envelope con- straints, with available grain design options to arrive at an optimum motor configuration. Total propellant and propellant contingency necessary to accomplish a specific mission will depend upon such factors as residual fuel and oxidizer allowances at motor cutoff, ascent trajectory throttling require- ments, which impact overall mixture ratio and oxidizer utilization, and addi- tional propellant if a Au (vehicle velocity necessary to achieve mission objectives) contingency reserve is required. Using Table 15-2 to obtain c, the initial vacuum-delivered specific impulse for the circular port booster design may be calculated as Is _ (CF)vC _ _ (1.735)(0.95)(5912 ft/sec) _ _ v -- go 32.174 lbm-ft 302.87 sec lbf-sec 2 At the end of burn, the mixture ratio is determined from Eq. 15-16 to be 2.45. The theortical characteristic velocity corresponding to the mixture ratio is 5815 ft/sec. Assuming the same combustion efficiency factor of 95%, the chamber pressure, neglecting throat erosion, is determined to be rn c (9611 lbm/sec)(0.95)(5815 ft/sec) _ 646.5 lm/l"-""n. 2 Pl .
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. ( lbm-ft'~ goAt 32.1741bf_sec2j (2552.5 in. 2) Using the end-of-burn chamber pressure of 646.5 psia, the end-of-burn specific impulse is calculated to be 299.3 sec. The throat material erosion rate in a hybrid is generally significantly greater than that of a solid propellant system and is a strong function of chamber pressure and mixture ratio. Erosion of carbonaceous throat materials (carbon cloth phenolic, graphite, etc.) is primarily governed by heterogeneous surface chemical reactions involving the reaction of carbon with oxidizing species pres- ent in the flow of combustion gases such as O2, O, H20, OH, and CO2 to form CO. Hybrid motor operation at oxygen-rich mixture ratios and high pressure will result in very high throat erosion rates. Operation at fuel-rich mixture ratios and pressures below 400 psi will result in very low throat erosion rates. In general, the effect of throat erosion in ablative nozzles on overall motor performance depends on initial throat diameter. For the booster design under consideration, a 0.010-in./sec erosion rate acting only at the throat will reduce the expansion ratio from 7.72 to 7.11 over the 120-sec burn time. Using the end-of-burn mixture ratio of 2.45 corresponding to a ratio of specific heats of 1.137 (Table 15-2), an end-of-burn chamber pressure and vacuum thrust coef- ficient of 595.3 psia and 1.730, respectively, may be calculated. Therefore, if throat erosion is accounted for, delivered specific impulse at the end of burn is 297.0 sec, a reduction of only 0.77% compared with the non-eroding throat assumption. As initial throat diameter is reduced, the reduction in expansion 15.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 599 ratio due to throat erosion becomes greater, thereby resulting in greater per- formance losses. Current practice for preliminary design of hybrid booster concepts is to couple a fuel regression rate model, a grain design model, and booster compo- nent design models in an automated preliminary design procedure. Using numerical optimization algorithms, such a computer model can pick the opti- mum booster design that maximizes selected optimization variables, such as booster ideal velocity or total impulse, while minimizing booster propellant and inert weight. 15.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY The hybrid combustion process tends to produce somewhat rougher pressure versus time characteristics than either liquid or solid rocket engines. However, a well-designed hybrid will typically limit combustion roughness to approxi- mately 2 to 3% of mean chamber pressure. In any combustion device, pressure fluctuations will tend to organize themselves around the natural acoustic fre- quencies of the combustion chamber or oxidizer feed system. While significant combustion pressure oscillations at chamber natural-mode acoustic frequencies have been observed in numerous hybrid motor tests, such oscillations have not proved to be an insurmountable design problem. When pressure oscillations have occurred in hybrid motors, they have been observed to grow to a limiting amplitude which is dependent on such factors as oxidizer feed system and injector characteristics, fuel grain geometric characteristics, mean chamber pressure level, and oxidizer mass velocity. Unbounded growth of pressure oscillations, such as may occur in solid and liquid rocket motors, has not been observed in hybrid motors. Hybrid motors have exhibited two basic types of instabilities in static test environments: oxidizer feed system-induced instability (non-acoustic), and flame holding instability (acoustic). Oxidizer feed system instability is essen- tially a chugging type as described in Chapter 9 and arises when the feed system is sufficiently "soft." In cryogenic systems, this implies a high level of compres- sibility from sources such as vapor cavities or two-phase flow in feed lines combined with insufficient isolation from motor combustion processes. Figure 15-10a illustrates feed system induced instability in a 24-in. diameter hybrid motor operated at a LOX flow rate of 20 lbm/sec with HTPB fuel. The instability is manifested by high-amplitude, periodic oscillations well below the first longitudinal (l-L) acoustic mode of the combustor. In this example the oscillation frequency is 7.5 Hz whereas the 1-L mode frequency is approxi- mately 60 Hz. Stiffening the feed/injection system can eliminate the oscillation. This is accomplished by increasing the injector pressure drop (thus making propagation of motor pressure disturbances upstream through the feed system more difficult) and eliminating sources of compressibility in the feed system. Chugging-type instabilities in hybrid motors have proven amenable to analysis 600 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS 6OO 500 -- o~ ~4oo- Q 300- 8 a. 200 -- 100 -- 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Time From Motor Start (sec) (a) 16 1,000 800 m W Q. 600 0 L =3 W 0 ~- 400 rt 200 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 Time (sec) 24 (b) FIGURE 15--10. (a) Periodic, large-amplitude, low-frequency combustion pressure oscillations are an example of oxidizer feed system induced "chug" type combustion instability in a 24-in. diameter LOX/HTBP motor. (b) An example of stable combus- tion in a 24-in. diameter LOX/HTPB motor, exhibiting an overall combustion rough- ness level of 1.3%. in terms of prediction and prevention (Ref. 15-17). For purposes of compar- ison, Fig. 15-10b shows a pressure-time trace from the same 24-in. diameter hybrid motor exhibiting stable combustion while being operated at a LOX flow rate of 40 lbm/sec at a maximum chamber pressure of 900 psi. Flame-holding instability relevant to hybrid motors was first observed dur- ing the development of solid fuel ramjets (Ref. 15-18). A solid fuel ramjet is essentially a hybrid motor operating on the oxygen available in ram air. Flame- holding instabilities in hybrids are typically manifested at acoustic frequencies 15.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 601 and appear in longitudinal modes. No acoustic instabilities in hybrid motors have been observed in higher frequency tangential or radial modes such as in solid rocket motors or liquid engines. Flame-holding instabilities arise due to inadequate flame stabilization in the boundary layer (Ref. 15-19) and are not associated with feed system flow perturbations. Figure 15-11 a illustrates flame- holding instability in an 11-in. diameter hybrid motor operated with gaseous oxygen (GOX) oxidizer and HTPB fuel, using an injector producing a conical flow field. In this test, oxygen flow was initiated through the motor at a pres- sure of 90 psi for two seconds prior to motor ignition. The motor was ignited using a hydrogen torch that continued to operate for approximately one sec- ond following motor ignition. During the first second of motor operation, the hydrogen igniter flame stabilizes the motor. When the igniter flame is extin- guished, the motor becomes unstable. Figure 15-11b illustrates operation of the same 11-in. diameter motor in which the flame-holding instability has been suppressed without the use of a hydrogen flame. In this case stable combustion was achieved by changing the flow field within the motor, using an injector producing an axial flow field. Figure 15-12 shows the result of decomposing the pressure versus time signal for the unstable example of Fig. 15-1 la into its frequency components via fast Fourier transform techniques. The 1-L acoustic oscillation mode is clearly visible at approximately 150 Hz. It is apparent that flame-holding instability can be eliminated by several means, all of which act to stabilize combustion in the boundary layer. The first method is to use a pilot flame derived from injection of a combustible fluid such as hydrogen or propane to provide sufficient oxidizer preheating in the leading edge region of the boundary layer flame zone. With this technique, motor stability characteristics are relatively insensitive to the nature of the injector flow field. In the previous example, the hydrogen torch igniter acted as a pilot during its period of operation. A second method involves changing the injector flow field to ensure that a sufficiently large hot gas recirculation zone is present at the head end of the fuel grain. Such a zone can be created by forcing the upstream flow over a rearward-facing step or by strong axial injec- tion of oxidizer (see Fig. 15-13). ~xial injection in the correct configuration produces a strong counter-flowing hot gas recirculation zone, similar to that of a rearward-facing step, at the heac'~ end of the diffusion flame (conical injection produces a much smaller and usaally ineffective recirculation zone). These techniques produce a flow field result very similar to that produced by bluff body flame stabilizers used in jet engine afterburners and solid fuel ramjets to prevent flame blowoff. The recirculation zone acts to entrain hot gas from the core flow, which provides sufficient oxidizer preheating for the leading edge of the boundary layer diffusion flame to stabilize combustion. Comparison of the average pressure levels in Figs. 15-1 la and 15-1 lb illus- trates an interesting phenomenon. For the same motor operating conditions (oxidizer flow rate, grain geometry and composition, and throat diameter) the average pressure in the unstable motor is significantly greater than that in the stable motor. This same phenomenon has been noted in solid propellant 800 "~ 500 200 602 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Time (sec) (a) ii I I 450 400 250 200 ~" 150 100 50 O_ 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Time (sec) (b) FIGURE 15--11. (a) An example of large-amplitude, high-frequency combustion pres- sure oscillations due to flame-holding instability in an 11-in. diameter GOX/HTPB motor. Instability during the initial one second of burn has been suppressed by the use of a pilot flame. (b) Suppression of flame-holding instability in an 11-in. diameter GOX/HTPB motor by means of strong axial injection of oxidizer. 15.4. COMBUSTION INSTABILITY 603 70 60 .~ 40 30 I1. 20 10 _ __ IZI. 0 / I /~/1/ / /~/ / / / /'/ / / / /'/ / /-/ /'/ / / / /" 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Frequency (Hz) FIGURE 15-12. A frequency-versus-amplitude plot at successive time intervals for an ll-in, diameter GOX/HTPB motor test shows pressure oscillations in the motor 1-L acoustic mode at 150 Hz due to flame-holding instability. ~ ~ [ii ®i ~ii iii!!~ili!ii!i!ii!iiiii!iiiiiii~!!iiii;~iiiik~iiiii!~iiiiiii!iii] ~11 , -E , .
_ Injected oxidizer ~-Hot gas re-circulation zone (a) I! ~i~iii~! i!!ili !ii!i!~i~i~!i i 1 .,. ~ njected oxidizer ii!iiiii!i!iiii!!iiiiii lli !iijii i iii !!!i ili i!iiii ii it Diminished or non-exist'ent hot gas re-circulation zone (b) FIGURE 15--13. (a) Axial injection of oxidizer results in a strong hot gas flow recircu- lation zone at the fuel grain leading edge, producing stable combustion. (b) Conical injection of oxidizer can produce a weak or nonexistent hot gas flow recirculation zone at the fuel grain leading edge, resulting in unstable combustion. 604 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS motors and the results from intensification of heat transfer to the fuel surface due to the gas velocity at the fuel surface oscillating at high frequency. The high heating rate results in the vaporization of more fuel than would otherwise occur in equilibrium conditions, thus producing a higher average chamber pressure. Despite recent advances in understanding causes of and solutions for com- bustion instability in hybrid motors, development of a comprehensive, predic- tive theory of combustion stability remains one of the major challenges in hybrid technology development. SYMBOLS (includes symbols used in Appendices 4 and 5) a burning or regression rate coefficient variable (units of a depend on value of oxidizer flux exponent) A particle cloud attenuation coefficient mZ(ftZ)/particle Ap combustion port area m 2 (in. z) As fuel grain surface area m 2 (in. z) At nozzle throat area m 2 (ft 2) c characteristic velocity m/sec (ft/sec) C particle cloud concentration particles/unit volume Cf skin friction coefficient (blowing) dimensionless Cfo skin friction coefficient (no blowing) dimensionless CFv vacuum thrust coefficient dimensionless Ch Stanton number dimensionless Cp heat capacity J/kg-K (Btu/lbm-R) db fuel grain burn distance m (in.) Dh hydraulic diameter (4Ap/P) m (in.) Dp combustion port diameter m (in.) Dt nozzle throat diameter m (in.) Fv vacuum thrust N (lbf) G mass velocity kg/mZ-sec (lbm/ftZ-sec) Go oxidizer mass velocity kg/mZ-sec (lbm/ftZ-sec) go conversion factor--acceleration of m/sec 2 (lbm-ft/lbf/sec 2) gravity h convective heat transfer coefficient J/mZ-sec/K (Btu/ft2-sec/R) hv heat of gasification J/kg (Btu/lbm) Ah flame zone-fuel surface enthalpy J/kg (Btu/lbm) difference heat of formation specific impulse specific heat ratio combustion port length propellant flow rate H i J/kg-mol (kcal/mol) Is sec k dimensionless L m (in.) rh kg/sec (lbm/sec) SYMBOLS (INCLUDES SYMBOLS USED IN APPENDICES 4 AND 5) 605 rho n, m, 1 P Pl Pr O~ Qrad QS R Ri Re r T Ue 73 V1 X fuel flow rate oxidizer flow rate burning or regression rate pressure exponent combustion port perimeter chamber pressure Prandtl number heat input to fuel surface due to convection heat input to fuel surface due to radiation total heat input to fuel surface combustion port radius initial combustion port radius Reynolds number fuel regression rate oxidizer to fuel mixture ratio temperature gas free stream velocity in axial direction gas velocity normal to fuel surface chamber volume axial distance from leading edge of fuel grain length coordinate normal to fuel surface radiation path length kg/sec (lbm/sec) kg/sec (lbm/sec) dimensionless rn (in.) MPa (lbf/in. 2) dimensionless J/m2-sec (Btu/ft2-sec) j/m2-sec (Btu/ft2-sec) j/m2-sec (Btu/ft2-sec) rn (in.) rn (in.) dimensionless mm/sec (in./sec) dimensionless K (F) m/sec (ft/sec) m/sec (ft/sec) m 3 (in. 3) m (in.) rn (in.) rn (in.) Greek Letters lY Sg Kg lZ Pl Pe ,oy O " fuel surface absorptivity boundary layer blowing coefficient emissivity of particle-laden gas gas conductivity gas viscosity combustion chamber gas density free stream gas density fuel density Stefan-Boltzmann constant dimensionless dimensionless dimensionless J/m:-sec/K (Btu/ft-sec-R) N-sec/m 2 (lbf-sec/ft 2) kg/m 3 (lbm/in. 3) kg/m 3 (lbm/in. 3) kg/m 3 (lbm/in. 3) J/mZ-sec/K 4 (Btu/ftZ-sec/R 4) Subscripts e boundary layer edge conditions f fuel i initial conditions 606 HYBRID PROPELLANT ROCKETS O S X ref oxidizer surface conditions axial distance from leading edge of fuel grain reference conditions rn (in.) REFERENCES 15-1. 15-2. 15-3. 15-4. 15-5. 15-6. 15-7. 15-8. 15-9. 15-10. 15-11. 15-12. 15-13. 15-14. D. 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Price, "Regression Rates of Metalized Hybrid Fuel Systems," AIAA Journal, Vol. 4, No. 5, September 1965, pp. 910-915. Laboratory data obtained in 2-in. diameter test motors, Thiokol Corporation, 1989. REFERENCES 607 15-15. T. A. Boardman, R. L. Carpenter, et al., "Development and Testing of 11- and 24-inch Hybrid Motors under the Joint Government/Industry IR&D Program," AIAA Paper 93-2552, June 1993. 15-16. P. Estey, D. Altman, and J. McFarlane, "An Evaluation of Scaling Effects for Hybrid Rocket Motors," AIAA Paper 91-2517, June 1991. 15-17. T. A. Boardman, K. K. Hawkins, S. R. Wassom, and S. E. Claflin, "Non- Acoustic Feed System Coupled Combustion Instability in Hybrid Rocket Motors," Hybrid Rocket Technical Committee Combustion Stability Workshop, 31st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 1995. 15-18. B. L. Iwanciow, A. L. Holzman, and R. Dunlap, "Combustion Stabilization in a Solid Fuel Ramjet," lOth JANNAF Combustion Meeting, 1973. 15-19. T. A. Boardman, D. H. Brinton, R. L. Carpenter, and T. F. Zoladz, "An Experimental Investigation of Pressure Oscillations and their Suppression in Suscale Hybrid Rocket Motors," AIAA Paper 95-2689, July 1995. CHAPTER 16 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL In addition to providing a propulsive force to a flying vehicle, a rocket propul- sion system can provide moments to rotate the flying vehicle and thus provide control of the vehicle's attitude and flight path. By controlling the direction of the thrust vectors through the mechanisms described later in the chapter, it is possible to control a vehicle's pitch, yaw, and roll motions. All chemical propulsion systems can be provided with one of several types of thrust vector control (TVC) mechanisms. Some of these apply either to solid, hybrid, or to liquid propellant rocket propulsion systems, but most are specific to only one of these propulsion categories. We will describe two types of thrust vector control concept: (1) for an engine or a motor with a single nozzle; and (2) for those that have two or more nozzles. Thrust vector control is effective only while the propulsion system is oper- ating and creating an exhaust jet. For the flight period, when a rocket propul- sion system is not firing and therefore its TVC is inoperative, a separate mechanism needs to be provided to the flying vehicle for achieving control over its attitude or flight path. Aerodynamic fins (fixed and movable) continue to be very effective for controlling vehicle flight within the earth's atmosphere, and almost all weather rockets, antiaircraft missiles, and air-to-surface missiles use them. Even though aerodynamic control surfaces provide some additional drag, their effectiveness in terms of vehicle weight, turning moment, and actuating power consumption is difficult to surpass with any other flight control method. Vehicle flight con- trol can also be achieved by a separate attitude control propulsion system as described in Sections 4.6, 6.8, and 11.3. Here six or more small liquid propel- lant thrusters (with a separate feed system and a separate control) provide 608 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 609 small moments to the vehicle in flight during, before, or after the operation of the main rocket propulsion system. The reasons for TVC are: (1) to willfully change a flight path or trajectory (e.g., changing the direction of the flight path of a target-seeking missile); (2) to rotate the vehicle or change its attitude during powered flight; (3) to correct for deviation from the intended trajectory or the attitude during powered flight; or (4) to correct for thrust misalignment of a fixed nozzle in the main propulsion system during its operation, when the main thrust vector misses the vehicle's center of gravity. Pitch moments are those that raise or lower the nose of a vehicle; yaw moments turn the nose sideways; and roll moments are applied about the main axis of the flying vehicle (Fig. 16-1). Usually, the thrust vector of the main rocket nozzle is in the direction of the vehicle axis and goes through the vehicle's center of gravity. Thus it is possible to obtain pitch and yaw control moments by the simple deflection of the main rocket thrust vector; however, roll control usually requires the use of two or more rotary vanes or two or more separately hinged propulsion system nozzles. Figure 16-2 explains the pitch moment obtained by a hinged thrust chamber or nozzle. The side force and the pitch moment vary as the sine of the effective angle of thrust vector deflection. 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE Many different mechanisms have been used successfully. Several are illustrated in Refs. 16-1 and 16-2. They can be classified into four categories: 1. Mechanical deflection of the nozzle or thrust chamber. 2. Insertion of heat-resistant movable bodies into the exhaust jet; these experience aerodynamic forces and cause a deflection of a part of the exhaust gas flow. 3. Injection of fluid into the side of the diverging nozzle section, causing an asymmetrical distortion of the supersonic exhaust flow. J + Pitch - Pitch FIGURE 16-1. Moments applied to a flying vehicle. J 610 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL Vehicle axis / Center ~ J Thrust force vector, F ~ Deflection angle, 0 FIGURE 16--2. The pitch moment applied to the vehicle is FL sin 0. / / 4. Separate thrust-producing devices that are not part of the main flow through the nozzle. Each category is described briefly below and in Table 16-1, where the four categories are separated by horizontal lines. Figure 16-3 illustrates several TVC mechanisms. All of the TVC schemes shown here have been used in production vehicles. In the hinge or gimbal scheme (a hinge permits rotation about one axis only, whereas a gimbal is essentially a universal joint), the whole engine is pivoted on a bearing and thus the thrust vector is rotated. For small angles this scheme has negligible losses in specific impulse and is used in many vehicles. It requires a flexible set of propellant piping (bellows) to allow the propellant to flow from the tanks of the vehicle to the movable engine. The Space Shuttle (Fig. 1-13) has two gimballed orbit maneuver engines, and three gimballed main engines. Figures 6-1, 6-3, and 8-19 show gimballed engines. Some Soviet launch vehi- cles use multiple thrusters and hinges (Fig. 10-10 shows 4 hinges), while many U.S. vehicles use gimbals. Jet vanes are pairs of heat-resistant, aerodynamic wing-shaped surfaces sub- merged in the exhaust jet of a fixed rocket nozzle. They were first used about 55 years ago. They cause extra drag (2 to 5% less Is; drag increases with larger vane deflections) and erosion of the vane material. Graphite jet vanes were used in the German V-2 missile in World War II and in the Scud missiles fired by Iraq in 1991. The advantage of having roll control with a single nozzle often outweighs the performance penalties. Small auxiliary thrust chambers were used in the Thor and early version of Atlas missiles. They provide roll control while the principal rocket engine operates. They are fed from the same feed system as the main rocket engine. This scheme is still used on some Russian booster rocket vehicles. The injection of secondary fluid through the wall of the nozzle into the main gas stream has the effect of forming oblique shocks in the nozzle diverging 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 611 TABLE 16-1. Thrust Vector Control Mechanisms Type L/S a Advantages Disadvantages Gimbal or hinge L Movable nozzle S (flexible bearing) Movable nozzle S (rotary ball with gas seal) Simple, proven technology; low torques, low power; 4-12 ° duration limited only by propellant supply; very small thrust loss Proven technology; no sliding, moving seals; predictable actuation power; up to +12 ° Proven technology; no thrust loss if entire nozzle is moved; +20 ° possible Requires flexible piping; high inertia; large actuators for high slew rate High actuation forces; high torque at low temperatures; variable actuation force Sliding, moving hot gas spherical seal; highly variable actuation power; limited duration; needs continuous load to maintain seal Jet vanes Jet tabs Jetavator L/S Proven technology; low actuation Thrust loss of 0.5 to 3%; erosion power; high slew rate; roll control with single nozzle; +9 ° Proven technology; high slew rate; low actuation power; compact package Proven on Polaris missile; low actuation power; can be lightweight of jet vanes; limited duration; extends missile length Erosion of tabs; thrust loss, but only when tab is in the jet; limited duration Erosion and thrust loss; induces vehicle base hot gas recirculation; limited duration Liquid-side injection Hot-gas-side injection S/L S/L Proven technology; specific impulse of injectant nearly offsets weight penalty; high slew rate; easy to adapt to various motors; can check out before flight; components are reusable; duration limited by liquid supply; -1-6 ° Toxic liquids are needed for high performance; often difficult packaging for tanks and feed system; sometimes requires excessive maintenance; potential spills and toxic fumes with some propellants; limited to low vector angle applications Lightweight; low actuation power; Multiple hot sliding contacts and high slew rate; low volume/ seals in hot gas valve; hot piping compact; low performance loss expansion; limited duration; requires special hot gas valves; technology is not yet proven Hinged auxiliary L thrust chambers for high thrust engine Turbine exhaust L gas swivel for large engine Proven technology; feed from main turbopump; low performance loss; compact; low actuation power; no hot moving surfaces; unlimited duration Swivel joint is at low pressure; low performance loss; lightweight; proven technology Additional components and complexity; moments applied to vehicle are small; not used for 15 years in USA Limited side forces; moderately hot swivel joint; used for roll control only aL, used with liquid propellant engines; S, used with solid propellant motors. 612 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL Gimbal or hinge Flexible laminated bearing Flexible nozzle joint ! i Jet vanes Universal joint suspension for thrust chamber Nozzle is held by ring of alternate layers of molded elastomer and spherically formed sheet metal Sealed rotary ball joint c=I3 [ze Four rotating heat resistant aerodynamic vanes in jet Jetavator Rotating airfoil shaped collar, gim- balled near nozzle exit , , Jet tabs Four paddles that Side injection Secondary fluid Small control thrust chambers rotate in and out of the hot gas flow injection on one side at a time FIGURE 16--3. Simple schematic diagrams of eight different TVC mechanisms. Actuators and structural details are not shown. The letter L means it is used with liquid propellant rocket engines and S means it is used with solid propellant motors. section, thus causing an unsymmetrical distribution of the main gas flow, which produces a side force. The secondary fluid can be stored liquid or gas from a separate hot gas generator (the gas would then still be sufficiently cool to be piped), a direct bleed from the chamber, or the injection of a catalyzed mono- propellant. When the deflections are small, this is a low-loss scheme, but for 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 613 large moments (large side forces) the amount of secondary fluid becomes excessive. This scheme has found application in a few large solid propellant rockets, such as Titan IIIC and one version of Minuteman. Of all the mechanical deflection types, the movable nozzles are the most efficient. They do not significantly reduce the thrust or the specific impulse and are weight-competitive with the other mechanical types. The flexible noz- zle, shown in Figs. 16-3 and 16--4, is a common type of TVC used with solid propellant motors. The molded, multilayer bearing pack acts as a seal, a load transfer bearing, and a viscoelastic flexure. It uses the deformation of a stacked set of doubly curved elastomeric (rubbery) layers between spherical metal sheets to carry the loads and allow an angular deflection of the nozzle axis. The flexible seal nozzle has been used in launch vehicles and large strategic missiles, where the environmental temperature extremes are modest. At low temperature the elastomer becomes stiff and the actuation torques increase substantially, requiring a much larger actuation system. Figure 1 6-5 describes a different type of flexible nozzle. It uses a movable joint with a toroidal hydraulic bag to transfer loads. There are double seals to prevent leaks of hot gas and various insulators to keep the structure below 200°F or 93°C. Two of the gimbals will now be described in more detail. Figure 16-6 shows the gimbal bearing assembly of the Space Shuttle main engine. It supports the Downstream pivot point Upstream pivot point / FIGURE 16-4. Two methods of using flexible nozzle bearings with different locations for the center of rotation. The bearing support ring is made of metal or plastic sheet shims formed into rings with spherical contours (white) bonded together by layers of molded elastomer or rubber (black stripes). Although only five elastomeric layers are shown for clarity, many flexible bearings have 10 to 20 layers. (Copied with permission from Ref. 16-1.) 614 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL Midcylinder /Ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) insulation f ~ ~~~/Propellant !8 ~ / " ~ Liner // 50% offload ~//Kevlar case / ~k/,, Actuators (2) ... . dll.~ 0% offload ~ ~~[.~--.-~ mEete L~-.~ " ~ _ r.b°n-carb°n e.xitc. °ne din I--- / ~ Carbon-carbon throat -\ .
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Simplified cross section of an upper-stage solid propellant rocket motor (IUS) using an insulated carbon-fiber/carbon-matrix nozzle, an insulated Kevlar fila- ment-wound case, a pyrogen igniter, forward and aft stress-relieving boots, a fluid-filled bearing, and an elastomeric seal assembly in the nozzle to allow 4½ ° of thrust vector deflection. This motor has a loaded weight of 22,874 lbf, a propellant with hydroxyl- terminated polybutadiene binder, a weight of 21,400 lbf, a burnout weight of 1360 lbf, a motor mass fraction of 0.941, a nozzle throat diameter of 6.48 in., and a nozzle exit area ratio of 63.8. The motor burns 146 sec at an average pressure of 651 psi (886 psi maximum) and an average thrust of 44,000 lbf (60,200 lbf maximum), with an effective altitude specific impulse of 295 sec. Top drawing is cross section of motor; bottom drawing is enlarged cross section of nozzle package assembly. The motor is an enlarged version of Orbus-6 described in Fig. 11-3. (From C. A. Chase, "IUS Solid Motor Overview," JANNAF Conference, Monterey, Calif, 1983; courtesy of United Technologies Corp./Chemical Systems.) 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 615 weight of the engine and transmits the thrust force. It is a ball-and-socket universal joint with contact and intermeshing spherical (concave and convex) surfaces. Sliding occurs on these surfaces as the gimbal assembly is rotated. When assembling the engine to the vehicle, some offset bushings are used to align the thrust vector. Some of the design features and performance require- ments of this gimbal are listed in Table 16-2. The maximum angular motion is actually larger than the deflection angle during operation so as to allow for various tolerances and alignments. The actual deflections, alignment toler- ances, friction coefficients, angular speeds, and accelerations during operation are usually much smaller than the maximum values listed in the table. Table 16-3 and Ref. 16-3 give the design requirements for the actuator system for the TVC for a flexible bearing in the IUS solid rocket motor nozzle. This system is shown in Figs. 11-3 and 1 6-5 and in Table 11-3. One version of this nozzle can deflect 4 ° maximum plus 0.5 ° for margin and another is rated at 7.5 °. It has two electrically redundant electromechanical actuators using ball screws, two potentiometers for position indication, and one controller that provides both the power drive and the signal control electronics for each actuator. A variable-frequency, pulse-width-modulated (PWM) electric motor drive is used to allow small size and low weight for the power and forces TABLE 16-2. Characteristics and Performance Requirements of the Gimbal Bearing Assembly of the Space Shuttle Main Engine Engine weight to be supported (lbf) Thrust to be transmitted, (lbf) Gimbal asembly weight (lbf) Material is titanium alloy Dimensions (approximate) (in.) Angular motion (deg) Operational requirement (max.) Snubbing allowance in actuators Angular alignment Gimbal attach point tolerance Overtravel vector adjustment Maximum angular capability Angular acceleration (max.) (rad/sec 2) Angular velocity (max.) (deg/sec) Angular velocity (rain.) (deg/sec) Lateral adjustment (in.) Gimbal duty cycle about each axis Number of operational cycles to 10.5 ° Nonoperational cycles to 10.5 ° Coefficient of friction (over a temperature range of 88 to 340 K) Approx. 7000 512,000 105 6A1-6V-2Sn 11 dia. × 14 4-10.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.I -t-12.5 30 20 10 4-0.25 200 1400 0.01-0.2 Source: Courtesy of Rocketdyne, a Division of Rockwell International. 616 T H R U S T V E C T O R C O N T R O L TABLE 16--3. Design Requirements for TVC Actuation System of an IUS Solid Rocket Motor Item Requirement Performance parameter Input power Stroke Stall force Accuracy Frequency response No load speed Stiffness Backlash Reliability Weight Controller Actuator Potentiometer System 31 A/axis maximum at 24 to 32 V dc; > 900 W (peak) 10.2 cm (4.140 in.) minimum 1.9 kN (430 lbf) minimum il.6 mm (4-0.063 in.) maximum > 3.2 Hz at 100 ° phase lag 8.13 cm/sec (3.2 in./sec) minimum 28.9 kN/cm (16,600 lbf/in.) minimum +0.18 mm (0.007 in.)maximum > 0.99988 redundant drive train, > 0.999972 single thread element 5.9 kg (13 lbf) maximum, each 7.04 kg (15.5 lbf) maximum, each 1.23 kg (2.7 lbf) maximum, each 22.44 kg (49.4 lbf) maximum Source: Reproduced from Ref. 16-3 with permission of United Technologies Corp./Chemical Systems. V e h i c l e attach f l a n g e S e a t Fibr°id inserts ~ ~ ~ % B O d y A l i g n m e n t B l o c k b u s h i n g s ~ ~ I ~En~ine attach f l a n g e FIGURE 16--6. Gimbal bearing of the Space Shuttle main engine. (Courtesy of the Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power.) 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 617 involved. Also, it has a pair of locking mechanisms that will lock the nozzle in a fixed pitch-and-yaw position as a fail-safe device. The alignment of the thrust vector is a necessary activity during assembly. The thrust vector in the neutral position (no deflection or, in many vehicles, the thrust axis coincides with the vehicle axis) should usually go through the center of gravity of the vehicle. The TVC mechanism has to allow for alignment or adjustments in angle as well as position of the TVC center point with the intended vehicle axis. The geometric centerline of the diverging section of the nozzle is generally considered to be the thrust direction. One alignment provi- sion is shown in Fig. 16-6. An alignment accuracy of one-quarter of a degree and an axis offset of 0.020 in. have been achieved with good measuring fixtures for small-sized nozzles. The jet tab TVC system has low torque, and is simple for flight vehicles with low-area-ratio nozzles. Its thrust loss is high when tabs are rotated at full angle into the jet, but is zero when the tabs are in their neutral position outside of the jet. On most flights the time-averaged position of the tab is a very small angle and the average thrust loss is small. Jet tabs can form a very compact mecha- nism and have been used successfully on tactical missiles. An example is the jet tab assembly for the booster rocket motor of the Tomahawk cruise missile, shown in Fig. 16-7. Four tabs, independently actuated, are rotated in and out of the motor's exhaust jet during the 15 sec duration of rocket operation. A tab that blocks 16% of the nozzle exit area is equivalent to a thrust vector angle deflection of 9 °. The maximum angle is 12 ° and the slew rate is fast (100°/sec). The vanes are driven by four linear small push-pull hydraulic actuators with two servo valves and an automatic integral controller. The power is supplied by compressed nitrogen stored at 3000 psi. An explosive valve releases the gas to pressurize an oil accumulator in a blowdown mode. The vanes are made of tungsten to minimize the erosion from the solid particles in the exhaust gas. The jetavator was used on submarine-launched missiles. The thrust loss is roughly proportional to the vector angle. This mechanism is shown in Fig. 16-3 and mentioned in Table 16-1. The concept of TVC by secondary fluid injection into the exhaust stream dates back to 1949 and can be credited to A. E. Wetherbee, Jr. (U.S. Patent 2,943,821). Application of liquid injection thrust vector control (LITVC) to production vehicles began in the early 1960s. Both inert (water) and reactive fluids (such as hydrazine or nitrogen tetroxide) have been used. Although side injection of reactive liquids is still used on some of the older vehicles, it requires a pressurized propellant tank and a feed system. A high-density injection liquid is preferred because its tank will be relatively small and its pressurization will require less mass. Because other schemes have better preformance, liquid injec- tion TVC will probably not be selected for new applications. Hot gas injection (HGITVC) of solid rocket propellant or liquid propellant combustion products is inherently attractive from a performance and packa- ging viewpoint. In the past there has not been a production application of HGITVC because of erosion of materials in hot gas valves. However, two 618 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL Hydraulic fluid accumulator (operates at 3000 psi)\ 11.2 in Rocket motor nozzle (seen from rear) Electro- explosive start valve Nitrogen tank @ 6000 psi Electro cable connector Electro-hydraulic flow control servo valve (2) Push-pull - linear hydraulic actuator (4) Coated tungsten rotary jet tab (4) 8.7 in Mounting flange Acceptance test fixture FIGURE 16--7. Two views of the jet tab assembly, packaged in a doughnut shape volume around the nozzle of the Tomahawk cruise missile's solid propellant booster rocket motor. Hydraulic actuators rotate the tabs in and out of the nozzle exhaust jet and are located just beyond the nozzle exit. (Courtesy of Space and Electronics Group, TRW, Inc.) factors now make hot-gas-side injection feasible: first, hot gas valves can be made with the newer carbon-carbon structural parts and modern insulators. A hot gas system with a limited duration hot gas carbon valve is described in Ref. 16-4. Also, advances in metallurgy have made possible the development of hot valves made of rhenium alloy, a high-temperature metal suitable for hot gas valve applications. The second factor is the development of solid propellants that are less aggressive (less AP, A1203, and/or fewer oxidizing gas ingredients) and reduce the erosion in nozzles and valves; this helps the hot gas valves and insulated hot gas plumbing to better survive for limited durations but often at the expense of propulsion system performance. Experimental hot gas systems have had difficulties with thermal distortions and in keeping key components cool enough to prevent failure. With either liquid or solid propellants, the hot gas can be bled off the main combustion chamber or generated in a separate gas generator. The hot gas valves can be used to (1) control side injection of hot gas into a large nozzle, or (2) control a pulsing flow through a series of small fixed nozzles similar to small attitude control thrusters described in Chapters 4, 6, and 11. In liquid propel- lant engines it is feasible to tap or withdraw gas from the thrust chamber at a location where there is an intentional fuel-rich mixture ratio; the gas tempera- 16.1. TVC MECHANISMS WITH A SINGLE NOZZLE 619 ture would then be low enough (about 1100°C or 2000°F) so that uncooled metal hardware can be used for HGITVC valves and piping. The total side force resulting from secondary injection of a fluid into the main stream of the supersonic nozzle can be expressed as two force compo- nents: (1) the force associated with the momentum of the injectant; and (2) the pressure unbalance acting over areas of the internal nozzle wall. The second term results from the unbalanced wall pressures within the nozzle caused by shock formation, boundary layer separation, difference between injectant and undisturbed nozzle stream pressures, and primary-secondary combustion reac- tions (for chemically active injectants). The strength of the shock pattern and the pressure unbalance created between opposite walls in the nozzle is depen- dent on many variables, including the properties of the injectant and whether it is liquid or gas. In the case of injecting a reactive fluid, the combustion occur- ring downstream of the injection port(s) usually produces a larger pressure unbalance effect than is obtained by liquid vaporization only. However, benefit from combustion is dependent on a chemical reaction rate high enough to keep the reaction zone close to the injection port. The TVC performance that is typical of inert and reactive liquids and hot gas (solid propellant combustion products) is indicated in Fig. 16-8. This plot of force ratios to mass flow ratios is a parametric representation commonly used in performance comparisons. 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 o = 0.06 ®~ • "~.~ 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01 I I 1 I I 1 I I I I S ~~eo~113 J 1 I 1 I I I ] I 1 I ~ 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.20 Injectant flow Primary flow FIGURE 16--8. Typical performance regions of various side injectants in TVC nozzles. 620 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL 16.2. TVC WITH MULTIPLE THRUST CHAMBERS OR NOZZLES All the various concepts shown in Fig. 16-3 can provide pitch and yaw moments to a vehicle. Roll control can be obtained only if there are at least two separate vectorable nozzles, four fixed pulsing or throttled flow nozzles, or two jet vanes submerged in the exhaust gas from a single nozzle. Several concepts have been developed and flown that use two or more rocket engines or a single engine or motor with two or more actuated nozzles. Two fully gimballed thrust chambers or motor nozzles can provide roll control with very slight differential angular deflections. For pitch and yaw control, the deflection would be larger, be of the same angle and direction for both nozzles, and the deflection magnitude would be the same for both nozzles. This can also be achieved with four hinged (see Figure 10-10) or gimbaUed nozzles. Figure 16-9 shows the rocket motor of an early version of the Minuteman missile booster (first stage) with four movable nozzles. This motor is described in Table 11-3. The differential throttling concept shown in Fig. 16-10 has no gimbal and does not use any of the methods used with single nozzles as described in Fig. 16-3. It has four fixed thrust chambers and their axes are almost parallel to and set off from the vehicle's centerline. Two of the four thrust chambers are Stress-release ,. Internal External boot (unbonde!)~ insulation ~ ~ insulation T i I 1 ! FIGURE 16--9. Simplified view of an early version of the first-stage Minuteman missile motor using composite-type propellant bonded to the motor case. Four movable noz- zles provide pitch, yaw, and roll control. (Source: U.S. Air Force.) 16.4. INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE 621 Pitch Yaw Roll FIGURE 16-10. Differential throttling with four fixed-position thrust chambers can provide flight maneuvers. In this simple diagram the shaded nozzle exits indicate a throttled condition or reduced thrust. The larger forces from the unthrottled engines impose turning moments on the vehicle. For roll control the nozzles are slightly inclined and their individual thrust vectors do not go through the center of gravity of the vehicle. selectively throttled (typically the thrust is reduced by only 2 to 15 %). The four nozzles may be supplied from the same feed system or they may belong to four separate but identical rocket engines. This differential throttling system is used on the Aerospike rocket engine described in Chapters 3 and 8 and on a Russian launch vehicle. 16.3. TESTING Testing of thrust vector control systems often includes actuation of the system when assembled on the propulsion system and the vehicle. For example, the Space Shuttle main engine can be put through some gimbal motions (without rocket firing) prior to a flight. A typical acceptance test series of the TVC system (prior to the delivery to an engine manufacturer) may include the determination of input power, accuracy of deflected positions, angular speeds or accelerations, signal response characteristics, or validation of overtravel stops. The ability to operate under extreme thermal environment, operation under various vehicle or propulsion system generated vibrations, temperature cycling, and ignition shock (high momentary acceleration) would probably be a part of the qualification tests. Side forces and roll torques are usually relatively small compared to the main thrust and the pitch or yaw torques. Their accurate static test measure- ment can be difficult, particularly at low vector angles. Elaborate, multicom- ponent test stands employing multiple load cells and isolation flextures are needed to assure valid measurements. 16.4. INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE The actuations or movements of the TVC system are directed by the vehicle's guidance and control system (see Ref. 16-5). This system measures the three- 622 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL dimensional position, velocity vectors, and rotational rates of the vehicle and compares them with the desired position, velocity, and rates. The error signals between these two sets of parameters are transformed by computers in TVC controllers into control commands for actuating the TVC system until the error signals are reduced to zero. The vehicle's computer control system determines the timing of the actuation, the direction, and magnitude of the deflection. With servomechanisms, power supplies, monitoring/failure detection devices, actuators with their controllers, and kinetic compensation, the systems tend to become complex. The criteria governing the selection and design of a TVC system stem from vehicle needs and include the steering-force moments, force rates of change, flight accelerations, duration, performance losses, dimensional and weight lim- itations, available vehicle power, reliability, delivery schedules, and cost. For the TVC designer these translate into such factors as duty cycle, deflection angle, angle slew rate, power requirement, kinematic position errors, and many vehicle-TVC and motor-TVC interface details, besides the program aspects of costs and delivery schedules. Interface details include electrical connections to and from the vehicle flight controller, the power supply, mechanical attachment with fasteners for actua- tors, and sensors to measure the position of the thrust axis or the actuators. Design features to facilitate the testing of the TVC system, easy access for checkout or repair, or to facilitate resistance to a high-vibration environment, are usually included. The TVC subsystem is usually physically connected to the vehicle and mounted to the rocket's nozzle. The designs of these components must be coordinated and integrated. Nozzle-TVC interfaces are discussed in Refs. 6-1 (TVC of liquid rocket engines and their control architecture) and 16-5. The actuators can be hydraulic, pneumatic, or electromechemical (lead screw), and usually include a position sensor to allow feedback to the con- troller. The proven power supplies include high-pressure cold stored gas, batteries, warm gas from a gas generator, hydraulic fluid pressurized by cold gas or a warm gas generator, electric or hydraulic power from the vehicle's power supply, and electric or hydraulic power from a separate tur- bogenerator (in turn driven by a gas generator). The last type is used for relatively long-duration high-power applications, such as the power package used in the Space Shuttle solid rocket booster TVC, explained in Ref. 16-6. The selection of the actuation scheme and its power supply depends on the minimum weight, minimum performance loss, simple controls, ruggedness, reliability, ease of integration, linearity between actuating force and vehicle moments, cost, and other factors. The required frequency response is higher if the vehicle is small, such as with small tactical missiles. The response listed in Table 16-3 is more typical of larger spacecraft applications. Sometimes the TVC system is integrated with a movable aerodynamic fin system, as shown in Ref. 16-7. REFERENCES 623 REFERENCES 16-1. A. Truchot, "Design and Analysis of Solid Rocket Motor Nozzles," Chapter 3 in Design Methods in Solid Rocket Motors, AGARD Lecture Series 150, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, NATO, Revised Version, 1988. 16-2. B. H. Prescott and M. Macocha, "Nozzle Design," pp. 177-186 in Chapter 6 of G. E. Jensen and D. W. Netzer (Eds.), Tactical Missile Propulsion, Vol. 170 in Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996. 16-3. G. E. Conner, R. L. Pollock, and M. R. Riola, "IUS Thrust Vector Control Servo System," paper presented at 1983 JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Monterey, CA, February 1983. 16-4. M. Berdoyes, "Thrust Vector Control by Injection of Hot Gas Bleed from the Chamber Hot Gas Valve," AIAA Paper 89-2867, July 1989. 1 6-5. J. H. Blakelock, Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991, 656 pages. 16-6. A. A. McCool, A. J. Verble, Jr., and J. H. Potter, "Space Transportation System's Rocket Booster Thrust Vector Control System," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 17, No. 5, September-October 1980, pp. 407-412. 16-7. S. R. Wassom, L. C. Faupel, and T. Perley, "Integrated Aerofin/Thrust Vector Control for Tactical Missiles," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 7, No. 3, May-June 1991, pp. 374-381. CHAPTER 17 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS With few exceptions, design problems have several possible engineering solu- tions from which to select. In this chapter we discuss in general terms the process of selecting propulsion systems for a given mission. Three specific aspects are covered in some detail: 1. A comparison of the merits and disadvantages of liquid propellant rocket engines with solid propellant rocket motors. 2. Some key factors used in evaluating particular propulsion systems and selecting from several competing candidate rocket propulsion systems. 3. The interfaces between the propulsion system and the flight vehicle and/ or the overall system. A propulsion system is really a subsystem of a flight vehicle. The vehicle, in turn, can be part of an overall system. An example of an overall system would be a communications network with ground stations, computers, transmitters, and several satellites; each satellite is a flight vehicle and has an attitude-control propulsion system with specific propulsion requirements. The length of time in orbit is a system parameter that affects the satellite size and the total impulse requirement of its propulsion system. Subsystems of a vehicle system (such as the structure, power supply, propul- sion, guidance, control, communications, ground support, or thermal control) often pose conflicting requirements. Only through careful analyses and system engineering studies is it possible to find compromises that allow all subsystems to operate satisfactorily and be in harmony with each other. The subject of engi- neering design has advanced considerably in recent times and general refer- ences such as Ref. 17-1 should be consulted for details. Other works address 624 17.1. SELECTION PROCESS 625 the design of space systems (e.g., Refs. 17-2, 17-3) and the design of liquid propellant engines (e.g., Ref. 17-4). All mission (overall system), vehicle, and propulsion system requirements can be related to either performance, cost, or reliability. For a given mission, one of these criteria is usually more important than the other two. There is a strong interdependence between the three levels of requirements and the three categories of criteria mentioned above. Some of the characteristics of the pro- pulsion system (which is usually a second-tier subsystem) can have a strong influence on the vehicle and vice versa. An improvement in the propulsion performance, for example, can have a direct influence on the vehicle size, over- all system cost, or life (which can be translated into reliability and cost). 17.1. SELECTION PROCESS The selection process is a part of the overall design effort for the vehicle system and its rocket propulsion system. The selection is based on a series of criteria, which are based on the requirements and which will be used to evaluate and compare alternate propulsion systems. This process for determining the most suitable rocket propulsion system depends on the application, the ability to express many of the characteristics of the propulsion systems quantitatively, the amount of applicable data that are available, the experience of those responsible for making the selection, and the available time and resources to examine the alternate propulsion systems. What is described here is one some- what idealized selection process as depicted in Fig. 17-1, but there are alternate sequences and other ways to do this job. All propulsion selections start with a definition of the overall system and its mission. The mission's objectives, payload, flight regime, trajectory options, launch scenarios, probability of mission success, and other requirements have to be defined, usually by the organization responsible for the overall system. Next, the vehicle has to be defined in conformance with the stated flight appli- cation. Only then can the propulsion system requirements be derived for the specific mission and/or vehicle. For example, from the mission requirements it is possible to determine the required mass fraction, the minimum specific impulse, and the approximate total propellant mass, as shown in Chapter 4. Furthermore, this can include propulsion parameters such as thrust-time pro- file, propellant mass fraction, allowable volume or envelope, typical pulsing duty cycle, ambient temperature limits, thrust vector control needs, vehicle interfaces, likely number of units to be built, prior applicable experience, time schedule requirements, and cost limits. Since the total vehicle's performance, flight control, operation, or mainte- nance are usually critically dependent on the performance, control, operation, or maintenance of the rocket propulsion system (and vice versa), the process will usually go through several iterations in defining both the vehicle and propulsion requirements, which are then documented. This iterative process 626 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS Define overall "~ mission/system - "~/ " Define and optimize "~ ~ vehicle configuration an(] flight regime - Candidate propulsion I Derive rocket systems and state y : propulsion of the art l requirements Conduct evaluation "~ Obtain additional L of candidate data on some -" propulsion systems p r o p u l s i o n .
, , systems, run ~ _ tests, validate r key parameters ~ Select most / A suitable system / / ,: i:fine !el;cted I~ ] propulsion system, _ I I specifications, CAD, l and solicit bids Design reviews Prior experience and vehicle state of the art Conduct vehicle optimization studies Establish propulsion selection criteria Conduct propulsion I system ] ~ the requirements FIGURE 17-1. Idealized process for selecting propulsion systems. involves both the system organization (or the vehicle/system contractor) and one or more propulsion organizations (or rocket propulsion contractors). Documentation can take many forms; electronic computers have expanded their capability to network, record, and retrieve documents. A number of competing candidate systems are usually evaluated. They may be proposed by different rocket propulsion organizations, perhaps on the basis of modifications of some existing rocket propulsion system, or may include some novel technology, or may be new types of systems specifically configured to fit the vehicle or mission needs. In making these evaluations it will be necessary to compare several candidate propulsion systems with each other and to rank-order them (in accordance with the selection criteria) on how well they meet each requirement. This requires analysis of each candidate system and also, often, some additional testing. For example, statistical ana- lyses of the functions, failure modes, and safety factors of all key components can lead to quantitative reliability estimates. For some criteria, such as safety or prior related experience, it may not be possible to compare candidate sys- tems quantitatively but only somewhat subjectively. Various rocket parameters for a particular mission need to be optimized. Trade-off studies are used to determine the number of thrust chambers, engines or motors, optimum chamber pressure, best packaging of the propulsion sys- 17.1. SELECTION PROCESS 627 tem(s), optimum mixture ratio, optimum number of stages in a multistage vehicle, best trajectory, optimum nozzle area ratio, number of nozzles, TVC (thrust vector control) concept, optimum propellant mixture ratio or solid propellant formulation, and so on. These trade-off studies are usually aimed at achieving the highest performance, highest reliability, or lowest cost for a given vehicle and mission. Some of these optimizations are needed early in the process to establish propulsion criteria, and some are needed in evaluating competing candidate propulsion systems. Early in the selection process a tentative recommendation is usually made as to whether the propulsion system should be a solid propellant motor, a liquid propellant engine, an electrical propulsion system, or some other type. Each type has its own regime of thrust, specific impulse, thrust-to-weight ratio (accel- eration), or likely duration, as shown in Table 2-1 and Fig. 2-5; these factors are listed for several chemical rocket engines and several types of non-chemical engines. Liquid engines and solid motors are covered in Chapters 6 to 14, hybrids in Chapter 15. If an existing vehicle is to be upgraded or modified, its propulsion system is usually also improved or modified (e.g., higher thrust, more total impulse, or faster thrust vector control). While there might still be some trade-off studies and optimization of the propulsion parameters that can be modified, one nor- mally does not consider an entirely different propulsion system as is done in an entirely new vehicle or mission. Also, it is rare that an identical rocket propul- sion system is selected for two different applications; usually, some design changes and interface modifications are necessary to adapt an existing rocket propulsion system to another application. Proven existing and qualified pro- pulsion systems, that fit the desired requirements, usually have an advantage in cost and reliability. Electric propulsion systems have a set of unique applications with low thrusts, low accelerations, trajectories exclusively in space, high specific impulse, long operating times, and generally a relatively massive power supply system. They perform well in certain space transfer and orbit maintenance missions. With more electric propulsion systems flying than ever before, the choice of proven electric propulsion thruster types is becoming larger. These systems, together with design approaches, are described in Chapter 19 and Ref. 17-3. When a chemical rocket is deemed most suitable for a particular application, the selection has to be made between a liquid propellant engine, a solid pro- pellant motor, or a hybrid propulsion system. Some of the major advantages and disadvantages of liquid propellant engines and solid propellant motors are given in Tables 17-1 to 17-4. These lists are general in nature; some items can be controversial, and a number are restricted to particular applications. Items from this list can be transformed into evaluation criteria. For a specific mis- sion, the relevant items on these lists would be rank-ordered in accordance with their relative importance. A quantification of many of the items would be TABLE 17-1. Solid Propellant Rocket Advantages Simple design (few or no moving parts). Easy to operate (little preflight checkout). Ready to operate quickly. Will not leak, spill, or slosh. Sometimes less overall weight for low total impulse application. Can be throttled or stopped and restarted (a few times) if preprogrammed. Can provide TVC, but at increased complexity. Can be stored for 5 to 25 years. Usually, higher overall density; this allows a more compact package, a smaller vehicle (less drag). Some propellants have nontoxic, clean exhaust gases, but at a performance penalty. Some grain and case designs can be used with several nozzles. Thrust termination devices permit control over total impulse. Ablation and gasification of insulator, nozzle, and liner materials contribute to mass flow and thus to total impulse. Some tactical missile motors have been produced in large quantities (over 200,000 per year). Can be designed for recovery, refurbishing, and reuse (Space Shuttle solid rocket motor). TABLE 17-2. Liquid Propellant Rocket Advantages Usually highest specific impulse; for a fixed propellant mass, this increases the vehicle velocity increment and the attainable mission velocity. Can be randomly throttled and randomly stopped and restarted; can be efficiently pulsed (some small thrust sizes over 250,000 times). Thrust-time profile can be randomly controlled; this allows a reproducible flight trajectory. Cutoff impulse can be controllable wth thrust termination device (better control of vehicle terminal velocity). Can be largely checked out just prior to operation. Can be tested at full thrust on ground or launch pad prior to flight. Can be designed for reuse after field services and checkout. Thrust chamber (or some part of the vehicle) can be cooled and made lightweight. Storable liquid propellants have been kept in vehicle for more than 20 years and engine can be ready to operate quickly. With pumped propulsion feed systems and large total impulse, the inert propulsion system mass (including tanks) can be very low (thin tank walls and low tank pressure), allowing a high propellant mass fraction. Most propellants have nontoxic exhaust, which is environmentally acceptable. Same propellant feed system can supply several thrust chambers in different parts of the vehicle. Can modify operating conditions during firing to prevent some failures that would otherwise result in the loss of the mission or vehicle. Can provide component redundancy (e.g., dual check valves or extra thrust chamber) to enhance reliability. With multiple engines, can design for operation with one or more shutoff (engine out capability). The geometry of low-pressure tanks can be designed to fit most vehicles' space constraints (i.e., mounted inside wing or nose cone). The placement of propellant tanks within the vehicle can minimize the travel of the center of gravity during powered flight. This enhances the vehicle's flight stability and reduces control forces. Plume radiation and smoke are usually low. 628 TABLE 17-3. Solid Propellant Rocket Disadvantages Explosion and fire potential is larger; failure can be catastrophic; most cannot accept bullet impact or being dropped onto a hard surface. Many require environmental permit and safety features for transport on public conveyances. Under certain conditions some propellants and grains can detonate. Cumulative grain damage occurs through temperature cycling or rough handling; this limits the useful life. If designed for reuse, it requires extensive factory rework and new propellants. Requires an ignition system. Each restart requires a separate ignition system and additional insulation--in practice, one or two restarts. Exhaust gases are usually toxic for composite propellants containing ammonium perchlorate. Some propellants or propellant ingredients can deteriorate (self-decompose) in storage. Most solid propellant plumes cause more radio frequency attenuation than liquid propellant plumes. Only some motors can be stopped at random, but motor becomes disabled (not reusable). Once ignited, cannot change predetermined thrust or duration. A moving pintle design with a variety throat area will allow random thrust changes, but experience is limited. If propellant contains more than a few percent particulate carbon, aluminum, or other metal, the exhaust will be smoky and the plume radiation will be intense. Integrity of grain (cracks, unbonded areas) is difficult to determine in the field. Thrust and operating duration will vary with initial ambient grain temperature and cannot be easily controlled. Thus the flight path, velocity, altitude, and range of a motor will vary with the grain temperature. Large boosters take a few seconds to start. Thermal insulation is required in almost all rocket motors. Cannot be tested prior to use. Needs a safety provision to prevent inadvertent ignition, which would lead to an unplanned motor firing. Can cause a disaster. TABLE 17-4. Liquid Propellant Rocket Disadvantages Relatively complex design, more parts or components, more things to go wrong. Cryogenic propellants cannot be stored for long periods except when tanks are well insulated and escaping vapors are recondensed. Propellant loading occurs at the launch stand and requires cryogenic propellant storage facilities. Spills or leaks of several propellants can be hazardous, corrosive, toxic, and cause fires, but this can be minimized with gelled propellants. More overall weight for most short-duration, low-total-impulse applications (low propellant mass fraction). Nonhypergolic propellants require an ignition system. Tanks need to be pressurized by a separate pressurization subsystem. This can require high- pressure inert gas storage (2000 to 10,000 psi) for long periods of time. More difficult to control combustion instability. Bullet impact will cause leaks, sometimes a fire, but usually no detonations; gelled propellants can minimize or eliminate these hazards. A few propellants (e.g., red fuming nitric acid) give toxic vapors or fumes. Usually requires more volume due to lower average propellant density and the relatively inefficient packaging of engine components. If vehicle breaks up and fuel and oxidizer are intimately mixed, it is possible (but not likely) for an explosive mixture to be created. Sloshing in tank can cause a flight stability problem, but it can be minimized with baffles. If tank outlet is uncovered, aspirated gas can cause combustion interruption or combustion vibration. Smoky exhaust (soot) plume can occur with some hydrocarbon fuels. Needs special design provisions for start in zero gravity. With cryogenic liquid propellants there is a start delay caused by the time needed to cool the system flow passage hardware to cryogenic temperatures. Life of cooled large thrust chambers may be limited to perhaps 100 or more starts. High-thrust unit requires several seconds to start. 629 630 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS needed. These tables apply to generic rocket propulsion systems; they do not cover systems that use liquid-solid propellant combinations. A favorite student question has been: Which are better, solid or liquid propellant rockets? A clear statement of strongly favoring one or the other can only be made when referring to a specific set of flight vehicle missions. Today, solid propellant motors seem to be preferred for tactical missiles (air- to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, or short-range surface-to-surface) and bal- listic missiles (long- and short-range surface-to-surface) because instant readi- ness, compactness, and their lack of spills or leaks of hazardous liquids are important criteria for these applications. Liquid propellant engines seem to be preferred for space-launched main propulsion units and upper stages, because of their higher specific impulse, relatively clean exhaust gases, and random throttling capability. They are favored for post-boost control systems and attitude control systems, because of their random multiple pulsing capability with precise cutoff impulse, and for pulsed axial and lateral thrust propulsion on hit-to-kill defensive missiles. However, there are always some exceptions to these preferences. When selecting the rocket propulsion system for a major new multiyear high-cost project, considerable time and effort are spent in evaluation and in developing rational methods for quantitative comparison. In part this is in response to government policy as well as international competition. Multiple studies are done by competing system organizations and competing rocket propulsion organizations; formal reviews are used to assist in considering all the factors, quantitatively comparing important criteria, and arriving at a proper selection. 17.2. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION Many criteria used in selecting a particular rocket propulsion system are pecu- liar to the particular mission or vehicle application. However, some of these selection factors apply to a number of applications, such as those listed in Table 17-5. Again, this list is incomplete and not all the criteria in this table apply to every application. The table can be used as a checklist to see that none of the criteria listed here are omitted. Here are some examples of important criteria in a few specific applications. For a spacecraft that contains optical instruments (e.g., telescope, horizon seeker, star tracker, or infrared radiation seeker) the exhaust plume must be free of possible contaminants that may deposit or condense on photovoltaic cells, radiators, optical windows, mirrors, or lenses and degrade their perfor- mance, and free of particulates that could scatter sunlight into the instrument aperture, which could cause erroneous signals. Conventional composite solid propellants and pulsing storable bipropellants are usually not satisfactory, but cold or heated clean gas jets (H2, Ar, N2, etc.) and monopropellant hydrazine reaction gases are usually acceptable. Another example is an emphasis on 17.2. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION 631 smokeless propellant exhaust plumes, so as to make visual detection of a smoke or vapor trail very difficult. This applies particularly to tactical missile applica- tions. Only a few solid propellants and several liquid propellants would be truly smokeless and free of a vapor trail under all weather conditions. Several selection criteria may be in conflict with each other. For example, some propellants with a very high specific impulse are more likely to experience combustion instabilities. In liquid propellant systems, where the oxidizer tank is pressurized by a solid propellant gas generator and where the fuel-rich hot gases are separated by a thin flexible diaphragm from the oxidizer liquid, there is a trade-off between a very compact system and the potential for a damaging system failure (fire, possible explosion, and malfunction of system) if the dia- phragm leaks or tears. In electric propulsion, high specific impulse is usually accompanied by heavy power generating and conditioning equipment. Actual selection will depend on the balancing of the various selection factors in accordance with their importance, benefits, or potential impact on the sys- tem, and on quantifying as many of these selection factors as possible through analysis, extrapolation of prior experience/data, cost estimates, weights, and/or separate tests. Design philosophies such as the Taguchi methodology and TQM (total quality management) can be inferred (Refs. 17-1 and 17-2). Layouts, weight estimates, center-of-gravity analyses, vendor cost estimates, preliminary stress or thermal analysis, and other preliminary design efforts are usually necessary to put numerical values on some of the selection parameters. A comparative examination of the interfaces of alternate propulsion systems is also a part of the process. Some propulsion requirements are incompatible with each other and a compromise has to be made. For example, the monitoring of extra sensors can prevent the occurrence of certain types of failure and thus enhance the propulsion system reliability, yet the extra sensors and control components contribute to the system complexity and their possible failures will reduce the overall reliability. The selection process may also include feed- back when the stated propulsion requirements cannot be met or do not make sense, and this can lead to a revision of the initial mission requirements or definition. Once the cost, performance, and reliability drivers have been identified and quantified, the selection of the best propulsion system for a specified mission proceeds. The final propulsion requirement may come as a result of several iterations and will usually be documented, for example in a propulsion require- ment specification. A substantial number of records is required (such as engine or motor acceptance documents, CAD (computer-aided design) images, parts lists, inspection records, laboratory test data, etc.). There are many specifica- tions associated with design and manufacturing as well as with vendors, mod- els, and so on. There must also be a disciplined procedure for approving and making design and manufacturing changes. This now becomes the starting point for the design and development of the propulsion system. 632 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS TABLE 17.5. Typical Criteria Used in the Selection of a Particular Rocket Propulsion System Mission Definition Purpose, function, and final objective of the mission of an overall system are well defined and their implications well understood. There is an expressed need for the mission, and the benefits are evident. The mission requirements are well defined. The payload, flight regime, vehicle, launch environment, and operating conditions are established. The risks, as perceived, appear acceptable. The project implementing the mission must have political, economic, and institutional support with assured funding. The propulsion system requirements, which are derived from mission definition, must be reasonable and must result in a viable propulsion system. Affordability (Cost) Life cycle costs are low. They are the sum of R&D costs, production costs, facility costs, operating costs, and decommissioning costs, from inception to the retirement of the system (see Ref. 17-5). Benefits of achieving the mission should appear to justify costs. Investment in new facilities should be low. Few, if any, components should require expensive materials. For commercial applications, such as communications satellites, the return on investment must look attractive. No need to hire new, inexperienced personnel, who need to be trained and are more likely to make expensive errors. System Performance The propulsion system is designed to optimize vehicle and system performance, using the most appropriate and proven technology. Inert mass is reduced to a practical minimum, using improved materials and better understanding of loads and stresses. Residual (unused) propellant is minimal. Propellants have the highest practical specific impulse without undue hazards, without excessive inert propulsion system mass, and with simple loading, storing, and handling (the specific impulse of the propulsion system is defined in Section 2.1 and is further discussed in Section 19.1). Thrust-time profiles and number of restarts must be selected to optimize the vehicle mission. Vehicles must operate with adequate performance for all the possible conditions (pulsing, throttling, temperature excursions, etc.). Vehicles should be storable over a specified lifetime. Will meet or exceed operational life. Performance parameters (e.g., chamber pressure, ignition time, or nozzle area ratio) should be near optimum for the selected mission. Vehicle should have adequate TVC. Plume characteristics are satisfactory. Survivability (Safety) All hazards are well understood and known in detail. If failure occurs, the risk of personnel injury, damage to equipment, facilities, or the environment is minimal. Certain mishaps or failures will result in a change in the operating condition or the safe shutdown of the propulsion system. Applicable safety standards must be obeyed. Inadvertent energy input to the propulsion system (e.g., bullet impact, external fire) should not result in a detonation. The probability for any such drastic failures should be very low. Safety monitoring and inspections must have proven effective in identifying and preventing a significant share of possible incipient failures (see Ref. 17-6). Adequate safety factors must be included in the design. Spilled liquid propellants should cause no undue hazards. All systems and procedures must conform to the safety standards. Launch test range has accepted the system as being safe enough to launch. Reliability Statistical analyses of test results indicate a satisfactory high-reliability level. Technical risks, manufacturing risks, and failure risks are very low, well understood, and the impact on the overall system is known. There are few complex components. Adequate storage and operating life of components (including propellants) have been demonstrated. Proven ability to check out major part of propulsion system prior to use or launch. If certain likely failures occur, the system must shut down safely. Redundancy of key components should be provided, where effective. High probability that all propulsion functions must be performed within the desired tolerances. Risk of combustion vibration or mechanical vibration should be minimal. 17.2. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION 633 TABLE 17-5 (Cont&ued) Controllability Thrust buildup and decay are within specified limits. Combustion process is stable. The time responses to control or command signals are within acceptable tolerances. Controls need to be foolproof and not inadvertently create a hazardous condition. Thrust vector control response must be satisfactory. Mixture ratio control must assure nearly simultaneous emptying of the fuel and oxidizer tanks. Thrust from and duration of afterburning should be negligible. Accurate thrust termination feature must allow selection of final velocity of flight. Changing to an alternate mission profile should be feasible. Liquid propellant sloshing and pipe oscillations need to be adequately controlled. In a zero-gravity environment, a propellant tank should be essentially fully emptied. Maintainability Simple servicing, foolproof adjustments, easy parts replacement, and fast, reliable diagnosis of internal failures or problems. Minimal hazard to service personnel. There must be easy access to all components that need to be checked, inspected, or replaced. Trained maintenance personnel are available. Good access to items which need maintenance. Geometric Constraints Propulsion system fits into vehicle, can meet available volume, specified length, or vehicle diameter. There is usually an advantage for the propulsion system that has the smallest volume or the highest average density. If the travel of the center of gravity has to be controlled, as is necessary in some missions, the propulsion system that can do so with minimum weight and complexity will be preferred. Prior Related Experience There is a favorable history and valid, available, relevant data of similar propulsion systems supporting the practicality of the technologies, manufacturability, performance, and reliability. Experience and data validating computer simulation programs are available. Experienced, skilled personnel are available. Operability Simple to operate. Validated operating manuals exist. Procedures for loading propellants, arming the power supply, launching, igniter checkout, and so on, must be simple. If applicable, a reliable automatic status monitoring and check-out system should be available. Crew training needs to be minimal. Should be able to ship the loaded vehicle on public roads or railroads without need for environmental permits and without the need for a decontamination unit and crew to accompany the shipment. Supply of spare parts must be assured. Should be able to operate under certain emergency and overload conditions. Producibility Easy to manufacture, inspect, and assemble. All key manufacturing processes are well understood. All materials are well characterized, critical material properties are well known, and the system can be readily inspected. Proven vendors for key components have been qualified. Uses standard manufacturing machinery and relatively simple tooling. Hardware quality and propellant properties must be repeatable. Scrap should be minimal. Designs must make good use of standard materials, parts, common fasteners, and off-the-shelf components. There should be maximum use of existing manufacturing facilities and equipment. Excellent reproducibility, i.e., minimal operational variation between identical propulsion units. Validated specifications should be available for major manufacturing processes, inspection, parts fabrication, and assembly. Schedule The overall mission can be accomplished on a time schedule that allows the system benefits to be realized. R&D, qualification, flight testing, and/or initial operating capability are completed on a preplanned schedule. No unforeseen delays. Critical materials and qualified suppliers must be readily available. 634 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS TABLE 17-5 (Continued) Environmental Acceptability No unacceptable damage to personnel, equipment, or the surrounding countryside. No toxic species in the exhaust plume. No serious damage (e.g., corrosion) due to propellant spills or escaping vapors. Noise in communities close to a test or launch site should remain within tolerable levels. Minimal risk of exposure to cancer-causing chemicals. Hazards must be sufficiently low, so that issues on environmental impact statements are not contentious and approvals by environmental authorities become routine. There should be compliance with applicable laws and regulations. No unfavorable effects from currents generated by an electromagnetic pulse, static electricity, or electromagnetic radiation. Reusability Some applications (e.g., Shuttle main engine, Shuttle solid rocket booster, or aircraft rocket- assisted altitude boost) require a reusable rocket engine. The number of flights, serviceability, and the total cumulative firing time then become key requirements that will need to be demonstrated. Fatigue failure and cumulative thermal stress cycles can be critical in some of the system components. The critical components have been properly identified; methods, instruments, and equipment exist for careful check-out and inspection after a flight or test (e.g., certain leak tests, inspections for cracks, bearing clearances, etc.). Replacement and/or repair of unsatisfactory parts should be readily possible. Number of firings before disassembly should be large, and time interval between overhauls should be long. Other Criteria Radio signal attenuation by exhaust plume to be low. A complete propulsion system, loaded with propellants and pressurizing fluids, can be storable for a required number of years without deterioration or subsequent performance decrease. Interface problems are minimal. Provisions for safe packaging and shipment are available. The system includes features that allow decommissioning (such as to deorbit a spent satellite) or disposal (such as the safe removal and disposal of over-age propellant from a refurbishable rocket motor). 17.3. INTERFACES In Section 2 of this chapter the interfaces between the propulsion system and the vehicle and/or overall system were identified as some of the criteria to be considered in the selection of a propulsion system. A few rocket propulsion systems are easy to integrate and interface with the vehicles. Furthermore, these interfaces are an important aspect of a disciplined design and develop- ment effort. Table 17-6 gives a partial listing of typical interfaces that have been considered in the propulsion system selection, design, and development. It too may be a useful checklist. The interfaces assure system functionality and compatibility between the propulsion system and the vehicle with its other subsystems under all likely operating conditions and mission options. Usually, an interface document or specification is prepared and it is useful to designers, operating personnel, or maintenance people. Besides cold gas systems, a simple solid propellant rocket motor has the fewest and the least complex set of interfaces. A monopropellant liquid rocket engine also has relatively few and simple interfaces. A solid propellant motor with TVC and a thrust termination capability has additional interfaces, com- pared to a simple motor. Bipropellant rocket engines are more complex and the 17.3. INTERFACES 635 TABLE 17-6. Typical Interfaces between Rocket Propulsion Systems and Flight Vehicle Interface Category Typical Detailed Interfaces Structural Mechanical Power Interface (geometry/location/fastening mechanism) for mounting propulsion system Restraints on masses, moments of inertia, or the location of the center of gravity Type and degree of damping to minimize vibrations Attachment of vehicle components to propulsion system structure, such as wings, electrical components, TVC, or skirts Loads (aerodynamic, acceleration, vibrations, thrust, sloshing, dynamic interactions) from vehicle to propulsion system, and vice versa Dimensional changes due to loads and/or heating and means for allowing expansions or deflections to occur without overstress Interactions from vibration excitation Interfaces for electric connectors; for pneumatic, hydraulic, propellant pipe connections Volume/space available and geometric interference with other subsystems Access for assembly, part replacement, inspection, maintenance, repair Lifting or handling devices, and lifting attachment locations Measurement and adjustment of alignment of fixed nozzles Matching of thrust levels when two or more units are fired simultaneously Sealing or other closure devices to minimize air breathing and moisture condensation in vented tanks, cases, nozzles, porous insulation, or open pipes Source and availability of power (usually electric, but sometimes hydraulic or pneumatic) and their connection interfaces Identification of all users of power (solenoids, instruments, TVC, igniter, sensors) and their duty cycles. Power distribution to the various users Conversion of power to needed voltages, dc/ac, frequencies, or power level Electric grounding connections of rocket motors, certain electric equipment or pyrotechnic devices, to minimize voltage buildup and prevent electrostatic discharges Shielding of sensitive wires and/or high-voltage components Telemetry and radio communications interface 636 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS TABLE 17--6 (Continued) Interface Category Typical Detailed Interfaces Propellants Vehicle flight control and communications Thermal Heaters (e.g., to keep hydrazine from freezing or to prevent ice formation and accumulation with cryogenic propellants) Interfaces with antennas, wiring, sensors, and electronic packages located in the propulsion section of the vehicle Thermal management of heat generated in electric components Sharing of propellants between two or more propulsion systems (main thrust chambers and attitude control thrusters) Control of sloshing to prevent center of gravity (CG) excursions or to prevent gas from entering the liquid propellant tank outlet Design of solid propellant grain or liquid propellant tanks to limit CG travel Loading/unloading provisions for liquid propellants Access for X-ray inspection of grain for cracks or unbonded areas, while installed Access to visually inspect grain cavity for cracks Access to inspect cleanliness of tanks, pipes, valves Connection of drain pipes for turbopump seal leakage Command signals (start/stop/throttle, etc.) interface Feedback signals (monitoring the status of the propulsion system, e.g., valve positions, thrust level, remaining propellant, pump speed, pressures, temperatures); telemetering devices Range safety destruct system Attitude control: command actuation in pitch, yaw, or roll; feedback of TVC angle position and slew rate, duty cycle, safety limits Division of control logic, computer capability, or data processing and databases between propulsion system controller, vehicle controller, test stand controller, or ground-based computer/controller system Number and type of fault detection devices and their connection methods Heat from rocket gas/exhaust plume or aerodynamic airflow will not overheat critical exposed components Transfer of heat between propulsion system and the vehicle Provisions for venting cryogenic propellant tanks overboard Radiators for heat rejection Interfaces for cooling, if any TABLE 17-6. (Continued) 17.3. INTERFACES 637 Interface Category Typical Detailed Interfaces Plume Radiative and convective heating of vehicle by plume Impingement (forces and heating) of plume from attitude control nozzle with vehicle components Noise effects on equipment and surrounding areas Contamination or condensation of plume species on vehicle or payload parts, such as solar panels, optical components of instruments, or radiation surfaces Attenuation of radio signals Safety Condition monitoring and sensing of potential imminent failure and automatic remedial actions to prevent or remedy impending failure (e.g., reduce thrust or shut off one of several redundant propulsion systems) Arming and disarming of igniter. Access to safe & arm device Safe disposal of hazardous liquid propellant leaking through pump shaft seal, valve stem seal, or vented from tanks Designed to avoid electrostatic buildup and discharge Ground support equipment Interface with standby power system Interfaces with heating/cooling devices on ground at launch or test site Supply and loading method for liquid propellant, pressurizing gases, and other fluids. Also, interface with method for unloading these Electromechanical checkout Interface with ground systems for flushing, cleaning, drying the tanks and piping Transportation vehicles/boxes/vehicle erection devices Lifting devices and handling equipment Interface with fire extinguishing equipment on ground number and difficulty of interfaces increase if they have a turbopump feed system, throttling features, TVC, or pulsing capability. In electric propulsion systems the number and complexity of interfaces is highest for an electrostatic thruster with pulsing capability, when compared to electrothermal systems. More complex electrical propulsion systems generally give higher values of specific impulse. If the mission includes the recovery and reuse of the propul- sion system or a manned vehicle (where the crew can monitor and override the propulsion system commands), this will introduce additional interfaces, safety features, and requirements. 638 SELECTION OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS REFERENCES 17-1. 17-2. 17-3. 17-4. 17-5. 17-6. A. Ertas and J. C. Jones, The Engineering Design Process, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996. J. C. Blair and R. S. Ryan, "Role of Criteria in Design and Management of Space Systems," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 31, No. 2, March-April 1994, pp. 323-329. R. W. Humble, G. N. Henry, and W. J. Larson, Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995. D. K. Huzel and D. H. Huang, Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 147, AIAA, Washington, DC, 1992. C. J. Meisl, "Life Cycle Cost Considerations for Launch Vehicle Liquid Propellant Engine," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 4, No. 2, March- April 1988, pp. 117-119. A. Norman, I. Cannon, and L. Asch, "The History and Future Safety Monitoring in Liquid Rocket Engines," AIAA Paper 89-2410, presented at the 25th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 1989. CHAPTER 18 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES The behavior of rocket exhaust plumes is included in this book because it has gained importance in recent years. In this chapter we provide an introduction to the subject, general background, a description of various plume phenomena and their effects, and references for further study. The plume is the moving formation of hot rocket exhaust gases (and some- times also entrained small particles) outside the rocket nozzle. This gas forma- tion is not uniform in structure, velocity, or composition. It contains several different flow regions and supersonic shock waves. It is usually visible as a brilliant flame, emits intense radiation energy in the infrared, visible, and ultra- violet segments of the spectrum, and is a strong source of noise. Many plumes leave a trail of smoke or vapor or toxic exhaust gases. At higher altitudes some of the plume gases can flow backward around the nozzle and reach compo- nents of the flight vehicle. The plume characteristics (size, shape, structure, emission intensity of photons or sound pressure waves, visibility, electrical interference, or smoki- ness) depend not only on the characteristics of the particular rocket propulsion system or its propellants, but also on the flight path, flight velocity, altitude, weather conditions, such as winds, humidity, or clouds, and the particular vehicle configuration. Progress has been steady in recent decades in gaining understanding of the complex, interacting physical, chemical, optical, aerody- namic, and combustion phenomena within plumes by means of laboratory experiments, computer simulation, measurements on plumes during static fir- ing tests, flight tests, or simulated altitude tests in vacuum test chambers. Yet much is not fully understood or predictable. As shown in Table 18-1, there are 639 640 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES TABLE 18-1. Applications of Plume Technology Design~develop~operate Flight Vehicles, their Propulsion Systems, and Launch Stands or Launch Equipment For a given propulsion system and operating conditions (altitudes, weather, speed, afterburning, with atmospheric oxygen, etc.) determine or predict the plume dimensions, temperature profiles, emissions, or other plume parameters. Determine likely heat transfer to components of vehicle, test facility, propulsion system or launcher, and prevent damage by design changes. Include afterburning and recirculation. Estimate the ability of vehicle and test facilities to withstand intensive plume noise. Determine the aerodynamic interaction of the plume with the airflow around the vehicle, which can cause changes in drag. Reduce impingement on vehicle components (e.g., plumes from attitude control thrusters hitting a solar panel); this can cause excessive heating or impingement forces that may turn the vehicle. Estimate and minimize erosion effects on vehicle or launcher components. Prevent deposits of condensed species on spacecraft windows, optical surfaces, solar panels, or radiating heat emission surfaces. Determine the backscatter of sunlight by plume particulates or condensed species, and minimize the scattered radiation that can reach into optical instruments on the vehicle, because this can give erroneous signals. Protect personnel using a shoulder-fired rocket launcher from heat, blast, noise, smoke, and toxic gas. Detect and Track Flight of Vehicles Analysis and/or measurement of plume emission spectrum or signature. Identify plumes of launch vehicles from a distance when observing from spacecraft, aircraft, or ground stations, using IR, UV, or visible radiations and/or radar reflections. Distinguish their emissions from background signals. Detect and identify smoke and vapor trails. Track and predict the flight path. Alter the propellant or the nozzle to minimize the radiation, radar signature, or smoke emissions. Estimate weather conditions for appearance of secondary smoke. Develop Sensors for Measuring Plume Phenomena Improve calibration and data interpretation. Develop improved and novel instruments for plume measurements, for both remote and close by locations. TABLE 18-1. (Continued) 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR 641 Improve Understanding of Plume Behavior Improve theoretical approaches to plume phenomena. Improve or create novel computer simulations. Provide further validation of theory by experimental results from flight tests, laboratory investigations, static tests, or tests in simulated altitude facilities. Understand and minimize the generation of high-energy noise. Understand the mechanisms of smoke, soot, or vapor formation, thus learning how to control them. Provide a better understanding of emission, absorption, and scatter within plume. Provide a better prediction of chemiluminescence. Understand the effect of shock waves, combustion vibration, or flight maneuvers on plume phenomena. Understand the effects of plume remains on the stratosphere or ozone layer. Develop a better algorithm for simulating turbulence in different parts of the plume. Minimize Radio-Frequen O' Interference Determine the plume attenuation for specific antennas and antenna locations on the vehicle. Reduce the attenuation of radio signals that have to pass through the plume, typically between an antenna on the vehicle and an antenna on the ground or on another vehicle. Reduce radar reflections from plumes. Reduce the electron density and electron collision frequency in the plume; for example, by reducing certain impurities in the gas, such as sodium. many applications or situations where a prediction or a quantitative under- standing of plume behavior is needed. 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR The size, shape, and internal structure of a plume changes dramatically with altitude. Figure 18-1 shows the construction of a low-altitude plume at heights typically between 3 and 10 km. The plume diameter and length are often several times larger than the vehicle diameter and length. In the near field there is an inviscid inner core (exhaust gases that have not yet mixed with air) and a relatively thin outer mixing layer where oxygen from the air burns turbulently with the fuel-rich species in the exhaust gases. In the far field the ambient air and exhaust gases are well mixed throughout a cross section of the plume, and the local pressure is essentially that of the ambient air. In the intermediate field the shock wave intensities diminish and more of the mass flow is mixed with ambient air. The radiation emissions come from all parts of 642 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES ~- Near field Inner/ supersonic core with shock waves Plume bow shock PrandtI-Meyer expansion fans Thickness of mixing or afterburning layer increases with length / / Transition region , ~ / Far field----------~- ~ji~:~-. --. .
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The incompletely oxidized fuel species in the exhaust gases, such as H2, CO, NO, or CH2, react chemically with the oxygen from the atmosphere and are largely burned to H20, CO2, or NO2, and the heat of this secondary combustion raises the temperature and the specific volume in this afterburning layer. As explained in Chapter 5, most propellants are fuel rich to achieve optimum specific impulse or optimum flight performance, so additional oxida- tive heat release is possible. As the altitude increases, the ambient local air pressure decreases by several orders of magnitude and the pressure ratio in the gases between the nozzle exit and the local ambient pressure is increased greatly, approaching infinity when the rocket operates in a vacuum in space. With higher altitudes, further expan- sion (increase in specific volume) occurs and this causes a further reduction of gas temperatures and an expansion in both diameter and length; for the prin- cipal propulsion systems these usually exceed the dimensions of the vehicle. Some species in the plume will condense and become liquid; they will freeze as the temperature drops and gases like H20 or CO2 will form clouds or a vapor trail. As the vehicle attains supersonic velocity (relative to the ambient air) two shock waves form. One is an oblique compression shock wave in the air ahead of the vehicle and the other is a trailing wave originating at the vehicle's tail, where the air meets the exhaust plume gases. These wave fronts are usually luminescent and highly visible and can reach diameters of several kilometers. As the supersonic exhaust gas flow emerges from the nozzle, it experiences Prandtl-Meyer-type expansion waves, which attach themselves to the nozzle lip. This expansion allows the outer streamlines just outside the nozzle to be bent and an increase in the Mach number of the gases in the outer layers of the plume. This expansion can, at higher altitudes, cause some portion of the supersonic plume to be bent by more than 90 ° from the nozzle axis. The theoretical limit of a Prandtl-Meyer expansion is about 129 ° for gases with k = 1.4 (air) and about 160 ° for gases with k = 1.3 (typical for a rocket exhaust mixture; see Ref. 18-2). This backward flow needs to be analyzed to estimate the heat and impingement effects and possible contamination of vehicle com- ponents (see Ref. 18-3). The boundary layer next to the nozzle wall is a region of viscous flow, and the flow velocity is lower than in the main nozzle inviscid flow. The velocity decreases to zero right next to the wall. For large nozzles this boundary layer can be quite thick, say 2 cm or more. Figure 3-16 shows a subsonic and a supersonic region within the boundary layer inside the nozzle divergent section; it also shows a temperature and a velocity profile. While the supersonic flow layer is restricted in the angle through which it can be deflected, the subsonic boundary layer flow at the nozzle lip is in a continuum regime and may be deflected up to 180 °. Although the subsonic boundary layer represents only a 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR 645 small portion of the mass flow, it nevertheless lets its exhaust gases flow back- ward on the outside of the nozzle. This backflow has caused heating of and sometimes chemical damage to the vehicle and propulsion system parts. The mass distribution or relative density is not uniform, as can be seen in Fig. 18-3, which is based on a calculated set of data for a high-altitude plume. Here 90% of the flow is within -t-44 ° of the nozzle axis and only one hundred thousandth or 10 -5 of the total mass flow is bent by more than 90 ° . The flow near the center contains most of the heavier molecules, such as CO2, NO2, or CO, and the outer regions, which are deflected the most, consist largely of the lighter species, such as mostly H 2 and perhaps some H20. Figure 18-4 shows the drastic change (log scale) in the overall radiation emission intensity as a function of altitude for a typical three-stage satellite launch to a 300- to 500-km orbit or a long-range ballistic missile with a booster stage, a sustainer stage, and a payload velocity adjustment stage. The booster- stage rocket propulsion system gives the largest intensity because it has the Mass fraction = 10 -10 10 -7 10 -6 10 -5 10 -4 10-3 10-2 \ \ I I I I / 10 6 cD r- 5 ._m .02 4 ¢o \ \ \ X~ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Axial distance x/Re I0-I / FIGURE 18-3. Density profile for vacuum plume expansion using a one-dimensional flow model for a small storable bipropellant thruster. The axial distance x and the plume radius R have been normalized with the nozzle exit radius Re. Here k = 1.25, the Mach number of the nozzle exit is 4.0, and the nozzle cone half angle is 19 ° 646 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES Vacuum Afterburning limit flame diameter 0.07-10 m dia. is -10-100 m Continuum Molecular flow regime flow regime line ~0.1-1 km dia. -1-10 km dia. / o r .~ t Attitude. ~0 control or 0 " ,- / orbit I I I I I I I i 4, I I I I adjustment t" 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 200 300 400 500 Altitude, km FIGURE 18-4. For a multistage ascending vehicle the plume radiation intensity will vary with the altitude, thrust or mass flow, propellant combination, and plume tem- perature. The four sketches describing the plume are not drawn to the same scale. highest rocket gas mass flow or the highest thrust, a relatively dense plume, and its radiation is enhanced by afterburning of the fuel-rich gas with oxygen from the air. The rise in the intensity of the sustainer stage is due to the large increase in plume volume caused by the expansion of the exhaust gases. Both operate in that part of the atmosphere where continuum flow prevails; that is, the mean free paths of the molecular motions are relatively small, frequent collisions between molecules occur, the gases follow the basic gas laws, and they can experience compression or expansion waves. As higher altitude is reached the continuum regime changes into a free mole- cularflow regime, where there are fewer molecules per unit volume and the mean free path of the molecules between collisions becomes larger than the key dimension of the vehicle (e.g., length). Here the plume spreads out even more, reaching diameters in excess of 10 km. Only the exhaust gases close to the nozzle exit experience continuum flow conditions, which allows the streamlines in the flow to spread out by means of successive Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves; once the gas reaches the boundary shown by the elliptical dashed line in the last sketch on the right in Fig. 18-4, the flow will be in the free molecular flow regime and molecules will continue to spread out in straight lines. The regions of free molecular flow and the transition from continuum flow can be analyzed as shown as Ref. 18-4. The third or upper stage, which operates at very high altitudes, has very low emission intensity, because it has a relatively very low gas flow or thrust and because only the inviscid portion of the exhaust gas flow near the nozzle is hot enough to radiate significant energy. This makes it difficult to detect and identify from a distance. The phenomenology of rocket exhaust plumes as seen from a space-based surveillance system is described in Ref. 18-5. 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR 647 Spectral Distribution of Radiation The primary radiation emissions from most of the plume gases are usually in the infrared spectrum, to a lesser extent in the ultraviolet spectrum, with rela- tively little energy in the visible spectrum. The emissions depend on the parti- cular propellants and their respective exhaust gas compositions. For example, the exhaust from the liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen propellant combination contains mostly water vapor and hydrogen, and with a minor percentage of oxygen and dissociated species. Its radiation is strong in specific wavelength bands characteristic of the emissions from these hot gases (such as 2.7 and 6.3 ~m, water--infrared region) and 122 nanometers (hydrogen--ultraviolet region). As shown in Fig. 18-5, the hydrogen-oxygen plume is essentially transparent or colorless, since there are no strong emissions in the visible segment of the spectrum. The propellant combination of nitrogen tetroxide with methylhydrazine fuel gives strong emissions in the infrared region; in addition to the strong emissions for H20 and hydrogen mentioned previously, there are strong emissions for CO 2 at 4.7 ~tm, CO at 4.3 ~tm, and weaker FIGURE 18-5. Visible plume created by the oxygen-hydrogen propellants of the Vulcain 60 thrust chamber, with a specific impulse of 439 sec at altitude, a nozzle expansion area ratio of 45, and a mixture ratio of 5.6. Multiple shockwave patterns are visible in the core of the plume because of emissions from luminescent minor species. (Courtesy of ESA/CNES/SEP/Daimler-Benz, Europe.) 648 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES emission in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible ranges (due to bands of CN, CO, N2, NH3, and other intermediate and final gaseous reaction products). This gives it a pink orange-yellow color, but the plume is still partly transparent. The exhausts of many solid propellants and some liquid propellants contain also solid particles. In Tables 5-8 and 5-9 examples of solid propellant were given that had about 10% of small particles as aluminum oxide (A1203) in their incandescent white exhaust plumes; some kerosene-burning liquid propellants and most solid propellants have a small percentage of soot or small carbon particles in their exhaust. The radiation spectrum from hot solids is a contin- uous one, which peaks usually in the infrared (IR) region, but it also has strong emissions in the visible or UV region; this continuous spectrum is usually stronger in the visible range than the narrow-band emissions from the gaseous species in the plume. Afterburning increases the temperature of the particles by several hundred degrees and intensifies their radiation emissions. With 2 to 5% solid particles, the plumes radiate brilliantly and are therefore very visible to the eye. However, these particles in the outer layers of the plume obscure the central core and the shock wave patterns can no longer be observed. The visible radiation of plumes from double-base propellant can be reduced or suppressed by adding a small amount (1 to 3%) of potassium compound. With composite propellants the control of visible emissions by additives has not been as effective. The radiation (which is a function of the absolute temperature to the fourth power) cools the plume gases, but it also heats adjacent vehicle or propulsion system components. The prediction of radiative emission requires an under- standing of the plume composition, the temperature and density distribution in the plume and the absorption of radiation by intervening atmospheric or plume gases (see Refs. 18-5 to 18-7). The heat transferred from the plume to vehicle components will depend on the propellant combination, the nozzle configura- tion, the vehicle geometry, the number of nozzles, the trajectory, altitude, and the secondary turbulent flow around the nozzles and the tail section of the vehicle. The observed or measured values of the radiation emissions have to be corrected. The signal strength diminishes as the square of the distance between the plume and the observation station, and its observed magnitude can change tremendously during a flight. The attenuation is a function of wavelength, rain, fog or clouds, the mass of air and plume gas between the hot part of the plume and the observing location, and depends on the flight vector direction relative to the line of sight. The total emission is a maximum when seen at right angles to the plume (see Refs. 18-5 to 18-7). Radiation measurements can be biased by background radiations (important in satellite observation) or Doppler shift. Multiple Nozzles It is common to have more than one propulsion system operating at the same time, or more than one nozzle sending out hot exhaust gas plumes. For exam- 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR 649 ple, the Space Shuttle has three main engines and two solid rocket boosters running simultaneously. The interference and impingement of these plumes with one another will cause regions of high temperature in the combined plumes and therefore larger emissions, but the emissions will no longer be axisymmetrical. Also, the multiple nozzles can cause distortions in the airflow near the rear end of the vehicle and influence the vehicle drag and augment the hot backflow from the plume locally. Plume Signature This is the term used for all the characteristics of the plume in the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet spectrum, its electron density, smoke or vapor, for a particular vehicle, mission, rocket propulsion system, and propellant (see Refs. 18-8 to 18-10). In many military applications it is desirable to reduce the plume signature in order to minimize being detected or tracked. The initial stagnation temperature of the nozzle exit gas is perhaps the most significant factor influencing plume signature. As plume temperatures increase, higher levels of radiation and radio-frequency interaction will occur. Emissions can be reduced if a propellant combination or mixture ratio with a lower combus- tion temperature is selected; unfortunately, this usually gives a lower perfor- mance. One way to reduce smoke is to choose a reduced-smoke or minimum- smoke solid propellant; they are described in Chapter 12. The plume signature is today often specified as a requirement for a new or modified rocket-propelled vehicle, and it imposes limits on spectral emissions in certain regions of the spectrum and on the amount of acceptable smoke. The atmosphere absorbs energy in certain regions of the spectrum. For example, the air contains some carbon dioxide and water vapor. These mole- cules absorb and attenuate the radiation in the frequency bands peculiar to these two species. Since many plume gases contain a lot of CO2 or H20, the attenuation within the plume itself can be significant. The plume energy or intensity, as measured by spectrographic instruments, has to be corrected for the attenuation of the intervening air or plume gas. Vehicle Base Geometry and Recirculation The geometry of the nozzle exit(s) and the flight vehicle's tail or aft base have an influence on the plume. Figure 18-6 shows a single nozzle exit whose dia- meter is almost the same as the base or tail diameter of the vehicle body. If these two diameters are not close to each other, then a flat doughnut-shaped base or tail surface will exist. In this region the high-speed combustion gas velocity is larger than the air speed of the vehicle (which is about the same as the local air velocity relative to the vehicle) and an unsteady flow vortex type recirculation will occur. This greatly augments the afterburning, the heat release to the base, and usually creates a low pressure on this base. This lower pressure in effect increases the vehicle's drag. 650 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES Air flow Rocket ~ Mixing layer propulsion system flow Aft end ! of vehicle Air flow Mixing layer ....... upersoni__c_c c o m _ _ _ b _ u s t i _ _ _ _ o n gas flo__w Annular recirculation zone FIGURE 18--6. Diagrams of flow patterns around two different boat tails or vehicle aft configurations, with and without hot gas recirculation. The air flow pattern at the vehicle tail can be different with different tail geometries, such as cylinder (straight), a diminishing diameter, or an increasing diameter conical shape, which helps to maintain the vehicle's aerodynamic stability. The air flow pattern and the mixing layer change dramatically with angle of attack, causing an unsymmetrical plume shape. Flow separation of the air flow can also occur. In some cases the recirculation of fuel-rich exhaust gas mixed with air will ignite and burn; this dramatically increases the heat transfer to the base surfaces and causes some changes in plume characteristics. Compression and Expansion Waves A shock wave is a surface of discontinuity in a supersonic flow. In rocket plumes it is the very rapid change of kinetic energy to potential and thermal energy within that very thin wave surface. Fluid crossing a stationary shock wave rises suddenly and irreversibly in pressure and decreases in velocity. When it passes through a shock wave surface that is perpendicular or normal to the incoming supersonic flow, then there is no change in flow direction. Such a normal shock produces the largest increase in pressure (and local down- stream temperature) and is known as a normal shock wave. The flow velocity 18.1. PLUME APPEARANCE AND FLOW BEHAVIOR 651 behind a normal shock wave is subsonic. When the incoming flow is at an angle less than 90 ° to the shock wave surface, it is known as a weak compression wave or as an oblique shock wave. Figure 18-7 illustrates the flow relationships and shows the angle of flow change. The temperature of the gas immediately behind a normal shock wave approaches the stagnation temperature. Here the radia- tion increases greatly. Also, here (and in other hot plume regions) dissociation of gas species and chemical luminescence (emission of visible light) can occur, as can be seen (downstream of strong shock waves) in Fig. 18-5. The behavior of gas expansion in the supersonic flow has a fairly similar geometric relationship. It occurs at a surface where the flow undergoes a Prandtl-Meyer expansion wave, which is a surface where pressure is reduced and velocities are increased. Often there is a series of weak expansion waves next to each other; this occurs outside the lip of the diverging nozzle exit section when the nozzle exit gas pressure is higher than the ambient pressure, as shown in Fig. 18-1. The plume from hydrogen-oxygen liquid propellant combustion consists mostly of superheated water vapor and hydrogen gas and is basically invisible. However, it is faintly visible because of the chemically generated luminescence that is believed to be responsible for the pale pink orange and white skeletal wave pattern, particularly in its hot regions. The patterns are shown in Figs. 18-2 and 18-5. The supersonic gas flow out of the nozzle exit is undisturbed until it changes direction in a wave front or goes through a normal shock. Diamond-shaped Oblique shock wave (compression) r Normal shock wave (compression) v Expansion wave Multiple expansion waves FIGURE 18-7. Simplified diagrams of oblique shock wave or compression wave, nor- mal shock wave, and expansion wave. The change in the length of the arrows is an indication of the change in gas velocity as the flow crosses the wave front. 652 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES patterns are formed by compression and expansion wave surfaces. These pat- terns (shown in Figs. 18-2 and 18-5) then repeat themselves and are clearly visible in largely transparent plumes, such as those from hydrogen-oxygen or alcohol-oxygen propellant combinations. The pattern becomes weaker with each succeeding wave. The mixing layer acts as a reflector, because an expan- sion wave is reflected as a compression wave. The inter-face surface between the rocket exhaust plume gas and the air flowing over the vehicle (or the air aspirated by the high velocity plume) acts as a free boundary. Oblique shock waves are reflected at a free boundary as an opposite wave. For example, an oblique compression wave is reflected as an oblique expansion wave. This boundary is not usually a simple surface of revolution, but an annular layer, sometimes called a slip stream or mixing layer. See Figs. 8-1, 8-2, and 8-5. 18.2. PLUME EFFECTS Smoke and Vapor Trails Smoke is objectionable in a number of military missiles. It interferes with the transmission of optical signals, such as with a line-of-sight or electro-optical guidance system. Smoke would also hamper the vision of a soldier who guides a wire-controlled anti-tank weapon. Smoke, or a vapor trail, allows easy and rapid detection of a missile being fired, and visually tracking the flight path can reveal a covert launch site. Smoke is produced not only during rocket opera- tion, but also by chuffing, the irregular combustion of propellant remainders after rocket cutoff. Chuffing, described in Chapter 13, produces small puffs of flame and smoke at frequencies of perhaps 10 to 150 Hz. Primary smoke is a suspension of many very small solid particles in a gas, whereas secondary smoke is a set of condensed small liquid droplets suspended in a gas, such as condensed moisture-forming clouds, fog, or mist. Many propellants leave visible trails of smoke and/or vapor from their plumes during powered rocket flight (see Refs. 18-8 to 18-10). These trails are shifted by local winds after the vehicle has passed. They are most visible in the daytime, because they depend on reflected or scattered sunlight. The solid particles that form the primary smoke are mainly aluminum oxide (A1203, typically 0.1 to 3 lam diameter) in composite propellants. Other solid particles in the exhaust of solid propellant are unburned aluminum, zirconium or zirconium oxide (from combustion stabilizer), or iron or lead oxides (in burn-rate cata- lyst). Carbon particles or soot can be formed from various solid propellants and liquid propellants using hydrocarbon fuels. During the external expansion of rocket exhaust plume gases the gas mix- ture is cooled by radiation, gas expansion, and convection with colder ambient air to below its dew-point temperature, where the water vapor condenses. Of course, this depends on local weather conditions. If the ambient temperature is 18.2. PLUME EFFECTS 653 low (e.g., at high altitude) and/or if the gas expands to low temperatures, the water droplets can freeze to form small ice crystals or snow. At high altitude, CO2, HC1, and other gases can also condense. Many rocket exhaust gases contain between 5 and 35% water, but the exhaust from the liquid hydro- gen/liquid oxygen propellant combination can contain as much as 80%. If the exhaust contains tiny solid particles, these then act as nuclei upon which water vapor can condense, thus increasing the amount of nongaseous material in the plume, making the plume even more visible. If reducing smoke in the plume is important to the mission, then a reduced- smoke solid propellant or a minimum-smoke propellant is often used. They are described in Chapter 12. Even then, a secondary smoke trail can be formed under cold-weather and high-humidity conditions. However, under most weather conditions it will be difficult to see a trail containing vapor only. Toxicity The exhaust gases from many rocket propulsion systems contain toxic and/or corrosive gas species, which can cause severe health hazards and potential environmental damage near launch or test sites. Accidental spills of some liquid oxidizers, such as nitrogen tetroxide or red fuming nitric acid, can create toxic, corrosive gas clouds, which have higher density than air and will stay close to the ground. Exhaust gases such as CO or CO2 present a health hazard if inhaled in concentrated doses. Gases such as hydrogen chloride (HC1) from solid propellants using a perchlorate oxidizer (see Ref. 18-11), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) , nitrogen tetroxide (N204) , or vapors of nitric acid (HNO3) have rela- tively low levels of allowable inhalation concentration before health damage can occur. Chapter 7 lists some of the safe exposure limits. The potential damage increases with the concentration of the toxic species in the exhaust, the mass flow or thrust level, and the duration of the rocket firing at or near the test/launch site. Dispersion by wind and diffusion and dilution with air can reduce the con- centrations of toxic materials to tolerable levels within a few minutes, but this depends on local weather conditions, as explained in Chapter 20. Careful attention is therefore given to scheduling the launch or test operations at times when the wind will carry these gases to nearby uninhabited areas. For very highly toxic exhaust gases (e.g., those containing beryllium oxide or cer- tain fluorine compounds), and usually for relatively small thrust levels, the exhaust gases in static test facilities are captured, chemically treated, and pur- ified before release into the atmosphere. Noise Acoustical noise is an unavoidable by-product of thrust; it is particularly important in large launch vehicles and is a primary design consideration in the vehicle and in much of the ground-support equipment, particularly elec- 654 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES tronic components. Besides being an operational hazard to personnel in and around rocket-propelled vehicles, it can be a severe annoyance to communities near rocket test sites. The acoustic power emitted by the Saturn V vehicle at launch is about 2 x 108 W, enough to light up about 200,000 average homes if it were available as electricity. Acoustic energy emission is mainly a function of exhaust velocity, mass of gas flow, exhaust gas density, and the velocity of sound in the quiescent med- ium. In these terms, the chemical rocket is the noisiest of all aircraft and missile propulsion devices. Sound intensity is highest near the nozzle exit and diminishes with the square of the distance from the source. Analytical models of noise from a rocket exhaust usually divide the plume into two primary areas, one being upstream of the shock waves and one being downstream (subsonic), with high-frequency sound coming from the first and low-frequency from the second. The shock wave itself is a generator of sound, as is the highly turbulent mixing of the high-velocity exhaust with its reltively quiescent surroundings. Sound emission is normally measured in terms of microbars (gbar) of sound pressure, but is also expressed as sound power (W), sound intensity (W/ft2), or sound level (decibels, dB). The relationship that exists among a decibel scale, the power, and intensity scales is difficult to estimate intuitively since the decibel is a logarithm of a ratio of two power quantities or two intensity quantities. Further, expression of a decibel quantity must also be accompanied by a decibel scale reference, for example, the quantity of watts corresponding to 0 dB. In the United States, the most common decibel scale references 10 -13 W power, whereas the European scale references 10 -12 W. A large rocket can generate a sound level of about 200 dB (reference 10 -13 W), corresponding to 107 W of sound power, compared to 140 dB for a 75- piece orchestra generating 10 W. Reducing the sound power by 50% reduces the value by only about 3 dB. In terms of human sensitivity, a 10-dB change usually doubles or halves the noise for the average person. Sound levels above 140 dB frequently introduce pain to the ear and levels above 160 become intolerable (see Ref. 18-12). Spacecraft Surface Contamination Contamination of sensitive surfaces of a spacecraft by rocket exhaust products can be a problem to vehicle designers and users. It can degrade functional surfaces, such as solar cells, optical lenses, radiators, windows, thermal-control coatings, and mirrored surfaces. Propellants that have condensed liquids or solid particles in their exhaust appear to be more troublesome than propellants with mostly gaseous products, such as oxygen-hydrogen. Plumes from most solid propellant contain contaminating species. Practically all the investigative work has been concerned with small storable liquid propellant attitude control pulse motors in the thrust range 1.0 to 500 N, the type commonly used for controlling vehicle attitude and orbit positioning over long periods of time. Deposits of hydrazinium nitrate and other material have been found. The 18.2. PLUME EFFECTS 655 accumulation of exhaust products on surfaces in the vicinity is a function of many variables, including the propellants, combustion efficiency, combustion pressure, nozzle expansion ratio, surface temperature, and rocket-vehicle inter- face geometries. The prediction of exhaust contamination of spacecraft sur- faces is only partly possible through analytical calculations. Reference 18-13 provides a comprehensive analytical model and computer program for liquid bipropellant rockets. Another effect of clouds of condensed species (either tiny liquid droplets or solid particles) is to scatter sunlight and cause solar radiation to be diverted to optical instruments on the spacecraft, such as cameras, telescopes, IR trackers, or star trackers; this effect can cause erroneous instrument measurements. The scatter depends on the plume location relative to the instruments, the propel- lant, the density and size of particulates, the sensitive optical frequency, and the surface temperature of the instrument. Radio Signal Attenuation All rocket exhaust plumes generally interfere with the transmission of radio- frequency signals that must pass through the plume in the process of guiding the vehicle, radar detecting, or communicating with it. Solid propellant exhaust plumes usually cause more interference than liquid rocket engine plumes. Signal attenuation is a function of free electron density and electron collision frequency. Given these two parameters for the entire plume, the amount of attenuation a signal experiences in passing through the plume can be calcu- lated. Figure 18-8 shows the minimum plume model sufficient for predicting signal attenuation that contains contours of constant electron density and electron collision frequency for momentum transfer. Free-electron density Electron density contours, electrons/cm 3 Exhaust nozzle FIGURE 18-8. Exhaust plume model for predicting attenuation of radio communica- tions signals. The contours shown are for either equal electron density or electron collision frequency; the highest values are near the nozzle exit. 656 ROCKET EXHAUST PLUMES and activity in the exhaust plume are influenced by many factors, including the propellant formulation, propellant alkali impurities, exhaust temperature, motor size, chamber pressure, flight speed and altitude, and the distance down- stream from the nozzle exit. Methods have been developed for analyzing (with computers) the physical and chemical composition, including electron density, and the attenuation characteristics of exhaust plumes (Refs. 18-14 and 18-15). The relationship between several influential motor and vehicle design factors can be summarized from experience with typical solid propellant rockets as follows: 1. The presence of alkali metal impurities increases attenuation; changing the impurity level of potassium from 10 to 100 ppm increases the relative attenuation some 10-fold at low altitude. Both potassium (~ 150 ppm) and sodium (~ 50 ppm) are impurities in commercial grade nitrocellulose and ammonium perchlorate. 2. The percentage of aluminum fuel is a major influence; increasing the percentage from 10 to 20% increases the attenuation fivefold at sea level and three- to fourfold at 7500 m altitude. 3. Increasing the chamber pressure for a given aluminized propellant from 100 to 2000 psi reduces the relative attenuation by about 50%. 4. Attenuation varies with the distance downstream from the nozzle exit plane and can be four to five times as great as at the nozzle exit plane, depending on the flight altitude, nozzle geometry, oxidizer-to-fuel ratio, flight velocity, altitude, and other parameters. For many solid rocket applications, attenuation of radio or radar signal strength by the exhaust plume is no problem. When it is, attenuation can usually be kept at acceptable levels by controlling the level of alkali impurities in propellant ingredients and by using nonmetal fuels or a low percentage (< 5%) of aluminum. Motors with high expansion ratio nozzles help, since electrons combine with the positive ions as the exhaust temperature falls. The electrons in the plume greatly increase its radar cross section, and hot plumes can readily be picked up with radar. The plume is usually a stronger radar reflector than the flight vehicle. A radar homing missile seeker would focus on the plume and not the vehicle. A reduction of the plume cross section is desirable (lower gas temperature, less sodium impurities). Plume Impingement In most reaction control systems there are many small thrusters and they are pointed in different directions. There have been cases where the plumes of some of these thrusters have impinged upon a space vehicle surface, such as extended solar cell panels, radiation heat rejection surfaces, or aerodynamic control surfaces. This is more likely to happen at high altitude, where the plume 18.3. ANALYSIS AND MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION 657 diameters are large. This can lead to the overheating of these surfaces and to unexpected turning moments. Also, during stage separation, there have been occasions where the plume of the upper stage impinges on the lower vehicle stage. This can cause overheating and impact damage not only to the lower stage (being separated), but by reflection also to the upper stage. Other examples are docking maneuvers or the launching of multiple rockets (nearly simultaneously) from a military bar- rage launcher. The plume of one of the rocket missiles impinges on another flying missile and causes it to experience a change in flight path, often not hitting the intended target. 18.3. ANALYSIS AND MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION The complicated structure, the behavior, and many of the physical phenomena of plumes have been simulated by mathematical algorithms, and a number of relatively complex computer programs exist (see Refs. 18-16 to 18-20). Although there has been remarkable progress in using mathematical simula- tions of plume phenomena, the results of such computer analyses are not always reliable or useful for making predictions of many of the plume char- acteristics; however, the models help in understanding the plumes and in ex- trapolating test results to different conditions within narrow limits. There are some physical phenomena in plumes that are not yet fully understood. All simulations are really approximations, to various degrees; they require simplifying assumptions to make a reasonable mathematical solution possible, and their field of application is usually limited. They are aimed at predicting different plume parameters, such as temperature or velocity or pressure pro- files, radar cross section, heat transfer, radiations, condensation, deposits on optical surfaces, impact forces, or chemical species. The analyses are usually limited to separate spatial segments of the plume (e.g., core, mantle, supersonic versus subsonic regions, continuum versus free molecular flow, near or far field), and many have different assumptions about the dynamics or steadiness of the flow (many neglect turbulence effects or the interaction between bound- ary layers and shock waves). The algorithms are also different in the treatment of chemical reactions, solids content, energy releases, composition changes within the plume, different flight and altitude regimes, the interactions with the airflow and the vehicle, or selected regions of the spectrum (e.g., IR only). Many require assumptions about particle sizes, their amounts, spatial and size distribution, gas velocity distribution, the geometry and boundaries of the mixing layer, or the turbulence behavior. The mathematical models are com- plex and can use one-, two-, or three-dimensional mesh models. 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Pergament, "Analysis of Two Phase Flow Processes in Rocket Exhaust Plumes," Journal of Spacecraft, Vol. 22, No. 3, May-June 1985, pp. 367-380. C. B. Ludwig, W. Malkmus, G. N. Freemen, M. Slack, and R. Reed, "A Theoretical Model for Absorbing, Emitting and Scattering Plume Radiations," in Spacecraft Radiative Transfer and Temperature Control, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 83, AIAA, Washington, DC, 1981, pp. 111-127. S. M. Dash, "Recent Developments in the Modeling of High Speed Jets, Plumes and Wakes," AIAA Paper 85-1616, presented at AIAA 18th Fluid Dynamics Plasma-Dynamics and Laser Conference, July 1985. CHAPTER 19 ELECTRIC PROPULSION As mentioned in Chapters 1 and 2, electric rocket propulsion devices use electrical energy for heating and/or directly ejecting propellant, utilizing an energy source that is independent of the propellant itself. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to this field. Vector notation is used in several of the background equations presented. The basic subsystems of a typical electric propulsion thruster are: (1) a raw energy source such as solar or nuclear energy with its auxiliaries such as con- centrators, heat conductors, pumps, panels, radiators, and/or controls; (2) conversion devices to transform this energy into electrical form at the proper voltage, frequency, pulse rate, and current suitable for the electrical propulsion system; (3) a propellant system for storing, metering, and delivering the pro- pellant; and (4) one or more thrusters to convert the electric energy into kinetic energy of the exhaust. The term thruster is commonly used here, as thrust chamber is in liquid propellant rockets. Electric propulsion is unique in that it includes both thermal and non-ther- mal systems as classified in Chapter 1. Also, since the energy source is divorced from the propellant, the choice of propellant is guided by factors much differ- ent to those in chemical propulsion. In Chapter 3, ideal relations that apply to all thermal thrusters are developed which are also relevant to thermal-electric (or electrothermal) systems. Concepts and equations for non-thermal-electric systems are defined in this chapter. From among the many ideas and designs of electric propulsion devices reported to date, one can distinguish the following three fundamental types: 660 1000.0 1. Electrothermal. Propellant is heated electrically and expanded thermody- namically; i.e., the gas is accelerated to supersonic speeds through a nozzle, as in the chemical rocket. 2. Electrostatic. Acceleration is achieved by the interaction of electrostatic fields on non-neutral or charged propellant particles such as atomic ions, droplets, or colloids. 3. Electromagnetic. Acceleration is achieved by the interaction of electric and magnetic fields within a plasma. Moderately dense plasmas are high- temperature or nonequilibrium gases, electrically neutral and reasonably good conductors of electricity. A general description of these three types was given in Chapter 1, Figs. 1-8 to 1-10. Figure 19-1 and Tables 2-1 and 19-1 show power and performance values for several types of electric propulsion units. Note that the thrust levels are small relative to those of chemical and nuclear rockets, but that values of specific impulse can be substantially higher; the latter may translate into a longer operational life for satellites whose life is presently propellant limited. Inherently, electric thrusters give accelerations too low for overcoming the high-gravity field of earth launches. They function best in space, which also ,- 100.0 O "O (D .i " 10.0 (D IT" 1.0 Arc jets Resistojets , Regions of mission utility ~ GEO N.S. Stationkeeping/ drag makeup ~ Orbit maneuvering/adjustment Solar power orbit transfer ~ Nuclear power orbit transfer ELECTRIC PROPULSION 661 MPDs (magneto plasma dynamic) Hall effect thrusters Ion engines PPT (pulsed plasma thrusters) 0.1 I I 100 500 1000 5000 10,000 Specific impulse, sec FIGURE 19-1. Overview of the approximate regions of application of different elec- trical propulsion systems in terms of power and specific impulse. TABLE 19-1. Typical Performance Parameters of Various Types of Electrical Propulsion Systems Thrust Specific Thruster Range Impulse Efficiency h Thrust Type (mN) (sec) (%) Duration Typical Propellants Kinetic Power per Unit Thrust (W/mN) Resistojet (thermal) 200-300 Arcjet (thermal) 200-1000 Ion engine 0.01-200 Solid pulsed plasma (PPT) 0.05-10 Magnetoplasma dynamic (MPD) 0.001-2000 Hall thruster 0.01-2000 Monopropellant rocket" 30-100,000 200-350 65-90 Months 400-1000 30-50 Months 1500-5000 60-80 Months 600-2000 10 Years 2000-5000 30-50 Weeks 1500-2000 30-50 Months 200-250 87-97 Hours or minutes NH3,N2H4,H2 H2,N2,N2H4,NH3 Xe,Kr,Ar Teflon Ar,Xe,H2,Li Xe,Ar N2H4 0.5-6 2-3 10-70 10-50 100 100 ~Listed for comparison only. hSee Eq. 19-3. ELECTRIC PROPULSION 663 matches the near-vacuum exhaust pressures required of electrostatic and elec- tromagnetic systems. All flight missions envisioned with electric propulsion operate in a reduced-gravity or gravity-free space and, therefore, must be launched from earth by chemical rocket systems. The many advantages of electric propulsion had been offset by their required use of substantial quantities of electricity which, at certain power levels, had been an expensive commodity in space until recently. All types of electric propulsion presently depend on a vehicle-borne power source--based on solar, chemical, or nuclear energy--and power conversion and conditioning equipment. The mass of the electric generating equipment, even when solar energy is employed, can become much larger than that of the thrusters, parti- cularly when thruster efficiency is low. This causes appreciable increases in inert-vehicle mass (or dry-mass). Modern satellites and other spacecraft have substantial communications requirements. Typically these satellites can share their electrical power sources, thus avoiding the penalty to the propulsion system. What remains to be tagged to the propulsion system is the power- conditioning equipment, except in instances where it is also shared with other spacecraft components. Electric propulsion has been considered for space applications since the inception of the space program in the 1950s but has only begun to make widespread impact since the mid-1990s. This is a result of the availability of sufficiently large amounts of electrical power in spacecraft. References 19-1 to 19-3 are devoted to electric propulsion. Basic principles on electric propulsion devices are given in these references, along with applications, although the information relates to older versions of such devices. Table 19-2 gives a com- parison of advantages and disadvantages of several types of electric propul- sion. Pulsed devices differ from continuous or steady-state in that startup and shutdown transients may degrade their effective performance. Pulsed devices, however, are of practical importance, as is detailed later in this chapter. The applications for electric propulsion fall into several broad mission cate- gories (these have already been introduced in Chapter 4): (1) (2) Overcoming translational and rotational perturbations in satellite orbits, such as north-south station keeping (NSSK) of satellites in geosynchro- nous orbits (GEO) or aligning telescopes or antennas or drag compen- sation of satellites in low (LEO) and medium earth orbits (MEO). For a typical north-south station-keeping task in a 350-km orbit, a velocity increment of about 50 m/sec every year or 500 m/sec for 10 years might be needed. Several different electric propulsion systems have actually flown in this type of mission. Increasing satellite speed while overcoming the relatively weak gravita- tional field some distance away from the earth, such as orbit raising from a low earth orbit (LEO) to a higher orbit or even to a geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Circularizing an elliptical orbit may require 2000 m/sec and going from LEO to GEO typically might require a velocity increase 664 ELECTRIC PROPULSION TABLE 19-2. Comparison of Electrical Propulsion Systems Type Advantages Disadvantages Comments Resistojet Simple device; easy to Lowest Is; heat loss; (electrothermal) control; simple power gas dissociation; conditioning; low cost; indirect heating of relatively high thrust gas; erosion and efficiency; can use many propellants, including hydrazine augmentation Arcjet Direct heating of gas; Low efficiency; erosion (electrothermal low voltage; relatively at high power; low Is; & electromagnetic) simple device; relatively high current; heavy high thrust; can use wiring; heat loss; more catalytic hydrazine complex power augmentation; inert conditioning propellant Ion propulsion High specific impulse; Complex power (electrostatic) high efficiency; inert conditioning; high propellant (xenon) voltages; single propellant only; low thrust per unit area; heavy power supply Low thrust; Teflon reaction products are toxic, may be corrosive or condensable; inefficient Pulsed plasma Simple device; low (PPT) power; solid (electromagnetic) propellant; no gas or liquid feed system; no zero-g effects on propellant MPD Can be relatively simple; Steady-state plasma high Is; high thrust (electromagnetic) per unit area Hall thruster (electromagnetic) Desirable I~ range; compact, relatively simple power conditioning; inert propellant (Xe) Operational High-thrust units need Pe of 100 kW or more. Operational Flown in satellites (DS1) Operational Difficult to simulate Several have analytically; high flown specific power; heavy power supply Single propellant; high Operational beam divergence; erosion of up to 6000 m/sec. Several electric propulsion units are being devel- oped for these types of mission. (3) Potential missions such as interplanetary travel and deep space probes are also candidates for electric propulsion. A return to the moon, missions to Mars, Jupiter, and missions to comets and asteroids are of present interest. These all require relatively high thrust and power. A few electric thrusters for this category of missions (100 kW) are being investigated. The power supply for these missions may require other than solar power; nuclear sources need to be considered. As an illustration of the benefit in applying electric propulsion, consider a typical geosynchronous communications satellite with a 15-year lifetime and ELECTRIC PROPULSION 665 with a mass of 2600 kg. For north-south station-keeping (NSSK) the satellite might need an annual velocity increase of some 50 m/sec; this requires about 750 kg of chemical propellant for the entire period, which is more than one- quarter of the satellite mass. Using an electric propulsion system can increase the specific impulse to 2800 sec (about nines times higher than a chemical rocket), and the propellant mass can be reduced to perhaps less than 100 kg. A power supply and electric thrusters would have to be added, but the inert mass of the chemical system can be deleted. Such an electric system would save perhaps 450 kg or about 18% of the satellite mass. At launch costs of $30,000 per kilogram delivered to GEO, this is a potential saving of some $13,500,000 per satellite. Alternatively, more propellant could be stored in the satellite, thus extending its useful life. Additional savings could materialize if electric propul- sion were also used for orbit raising. The power output (kinetic energy of jet per unit time, P or Pjet) is really the basic energy rate supplied by the power source, principally diminished by (1) the losses of the power conversion, such as from solar into electrical energy; (2) conversion into the forms of electric energy suitable for the thrus- ters; and (3) the losses of the conversion of electric energy into propulsive jet energy. The kinetic power of the jet P per unit thrust F can be expressed by the simple relation (assuming no significant pressure thrust) P/F -- ½rhv2/rhv- ½v - ½gols (19-1) where rn is the mass flow rate, v the average jet discharge velocity (v2 or c in Chapters 2 and 3), and Is the specific impulse. The power-to-thrust ratio of the jet is therefore proportional to the exhaust velocity or the specific impulse. Thus, electrical propulsion units with very substantial values of Is require more power per unit of thrust and incidentally a more massive power supply. Thruster efficiency r/t is defined as the ratio of the thrust-producing kinetic energy (axial component) rate of the exhaust beam to the total electrical power supplied to the thruster, including any used in evaporating or ionizing the propellant, or power of the jet r/t - electrical power input = /°jet (19--2) E(IV) Then, from the fundamentals in Chapter 2 (Eqs. 2-19 and 2-22), ½rhv 2 FIs go FIs go r/t - ~ = = (19-3) Pe 2Pe 2Z(IV) with Pe the electric power input to the thruster in watts, usually the product of the electrical current and all associated voltages (hence the E-sign). 666 ELECTRIC PROPULSION Thruster efficiency accounts for all the energy losses that do not result in kinetic energy, including (1) the wasted electrical power (stay currents, ohmic resistance, etc.); (2) unaffected or improperly activated propellant particles (propellant utilization); (3) loss of thrust resulting from dispersion of the exhaust (direction and magnitude); and (4) heat losses. It is a measure of how effectively electric power and propellant are used in the production of thrust. When electrical energy is not the only input energy, Eq. 19-2 has to be modified; for example, the propellant may release energy (chemical monopro- pellant), as in hydrazine decomposition with a resistojet. 19.1. IDEAL FLIGHT PERFORMANCE For the low thrust of electric propulsion with its relatively massive power generating systems, the flight regimes of space vehicles propelled by electric rockets are quite different from those using chemical rockets. Accelerations tend to be very low (10 -4 to 10 -6 go), thrusting times are typically long (several months), and spiral trajectories were originally suggested for spacecraft accel- erated by these low thrusts. Figure 19-2 shows schemes for going from LEO to GEO including a spiral, a Hohman ellipse (see Section 4.5 on the Hohman Chemical propulsion high thrust trajectory Subsequent elliptical orbits ~ ~ _ - _ _ __-~~.. ~~(Hohman ellipse) /~'~ " ~ " ~ -~ ---~ " "" ~ ~ / , ~ ~ "..~-- ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~ "" ~ ~>/~ ~ \, ~"\,,,\ \~--\ Final earth orbit i "i "i 'i "~, "~. ",k~///////////J / / ; / I ~ ', '~ ~,\,~ ',\"~-z~'.Z54/,'i / / / / / / \ "\ \ \ "~ 1 \ \a-, \.. ~--~L----'/"..-"//"/" ,,/~ Initial earth ~.~\"\~-.~-- ..... ~.:~.~/// orbit (LEO) Initial super- \ "~ "" .... 1t// / synchronous orbit ~~.~----~~~ FIGURE 19-2. Simplified diagram of trajectories going from a low earth orbit (LEO) to a high earth orbit using chemical propulsion (short duration), electric propulsion with a multiple spiral trajectory (long duration), and a supersynchronous chemical orbit approach as an alternate to LEO (intermediate duration). From the supersynchronous orbit continuous thrusting with electric propulsion at a fixed inertial attitude lowers the apogee and raises the perigee in each orbit until it reaches the final high circular orbit. See Ref. 19-4. 19.1. IDEAL FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 667 orbit, which is optimum for chemical propulsion) as well as a "supersynchro- nous" orbit transfer (Ref. 19-4). Because of the long transfer orbit durations, trajectories other than spiral are presently being considered where one utilizes chemical propulsion to arrive at a very eccentric, supersynchronous elliptical orbit; from there electric propulsion can continuously and effectively be fired to attain a GEO orbit. The performance of an electrical rocket can be conveniently analyzed in terms of the power and the relevant masses (Ref. 19-5). Let m0 be the total initial mass of the vehicle stage, mp the total mass of the propellant to be expelled, mpt the payload mass to be carried by the particular stage under consideration, and mpp the mass of the power plant consisting of the empty propulsion system including the thruster, propellant storage and feed system, the energy source with its conversion system and auxiliaries, and the associated structure. Then mo = mp 4- mpl + mpp (19-4) The energy source input to the power supply (i.e., solar or nuclear) has to be larger than its electrical power output; they are related by the power conversion efficiency (about 10 to 15% for photovoltaic and up to 30% for rotating machinery) for converting the raw energy into electrical power at the desired voltages, frequencies, and power levels. The converted electrical output Pe is then supplied to the propulsion system. The ratio of the electrical power Pe to the mass of the power plant mpp is defined as ~, which is often referred to as the specific power of the power plant or of the entire propulsion system. This specific power must be defined for each design, because even for the same type of engine, c~ is somewhat dependent on the engine-module configuration (this includes the number of engines that share the same power conditioner, redundancies, valving, etc.): c~ = Pe/mpp (19-5) The specific power is considered to be proportional to engine-power and rea- sonably independent of mp. Its value hinges on technological advances and the electric-propulsion engine module configuration. Presently, typical values of o~ range between 100 and 200 W/kg. In the future it is hoped that ~ will attain values of 500 to 2000 W/kg pending some breakthrough in power conditioning equipment. Electrical power is converted by the thruster into kinetic energy of the exhaust. Allowing for losses by using the thruster efficiency r/t, defined in Eqs. 19-2 and 19-3, the electric power input is Pe - Otmpp - lrhv2/r h - mpV2/(2tprh) (19--6) 668 ELECTRIC PROPULSION where mp is the propellant mass, v the effective exhaust velocity, and tp the time of operation or propulsive time when the propellant is being ejected at a uni- form rate. Using Eqs. 19-4, 19-5, and 19-6 together with 4-7, one can obtain a rela- tion for the reciprocal payload mass fraction (see Problem 19-4) mo e A''/~' - (19-7) rap! 1 - (e A"/t' - 1)v 2/(2ottpq') This assumes a gravity-free and drag-free flight. The change of vehicle velocity Au which results from the propellant being exhausted at a speed v is plotted in Fig. 19-3 as a function of propellant mass fraction. The specific power o~ and the thruster efficiency rh as well as the propulsive time tp can be combined into a characteristic speed (Ref. 19-5) vc - ~/2o~ tprh (19-8) This characteristic speed is not a physical speed but rather a defined grouping of parameters that has units of speed; it can be visualized as the speed the power plant would have if its full power output were converted into the form of kinetic energy of its own inert mass mpp. Equation 19-8 includes the propulsive time tp which is the actual mission time (certainly, mission time cannot be smaller than the thrusting time). From Fig. 19-3 it can be seen that, for a given payload fraction (mpi/mo) and characteristic speed (vc), there is an opti- 1 I 0.8 r Au u c 0.6 0.4 0.2 Optimum Payload fraction mpl/mo 0.oo " 0.25 " 0.35 " 0.45 " 0.55 " 0.65 l," 14 i 12 16 J8 o o12 o 016 o18 U/t2 c FIGURE 19-3. Normalized vehicle velocity increment as a function of normalized exhaust velocity for various payload fractions with zero inert mass of the propellant tank. The optima of each curve are connected by a line that represents Eq. 19-9. 19.1. IDEAL FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 669 mum value of v corresponding to the peak vehicle velocity increment; this is later shown to signify that there exists a particular set of most desirable oper- ating conditions. The peak for the curves in Fig. 19-3 exists because the inert mass of the power plant mpp increases with the specific impulse while the propellant mass decreases with specific impulse. For a constant flow rate, other com- ponents are fixed in mass so that they only displace the curves by a con- stant amount. As indicated in Chapter 17 and elsewhere, this trend is generally true for all propulsion systems and leads to the statement that, for a given mission, there is theoretically an optimum range of specific impulse and thus an optimum propulsion system design. The peak of each curve in Fig. 19-3 is nicely bracketed by the ranges Au/vc < 0.805 and 0.505 < v/v~ < _ 1.0. This means that for any given electric engine any opti- mum operating time tp will be proportional to the square of the total required change in vehicle velocity and thus large Au's would correspond to very long mission times. Similarly, any optimum specific impulse I~ will be (nearly) proportional to the change in vehicle velocity and large changes here would necessitate correspondingly high specific impulses. These con- clusions will be refined in Section 19.4. The optimum of the curves in Fig. 19-3 can be found by differentiating Eq. 19-7 v 1 (~u) (e A"/~' - 1)-~(~) 2 1 -~ - 0 (19-9) This relates Au, v, and vc for maximum payload fraction (see Ref. 19-1). All the equations quoted so far apply to all three fundamental types of electric rocket systems. No engine parameters are necessary except for the overall efficiency, which ranges from 0.4 to 0.8 in well-designed electric propul- sion units, and a, which varies more broadly. The problem with the above formulation is that the equations are under- constrained in that, given a velocity increment, mission time and specific impulse can be independently assigned. We will return to this topic in Section 19.4. Example 19-1. Determine the flight characteristics of an electrical propulsion rocket for raising a low satellite orbit. Data given: I s = 2000 sec F = 0.20 N Duration = 4 weeks = 2.42 x 106 sec Payload mass = 100 kg ot = 100 W/kg r/t = 0.5 670 ELECTRIC PROPULSION SOLUTION. The propellant flow is, from Eq. 2-13, rh = F/(Isgo) -0.2/(2000 x 9.81) = 1.02 x lO-Skg/sec The total required propellant is mp = rht = 1.02 x 10 -5 x 2.42 x l O 6 = 24.69 kg The required electrical power is, from Eq. 19-6, Pe = lrhv2/r]t - l( 1.02 x 10 -5 x 20002 x 9.812)/0.5 = 3.92kW The mass of the propulsion system and energy supply system is, from Eq. 19-5, mpp -- Pe/oe = 3.92/0.1 = 39.2 kg The mass before and after engine operation (see Eq. 19-4) is ml = 100 + 24.7 + 39.2 -- 163.9 kg m 2 - 139.2 kg The velocity increase of the stage under ideal vacuum and zero-g conditions (Eq. 4-6) is Au = v ln[mo/(mo - mp)] = 2000 x 9.8 ln(163.9/139.2) = 3200 m/sec The average acceleration of the vehicle is a = Au/t = 3200/2.42 x l06 -- 1.32 x 10-3m/sec 2 = 1.35 x 10-4g0 The flight's energy increase after 4 weeks of continuous thrust-producing operation is not enough to get from LEO to GEO (which would have required a change of vehicle velocity of about 4700 m/sec with continuous low thrust). During its travel the satellite will have made about 158 revolutions around the earth and raised the orbit by about 13,000 km. Moreover, this does not represent an optimum. In order to satisfy Eq. 19-9 it would be necessary to increase the burn duration (operating time) or change the thrust, or both. 19.2. ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTERS In this category, the electric energy is used to heat the propellant, which is then thermodynamically expanded through a nozzle. There are two basic types in use today: , 19.2. ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTERS 671 The resistojet, in which components with high electrical resistance dis- sipate power and in turn heat the propellant, largely by convection. The arcjet, in which current flows through the bulk of the propellant gas which has been ionized in an electrical discharge. Being relatively devoid of material limitations, this method introduces more heat directly into the gas (it can reach local temperatures of 20,000 K or more). The electro- thermal arcjet is a unit where magnetic fields (either external or self- induced by the current) are not as essential for producing thrust as is the nozzle. As shown in Section 19.4, arcjets can also operate as electro- magnetic thrusters, but here the magnetic fields are essential for accel- eration and propellant densities are much lower. Thus, there are some arc-thruster configurations that could be classified as both electrother- mal and electromagnetic. Resistojets These devices are the simplest type of electrical thruster because the technology is based on conventional conduction, convection, and radiation heat exchange. The propellant is heated by flowing over an ohmically heated refractory-metal surface, such as (1) coils of heated wire, (2) through heated hollow tubes, (3) over heated knife blades, and (4) over heated cyclinders. Power requirements range between 1 W and several kilowatts; a broad range of terminal voltages, AC or DC, can be designed for, and there are no special requirements for power conditioning. Thrust can be steady or intermittent as programmed in the propellant flow. Material limitations presently cap the operating temperatures to under 2700 K, yielding maximum specific impulses of about 300 sec. The highest specific impulse has been achieved with hydrogen (because of its lowest molecular mass), but its low density causes propellant storage to be bulky (cryogenic storage being unrealistic for space missions). Since virtually any propellant is appropriate, a large variety of different gases has been used, such as O2, H20, CO2, NH3, CH4, and N2. Also, hot gases resulting from the catalytic decom- position of hydrazine (which produces approximately 1 volume of NH3 and 2 volumes of H 2 [see Chapter 7]) have been successfully operated. The system using liquid hydrazine (Ref. 19-6) has the advantage of being compact and the catalytic decomposition preheats the mixed gases to about 700°C (1400°F) prior to their being heated electrically to an even higher temperature; this reduces the required electric power while taking advantage of a well-proven space chemical propulsion concept. Figure 19-4 shows details of such a hybrid resistojet which is fed downstream from a catalyst bed where hydrazine is decomposed into hot gases. Resistojets have been proposed for manned long-duration deep space mis- sions, where the spacecraft's waste products (e.g., H20 or CO2) could then be Propellant inlet Fluid 672 ELECTRIC PROPULSION l Electric wires /-Augmentation Radiation shields resistor to coil heater.- 7 / heater assembly f and conductor Mounting / / Mounting structure-- 7 / isolators structure / / Barrier tube---7 /J Heat shield heat shield--,~~. ~~ , ~ ~ / / / / / / / ' / ~ t/r'Heatllr-" exchanger Support ~p_~f Propellant structure /outer body valve , 4 [ ~ ~ ~ ~---'X./-~~/ / / 7 (j~ .... exchanger " ~ ~ ~- ,iral wrapped wire to "~ ~_~~~.~r stain 6 offs 17~......~ ,,/~y/~ ]iation Elect( ields valve and ~, ~ ~,kgl/i//~,/,l,,.. ~/j/~~~.~ Radiation / / ~ ~ ~ shield disks heaters Valve heaterJ _ ~ ~(~~-~f.~-~ t ~ ~ Valve mounting plate--~'~~Q #~ t ~"~"~~~~ Thermal shunt/ /~-~[ ~j'[J~ t. / ~~.~ .... In, ject?r pl,ate J 7~j~. 7/,'~ "~/Heat shield~"~ Catalyst bed heater J /"",/~/, \ .~ ......... ,,,, . I L.atalys]: oe,e neal:er.J / 7./4~./ -,.. s~'o s ......... ~ t o r cnamDer~ / / (filled with catalyst pellets) Braze sleeve Augmentat .... Gas delivery tube heater element FIGURE 19--4. Resistojet augmented by hot gas from catalytically decomposed hydra- zine; two main assemblies are present: (1) a small catalyst bed with its electromagneti- cally operated propellant valve and heaters to prevent hydrazine from freezing, and (2) an electrical resistance spiral-shaped heater surrounded by thin radiation shields, a refractory metal exhaust nozzle, and high-temperature electrical insulation supporting the power leads. (Courtesy of PRIMEX Aerospace Company.) used as propellants. Unlike the ion engine and the Hall thruster, the same resistojet design can be used with different propellants. In common with nearly all electric propulsion systems, resistojets have a propellant feed system that has to supply either gas from high-pressure storage tank or liquid under zero gravity conditions. Liquids require positive tank expulsion mechanisms, which are discussed in Chapter 6, and pure hydrazine needs heaters to keep it from freezing. Engineering considerations in the development of these rockets include intermittent heat transfer from the heating element to the propellant, conduc- tion and radiation losses from the chamber, the capability of materials to withstand the hot environment, and the heat capacity of the propellant. Procedures have been developed to account for specific heat, thermal conduc- tivity, dissociation, and gas density variations with temperature. The gas flow in the heating chamber is typically considered to be either laminar or vortex flow, and the heat transfer to the stream is by convection. Available materials limit the maximum gas temperature of a resistojet. High-temperature materials used for the resistance element include rhenium and refractory metals and their alloys (e.g., tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum), 19.2. ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTERS 673 platinum (stabilized with yttrium and zirconia), as well as cermets. For high- temperature electrical (but not thermal) insulation, boron nitride has been used effectively. A design objective is to keep heat losses in the chamber at a low level relative to the power consumed. This can be done by (1) the use of external insulation, (2) internally located radiation shields, and (3) entrant flow layers or cascades. Within reason, the mass of insulation and radiation shields should be small compared to that of the thruster and of the total propulsion system. The choice of chamber pressure is influenced by several factors. High pres- sures reduce molecular gas dissociation losses in the chamber, increase the rate of recombination in the exhaust nozzle, improve the heat exchanger perfor- mance, and reduce the size of both the chamber and the nozzle for a given mass flow rate. However, high pressures cause higher heat transfer losses, higher stresses on the chamber walls, and can accelerate the rate of nozzle throat erosion. The lifetime of a resistojet is often dictated by the nozzle throat life. Good design practice, admittedly a compromise, sets the chamber pressure in the range of 15 to 200 psi. Thruster efficiencies of resistojets range between 65 and 85%, depending on the propellant and the exhaust gas temperature, among other things. The specific impulse delivered by any given electrothermal design depends primarily on (1) the molecular mass of the propellant, and (2) the maximum temperature that the chamber and the nozzle surfaces can tolerate. Table 19-3 gives typical performance values for a resistojet augmented by chemical energy release. The specific impulse and thrust increase as the electric power of the heater is increased. An increase in flow rate (at constant specific power) results in an actual decrease in performance. The highest specific power (power over mass flow rate) is achieved at relatively low flow rates, low thrusts, and modest heater augmentation. At the higher temperatures the dissociation of molecular gases noticeably reduces the energy that is available for thermo- dynamic expansion. Even with its comparatively lower value of specific impulse, the resistojet's superior efficiency contributes to far higher values of thrust/power than any of its nearest competitors. Additionally, these engines possess the lowest overall system empty mass since they do not require a power processor and their plumes are uncharged (thus avoiding the additional equipment that ion engines require). Resistojets have been recently employed in Intelsat V, Satcom l-R, GOMS, Meteor 3-1, Gstar-3, and Iridium spacecraft. They are most attractive for low to modest levels of mission velocity increments, where power limits, thrusting times, and plume effects are mission drivers. Arcjets The basic elements of an arcjet thruster are shown in Fig. 1-8 where the relative simplicity of the physical design masks its rather complicated phenomenology. The arcjet overcomes the gas temperature limitations of the resistojet by the use 674 ELECTRIC PROPULSION TABLE 19-3. Selected Performance Values of a Typical Resistojet with Augmentation Propellant for resistojet Inlet pressure (MPa) Catalyst outlet temperature (K) Resistojet outlet temperature (K) Thrust (N) Flow rate (kg/sec) Specific impulse in vacuum (sec) Power for heater (W) Power for valve (max.) (W) Thruster mass (kg) Total impulse (N-sec) Number of pulses Minimum off-pulse bit (N-sec) Status Hydrazine liquid, decomposed by catalysis 0.689-2.41 1144 1922 0.18-0.33 5.9 x 10-5-1.3 x 10 -4 280-304 350-510 9 0.816 311,000 500,000 0.002 Operational Source: Data sheet for model MR-501, Primex Aerospace Company. of an electric arc for direct heating of the propellant stream to temperatures much higher than the wall temperatures. The arc stretches between the tip of a central cathode and an anode, which is part of the coaxial nozzle that accel- erates the heated propellant. These electrodes must be electrically insulated from each other and be able to withstand high temperatures. At the nozzle it is desirable for the arc to attach itself as a diffuse annulus in the divergent portion just downstream of the throat. The region of attachment is known to move up or down depending on the magnitude of the arc voltage and on the mass flow rate. In reality, arcs are highly filamentary and tend to heat only a small portion of the flowing gas unless the throat dimension is sufficiently small; bulk heating is done by mixing, often with the aid of vortex flow and turbulence. Since not all the heat is released prior to expansion in the nozzle, there is some loss in that heat released in the divergent portion of the nozzle is not effective in increasing the Mach number of the flow velocity in the exit divergent section. Arcs are inherently unstable, often forming pinches and wiggles; they can be somewhat stabilized by an external electric field or by swirling vortex motion in the outer layers of the gas flow. The flow structure at the nozzle throat is quite nonuniform and arc instabilities and erosion at the throat are very limiting. The mixing of cooler outer gas with the arc-heated inner gas tends to stabilize the arc while lowering its conductivity, which in turn requires higher voltages of operation. In some designs the arc is made longer by lengthening the throat. The analysis of arcjets is based on plasma physics, as it applies to a moving ionized fluid. The conduction of electricity through a gas requires that a certain 19.2. ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTERS 675 level of ionization be present. This ionization must be obtained from an elec- trical discharge, i.e., the breakdown of the cold propellant resembling a light- ning discharge in the atmosphere (but, unlike lightning, a power supply may feed the current in a continuous or pulsed fashion). Gaseous conductors of electricity follow a modified version of Ohm's law. In an ordinary uniform medium where an electrical current I is flowing across an area A through a distance d by virtue of a voltage drop V, we can write Ohm's law as V = IR -- (I/A)(AR/d)(d) (19-10) As given, the medium is uniform and thus we may define the electric field as E = V/d, the current density as j = I/A, and we introduce the electrical con- ductivity as cr--d/AR. We can now rewrite the basic Ohm's law as simply j - erE. The scalar electrical conductivity is directly proportional to the density of unattached or free electrons that, under equilibrium, may be found from Saha's equation (Ref. 19-7). Strictly speaking, Saha's equation applies to ther- mal ionization only (and not necessarily to electrical discharges). For most gases, either high temperatures or low ionization energies or both are required for plentiful ionization. However, since only about one in a million electrons is sufficient for good conductivity, an inert gas can be seeded with alkali-metal vapors, as is amply demonstrated in plasmas for power generation. The value of plasma electrical conductivity g may be calculated from cr = e2ne'C/#e (19-11) Here e is the electron charge, ne the electron number density, 1: the mean time between collisions, and #e the electron mass. Actually, arc currents are nearly always influenced by magnetic fields, exter- nal or self-induced, and a generalized Ohm's law (Ref. 19-8) in a moving gas is needed such as the following vector form (this equation is given in scalar forms in the section on electromagnetic devices): j - ~[E + v × B- (~/~B)q × B)] (19-12) The motion of the gas containing charged particles is represented by the velo- city v; the magnetic induction field is given as B (a scalar B in the above equation is required in the last term) and the electric field as E. In Eq. 19-12, both the current densityj and the conductivity are understood to relate to the free electrons as does/3, the Hall parameter. This Hall parameter is made up from the electron cyclotron frequency (w) multiplied by the mean time it takes an electron to lose its momentum by collisions with the heavier particles (r). The second term in Eq. 19-12 is the induced electric field due to the motion of the plasma normal to the magnetic field, and the last term represents the Hall electric field which is perpendicular to both the current vector and the applied magnetic field vector as the crossproduct (i.e., the "x") implies (ion- slip and the electron pressure gradient have been omitted above, for simplicity). 676 ELECTRIC PROPULSION Magnetic fields are responsible for most of the peculiarities observed in arc behavior, such as pinching (a constriction arising from the current interacting with its own magnetic field), and play a central role in non-thermal electro- magnetic forms of thrusting, as discussed in a following section. Analytical descriptions of arcjets, based on the configuration shown in Fig. 19-5, may include the following: 1. The energy input occurs largely in the small-diameter laminar flow arc region within the throat of the nozzle. As a first approximation, the power can be computed from Joule heating [/. E]; here the current den- sity and the voltage gradient across the arc have to be determined. 2. The cathode tip needs to be hot for thermionic emission of the arc elec- trons. It is heated by the arc and cooled by the propellant flow. The cathode, typically a coaxial pointed rod, is located in the plenum region. 3. The nozzle inner walls are heated by the arc, which may be at a tempera- ture of 10,000 to 20,000 K. Typically the nozzle is cooled only by con- duction and by the boundary layers. 4. The hot gas in the arc proper must mix quickly with the rest of the propellant; this is done by vortexing and turbulence. 5. Portions of the anode are heated to extreme temperatures in a section of the divergent nozzle at the arc footpoint (the arc attachment region of the electrode). The heating of the propellant is not all contained in the ple- num chamber, and heating of a supersonic flow is a source of losses. To start an arcjet, a much higher voltage than necessary for operation has to be applied momentarily in order to break down the cold gas. Some arcjets require an extended initial burn-in period before stable consistent running ensues. Because the conduction of electricity through a gas is inherently unstable, arcs require an external ballast resistance to allow steady-state opera- tion. The cathode must run hot and is usually made of tungsten with 1 or 2% thorium (suitable up to about 3000 K). Boron nitride, an easily shaped high- temperature electrical insulator, is commonly used. Carbon sheets are often used between flanges. Grooved t insulator ~...~:: J Cathode ~ Anode \ 1200 K 1400 K 1600 K~, 1800 K .... 1400 K 2200 K Electric 1600 K 1800 K current lines FIGURE 19-5. Typical estimated temperature distribution in the electrodes of an arcjet. 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 677 Presently, most arcjets are rather inefficient since less than half of the elec- trical energy goes into kinetic energy of the jet; the nonkinetic part of the exhaust plume (residual internal energy and ionization) is the largest loss. About 10 to 20% of the electric power input is usually dissipated and radiated as heat to space or transferred by conduction from the hot nozzle to other parts of the system. Arcjets, however, are potentially more scalable to large thrust levels than other electric propulsion systems. Generally, arcjets exhibit about six times the thrust-to-power ratio of a resistojet because of their increased specific impulse coupled with relatively low values of efficiency. Arcjets have another disadvantage in that the required power processing units are somewhat more complex than those for resistojets, due to the complexity of arc phenomena. The life of an arcjet can be severely limited by local electrode erosion and vaporization, which is specifically due to action of t.he arc attachment point and of the high operating temperatures in general. The rate of erosion is influenced by the particular propellant in combination with the electrode mate- rials (argon and nitrogen give higher erosion rates than hydrogen), and by pressure gradients, which are usually higher during start or pulsing transients (sometimes by a factor of 100) than during steady-state operation. A variety of propellants has been used in arcjet devices, including N2, He, H2, Ne, NH3, Ar, and the catalytic decomposition products of N2H4. Lithium metal, which is a liquid at 180°C, has been considered because of its low molecular mass, ease of ionization, and its potential for transpiration cooling. Also lithium deposits on the cathode tend to reduce cathode erosion. Lithium is very reactive and requires special handling. Specific impulses for H 2 are 1200 to 1500 sec, which, along with other desirable heat-transfer properties, make both hydro- gen and lithium the propellants of choice for high performance. There are, however, problems in the handling and storage of these propellants that have been difficult to resolve. An arcjet downstream of a catalytic hydrazine decomposition chamber looks similar to the resistojet of Fig. 19-4, except that the resistor is replaced by a smaller diameter arc heater. Also, larger cabling is needed to supply the relatively much larger currents. Decomposed hydrazine would enter the arc at a temperature of about 760°C. Liquid hydrazine is easier to store and provides a low-volume, lighter-weight propellant supply system when compared to gas- eous propellants. Table 19-4 shows on-orbit performance of a system of 2-kW hydrazine arcjets. Specific impulses from 400 to nearly 600 sec are typical for hydrazine arcjets (Ref. 19-9). A 26-kW ammonia arcjet program (ESEX) is presently undergoing space testing (Refs. 19-10, 19-11) with 787 sec specific impulse and 1.93 N thrust. 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS The acceleration of a hot propellant through the use of a supersonic nozzle is the most conspicuous feature of thermal thrusting. Now we turn our study to 678 ELECTRIC PROPULSION TABLE 19-4. On-Orbit 2 kW Hydrazine Arcjet System (PRIMEX, Ref. 19-9) Propellant Hydrazine Steady thrust 222-258 mN Mass flow rate 36-47 mg/sec Feed pressure 185-330 psia Power control unit (PCU) input 4.4 kW (two thrusters) System input voltage 68-71 V DC PCU efficiency 93% Specific impulse 570-600 sec Dimensions Arcjet 237 x 125 x 91 mm 3 PCU 632x361 x 109ram 3 Mass Arcjet (4) and cable 6.3 kg PCU 15.8 kg Total impulse 1,450,000 N-sec acceleration of a propellant by electrical forces where no area changes are essential for direct gas acceleration. The electrostatic (or Coulomb) force and the electromagnetic (or Lorentz) force can be used to accelerate a suitable propellant to speeds ultimately limited by the speed of light (note that thermal thrusting is essentially limited by the speed of sound in the plenum chamber). The microscopic vector force fe on a singly charged particle can be written as f~ = eE + eve x B (19-13) where e is the electron charge magnitude, E the electric field vector, Ve the velocity of the charged particle, and B the magnetic field vector. The sum of the electromagnetic forces on all the charges gives the total force per unit volume vector Fe (scalar forms of this equation follow) [~e -- PeE +j x B (19-14) Here Pe is the net charge density and j the electric current vector density. With plasmas, which by definition have an equal mixture of positively and negatively charged particles within a volume of interest, this net charge density vanishes. On the other hand, the current due to an electric field does not vanish because positive ions move opposite to electrons, thus adding to the current (but in plasmas with free electrons this ion current can be very small). From Eq. 19-14, we see that an electrostatic accelerator must have a nonzero net charge density that is commonly referred to as a space-charge density. An example of an electrostatic accelerator is the ion engine, which operates with positive ions; here magnetic fields are unimportant in the accelerator region. Electromagnetic accelerators operate only with plasmas and rely solely on the Lorentz force to 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 679 accelerate the propellant. The Hall accelerator may be thought of as a crosslink between an ion engine and an electromagnetic engine. These three types of accelerator are discussed next. Research and development efforts in the field of non-thermal thrusters have been extensive and truly international. Electrostatic and electromagnetic devices require an understanding of the basic laws of electricity and magnetism which are most elegantly summarized in Maxwell's equations complemented by the force relation and Ohm's law, both previously introduced. Moreover, various processes in ionization and gaseous conduction need to be considered. This subject forms the basis of the discipline of magnetohydrodynamics or MHD; however, a proper treat- ment of this subject is beyond the scope of this book. Electrostatic Devices Electrostatic thrusters rely on Coulomb forces to accelerate a propellant com- posed of non-neutral charged particles. They can operate only in a near vacuum. The electric force depends only on the charge, and all charged parti- cles must be of the same "sign" if they are to move in the same direction. Electrons are easy to produce and are readily accelerated, but they are so extremely light in mass as to be impractical for electric propulsion. From thermal propulsion fundamentals one might deduce that "the lighter the exhaust particle the better." However, the momentum carried by electrons is relatively negligible even at velocities near the speed of light. Thus, the thrust per unit area that can be imparted to such an electron flow remains negligible even when the effective exhaust velocity or specific impulse gets to be very high. Accordingly, electrostatic thrusters use charged heavy-molecular-mass atoms as positive ions (a proton is 1840 times heavier than the electron and a typical ion of interest contains hundreds of protons). There has been some research work with small liquid droplets or charged colloid which can in turn be some 10,000 times heavier than atomic particles. In terms of power sources and transmission equipment, the use of the heavier particles contributes to more desirable characteristics for electrostatic thrusters--for example, high voltages and low currents in contrast to low voltages and high currents with their associated massive wiring and switching. Electrostatic thrusters can be categorized by their source of charged parti- cles as follows: 1. Electron bombardment thrusters. Positive ions from a monatomic gas are produced by bombarding the gas or vapor, such as xenon or mercury, with electrons emitted from a heated cathode. Ionization can be either DC or RF. 2. Ion contact thrusters. Positive ions are produced by passing the propellant vapor, usually cesium, through a hot (about 1100°C or 2000°F) porous tungsten contact ionizer. Cesium vapor was used extensively in the ori- ginal ion engines. 680 ELECTRIC PROPULSION 3. Field emission or colloid thrusters. Tiny droplets of propellant are charged either positively or negatively as these droplets pass through an intense electric field discharge. The stability of large, charged particles remains a challenge. Names such as xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS, Ref. 19-12, and NSTAR/DS1, Refs. 19-10 and 19-13), radio-frequency field ionization (RITA), cesium ion contact rockets, and colloid propulsion have been used to identify electrostatic thrusters. The following general design criteria are desirable for electrostatic thrusters, regardless of the charged particle source: 1. Minimum expenditure of energy per charged particle produced (this energy is an irrecoverable loss). 2. Minimum ion-collision damage to the accelerating electrodes (sputtering) and deterioration of component characteristics over thrust lifetime. 3. Maximum supply of ionized particles (related to propellant utilization factor). 4. Stabilized uniform operation near the space-charge limitations of the thruster (represented by the saturation current density within the accel- erator electrodes). 5. Production of particles of uniform mass and charge so that they can be effectively accelerated by the electric field. 6. No reaction of the exhaust plume gases with spacecraft materials (Hg vapor can react with many materials). 7. Nonhazardous propellants with good tankage properties (Hg and Cs are poisonous and Xe is nontoxic but requires extra devices to conserve it). Good tankage means propellant of high density, that is noncorrosive, with stable storage over time. 8. No deposits of condensed species on spacecraft optical components (win- dows, lenses, mirrors, photovoltaic cell surfaces, or sensitive heat rejec- tion surfaces). 9. Specific impulse near optimum for a given mission (the specific impulse is shown to be a function of accelerating voltage and the particle mass). Basic Relationships for Electrostatic Thrusters An electrostatic thruster, regardless of type, consists of the same series of basic ingredients, namely, a propellant source, several forms of electric power, an ionizing chamber, an accelerator region, and a means of neutralizing the exhaust. While Coulomb accelerators require a net charge density of one polar- ity, the exhaust beam must be neutralized to avoid a space-charge buildup outside of the craft which could easily nullify the operation of the thruster. Neutralization is achieved by the injection of electrons downstream (see the device descriptions that follow). The exhaust velocity is a function of the 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 681 voltage V,~c imposed across the accelerating chamber or grids, the mass of the charged particle #, and its electrical charge e. In the conservation of energy equation the kinetic energy of a charged particle must equal the electrical energy gained in the field, provided that there are no collisional losses. In its simplest form, ll.t•2 -- e Vac c (19-15) Now, solving for the speed gained in the accelerator, v- v/2eV, c~/# (19-16) When e is in coulombs, # in kilograms, and Vacc is in volts, then v is in meters per second. Using 9J~ to represent the molecular mass of the ion (gJ~ = 1 for a proton) then, for singly charged ions, the equation above becomes v (m/sec) = 13,800 v/V~/~. References 19-2 and 19-3 contain a detailed treatment of the applicable theory. In an ideal ion thruster, the current I across the accelerator represents the sum of all the propellant mass (100% singly ionized) carried per second by the particles accelerated: I - rh(e/#) (19-17) The total ideal thrust from the accelerated particles is given by Eq. 2-14 (with- out the pressure thrust term, as pressures are extremely low): F- rhv- Iv~2# Vacc/e (19-18) As can be seen, for a given current and accelerator voltage the thrust is pro- portional to the mass-to-charge ratio of the charged particles. The thrust and power absorbed by the neutralizing electrons are both small (about 1%) and can easily be neglected. The current density j that can be obtained with a charged particle beam has a saturation value depending on the geometry and the electrical field (see Ref. 19-14). This fundamental limit is caused by the internal electric field associated with the ion cloud opposing the electric field from the accelerator when too many charges of the same sign try to pass simultaneously through the accel- erator. The saturation current can be derived for a plane-geometry electrode configuration from basic principles. A definition of the current density in terms of the space charge density follows: j- Per (19-19) 682 ELECTRIC PROPULSION The voltage in a one-dimensional space-charge region is found from Poisson's equation, where x represents distance and e0 is the permittivity of free space which, in SI units, has the value of 8.854 x 10 -12 farads per meter: d 2 V/dx 2 - pe/eO (19-20) By solving Eqs. 19-16, 19-19, and 19-20 simultaneously and applying the proper boundary conditions, we obtain the following relation known as the Child-Langmuir law: 4e0 ~/~ (Vacc) 3/2 J ----9-- d 2 (19-21) In this equation, d is the accelerator interelectrode distance. In SI units the equation for the saturation current density can be expressed (for atomic or molecular ions) as j - 5.44 x 10 .8 V3/2/(~l/2d2) • ace (19-22) Here the current density is in Aim 2, the voltage is in volts, and the distance in meters. For xenon with electron bombardment schemes, values ofj vary from 2 to about 10 mA/cm 2. The current density and the area are very sensitive to the accelerator voltage as well as to the electrode configuration and spacing. Using Eqs. 19-18 and 19-22 and letting the cross section be circular so that I- (rcD2/4)j, the thrust can be rewritten as F (2/9)rreoD2 2 2 - V~,cc/d (19-23) In SI units, for molecular ions, this becomes F - 6.18 x 10 -12 V~cc(D/d) 2 (19-24) The ratio of the exhaust beam emitter diameter D to the accelerator-elec- trode grid spacing d can be regarded as an aspect ratio of the ion accelerator region. For multiple grids with many holes (see Figs. 19-6 and 19-7) the diameter D is that of the individual perforation hole and the distance d is the mean spacing between grids. Because of space-charge limitations, D/d can have values no higher than about one for simple, single-ion beams. This implies a rather stubby engine design with many perforations and the need for multiple parallel ion engines for larger thrust values. Using Eqs. 19-1, 19-2, and 19-17, and assuming r/t conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy, the power of the electrostatic accelerator region is 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 683 TABLE 19-5. Ionization Potentials for Various Gases Gas Ionization Potential (eV) Molecular/Atomic Mass (kg/kg-mol) Cesium vapor 3.9 132.9 Potassium vapor 4.3 39.2 Mercury vapor 10.4 200.59 Xenon 12.08 131.30 Krypton 14.0 83.80 Hydrogen, molecular 15.4 2.014 Argon 15.8 39.948 Neon 21.6 20.183 Pe -- IVacc - (1/2)rhvZ/qt (19-25) The overall efficiency of an electrostatic thruster will be a function of the thruster efficiency qt as well as of other loss factors. One loss of energy which is intrinsic to the thruster is the energy expended in charging the pro- pellant, which is related to the ionization energy; it is similar to the dissociation energy in electrothermal devices. Ionization represents an input necessary to make the propellant respond to the electrostatic force and is non-recoverable. The ionization energy is found from the ionization potential (ei) of the atom or molecule times the current flow, as the example below shows. Historically, in the development of the ion engine, propellant charging has been of primary concern; the first engine designs used cesium because of its high vapor pressure and ease of ionization, but cesium has many undesirable tankage properties (its high reactivity is very difficult to isolate); then came mercury, with its well- known ionization behavior from fluorescent lamps, but mercury also proved to be unworkable because of its poor tankage characteristics; finally, xenon emerged with its reliable tankage properties and its relative ease of ionization. Table 19-5 shows the molecular mass and first ionization potential for different propellants. In actual practice, considerably higher voltages than the ionization potential are required to operate the ionization chamber. Example 19-2. For an electron-bombardment ion rocket the following data are given: Working fluid Net accelerator voltage Distance d between grids Diameter D of each grid opening Number of holes in the grid Ionization potential for xenon xenon (131.3 kg/kg-mol) 700 V 2.5 mm 2.0 mm 2200 12.08 eV 684 ELECTRIC PROPULSION Determine the thrust, exhaust velocity, specific impulse, mass flow rate, propellant needed for 91 days' operation, the power of the exhaust jets, and the thruster efficiency including ionization losses. SOLUTION. The ideal thrust is obtained from Eq. 19-24: F = 6.18 x 10 -12 x (700) 2 x (2/2.5) 2 - 1.94 x 10 -6 N per grid opening The total ideal thrust is then obtained by multiplying by the number of holes F = 2200 x 1.94 x 10 -6 -- 4.26 milliN The exhaust velocity and specific impulse are obtained from Eq. 19-16: v = 13,800v/700/131.3 - 31,860 m/sec Is = 31,860/9.81 = 3248 sec The mass flow rate, obtained from Eq. 2-6, is rn = F/v = 4.26 x 10-3/31,860 = 1.34 x 10 .7 kg/sec For a cumulative period of 91 days of operation, the amount of xenon propellant needed (assuming no losses) is m = rh tp = 1.34 x 10 .7 x 91 x 24 x 3600 = 1.05 kg The kinetic energy rate in the jet is {rhv 2 = 0.5 x 1.34 x 10 .7 x (31,860) 2 -67.9 W The ionization losses (11) represent the nonrecoverable ionization energy which is related to the ionization potential of the atom (ei) times the number of coulombs produced per second (see Table 19-5 and Eq. 19-17): li = (12.08) x (1.34 x 10 -7 x 1.602 x 10-19)/(1.67 x 10 .27 x 131.3)= 1.18 W As can be seen, the ionization energy in this ideal case is about 2% of the accelerator energy rate. An equivalent way of calculating the ionization energy is to multiply the ionization potential by the total ion current. The current is found from Eq. 19-17 to be just under 10 mA. Of course, other losses would detract from the high ideal efficiency of this device, which is 98.3%. Ionization Schemes. Even though all ion acceleration schemes are the same, there are several ionization schemes for electrostatic engines. Most devices are DC but some are RF. To a great extent, the ionization chamber is responsible for most of the size, mass, and perhaps efficiency of these devices. We discuss some of these next. 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 685 Ionization of a gas by electron bombardment is a well-established technol- ogy (Ref. 19-14). Electrons are emitted from a thermionic (hot) cathode or the more efficient hollow cathode and are forced to interact with the gaseous propellant flow in a suitable ionization chamber. The chamber pressures are low, typically 10 -3 torr or 0.134 Pa. Figure 19-6 depicts a typical electron- bombardment ionizer which contains neutral atoms, positive ions, and elec- trons. Emitted electrons are attracted toward the cylindrical anode but are forced by the axial magnetic field to spiral in the chamber, causing numerous collisions with propellant atoms which lead to ionization. A radial electric field removes the electrons from the chamber and an axial electric field moves the ions toward the accelerator grids. These grids act as porous electrodes, which Ionization Neutralizer (electron emitter) O00~PJOOOO~oooChamber~ Magnetic field .... coil~ 7,,node Cathode / (electron Screen grid I ""1(3" Propellant ie ~ I jAccelerator grid vapor (neutral) . I Electron I (~ Distribution motion I grid "I ...... " .... a irm l o o ooo o oo o o'o"[~ I I I ' Beam r Beams of ions flow through grid holes Enlarged section of dual grid with lined up holes i ~-D FIGURE 19--6. Simplified schematic diagram of an electron bombardment ion thruster, showing an enlarged section of the double grid. 686 ELECTRIC PROPULSION electrostatically accelerate the positive ions. Loss of electrons is prevented by maintaining the cathode potential negatively biased on both the inner grid electrode and the opposite wall of the chamber. Electrons are routed from the cylindrical anode through an external circuit to another hot cathode at the exhaust beam in order to neutralize the exit beam. Figure 19-7 shows a cross section of an ion propulsion thruster using xenon as a propellant. It has three perforated electrically charged grids: the inner one keeps the electrons in the ionizer, the middle one has a high voltage (1000 V or more) and accelerates the ions, and the outer one keeps the neutralizing elec- trons from entering the accelerator region. Each grid hole is lined up with a similar opening in the other grids and the ion beam flows through these holes. If the grids are properly designed, only a few ions are lost by collision with the surface; however, these collisions cause sputtering and greatly diminish the life of the grids. Heavy metals such as molybdenum have been used, with graphite composites being recently introduced. The neutralizer electron source is posi- tioned outside the beam. Propellant plenum Permanent magnets Propellant Magnetic electrical return path isolator ~1 Electrical insulator Ground screen Cathode/ keeper subassembly Neutralizer subassembly \ Electrode <.~/U/.~... ape~////rtu re s (3145) ~/'"~""'~ Mask /~ Ion-Extraction electrodes (3) \ Permanent magnets FIGURE 19-7. External view and section of a 500-watt ion propulsion system (XIPS), rated at 18 mN and 2800 sec. Permanent magnets are used on the outside of the ionization chamber; also shown are cathodes for ionization and for beam neutralization. Xenon gas is delivered to the ionizer, then accelerated through the three sheet electrodes, and then the ion beam is neutralized. (Drawing courtesy of Hughes Space and Communications and the American Physical Society.) 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 687 Other key components are (1) the heaters for the ionizer and neutralizer cathode, (2) propellant feed and electrical isolator, (3) electrical insulators, and (4) permanent magnets. Reference 19-12 describes a 500 W xenon thruster. Hollow cathodes represent an advancement in the state-of-the-art in electron emission; this cathode consists of a high-temperature metal tube with a flow- limiting orifice and a porous tungsten cylinder impregnated with a barium- oxygen compound located next to the orifice. At about 1370 K the cathode is a good thermionic emitter and thus the hot cylinder produces enough electrons at a relatively low temperature. Xenon, the stable inert gas with the highest molecular mass, is the propellant of choice. Xenon is a minor component of air, in a concentration of about 9 parts in 100 million, so it is a relatively rare and expensive propellant whose availability is currently limited. Its critical point is 289.7 K and 5.84 MPa (the critical density is 1100 kg/m3). It is easily stored below its critical temperature as a liquid and it does not pose any problems of condensation or toxicity. Pressure regulators for xenon need to be more sophisticated, because no leakages can be tolerated and because flows are very small. In general, losses can be reduced by (1) decreasing the electron energy and ion density near the walls, (2) increasing the electron energy and ion density near the grid, and (3) optimizing the screen-grid open area. Practical limita- tions and trade-offs exist for each feature. For example, a reduction in electron energy to reduce the electron flux to the walls also increases collision losses. In practice a small portion of the accelerated ion current impinges on these grids, causing some power loss and some sputtering. Two aspects of the exhaust beam are non-thrust producing: one is the aforementioned ionization energy contained in the beam and the other one is any vector divergence present which results in beam spreading. Beam spreading, or the radial velocity component of beams, can result from causes both upstream and downstream of the exit electrode. Much of the divergence produced upstream is linked directly with internal geometrical details or "ion optics." Divergence downstream arises from forces within the beam or space charge spreading. Once outside of the accelerator chamber, repelling electrostatic forces between ions rapidly spread the beam radially. Proper neutralization of the beam reduces this spreading, allowing nearly axial velocities. Other electrical charging schemes include surface or ion contact ionization, field emission ionization, and radio-frequency ionization. These are fairly com- pact and effective ionizers when compared to electron bombardment. In field emission charging, positive or negative particles are generated when tiny liquid droplets (colloids) pass through a corona discharge. The radio-frequency ion thruster consists of an RF electrodeless discharge that can be compact and produce a high specific impulse; work on this technology is being done primar- ily in Germany. The ion contact thruster produces ions by surface ionization. The criterion that must be met is that the work function of the metal must be higher than the ionization potential of the propellant. As the propellant atoms "adsorb" 688 ELECTRIC PROPULSION on the surface they lose their valence electron to the metal and are re-emitted as a positive ion. The requirement of a high work function and a hot metallic surface restricts this surface to the refractory metals, notably tungsten. Moreover, the requirement of low ionization potential and high atomic mass restricts the propellant to cesium. The operating principle is the same as in the so-called thermionic energy converter. Designs of the cesium/tung- sten combination have not yielded high reliability over long lifetimes. Cesium as a propellant is extremely difficult to handle and has proven to be imprac- tical for spacecraft. Electromagnetic Thrusters This third major type of electric propulsion device accelerates propellant gas that has been heated to a plasma state. Plasmas are mixtures of electrons, positive ions, and neutrals that readily conduct electricity at temperatures usually above 5000 K or 9000 R. According to electromagnetic theory, when- ever a conductor carries a current perpendicular to a magnetic field, a body force is exerted on the conductor in a direction at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field. Unlike the ion engine, this acceleration process yields a neutral exhaust beam. Another advantage is the relatively high thrust density, or thrust per unit area, which is normally about 10 to 100 times that of the ion engines. Many conceptual arrangements have undergone laboratory study, some with external and some with self-generated magnetic fields, some suited to continuous thrusting and some limited to pulsed thrusting. Table 19-6 shows ways in which electromagnetic thrusters can be categorized. There is a wide variety of devices with a correspondingly wide array of names. We will use the term Lorentz-force accelerators when referring to the principle of opera- tion. For all of these devices the plasma is part of the current-carrying electrical circuit and most are accelerated without the need for area changes. Motion of the propellant, a moderate-density plasma or in some cases a combination of plasma and cooler gas particles, is due to a complex set of interactions. This is particularly true of short duration (3 to 10 ~tsec) pulsed- plasma thrusters where nothing reaches an equilibrium state. Basically, the designer of an electromagnetic thruster tries to (1) create a body of electri- cally conductive gas, (2) establish a high current within by means of an applied electric field, and (3) accelerate the propellant to a high velocity in the thrust vector direction with a significantly intense magnetic field (often self-induced). Conventional Thrusters~MPD and PPT. The description of magneto- plasma-dynamic (MPD) and pulsed-plasma (PPT) electromagnetic thrusters is based on the Faraday accelerator (Ref. 19--8). In its simplest form, a plasma conductor carries a current in the direction of an applied electric field but perpendicular to a magnetic field, with both of these vectors in turn normal to ' 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 689 TABLE 19--6. Categories of Electromagnetic Thrusters Thrust Mode Steady State Pulsed (Transient) Magnetic field source Electric current source Working fluid Geometry of path of working fluid Special features External coils or permanent magnets Direct-current supply Pure gas, as mixture, seeded gas, or vaporized liquid Axisymmetric (coaxial) rectangular, cylindrical, constant or variable cross section Using Hall current or Faraday current Self-induced Capacitor bank and fast switches Pure gas or vaporized liquid or stored as solid Ablating plug, axisymmetric, other Simple requirement for propellant stage the direction of plasma acceleration. Equation 19-12 can be specialized to a Cartesian coordinate system where the plasma's "mass-mean velocity" is in the x-direction, the external electric field is in the y-direction, and the magnetic field acts in the z-direction. A simple manipulation of Eq. 19-12, with negligible Hall parameter/3, yields a scalar equation for the current, jy - o-(E~, - vx B=) (19-26) and the Lorentz force becomes Fx -j),B - ~r(E), - vxB:)B: - crB2-_(E).IB: - Vx) (19-27) Here Fx represents the force "density" within the accelerator and should not be confused with F the thrust force; Fx has units of force per unit volume (e.g., N/ m3). The axial velocity Vx is a mass-mean velocity that increases internally along the accelerator length; the thrust equals the exit value (Vma× or v2) multi- plied by the mass flow rate. It is noteworthy that, as long as Ey and Bz (or E/B) remain constant, both the current and the force decrease along the accelerator length due to the induced field vxB= which subtracts from the impressed value Ey. This increase in plasma velocity translates into a diminishing force along such Faraday accelerators, which limits the final axial velocity. Although not practical it would seem desirable to design for increasing E/B along the chan- nel in order to maintain a substantial accelerating force throughout. But it is not necessarily of interest to design for peak exit velocity because this might translate into unrealistic accelerator lengths (see Problem 19-8). It can be shown that practical considerations might restrict the exit velocity to below one-tenth of the maximum value of E~./B=. 690 ELECTRIC PROPULSION A "gasdynamic approximation" (essentially an extension of the classical concepts of Chapter 3 to plasmas in an electromagnetic field) by Resler and Sears (Ref. 19-15) indicates that further complications are possible, namely, that a constant area accelerator channel would choke if the plasma velocity does not have the very specific value of (k - 1)/k at the sonic location of the accelerator. This plasma tunnel velocity would have to be equal to 40% of the value of E/B for inert gases, since k (the ratio of specific heats) equals 1.67. Thus constant area, constant E/B accelerators could be severely constrained because Mach one corresponds only to about 1000 m/sec in typical inert gas plasmas. Constant-area choking in real systems, where the properties E, B, and cr are actually quite variable, is likely to manifest itself as one or more instabil- ities. Another problem is that values of the conductivity and electric field are usually difficult to determine and a combination of analysis and measurement is required to evaluate, for example, Eq. 19-12. Fortunately, most plasmas are reasonably good conductors when less than 10% of the particles are ionized. Figure 19-8 shows the simplest plasma accelerator, employing a self-induced magnetic field. This is a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), accelerating plasmas "struck" between two rail electrodes and fed by a capacitor, which is in turn charged by a power supply. The current flow through the plasma quickly dis- charges the capacitor and hence the mass flow rate must be pulsed according to the discharge schedule. The discharge current forms a current loop, which induces a strong magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the rails. Analogous to a metal conductor in an electric motor, the Lorentz force acts on the plasma, accelerating it along the rails. For a rail width s, the total internal accelerating force has the value F = slB, where I is the total current and B the magnitude of the self-induced field. Hence no area changes are required to accelerate the propellant. Some electrical energy is lost to the electrodes and the ionization energy is never recovered; moreover, this particular plasma does not exit well collimated, and propellant utilization tends to be poor. "- ' Rail ~. Plasma arc anode "~c r/~//~/////f//7~///////////////./////~ =. _ _ ~w,- l +';,;/ = ~. ++ > • 4--~- + + + ill ~ S Pro ellant / ~///.~ = p t ~ ~ ~ -/ / / ~ / / Y / ' ~ / / / ~ ! \ \ Induced magnetic field, B Rail cathode i 11 ! 11 -- Capacitor FIGURE 19-8. Simple rail accelerator for self-induced magnetic field acceleration of current-carrying plasma. The concept illustrates the basic physical interactions but suffers from loss of propellant, resulting in low efficiency. 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 691 A practical version of the PPT was first put in operation in 1968 and is shown in Chapter 1 as Fig. 1-10. It was used reliably in the USAF's LES-6 communication satellite, which had four PPTs producing approximately 12 million pulses over the life of the thruster. The propellant is stored in a solid Teflon bar that is pushed against the rails by a suitable spring. The recharge- able capacitor discharges across the Teflon surface, momentarily ablating it, and the current flow through the ionized vapor creates its own accelerating magnetic field. About 10 -5 g of Teflon and 5000 A peak current flow during a 0.6 psec pulse. In the LES-6 electric propulsion system, one-third of the energy is lost because of capacitor resistance. Other losses occur in ablation, dissocia- tion, ionization, plasma and electrode heating. Teflon stores well in space, is easy to handle, and ablates with insignificant charring. In addition to the over- all simplicity of the device, there are no tanks, valves, synchronizing controls, or zero-gravity feed problems. Another advantage is that pulsed thrusting is very compatible with precise control and positioning where the mean thrust is varied by changing the pulsing rate. Besides its very low efficiency, the big disadvantage of this thruster is the size and mass of the power conditioning equipment, which is presently the subject of technology programs toward improvement. Better PPTs are under development (Ref. 19-16). Figure 19-9 shows a hybrid electrothermal-electromagnetic concept. It pro- duces continuous thrust and Russians claim to have flown several versions. Compared to an electrothermal arcjet, these devices operate at relatively lower pressures and much higher electric and magnetic fields. Hydrogen and argon are common propellants for such MPD arcjets. As with other electromagnetic thrusters, exhaust beam neutralization is unnecessary. Problems of electrode Tungsten tipped Permanent magnet or electromagnet Propellant feed~ / ~- ~ , ., --o o o o o l OOOOO OOOOO Nozzle-anode ~ Plasma exhaust Boron niptra:e / Cursent FIGURE 19-9. Simplified diagram of a magnetoplasma dynamic (MPD) arcjet thrust- er. It is similar in construction to the thermal arcjet shown in Fig. 1-8 but it has a stronger magnetic field to enhance the propellant acceleration. 692 ELECTRIC PROPULSION erosion, massive electrical components, and low efficiencies (with their asso- ciated heat dissipation) have slowed implementation of these devices. Hall-Effect Thrusters. When plasma densities are low enough and/or magnetic fields are high enough, the Hall-effect electric field becomes quite significant. This is the same phenomenon that is observed in the semiconductor Hall effect where a voltage arises transverse to the applied electric field. The Hall current can be understood to represent the motion of the electron "guiding center" (Ref. 19-7) in a crossed electric and magnetic field arrangement where collisions must be relatively insignificant. The Hall thruster is of interest because it represents a practical operating region for space propulsion, which Russian scientists were the first to successfully exploit in a design originally called the stationary plasma thruster or SPT, since a portion of the electron current "swirls in place" (Ref. 19-17). In order to understand the principle of the Hall thruster it is necessary to rewrite in scalar form the generalized Ohm's law, Eq. 19-12. Because the electron Hall parameter/3 = mr is no longer negligible, we arrive at two equa- tions, which are (in Cartesian form): O" Jx - 1 + f12 [E,- - fl(E,.- vxB:)] (19-28) o" J"'- 1 +/32 [(Er- vxB-) + fiE,-] (19-29) For a typical design, the application of a longitudinal electric field E~ causes a current density Jx to flow in the applied field direction together with a Hall current density ~. which flows in the direction transverse to Ex. The Hall electric field E~' is externally shorted to maximize that current and the electrodes are "segmented" in order not to short out the axial electric field Ex. Note that flEx > vxB:. This arrangement results in a reasonably com- plicated design (see Fig. 19-10a), one which was deemed impractical. As will be discussed next, for space propulsion, engineers prefer the cylindrical geometry over the rectangular. It yields a simpler, more practical design; here the applied magnetic field is radial and the applied electric field is axial; the thrust-producing Hall current Jo is azimuthal and counterclockwise and, because it closes on itself, it automatically shorts out its associated Hall electric field. The relevant geometry is shown in Fig. 19-10b, and the equa- tions now become o" Z - 1 +/32 [E,- + fivxB,.] (19-30) o" Jo - 1 + f12 [/3Ey - vxB,.] (19-31) where, for an accelerator, fiE,. > v,.B,.. 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 693 V x Ionized flow Segmented cathode Accelerator Hall field field shorting ~ wire I I'lU I / / Hall / / x Perpendicular magnetic field (a) Linear Hall accelerator Anode ring and Annular cylindrical cavity gas distributor ~ Propellant = = ~ ~ [//---~;~.~ feed ~ - Radial magnetic / ,,e,d I'1' / Hollo~ Power supply cathode (b) Cylindrical Hall accelerator FIGURE 19-10. Linear and cylindrical Hall accelerator configurations showing how an applied axial field results in a transverse current that accelerates the plasma. The Hall current peaks when the external resistance is absent (i.e., shorted). The presence of any significant axial current density Jx represents an inefficiency in Hall devices. The current Jx is needed for ionization (by electron bombardment) because here the discharge chamber coincides with a portion of the accelerator region. The Hall current Jo performs the acceleration through the Lorentz force joBr . The Hall parameter is calculated from the product of the electron cyclotron frequency (Ref. 19-7) co = eB/#e and the collision time r of the electrons with the heavier particles, which is part of the electrical conductivity in Eq. 9-11. In order for a Hall generator to be of interest, the electron Hall parameter must be much greater than one (in fact, Ref. 19-18 indicates that it should be at least 100), whereas ion motion must proceed relatively unaffected by magnetic effects. Large electron Hall parameters are obtained most readily with low plasma densities which translate into large times between collisions. Figure 19-11 shows a cutout of an SPT design with a redundant set of hollow cath- odes and the solenoid magnetic pair responsible for the magnetic field. In Hall thrusters, the propellant gas, xenon or argon, is fed in the vicinity of the anode; 694 ELECTRIC PROPULSION some gas is also provided through the cathode for more efficient cathode operation. While the discharge chamber is not physically separated from the accelerator region, the absence of ions in the first portion of the chamber effectively differentiates the ionization region from the rest of the accelerator. The local charge mass and density of the ions and electrons, together with the magnetic field profiles, need to be tailored such that the ion motion is mostly axial and the electron motion mostly spiral; this makes any given physical design inflexible to changes of propellant. A variation of the original noncon- ducting accelerator wall SPT design is a smaller channel with metallic walls; Outer Propellant magnet feed ~ solenoid (x4) Inner magnet solenoid (detail) Discharge chamber Anode/gas distributor Hollow cathodes NOMINAL CHARACTERISTICS Propellant Xenon Thrust 83 milli N Specific impulse 1600 sec Efficiency (thruster) 0.48 Electric power 1350 watts Mass flow rate 5.3 millgram/s Design total impulse 1,000,000 N-sec Design cycles 4000 Thruster mass 3.5 kg Thruster dimensions 15 x 22 x 12.5 cm FIGURE 19-11. External view and quarter section of a 1350-watt Hall accelerator (SPT). It is rated at a thrust of 83 mN and a specific impulse of 1600 sec. The radial magnetic field is produced by an inner solenoid and four external solenoids. Ionization takes place at the beginning of the insulated annular channel. The accompanying table lists the nominal characteristics of SPT-100. (Drawing courtesy of Atlantic Research Corporation and FAKEL.) 19.3. NON-THERMAL ELECTRICAL THRUSTERS 695 this "thruster with an anode layer" (TAL) has comparable performance with a higher thrust density. The Hall thruster may be classified as either an electromagnetic device (as above) or an electrostatic device where the space charge in the ion acceleration region is neutralized by an electron current transverse to the ion flow (Refs. 19- 17, 19-18). If we can mentally separate the process of ionization from that of aceleration, then it is easy to see that electrons swirling within the accelerator neutralize the ionic space charge as it moves from anode to cathode. This, in effect, decreases the magnitude of the accelerating fields and removes most of the beam-focusing requirements. In reality, there is some small interaction between the azimuthal electron current and the ion current, but it diminishes in proportion to the magnitude of the Hall parameter/3. The Hall thruster yields the best/3-efficiency (r/H as defined below) when 13 is very large. The high /3-limit is found, from Eqs. 19-30 and 19-31 and the definition of the plasma conductivity cr (Eq. 19-11), as Jx ~ crvxB,./fl = p~vx and = joBr --+ PeE-~ rlH = ~'Vx/J,-E,~ --+ 1.0 (19-32) (19-33) (19-34) As can be seen, the accelerating force at this high Hall parameter limit is the electrostatic force and, since the exit ionization levels are about 90%, this corresponds in principle to the ion engine without any of its severe space- charge current limitations. Even though electron densities are in the order of 1015 to 1017/m 3, the effective space-charge densities (Pe) are considerably lower because of positive ion neutralization and approach zero at the exit. Furthermore, the Hall/3-efficiency On as defined in the equations above reflects strictly the influence of/3; this efficiency is ideal, being an internal parameter that represents the loss that arises from the total current vector not being perfectly normal to the flow direction. The overall efficiency is still given by Eq. 19-2. Example 19-3. (a) For the SPT-100 information given in Fig. 19-11, verify the values of thrust and efficiency. (b) Using the definition of the Hall efficiency above, calculate its value for/3 = 200 and for a representative value of the parameter Brvx/E, c = 2.5 x 10 -2 (this grouping of variables can be shown to be intrinsic in the Hall thruster). SOLUTION. (a) The mass flow rate is 5.3 x 10 -6 kg/sec, the specific impulse is 1600 sec, and the input power is 1350 W. Hence F = rh Isgo = (5.3 × 10-6)(1600)(9.81) = 83.2 mN ~1, = Flsgo/2Pe = (8.3 x 10-2)(1600)(9.81)/2(1350) = 48.4% Both of these answers compare very well with the information in Fig. 19-11. 696 ELECTRIC PROPULSION (b) With some manipulation, and defining the Hall local efficiency parameter = Brvx/Ex, Eq. 19-34 can be written as OH = (--~ + fl)~/(1 + fl$) = 5/6 = 83.3% Since the parameter ~ can be highly variable across real accelerator channels, this Hall fl-efficiency is not necessarily representative of the overall efficiency, only of the max- imum efficiency. Clearly, even the ideal Hall accelerator is not as good as the ideal Faraday or MPD accelerator. Nevertheless, for very large values of/3, it can be seen that this efficiency will approach one for any value of ~. 19.4. OPTIMUM FLIGHT PERFORMANCE Now that we have discussed the various propulsion devices available, we return to the discussion of flight performance. In Section 19.1 the fundamen- tal background for an optimum propulsion system design was introduced. The discussion remained incomplete because the specific power and the effi- ciency of individual thrusters, among other things, need to be known for further analysis. In a given mission, the payload mpt and velocity increment Au are specified along with upper limits on electric power available (Ref. 19-19). In the analysis of Section 19.1, for any desired Au/vc, one can find an optimum v/vc given a payload ratio; however, even when the choice of an electric propulsion system has been made, thrust time tp is unspecified and thus the total mass also remains unspecified. Thrust time or "burn time" is the smallest for zero payload and continuously increases with increasing pay- load ratio. Concurrently, the specific impulse changes, making the problem underconstrained. Given the payload mass and the vehicle velocity increment, a spacecraft design procedure might be followed using the optimum results of Section 19.1, e.g.: 1. Pick a payload mass fraction--from Fig. 19-3 this yields an optimum Au/v~. 2. From the given Au, deduce the value of the characteristic speed v~. 3. From the optimum value of v/v~ in Fig. 19-3 at the given mass fraction, or Eq. 19-9, calculate the corresponding value of v or I~. 4. Select an engine that can deliver this optimum Is and from its character- istics (i.e., oe and ~h) find the thrusting time tp from Eq. 19-8. 5. Calculate mp from Section 19.1, including Eq. 4-7 and the given payload ratio. 6. Check that the available vehicle electrical power (from Eq. 19-6) together with vehicle volume plus the desirable mission time and total cost are not exceeded. 19.4. OPTIMUM FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 697 As may be evident, a unique criterion for the choice of the assumed pay- load mass fraction is missing above. One possible solution to this problem is to look for a "dual optimum", namely, to seek the shortest burn time con- sistent with the highest payload mass fraction. A maximum for the product of mH/m o with Au/v~ does exist as a function of v/v~ (as shown in Ref. 19- 20). In other words, this dual optimum defines a minimum overall mass for a specified payload consistent with minimum transfer time. Table 19-7 gives estimated values of c~ along with the corresponding range of specific impulse and the efficiency for electric propulsion systems in present engine inventories. The optimum formulation in Section 19.1, however, needs to be modified to account for the portion of tankage mass which results from propellant loading; with few exceptions, an additional 10% of the propellant mass shows up as tank or container mass (this could be further refined to include reserve propellant). Reference 19-16 includes information on this tankage fraction for various thrusters. Fortunately, the analysis presented earlier is little modified and it turns out that the optima are driven toward higher specific impulses and longer times of operation. For an arbitrary tankage fraction allowance 99, Au Vln [ ' (l+~P)-k-(V/Vc) 2 ] Vc -- v--[c (mpl/m 0 n t- (19) -Jr (V/Vc) 2 (19-35) When ~p- 0.1 the actual value for the joint-optimized payload ratio can be shown to be 0.46, with corresponding ratios of vehicle velocity increment as 0.299 and propellant exhaust velocity as 0.892. It turns out that this peak is rather broad and that payload ratios between 0.34 and 0.58 are within 6% of the mathematical optimum. Since engine parameters are rather "inelastic", and since spacecraft designers have to deal with numerous constraints which are not propulsion related, this wider range of optima is deemed a practical necessity. Given the desirable 0.34 to 0.58 optimum payload-ratio range, we may first select one or more engines within the range 0.2268 < _ (I]/Au) < _ 0.4263, where the optimized specific impulse (I) is in sec and the velocity change in m/sec. Since the vehicle's change in velocity is known, this condition yields the required limits in specific impulse. We can then proceed to use the following joint-optimized, approximate polynomial relations to find mpt/mo and tp as follows" TABLE 19-7. Summary of Current Technology in Typical Electric Propulsion Engines Specific power, Thruster Specific ot (W/kg) Efficiency, Impulse, Engine Type Identification (Reference) (estimated) rjt I~. (sec) Power (W) Thrust (N) Lifetime (hr) Status Resistojet N2H4 (16, 21) (19-16, 19-21) 333-500 0.8-0.9 280-310 500-1500 NH3 (19-16) 0.8 350 500 Primex MR-501B (19-21 ) 303-294 350-510 A rcjet N2 H4 (19-21 ) 313 0.33-0.35 450-600 300-2000 H2 (19-16, 19-21) 333 0.4 1000 5-100 K NH3 (19-16) 270-320 0.27-0.36 500-800 500-30 K Primex Mr-509 (19-21) (c) 115.3 >0.31 > 502 (545) 1800 Primex MR-510 (19-21 ) (c) 150 > 0.31 > 570-600 2170 Ion Propulsion XIPS (19-21) I00 0.75 2800-3500 200-4000 Hughes XIPS-13 (19-21) 0.46, 0.54 2585, 2720 427, 439 Hughes XIPS-25 (19-.21) 0.65, 0.67 2800 1400 NSTAR/DS 1 (19-13) 45 0.6 3100 2300-2500 RITA 15 (a) 9.61 3000-4000 540 UK-10/T5 (UK) (19--21) 0.55-0.64 3090-3300 278-636 ETS-VI IES (Jap.) (19-21) 0.4 3000 730 DASA RIT-10 (Ger.) (19-21) 0.38 3000-3150 585 Hall Hall (XE)(19-16) 150 0.5 1500-1600 300-6000 SPT (XE) (19-21) 0.48 1600 150-1500 ARC/Fakel SPT- 100 (19-16) 169.8 0.48 1600 1350 Fakel SPT-70 (19-3) 0.46, 0.50 1510, 1600 640-660 TAL D-55 (Russia) (19-21) ~ 50.9 0.48, 0.50-0.60 950-1950 600-1500 Primex BPT Hall (c) 0.5 1500-1800 500-6000 MPD--Steady Applied Field (19-16) 0.5 2000-5000 1-100 K Self-field (19-16) 0.3 2000-5000 200-4000 K MPD-Pulsed Teflon PPT (19-16) 1 0.07 1000 1-200 LES 8/9 PPT (19-21) 0.0068, 0.009 836, 1000 25, 30 NASA/Primex EO- 1 (c) ~ 20 0.098 1150 up to 100 Primex PRS- 101 (c) I 150 EPEX arcjet (Jap.) (19-21) 0.16 600 430 0.2-0.8 0.369-0.182 0.2-0.25 0.2-0.25 0.2-0.25 0.213-0.254 0.222-0.258 0.015-0.014 0.0178, 0.018 0.0635 0.093 0.015 0.010-0.025 0.02 0.015 0.04 0.04-0.2 0.083 0.04 0.082 4000 N-sec 0.0003 3000 N-sec 1.4 mN, 2 Hz 0.023 > 390 > 389 > 830-1000 > 1000 1500 > 1575 > 2595 > 8000 12,000 > 4350 > 10,000 > 20,000 10,700 > 7000 > 4000 > 7424 9000 > 5000 > 107 pulses > 107 pulses Operational Operational Operational R&D Qualified Qualified Qualified Operational Qualified Qualified Operational Qualified Qualified Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Development R&D R&D Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Manufacturers: (a): Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace, AG., (b): Atlantic Research Corporation, USA Fakel (Russia), (c): Primex Aerospace Company 19.4. OPTIMUM FLIGHT PERFORMANCE 699 (,:) mPlmo "~ -0.1947 + 2.972\Au] -- 2.7093\Au] tp~ I67.72- 39"67(mpl']+\mo/20"04(mpl']2 l\mO/(Ifotrlt (see) (19-36) (19-37) The success of this approach hinges on the validity of the engine information employed. In particular, the specific power should represent all the inert com- ponents of the engine, which can be reasonably assumed to depend on the power level. The payload mass must reflect all mass that is neither proportional to the electrical power nor propellant related. The tankage fraction allowance must reflect the total propellant mass and thus the use of Eq. 19-35 is neces- sary. It is assumed that there is available a source of electricity (typically from 28 to 110 V DC for solar-powered craft) which is not tagged to the propulsion system. The analysis also assumes that the efficiency is not a function of specific impulse (in contrast to Ref. 19-22); this implies that an average or effective value can be used. Since each individual engine type spans a somewhat limited range of specific impulse, this assumption is not deemed to be too restrictive. For the continuous thrust schedules required by electric engines, thrust time is equal to mission time. Example 19-4. List the performance of three electric propulsion engines within the dual-optimum criteria to carry a 100 kg payload through a change of velocity of 7000 m/sec. Calculate total mass, burn time, thrust, and power requirements. SOLUTION. We first calculate the dual-optimum specific-impulse range, which turns out to be between 1590 sec and 2980 sec. Then, we pick engines from the inventory (see Table 19-7). Results are tabulated below for three thrusters. 0.2268Au < Is[Sec] < 0.4263Au mo -- lO0/(mpl/mo) = 100 + 1.1mp + mpp -- 100 + mp(1.1 + (V/Vc) 2) (v/vc) -- 0.6953 + 0.5139(mpl/m o) - O.1736(mpl/mo) 2 Hall Effect Thruster Xenon Ion Propulsion System Magnetoplasma Dynamic Is = 1600 sec I~ = 2585 sec otr h = 93.5 W/kg c~r/t = 46 W/kg (Demonstrated) (Demonstrated) mpl/mo = 0.343, m0 = 291 kg mpl/mo = 0.533, m0 -- 187 kg tp = 17.9 days tp = 87.9 days F = 1.06 N F --0.149 N Pe = 15.4 kW Pe -- 4.12 kW I~ = 3000 sec c~r/t = 30 W/kg (Experimental) mpl/mo = 0.581, m0 = 172 kg tp = 178 days F -- 69.7 mN Pe = 2.05 kW As can be seen, total mass, along with thrust, decreases with increasing specific impulse, whereas thrust time increases. The power variation Pe also decreases, reflecting the individual choice of engines and the engine data from Table 19-7. Any engine can be 700 ELECTRIC PROPULSION eliminated when the required power exceeds the power available in the spacecraft or when the burn time exceeds some specified mission time constraint. Most often, cost is the ultimate selection criterion and is largely dependent on m0. 19.5. MISSION APPLICATIONS Three principal application areas have been described in the introduction to this chapter. The selection of a particular electric propulsion system for a given flight application depends not only on the characteristics of the propulsion system (which are described in this chapter) but also on the propulsive require- ments of the particular flight mission, the proven performance of the specific candidate propulsion system, along with vehicle interfaces and the power con- version and storage systems. In general, the following criteria can be enumer- ated: 1. For very precise low-thrust station-keeping and attitude control applica- tions, pulsed thrusters are generally best suited. 2. For deep space missions where the vehicle velocity increment is appreci- ably high, systems with very high specific impulse will give better perfor- mance. As shown in Section 19.1, the optimum specific impulse is proportional to the square root of the thrust operating time. 3. The higher the specific impulse, the more electrical power is required for a given thrust level. This translates into larger size and mass requirements for the power conditioning and generating equipment. However, for a given payload and vehicle velocity increase, the total mass and the thrust vary in nontrivial ways with respect to the specific impulse (see Example 19-4). 4. Since most missions of interest require long life, system reliability is a key selection criterion. Extensive testing under all likely environmental con- ditions (temperatures, pressures, accelerations, vibration, and radiation conditions) is required for high reliability. Ground testing and qualifica- tion of electric engines should be no different from that of their chemical counterparts, where large resources have made it possible to develop the present inventory of reliable engines. Simulation of the low pressures in space requires large vacuum test chambers. 5. There is a premium on high thruster efficiency and high power-conversion efficiency. This will reduce the inert mass of the power supply system and reduce thermal control requirements, all of which usually results in lower total mass and higher vehicle performance. 6. For every propulsion mission there is a theoretically optimum range of specific impulse (see Fig. 19-3) and thus an optimum electrical propulsion system design. While this optimum may be blurred by some conflicting system constraints (e.g., flight time or maximum power or size con- 19.6. ELECTRIC SPACE-POWER SUPPLIES AND POWER-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS 701 straints or cost), the present variety in the engine inventory can meet most goals. 7. The present state of the art in electrical power sources appears to limit the type and size of electric propulsion systems that can be integrated, parti- cularly for missions to the outer planets, unless nuclear energy power generation on board the spacecraft becomes more developed and accep- table. 8. Practical factors, such as the storing and feeding of liquids in zero grav- ity, the availability of propellant (in the case of xenon), the conditioning of power to the desired voltage, frequency, and pulse duration, as well as the redundancy in key system elements, the survival of sensors or con- trollers in long flights, and the inclusion of automatic self-checking devices along with cost, will all influence the selection and application of specific types of electric rockets. 9. In addition to tankage considerations, propellant selection will also be influenced by certain interface criteria such as plume noninterference with communication signals. Plumes must also be thermally benign and noncondensing on sensitive surfaces of the spacecraft such as optical windows, mirrors, and solar cells. Synchronous or geostationary satellites are extremely attractive for commu- nications and earth observation; their long life requires extensive station-keep- ing propulsion requirements. Until recently, the main limitation to any such life increase had been the propellant requirement. There is also a propulsion need for orbit raising from LEO to GEO. Earth satellites in inclined orbits with precise time-trajectory position requirements need propulsion units to main- tain such orbits, counteracting certain perturbing natural forces described in Chapter 4. The increasing life trend in earth-orbit satellites from a minimum of 8 years to at least 15 years significantly increases their total impulse and durability requirements of the propulsion system. For example, the north-south station- keeping (NSSK) function of a typical geosynchronous satellite requires about 40,000 to 45,000 N-sec or 9000 to 10,000 lbf-sec of impulse per year. Table 19-8 shows some of the characteristics required of small and large electric thrusters for various propulsion functions in space. 19.6. ELECTRIC SPACE-POWER SUPPLIES AND POWER- CONDITIONING SYSTEMS The availability of substantial amounts of electrical power in space is consid- ered to be one of the most significant factors in electrical propulsion. Several combinations of energy sources and conversion methods have reached proto- type stages, but only solar cells (photovoltaic), isotope thermoelectric genera- 702 ELECTRIC PROPULSION TABLE 19--8. Space Propulsion Application and Characteristics for Three Thrust Levels of Electric Propulsion Thrusters Thrust Class Application (Life) Characteristics Status Micronewtons E-W station keeping 10-500 W power Operational (laN) Attitude control Precise impulse bits of Momentum wheel --~ 2 x 10 -5 N-sec unloading (15-20 years) N-S station keeping Orbit changes Drag cancellation Vector positioning (20 years) Millinewtons (mN) 0.2 to 10 N Orbit raising Interplanetary travel Solar system exploration (1-3 years) Kilowatts of power Impulse bits ~ 2 × 10 -3 N-sec for N-S, impulse/year of 46,000 N-sec/100 kg spacecraft mass Long duration 10-300 kW of power Intermittent and continuous operation Operational In development tion units (nuclear), and fuel cells (chemical) have advanced to the point of routine space-flight operation. Power output capacity of operational systems has been increasing from the low one-kilowatt range to the medium tens of kilowatts required for some missions. The high end of a hundred or more kilowatts is still pending some technological (and political) breakthroughs. Space power level requirements have been increasing with the increased capacity of earth-orbit communications satellites and with planned missions, manned and robotic, to the moon and nearby planets. Payload requirements and thrust duration dictate the power level. Commercial communications satel- lites can temporarily reduce the communications volume during orbit main- tenance so that the electric power does not require a dedicated power supply for the propulsion system, but larger power demands require enhanced solar cell capabilities. Some communications satellites actually share part or all of the power-conditioning equipment with their electric thrusters. Power Generation Units Electric power-generation units are classified as either direct (no moving mechanical parts) or dynamic. When the primary driver is reliability and the total power is small, direct conversion has been preferred but, with the advent of the Space Shuttle and with the proposed manned space station, dynamic systems are being reconsidered. Many diverse concepts have been evaluated for meeting the electrical power demands of spacecraft, including electric propul- 19.6. ELECTRIC SPACE-POWER SUPPLIES AND POWER-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS 703 sion needs. Direct energy conversion methods considered include photovoltaic, thermoelectric, thermionic, and electrochemical, while indirect methods (with moving parts) include the Brayton, Rankine, and Stirling cycles. Batteries. Batteries can basically be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary batteries consume their active materials and convert chemical energy into electrical. Secondary batteries store electricity by utilizing a reversible chemical reaction and are designed to be recharged many times. There are both dry-cell and wet-cell primary batteries. The importance of primary batteries passed with the short-lived satellites of the early 1960s. Secondary batteries with recharging provisions provide electrical power at output levels and lifetimes longer than primary batteries. Batteries must be sealed against the space vacuum or housed inside pressurized compartments. Secondary batteries are a critical component of solar cell systems for power augmentation and emergency backup and the periods when the satellite is in the earth's shadow. Fuel Cells. Chemical fuel cells are conversion devices used to supply space- power needs for 2 to 4 weeks and for power levels up to 40 kW in manned missions. A catalyzer controls the reaction to yield electricity directly from the chemical reaction; there is also some heat evolved, which must be removed to maintain a desirable fuel cell temperature. They are too massive for both robotic and long-duration missions, having also had some reliability problems. Recent improvements in fuel cell technology have considerably advanced their performance. Solar Cell Arrays. Solar cells rely on the photovoltaic effect to convert electromagnetic radiation. They have supplied electrical power for most of the long-duration space missions. The first solar cell was launched in March 1958 on Vanguard I and successfully energized data transmission for 6 years. Solar arrays exist in sizes up to 10 kW and could potentially grow to 100 kW sizes in earth orbits. An individual cell is essentially one-half of a p-n junction in a transistor, except that the surface area has been suitably enlarged. When exposed to sun- light, the p-n junction converts photon energy to electrical energy. Typically, solar cell arrays are designed for 20% over-capacity to allow for material degradation toward the end of life. Loss in performance is due to radiation and particle impact damage, particularly in the radiation belts around the earth. There has been some improvement in efficiency, reliability, and power per unit mass. For example, standard silicon cells deliver 180 W/m 2 and arrays have 40 W/kg. Newer gallium arsenide cells produce 220 W/m 2 and are more radiation resistant than silicon cells; gallium arsenide cells are presently space qualified and integrated; together with parabolic concentrators, their arrays can reach 100 W/kg (Ref. 19-16). In the near future, multi-junction solar 704 ELECTRIC PROPULSION cells designed to utilize a greater portion of the solar spectrum will be used; they have already demonstrated 24% efficiency. Factors that affect the specific mass of a solar array, besides conversion efficiency, include the solar constant (which varies inversely as the square of the distance from the sun) and the manufactured thinness of the cell. Orientation to the sun is a more critical factor when solar concentrators are being used. Cell output is a function of cell temperature; performance can suffer as much as 20% for a 100°F increase in operating temperature so that thermal control is critical. Solar cell panels can be (1) fixed and body mounted to the spacecraft, (2) rigid and deployable (protected during launch and posi- tioned in space), (3) flexible panels that are deployed (rolled out or unfolded), and (4) deployed with concentrator assist. In addition to the solar arrays, their structure, deployment and orientation equipment, other items including batteries, plus power conditioning and dis- tribution systems are assigned to the power source. Despite their apparent bulkiness and battery dependence, solar-cell electrical systems have emerged as the dominant generating power system for unmanned spacecraft. Nuclear Thermoelectric and Thermionic Systems. Nuclear energy from long-decay radioisotopes and from fission reactors has played a role in the production of electricity in space. Both thermoelectric (based on the Seebeck effect) and thermionic (based on the Edison effect) devices have been investigated. These generators have no moving parts and can be made of materials reasonably resistant to the radioactive environment. But their specific power is relatively low and cost, availability, and efficiency have been marginal. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s nuclear fission reactors were regarded as the most promising way to meet the high power demands of space missions, particularly trips to the outer planets involving months and perhaps years of travel. Radioisotope thermoelectric power has been embodied in a series of SNAP (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) electrical generating units which were designed and tested, ranging from 50 W to 300 kW of electrical output. Fission reactors were included in the SPAR (Space Power Advance Reactor) program, later renamed SP-100, which was to feature a nuclear-thermoelectric generator with an electrical output of 100 kW; this program was discontinued in 1994. The most recent space nuclear reactor generator is the Russian TOPAZ that has been space tested up to nearly 6 kW. It consists of sets of nuclear rods each surrounded by a thermionic generator. TOPAZ technology was obtained by the USA from the Russians and efforts to upgrade and flight- qualify the system were underway in the mid-1990s. Thermionic converters have a significant mass advantage over thermoelec- tric ones, based on their higher effective radiator temperatures. Since thermal efficiencies for both thermoelectric and thermionic conversion are below 10% and since all unconverted heat must be radiated, at higher temperatures ther- mionic radiators are less massive. Moreover, cooling must be present at times 19.6. ELECTRIC SPACE-POWER SUPPLIES AND POWER-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS 705 when no electricity is generated since the heat source cannot be "turned off." Depending on the location of the waste heat, clever designs are needed, involv- ing heat pipes or recirculating cooling fluids. Long-Duration High-Output Dynamic Systems. Designs of electric power generation with outputs of l0 to 1000 kW here on earth have been based on Stirling or Rankine heat engine cycles with nuclear, chemical, and even solar power sources. Overall efficiencies can be between 10 and 40%, but the hardware is complex, including bearings, pumps, reactors, control rods, shielding, compressors, turbines, valves, and heat exchangers. Superconducting magnets together with advances in the state-of-the-art of seals, bearings, and flywheel energy storage have made some dynamic units relatively more attractive. There remain development issues about high- temperature materials that will withstand intense nuclear radiation fluxes over several years; there are still some concerns about achieving the required reliability in such complex systems in the space environment. While limited small-scale experiments have been conducted, the development of these systems remains a challenge. The potential of flight accidents, i.e., the unwanted spreading of nuclear materials, remains a concern for the launch and in manned space missions. Power-Conditioning Equipment Power-conditioning equipment is a necessary part of electric propulsion sys- tems because of inevitable mismatches in voltage, frequency, power rate, and other electrical properties between the space-power generating unit and the electric thruster. In some earlier systems, the power-conditioning equipment has been more expensive, more massive, and more difficult to qualify than the thruster itself. If the thrust is pulsed, as in the PPT, the power-conditioning unit has to provide pulse-forming networks for momentary high currents, exact timing of different outputs, control and recharging of condensers. Ion engines typically require from 1000 to 3000 V DC; the output of solar-cell arrays is 28 to 300 V DC so there is a need for DC-to-DC inverters and step-up transfor- mers to accomplish the task. Often this equipment is housed in a single "black box," termed the power conditioner. Modern conditioning equipment contains all the internal logic required to start, safely operate, and stop the thruster; it is controlled by on-off commands sent by the spacecraft-control processor. Besides the above functions that are specific to each engine, power-condition- ing equipment may provide circuit protection and propellant flow control as well as necessary redundancies. As may be apparent from Table 19-7, one of the largest contributors to the specific mass of the system (~) is the power-conditioning equipment. Here, electrothermal units have the simplest and lightest conditioning equipment. Ion engines, on the other hand, have the heaviest equipment, with Hall thrus- ters somewhere in between (Ref. 19-17). PPTs tend to be heavy, but advances 706 ELECTRIC PROPULSION in energy storage capacitors can improve this situation. In fact, advances in solid-state electronic pulse circuits together with lighter, more efficient, and higher temperature power-conditioning hardware are an area of great interest to the implementation of electric propulsion units. The efficiency of the equip- ment tends to be high, about 90% or more, but the heat generated is at a low temperature and must be removed to maintain the required moderately low temperatures of operation. When feasible, the elimination of conditioning equipment is desirable, the so-called direct drive, but a low-pass filter would still be necessary for electromagnetic interference (EMI) control (more infor- mation in Ref. 19-21). PROBLEMS 1. The characteristic velocity v~ = v/2tpC~ was used to achieve a dimensionless repre- sentation of flight performance analysis. Derive Eq. 19-35 without any tankage fraction allowance. Also, plot the payload fraction against v/v~ for several values of Au/vc. Discuss your results with respect to optimum performance. 2. For the special case of zero payload, determine the maximized values of Au/vc, v/vc, mp/mo, and mpp/mo in terms of this characteristic velocity as defined in Problem 1. Answer: Au/v~ = 0.805, v/v~ = 0.505, mp/mo = 0.796, mpp/mo = 0.204. 3. For a space mission with an incremental vehicle velocity of 85,000 ft/sec and a specific power of ot- 100 W/kg, determine the optimum values of Is and tp for two maximum payload fractions, namely 0.35 and 0.55. Take the thruster efficiency as 100% and ~0 -- 0. Answer: for 0.35: Is = 5.11 x 103 sec; tp = 2.06 x 10 7 sec; for 0.55: Is = 8.88 x 103 sec; tp = 5.08 x 107 sec. 4. Derive Eq. 19-7 showing vc explicitly. 5. An electric rocket uses heavy charged particles with a charge-to-mass ratio of 500 coulombs per kilogram producing a specific impulse of 3000 sec. (a) What accel- eration voltage would be required for this specific impulse? (b) If the accelerator spacing is 6 mm, what would be the diameter of an ion beam producing 0.5 N of thrust at this accelerator voltage? Answers: (a) 8.66 x 105 V; (b) D = 1.97 ram. 6. An argon ion engine has the following characteristics and operating conditions: Voltage across ionizer -- 400 V Voltage across accelerator = 3 x 10 4 V Diameter of ion source - 5 cm Accelerator electrode spacing - 1.2 cm Calculate the mass flow rate of the propellant, the thrust, and the thruster overall efficiency (including ionizer and accelerator). Assume singly charged ions. Answer: rh = 2.56 x 10 -7 kg/sec; F = 9.65 x 10 -2 N; r/t = 98.7% 7. For a given power source of 300 kW electrical output, a propellant mass of 6000 lbm, c~ -- 450 W/kg, and a payload of 4000 lbm, determine the thrust, ideal velocity increment, and duration of powered flight for the following three cases: (a) Arcjet Is = 500 sec r/, = 0.35 SYMBOLS 707 (b) Ion engine Is = 3000 sec r/t = 0.75 (c) Hall engine Is = 1500 sec r/t = 0.50 Answers: (a) tp = 3.12 x 105 sec; Au = 3.63 x 103 m/sec; F-- 42.8 N (b) tp = 5.24 x 10 6 sec; Au-- 2.18 x 10 4 m/sec; F = 15.29 N (c) tp = 1.69 x 10 6 sec; Au---- 1.09 x 10 4 m/sec; F = 20.4 N 8. A formulation for the exit velocity that allows for a simple estimate of the accel- erator length is shown below; these equations relate the accelerator distance to the velocity implicitly through the acceleration time t. Considering a flow at a constant plasma of density Pm (which does not choke), solve Newton's second law first for the speed v(t) and then for the distance x(t) and show that v(t) = (Ey/B:)[1 - e -t/~] + v(O)e -t/~ x(t) = (Ev/B:)[t + re -t/~ - r] + x(0) where r- pm/~YB 2 and has units of sec. For this simplified plasma model of an MPD accelerator, calculate the distance needed to accelerate the plasma from rest up to v = O.OI(E/B) and the time involved. Take ~ = 100 mho/m, Bz = 10 -3 tesla (Wb/m2), IOrn- 10 -3 kg/m 3, and E,. = 1000 V/re. Answer: 503 m, 0.1005 sec 9. Assume that a materials breakthrough makes it possible to increase the operating temperature in the plenum chamber of an electrothermal engine from 3000 K to 4000 K. Nitrogen gas is the propellant which is available from tanks at 250 K. Neglecting dissociation, and taking c~ = 200 W/kg and rh = 3 x 10 -4 kg/sec, calcu- late the old and new Au corresponding to the two temperatures. Operating or thrust time is 10 days, payload mass is 1000 kg, and k = 1.3 for the hot diatomic molecule. Answer: 697 m/sec old, 815 new. 10. An arcjet delivers 0.26 N of thrust. Calculate the vehicle velocity increase under gravitationless, dragless flight for a 28-day thrust duration with a payload mass of 100 kg. Take thruster efficiency as 50%, specific impulse as 2600 sec, and specific power as 200 W/kg. This is not an optimum payload fraction; estimate an Is which would maximize the payload fraction with all other factors remaining the same. Answer: Au = 4.34 x 103 m/sec; Is = 2020 sec (decrease). SYMBOLS a A B Cp d D e E acceleration, m/sec 2 (ft/sec 2) area, cm 2 or m 2 magnetic flux density, Web/m 2 or tesla specific heat, J/kg-K accelerator grid spacing, cm (in.) hole or beam diameter, cm (in.) electronic charge, 1.602 x 10 -19 coulomb electric field, V/m 708 ELECTRIC PROPULSION f F go I I, J L,Jy Jo k li mp mpp mpt mo rh 9)l fl e P Pe P,, R S t tp T Au ~ O ~ U x Vc V Vacc X microscopic force on a particle thrust force, N or mN (lbf or mlbf) accelerating force density inside channel, N/m 3 (lbf/ft 3) constant converting propellant ejection velocity units to sec, 9.81 m/sec 2 or 32.2 ft/sec 2 total current, A specific impulse, sec [I~ optimum] current density, Aim 2 orthogonal current density components Hall current density, A/m 2 specific heat ratio ionization loss, W propellant mass, kg (lbm) power plant mass, kg (lbm) payload mass, kg (lbm) initial total vehicle mass, kg (lbm) mass flow rate, kg/sec (lbm/sec) atomic or molecular mass, kg/kg-mol (lbm/lb-mol) electron number density, m -3 (ft -3) power, W electrical power, W kinetic power of jet, W plasma resistance, ohms distance, cm (in.) time, sec propulsive time, sec [tp optimum] absolute temperature, K (R) vehicle velocity change, m/sec (ft/sec) propellant ejection velocity, m/sec (ft/sec) plasma velocity along accelerator, m/sec characteristic speed voltage, V accelerator voltage, V linear dimension, m (ft) Greek Letters lY 3 SO 61 rli-i qt It #e specific power, W/kg (W/lbm) electron Hall parameter (dimensionless) permittivity of free space, 8.85 x 10 -1: farad/m ionization energy, eV Hall thruster/3-efficiency thruster efficiency ion mass, kg electron mass, 9.11 x 10 -31 kg REFERENCES 709 V e Pe o" "r ~o O9 charge particle velocity, m/sec Hall thruster local efficiency parameter space charge, coulomb/m 3 plasma electrical conductivity, mho/m mean collision time, sec (also characteristic time, sec) propellant mass tankage allowance electron cyclotron frequency, (sec) -1 REFERENCES 19-1. 19-2. 19-3. 19-4. 19-5. 19-6. 19-7. 19-8. 19-9. 19-10. 19-11. 19-12. 19-13. 19-14. 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Component tests (functional and operational tests on igniters, valves, thrusters, controls, injectors, structures, etc.). 3. Static rocket system tests (with complete propulsion system on test stand): (a) partial or simulated rocket operation (for proper function, calibration, ignition, operation--often without establishing full thrust or operating for the full duration); (b) complete propulsion system tests (under rated conditions, off-design conditions, with intentional varia- tions in environment or calibration). For a reusable or restartable rocket propulsion system this can include many starts, long-duration endurance tests, and postoperational inspections and reconditioning. 4. Static vehicle tests (when rocket propulsion system is installed in a restrained, nonflying vehicle or stage). 5. Flight tests: (a) with a specially instrumented propulsion system in a developmental flight test vehicle; (b) with a production vehicle. 711 712 ROCKET TESTING Each of these five types of tests can be performed on at least three basic types of programs: 1. Research on and development or improvement of a new (or modified) rocket engine or motor or their propellants or components. 2. Evaluation of the suitability of a new (or modified) rocket engine or motor for a specified application or for flight readiness. 3. Production and quality assurance of a rocket propulsion system. The first two types of programs are concerned with a novel or modified device and often involve the testing and measurement of new concepts or phenomena using experimental rockets. The testing of a new solid propellant grain, the development of a novel control valve assembly, and the measurement of the thermal expansion of a nozzle exhaust cone during firing operation are examples. Production tests concern themselves with the measurement of a few basic parameters on production propulsion systems to assure that the performance, reliability, and operation are within specified tolerance limits. If the number of units is large, the test equipment and instrumentation used for these tests are usually partly or fully automated and designed to permit the testing, measure- ment, recording, and evaluation in a minimum amount of time. During the early development phases of a program, many special and un- usual tests are performed on components and complete rockets to prove spe- cific design features and performance characteristics. Special facilities and instrumentation or modification of existing test equipment are used. During the second type of program, some special tests are usually conducted to deter- mine the statistical performance and reliability of a rocket device by operating a number of units of the same design. During this phase tests are also made to demonstrate the ability of the rocket to withstand extreme limits of the oper- ating conditions, such as high and low ambient temperature, variations in fuel composition, changes in the vibration environment, or exposure to moisture, rain, vacuum, or rough handling during storage. To demonstrate safety, some- times, intentional malfunctions, spurious signals, or manufacturing flaws are introduced into the propulsion system, to determine the capability of the con- trol system or the safety devices to handle and prevent a potential failure. Before an experimental rocket can be flown in a vehicle it usually has to pass a set ofpreliminaryflight rating tests aimed at demonstrating the rocket's safety, reliability, and performance. It is not a single test, but a series of tests under various specified conditions operating limits, and performance tolerances, simu- lated environments, and intentional malfunctions. Thereafter the rocket may be used in experimental flights. However, before it can be put into production, it usually has to pass another specified series of tests under a variety of rigorous specified conditions, known as the qualification test or preproduction test. Once a particular propulsion system has been qualified, or passed a qualification test, it is usually forbidden to make any changes in design, fabrication processes, or 20.2. TEST FACILITIES AND SAFEGUARDS 713 materials without going through a careful review, extensive documentation, and often also a requalification test. The amount and expense of testing of components and complete propulsion systems has decreased greatly in the last few decades. The reasons are more experience with prior similar systems and more confidence in predicting a number of failure modes and their locations. Validated computer programs have removed many uncertainties and obviated needs for tests. In some appli- cations the number of firing tests has decreased by a factor of 10 or more. 20.2. TEST FACILITIES AND SAFEGUARDS For chemical rocket propulsion systems, each test facility usually has the fol- lowing major systems or components: 1. A test cell or test bay where the article to be tested is mounted, usually in a special test fixture. If the test is hazardous, the test facility must have provisions to protect operating personnel and to limit damage in case of an accident. 2. An instrumentation system with associated computers for sensing, main- taining, measuring, analyzing, correcting, and recording various physical and chemical parameters. It usually includes calibration systems and timers to accurately synchronize the measurements. 3. A control system for starting, stopping, and changing the operating con- ditions. 4. Systems for handling heavy or awkward assemblies, supplying liquid propellant, and providing maintenance, security, and safety. 5. For highly toxic propellants and toxic plume gases it has been required to capture the hazardous gas or vapor (firing inside a closed duct system), remove almost all of the hazardous ingredients (e.g., by wet scrubbing and/or chemical treatment), allow the release of the nontoxic portion of the cleaned gases, and safely dispose of any toxic solid or liquid residues from the chemical treatment. With an exhaust gas containing fluorine, for example, the removal of much of this toxic gas can be achieved by scrubbing it with water that contains dissolved calcium; it will then form calcium fluoride, which can be precipitated and removed. 6. In some tests specialized test equipment and unique facilities are needed to conduct static testing under different environmental conditions or under simulated emergency conditions. For example, high and low ambi- ent temperature tests of large motors may require a temperature-con- trolled enclosure around the motor; a rugged explosion-resistant facility is needed for bullet impact tests of propellant-loaded missile sys- tems and also for cook-off tests, where gasoline or rocket fuel is burned with air below a stored missile. Similarly, special equipment is needed for 714 ROCKET TESTING vibration testing, measuring thrust vector forces and moments in three dimensions, or determining total impulse for very short pulse durations at low thrust. Most rocket propulsion testing is now accomplished in sophisticated facil- ities under closely controlled conditions. Modern rocket test facilities are fre- quently located several miles from the nearest community to prevent or minimize effects of excessive noise, vibrations, explosions, and toxic exhaust clouds. Figure 20-1 shows one type of an open-air test stand for vertically down-firing large liquid propellant thrust chambers (100,000 to 2 million pounds thrust). It is best to fire the propulsion system in a direction (vertical Flashing red warning lights signalling hazard prior to and during run. Green signals all clear; allows reentry to test stand Test stand steel beam structure (5 stories high) Working platforms for access to propulsion hardware, controls, and instruments Video camera (4) Thrust chamber Water sprays Instrument terminal room Water cooling sprays :i i:- ' q] j 90 ° flame deflector bucket ~ [ ~ ~ ~ (with water cooling jacket) • . ............ • .... . ...,...: , ...... ,. i/it, .. : .. -... ............. " ......... .-: :.... ~. ..... Exhaust gas mixed with steam and water FIGURE 20-1. Simplified sketch of a typical static test stand for a large liquid propel- lant thrust chamber firing vertically downward. Only a small part of the exhaust plume (between the nozzle exit and flame bucket entrance) is visible. The flame bucket turns the exhaust gas plume by 90 ° (horizontal) and prevents the flame from digging a hole in the ground. Not shown here are cranes, equipment for installing or removing a thrust chamber, safety railings, high pressure gas tank, the propellant tank pressurization system, separate storage tanks for fuel, oxidizer, or cooling water with their feed sys- tems, or a small workshop. 20.2. TEST FACILITIES AND SAFEGUARDS 715 or horizontal) similar to the actual flight condition. Figure 20-2 shows a simu- lated altitude test facility for rockets of about 10.5 metric tons thrust force (46,000 lbf). It requires a vacuum chamber in which to mount the engine, a set of steam ejectors to create a vacuum, water to reduce the gas temperature, and a cooled diffuser. With the flow of chemical rocket propellant combustion gases it is impossible to maintain a high vacuum in these kinds of facilities; typically, between 15 to 4 torr (20 to 35 km altitude) can be maintained. This type of test facility allows the operation of rocket propulsion systems with high-nozzle-area ratios that would normally experience flow separation at sea-level ambient pressures. Prior to performing any test, it is common practice to train the test crew and go through repeated dry runs, to familiarize each person with his or her respon- sibilities and procedures, including the emergency procedures. Typical personnel and plant security or safety provisions in a modern test facility include the following: 1. Concrete-walled blockhouse or control stations for the protection of personnel and instruments (see Fig. 20-3) remote from the actual rocket propulsion location. LH2 run tank 50m 3 LOX run tank 5m 3 ,.-,,. Float / q" ~ I~ [ EvacuationL~ C] I pump 1" Accumulators for steam 18 containers at 108 m a each Sound muffling I- Isolation ] ~ valve / ~ / tower T II i 1[~ ]Teli~l: r """'J.~1~1~~ ~ I~] - I , hthrus .
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. I measurement I ~water I ~" 7 8m ~'- 104m l II FIGURE 20-2. Simplified diagram of a simulated altitude, horizontal firing test facility for the LE-5 Japanese-designed thrust chamber (liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen propel- lants) showing the method of creating a vacuum (6 torr during operation and 13 torr prior to start). The operating duration is limited to about 10 min by the capacity of the steam storage. (Reproduced from Ref. 20-1 with permission of the AIAA.) 716 ROCKET TESTING FIGURE 20-3. Control room (inside a reinforced concrete blockhouse) for test opera- tors, instrument recorders, and controls. Note the control console, closed-circuit televi- sion, radio and telephone, direct read-out meters, strip charts, high-speed tape recorders, oscilloscope, air-quality alarm, and emergency lights. (Courtesy of U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory.) 2. Remote control, indication, and recording of all hazardous operations and measurements; isolation of propellants from the instrumentation and control room. 3. Automatic or manual water deluge and fire-extinguishing systems. 4. Closed circuit television systems for remotely viewing the test. 5. Warning signals (siren, bells, horns, lights, speakers) to notify personnel to clear the test area prior to a test, and an all-clear signal when the conditions are no longer hazardous. 6. Quantity and distance restrictions on liquid propellant tankage and solid propellant storage to minimize damage in the event of explosions; separation of liquid fuels and oxidizers. 7. Barricades around hazardous test articles to reduce shrapnel damage in the event of a blast. 8. Explosion-proof electrical systems, spark-proof shoes, and nonspark hand tools to prvent ignition of flammable materials. 9. For certain propellants also safety clothing (see Fig. 20-4), including propellant- and fire-resistant suits, face masks and shields, gloves, spe- cial shoes, and hard hats. 20.2. TEST FACILITIES AND SAFEGUARDS 717 i ....... i?<!:- i ::i:: ~i ~ ~, FIGURE 20-4. Plastic safety suit, gloves, boots, and hood used by test personnel in handling hazardous or corrosive liquid propellants. Safety shower, which starts auto- matically when a person steps onto the platform, washes away splashed or spilled propellant. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph.) 10. Rigid enforcement of rules governing area access, smoking, safety inspections, and so forth. 11. Limitations on the number of personnel that may be in a hazardous area at any time. Monitoring and Control of Toxic Materials Open-air testing of chemical rockets frequently requires measurement and con- trol of exhaust cloud concentrations and gas movement in the surrounding areas for safeguarding personnel, animals, and plants. A toxic cloud of gas and particles can result from the exhaust gas of normal rocket operation, vapors or reaction gases from unintentional propellant spills, and gases from fires, explosions, or from the intentional destruction of vehicles in flight or rockets on the launch stand. Environmental regulations usually limit the max- 718 ROCKET TESTING imum local concentration or the total quantity of toxic gas or particulates released to the atmosphere. The toxic nature of some of these liquids, vapors, and gases has been mentioned in Chapters 7 and 12. One method of control is for tests with discharges of moderately toxic gases or products to be postponed until favorable weather conditions are present. In ground tests, the toxic cloud source is treated as a point source, and in flight tests it is a ribbon source. The rate of exhaust cloud diffusion is influenced by many propulsion variables, including propellant, rocket size, exhaust tem- perature, and thrust duration; by many atmospheric variables, including wind velocity, direction, turbulence, humidity, and vertical stability or lapse rate, and by the surrounding terrain. Extensive analytical studies and measurements of the environmental exposure from explosions, industrial smoke, and gases, and exhausts from missile and space vehicle launchings give background useful for predicting the atmospheric diffusion and downwind concentrations of rocket exhaust clouds. Reference 20-2 describes hazards and toxic gas cloud dispersals and concentrations. Reference 20-3 evaluates the environmental impact of rocket exhausts from large units on the ozone in the stratosphere and on the ground weather near the test site; it concludes that the impacts are generally small and temporary. Reference 20-4 describes a test-area atmo- spheric measuring network. A widely used relationship for predicting atmospheric diffusion of gas clouds has been formulated by O. G. Sutton (Ref. 20-5). Many of the most modern equations and models relating to downwind concentrations of toxic clouds are extensions of Sutton's theory. Given below are the Sutton equations of primary interest to rocket and missile operators. For instantaneous ground-level point source nonisotropic conditions, _ Q exp[(-~t)n-2( x2 X(x,y,z,t) - 21.3/2 Cx Cy Cz(ut) 3(2-n)/2 y2 z2)l +~2 +~2 (20-1) For continuous ground-level point source nonisotropic conditions, X - 7rCyC~x2_,, exp --X n-2 Jr- -~ (20-2) where X is the concentration in grams per cubic meter, Q is the source strength (grams for intantaneous, grams per second for continuous); Cx,>z are diffusion coefficients in the x, y, z planes, respectively; ~ is the average wind velocity in meters per second, t is the time in seconds, and the coordinates x, y, z are in meters measured from the center of the moving cloud in the instantaneous case and from a ground point beneath the plume axis in the continuous case. The exponent n is a stability or turbulence coefficient, ranging from almost zero for highly turbulent conditions to 1 as a limit for extremely stable conditions, and usually falling between 0.10 and 0.50. 20.2. TEST FACILITIES AND SAFEGUARDS 719 A few definitions basic to the study of atmospheric diffusion of exhaust clouds are as follows: 1. Micrometeorology. Study and forecasting of atmospheric phenomena restricted to a region approximately 300 m above the earth's surface and a horizontal distance of approximately 5 miles. 2. Lapse Rate. The rate of decrease in temperature with increasing height above the earth's surface. The United States Standard Atmosphere has a lapse rate of about 6.4°C per 1000 m. Lapse rate is also affected by altitude, wind, and humidity. 3. Inversion, or Inversion Layer. Condition of negative lapse rate (tempera- ture increases with increasing height). Usually formed near the ground at night. The following are a few general rules and observations derived from experi- ence with the atmospheric diffusion of rocket exhaust clouds: 1. Inversion presents a very stable layer and greatly reduces the vertical dispersion (the higher the lapse rate, the greater the vertical dispersion). 2. A highly stable atmospheric condition tends to keep the exhaust plume or cloud intact and away from the earth's surface except when the exhaust products are much heavier than the surrounding air. 3. High wind increases the rate of diffusion and reduces the thermal effects. 4. For short firings (< 500 sec) the approximate dosages downwind are about the same as from an instantaneous point source. 5. When the plume reaches about one-fourth the distance to a given point before emission is stopped, peak concentration will be about three- fourths of that from a continuous source of equal strength. 6. The presence of an inversion layer significantly restricts the mixing or diffusion capacity of the atmosphere in that the effective air mass is that mass existing between the earth's surface and the inversion layer. 7. Penetration of the inversion layer due to the buoyance force of the hot exhaust cloud seldom occurs. 8. Earth surface dosage drops rapidly when missiles or space launch vehi- cles are destroyed in flight above a height of 1500 m as compared to lower altitudes of 600 to 1000 m. Interpretation of the hazard that exists once the concentration of the toxic agent is known also requires knowledge of its effects on the human body, plants, and animals. Tolerance limits for humans are given in Chapter 7 and in Ref. 8-5. There are usually three limits of interest: one for the short-time exposure of the general public, one for an 8-hr exposure limit, and an evacua- tion concentration. Depending on the toxic chemical, the 8-hr limit may vary from 5000 ppm for a gas such as carbon dioxide, to less than 1 ppm for an extremely toxic substance such as fluorine. Poisoning of the human body by 720 ROCKET TESTING exhaust products usually occurs from inhalation of the gases and fine solid particles, but the solid residuals that sometimes remain around a test facility for weeks or months following a test firing can enter the body through cuts and other avenues. Also, certain liquid propellants cause burns and skin rash or are poisonous when ingested, as explained in Chapter 7. 20.3. INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT This section gives only a very brief discussion of this subject. For further study the reader is referred to standard textbooks on instruments and computers used in testing, such as Ref. 20-6. Some of the physical quantities measured in rocket testing are as follows: . 10. 11. 1. Forces (thrust, thrust vector control side forces, short thrust pulses). 2. Flows (hot and cold gases, liquid fuel, liquid oxidizer, leakage). 3. Pressures (chamber, propellant, pump, tank, etc.). 4. Temperatures (chamber walls, propellant, structure, nozzle). 5. Timing and command sequencing of valves, switches, igniters, etc. 6. Stresses, strains, and vibrations (combustion chamber, structures, pro- pellant lines, accelerations of vibrating parts) (Ref. 20-7). 7. Time sequence of events (ignition, attainments of full pressure). 8. Movement and position of parts (valve stems, gimbal position, deflection of parts under load or heat). Voltages, frequencies, and currents in electrical or control subsystems. Visual observations (flame configuration, test article failures, explosions) using high-speed cameras or video cameras. Special quantities such as turbopump shaft speed, liquid levels in pro- pellant tanks, burning rates, flame luminosity, or exhaust gas composi- tion. Reference 20-8 gives a description of specialized diagnostic techniques used in propulsion systems, such as using nonintrusive optical methods, micro- waves, and ultrasound for measurements of temperatures, velocities, particle sizes, or burn rates in solid propellant grains. Many of these sensors incorpo- rate specialized technologies and, often, unique software. Each of the measured parameters can be obtained by different types of instruments, sensors, and analyzers, as indicated in Ref. 20-9. Measurement System Terminology Each measurement or each measuring system usually requires one or more sensing elements (often called transducers or pickups), a device for recording, displaying, and/or indicating the sensed information, and often also another 20.3. INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT 721 device for conditioning, amplifying, correcting, or transforming the sensed signal into the form suitable for recording, indicating, display, or analysis. Recording of rocket test data has been performed in several ways, such as on chart recorders or in digital form on memory devices, such as on magnetic tapes or disks. Definitions of several significant terms are given below and in Ref. 20-6. Range refers to the region extending from the minimum to the maximum rated value over which the measurement system will give a true and linear response. Usually an additional margin is provided to permit temporary over- loads without damage to the instrument or need for recalibration. Errors in measurements are usually of two types: (1) human errors of im- properly reading the instrument, chart, or record and of improperly interpret- ing or correcting these data, and (2) instrument or system errors, which usually fall into four classifications: static errors, dynamic response errors, drift errors, and hysteresis errors (see Ref. 20-10). Static errors are usually fixed errors due to fabrication and installation variations; these errors can usually be detected by careful calibration, and an appropriate correction can then be applied to the reading. Drift error is the change in output over a period of time, usually caused by random wander and environmental conditions. To avoid drift error the measuring system has to be calibrated at frequent intervals at stan- dard environmental conditions against known standard reference values over its whole range. Dynamic response errors occur when the measuring system fails to register the true value of the measured quantity while this quantity is chang- ing, particularly when it is changing rapidly. For example, the thrust force has a dynamic component due to vibrations, combustion oscillations, interactions with the support structure, etc. These dynamic changes can distort or amplify the thrust reading unless the test strand structure, the rocket mounting struc- ture, and the thrust measuring and recording system are properly designed to avoid harmonic excitation or excessive energy damping. To obtain a good dynamic response requires a careful analysis and design of the total system. A maximum frequency response refers to the maximum frequency (usually in cycles per second) at which the instrument system will measure true values. The natural frequency of the measuring system is usually above the limiting response frequency. Generally, a high-frequency response requires more com- plex and expensive instrumentation. All of the instrument system (sensing elements, modulators, and recorders) must be capable of a fast response. Most of the measurements in rocket testing are made with one of two types of instruments: those made under nearly steady static conditions, where only relatively gradual changes in the quantities occur, and those made with fast transient conditions, such as rocket starting, stopping, or vibrations (see Ref. 20-11). This latter type of instrument has frequency responses above 200 Hz, sometimes as high as 20,000 Hz. These fast measurements are necessary to evaluate the physical phenomena of rapid transients. Linearity of the instrument refers to the ratio of the input (usually pressure, temperature, force, etc.) to the output (usually voltage, output display change, etc.) over the range of the instrument. Very often the static calibration error 722 ROCKET TESTING indicates a deviation from a truly linear response. A nonlinear response can cause appreciable errors in dynamic measurements. Resolution refers to the minimum change in the measured quantity that can be detected with a given instrument. Dead zone or hysteresis errors are often caused by energy absorp- tion within the instrument system or play in the instrument mechanism; in part, they limit the resolution of the instrument. Sensitivity refers to the change in response or reading caused by special influences. For example, the temperature sensitivity and the acceleration sensi- tivity refer to the change in measured value caused by temperature and accel- eration. These are usually expressed in percent change of measured value per unit of temperature or acceleration. This information can serve to correct readings to reference or standard conditions. Errors in measurement can arise from many sources. Reference 20-12 gives a standardized method, including mathematical models, for estimating the error, component by component, as well as the cumulative effect in the instru- mentation and recording systems. Graphic recordings (error ranges i0.2 to 4-0.5% of strip chart span) and oscillographs (error ranges -t-2.0 to i3.0% of full scale), two of the analog-type recording devices, are used for giving quick- look data and to record high-frequency data or transient conditions; these transients are beyond the capability of digital recorders, which are usually limited to 100 Hz or lower as compared to 5000 Hz or higher for oscillographs. Electrical interference or "noise" within an instrumentation system, includ- ing the power supply, transmission lines, amplifiers, and recorders, can affect the accuracy of the recorded data, especially when low-output transducers are in use. Methods for measuring and eliminating objectionable electrical noise are given in Ref. 20-13. Use of Computers Computers have become commonplace in the testing and handling of data in rocket propulsion. They are usually coupled with sensors (e.g., pressure trans- ducers, actuator position indicators, temperature sensors, liquid level gauges, etc.), which provide the data inputs, with controllers (valve actuators, thrust vector controllers, thrust termination devices), which receive commands result- ing from the computer outputs causing a change in the sensed quantity, and with auxiliaries such as terminals, data storage devices, or printers. Computers are used in one or more of the following ways: 1. The analysis of test data becomes a time-consuming difficult job without computers, simply because of the huge volume of data that is generated in many typical rocket propulsion system tests. All the pertinent data need to be reviewed and evaluated. The computer will permit automated data reduction, including data correction (e.g., for known instrument error, calibration, or changes in atmospheric pressure), conversion of analog data into digital form, and filtering of data to eliminate signals 20.3. INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT 723 outside the range of interest. It can also include data manipulation to put the test information into graphic displays or summary hard-copy read- outs of selected, specific performance parameters. On the basis of a careful evaluation of the test data the responsible engineers have to decide whether the test objectives were met and what changes to make or what objectives to set for the next test or the remain- der of the current test. Reference 20-14 describes a software system that allows automated test analysis and decision support in evaluating the 50 million bytes of test data that are generated in a typical SSME test; it is based in part on the use of an expert knowledge system. 2. Modern testing systems use digital data bases for recording and docu- menting test records. Often only a portion of the recorded data is actually analyzed and reviewed during or after the test. In complex rocket pro- pulsion system tests, sometimes between 100 or 400 different instrument measurements are made and recorded. Some data need to be sampled frequently (e.g., some transients may be sampled at rates higher than 1000 times per second), whereas other data need to be taken at lower frequencies (e.g., temperature of mounting structure may be needed only every 1 to 10 sec). Multiplexing of data is commonly practiced to simplify data transmission. Most rocket test computer systems contain a config- uration file to indicate data characteristics for each channel, such as range, gain, the references, the type of averaging, the parameter charac- teristics, or the data correction algorithms. Most of the data are not analyzed or printed out as hard copy; a detailed analysis occurs only if there is reason for understanding particular test events in more detail. This analysis may occur months after the actual tests and may not even be done on the same computer. 3. Sensing and evaluating failures or overlimit conditions (excessive local temperature, vibration, or limiting local pressure) is aimed at detecting an impending malfunction and at deciding whether it is a serious prob- lem. If serious, it can cause either an automatic correction or an auto- matic and safe shutdown of operation. Sensing of undesirable operating conditions can be accomplished much more rapidly on a computer than would be possible if a human operator were in the control loop. In some engine designs a critical failure is sensed by several sensors and the com- puter rapidly evaluates the signals from these sensors and causes a cor- rection (or shutdown) only if the majority of sensors indicate an unsafe or undesirable condition, thus eliminating the occasional failure of an individual sensor as a cause for shutdown. 4. Simulation of tests can be accomplished by devising algorithms that allow a computer to respond in a manner similar to a rocket propulsion unit. The computer receives inputs from various sensors (valve position, thrust vector control position, unsafe temperatures, etc.), processes the data in a simulation algorithm, and then provides output of control signals (e.g., 724 ROCKET TESTING , thrust change, shutdown) and also of simulated rocket performance (e.g., chamber pressure, specific impulse, side force, etc.). This computer simu- lation can be very economical compared to running additional tests. This can be a full off-line simulation (in a separate computer with simulated inputs) or a partial on-line simulation where the computer is coupled to an actual rocket engine or its components; this second type can be used to check out an engine just prior to, or in the first second of, a test run or test flight. Control of test operation by computer allows the attainment of the desired test conditions in a minimum amount of time. This could entail a preo programmed set of pulses for an attitude control thruster, a desired set of different mixture ratios to be achieved for a short time (say, 1 sec each) in a single test, or a planned variation of thrust vector control conditions. It can provide a closed loop control to attain desired operating conditions, including the paths along which these conditions should be achieved. It also makes it possible to control several variables at the same time (e.g., thrust, mixture ratio, and several turbine inlet temperatures). For some component tests programmable logic controllers are used to control the test operation instead of a computer, which usually requires some soft- ware development. In a multiple-static-test facility there can be a group of network-con- nected computers and databases to achieve some or all of the functions above. Some of the computer hardware would be part of the test article, some part of the test facility, and some can be located remotely and linked by a communications network. Reference 20-15 describes the engine control and computer system for the Space Shuttle main engine. 20.4. FLIGHT TESTING Flight testing of rocket propulsion systems is always conducted in conjunction with tests of vehicles and other systems such as guidance, vehicle controls, or ground support. These flights usually occur along missile and space launch ranges, sometimes over the ocean. If a flight test vehicle deviates from its intended path and appears to be headed for a populated area, a range safety official (or a computer) will have to either cause a destruction of the vehicle, abort the flight, or cause it to correct its course. Many propulsion systems therefore include devices that will either terminate the operation (shut off the rocket engine or open thrust termination openings into rocket motor cases as described in Chapter 13) or trigger explosive devices that will cause the vehicle (and therefore also the propulsion system) to disintegrate in flight. Flight testing requires special launch support equipment, means for obser- ving, monitoring, and recording data (cameras, radar, telemetering, etc.), equipment for assuring range safety and for reducing data and evaluating flight 20.5. POSTACCIDENT PROCEDURES 725 test performance, and specially trained personnel. Different launch equipment is needed for different kinds of vehicles. This includes launch tubes for shoulder-held infantry support missile launchers, movable turret-type mounted multiple launchers installed on an army truck or a navy ship, a transporter for larger missiles, and a track-propelled launch platform or fixed complex launch pads for spacecraft launch vehicles. The launch equipment has to have provi- sions for loading or placing the vehicle into a launch position, for allowing access of various equipment and connections to launch support equipment (checkout, monitoring, fueling, etc.), for aligning or aiming the vehicle, or for withstanding the exposure to the hot rocket plume at launch. During experimental flights extensive measurements are often made on the behavior of the various vehicle subsystems; for example, rocket propulsion parameters, such as chamber pressure, feed pressures, temperatures, and so on, are measured and the data are telemetered and transmitted to a ground receiving station for recording and monitoring. Some flight tests rely on salva- ging and examining the test vehicle. 20.5. POSTACClDENT PROCEDURES In the testing of any rocket propulsion system there will invariably be failures, particularly when some of the operating parameters are close to their limit. With each failure comes an opportunity to learn more about the design, the materials, the propulsion performance, the fabrication methods, or the test procedures. A careful and thorough investigation of each failure is needed to learn the likely causes and identify the remedies or fixes to prevent a similar failure in the future. The lessons to be learned from these failures are perhaps the most important benefits of testing. A formalized postaccident approach is often used, particularly if the failure had a major impact, such as high cost, major damage, or personnel injury. A major failure (e.g., the loss of a space launch vehicle or severe damage to a test facility) often causes the program to be stopped and further testing or flights put on hold until the cause of the failure is determined and remedial action has been taken to prevent a recur- rence. Of utmost concern immediately after a major failure are the steps that need to be taken to respond to the emergency. This includes giving first aid to injured personnel, bringing the propulsion system and/or the test facilities to a safe, stable condition, limiting further damage from chemical hazards to the facility or the environment, working with local fire departments, medical or emergency maintenance staff or ambulance personnel, and debris clearing crews, and quickly providing factual statements to the management, the employees, the news media, and the public. It also includes controlling access to the facility where the failure has occurred and preserving evidence for the subsequent investigation. 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APPENDIX 1 CONVERSION FACTORS AND CONSTANTS Conversion Factors (arranged alphabetically) Acceleration (L t-2) 1 m/sec 2 - 3.2808 ft/sec 2 - 39.3701 in./sec 2 1 ft/sec 2- 0.3048 m/sec 2 - 12.0 in./sec 2 go -9.80665 m/sec 2 - 32.174 ft/sec 2 (standard gravity pull at earth's surface) Area (L 2) 1 ft 2- 144.0 in. 2 -0.092903 m 2 1 m 2- 1550.0 in. 2- 10.7639 ft 2 ! in. 2 - 6.4516 x 10 -4 m 2 Density (M L 3) Specific gravity is dimensionless, but has the same numerical value as density expressed in g/cm 3 or kg/m 3 1 kg/m 3- 6.24279 x 10 -2 lbm/ft 3- 3.61273 x 10 -5 lbm/in. 3 1 lbm/ft 3 - 16.0184 kg/m 3 1 lbm/in. 3- 2.76799 x 104 kg/m 3 The letters in parentheses after each heading indicate the dimensional parameters (L = length, M = mass, t = time, and T = temperature). 727 728 APPENDIX 1 Energy, also Work or Heat (M L 2 t -2) 1.0 Btu - 1055.056 J (joule) 1.0 kW-hr - 3.60059 x 106 J 1.0 ft-lbf - 1.355817 J 1.0 cal - 4.1868 J 1.0 kcal -4186.8 J Force (M L t -2) 1.0 lbf = 4.448221 N 1 dyne=10 -SN 1.0 kg (force) [used in Europe] = 9.80665 N 1.0 ton (force) [used in Europe] = 1000 kg (force) 1.0 N = 0.2248089 lbf 1.0 millinewton (raN) = 10 -3 N Weight is the force on a mass being accelerated by gravity (go applies at the surface of the earth) Length (L) 1 m = 3.2808 ft - 39.3701 in. 1 ft -0.3048 m = 12.0 in. 1 in. -- 2.540 cm = 0.0254 m 1 mile = 1.609344 km = 1609.344 m = 5280.0 ft 1 nautical mile = 1852.00 m 1 mil- 0.0000254 m- 1.00 x 10 -3 in. 1 micron (~m)= 10 -6 m 1 astronomical unit (au) - 1.49600 x 1011 m Mass (M) 1 slug- 32.174 lbm 1 kg- 2.205 lbm - 1000 g 1 lbm- 16 ounces- 0.4536 kg Power (M L 2 t -3) 1 Btu/sec -- 0. 2924 W (watt) 1 J/sec = 1.0 W = 0.001 kW 1 cal/sec = 4.186 W 1 horsepower -- 550 ft-lbf/sec = 745.6998 W 1 ft-lbf/sec = 1.35581 W Pressure (M L -1 t -2) 1 bar-105N/m 2-0.10MPa 1 atm- 0.101325 MPa- 14.696 psia APPENDIX 1 729 1 mm of mercury- 13.3322 N/m 2 1 MPa - 10 6 N/m 2 1 psi or lbf/in. 2 -6894.757 N/m 2 Speed (or linear velocity) (L t -1) 1 ft/sec = 0.3048 m/sec- 12.00 in./sec 1 m/sec = 3.2808 ft/sec = 39.3701 in./sec 1 knot = 0.5144 m/sec 1 mile/hr = 0.4770 m/sec Specific Heat (L 2 t -2 T -1) 1 g-cal/g-°C- 1 kg-cal/kg-K- 1 Btu/lbm-°F- 4.186 J/g-°C- 1.163 x 10 -3 kW-hr/kg-K Temperature (T) 1 K-9/5R-1.80R 0°C - 273.15 K 0°F - 459.67 R C - (5/9)(F- 32) F - (9/5)C + 32 Time (t) 1 mean solar day - 24 hr - 1440 min - 86,400 sec 1 calendar year = 365 days - 3.1536 x 107 sec Viscosity (M L-1 t-1) 1 centistoke- 1.00 x 10 -6 m2/sec 1 centipoise - 1.00 x 10 -3 kg/m sec 1 lbf-sec/ft 2- 47.88025 kg/m sec Constants R ! Vmole e SO Mechanical equivalent of heat - 4.186 joule/cal - 777.9 ft-lbf/Btu = 1055 joule/Btu Universal gas constant - 8314.3 J/kg-mole-K - 1545 ft-lbf/lbm-mole-R Molecular volume of an ideal gas - 22.41 liter/kg-mole at standard conditions Electron charge - 1.6021176 x 10 -19 coulomb Permittivity of vacuum - 8.854187 x 10 -12 farad/m Gravitational constant -6.673 x 10 -11 m3/kg-sec Boltzmann's constant 1.38065003 x 10 -23 J/°K Electron mass 9.109381 x 10 -31 kg Avogadro's number 6.022142 x 1026/kg-mol Stefan-Boltzman constant 5.6696 x 10 -8 W/mZ-K -4 APPENDIX 2 I I II PROPERTIES OF THE EARTH'S STANDARD ATMOSPHERE Sea level pressure is 0.101325 MPa (or 14.696 psia or 1.000 atm). Altitude (m) Temperature (K) Pressure Ratio Density (kg/m 3) 0 (sea level) 288.150 1.0000 1.2250 1,000 281.651 8.8700 x 10 -1 1.1117 3,000 268.650 6.6919 x 10 -1 9.0912 x 10 -1 5,000 255.650 5.3313 x 10 -1 7.6312 x 10 -1 10,000 223.252 2.6151 x 10 -I 4.1351 x 10 -1 25,000 221.552 2.5158 x 10 .2 4.0084 x 10 .2 50,000 270.650 7.8735 x 10 .4 1.0269 x 10 .3 75,000 206.650 2.0408 x 10 .5 3.4861 x 10 .5 100,000 195.08 3.1593 × 10 .7 5.604 x 10 .7 130,000 469.27 1.2341 x 10 .8 8.152 x 10 .9 160,000 696.29 2.9997 × 10 .9 1.233 x 10 .9 200,000 845.56 8.3628 x 10 -10 2.541 x 10 -~° 300,000 976.01 8.6557 x 10 -11 1.916 x 10 -11 400,000 995.83 1.4328 × 10 -11 2.803 x 10 -12 600,000 999.85 8.1056 x 10 -13 2.137 x 10 -13 1,000,000 1000.00 7.4155 x 10 -14 3.561 x 10 -15 Source. U.S. Standard Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC, 1976 (NOAA-S/T- 1562). 730 APPENDIX 3 SUMMARY OF KEY EQUATIONS FOR IDEAL CHEMICAL ROCKETS Equation Parameter Equations Numbers Average exhaust velocity, v2 -- c - (Pe -p3)A2/rh 2-16 Vz (m/sec or ft/sec) When Pz = P3, Vz = c (assume that v~ = 0) '0 2 = V/[2k/(k - 1)]RTI[1 - (pz/pl) (k-l)/k] 3-16 = , ~ - h2) 3-15 Effective exhaust velocity, c = c~'-" = F/rh = Isgo 3-32 c (m/sec or ft/sec) c = /)2 nt- (P2 -- p3)A2/rh 2-16 Thrust, F (N or lbf) F -- cth -- Cmp/tp 2-17 F = CFp 1 At 3-31 F -- rh'o 2 q- (P2 -p3)A2 2-14 F = rhlsgo = Is~i' Characteristic c = c~ C F = p ! A t/rh 3-32 velocity, ¢ (m/sec or ft/sec) c = ~T1 3-32 ' / )]~k+l)/Ck'l) k~/2/(k + 1 c -- Isgo/C g -- F/(mCF) Thrust coefficient, CF (dimensionless) CF -- c/c = F/(pIA,) cE= F-sSF-T-f 1- Total impulse Specific impulse, I s (sec) 3-32, 3-33 3-31, 3-32 q_P2 -- P3 A2 3-30 Pl At I t - f F dt = Ft = Isw 2-1, 2-2, 2-5 I s -- c/g o = c C F/go I s = F/rhg o -- F/~v 2-5 Is -- vz/go -k- (P2 - P3)Az/(rhgo) 2-16 Is = It/(mpgo)= It/w 2-4, 2-5 731 732 APPENDIX 3 Parameter Equations Equation Numbers Propellant mass fraction, (dimensionless) Mass ratio of vehicle or stage, MR (dimensionless) Vehicle velocity increase in gravity-free vacuum, Av (m/see or ft/sec) (assume that Vo = O) Propellant mass flow rate, rh (kg/sec or lb/sec) Mach number, M (dimensionless) Nozzle area rate, Isentropic flow relationships for stagnation and free-stream conditions Satellite velocity, us, in circular orbit (m/see or ft/see) Escape velocity, Ve (m/see or ft/sec) Liquid propellant engine mixture ratio r and propellant flow rh Average density Pay for (or average specific gravity) Characteristic chamber length L Solid propellant mass flow rate rn Solid propellant burning rate r Ratio of burning area A b to throat area A f Temperature sensitivity of burning rate at constant pressure Temperature sensitivity of pressure at constant K --- mp/m 0 -- mo - mf mo ~'= I-MR IVIR = mr--2 = mo - m r IH 0 DI 0 = ml,/(m t- + mp) mo = mf + mp Au =--cln~=c Into° mf = c in mo/(mo -rap) = c ln(mp + mf)/mf rh = Av/V = Alvl/V1 -- Atvt / Vt --" A2v2/ V2 rh = F/c = plA,/c rh = p, A,k_ 2/( 1)/(k-l) + v/kRTl tn = mp/tp M =v/a = v/ k,/FUT At throat, v = a and M = 1.O ¢ = A2/A I To/T = (po/p) (k-l)/k = (V/Vo) (k-l) T,./T,. = (p,./pr) (k-1)/k = (V,./V,.) k-l v~ = Rov/go/(Ro + h) v e = Rov/2go/(Ro + h) r = rho/rh/. rn = rho + m r my = rh/(r + 1) m o = rrh/(r + 1 t Po Pr(r + J ) tOav -- r&, + Po L= V,/A, rh = Ahrpo r = ap~' K = Ab/A , I(~T ) ~7P--" r P yrK --~ pl -g-f K 2-8, 2-9 4-4 2-7 2-10 4-6 4-5, 4-6 3-24 2-17, 3-31 3-24 3-11 3-19 3-14 3-7 4--26 4-25 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-3 7-2 8-9 11--1 11-3 11-14 11-4 11-5 APPENDIX 4 DERIVATION OF HYBRID FUEL REGRESSION RATE EQUATION IN CHAPTER 15 Terry A. Boardman Listed below is an approach for analyzing hybrid fuel regression, based on a simplified model of heat transfer in a turbulent boundary layer. This approach, first developed by Marxman and Gilbert (see Ref. 15-9), assumes that the combustion port boundary layer is divided into two regions separated by a thin flame zone. Above the flame zone the flow is oxidizer rich, while below the flame zone the flow is fuel rich (see Fig. 15-7). An expression is developed to relate fuel regression rate to heat transfer from the flame to the fuel surface. For the definition of the symbols in this appendix, please see the list of symbols in Chapter 15. Figure A4-1 illustrates a simplified picture of the energy balance at the fuel grain surface. Neglecting radiation and in-depth conduction in the fuel mass, the steady-sate surface energy balance becomes Qc - pfi.h,, (A4--1) where Qc is the energy transferred to the fuel surface by convection, and pf, i', and hv are respectively the solid fuel density, surface regression rate, and over- all fuel heat of vaporization or decomposition. At the fuel surface the heat transferred by convection equals that transferred by conduction, so that OT y=0 (A4-2) where h is the convective heat transfer film coefficient, AT is the temperature difference between the flame zone and the fuel surface, Xg is the gas phase conductivity, and OT/Oyly=o is the local boundary layer temperature gradient evaluated at the fuel surface. The central problem in determining the hybrid fuel regression rate is thereby reduced to determining the basic aerothermal 733 734 APPENDIX 4 Combustion port oxidizer flow > Boundary layer edge Te pe, U , ~ ---'---- (2r xgOT T F, e g ..... [ .... /~//////////////Fla m e z o n e '/,~//////////'[////" 1" /, I I { FT-T- Fh7 ] i//./////////,~~//f/////./Z ( p V) S s.,s I. .aT I • Fuel grain L txf-- ay I I General steady-state energy balance: Energy input fuel surface = Energy out of fuel surface econvection + Oradiation in - Oconduction out + Ophase change + eradiation out 0 T[ + aegaT 4 = tcf 0 T esoT 4 hAT or Xg ~---~ y=o -~ + Pfihv + Neglecting radiation and solid phase heat conduction aT I = pfrh v leg ly=o FIGURE A4--1. Energy Balance at Fuel Grain Surface. properties of the boundary layer. Approximate solutions to the flat plate boundary layer problem are well established (Ref. A4-1) and show that the heat transfer coefficient at the wall (in this case, the fuel surface) is related to the skin friction coefficient via the following relationship (called Reynolds' analogy) Cf pr_2/3 (A4-3) c,, -y where CU is the skin friction coefficient with blowing (defined in this case as the evolution of vaporized fuel from the fuel surface and proportional to pv eval- uated at the fuel surface), Ch is the Stanton number, and Pr is the Prandtl number (Stanton, Prandtl, and Reynolds number definitions are summarized in Table A4-1). Furthermore, the Stanton number can be written in terms of the heat flux to the fuel surface as Qs (A4-4) C h -- AhloeU e APPENDIX 4 735 TABLE A4-1. Dimensionless Numbers Used in Hybrid Boundary Layer Analysis Parameter Definition Comment Stanton number, Ch ,D e H e Cp Prandtl number, Pr CP #egO Reynolds number, Rex Xg PeUe x go#e Dimensionless heat transfer coefficient Ratio of momentum transport via molecular diffusion to energy transport by diffusion Ratio of gas inertial forces to viscous forces (x is distance from leading edge of fuel grain) where Ah is the enthalpy difference between the flame zone and the fuel sur- face, and Pe, Ue are the density and velocity of oxidizer at the edge of the boundary layer. Combining Equations A4-1, A4-3, and A4-4, the regression rate of the fuel surface can be written as i" - Cf Ah PeUe pr_2/3 (A4-5) 2 hv pf From boundary layer theory, one can show that the skin friction coefficient without blowing (Cfo) is related to the local Reynolds number by the relation Cf°-0.0296Rex °2 (5 x 105 < Re~ < 1 x 107) (A4-6) m . Experiments (Ref. A4-2) conducted to determine the effect of blowing on skin friction coefficients have shown that Cf is related to Cf0 by the following Cf = 1.27/3_0.77 (5 </3 < 100) (A4--7) cj0 where the blowing coefficient/3 is defined as fl-- (PV)s (A4--8) PeUeCf/2 In a turbulent boundary layer, the Prandtl number is very nearly equal to 1. It can be shown that for Pr = 1, /7, as defined in Eq. A4-8, is also equal to Ah/hv (see Appendix 5). Noting that peUe is the definition of oxidizer mass velocity (G), Eq. A4-5 can be written in the final form as G 08 (~) °2fl0.2 3 ? -- 0.036 (A4-9) PS 736 APPENDIX 4 The coefficient 0.036 applies when the quantities are expressed in the English Engineering system of units as given in the list of symbols at the end of Chapter 15. In some hybrid motors, radiation may be a significant contributor to the total fuel surface heat flux. Such motors include those with metal additives to the fuel grain (such as aluminum) or motors in which soot may be present in significant concentrations in the combustion chamber. In these instances, Eq. A4-1 must be modified to account for heat flux from a radiating particle cloud. The radiative contribution affects surface blowing, and hence the convective heat flux as well, so that one cannot simply add the radiative term to Eq. A4-1. Instead, one can show (Ref. A4-3) that the total heat flux to the fuel surface (and hence the fuel regression rate) is expressed by Q, - pzi'h~ - Qce-Qr'd/Q" -F Qrad (A4-10) which reduces to Eq. A4-1 if Qrad- 0. The radiation heat flux has been hypothesized to have the following form Qrad - o-or T4(1 - e -Ac-) (A4-11) where the term 1 -e -ACz is Sg, the emissivity of particle-laden gas. Here, a is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, ot is the fuel surface absorptivity, A is the particle cloud attenuation coefficient, C is the particle cloud concentration (number density), and z is the radiation path length. By assuming that the particle cloud concentration is proportional to chamber pressure and the opti- cal path length is proportional to port diameter, experimenters (see Ref. 15-14) have approximated the functional dependencies of Eq. A4-11 for correlating metallized fuel grain regression rates with expressions of the following form i. -- ?{Go, L, (1 - e-P/Pref), (1 - e-n/Z)'ef)} (A4-12) REFERENCES A4-1. H. Schlichting, "Boundary Layer Theory," Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1955. A4-2. L. Lees, "Convective Heat Transfer with Mass Addition and Chemical Reactions," Combustion and Propulsion, Third A GARD Colloquium, New York, Pergamon Press, 1958, p. 451. A4-3. G. A. Marxman, E. E. Woldridge, and R. J. Muzzy, "Fundamentals of Hybrid Boundary Layer Combustion," AIAA Paper 63-505, December 1963. APPENDIX 5 ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF BOUNDARY LAYER BLOWING COEFFICIENT IN CHAPTER 15 Terry A. Boardman The blowing coefficient/3 is an important parameter affecting boundary layer heat transfer. It is interesting to note that, although it is defined as the non- dimensional fuel mass flow rate per unit area normal to the fuel surface, it is also a thermochemical parameter equivalent to the nondimensional enthalpy difference between the fuel surface and the flame zone. In terms of the fuel mass flux,/3 is defined as fl-- (PV)s (A5-1) Pe"eCyl2 For the definition of the letter symbols please refer to the list of symbols of Chapter 15. Noting that CU/2- Ch Pr -2/3, Eq. A5-1 can be rewritten as fl - (pV)s pr-2/3 (A5-2) PeUe Ch Recalling that the heat flux at the fuel surface is Q~ - h(Tf - L) (A5-3) and that the definition of Stanton number is Eq. A5-4 can be rewritten as C h ~ pel, teCp (A5-4) 737 738 APPENDIX 5 Q, (A5-5) Ch = AhPeUe From energy balance considerations, heat flux to the fuel surface in steady state is equivalent to Q,- pf~h~ (A5--6) so that Eq. A5-2 becomes fl _ (pv)_.____A ~ A _ _ h h pr_2/3 (A5-7) pfr hv Since (Pv)s = pfi, at the fuel surface, the fuel regression rate, Eq. A5-7, becomes Ah fl -- -7-- pr-2/3 n~ As has been previously stated, the Prandtl number in a turbulent boundary layer is very nearly equal to 1 so that the final form for the blowing coefficient is Ah hv Thus, the blowing coefficient is shown to describe the nondimensional enthalpy difference between the fuel surface and flame zone, as well as the nondimen- sional fuel surface regression rate. INDEX Abbreviations and acronyms for chemical ingredients of solid propellants, 495-497 Ablative cooling and materials, 273, 305, 558, 561-563" Acceleration of vehicle, terminal, 113 Acoustic velocity, see Velocity of sound Acoustic absorbers, cavities, 358, 359 Action time, see Burning time and action time Aerodynamic forces, see Drag; Lift Aerojet AJ-10-118I rocket engine, 272-273 Aerospike engine or thrust chamber, 296-300; see also Nozzle Aging, see Solid propellant Air launched rocket, 150-152 Altitude: test facilities, 715 variation of atmospheric air properties, 730 (Appendix 2) variation of thrust, 33-34 Aluminum or aluminum powder, 189, 191, 192, 245, 303, 305, 424, 482, 484, 486, 496, 499, 558, 588, 614 Ammonium nitrate (AN), 189, 483,496, 506, 597, 599 Ammonium perchlorate (AP), 189, 190, 424, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 496, 522, 594--599; see also Particle size parameter Apogee, definition, 121 Applications of plume technology, 640 Application of rockets, 15-25, 198, 422, 580-582, 663-664, 700-702 Apsidal drift, 126-127 Arcjet, see Electric propulsion Area ratio of nozzle, see Nozzle Atlas space launch vehicle, 18 Atmospheric properties, 730 (Appendix 2) Attitude control, see Reaction control Attitude control rockets or attitude control systems (ACS), see Auxiliary rockets Automatic engine controls, 392-393, 402-404; see also Liquid propellant rocket engines Auxiliary rockets or auxiliary propulsion, 198, 200, 228-232; see also Reaction control systems electric propulsion, 700 liquid propellants, 231 pulsing, 229, 289, 301,700-705 rotation maneuvers, 133, 135-137 solid propellant, 466-467 Note." Boldface page numbers identify either a definition or the most pertinent or fundamental discussion of the listed item. 739 740 INDEX Auxiliary rockets or auxiliary propulsion (continued) station keeping, 129, 134, 701 thrusters, 300--304 Baffles, injector, 357 Ballistic evaluation motors, 427 Ballistic missile, 25, 125 Ballistics, see Internal ballistics Battery, electric power, 703 Bearings (of turbopump), 370 Bell-shaped nozzle, see Nozzle Beryllium, 245, 500 Binder, see Solid propellant(s); Grain Bipropellant, 188, 201, 209, 224, 230, 231, 272, 300, 301,307, 325, 342 Blast tube, see Nozzle Blow-down pressurized feed system, 208, 211 Bonding of solid propellant grains, see Grain, solid propellant Boron, 499 Boundary layer, see Nozzle, boundary layer Burning rate, solid propellant, 418-437, 545; see also Grain; Hybrid rocket; Solid propellant rocket motors burning surface contour, 424,426, 443 catalyst or burning rate modifier, 426, 435 effect of acceleration, 436-437 erosive burning, 168, 433-435, 575 exponent or pressure exponent, 424, 428, 480 function of pressure, 427-430 modifier, 495, 496, 501 temperature sensitivity (coefficient), 424, 430--433 Burning time and action time, 424, 446, 447 definition for solid propellant motor, 441,446 Burning surface, 427, 438-439 Buzzing combustion instability, 350 c (cee star), see Characteristic velocity Carbon-carbon, 273, 284, 289, 303, 309, 425, 558, 559, 614 Carbon phenolic, 425, 554, 559, 560, 561 Case or solid rocket motor case, 418,420, 421,425, 540-549, 573, 614; see also Nozzle; Solid propellant rocket motor filament-wound reinforced plastic, 420, 421,423, 547-549 loads, 541 materials, 425, 542, 546 metal, 423, 544-547 stresses and elongation, 543 Catalyst, 253, 260, 302, 383, 672, 703 Cathode, 676, 685, 686 Cavitation, 365, 368, 375-376 Chamber (combustion), 200; see also Heat transfer; Thrust chamber gas composition, 181, 183, 191 gas temperature, see Temperature, combustion gas geometry/volume, 74, 282-28 pressure, see Nozzle pressure ratio pressure control, 403 wall loads and stresses, 293-296 Characteristic chamber length, 272, 283 Characteristic speed (electric propulsion), 668, 669 Characteristic velocity or characteristic exhaust velocity or c, 34, 36, 64, 68, 188, 189, 190, 272, 325, 424, 594 c efficiency, 64 Chemical equilibrium, 46, 164, 173, 174 Chemical reaction: in chamber or motor case, 169-172, 343-346 energy balance, 169 free energy or chemical potential, 165 mass balance, 170 in nozzle, 172-179 Chemical rocket propellant performance analysis, 40, 41, 160-196 Choked flow condition, 58 Chugging combustion instability, 349 Classification of: electric thrusters, 661,689 hazards, 423, 491-429 liquid propellant rocket engines, 198 liquid propellant feed systems, 204 rocket propulsion systems, 1-14, 198 solid propellants, 474-480 thrust vector controls, 608-610 turbines, 380-381 solid propellant rocket motors, 423 thrust vector controls, 609-610 valves, 253 Cold gas propellants and thrusters, 41, 201,231,263-264, 300, 303 Combustion, see also Temperature; Solid propellant rocket motors; Thrust chambers analysis and simulation, 169-172, 346-347 control of instabilities, 356-360 efficiency, 171,342 gas composition (of products), 181, 183, 184, 187, 191, 192, 488 hybrid propellant rockets, 588-592, 733 instability, 281-282, 348-360, 437, 481, 599-604 acoustic instability, 528-532 rating techniques, 355-356 remedy and design, 356-360, 533-535 liquid propellants, 250-251,342-361, 406 process, 161,343-346, 520-524; see also Stay time solid propellants, 520-539, 543-546 stability assessment or rating technique, 355-356 vibration, longitudinal, radial or tangential, 352-353 vibration frequency, 348, 352, 354, 355, 531,603 Communication signal attenuation, 251 Composite propellant, see Solid propellant(s) Computers programs: combustion analysis, 179-180, 346-347, 532-533 exhaust plume analysis, 657-658 flow analysis, 205, 554 grain strain analysis, 460-461 heat transfer, 308, 315 ignition, 321 nozzle contour, 556 performance analysis, 394 rocket engine control, 405 testing, 722-724 Conical nozzle, 77-78; see also Nozzle Continuum flow regime, 646 Controls for rocket engines, 206, 392-393, 396-405, 633 Controls for rocket testing, 713, 724 Conversion factors and constants, 727-729 (Appendix 1) Cooling with liquid propellant, see also Radiation cooling; Regenerative cooling; Thrust chamber in cooling jackets, 287-288 heat transfer, 308-320 hydraulic losses in cooling jacket, 292-293 INDEX 741 Copper, 296, 304, 305 Cost, 632 Cracks in grain, see Failure modes Criteria for selection of optimum propulsion system, 630-634 Cryogenic propellants, 201, 213 Cumulative damage of solid propellants, 464, 465 Curing agents for solid propellant, 496, 501 Current density, 675 Cut-off, see Thrust termination Dalton's law, 162 Deep space flight, 124, 136 Deflagration, 447 Delivered performance, 93 Delta space launch vehicle, 18 Density, see also Specific gravity of atmosphere, 730 average, for bipropellants, 249 Density specific impulse, 249, 441, see also Specific impulse Design calculation examples for: hybrid propellant rocket, 593-599 liquid propellant thrust chamber, 324-335 solid propellant motor, 572-575 Detonation, see Solid propellant, detonation Discharge: coefficients for injectors, 277-279 correction factor for propulsion system, 90-91 Double-base propellant, see Solid propellant Drag: coefficient, 105 force, 104-106, 128 Ducted rocket, 2 Duct propulsion, 1, 2, 4, 9 Duty cycle (pulsing), 139, 289 Earth's rotation, 117, 119 Effective exhaust velocity, see Exhaust velocity Electric propulsion, 12-13, 40, 41,660-710 applications and missions, 661,702 arcjet, 12, 40, 41,662, 673--677, 691,698 electromagnetic or magnetoplasmadynamic, 40, 41, 662, 663-334, 688-692, 698, 699 742 INDEX Electric propulsion (continued) electrostatic or ion rocket, 12, 40, 41, 661,662, 663-664, 679--688, 698, 699 ionization schemes, 684 electrothermal, 661,670-677 flight performance, 666-670, 696-700 hall effects thrusters, 40, 662, 692-696, 689,699 performance data, 40, 41,662, 674, 694 power (magnitude), 40, 662, 664, 665, 667, 674, 678, 692-683, 694, 698, 699, 700 power conditioning/conversion, 660, 700, 705-706 power supply and power sources, 664, 665, 667, 701-704 pulsed plasma, 12, 40, 41,664, 700, 705- 700 resistojet, 40, 41,662, 671-674, 698, 700 thruster efficiency, 662, 665-666, 673, 694, 698, 700 thruster types, 661,662, 664, 698 typical propellants, 662 Electrostatic discharge, 488, 489 Elliptical orbit, 121-124 Energy, 36-38, 118, 120 balance, 37 conservation, 47-48 conversion efficiency, 37-38 orbiting satellite, 118 release efficiency, 172 Engine, see Liquid propellant rocket engine Engine cycles, 222-227 Enthalpy, chemical reaction, 46, 160, 166, 169, 190, 439 Entropy in nozzle expansion, 165, 167, 168, 174, 190 Environment, 247, 265, 634; see also Hazards; Rocket exhaust plumes Equation summary, 731-732 (Appendix 3) Equilibrium constant, 168-169 Equivalent diameter (hydraulic radius), 317 Erosive burning, see Burning rate Escape from solar system, 124 Escape velocity from earth, 118 Exhaust gas, exhaust jet, flame, see Rocket exhaust plume Exhaust nozzle, see Nozzle Exhaust velocity, see Nozzle, effective exhaust velocity; Nozzle, exit or exhaust velocity Expander cycle, 224, 226 Expansion-deflection nozzle, 76, 84 Explosive ingredients of solid propellants, 502; see also HMX; Nitrocellulose; Nitroglycerine Expulsion efficiency, 212 Extendible nozzle 309, 431 Failure modes of solid rocket motors (cracks and debonding), 454 Failure sensing, 723 Failures, postaccident procedures, 725 Feed system, liquid propellants, 197, 203-205, 206; see also Tanks electric propulsion, 660, 672, 701 gas pressurized, 7, 198, 205-211, 218-221,273, 327; see also Blow- down feed system; Pressure regulator with turbopump, 8, 198, 205-211, 221-227, 273, 327, 386 Filaments used for cases, 549 Filament winding machines, 515 Film coefficient (heat transfer): gas, 310, 312, 313 liquid, 310, 313, 317 Film cooling with liquid propellants, 290-291 Finite element analysis of solid propellant grain, 308, 461 Flame, see Combustion; Rocket exhaust plume Flap in liner (also called boot), 462-463; see also Grain, Solid propellant rocket motors Flexible nozzle bearing, see Thrust vector control Flexible pipe joint, 234, 235 Flight, 102-159; see also Application; Drag; Lift; Spacecraft; Vehicle velocity ballistic missiles, 125 forces acting on the vehicle, 106-108 influence of propulsion system, 115-117 interplanetary, 122, 126 maneuvers, 132-136 motions, 108-113 performance, chemical propulsion, 108-154 performance, electrical propulsion, 666-670 perturbations to space flight path, 125-129 rotation maneuvers, 133, 135, 136, 137 in space, 105, 117-132 stability, 153-154 testing, 711,724-725 vehicles, 139-149 velocity and acceleration at burn-out, 104-108, 109, 112-113, 118, 122, 668-669 Flow diagram or flow sheet: feed system, 209 manufacturing process, 513 preliminary design, 571 propulsion system selection, 626 Flow (gas); see also Nozzle isentropic, 48, 52-75 fuel mass flow (hybrid), 527-528 mass (or weight) flow, 28, 29, 46, 48, 59, 203, 272, 292, 328-329, 392, 427-428, 595, 684, 694 multiphase flow (gas with liquid drops and/or solid particles), 88-89 supersonic, sonic and subsonic, 58 Flow, liquid propellant, 328, 363, 392-393, 397, 427, 428 flow and pressure balance, 227-228 Fluorine, 243, 244, 246, 582 Flywheels, 231 Force; see also Thrust acting on flight vehicle, 106-113 measurement, 720 solar radiation pressure, 14 Free energy or chemical potential, 165, 166, 171 Free molecular flow, 646 Frozen equilibrium, 173, 174 Fuel: cells, 702 hybrid rocket, see Hybrid propellant rockets liquid propellant, 255-259 pump, 365, 366, 368, 372 solid propellant, 499-500 Gas constant, 48, 52, 55, 57, 61, 193, 342 Gaseous propellant rocket engine, 7, 41, 201,261-263 Gas generator; see also Liquid propellant rocket engine; Solid propellant rocket motor engine cycle, 222-224 liquid propellant, 189,193 solid propellant, 422, 505-507 INDEX 743 Gas pressurized feed system, see Feed system Gelled liquid propellants, 201,261-263 Geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO), see Orbits Gibbs free energy, see Free energy Gimbal, 199, 272, 610-612, 615, 616 Grain, solid propellant, 444--453, 573; see also Solid propellant rocket motor aging, 464, 481,489 binder, 424, 500 bond strength, 454, 465 burning surface to nozzle throat area ratio (K), 438-439 cartridge loaded, 423, 444, 464 case-bonded, 420, 423,444, 462-464 configurations, 445-452 design, 448 end burning, 451 hybrid, 585-593 inhibitor, 447 insulator, thermal, 444 liner, 444 multiple grain (restartable), 452-453 perforation, port, or internal cavity, 445, 448 regressive, neutral or progressive burning, 423, 445 sliver, 445 stress and strain, 453-466 cumulative damage, 465 stress relief flap or boot, 420, 462-463 tensile strength, 457 surface cracks, 454 thermal cycling, 459 volumetric loading, 447 Graphite, 558, 559 Gravitational attraction, 107 Gravity gradients, 128 Hazards: classification, 423, 491-492 explosion, see Solid propellant, detonation fire, 247 health, 247-248, 264 insensitive munitions, 492-493 liquid propellants and engines, 247-248 solid propellant, 487-489, 491-494 toxic gas exposure limits, 719-720 toxicity, 493 Heat of formation, 164, 165 744 INDEX Heat of reaction, 164 Heat transfer, 285-292, 330-331; see also Film coefficient; Liquid propellant thrust chamber, cooling analysis, 308-320 cooling techniques; 286-292, 331; see Insulation thermal; Radiation cooling; Regenerative cooling film cooling, 290-291 from exhaust plume, 640 heat absorbing capacity of coolant, 318 to liquid propellants, 250 steady state, 278-288 transient, 286, 288-290 Helium, 218, 264 HMX (Cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine), 476, 477, 478, 479, 482, 483, 484, 485, 495-497, 502 Hohmann transfer orbit, 122, 666 HTPB (Hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene), 479,481,482, 496, 498, 500, 581,582, 588, 590; see also Polybutadiene Hybrid propellant rockets, 7, 9, 579-607; see also HTPB; Nozzle advantages/disadvantages, 580 applications and propellants, 580-585 boundary layer blowing coefficient, 737-738 (Appendix 5) combustion instability, 599-604 design example, 593-599 energy and flow balance, 733 fuel regression rate, 587, 589, 590, 592, 733-736 (Appendix 4) performance analysis and grain configuration, 585-593 performance data, 582, 583, 585, 594-598 Hydrazine, 188, 244, 245, 246, 257-258, 259-261, 272, 317, 318, 386, 671,677, 678, see also Monomethylhydrazine; Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine Hydrocarbon fuels: liquid, 255; see also RP-1 fuel solid, see Solid propellant, binder; Plasticizer Hydrogen, 181, 188, 191, 193, 243, 244, 246, 256-257, 264, 309, 318, 320, 671, 683, 691 Hydrogen peroxide, 243, 246, 247, 253 Hydroxyl ammonium nitrate, 261 Hydroxyl terminated polybutadeine, see (HTPB) Hypergolic ignition, see Ignition Ideal rocket, 46-47 Ignition/igniter: analysis and design, 335, 567-568 delay or time lag, 321,424 hardware, 269, 420, 421 hybrid propellant motor, 580, 583 hypergolic (spontaneous), 250, 323, 580, 583 inadvertent ignition, 487 liquid propellants, 250-251, 269, 320-323 propellants for igniter, 12, 323, 508-509 pyrotechnic, pyrogen, 322, 424, 563-565-526 solid propellants, 418, 420, 421,424, 459, 487, 524-526 Impulse, see Specific impulse; Total impulse Impulse to weight ratio, 30, 442 Inconel, 305 Inducer (impeller), 377, 378 Ingredients of solid propellants, 495-497 Inhibitor, 447, 511 Injector, liquid propellants, 200, 269, 271-282, 334-335; see also Thrust chamber baffles, 357 effect on heat transfer, 281 platelet, 270, 276 pressure drop and flow, 273, 276-280 structure, 281 types, 273, 274, 392 Insensitive munitions, 492-493 Instability of combustion, see Combustion Instrumentation, 197, 720-724 Insulation, thermal, internal, 291-292, 425, 447, 509-511,558, 614, 673 Insulation, thermal, external, 425, 511,673 Interfaces between propulsion system and vehicle, 411,634-637 Internal ballistics, 439 International rocket effort, 15, see also LE-7; RD-120, RD-170, Vulcain Interplanetary missions, 124, 126, 132, 664 data on planets, 119 velocity requirements, 131 Ion propulsion or ion rocket, see Electric propulsion Isentropic flow through nozzles, 48, 52-75; see also Flow IUS (Interim Upper Stage) rocket motor (UTC), 421, 614 Jet, see Rocket exhaust plume Jetavator, see Thrust vector control Jet fuel, 256 Jet power, 36 Jet vane, see Thrust vector control Kerosene, 255, 256, 269, 317, 392; see also RP- 1 fuel Kinetic energy rate of jet, 36, 662 Lapse rate, 719 Launch vehicle, see Space launch vehicle LE-7 and LE-5A rocket engines (Japan), 272-273, 363, 386 Life of electric propulsion, 698 Life in space, 200 Life of solid grain, 481 Lift, aerodynamic: coefficient, 107, 108 force, 106, 109 Liner, 425, 447, 509-510 Liquid oxygen, see Oxygen Liquid propellant, 200, 201-203, 241-267; see also Fuel; Hydrazine; Hydrogen; Kerosene; Methane; Nitric Acid; Nitrogen tetroxide, Oxidizer; Oxygen; RP-1 budget, 387-389 combustion, 342-361; see also Combustion cryogenic, 181, 182-188, 201 gelled, 201,261-263 hazards, 247-248, 264-265 heat transfer, 285-292, 250, 308-320 ignition/start, 250-251 mixture ratio, 182, 184, 185, 188, 193, 202, 210, 272, 278, 329, 363, 386, 392-393, 397, 404 monopropellant, 40, 201,259-261, 302-303 performance of several combinations, 181, 182, 188 properties, 242-251 storable propellant, 201 Liquid propellant rocket engines, 6, 7, 8, 197-240, 272-273, 386; see also Auxiliary rockets; Controls; Engine cycles; Feed systems; Heat transfer; Tanks, Thrust chambers; and Turbopumps advantages/disadvantages, 628-629 boost propulsion, 198, 200 calibration, 227-228, 405--411 INDEX 745 chamber pressure, 200, 272, 386, 392 control, 206, 396--405 engine cycles, 222-227, 386 engine preliminary design, 389-396 engine design optimization, 391 engine systems, 384-386 engine support structure, 197, 235-236 gas generators and preburners, 189, 193, 223, 227, 342, 383-384, 392-393 inert mass, 391 pressurized gas or pump feed, 198, 200, 203-227, 408 shut down or termination, 401 starting, ignition, and thrust build-up, 320-323, 397-402 system integration and engine optimization, 411-412 system performance, 384-386 thrust chamber or thrusters, 268-341 variable thrust, 96 Lorentz force, 678, 689, 693 Low Earth orbit (LEO), 129 Lunar flight, 124 Mach number, 49, 50 Magnetic field flight perturbation, 128 Maintainability, 633 Mandrel for solid propellant grain, 514 Maraging steel, 546 Masses of vehicle, definitions, 103 Mass flow, 39, 59, 427-428, 595; see also Flow (gas); Flow, liquid propellant Mass fraction, see Propellant mass fraction Mass ratio, 29, 104, 105, 112, 116, 699 Materials and materials properties, 304-308, 425, 542, 558, 672-673 metals, 425; see also Niobium; Rhenium; Stainless steel; Titanium reinforced plastics, 425; see also Carbon- carbon Measurement/sensing of data, 720-724 Methane, 188, 243, 244, 246, 255-256, 264, 671 Micrometeorology, 719 Migration in solid propellant grain, 511 Minimum smoke propellants, 507 Minuteman rocket motor, 620 Missiles, military, 23, 25, 136, 149-152, 419, 421,422 Missions, 198, 632, 700-701; see also Applications; Requirements Mission velocity, 130-132 Mixing of solid propellant, 512, 513, 515 746 INDEX Mixture ratio, see Liquid propellant rocket engine; Hybrid propellant rocket Molecular mass (or weight), 50, 53, 163, 188, 189, 190, 192, 244, 245, 256, 260, 485 Monomethyl hydrazine, 188, 244, 258-259, 270, 272 Monopropellant, 41,231,259-261; see also Thrust chamber, monopropellant Motor, see Rocket motor Movable nozzle, see Nozzle, extendible or movable Multistage or multistep rocket vehicles, 16, 139-144 Multiple propulsion systems, 384-385 Net positive suction head, 376 Niobium, 200, 270, 305, 306, 307, 331 Nitric acid, or inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), 243, 245, 246, 254 Nitrocellulose, 495, 498, 502 Nitrogen tetroxide, 243, 245, 246, 254, 270, 272, 317, 392 Nitroglycerine, 483,495, 498, 502-503 Noise of exhaust plume, 641,653-654 Nozzle; see also Flow; Mass flow; Liquid propellant rocket engine; Solid propellant rocket motor; Specific impulse aerospike, 76, 83-84, 296-300 alignment, 94-96 analysis, thermochemical, 172-179 area ratio, 50, 51, 59, 60, 61, 65-67, 73, 86, 190, 192, 272, 326-327, 386, 392, 425, bell shaped or contoured, 77-82, 199, 326, 329, 554, 555, 584, 585, 612, 614 blast tube, 421,422, 551 boundary layer, 46, 86-87, 176, 736, 737-738; see also Hybrid propellant rockets change in gas composition, 187, 191, 192 cone angle correction factor, 77-78 conical, 77-82 contraction ratio, 85 critical pressure, temperature or velocity, 57, 58 divergence or diverging exit section, 77-78, 85, 557 effective exhaust velocity, 29, 31, 34, 36, 52, 53, 54, 59, 440 erosion, 555,575 exit cone, 551,558, 309 exit or exhaust velocity,, 32, 33, 36, 52- 54, 55, 202 exit gas composition, 175, 181, 184, 187 expansion-deflection nozzle, 76, 84, extendible or movable, 284, 309, 420, 421,550, 551,612, 614; see also Thrust vector control flow with frozen or shifting equilibrium, 173, 174 gas expansion process, 161 heat absorption, 556-563 illustrations of nozzles, 9, 199, 418, 420, 444, 545, 551,553, 554, 555, 612, 613, 614 insert, 9, 425, 553 losses, 85-86, 555 materials, 556-563, 558; see also Ablative materials multiphase flow, 88-89 multiple nozzles, 84-85 optimum expansion, 33, 70, 188, 189 over-expanded, 68-74 performance correction, 90-92 performance parameters/specified conditions, 92-94, 272, 392, 418, 420, 421,424, 443, 444, 553, 614 effect of altitude, 34, 72, 73 plug nozzle, see Nozzle, aerospike pressure drop or pressure ratio, 33, 51, 53, 56, 57-64, 65-67, 181, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192 scarfed, 95-96 separation of flow, 69-73 shape, length and configuration, 75-85, 284, 326-327 solid propellant rocket motors, 418, 425, 439, 550-563, 574 submerged, 550, 551 supersonic, sonic, and subsonic flow, 58 theory, 45-94 throat condition or diameter, 55-58, 60 under-expanded, 68-74 Nuclear power generation, 704-705 Nuclear rocket propulsion, 10-11, 40 Nucleate boiling heat transfer, 317 Ohm's law, 675 Optimum expansion, see Nozzle, optimum expansion Orbits of satellites and spacecraft: circular, 120 deorbit, 135, 136 elliptical, 121-122 energy, 118-120 geosynchronous (GEO), 129, 663, 701 injection into orbit, orbit transfer, 122-124, 133, 136; see also Hohmann transfer orbit low earth orbit (LEO), 129, 663, 666, 701 maintenance, station keeping, 129, 134, 701 payloads for different orbits, 147-149 period of revolution, 118, 120 perturbations, 125-129 raising orbit altitude, 122, 136, 701 synchronous orbit see Orbit, geosynchronous Oxidizer(s): liquid, 251-255 pump, 364, 366, 368, 372 solid, 494-499, 502-503 Oxygen, 191, 192, 243, 245, 246, 252-253, 269, 272, 309, 325, 386, 392, 581,582, 671 performance data with RP-1, 182-188 performance data with hydrogen, 181, 188 Particles or particulates: size parameters, 503-505 suspended in exhaust gas, 648 vibration damping, 358 Pegasus space launch vehicle, 18, 148, 303, 420 Perfect gas law, 48 Performance; see also Nozzle, effective exhaust velocity; Nozzle, exit or exhaust velocity; Propellant mass fraction; Specific impulse actual, standard, delivered, and guaranteed, 92-94 considerations for propulsion systems, 632 correction factors, 90-92 theoretical values, 93, 160-196 Perigee, 121 Perturbation of flight path, 125-129 Pipes or flow conduits, 232-235 Piston expulsion, 217 Pitch maneuver, 137 Planets, data, 119 Plastcizer, 495-497, 501-502 Plug nozzle, see Nozzle, aerospike Plume, see Rocket exhaust plume INDEX 747 Pogo pulsations or feed system instability, 35O, 351 Polybutedaine (various), 479, 480, 482, 483, 496, 498, 581; see also HTPB Polyether, polyester, polyurethane, 496, 498 Port area or cavity, see Grain Positive expulsion devices, 214-218, Power conditioning/conversion, see Electric propulsion Power interfaces, 635 Preburner, see Liquid propellant rocket engines, gas generators and preburners Pressure, atmosphere, 730 Pressure balance, 227-228, 408-411 Pressure exponent, see Burning rate Pressure oscillations, see Combustion instability Pressure regulators, 7, 210, 230, 233, Pressurized feed system, 7, 205-211, 218-221; see also Feed system Producibility, 633 Propellant, see Liquid propellant; Solid propellant; Igniter propellant; or Gaseous propellant Propellant budget, 387-389 Propellant mass fraction, 30, 105, 425, 442, 668 Propellant tanks, see Tanks Propellant utilization, 206, 404 Propulsive efficiency, 38 Pulse modulation of pulsing thruster, 324 Pulsing thruster operation, see Duty cycle; Electric propulsion, pulsed plasma Pump, 363, 366, 371-380; see also Turbopump cavitation, 368, 375-376 desirable propellant properties, 250 efficiency, 363, 365, 372, 374, 393 head and suction head, 372, 375-377 inducer, 377-378 shrouded impeller, 373 specific speed, 373-374 type or configuration, 364, 365, 366, 374 Pyrolytic graphite, 353, 358 Qualification of rocket propulsion system: preliminary flight rating test, 712 qualification test, 712 Radiation heat transfer and cooling, 270, 286, 288, 290, 306, 307, 319-320, 558 748 INDEX Ramjet, 2-5, 10 RD-4-15 Thruster and small RCS (Kaiser- Marquardt), 272-273, 307 RD-120, RD170, RD 253 (Russia), 226, 392-395, 402 Reaction control system (RCS), 136-139, 228-232, 300-304; see also Auxiliary rocket engine Reduced smoke propellant, 507 Rendezvous (in space), 123, 134, 136 Reentry and landing, 134 Regenerative cooling, 273, 286, 288, 290, 309, 315-319; see also Thrust chamber Reliability, 206, 632, 700 Requirements and constraints for solid propellant rocket motors, 569 Requirements for mission, 198, 324, 447, 632 Residual propellant: liquid, 212 solid (slivers), 445, 453 Resistojet, 40, 41,662, 671--674, 698; see also Electric propulsion Reusability, 198, 206 Rhenium, 292, 305, 672 RL 10-3A rocket engine (Pratt & Whitney, Div. of UTC), 224, 386 RL 10B-2 rocket engine (Pratt & Whitney, Div. of UTC), 272-273, 386 Rocket engine, see Liquid propellant rocket engine Rocket exhaust plume, 151,639-659, see also Nozzle; Shock waves aerodynamic effect, 152-153, 649-650 color, luminosity, and spectral distribution, 251,650-651 plume appearance and shape, 641-652 radio signal attenuation, 251,641,655- 656, 701 smoke, 251,476, 652-653 Rocket motor, see Solid propellant rocket motor Rocket-assisted gun-launched projectiles, 152, 153 Rocket propulsion: applications, 15-25, 198-200, 422, 580- 581,663-665, 700-701 definition, 1 exhaust gas or flame, see Rocket exhaust plume systems for certain flight maneuvers, 136 testing, 771-726 types of, 4-15 Roll or roll maneuver, 137, 609 RP-1 fuel (kerosene), 188, 243, 245, 246, 255-256, 272, 325, 331 RS-27 rocket engine (Boeing/Rocketdyne), 34, 272-273, 366 RS-68 rocket engine (Boeing/Rocketdyne), 223, 224, 225, 386 Safe and arm device, 565, 566 Safety; see also Hazards hybrid propellants, 580 liquid propellants, 206, 264-266, 397, 716-717 rating of solid propellant, 477 solid propellants, 490-494, 565, 566; see also Insensitive munitions survivability, 632, 637 testing, 711-726 Satellite: orbits and payloads, 120 period of revolution, 118, 120 perturbing forces, 125-129 velocity, 120 SCAT (Secondary combustion augmented thruster; TRW, Inc.), 232 Selection of rocket propulsion systems, 325, 624--637; see also Interfaces criteria. 630-634 selection process, 625-630 Separation of nozzle flow, 69-72 Shifting equilibrium, 173, 174 Silica phenolic, 559 Shock wave, 46, 297, 299, 641,642, 650-652 Single stage to orbit, 17, 297 Sliver, residual solid propellant, 424, 445, 449, 453, 469 Sloshing of liquid in tank, 214 Smoke of plume, see Rocket exhaust plume Solar cells, 703-704 Solar heating propulsion or solar thermal propulsion, 14, 40, 41 Solar propulsion (by radiation pressure) or solar sail, 14 Solid propellant(s), 6, 9, 417, 425, 448, 474-519, 545; see also Burning rate; Combustion; Cumulative damage; Grain; Ignition abbreviations and acronyms for ingredients, 495, 496-497 aging, 464, 481,489 aluminum, 475-478 binder, 482, 495, 496, 500, 501 characteristics and behavior, 480-487 chemical ingredients (chamber), 480-487, 488 chemical gas reaction products, 191, 192, 488 comparison of different types, 477, 478, 482-483 composite, 423, 424, 428, 429, 475, 482, 484, 485, 486, 496-497 composite modified double base, 423, 429, 476, 482, 484, 487, 495, 498, 545 detonation, 477, 490-491; see Deflagration double base, 423,475, 482, 484, 486, 495, 498 gas generator, 422, 505--507 hazards, 487-489, 491-492 high energy propellant, 476' ingredients or raw materials, 482, 484, 494-505; see also Aluminum; Ammonium nitrate; Ammonium perchlorate; HMX; HTPB; Nitrocellulose; Nitroglycerine; Polybutadiene material characterization, 454-458 migration, 511 particle size parameters, 503-505 performance data, 424, 477, 478, 479, 485, 486 plasticizer, 495-497, 501-502 processing or manufacturing, 479, 481, 511-515 cast or extruded, 478 representative formulations, 487 safety, 477, 493-494 smoky, smokeless, or low smoke, 476, 507-508 stress relaxation modulus, 460-462, 479 testing, 711-726 thermal cycling, 459, 464 upper pressure limit, 493 Solid propellant rocket motors, 6, 9, 417-473; see also Burning rate; Case; Grain; Ignition; Insulation; Liner; Nozzle; Solid propellants action time and burn time, 424, 440, 441 advantages and disadvantages, 628-629 basic performance relations and data, 424, 437--444 booster, 20, 22, 420, 422 chamber pressure, 428-430, 439 combustion, 439, 528-536 components, 9, 417, 418 INDEX 749 design approach, 569-575 extinction or thrust termination, 420, 526-528 insulators, liners, and inhibitors, 425, 447, 509-511 loads and failure mode, 545, 459 materials, 425, 542, 558 nozzles, 9, 418, 420, 421,444 requirements and constraints, 569, 571 tactical missile motors, 421,422 temperature limits, 422 two-pulse motor (restartable), 452-453 weights/masses (typical), 420, 424, 454, 545 Spacecraft, 17, 21, 145; see also Orbits; Flight; Satellite attitude control, see Reaction control system maneuvers, 132-133 mission velocity, 130-132 perturbing forces, 125-129 surface contamination, 654-655 Space flight, see Flight; Orbits Space launch vehicles, 15-25, 144-149 boosters, 15, 136, 422 upper stages, 136, 422 Space Shuttle, 19, 22 flight velocity breakdown, 130 main engine, 22, 199, 226, 227, 363, 386, 400-402 reaction control and orbit maneuver system, 22, 207-210 solid rocket motor/nozzle, 545, 553-556 Specifications: rocket propulsion system, 626,631 propellants, 251 Specific gravity/density, 188, 189, 243, 249, 424, 479, 485, 583 Specific heat ratio, 48, 68, 188, 189 Specific impulse, 3, 28, 36, 39, 40, 53, 175, 180, 181, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190. 272, 300, 325, 327, 386, 392, 424, 440, 443, 479, 480, 485, 545, 662, 678, 694, 698, 699, 700 density specific impulse, 249 theoretical, actual, reference, and guaranteed values, 92-94, 440 Specific power, 40 Specific speed (pump), 373-374 Stability: combustion, 348-360 flight, 153-154 750 INDEX Stability (cont#med) liquid propellant (chemical stability), 249-250, 348-360 Staged combustion cycle, 224, 227 Staging configurations of vehicles, 130, 133, 139-147 Stagnation pressure and temperature, 49, 50, 51 Stainless steel, 273, 304, 305, 332 Standard atmosphere, 730 Starting, 320-323, 400-402, 398; see also Controls for rocket engines; Feed systems; Ignition; Thrust chamber Static rocket system tests, see Testing Station keeping, see Auxiliary rocket systems; Orbits Stay time or residence time, 284, 346 Stoichiometric mixture, 163 Stop operations, see Thrust termination Storable liquid propellants, 201 Strand burner, 427 Strap-on motor/engine, 136 Stresses and strains, 293-296, 458-466, 542-543; see also Case; Grain; Liquid propellant rocket engine; Solid propellant rocket motor; Tanks Structure, 197; see also Interfaces, Liquid propellant engine support structure, Summary of key equations, 731-732 Sun, data, 119 Supersonic, sonic, and subsonic nozzles, 58 Surface contamination by exhaust plume, 654-655 Surface tension screens, 217 Sweat cooling, 291 Synchronous satellite, 121, 129 Tactical missile rocket motor, 25, 422 Tank(s), 197, 207, 211-218, 330 positive expulsion during zero g, 214-218 pressurization, 218-221 Tank head start, 384, 398, 400 T-burner, 534 Temperature, 48-49 combustion (chamber temperature), 40, 52, 53, 57, 181, 182, 186, 188, 189, 193, 310, 392, 424-425, 439, 479 limits for solid propellant grain storage, 424, 443 sensitivity of solid propellant (coefficient), 431-432 stagnation, 49 variation effects, 250 wall (of chamber), 295, 310, 311 Tensile tests on propellant specimen, 455-458 Testing of rocket propulsion systems, 711-726 facilities and safeguards, 713-720 flight testing, 711,724-725 instrumentation and data management, 720-724 postaccident procedures, 725-726 types of tests, 711-713 Thermochemical data for carbonmonoxide, 167 Thermodynamic properties of chemical constituents, 165 Thermodynamic relations and nozzle flow, 47-92 Throttling, see Variable thrust Thrust, 3, 28, 29, 32-34, 62-64, 68, 111, 225, 272, 273, 286, 328, 386, 392, 418, 420, 424, 545, 614, 662, 678, 681-682, 694, 698, 702, 720 acting on vehicle, 109, 110 aerospike, 297 altitude variation, 34 coefficient, 63-68, 181, 190, 327 correction factor, 191 equation, 32, 63 termination, see Solid propellant rocket motors, extinction thrust level control, 210, 392 theoretical, actual, reference, and guaranteed values, 92-94 variable thrust, 96, 392-393 Thrust chamber (small ones are called thrusters), 6, 197, 198, 199, 200, 268- 341, 342, 660; see also Combustion; Electric propulsion; Heat transfer; Injection contraction area ratio, 273 cooling, 200, 268-273, 306, 326-327, 331-334,; see also Film cooling; Regenerative cooling design, 324-327 ideal, 46-47 ignition and start up, 320-323 life, 304 low thrust (called thrusters), 228-232, 300-304; see also Auxiliary rockets; Electric propulsion materials and fabrication, 304-308 monopropellant, 40, 272-273, 302-303, 662 pulsed or intermittent operation, 139, 229, 289; see also Duty cycle sample design analysis, 324-335 tubes or milled channels, 199, 269, 270, 273, 287, 306, 332-334 volume and shape, 282-284, 329 wall loads and stresses, 293-296 Thrust vector control (TVC), 608--623 alignment accuracy, 617 flexible bearing, 420, 421,425, 554, 611, 613, 614 gimbal or hinge, 199, 272, 611t--614, 615, 616 injection of secondary fluid, 610, 611, 612, 617-619 integration with vehicle, 621-622 jet tabs, 612, 617, 618 jet vanes, 610, 611, 612 with multiple thrust chambers or nozzles, 620-621 Thrust to weight ratio, 3, 40, 442 Time to target, 150-152 Titan space launch vehicle and payloads, 15, 16, 18, 146 Titanium, 305, 307, 425, 614 Total impulse, 27, 30, 424, 443, 694 Toxicity, 247, 265, 481,493, 664, 713, 715; see also Hazards, health monitoring and control, 717-718 toxic clouds, 715-719 toxic gas exposure limits, 719-720 Turbine(s), 363, 366, 368, 380-383, 393; see also Turbopump Turbojet, 4 Turbopump, 7, 199, 200, 362-384, 392-393; see also Pumps; Turbines advanced turbopumps, 364-366 booster pump, 368, 369 design configurations, 364, 365, 366, 368 feed system, 198, 221-227, 393 Two-phase flow, 88-89, 441 Ullage, definition, 211 Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH), 243, 245, 258, 317, 392 Valves, 232-235, 672 Variable thrust, 96, 152, 323-324 INDEX 751 Vehicle, see Missile; Satellite; Spacecraft; Space launch vehicle, acceleration, 113 base geometry and recirculation, 649-650 flight performance, 102-156, 324 forces, 106-108 integration with thrust vector control, 621-622 masses, definition, 103 multistage, 16, 139-144 power, 37 velocity of flight, 37, 104, 109, 112, 118, 122, 130, 668-669 Velocity (exhaust gas), see also Nozzle, exit and exhaust velocity; Characteristic velocity; Specific impulse. correction factor, 90, 441 electric propulsion, 668, 681 effective exhaust velocity, 29, 34, 52, 53, 54, 59, 327, 440 at nozzle exit, 52-54 ratio, 60, 61 of sound or acoustic velocity, 49, 58 throat velocity, 57-58 Venturi, 235 Vertical flight at 80 degrees (sounding rocket), 113-115 Vibration energy absorption, 489 Vibration frequency (of chamber gas), see Combustion Vibrations of turbopumps, 370 Volume impulse, 442 Volumetric loading fraction, 447, 450 Vortexing of liquid propellants, 214 Vulcain rocket engine (France), 223, 386 Warm gas propellant, 7, 231,300 Water hammer, 234-235 Web thickness and web fraction, 424, 447, 45O Xenon, 662, 680, 682, 687, 694, 700 Yaw maneuver, 137 YF-73, YF-75 rocket engines (China), 386 |
5570 | https://people.iut.ac.ir/sites/default/files/users/samin/page_files/green_functions.pdf | CHAPTER 10 GREEN’S FUNCTIONS In contrast to the linear differential operators that have been our main concern when formulating problems as differential equations, we now turn to methods involving inte-gral operators, and in particular to those known as Green’s functions. Green’s-function methods enable the solution of a differential equation containing an inhomogeneous term (often called a source term) to be related to an integral operator containing the source. As a preliminary and elementary example, consider the problem of determining the potential ψ(r) generated by a charge distribution whose charge density is ρ(r). From the Poisson equation, we know that ψ(r) satisfies −∇2ψ(r) = 1 ε0 ρ(r).
(10.1) We also know, applying Coulomb’s law to the potential at r1 produced by each element of charge ρ(r2)d3r2, and assuming the space is empty except for the charge distribution, that ψ(r1) = 1 4πε0 Z d3r2 ρ(r2) |r1 −r2|.
(10.2) Here the integral is over the entire region where ρ(r2) ̸= 0. We can view the right-hand side of Eq. (10.2) as an integral operator that converts ρ into ψ, and identify the kernel (the function of two variables, one of which is to be integrated) as the Green’s function for this problem. Thus, we write G(r1,r2) = 1 4πε 1 |r1 −r2|, (10.3) ψ(r1) = Z d3r2 G(r1,r2)ρ(r2), (10.4) assigning our Green’s function the symbol G (for “Green”).
447 Mathematical Methods for Physicists. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384654-9.00010-4 © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
448 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions This example is preliminary because the response of more general problems to an inhomogeneous term will depend on the boundary conditions. For example, an electro-statics problem may include conductors whose surfaces will contain charge layers with magnitudes that depend on ρ and which will also contribute to the potential at general r.
It is elementary because the form of the Green’s function will also depend on the differen-tial equation to be solved, and often it will not be possible to obtain a Green’s function in a simple, closed form.
The essential feature of any Green’s function is that it provides a way to describe the response of the differential-equation solution to an arbitrary source term (in the presence of the boundary conditions). In our present example, G(r1,r2) gives us the contribution to ψ at the point r1 produced by a point source of unit magnitude (a delta function) at the point r2. The fact that we can determine ψ everywhere by an integration is a consequence of the fact that our differential equation is linear, so each element of the source contributes additively. In the more general context of a PDE that depends on both spatial and time coordinates, Green’s functions also appear as responses of the PDE solution to impulses at given positions and times.
The aim of this chapter is to identify some general properties of Green’s functions, to survey methods for finding them, and to begin building connections between differential-operator and integral-operator methods for the description of physics problems. We start by considering problems in one dimension.
10.1 ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS Let’s consider the second-order self-adjoint inhomogeneous ODE Ly ≡d dx p(x) dy dx + q(x) y = f (x), (10.5) which is to be satisfied on the range a ≤x ≤b subject to homogeneous boundary condi-tions at x = a and x = b that will cause L to be Hermitian.1 Our Green’s function for this problem needs to satisfy the boundary conditions and the ODE LG(x,t) = δ(x −t), (10.6) so that y(x), the solution to Eq. (10.5) with its boundary conditions, can be obtained as y(x) = b Z a G(x,t) f (t)dt.
(10.7) To verify Eq. (10.7), simply apply L: Ly(x) = b Z a L G(x,t) f (t)dt = b Z a δ(x −t) f (t)dt = f (x).
1A homogeneous boundary condition is one that continues to be satisfied if the function satisfying it is multiplied by a scale factor. Most of the more commonly encountered types of boundary conditions are homogeneous, e.g., y = 0, y′ = 0, even c1y + c2y′ = 0. However, y = c with c a nonzero constant is not homogeneous.
10.1 One-Dimensional Problems 449 General Properties To gain an understanding of the properties G(x,t) must have, we first consider the result of integrating Eq. (10.6) over a small range of x that includes x = t. We have t+ε Z t−ε d dx p(x)dG(x,t) dx dx + t+ε Z t−ε q(x) G(x,t)dx = t+ε Z t−ε δ(t −x)dx, which, carrying out some of the integrations, simplifies to p(x)dG(x,t) dx t+ε t−ε + t+ε Z t−ε q(x) G(x,t)dx = 1.
(10.8) It is clear that Eq. (10.8) cannot be satisfied in the limit of small ε if G(x,t) and dG(x,t)/dx are both continuous (in x) at x = t, but we can satisfy that equation if we require G(x,t) to be continuous but accept a discontinuity in dG(x,t)/dx at x = t. In particular, continuity in G will cause the integral containing q(x) to vanish in the limit ε →0, and we are left with the requirement lim ε→0+ " dG(x,t) dx x=t+ε −dG(x,t) dx x=t−ε # = 1 p(t).
(10.9) Thus, the discontinuous impulse at x = t leads to a discontinuity in the x derivative of G(x,t) at that x value. Note, however, that because of the integration in Eq. (10.7), the singularity in dG/dx does not lead to a similar singularity in the overall solution y(x) in the usual case that f (x) is continuous.
As a next step toward reaching understanding of the properties of Green’s functions, let’s expand G(x,t) in the eigenfunctions of our operator L, obtained subject to the boundary conditions already identified. Since L is Hermitian, its eigenfunctions can be chosen to be orthonormal on (a,b), with Lϕn(x) = λnϕn(x), ⟨ϕn|ϕm⟩= δnm.
(10.10) Expanding both the x and the t dependence of G(x,t) in this orthonormal set (using the complex conjugates of the ϕn for the t expansion), G(x,t) = X nm gnmϕn(x)ϕ∗ m(t).
(10.11) We also expand δ(x −t) in the same orthonormal set, according to Eq. (5.27): δ(x −t) = X m ϕm(x)ϕ∗ m(t).
(10.12) Inserting both these expansions into Eq. (10.6), we have before any simplification L X nm gnmϕn(x)ϕ∗ m(t) = X m ϕm(x)ϕ∗ m(t).
(10.13) 450 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions Applying L, which operates only on ϕn(x), Eq. (10.13) reduces to X nm λngnmϕn(x)ϕ∗ m(t) = X m ϕm(x)ϕ∗ m(t).
Taking scalar products in the x and t domains, we find that gnm = δnm/λn, so G(x,t) must have the expansion G(x,t) = X n ϕ∗ n(t)ϕn(x) λn .
(10.14) The above analysis fails in the case that any λn is zero, but we shall not pursue that special case further.
The importance of Eq. (10.14) does not lie in its dubious value as a computational tool, but in the fact that it reveals the symmetry of G: G(x,t) = G(t, x)∗.
(10.15) Form of Green’s Function The properties we have identified for G are sufficient to enable its more complete identifi-cation, given a Hermitian operator L and its boundary conditions. We continue with the study of problems on an interval (a,b) with one homogeneous boundary condition at each endpoint of the interval.
Given a value of t, it is necessary for x in the range a ≤x < t that G(x,t) have an x dependence y1(x) that is a solution to the homogeneous equation L = 0 and that also satis-fies the boundary condition at x = a. The most general G(x,t) satisfying these conditions must have the form G(x,t) = y1(x)h1(t), (x < t), (10.16) where h1(t) is presently unknown. Conversely, in the range t < x ≤b, it is necessary that G(x,t) have the form G(x,t) = y2(x)h2(t), (x > t), (10.17) where y2 is a solution of L = 0 that satisfies the boundary condition at x = b. The sym-metry condition, Eq. (10.15), permits Eqs. (10.16) and (10.17) to be consistent only if h∗ 2 = A y1 and h∗ 1 = A y2, with A a constant that is still to be determined. Assuming that y1 and y2 can be chosen to be real, we are led to the conclusion that G(x,t) = ( A y1(x)y2(t), x < t, A y2(x)y1(t), x > t, (10.18) where Lyi = 0, with y1 satisfying the boundary condition at x = a and y2 satisfying that at x = b. The value of A in Eq. (10.18) depends, of course, on the scale at which the yi have been specified, and must be set to a value that is consistent with Eq. (10.9). As applied here, that condition reduces to A h y′ 2(t)y1(t) −y′ 1(t)y2(t) i = 1 p(t), 10.1 One-Dimensional Problems 451 equivalent to A = p(t) [y′ 2(t)y1(t) −y′ 1(t)y2(t) −1 .
(10.19) Despite its appearance, A does not depend on t. The expression involving the yi is their Wronskian, and it has a value proportional to 1/p(t). See Exercise 7.6.11.
It is instructive to verify that the form for G(x,t) given by Eq. (10.18) causes Eq. (10.7) to generate the desired solution to the ODE Ly = f. To this end, we obtain an explicit form for y(x): y(x) = A y2(x) x Z a y1(t) f (t)dt + A y1(x) b Z x y2(t) f (t)dt.
(10.20) From Eq. (10.20) it is easy to verify that the boundary conditions on y(x) are satisfied; if x = a the first of the two integrals vanishes, and the second is proportional to y1; corre-sponding remarks apply at x = b.
It remains to show that Eq. (10.20) yields Ly = f. Differentiating with respect to x, we first have y′(x) = A y′ 2(x) x Z a y1(t) f (t)dt + A y2(x)y1(x) f (x) + A y′ 1(x) b Z x y2(t) f (t)dt −A y1(x)y2(x) f (x) = A y′ 2(x) x Z a y1(t) f (t)dt + A y′ 1(x) b Z x y2(t) f (t)dt.
(10.21) Proceeding to (py′)′: h p(x)y′(x) i ′ = A h p(x)y′ 2(x) i ′ x Z a y1(t) f (t)dt + A h p(x)y′ 2(x) i y1(x) f (x) + A h p(x)y′ 1(x) i ′ b Z x y2(t) f (t)dt −A h p(x)y′ 1(x) i y2(x) f (x). (10.22) Combining Eq. (10.22) and q(x) times Eq. (10.20), many terms drop because Ly1 = Ly2 = 0, leaving Ly(x) = A p(x) h y′ 2(x)y1(x) −y′ 1(x)y2(x) i f (x) = f (x), (10.23) where the final simplification took place using Eq. (10.19).
452 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions Example 10.1.1 SIMPLE SECOND-ORDER ODE Consider the ODE −y′′ = f (x), with boundary conditions y(0) = y(1) = 0. The corresponding homogeneous equation −y′′ = 0 has general solution y0 = c0 + c1x; from these we construct the solution y1 = x that satisfies y1(0) = 0 and the solution y2 = 1 −x, satisfying y2(1) = 0. For this ODE, the coefficient p(x) = −1, y′ 1(x) = 1, y′ 2(x) = −1, and the constant A in the Green’s function is A = h (−1)[(−1)(x) −(1)(1 −x)] i −1 = 1.
Our Green’s function is therefore G(x,t) = (x(1 −t), 0 ≤x < t, t(1 −x), t < x ≤1.
Assuming we can perform the integral, we can now solve this ODE with boundary condi-tions for any function f (x). For example, if f (x) = sinπx, our solution would be y(x) = 1 Z 0 G(x,t) sinπt dt = (1 −x) x Z 0 t sinπt dt + x 1 Z x (1 −t)sinπt dt = 1 π2 sinπx.
The correctness of this result is easily checked.
One advantage of the Green’s function formalism is that we do not need to repeat most of our work if we change the function f (x). If we now take f (x) = cosπx, we get y(x) = 1 π2 2x −1 + cosπx .
Note that our solution takes full account of the boundary conditions.
■ Other Boundary Conditions Occasionally one encounters problems other than the Hermitian second-order ODEs we have been considering. Some, but not always all of the Green’s-function properties we have identified, carry over to such problems.
Consider first the possibility that we may have nonhomogeneous boundary conditions, such as the problem Ly = f with y(a) = c1 and y(b) = c2, with one or both ci nonzero.
This problem can be converted into one with homogeneous boundary conditions by making a change of the dependent variable from y to u = y −c1(b −x) + c2(x −a) b −a .
10.1 One-Dimensional Problems 453 In terms of u, the boundary conditions are homogeneous: u(a) = u(b) = 0. A nonhomo-geneous condition on the derivative, e.g., y′(a) = c, can be treated analogously.
Another possibility for a second-order ODE is that we may have two boundary condi-tions at one endpoint and none at the other; this situation corresponds to an initial-value problem, and has lost the close connection to Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems. The result is that Green’s functions can still be constructed by invoking the condition of conti-nuity in G(x,t) at x = t and the prescribed discontinuity in ∂G/∂x, but they will no longer be symmetric.
Example 10.1.2 INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM Consider Ly = d2y dx2 + y = f (x), (10.24) with the initial conditions y(0) = 0 and y′(0) = 0. This operator L has p(x) = 1.
We start by noting that the homogeneous equation Ly = 0 has the two linearly indepen-dent solutions y1 = sin x and y2 = cos x. However, the only linear combination of these solutions that satisfies the boundary condition at x = 0 is the trivial solution y = 0, so our Green’s function for x < t can only be G(x,t) = 0. On the other hand, for the region x > t there are no boundary conditions to serve as constraints, and in that region we are free to write G(x,t) = C1(t)y1 + C2(t)y2, or G(x,t) = C1(t)sin x + C2(t)cos x, x > t.
We now impose the requirements G(t−,t) = G(t+,t) − →0 = C1(t)sint + C2(t)cost, ∂G ∂x (t+,t) −∂G ∂x (t−,t) = 1 p(t) = 1 − →C1(t)cost −C2(t)sint −(0) = 1.
These equations can now be solved, yielding C1(t) = cost, C2(t) = −sint, so for x > t G(x,t) = cost sin x −sint cos x = sin(x −t).
Thus, the complete specification of G(x,t) is G(x,t) = (0, x < t, sin(x −t), x > t.
(10.25) The lack of correspondence to a Sturm-Liouville problem is reflected in the lack of sym-metry of the Green’s function. Nevertheless, the Green’s function can be used to construct 454 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions the solution to Eq. (10.24) subject to its initial conditions: y(x) = ∞ Z 0 G(x,t) f (t)dt = x Z 0 sin(x −t) f (t)dt.
(10.26) Note that if we regard x as a time variable, our solution at “time” x is only influenced by source contributions from times t prior to x, so Eq. (10.24) obeys causality.
We conclude this example by observing that we can verify that y(x) as given by Eq. (10.26) is the correct solution to our problem. Details are left as Exercise 10.1.3.
■ Example 10.1.3 BOUNDARY AT INFINITY Consider d2 dx2 + k2 ψ(x) = g(x), (10.27) an equation essentially similar to one we have already studied several times, but now with boundary conditions that correspond (when multiplied by e−iωt) to an outgoing wave.
The general solution to Eq. (10.27) with g = 0 is spanned by the two functions y1 = e−ikx and y2 = e+ikx.
The outgoing wave boundary condition means that for large positive x we must have the solution y2, while for large negative x the solution must be y1. This information suffices to indicate that the Green’s function for this problem must have the form G(x, x′) = ( Ay1(x′)y2(x), x > x′, Ay2(x′)y1(x), x < x′.
We find the coefficient A from Eq. (10.19), in which p(x) = 1: A = 1 y′ 2(x)y1(x) −y′ 1(x)y2(x) = 1 ik + ik = −i 2k .
Combining these results, we reach G(x, x′) = −i 2k exp i|x −x′| .
(10.28) This result is yet another illustration that the Green’s function depends on boundary con-ditions as well as on the differential equation.
Verification that this Green’s function yields the desired problem solution is the topic of Exercise 10.1.8.
■ 10.1 One-Dimensional Problems 455 Relation to Integral Equations Consider now an eigenvalue equation of the form Ly(x) = λy(x), (10.29) where we assume L to be self-adjoint and subject to the boundary conditions y(a) = y(b) = 0. We can proceed formally by treating Eq. (10.29) as an inhomogeneous equa-tion whose right-hand side is the particular function λy(x). To do so, we would first find the Green’s function G(x,t) for the operator L and the given boundary conditions, after which, as in Eq. (10.7), we could write y(x) = λ b Z a G(x,t) y(t)dt.
(10.30) Equation (10.30) is not a solution to our eigenvalue problem, since the unknown function y(x) appears on both sides and, moreover, it does not tell us the possible values of the eigenvalue λ. What we have accomplished, however, is to convert our eigenvalue ODE and its boundary conditions into an integral equation which we can regard as an alternate starting point for solution of our eigenvalue problem.
Our generation of Eq. (10.30) shows that it is implied by Eq. (10.29). If we can also show that we can connect these equations in the reverse order, namely that Eq. (10.30) implies Eq. (10.29), we can then conclude that they are equivalent formulations of the same eigenvalue problem. We proceed by applying L to Eq. (10.30), labeling it Lx to make clear that it is an operator on x, not t: Lx y(x) = λLx b Z a G(x,t)y(t)dt = λ b Z a LxG(x,t)y(t)dt = λ b Z a δ(x −t)y(t)dt = λy(x).
(10.31) The above analysis shows that under rather general circumstances we will be able to convert an eigenvalue equation based on an ODE into an entirely equivalent eigenvalue equation based on an integral equation. Note that to specify completely the ODE eigen-value equation we had to make an explicit identification of the accompanying boundary conditions, while the corresponding integral equation appears to be entirely self-contained.
Of course, what has happened is that the effect of the boundary conditions has influenced the specification of the Green’s function that is the kernel of the integral equation.
Conversion to an integral equation may be useful for two reasons, the more practical of which is that the integral equation may suggest different computational procedures for solution of our eigenvalue problem. There is also a fundamental mathematical reason why an integral-equation formulation may be preferred: It is that integral operators, such as that in Eq. (10.30), are bounded operators (meaning that their application to a function y of 456 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions finite norm produces a result whose norm is also finite). On the other hand, differential operators are unbounded; their application to a function of finite norm can produce a result of unbounded norm. Stronger theorems can be developed for operators that are bounded.
We close by making the now obvious observation that Green’s functions provide the link between differential-operator and integral-operator formulations of the same problem.
Example 10.1.4 DIFFERENTIAL VS. INTEGRAL FORMULATION Here we return to an eigenvalue problem we have already treated several times in various contexts, namely −y′′(x) = λy(x), subject to boundary conditions y(0) = y(1) = 0. In Example 10.1.1 we found the Green’s function for this problem to be G(x,t) = (x(1 −t), 0 ≤x < t, t(1 −x), t < x ≤1, and, following Eq. (10.30), our eigenvalue problem can be rewritten as y(x) = λ 1 Z 0 G(x,t) y(t)dt.
(10.32) Methods for solution of integral equations will not be discussed until Chapter 21, but we can easily verify that the well-known solution set for this problem, y = sinnπx, λn = n2π2, n = 1, 2, ... , also solves Eq. (10.32).
■ Exercises 10.1.1 Show that G(x,t) = (x, 0 ≤x < t, t, t < x ≤1, is the Green’s function for the operator L = −d2/dx2 and the boundary conditions y(0) = 0, y′(1) = 0.
10.1.2 Find the Green’s function for (a) Ly(x) = d2y(x) dx2 + y(x), ( y(0) = 0, y′(1) = 0.
(b) Ly(x) = d2y(x) dx2 −y(x), y(x) finite for −∞< x < ∞.
10.1 One-Dimensional Problems 457 10.1.3 Show that the function y(x) defined by Eq. (10.26) satisfies the initial-value problem defined by Eq. (10.24) and its initial conditions y(0) = y′(0) = 0.
10.1.4 Find the Green’s function for the equation −d2y dx2 −y 4 = f (x), with boundary conditions y(0) = y(π) = 0.
ANS.
G(x,t) = (2sin(x/2)cos(t/2), 0 ≤x < t, 2cos(x/2)sin(t/2), t < x ≤π.
10.1.5 Construct the Green’s function for x2 d2y dx2 + x dy dx + (k2x2 −1)y = 0, subject to the boundary conditions y(0) = 0, y(1) = 0.
10.1.6 Given that L = (1 −x2) d2 dx2 −2x d dx and that G(±1,t) remains finite, show that no Green’s function can be constructed by the techniques of this section.
Note. The solutions to L = 0 needed for the regions x < t and x > t are linearly depen-dent.
10.1.7 Find the Green’s function for d2ψ dt2 + k dψ dt = f (t), subject to the initial conditions ψ(0) = ψ′(0) = 0, and solve this ODE for t > 0 given f (t) = exp(−t).
10.1.8 Verify that the Green’s function G(x, x′) = −i 2k exp ik|x −x′| yields an outgoing wave solution to the ODE d2 dx2 + k2 ψ(x) = g(x).
Note. Compare with Example 10.1.3.
10.1.9 Construct the 1-D Green’s function for the modified Helmholtz equation, d2 dx2 −k2 ψ(x) = f (x).
458 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions The boundary conditions are that the Green’s function must vanish for x →∞and x →−∞.
ANS.
G(x1, x2) = −1 2k exp −k|x1 −x2| .
10.1.10 From the eigenfunction expansion of the Green’s function show that (a) 2 π2 ∞ X n=1 sin nπx sin nπt n2 = (x(1 −t), 0 ≤x < t, t(1 −x), t < x ≤1.
(b) 2 π2 ∞ X n=0 sin(n + 1 2)πx sin(n + 1 2)πt (n + 1 2)2 = (x, 0 ≤x < t, t, t < x ≤1.
10.1.11 Derive an integral equation corresponding to y′′(x) −y(x) = 0, y(1) = 1, y(−1) = 1, (a) by integrating twice.
(b) by forming the Green’s function.
ANS.
y(x) = 1 − 1 Z −1 K(x,t) y(t)dt, K(x,t) = ( 1 2(1 −x)(t + 1), x > t, 1 2(1 −t)(x + 1), x < t.
10.1.12 The general second-order linear ODE with constant coefficients is y′′(x) + a1y′(x) + a2y(x) = 0.
Given the boundary conditions y(0) = y(1) = 0, integrate twice and develop the inte-gral equation y(x) = 1 Z 0 K(x,t) y(t)dt, with K(x,t) = (a2t(1 −x) + a1(x −1), t < x, a2x(1 −t) + a1x, x < t.
Note that K(x,t) is symmetric and continuous if a1 = 0. How is this related to self-adjointness of the ODE?
10.1.13 Transform the ODE d2y(r) dr2 −k2y(r) + V0 e−r r y(r) = 0 10.2 Problems in Two and Three Dimensions 459 and the boundary conditions y(0) = y(∞) = 0 into an integral equation of the form y(r) = −V0 ∞ Z 0 G(r,t) e−t t y(t)dt.
The quantities V0 and k2 are constants. The ODE is derived from the Schrödinger wave equation with a mesonic potential: G(r,t) = −1 k e−kt sinhkr, 0 ≤r < t, −1 k e−kr sinhkt, t < r < ∞.
10.2 PROBLEMS IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS Basic Features The principles, but unfortunately not all the details of our analysis of Green’s functions in one dimension, extend to problems of higher dimensionality. We summarize here proper-ties of general validity for the case where L is a linear second-order differential operator in two or three dimensions.
1.
A homogeneous PDE Lψ(r1) = 0 and its boundary conditions define a Green’s function G(r1,r2), which is the solution of the PDE LG(r1,r2) = δ(r1 −r2) subject to the relevant boundary conditions.
2.
The inhomogeneous PDE Lψ(r) = f (r) has, subject to the boundary conditions of Item 1, the solution ψ(r1) = Z G(r1,r2) f (r2)d3r2, where the integral is over the entire space relevant to the problem.
3.
When L and its boundary conditions define the Hermitian eigenvalue problem Lψ = λψ with eigenfunctions ϕn(r) and corresponding eigenvalues λn, then • G(r1,r2) is symmetric, in the sense that G(r1,r2) = G∗(r2,r1), and • G(r1,r2) has the eigenfunction expansion G(r1,r2) = X n ϕ∗ n(r2)ϕn(r1) λn .
460 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions 4.
G(r1,r2) will be continuous and differentiable at all points such that r1 ̸= r2. We cannot even require continuity in a strict sense at r1 = r2 (because our Green’s func-tion may become infinite there), but we can have the weaker condition that G remain continuous in regions that surround, but do not include r1 = r2. G must have more serious singularities in its first derivatives, so that the second-order derivatives in L will generate the delta-function singularity characteristic of G and specified in Item 1.
What does not carry over from the 1-D case are the explicit formulas we used to con-struct Green’s functions for a variety of problems.
Self-Adjoint Problems In more than one dimension, a second-order differential equation is self-adjoint if it has the form Lψ(r) = ∇· h p(r)∇ψ(r) i + q(r)ψ(r) = f (r), (10.33) with p(r) and q(r) real. This operator will define a Hermitian problem if its boundary conditions are such that ⟨ϕ|Lψ⟩= ⟨Lϕ|ψ⟩. See Exercise 10.2.2.
Assuming we have a Hermitian problem, consider the scalar product D G(r,r1) LG(r,r2) E = D LG(r,r1) G(r,r2) E .
(10.34) Here the scalar product and L both refer to the variable r, and the Hermitian property is responsible for this equality. The points r1 and r2 are arbitrary. Noting that LG results in a delta function, we have, from the left-hand side of Eq. (10.34), D G(r,r1) LG(r,r2) E = D G(r,r1) δ(r −r2) E = G∗(r2,r1).
(10.35) But, from the right-hand side of Eq. (10.34), D LG(r,r1) G(r,r2) E = D δ(r −r1) G(r,r2) E = G(r1,r2).
(10.36) Substituting Eqs. (10.35) and (10.36) into Eq. (10.34), we recover the symmetry condition G(r1,r2) = G∗(r2,r1).
Eigenfunction Expansions We already saw, in 1-D Hermitian problems, that the Green’s function of a Hermitian problem can be written as an eigenfunction expansion. If L, with its boundary conditions, has normalized eigenfunctions ϕn(r) and corresponding eigenvalues λn, our expansion took the form G(r1,r2) = X n ϕ∗ n(r2)ϕn(r1) λn .
(10.37) It turns out to be useful to consider the somewhat more general equation Lψ(r1) −λψ(r1) = δ(r2 −r1), (10.38) 10.2 Problems in Two and Three Dimensions 461 where λ is a parameter (not an eigenvalue of L). In this more general case, an expansion in the ϕn yields for the Green’s function of the entire left-hand side of Eq. (10.38) the formula G(r1,r2) = X n ϕ∗ n(r2)ϕn(r1) λn −λ .
(10.39) Note that Eq. (10.39) will be well-defined only if the parameter λ is not equal to any of the eigenvalues of L.
Form of Green’s Functions In spaces of more than one dimension, we cannot divide the region under consideration into two intervals, one on each side of a point (here designated r2), then choosing for each interval a solution to the homogeneous equation appropriate to its outer boundary.
A more fruitful approach will often be to obtain a Green’s function for an operator L subject to some particularly convenient boundary conditions, with a subsequent plan to add to it whatever solution to the homogeneous equation Lψ(r) = 0 that may be needed to adapt to the boundary conditions actually under consideration. This approach is clearly legitimate, as the addition of any solution to the homogeneous equation will not affect the (dis)continuity properties of the Green’s function.
We consider first the Laplace operator in three dimensions, with the boundary condition that G vanish at infinity. We therefore seek a solution to the inhomogeneous PDE ∇2 1G(r1,r2) = δ(r1 −r2) (10.40) with limr1→∞G(r1,r2) = 0. We have added a subscript “1” to ∇to remind the reader that it operates on r1 and not on r2. Since our boundary conditions are spherically symmetric and at an infinite distance from r1 and r2, we may make the simplifying assumption that G(r1,r2) is a function only of r12 = |r1 −r2|.
Our first step in processing Eq. (10.40) is to integrate it over a spherical volume of radius a centered at r2: Z r12<a ∇1 · ∇1G(r1,r2)d3r1 = 1, (10.41) where we have reduced the right-hand side using the properties of the delta function and written the left-hand side in a form making it ready for the application of Gauss’ theorem.
We now apply that theorem to the left-hand side of Eq. (10.41), reaching Z r12=a ∇1G(r1,r2) · dσ 1 = 4πa2 dG dr12 r12=a = 1.
(10.42) Since Eq. (10.42) must be satisfied for all values of a, it is necessary that d dr12 G(r1,r2) = 1 4πr2 12 , 462 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions which can be integrated to yield G(r1,r2) = −1 4π 1 |r1 −r2|.
(10.43) We do not need to add a constant of integration because this form for G vanishes at infinity.
At this point it may be useful to note that the sign of G(r1,r2) depends on the sign asso-ciated with the differential operator of which it is a Green’s function. Some texts (including previous editions of this book) have defined G as produced by a negative delta function so that Eq. (10.43) when associated with +∇2 would not need a minus sign. There is, of course, no ambiguity in any physical results because a change in the sign of G must be accompanied by a change in the sign of the integral in which G is combined with the inhomogeneous term of a differential equation.
The Green’s function of Eq. (10.43) is only going to be appropriate for an infinite system with G = 0 at infinity but, as mentioned already, it can be converted into the Green’s func-tions of another problem by addition of a suitable solution to the homogeneous equation (in this case, Laplace’s equation). Since that is a reasonable starting point for a variety of problems, the form given in Eq. (10.43) is sometimes called the fundamental Green’s function of Laplace’s equation (in three dimensions).
Let’s now repeat our analysis for the Laplace operator in two dimensions for a region of infinite extent, using circular coordinates ρ = (ρ,ϕ). The integral in Eq. (10.41) is then over a circular area, and the 2-D analog of Eq. (10.42) becomes Z ρ12=a ∇1G(ρ1,ρ2) · dσ 1 = 2πa dG dρ12 ρ12=a = 1, leading to d dρ12 G(ρ1,ρ2) = 1 2πρ12 , which has the indefinite integral G(ρ1,ρ2) = 1 2π ln|ρ1 −ρ2|.
(10.44) The form given in Eq. (10.44) becomes infinite at infinity, but it nevertheless can be regarded as a fundamental 2-D Green’s function. However, note that we will generally need to add to it a suitable solution to the 2-D Laplace equation to obtain the form needed for specific problems.
The above analysis indicates that the Green’s function for the Laplace equation in 2-D space is rather different than the 3-D result. This observation illustrates the fact that there is a real difference between flatland (2-D) physics and actual (3-D) physics, even when the latter is applied to problems with translational symmetry in one direction.
This is also a good time to note that the symmetry in the Green’s function corresponds to the notion that a source at r2 produces a result (a potential) at r1 that is the same as the potential at r2 from a similar source at r1. This property will persist in more complicated problems so long as their definition makes them Hermitian.
10.2 Problems in Two and Three Dimensions 463 Table 10.1 Fundamental Green’s Functionsa Laplace Helmholtzb Modified ∇2 ∇2+ k2 Helmholtzc ∇2−k2 1-D 1 2 |x1 −x2| −i 2k exp(ik|x1 −x2|) −1 2k exp(−k|x1 −x2|) 2-D 1 2π ln|ρ1 −ρ2| −i 4 H(1) 0 (k|ρ1 −ρ2|) −1 2π K0(k|ρ1 −ρ2|) 3-D −1 4π 1 |r1 −r2| −exp(ik|r1 −r2|) 4π|r1 −r2| −exp(−k|r1 −r2|) 4π|r1 −r2| a Boundary conditions: For the Helmholtz equation, outgoing wave; for modified Helmholtz and 3-D Laplace equations, G →0 at infinity; for 1-D and 2-D Laplace equation, arbitrary.
b H1 0 is a Hankel function, Section 14.4.
c K0 is a modified Bessel function, Section 14.5.
Because they occur rather frequently, it is useful to have Green’s functions for the Helmholtz and modified Helmholtz equations in two and three dimensions (for one dimen-sion these Green’s functions were introduced in Example 10.1.3 and Exercise 10.1.9). For the Helmholtz equation, a convenient fundamental form results if we take boundary con-ditions corresponding to an outgoing wave, meaning that the asymptotic r dependence must be of the form exp(+ikr). For the modified Helmholtz equation, the most convenient boundary condition (for one, two, and three dimensions) is that G decay to zero in all direc-tions at large r. The one-, two-, and three-dimensional (3-D) fundamental Green’s functions for the Laplace, Helmholtz, and modified Helmholtz operators are listed in Table 10.1.
We shall not derive here the forms of the Green’s functions for the Helmholtz equations; in fact, for two dimensions, they involve Bessel functions and are best treated in detail in a later chapter. However, for three dimensions, the Green’s functions are of relatively simple form, and the verification that they return correct results is the topic of Exercises 10.2.4 and 10.2.6. The fundamental Green’s function for the 1-D Laplace equation may not be instantly recognizable in comparison to the formulas we derived in Section 10.1, but con-sistency with our earlier analysis is the topic of Example 10.2.1 Sometimes it is useful to represent Green’s functions as expansions that take advantage of the specific properties of various coordinate systems. The so-called spherical Green’s function is the radial part of such an expansion in spherical polar coordinates. For the Laplace operator, it takes a form developed in Eqs. (16.65) and (16.66). We write it here only to show that it exhibits the two-region character that provides a convenient represen-tation of the discontinuity in the derivative: −1 4π 1 |r1 −r2| = ∞ X l=0 2l + 1 4π g(r1,r2)Pl(cosχ), 464 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions where χ is the angle between r1 and r2, Pl is a Legendre polynomial, and the spherical Green’s function g(r1,r2) is gl(r1,r2) = − 1 2l + 1 rl 1 rl+1 2 , r1 < r2, − 1 2l + 1 rl 2 rl+1 1 , r1 > r2.
An explicit derivation of the formula for gl is given in Example 16.3.2.
In cylindrical coordinates (ρ,ϕ, z) one encounters an axial Green’s function gm(ρ1,ρ2), in terms of which the fundamental Green’s function for the Laplace operator takes the form (also involving a continuous parameter k) G(r1,r2) = −1 4π 1 |r1 −r2| = 1 2π2 ∞ X m=−∞ eim(ϕ1−ϕ2) ∞ Z 0 gm(kρ1,kρ2)cosk(z1 −z2)dk .
Here gm(kρ1,kρ2) = −Im(kρ<)Km(kρ>), where ρ< and ρ> are, respectively, the smaller and larger of ρ1 and ρ2. The quantities Im and Km are modified Bessel functions, defined in Chapter 14. This expansion is discussed in more detail in Example 14.5.1. Again we note the two-region character.
Example 10.2.1 ACCOMMODATING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Let’s use the fundamental Green’s function of the 1-D Laplace equation, d2ψ(x) dx2 = 0, namely G(x1, x2) = 1 2 |x1 −x2|, to illustrate how we can modify it to accommodate specific boundary conditions. We return to the oft-used example with Dirichlet conditions ψ = 0 at x = 0 and x = 1. The continu-ity of G and the discontinuity in its derivative are unaffected if we add to the above G one or more terms of the form f (x1)g(x2), where f and g are solutions of the 1-D Laplace equation, i.e., any functions of the form ax + b.
For the boundary conditions we have specified, the Green’s function we require has the form G(x1, x2) = −1 2(x1 + x2) + x1x2 + 1 2 |x1 −x2|.
The continuous and differentiable terms we have added to the fundamental form bring us to the result G(x1, x2) = ( −1 2(x1 + x2) + x1x2 + 1 2(x2 −x1) = −x1(1 −x2), x1 < x2, −1 2(x1 + x2) + x1x2 + 1 2(x1 −x2) = −x2(1 −x1), x2 < x1.
This result is consistent with what we found in Example 10.1.1.
■ 10.2 Problems in Two and Three Dimensions 465 Example 10.2.2 QUANTUM MECHANICAL SCATTERING: BORN APPROXIMATION The quantum theory of scattering provides a nice illustration of Green’s function tech-niques and the use of the Green’s function to obtain an integral equation. Our physical picture of scattering is as follows. A beam of particles moves along the negative z-axis toward the origin. A small fraction of the particles is scattered by the potential V (r) and goes off as an outgoing spherical wave. Our wave function ψ(r) must satisfy the time-independent Schrödinger equation −¯ h2 2m ∇2ψ(r) + V (r)ψ(r) = Eψ(r), (10.45) or ∇2ψ(r) + k2ψ(r) = 2m ¯ h2 V (r)ψ(r) , k2 = 2mE ¯ h2 .
(10.46) From the physical picture just presented we look for a solution having the asymptotic form ψ(r) ∼eik0·r + fk(θ,ϕ)eikr r , (10.47) where eik0·r is an incident plane wave2 with the propagation vector k0 carrying the sub-script 0 to indicate that it is in the θ = 0 (z-axis) direction. The eikr/r term describes an outgoing spherical wave with an angular and energy-dependent amplitude factor fk(θ,ϕ),3 and its 1/r radial dependence causes its asymptotic total flux to be independent of r. This is a consequence of the fact that the scattering potential V (r) becomes negligible at large r.
Equation (10.45) contains nothing describing the internal structure or possible motion of the scattering center and therefore can only represent elastic scattering, so the propagation vector of the incoming wave, k0, must have the same magnitude, k, as the scattered wave.
In quantum mechanics texts it is shown that the differential probability of scattering, called the scattering cross section, is given by | fk(θ,ϕ|2.
We now need to solve Eq. (10.46) to obtain ψ(r) and the scattering cross section. Our approach starts by writing the solution in terms of the Green’s function for the operator on the left-hand side of Eq. (10.46), obtaining an integral equation because the inhomoge-neous term of that equation has the form (2m/¯ h2)V (r)ψ(r): ψ(r1) = Z 2m ¯ h2 V (r2)ψ(r2) G(r1,r2)d3r2.
(10.48) We intend to take the Green’s function to be the fundamental form given for the Helmholtz equation in Table 10.1. We then recover the exp(ikr)/r part of the desired asymptotic form, but the incident-wave term will be absent. We therefore modify our tentative for-mula, Eq. (10.48), by adding to its right-hand side the term exp(ik0 · r), which is legiti-mate because this quantity is a solution to the homogeneous (Helmholtz) equation. That 2For simplicity we assume a continuous incident beam. In a more sophisticated and more realistic treatment, Eq. (10.47) would be one component of a wave packet.
3If V (r) represents a central force, fk will be a function of θ only, independent of the azimuthal angle ϕ.
466 Chapter 10 Green’s Functions approach leads us to ψ(r1) = eik0·r1 − Z 2m ¯ h2 V (r2)ψ(r2) eik|r1−r2| 4π|r1 −r2| d3r2.
(10.49) This integral equation analog of the original Schrödinger wave equation is exact. It is called the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, and is an important starting point for studies of quantum-mechanical scattering phenomena.
We will later study methods for solving integral equations such as that in Eq. (10.49).
However, in the special case that the unscattered amplitude ψ0(r1) = eik0·r1 (10.50) dominates the solution, it is a satisfactory approximation to replace ψ(r2) by ψ0(r2) within the integral, obtaining ψ1(r1) = eik0·r1 − Z 2m ¯ h2 V (r2) eik|r1−r2| 4π|r1 −r2| eik0·r2d3r2.
(10.51) This is the famous Born approximation. It is expected to be most accurate for weak potentials and high incident energy.
■ Exercises 10.2.1 Show that the fundamental Green’s function for the 1-D Laplace equation, |x1 −x2|/2, is consistent with the form found in Example 10.1.1.
10.2.2 Show that if Lψ(r) ≡∇· h p(r)∇ψ(r) i + q(r)ψ(r), then L is Hermitian for p(r) and q(r) real, assuming Dirichlet boundary conditions on the boundary of a region and that the scalar product is an integral over that region with unit weight.
10.2.3 Show that the terms +k2 in the Helmholtz operator and −k2 in the modified Helmholtz operator do not affect the behavior of G(r1,r2) in the immediate vicinity of the singular point r1 = r2. Specifically, show that lim |r1−r2|→0 Z k2G(r1,r2)d3r2 = −1.
10.2.4 Show that −exp(ik|r1 −r2|) 4π|r1 −r2| satisfies the appropriate criteria and therefore is a Green’s function for the Helmholtz equation.
Additional Readings 467 10.2.5 Find the Green’s function for the 3-D Helmholtz equation, Exercise 10.2.4, when the wave is a standing wave.
10.2.6 Verify that the formula given for the 3-D Green’s function of the modified Helmholtz equation in Table 10.1 is correct when the boundary conditions of the problem are that G vanish at infinity.
10.2.7 An electrostatic potential (mks units) is ϕ(r) = Z 4πε0 e−ar r .
Reconstruct the electrical charge distribution that will produce this potential. Note that ϕ(r) vanishes exponentially for large r, showing that the net charge is zero.
ANS.
ρ(r) = Zδ(r) −Za2 4π e−ar r .
Additional Readings Byron, F. W., Jr., and R. W. Fuller, Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley (1969), reprinting, Dover (1992). This book contains nearly 100 pages on Green’s functions, starting with some good introductory material.
Courant, R., and D. Hilbert, Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 1 (English edition). New York: Interscience (1953). This is one of the classic works of mathematical physics. Originally published in German in 1924, the revised English edition is an excellent reference for a rigorous treatment of integral equations, Green’s functions, and a wide variety of other topics on mathematical physics.
Jackson, J. D., Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley (1999). Contains applications to electro-magnetic theory.
Morse, P. M., and H. Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics, 2 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill (1953). Chapter 7 is a particularly detailed, complete discussion of Green’s functions from the point of view of mathematical physics. Note, however, that Morse and Feshbach frequently choose a source of 4πδ(r −r′) in place of our δ(r −r′). Considerable attention is devoted to bounded regions.
Stakgold, I., Green’s Functions and Boundary Value Problems. New York: Wiley (1979). |
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Key Points
Endometrial cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the endometrium.
Obesity and having metabolic syndrome may increase the risk of endometrial cancer.
Taking tamoxifen for breast cancer or taking estrogen alone (without progesterone) can increase the risk of endometrial cancer.
Signs and symptoms of endometrial cancer include unusual vaginal bleeding or pain in the pelvis.
Tests that examine the endometrium are used to diagnose endometrial cancer.
Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
Endometrial cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the endometrium.
The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, a hollow, muscular organ in a woman’s pelvis. The uterus is where a fetus grows. In most nonpregnant women, the uterus is about 3 inches long. The lower, narrow end of the uterus is the cervix, which leads to the vagina.
Cancer of the endometrium is different from cancer of the muscle of the uterus, which is called sarcoma of the uterus. See the PDQ summary on Uterine Sarcoma Treatment for more information about uterine sarcoma.
Obesity and having metabolic syndrome may increase the risk of endometrial cancer.
Anything that increases your chance of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Having a risk factor does not mean that you will get cancer; not having risk factors doesn't mean that you will not get cancer. Talk to your doctor if you think you may be at risk for endometrial cancer.
Risk factors for endometrial cancer include the following:
Taking estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause.
Taking tamoxifen to prevent or treat breast cancer.
Obesity.
Having metabolic syndrome.
Having type 2 diabetes.
Exposure of endometrial tissue to estrogen made by the body. This may be caused by:
Never giving birth.
Menstruating at an early age.
Starting menopause at a later age.
Having polycystic ovary syndrome.
Having a family history of endometrial cancer in a first-degree relative (mother, sister, or daughter).
Having certain genetic conditions, such as Lynch syndrome.
Having endometrial hyperplasia.
Older age is the main risk factor for most cancers. The chance of getting cancer increases as you get older.
Taking tamoxifen for breast cancer or taking estrogen alone (without progesterone) can increase the risk of endometrial cancer.
Endometrial cancer may develop in breast cancer patients who have been treated with tamoxifen. A patient who takes this drug and has abnormal vaginal bleeding should have a follow-up exam and a biopsy of the endometrial lining if needed. Women taking estrogen (a hormone that can affect the growth of some cancers) alone also have an increased risk of endometrial cancer. Taking estrogen combined with progesterone (another hormone) does not increase a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer.
Signs and symptoms of endometrial cancer include unusual vaginal bleeding or pain in the pelvis.
These and other signs and symptoms may be caused by endometrial cancer or by other conditions. Check with your doctor if you have any of the following:
Vaginal bleeding or discharge not related to menstruation (periods).
Vaginal bleeding after menopause.
Difficult or painful urination.
Pain during sexual intercourse.
Pain in the pelvic area.
Tests that examine the endometrium are used to diagnose endometrial cancer.
Because endometrial cancer begins inside the uterus, it does not usually show up in the results of a Pap test. For this reason, a sample of endometrial tissue must be removed and checked under a microscope to look for cancer cells. One of the following procedures may be used:
Endometrial biopsy: The removal of tissue from the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus) by inserting a thin, flexible tube through the cervix and into the uterus. The tube is used to gently scrape a small amount of tissue from the endometrium and then remove the tissue samples. A pathologist views the tissue under a microscope to look for cancer cells.
Dilatation and curettage: A procedure to remove samples of tissue from the inner lining of the uterus. The cervix is dilated and a curette (spoon-shaped instrument) is inserted into the uterus to remove tissue. The tissue samples are checked under a microscope for signs of disease. This procedure is also called a D&C.
Hysteroscopy: A procedure to look inside the uterus for abnormal areas. A hysteroscope is inserted through the vagina and cervix into the uterus. A hysteroscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing. It may also have a tool to remove tissue samples, which are checked under a microscope for signs of cancer.
Other tests and procedures used to diagnose endometrial cancer include the following:
Physical exam and health history: An exam of the body to check general signs of health, including checking for signs of disease, such as lumps or anything else that seems unusual. A history of the patient’s health habits and past illnesses and treatments will also be taken.
Transvaginal ultrasound exam: A procedure used to examine the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, and bladder. An ultrasound transducer (probe) is inserted into the vagina and used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal tissues or organs and make echoes. The echoes form a picture of body tissues called a sonogram. The doctor can identify tumors by looking at the sonogram.
Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
The prognosis and treatment options depend on the following:
The stage of the cancer (whether it is in the endometrium only, involves the uterus wall, or has spread to other places in the body).
How the cancer cells look under a microscope.
Whether the cancer cells are affected by progesterone.
Endometrial cancer can usually be cured because it is usually diagnosed early.
Stages of Endometrial Cancer
Key Points
After endometrial cancer has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the uterus or to other parts of the body.
There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
Cancer may spread from where it began to other parts of the body.
The following stages are used for endometrial cancer:
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Endometrial cancer may be grouped for treatment as follows:
Low-risk endometrial cancer
High-risk endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer can recur (come back) after it has been treated.
After endometrial cancer has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the uterus or to other parts of the body.
The process used to find out whether the cancer has spread within the uterus or to other parts of the body is called staging. The information gathered from the staging process determines the stage of the disease. It is important to know the stage in order to plan treatment. Certain tests and procedures are used in the staging process. A hysterectomy (an operation in which the uterus is removed) will usually be done to treat endometrial cancer. Tissue samples are taken from the area around the uterus and checked under a microscope for signs of cancer to help find out whether the cancer has spread.
The following procedures may be used in the staging process:
Pelvic exam: An exam of the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and rectum. A speculum is inserted into the vagina and the doctor or nurse looks at the vagina and cervix for signs of disease. A Pap test of the cervix is usually done. The doctor or nurse also inserts one or two lubricated, gloved fingers of one hand into the vagina and places the other hand over the lower abdomen to feel the size, shape, and position of the uterus and ovaries. The doctor or nurse also inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum to feel for lumps or abnormal areas.
Chest x-ray: An x-ray of the organs and bones inside the chest. An x-ray is a type of energy beam that can go through the body and onto film, making a picture of areas inside the body.
CT scan (CAT scan): A procedure that makes a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body, taken from different angles. The pictures are made by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. A dye may be injected into a vein or swallowed to help the organs or tissues show up more clearly. This procedure is also called computed tomography, computerized tomography, or computerized axial tomography.
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging): A procedure that uses a magnet, radio waves, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body. This procedure is also called nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI).
PET scan (positron emission tomography scan): A procedure to find malignant tumor cells in the body. A small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein. The PET scanner rotates around the body and makes a picture of where glucose is being used in the body. Malignant tumor cells show up brighter in the picture because they are more active and take up more glucose than normal cells do.
Lymph node dissection: A surgical procedure in which the lymph nodes are removed from the pelvic area and a sample of tissue is checked under a microscope for signs of cancer. This procedure is also called lymphadenectomy.
There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
Cancer can spread through tissue, the lymph system, and the blood:
Tissue. The cancer spreads from where it began by growing into nearby areas.
Lymph system. The cancer spreads from where it began by getting into the lymph system. The cancer travels through the lymph vessels to other parts of the body.
Blood. The cancer spreads from where it began by getting into the blood. The cancer travels through the blood vessels to other parts of the body.
Cancer may spread from where it began to other parts of the body.
When cancer spreads to another part of the body, it is called metastasis. Cancer cells break away from where they began (the primary tumor) and travel through the lymph system or blood.
Lymph system. The cancer gets into the lymph system, travels through the lymph vessels, and forms a tumor (metastatic tumor) in another part of the body.
Blood. The cancer gets into the blood, travels through the blood vessels, and forms a tumor (metastatic tumor) in another part of the body.
The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if endometrial cancer spreads to the lung, the cancer cells in the lung are actually endometrial cancer cells. The disease is metastatic endometrial cancer, not lung cancer.
The following stages are used for endometrial cancer:
Stage I
In stage I, cancer is found in the uterus only. Stage I is divided into stages IA and IB, based on how far the cancer has spread.
Stage IA: Cancer is in the endometrium only or less than halfway through the myometrium (muscle layer of the uterus).
Stage IB: Cancer has spread halfway or more into the myometrium.
Stage II
In stage II, cancer has spread into connective tissue of the cervix, but has not spread outside the uterus.
Stage III
In stage III, cancer has spread beyond the uterus and cervix, but has not spread beyond the pelvis. Stage III is divided into stages IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC, based on how far the cancer has spread within the pelvis.
Stage IIIA: Cancer has spread to the outer layer of the uterus and/or to the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and ligaments of the uterus.
Stage IIIB: Cancer has spread to the vagina and/or to the parametrium (connective tissue and fat around the uterus).
Stage IIIC: Cancer has spread to lymph nodes in the pelvis and/or around the aorta (largest artery in the body, which carries blood away from the heart).
Stage IV
In stage IV, cancer has spread beyond the pelvis. Stage IV is divided into stages IVA and IVB, based on how far the cancer has spread.
Stage IVA: Cancer has spread to the bladder and/or bowel wall.
Stage IVB: Cancer has spread to other parts of the body beyond the pelvis, including the abdomen and/or lymph nodes in the groin.
Endometrial cancer may be grouped for treatment as follows:
Low-risk endometrial cancer
Grades 1 and 2 tumors are usually considered low-risk. They usually do not spread to other parts of the body.
High-risk endometrial cancer
Grade 3 tumors are considered high-risk. They often spread to other parts of the body. Uterine papillary serous, clear cell, and carcinosarcoma are three subtypes of endometrial cancer that are considered grade 3.
Endometrial cancer can recur (come back) after it has been treated.
The cancer may come back in the uterus, the pelvis, in lymph nodes in the abdomen, or in other parts of the body.
Treatment Option Overview
Key Points
There are different types of treatment for patients with endometrial cancer.
Five types of standard treatment are used:
Surgery
Radiation therapy
Chemotherapy
Hormone therapy
Targeted therapy
New types of treatment are being tested in clinical trials.
Treatment for endometrial cancer may cause side effects.
Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial.
Patients can enter clinical trials before, during, or after starting their cancer treatment.
Follow-up tests may be needed.
There are different types of treatment for patients with endometrial cancer.
Different types of treatment are available for patients with endometrial cancer. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials. A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments for patients with cancer. When clinical trials show that a new treatment is better than the standard treatment, the new treatment may become the standard treatment. Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Some clinical trials are open only to patients who have not started treatment.
Five types of standard treatment are used:
Surgery
Surgery (removing the cancer in an operation) is the most common treatment for endometrial cancer. The following surgical procedures may be used:
Total hysterectomy: Surgery to remove the uterus, including the cervix. If the uterus and cervix are taken out through the vagina, the operation is called a vaginal hysterectomy. If the uterus and cervix are taken out through a large incision (cut) in the abdomen, the operation is called a total abdominal hysterectomy. If the uterus and cervix are taken out through a small incision (cut) in the abdomen using a laparoscope, the operation is called a total laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy: Surgery to remove both ovaries and both fallopian tubes.
Radical hysterectomy: Surgery to remove the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina. The ovaries, fallopian tubes, or nearby lymph nodes may also be removed.
Lymph node dissection: A surgical procedure in which the lymph nodes are removed from the pelvic area and a sample of tissue is checked under a microscope for signs of cancer. This procedure is also called lymphadenectomy.
After the doctor removes all the cancer that can be seen at the time of the surgery, some patients may be given radiation therapy or hormone treatment after surgery to kill any cancer cells that are left. Treatment given after the surgery, to lower the risk that the cancer will come back, is called adjuvant therapy.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing. There are two types of radiation therapy:
External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the area of the body with cancer.
Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters that are placed directly into or near the cancer.
The way the radiation therapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being treated. External and internal radiation therapy are used to treat endometrial cancer, and may also be used as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping the cells from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter the bloodstream and can reach cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy). When chemotherapy is placed directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, an organ, or a body cavity such as the abdomen, the drugs mainly affect cancer cells in those areas (regional chemotherapy).
The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being treated.
Hormone therapy
Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that removes hormones or blocks their action and stops cancer cells from growing. Hormones are substances made by glands in the body and circulated in the bloodstream. Some hormones can cause certain cancers to grow. If tests show that the cancer cells have places where hormones can attach (receptors), drugs, surgery, or radiation therapy is used to reduce the production of hormones or block them from working.
Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy is a type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific cancer cells. Targeted therapies usually cause less harm to normal cells than chemotherapy or radiation therapy do. Monoclonal antibodies, mTOR inhibitors, and signal transduction inhibitors are three types of targeted therapy used to treat endometrial cancer.
Monoclonal antibody therapy: Monoclonal antibodies are immune system proteins made in the laboratory to treat many diseases, including cancer. As a cancer treatment, these antibodies can attach to a specific target on cancer cells or other cells that may help cancer cells grow. The antibodies are able to then kill the cancer cells, block their growth, or keep them from spreading. Monoclonal antibodies are given by infusion. They may be used alone or to carry drugs, toxins, or radioactive material directly to cancer cells. Bevacizumab is used to treat stage III, stage IV, and recurrent endometrial cancer.
mTOR inhibitor therapy: mTOR inhibitors block a protein called mTOR, which helps control cell division. mTOR inhibitors may keep cancer cells from growing and prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Everolimus and ridaforolimus are used to treat stage III, stage IV, and recurrent endometrial cancer.
Signal transduction inhibitor therapy: Signal transduction inhibitors block signals that are passed from one molecule to another inside a cell. Blocking these signals may kill cancer cells. Metformin is being studied to treat stage III, stage IV, and recurrent endometrial cancer.
New types of treatment are being tested in clinical trials.
Information about clinical trials is available from the NCI website.
Treatment for endometrial cancer may cause side effects.
For information about side effects caused by treatment for cancer, visit our Side Effects page.
Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial.
For some patients, taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice. Clinical trials are part of the cancer research process. Clinical trials are done to find out if new cancer treatments are safe and effective or better than the standard treatment.
Many of today's standard treatments for cancer are based on earlier clinical trials. Patients who take part in a clinical trial may receive the standard treatment or be among the first to receive a new treatment.
Patients who take part in clinical trials also help improve the way cancer will be treated in the future. Even when clinical trials do not lead to effective new treatments, they often answer important questions and help move research forward.
Patients can enter clinical trials before, during, or after starting their cancer treatment.
Some clinical trials only include patients who have not yet received treatment. Other trials test treatments for patients whose cancer has not gotten better. There are also clinical trials that test new ways to stop cancer from recurring (coming back) or reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about clinical trials supported by NCI can be found on NCI’s clinical trials search webpage. Clinical trials supported by other organizations can be found on the ClinicalTrials.gov website.
Follow-up tests may be needed.
As you go through treatment, you will have follow-up tests or check-ups. Some tests that were done to diagnose or stage the cancer may be repeated to see how well the treatment is working. Decisions about whether to continue, change, or stop treatment may be based on the results of these tests.
Some of the tests will continue to be done from time to time after treatment has ended. The results of these tests can show if your condition has changed or if the cancer has recurred (come back).
Treatment of Stage I and Stage II Endometrial Cancer
For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.
Low-risk endometrial cancer (grade 1 or grade 2)
Treatment of low-risk stage I endometrial cancer and stage II endometrial cancer may include the following:
Surgery (total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy). Lymph nodes in the pelvis and abdomen may also be removed and viewed under a microscope to check for cancer cells.
Surgery (total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, with or without removal of lymph nodes in the pelvis and abdomen) followed by internal radiation therapy. In certain cases, external radiation therapy to the pelvis may be used in place of internal radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy alone for patients who cannot have surgery.
A clinical trial of a new chemotherapy regimen.
If cancer has spread to the cervix, a radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy may be done.
High-risk endometrial cancer (grade 3)
Treatment of high-risk stage I endometrial cancer and stage II endometrial cancer may include the following:
Surgery (radical hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy). Lymph nodes in the pelvis and abdomen may also be removed and viewed under a microscope to check for cancer cells.
Surgery (radical hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) followed by chemotherapy and sometimes radiation therapy.
A clinical trial of a new chemotherapy regimen.
Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.
Treatment of Stage III, Stage IV, and Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.
Treatment of stage III endometrial cancer, stage IV endometrial cancer, and recurrent endometrial cancer may include the following:
Surgery (radical hysterectomy and removal of lymph nodes in the pelvis so they can be viewed under a microscope to check for cancer cells) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
Chemotherapy and internal and external radiation therapy for patients who cannot have surgery.
Hormone therapy for patients who cannot have surgery or radiation therapy.
Targeted therapy with mTOR inhibitors (everolimus or ridaforolimus) or a monoclonal antibody (bevacizumab).
A clinical trial of a new treatment regimen that may include combination chemotherapy, targeted therapy, such as an mTOR inhibitor (everolimus) or signal transduction inhibitor (metformin), and/or hormone therapy, for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.
To Learn More About Endometrial Cancer
For more information from the National Cancer Institute about endometrial cancer, see the following:
Uterine Cancer Home Page
Endometrial Cancer Prevention
Endometrial Cancer Screening
Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer
For general cancer information and other resources from the National Cancer Institute, visit:
About Cancer
Cancer Staging
Chemotherapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
Coping with Cancer
Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Cancer
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5572 | https://nzfeng.github.io/research/WNoDS/PerspectivesOnWindingNumbers.pdf | Perspectives on Winding Numbers Nicole Feng, Mark Gillespie, Keenan Crane This short note explores the many different ways one can characterize the winding number of a curve Γ around a point 𝑝, and why these standard perspectives fail to generalize to curves on surfaces. Ultimately, all perspectives lead back to one of just three analytical descriptions: an integral over the curve Γ, an integral over a circle around the point 𝑝, or a particular Laplace equation. On sufaces, however, these formulations have undesirable consequences for curves that do not correspond to region boundaries, helping to motivate the recent surface winding number approach of Feng et al. .
Notation and Conventions We use | · | and ⟨·, ·⟩to denote the standard Euclidean norm and inner product for vectors in R2. We use 𝐽: R2 →R2; (𝑥,𝑦) ↦→ (−𝑦,𝑥) to denote a quarter turn in the counter-clockwise direc-tion. For any two vectors 𝑢, 𝑣∈R2, we define a scalar-valued cross product 𝑢× 𝑣:= 𝑢1𝑣2 −𝑢2𝑣1; note that ⟨𝐽𝑢, 𝑣⟩= 𝑢× 𝑣. For any function 𝑓(𝑡) of a single parameter 𝑡, we let ¤ 𝑓(𝑡) := 𝑑 𝑑𝑡𝑓(𝑡).
Throughout we consider compact curves Γ on a smooth surface 𝑀, possibly with boundary 𝜕𝑀; an important special case is the Euclidean plane 𝑀= R2. We use 𝑆1 to denote the circle, which serves as the domain for a single closed loop. More generally, we use 𝐼to denote the domain of Γ, which may be an open interval, a closed loop, or a larger collection of loops and intervals. We use 𝑤Γ(𝑝) to denote the winding number of a curve (or collection of curves) Γ around a point 𝑝; when Γ is not closed, this function also describes the signed solid angle.
We use Δ to denote the negative-semidefinite Laplace-Beltrami operator on 𝑀, which locally behaves like the ordinary Laplace operator 𝜕2 𝜕𝑥2 + 𝜕2 𝜕𝑦2 . A function 𝑢: 𝑀→R is harmonic if it is in the kernel of the Laplacian, i.e., if Δ𝑢= 0.
1 TOPOLOGICAL DEGREE The basic idea of the winding number is that it captures how many times a curve Γ “winds” around a given point 𝑝. In particular, for a single closed planar loop Γ : 𝑆1 →R2, consider the covering map 𝜑: 𝑆1 →𝑆1;𝑡↦→Γ(𝑡) −𝑝 |Γ(𝑡) −𝑝| .
(1) The winding number 𝑤Γ(𝑝) can then be defined as the degree of 𝜑, i.e. the number of times 𝜑covers the circle 𝑆1, taking orientation into account. For instance, if 𝜑goes once around the circle in a counter-clockwise direction we get a winding number +1, in the clockwise direction we get −1, and if it goes around the circle multiple times we get a winding number of magnitude greater than one (Figure 1). The winding number is also given by the total signed length of the image of 𝑆1 under 𝜑, divided by the circumference of the circle. Since 𝜑(𝑡) is always a point on the unit circle, we can express the infinitesimal signed length as ⟨𝐽𝜑(𝑡), ¤ 𝜑(𝑡)⟩, i.e., by measuring the length of the tangent vector ¤ 𝜑(𝑡) along the counter-clockwise direction 𝐽𝜑(𝑡) tangent to the circle (Figure 2, left). The total signed length is then +2 +3 winding number -1 +1 0 Γ Fig. 1. For curves Γ in the plane, the winding number function 𝑤Γ (𝑝) gives the number of times the curve Γ wraps around any given point 𝑝.
given by an integral over the circle, namely 𝑤Γ(𝑝) := 1 2𝜋 ∫ 𝑆1 𝜑(𝑡) × ¤ 𝜑(𝑡) 𝑑𝑡, (2) where we have used the identity ⟨𝐽𝑢, 𝑣⟩= 𝑢× 𝑣. If the point 𝑝 is at the origin (which can always be achieved by translating our coordinate system), then substituting Equation 1 into Equation 2 yields a formula for 𝑤Γ(0) as an integral over the curve Γ: 𝑤Γ(0) = 1 2𝜋 ∫ 𝑆1 Γ(𝑡) × ¤ Γ(𝑡) |Γ(𝑡)|2 𝑑𝑡.
(3) For curves on surfaces we cannot apply this same idea, since in general the way a curve Γ winds around a point 𝑝may not define a continuous map to the circle akin to 𝜑. Consider for instance the curve Γ2 depicted in Figure 2, right, which gets “stuck” if we try to contract it to a small circle around the point 𝑞. Indeed, winding numbers are not meaningful for nonbounding loops: by definition they do not bound any region, and do not have a well-defined inside and outside. Hence, any definition of winding numbers for curves on surfaces must carefully account for the topology of the underlying domain.
Fig. 2. Left: one way to define the winding number is to contract the curve Γ to a circle around 𝑝, and count how many times it covers the circle. Right: on surfaces, however, not all curves are contractible—consider for instance Γ2, which cannot be contracted around 𝑞.
1 2 • Feng, Gillespie, Crane 1 -½ -½ 0 + + Fig. 3. Left: the solid angle function (a.k.a. the generalized winding number) is the total signed length of the projection of Γ onto a circle around 𝑝: positive for counter-clockwise motion, and negative for clockwise motion.
Right: applying this same idea on surfaces, by using the log map to measure signed angles, yields garbage since the log map jumps discontinuously.
2 SOLID ANGLE One can interpret the signed length of 𝜑as the total signed angle subtended by the curve Γ over a small circle around 𝑝. This idea extends naturally to open curves, in which case the subtended angle is the fraction of the “sky” covered by Γ for an observer standing at 𝑝(Figure 3, left). Unlike physical solid angle, however, the signed subtended angle is counted with multiplicity, and will be negative whenever Γ and 𝑆1 are oppositely oriented.
On a surface, one might be inclined to compute the subtended angle via the logarithmic map. At any point 𝑝∈𝑀, the logarithmic map1 log𝑝𝑞gives the direction 𝑢and shortest distance |𝑢| we must walk along a straight path (i.e., geodesic) to reach 𝑞. Letting 𝜃(𝑡) be the angle of the vector log𝑝(Γ(𝑡)), we could then try integrating the quantity 𝑑𝜃to obtain a notion of winding number. The problem, however, is that there are points at which there is not a unique shortest path to points 𝑞on the curve Γ. As our point 𝑝crosses through this so-called cut locus, then, the integral ∫ Γ 𝑑𝜃may jump discontinuously, as pictured in Figure 3. Moreover, the exponential map may not be surjective on domains with boundary, hence the log map may not be well-defined for some points on our curve.
3 RAY INTERSECTIONS Alternatively, one can interpret the degree of the map 𝜑as the number of points along Γ which get mapped to a generic point on the circle (counted again with multiplicity). The number of points which 𝜑maps onto a unit vector 𝜈is precisely the number of signed intersections 𝜒𝑝(𝜈) between Γ and a ray leaving 𝑝in the direction 𝜈, i.e., +1 if the ray has a positive dot product with the unit normal 𝑛of Γ, and −1 otherwise. Hence, one can evaluate the winding number at a point 𝑝by shooting a random ray from 𝑝and counting the number of intersections with Γ (Figure 4, left).
On a surface, the natural analogue of shooting a ray is to evaluate the exponential map exp𝑝(𝑡𝜈), which traces out a geodesic curve starting at 𝑝in the direction 𝜈for time 𝑡. Unlike the plane, however, a geodesic may intersect a closed curve Γ infinitely many times.
Artificially truncating it to a finite length yields an arbitrary answer (Figure 4, center); moreover, the number of intersections may also change completely with the ray direction 𝜈(Figure 4, right).
1In terms of the exponential map, discussed in Section 3, the log map gives the vector 𝑢of smallest magnitude such that exp𝑝(𝑢) = 𝑞.
Fig. 4. Left: in the plane, the winding number of a closed curve Γ can be found by counting the number of signed intersections with a generic ray— here, 𝑤𝑝(Γ) = −1 + 1 = 0 and 𝑤𝑞(Γ) = 1 −1 + 1 = 1. Center, right: on a surface, a geodesic ray may intersect a closed curve infinitely many times, or change completely depending on the initial direction 𝜈.
Equivalently, we can take the average number of ray intersections 𝜒𝑝(𝜃) over all directions 𝜃∈[0, 2𝜋) [Jacobson et al. 2013, Section 4.2]. We can perform a change of measure to integrate this quantity over the curve Γ: when 𝑝is at the origin, the angle 𝑑𝜃subtended by an infinitesimal piece of the curve Γ is inversely proportional to the distance |Γ| from the origin, and proportional to the arc length ¤ Γ 𝑑𝑠 crossed with the direction b Γ := Γ/|Γ| from the origin to the curve (to obtain signed length). Hence, 1 2𝜋 ∫2𝜋 0 𝜒𝑝(𝜃) 𝑑𝜃= ∫ 𝐼 Γ(𝑠) × ¤ Γ(𝑠) |Γ(𝑠)|2 𝑑𝑠, i.e., we again recover the winding number integral (Equation 3). Note that this change of measure parallels the one used in rendering to convert between integrals of radiance over the hemisphere and scene surfaces [Veach and Guibas 1995, Section 2.1], e.g., for importance sampling area lights (though here the visibility term is omitted).
4 NUMBERING REGIONS A more direct way to obtain the winding number for a closed planar curve Γ is via an iterative algorithm: assign the value “0” to the region outside the curve (i.e., the unique unbounded component of R2 \ Γ), then increment this value by +1 or −1 whenever we cross Γ from the left or the right, resp. (see inset).
In the plane, this so-called Alexander numbering [Alexander 1928] produces a well-defined function, independent of the order in which one visits the regions bounded by the curve. On general surfaces, however, the procedure may not determine winding numbers in a canonical way. E.g., on a compact surface 𝑀no region is clearly “outside” the curve, since all regions bounded by the curve are com-pact. Moreover, visiting the bounded regions in different orders can yield different numberings—see Figure 5.
0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Fig. 5. A naïve approach to assigning winding numbers to regions does not work on surfaces. For instance, even if we always assign “0” to the largest region, the subsequent labeling may depend arbitrarily on the order in which we visit neighboring regions.
Perspectives on Winding Numbers (Technical Note) • 3 Fig. 6. Top: in the plane, the winding number function can be viewed as the electric potential as the number of dipoles 𝑘goes to infinity—shown here for an open and closed curve, where normals 𝑛determine dipole moments.
Bottom: on surfaces this same harmonic function is well-defined, but may not provide a meaningful notion of inside/outside even for closed loops.
5 HARMONIC FUNCTIONS As noted in Feng et al. [2023, Section 1] and in Section 7, the winding number function is also a particular harmonic function—for a simple curve Γ in the plane it is a solution to a Laplace equation with jumps, namely, Δ𝑢= 0, on R2 \ Γ, 𝑢+ −𝑢−= 1, on Γ, 𝜕𝑢+/𝜕𝑛= 𝜕𝑢−/𝜕𝑛, on Γ.
(4) The boundary conditions for this Laplace equation are somewhat unusual: rather than prescribing function values or normal derivatives along Γ (i.e., Dirichlet or Neumann conditions, resp.), we have jump boundary conditions, which say that the two solution values 𝑢± on either side of the curve must differ by one, and that the normal derivative must be equal on both sides of the curve (Krutitskii gives a more formal treatment).
Equation 4 is readily solved for curves on surfaces, and serves as the starting point for the formulation in [Feng et al. 2023]. However, it does not immediately resolve the question of how to define wind-ing numbers on surfaces, since even for closed curves the solution 𝑢may not be a piecewise integer function (Figure 6, bottom right shows one example).
The PDE perspective can be connected to the standard definition of winding numbers via the idea of a double layer potential. Con-ceptually, we imagine that a collection of equal-magnitude positive and negative electric charges are lined up along the curve Γ. Each positive/negative particle pair has an associated dipole potential, and as we pack more and more charges along Γ (as in Figure 6, top), the sum of these potentials converges to a harmonic function with a constant jump across Γ (see [Brebbia et al. 1984, pp. 56–58] and [Hsiao and Wendland 2008, Ch. 1] for more formal discussion). More explicitly, in 2D the dipole potential is given by the Poisson kernel 𝑃(𝑥,𝑦) := −1 2𝜋 ⟨𝑛,𝑥−𝑦⟩ |𝑥−𝑦|2 .
(5) If we assume a constant charge density along an arc-length param-eterized curve Γ : 𝐼→R2, then at the origin 𝑥= 0 ∈R2 the total potential of the double layer is given by the integral −1 2𝜋 ∫ 𝐼 ⟨𝑛(𝑡), −Γ(𝑡)⟩ | −Γ(𝑡)|2 𝑑𝑡= 1 2𝜋 ∫ 𝐼 ⟨𝐽¤ Γ(𝑡), Γ(𝑡)⟩ |Γ(𝑡)|2 𝑑𝑡.
Since ⟨𝐽¤ Γ, Γ⟩= ¤ Γ×Γ, we recover the usual winding number integral (Equation 3). In other words, the winding number function corre-sponds to a double-layer potential of constant dipole density, as observed by Maxwell [1881, Article 409]. This connection is central to boundary element methods, as well as the recent method of Barill et al. for computing generalized winding numbers.
6 ELECTROSTATICS A more direct connection between winding numbers and electric fields is given by Gauss’ law, which states that the flux of the electric field E through a closed surface Γ is given—up to a constant—by the enclosed charge 𝑄: ∫ Γ E · ˆ n 𝑑𝑆= 1 𝜀0𝑄 (6) If we place a single point charge at 𝑝, then the resulting electric flux through Γ is precisely the winding number of Γ around 𝑝.
The electric field E induced by a point charge can be written as the gradient of an electric potential 𝜙, which can be found as the solution to a Poisson equa-tion. One can extend this procedure to surfaces, solving a Poisson equation for the electric potential of a point charge at 𝑝, taking its gradient to obtain the electric field E, and then computing the flux through Γ (inset). This gives the same solution as the jump equation in Sec-tion 5, but is less attractive computationally because one must solve a PDE once per evaluation point, rather than once per curve.
7 COMPLEX ANALYSIS In 2D, every harmonic function is in a sense the “shadow” of a richer complex function. For instance, the winding number integral in Equation 3 is the real part of the complex integral: 𝑤C Γ (𝑝) = 1 2𝜋𝚤 ∫ Γ 1 𝑧−𝑝𝑑𝑧, (7) where 𝚤is the imaginary unit, and we view Γ as a complex-valued curve Γ : 𝐼→C. By exponentiating, we may obtain a complex function 𝑓(𝑝) = exp 2𝜋𝚤𝑤C Γ(𝑝) whose argument—i.e. angle from the origin—is given by the real part of 𝑤C Γ(𝑝) and whose magnitude is determined by the imaginary part of 𝑤C Γ(𝑝). When Γ is an open curve from 𝑎to 𝑏, we can write 𝑓(𝑝) in closed form: 𝑓(𝑝) = 𝑧−𝑏 𝑧−𝑎, (8) as shown in Figure 7. The function 𝑓depends only on Γ’s endpoints, oblivious to the location of the curve itself, since angle-valued func-tions ignore the integer jumps across Γ. In general, 𝑓has zeros 4 • Feng, Gillespie, Crane Fig. 7. Top: the winding number function 𝑤Γ (𝑝) is essentially the “shadow” of a richer complex function 𝑓(𝑝) naturally associated with any curve Γ. Bottom: though an analogous function can be defined on surfaces, its imaginary part does not yield a useful labeling of inside/outside for all curves Γ.
at positive endpoints of Γ and poles at negative endpoints. Hence, 𝑤C Γ = 1 2𝜋𝚤log 𝑓has logarithmic singularities at all endpoints of Γ, where it locally looks like the function Arg(𝑧).
An analogous procedure can be performed on orientable surfaces, constructing a complex function associated with Γ whose argument is given by 𝑤Γ. While the complex perspective does not resolve the fundamental ambiguities of defining winding number on surfaces, the description of the logarithmic singularities around the endpoints of Γ is helpful when discretizing and interpolating jump harmonic functions [Feng et al. 2023, Section 2.3.2].
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5573 | https://www.lehigh.edu/~mkc4/our%20papers/kathy.langmuir.2003.pdf | The Effects of Molecular Weight and Temperature on the Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers Katherine Vorvolakos and Manoj K. Chaudhury Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 Received December 23, 2002. In Final Form: May 14, 2003 The frictional stresses of poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomers of various molecular weights were measured against a supported monolayer of hexadecylsiloxane and a thin film of polystyrene as a function of sliding velocity and temperature. On both surfaces, friction decreases with molecular weight, but increases with sliding velocity, reaches a maximum, and thereafter it decreases or displays a plateau. While the velocity corresponding to the maximum shear stress is nearly independent of the molecular weight of the polymer, it differs between the two substrates. These results are consistent with the models proposed earlier by Schallamach as well as by Chernyak and Leonov, according to which the detachment force per load-bearing chain increases with velocity while the number of chains supporting the total frictional load decreases with velocity and molecular weight. From the temperature-dependent studies, the activation energy of friction on both surfaces is estimated to be ∼25 kJ/mol, which is larger than the activation energy of viscous flow of silicone fluids, but compares well with the values obtained from recent studies of melt dynamics.
Introduction Frictionalpropertiesofsoftelastomersareofimportance in a variety of settings, such as the shear resistance of viscoelastic adhesives,1,2 biofouling control,3 road traction of automotive tires,4 durability of windshield wipers,5,6 and slippery prosthetic devices,7-10 to name a few. There is, however, an incomplete understanding of the molecular level parameters that control the frictional behavior of elastomeric surfaces. Early experiments11-13 on com-mercial natural rubber products were performed for the sole purpose of tabulating properties for consumers. Such tabulation persisted until the early 1950s, when Roth et al.14 and Thirion15 began experiments with the purpose of understanding the physics of rubber sliding. Quantita-tive physical analysis began with the observation that the classic Coulombic laws, obeyed consistently at inter-faces between rigid bodies, fail at the interface between a rigid solid and a rubber.
Papenhuyzen16 as well as Roth et al.14 observed that the friction force of commercial rubbers on steel increases monotonically with velocity. Beyond a certain velocity, however, sliding becomes unstable and the rubber sample “chatters”, or exhibits stick-slip sliding. Thirion,15 on the other hand, observed that the friction increases with normal load, which was interpreted by Schallamach17 to be due to the increase of contact area resulting from the deformationofrubberasperities.Similarsuggestionswere made by Bowden and Tabor.18 Assuming the asperities to be hemispheres in Hertzian contact with smooth glass, Schallamach predicted that friction force would increase in a power law manner, with an exponent of 2/3. Indeed, this prediction was verified over a limited range of normal load. However, Schallamach did not immediately address a potentially fascinating finding that the friction force increaseswithmodulus.Iffrictionforcedependsoncontact area, it is clear that a softer material would have a greater contact area for any load, therefore exhibiting higher friction, contrary to several experimental observations.
Schallamach’s hypothesis is therefore incomplete. He moved on to examine the effects of velocity and temper-ature19 on rubber friction. As temperature increases, frictional force decreases. Alternatively, at a given tem-perature, the friction force increases with sliding velocity.
Schallamach showed that the velocity- and temperature-dependent behavior of rubber friction follows Eyring’s20 theory of reaction rates. When this theory is applied to explain friction, interfacial sliding is presumed to proceed by the formation and breakage of molecular bonds at the interface in separate, thermally activated events.
While Schallamach focused on the molecular processes at the interface, Greenwood and Tabor21 as well as Bueche and Flom22 pointed out that the energy of sliding a soft To whom correspondence should be addressed at mkc4@ lehigh.edu.
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6778 Langmuir 2003, 19, 6778-6787 10.1021/la027061q CCC: $25.00 © 2003 American Chemical Society Published on Web 07/01/2003 viscoelastic material over a rigid substrate is not spent entirely in breaking molecular contacts at the interface, but at least partially on deforming the soft material.
The notion that friction might be a combination of surface and bulk effects prompted Grosch23 to perform themostsystematicstudyinthefieldtodate.Hemeasured theeffectsofvelocity,temperature,andsurfaceroughness, while noting the synthetic makeup of the elastomers.
Grosch observed that the rubber friction increases non-linearly with velocity, much like the shear thinning behavior of high viscous polymers. Above a certain critical velocity, the friction force exhibits a stick-slip behavior with the maximum friction in each pulse decreasing with velocity. Furthermore, at each sliding velocity, friction decreases with increasing temperature. All these tem-perature- and velocity-dependent frictional data can be assembled in a single master curve with the help of the well-known superposition principle of Williams, Landel, and Ferry.24 For rubber sliding on optically smooth glass, Grosch noted that velocity corresponding to maximum friction and the frequency corresponding to maximum viscoelastic lossformaratiothatisnearlyconstant(∼7nm)forvarious materials. He rationalized this observation by asserting that the interfacial relaxation processes responsible for friction are related to the segmental relaxation of the polymer chain. The length scale of 7 nm represents a molecular length, presumably the characteristic length by which the molecular jumps occur during the sliding process. For rough surfaces, the relevant length scale was found to be the characteristic spacing between surface asperities. Grosch’s general observations of the depen-dence of friction on velocity and temperature were also supported by Extrand et al.,6 who examined the more practical geometry of sharp rubber edges against rigid surfaces.Extrandetal.notedthatthecoefficientoffriction depends strongly on the local load and the results are dependent on the surface preparation, i.e., chlorination of natural rubber.
Prompted by Grosch’s observations, Schallamach25 refined his model of interfacial friction, since a prediction of a monotonic dependence of friction on velocity was clearly insufficient. He maintained that unlubricated sliding on smooth surfaces is essentially adhesive in nature, mediated by separate bonding and debonding events between the rubber and the rigid surface, depicted in Figure 1.
Schallamach’s25 explanation of Grosch’s23 observations was based on the rate-dependent molecular debonding model of Frenkel24 and Eyring.20 In this model, the probability of debonding a polymer chain from a surface is a product of two functions, the first being the frequency factor that increases exponentially with the applied force and the second being the number of load-bearing chains that decreases with velocity. The solution of the kinetic rate equation resulting from such considerations leads to an expression for the debonding force that increases with velocity, while the number of the load-bearing polymer chains (Σ) decreases (Figure 2). The net effect is that the total interfacial stress at first increases with velocity, reaches a maximum, and thereafter decreases with velocity.
Recently,ChernyakandLeonov 27refinedSchallamach’s model by using a steady state stochastic model for debonding kinetics. Within this model, stretching of polymer chains occurs as a result of an external force, leading to the detachment of linking chains from the wall.
The detached chain relaxes before reattaching to the interface, during which time it dissipates energy and relieves the tension accumulated during stretching. By considering the stochastic nature of detachment force, Chernyak and Leonov27 derived the shear stress in dry sliding as given by eq 1 In eq 1, Σo is the areal density of the load bearing chains at zero velocity, æ(r(t)/δ) is the elastic energy stored in the polymer chain, V is the sliding velocity, 〈t〉b is the mean lifetime of contact, 〈t〉f is the time the polymer chain spends in free state, and p(V,t) is the transition probability of the polymer chain in going from the bonded to the relaxed state. The numerator of the Chernyak and Leonov equation (eq 1) is the work done in stretching the polymer chain to the breaking point, while the denominator represents the mean distance traveled by the chain.
Multiplicationofthisstochasticforcewiththearealdensity of the linking chains gives rise to the expression for shear stress. Using a steady-state stochastic model of bond dissociation, Chernyak and Leonov showed that the mean lifetimeofcontact〈t〉bandthetransitionprobabilitydepend on the sliding velocity as shown, respectively, in eqs 2 and 3.
Here, δ(z) represents Dirac’s delta function corresponding to the determinate process of forced break-off, and θ(z) is the Heaviside step function. With the above definitions (23) Grosch, K. A. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 1963, 274, 21-39.
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Figure 1. The classic depiction of a polymer chain in contact with a laterally moving countersurface. The chain stretches, detaches, relaxes, and reattaches to the surface to repeat the cycle.
Figure 2. The left figure qualitatively depicts the behavior of the areal density of contact points and the force per adsorption point as a function of velocity. The former decreases, while the latter increases up to a value limited by the interaction strength between the polymer chain and the countersurface. The product of these two quantities yields the shear stress, which increases and subsequently decreases, depicted on the right.
σt ) Σo ∫ 0 ∞æ( r(t) δ )p(V,t) dt V[〈t〉b + 〈t〉f] (1) 〈tb〉) τo{1 - exp(- V Vo)} (2) p(V,t) ) exp(- t τo){δ(t - tb) -θ(tb - t) τ o } (3) Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 6779 of the bond survival time and the transition probability, eq1canbeintegratedforsimpleGaussianpolymerchains, the elastic energy of which is proportional to the square of the extension. Shear stress can then be expressed as follows: where m is the fundamental ratio of the lifetimes of the polymer chain in the free and bound states at zero sliding velocity, s is the ratio of the viscous retardation time over the lifetime at rest, and u is the dimensionless velocity of sliding defined by eq 5 where τo is the lifetime of the bound state at rest and δ is the average distance between the polymer body and the wall. σa is defined by eq 6.
RF is the Flory radius of the polymer chain. Equation 4 predicts that the shear stress first increases with velocity in an S-shaped manner. After exhibiting a rather broad maximum, σ usually decreases at very high sliding velocities.
Schallamach26 and Chernyak and Leonov27 developed theirmodelsenvisioningpurelyadhesivesliding.However, Savkoor28 as well as Ludema and Tabor29 suggested that even seemingly adhesive sliding could never be purely adhesive. Savkoor28 proposed a hybrid model, in which the interface consists of discrete patches of asperities of molecular dimensions in adhesive contact with the rubber surface. When a shear force is imposed, the patch stores elastic energy until it overcomes the adhesive energy, causing the propagation of a shear crack. According to Savkoor28 as well as Ludema and Tabor,29 sliding may proceed by an activated process, but the extent to which the two surfaces come into contact depends on modulus and sliding velocity. Hidden in more macroscopic terms, these approaches of Savkoor28 and Ludema and Tabor29 are similar to the model of Schallamach.26 Inadditiontotheabovemoleculardescriptionsofrubber friction, there are other viewpoints, which can be impor-tant especially when the adhesion between the surfaces is dominated by specific short-range interactions, and/or when one of the materials is excessively compliant. In these cases, the surfaces do not easily slide relative to each other. Instead, the surfaces start peeling locally and detachment waves propagate throughout the entire area of contact starting from its advancing to the trailing edge.
Schallamach30 first discovered these waves at high sliding velocities. Roberts and Jackson31 suggested that when such instabilities occur, the frictional stress between surfaces can be described in terms of the adhesion hysteresis (∆W), which is the difference between the energies involved in making and breaking interfacial contacts, and the wavelength (Λ) of the Schallamach instability, as σ ) ∆W/Λ. Recent theories of interfacial friction of Rice,32 Johnson33 and Kim34 invoke other dislocation models to describe the sliding of one surface against the other.
The above models, all of which offer plausible explana-tionsforinterfacialfriction,haveyettoberigorouslytested experimentally. The decoupling of the myriad factors contributing to interfacial friction requires not only a comprehensive experimental design but also the use of modelelastomericnetworksandwell-characterized,model countersurfaces. The elastomeric networks would have to be chemically similar but differing in modulus, free of resinsandfillers,andtransparentforopticalexamination.
Countersurfaces would have to be as smooth as possible and free of secondary interactions. The model interfaces would have to be robust enough to vary sliding velocity and temperature without compromising the ideality of the sliding materials.
Modelstudiesofthesetypeshaverecentlybeeninitiated by several authors. For example, Brown35 and Casoli et al.36 examined the pulling out of polymer chains from elastomeric networks and the associated friction. We37 studied friction of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)onsome low energy surfaces as a function of molecular weight of the polymer and the sliding velocity. Although we noted that friction decreases with molecular weight, these studies were incomplete as the sliding speeds were rather small (V < 4 mm/s) and a limited molecular weight range of PDMS was used. In this paper, we extend these previous studies. The current studies were carried out with cross-linked elastomeric networks of PDMS sliding on two low energy surfaces: a methyl functional self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of hexadecylsiloxane and a thin film of polystyrene, both of which interact with PDMS via dispersioninteractions.Usingthesesimplemodelsystems, we carried out the measurements of adhesion and friction to investigate how the latter depends on surface energy, temperature, velocity, and inter-cross-link molecular weightoftheelastomer.Roughnesswaspurposelyavoided so that we could observe purely adhesive sliding as closely as possible.
Experimental Section Materials. The PDMS elastomers were cross-linked by platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation of vinyl end-capped siloxane38 oligomers (H2CdCH(Si(CH3)2O)nSi(CH3)2CHdCH2) with meth-ylhydrogen siloxane cross-linker39 (Syloff 7678: (H3C)3O-(SiHCH3O)p(Si(CH3)2O)qSi(CH3)3). This reaction system with optimum combination of divinylsiloxane oligomer and the cross-linker yielded a highly cross-linked network with negligible byproducts. The molecular weights of the oligomers M were 1.3, 1.8, 4.4, 8.9, 18.7, and 52.2 kg/mol. The oligomers were mixed thoroughly with Pt(IV) catalyst and maleate inhibitor before adding the cross-linker. The mass ratio of oligomer/catalyst/ maleate was 97.4:1.9:0.7 for all molecular weights. The propor-tional amount of cross-linker added after thorough mixing varied with molecular weight as 23M-0.97, where M is in kg/mol.
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σ ) σa(m + 1) u(1 + s)(1 - exp( -1 u ) - exp( -1 u )) m + 1 - exp( -1 u ) (4) u ) Vτ o/δa (5) σa ) kTΣoδ (1 + m)RF 2 (6) 6780 Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 Vorvolakos and Chaudhury The resulting mesh sizes of the networks were estimated using the standard method of swelling in solvent (see for example Patel et al.,40 who studied the properties of ideal PDMS networks). A sheet (1 mm thick) of each network was cured, from which small rectangular pieces having dimensions 2 cm × 2 cm were cut out.
These were immersed in toluene (with which PDMS has a solvent interaction parameter ø of 0.465) overnight to ensure equilibrium swelling, after which their swollen dimensions were carefully measured. The equilibrium PDMS volume fraction φ in the present systems very closely resembled the results of Patel et al.
In both cases, it may be approximated as φ ) 0.7M-1/3, where M is in kg/mol. The classic Flory-Rehner equation,41,42 which assumes that the only connections between network chains are the chemical cross-links, fails in predicting the equilibrium volume fraction of PDMS. As described by Patel et al., the swollen dimensions of the present networks also corresponded to effective mesh sizes smaller than the oligomeric precursors. Patel et al.
ascribe this phenomenon to the interspersion of oligomeric chains that are not relieved and, in fact, trapped by the formation of chemical cross-links. To calculate the effective mesh size, Patel et al. consider the experimentally measured equilibrium elastic modulus E and invoke the affine model described by eq 7 where F is the density of the polymer.
We followed a procedure similar to that of Patel et al. To measure the equilibrium elastic modulus of each network, the method of contact mechanics as developed by Johnson, Kendall, and Roberts43 (JKR) was used. Hemispherical lenses of each network were prepared by depositing small drops of the reaction mixture onto perfluorinated glass slides and cross-linking them at 120° for 50 min. These lenses were then brought in to and out of contact with the substrate of choice under controlled loads.
The load-deformation data obtained from these experiments yielded not only the elastic moduli of the networks but also their adhesion energies with the countersurface.
For sliding friction measurements, the lenses were allowed to slide laterally on the substrates. It was however noticed that the low modulus (M > 4.4 kg/mol) hemispheres deform laterally, thus compromising the accuracy of the shear stress measure-ments. To avoid such complications, we transferred thin films of these high molecular weight PDMS onto more rigid lenses of PDMS (M ) 3.5 kg/mol) according to a method described by Chaudhury.44 Briefly, thin films (∼20 µm) of the high molecular weight PDMS elastomers were cast onto a silicon wafer, which was made nonadherend to the PDMS film by coating it with a monolayer of hexadecyltrichlorosilane. After both the PDMS film and lens were oxidized using plasma, they were pressed together for about 1 min, during which the plasma-oxidized polymers began to weld to each other. When the normal load was released, the PDMS lens peeled off the thin PDMS film from the silanized silicon wafer (Figure 3). These specially made lenses were not used immediately but were left in contact overnight to ensure secure welding between the thin film and the underlying lens.
Unreacted oligomers were extracted from all lenses with chloroform in a Soxhlet extractor for 12 h. They were then allowed to dry at room temperature for 1 week under a gentle vacuum (∼0.8 atm) before being used in any measurements.
Contactmechanicsandfrictionmeasurementswereperformed against two low-energy surfaces: a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of hexadecylsiloxane, and a thin film (∼100 µm) of polystyrene. The SAM was prepared by reacting a clean polished siliconwaferwiththevaporofhexadecyltrichlorosilaneaccording to a method previously published.45 The surface energy of the resultant surface was ∼19 mJ/m2, as estimated by the contact angle of hexadecane (45°), which exhibited negligible hysteresis, indicating lack of gross surface imperfections. The polystyrene film was prepared by casting a toluene solution of the polymer (M ) 1.5 × 106 g/mol) on a clean silicon wafer and allowing the solvent to evaporate slowly in a covered Petri dish at atmospheric pressure for 1 week.
Contact Mechanics. Following the well-known method of Johnson, Kendall, and Roberts,43 a hemispherical lens was brought into contact with the substrate of interest at zero applied load. The lens was then loaded externally in a quasi-equilibrium manner up to a maximum load of 0.2 g. Subsequently, it was unloadedinthesamemanner.Duringeachloadingandunloading cycle, the contact area was viewed using a reflection microscope, while the load was recorded in an electrobalance interfaced to a personal computer. These load-deformation data were analyzed using the well-known JKR equation (8) in order to estimate the adhesion energy W of the interface and the elastic modulus E of the PDMS lenses where a is the contact radius, R is the radius of curvature of the lens, and P is the normal force.
Measurement of Friction. Frictional properties between the lenses and the countersurfaces were examined using two methods, both of which require use of the setup represented by Figure 4. In a manner reminiscent of Roth et al.,14 velocity relaxationdatawerecombinedwithsteady-statedata.Theformer data were obtained using a method described by Brown35 and Chaudhury2,46 to measure the friction at low sliding velocities.
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Figure 3.
The preparation of low-modulus samples for frictional testing. A thin (∼20 µm) film of the desired network is cast on a hydrophobic Si wafer. The air-exposed surface of the film and a higher-modulus lens are both plasma oxidized and welded together to form a composite lens which does not deform during friction measurements.
Me ) FRT/E (7) Figure 4. The apparatus for frictional testing of elastomeric lenses. The lens is placed on the end of a calibrated spring, the deflection of which gives the frictional force. The frictional force, normalized by the contact area, yields the shear stress. Both the deflection and the contact area are viewed using a high-speedcamera.Steady-stateandvelocityrelaxationexperiments are both performed using this setup.
a3/2 R ) 9 16E P a3/2 + 3 4( 6πW E ) 1/2 (8) Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 6781 In this method, the lens was placed on one end of a calibrated spring, the other end of which was rigidly supported. After the lens was brought into contact with the substrate of interest, the latter was given a sudden displacement. The lens at first moved with the substrate but then relaxed back to its original position as the spring recovered its neutrality.
With the deflection of the spring monitored as a function of time, the force acting on the lens was determined as a function ofslidingvelocity.Divisionofthisforcebythecontactareayielded the shear stress as a function of velocity. The velocity range thus achieved was from 10-7 to 10-3 m/s.
Measurements at higher velocities were obtained by sliding the substrate relative to the lens at uniform velocities while the lens rested on the edge of the calibrated spring. The velocity range of these steady-state measurements was from 10-4 to 10-1 m/s. Some measurements were taken at even lower velocities to ensure agreement with the relaxation data. Inertial forces were negligible in all these measurements. Up to a critical velocity, slidingwasstable,beyondwhichthefrictionforceexhibitedstick-slip dynamics similar to that reported by Grosch.23 When these instabilities occurred, friction force corresponding to the highest deflection of the spring was recorded, in accordance with Grosch’s23 procedure. This force, divided by the corresponding contact area (measured simultaneously by the camera), yielded the shear stress. The combination of the above two methods allowed us to measure the friction force in the range of 10-8-10-1 m/s, comparable to the range of velocities employed by Reiter et al.36 to study the effect of the pull-out of grafted PDMS chains from PDMS networks.
Shear stresses were invariant with respect to changes in normal load (5.5-120 mN for stable sliding, 24-50 mN for unstable sliding) and thus to the contact area. These findings are consistent with earlier findings of Homola et al.47 and Chaudhury et al.2,46 and indicate that the ratios of actual to nominal contact areas do not increase with increasing load, in contrast with the findings of Schallamach17 and Bahadur,48 and the predictions of Ludema and Tabor.29 Measurements at various temperatures were carried out by heating the substrate with an infrared lamp. The substrate temperature was carefully controlled by adjusting the distance of the lamp from the substrate and measured using a flat thermocouple (OMEGA SAJ-1) adhered to the substrate. The temperature range employed was 298-348 K. The substrates and the PDMS networks are all hydrophobic, but lower tem-peratures were not attempted as a precautionary measure, so as to avoid condensation effects. Higher temperatures were not attempted so as to avoid morphological changes in the Si wafers and/or an incipient glass transition in the PS thin film.
The PDMS networks were not reinforced with any resin or filler. As such, they were easier to abrade than commercial materials. The full range of molecular weight was allowed to slide against the SAM-covered wafer. However, the two lowest molecular weights (M ) 1.3 and 1.8 kg/mol) could not withstand the entire velocity range and abraded easily on the surface.
Against the PS-covered wafer, only the networks with M g 8.9 kg/mol could withstand the sliding, even at low velocities.
Roughness Measurement. The root mean square rough-nesses of the SAM (0.2 nm) and PS (0.5 nm) coated silicon wafers over an area of 1 µm2 were measured by Olga Schaffer (Emulsion PolymerInstitute,LehighUniversity)usingthemethodofatomic force microscopy (AFM).
TheroughnessvaluesofthePDMSelastomersweregenerously provided by Yujie Sun and Gilbert Walker (University of Pittsburgh). The root mean square roughness values of all the elastomers were less than 0.5 nm except for the PDMS of M 1.3 kg/mol, for which the roughness was estimated to be 1.0 nm. The roughness values of the PDMS elastomers are consistent with those found by Efimenko et al.49 using both AFM and X-ray reflectivity measurements.
Results Contact Mechanics. The contact mechanics data are displayed in Figure 5, wherea3/2/R is plotted againstP/a3/2.
These plots, in conformity with eq 8, are straight lines, the slopes and intercepts of which yielded the values of E and W, respectively. For PDMS of inter-cross-link molecular weights (M) of 1.3-18.7 kg/mol, the loading/ unloading data do not exhibit any noticeable hysteresis either on the SAM- or on PS-coated Si wafers.
The works of adhesion on the SAM-coated wafer clustered around 41-42 mJ/m2, being independent of the molecular weight (Table 1). For PDMS on the PS-coated wafer, these values were somewhat higher: 51-56 mJ/ m2. For the highest molecular weight PDMS (52.2 kg/ mol), the loading cycle yielded values of W as 27 and 26 mJ/m2 on the SAM and PS, respectively, whereas the corresponding values were 55 and 68 mJ/m2 during the unloading experiments. The finite hysteresis observed withthismolecularweightresultedfromslightviscoelastic deformation of the rubber, which is due to incomplete cross-linking of the network.50 As expected, the Young’s modulus, as obtained from the above JKR analysis, is found to be inversely propor-tional to molecular weight (Figure 6).
Contact Area during Sliding. The combination of the transparency of PDMS, the reflectivity of the countersurfaces, and the use of the high-speed camera allowed direct examination of the contact area (47) Homola, A. M.; Israelachvili, J. N.; McGuiggan, P. M.; Gee, M.
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2002, 254, 306 and references therein.
Figure 5. The contact area as a function of normal load allows calculation of the network modulus and the work of adhesion at each interface. As the slope of the line increases, the modulus decreases. The symbols open circle, gray circle, black circle, open box, gray box, black box, and open triangle represent networks with oligomeric precursors of 1.3, 1.8, 2.7, 4.4, 8.9, 18.7, and 52.1 kg/mol, respectively.
Table 1. The Advancing Work of Adhesion for All Networks on the SAM- and PS-Covered Si Wafersa M (kg/mol) WPDMS-SAM (mJ/m2) WPDMS-PS (mJ/m2) 1.3 42 53 1.9 41 55 2.7 44 56 4.4 42 53 8.9 42 52 18.7 42 44 52.1 27 26 a The strength of interaction is largely independent of molecular weight. The low values for M ) 52.1 kg/mol are attributed to viscoelasticity.
6782 Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 Vorvolakos and Chaudhury as a function of velocity. Figure 7 shows that the contact area remains constant up to a sliding velocity of 1 mm/s. Only about 10% reduction of contact radius occurred close to the transition from smooth to stick-slip sliding, which appears to be due to the transition from JKR to Hertzian deformation resulting from the loss of adhesion as predicted by Savkoor and Briggs.51 Friction: System Dynamics. The shear stress data of PDMS networks sliding on the SAM-coated wafer (Figure 8) show that σ at first increases with velocity and theneitherlevelsoutordecreases.Frictionalforceisstable when dσ/dV g 0. However, at the negative resistance branch (dσ/dV < 0) of the stress velocity cycle, frictional sliding is unstable and periodic (Figure 9) as was reported previously by Grosch.
The spring deflection at the higher frictional stress achieved during these stick-slip limit cycles is the unstable focus point.52 At a given imposed velocity, friction force reaches a maximum value when the lens slips by a certain distance before it is captured by the substrate and brought back to the point of maximum stress to repeat theprocess.Suchslidinginstabilityoccurswhenthespring constant is less than a critical value given by eq 9 where V is the imposed velocity, A is the contact area, and do is known as the memory length, which is typically on (50) These advancing and receding works of adhesion are essentially the strain energy release rates (G). In the advancing mode, the energy to close the crack comes from the thermodynamics work of adhesion (W), which is equal to the strain energy release rate (G) plus the energy loss (Φ) due to viscoelastic deformation of the polymer. Thus the measured strain energy release rate is less than the work of adhesion, i.e., G ) W - Φ. Conversely, when the crack is opening, the viscous dissipation adds to the strain energy release rate, as the material must be deformed before it detaches from the surface, thus increasing the receding work of adhesion (G ) W + Φ). See the following reference for more details: Johnson, K. L. In Microstructure and Microtribology of Polymer Surfaces; ACS Symposium Series 741; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2000; pp 24-41.
(51) Savkoor, A. R.; Briggs, G. A. D. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 1977, 356, 103.
(52) Ronsin, O.; Coeuyrehourcq, K. L. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 2001, 457, 1277.
Figure 6. Young’s modulus E is linear with inverse molecular weight M-1.
Figure 7. The ratio of sliding to resting contact area as a function of velocity for PDMS (M ) 2.7 kg/mol, R ) 2.5 mm, E ) 4.8 MPa, W ) 42 mJ/mol) against the SAM. As the sliding velocity increases, the contact area drops from the JKR prediction (black line) to the purely Hertzian prediction (gray line). The normal load P averaged 48 mN (see eq 7).
Figure 8. Shear stress as a function of velocity between PDMS and the SAM-covered Si wafer. Open circle, gray circle, black circle, open box, gray box, black box, and open triangle represent networks with oligomeric precursors of 1.3, 1.8, 2.7, 4.4, 8.9, 18.7, and 52.1 kg/mol, respectively.
Figure 9. Stick-slip sliding is characterized by a periodic friction force fluctuation. As the countersurface moves at a constant velocity, the elastomeric lens is simultaneously sliding and being deflected (solid curves). The actually sliding velocity increasesuptotheimposedvelocity,atwhichpointtheinterface slips (dashed lines). Here we have shown a typical force trace obtained with a PDMS of M ) 4.4 kg/mol sliding at 2 cm/s on the SAM surface.
k < kc ) - V do A dσ dV (9) Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 6783 the order of the distance between the surface asperities.
At the onset of instability, do/V is on the order of the relaxation time (10-7 s) of the polymer and A(dσ/dV) is on the order of 0.1-1.0 N s/m. Substitution of these values in eq 8 yields the magnitude of the spring constant (∼107 N/m) that would be required to avoid sliding instability.
The spring constants used in our experiment are on the order of 102 N/m, which is much smaller than kc. Hence, sliding instability always occurs in our experiments, even when dσ/dV is slightly negative. When such instabilities occur, we record the maximum shear stress just before the lens slips.
Friction: Effects of Molecular Weight, Velocity, and Temperature. There are about four important featuresofthekineticfrictionobservedinourexperiments: 1. The friction decreases with the molecular weight.
2. The friction increases with velocity, reaches a maximum, and then either decreases or plateaus out.
3. The peak velocity is nearly independent of the molecular weight.
4. The friction peak broadens with molecular weight.
It becomes independent of velocity when the molecular weight of PDMS reaches 18.7 kg/mol.
As is the current situation, there is no complete theory of kinetic friction that can account for all the observations summarized above in precise quantitative terms. The observations are, however, qualitatively consistent with the stochastic theory of rubber friction, as discussed below.
First, let us consider the inverse relationship between rubber friction and molecular weight, which has already been observed with melts53,54 and grafted polymer chains.2,37 To understand this observation, let us consider Ludema and Tabor’s29 suggested relationship between the shear stress σ and the areal density (Σo) of the contact points as σ ) Σofo, where fo is the force needed to detach a single polymer chain during sliding. This is similar to the prefactor in the Chernyak-Leonov equation (4) corresponding to the shear stress in the high velocity limit, i.e., where the detachment of the polymer chain from the surface is not controlled by stochastic processes. Within the simple model developed by Chernyak and Leonov,27 the areal density of the load-bearing chains is 1/Na2, N being the number of statistical segments, each of size a.
One thus obtains that the shear stress is proportional to the shear modulus as σ ) Gfoa/kT. The Chernyak-Leonov27 model is, however, not applicable to a real elastomer,wherethearealdensityofpolymerchainsscales asN-1/2.Onethusanticipatesarelationshipbetweenshear stress and shear modulus as σ ∼G1/2. Experimentally, however, a power law exponent close to 3/4 has been observed (Figure 10). While Grosch23 did not systemati-cally study the effect of modulus on friction, he noted that the shear stress he obtained is considerably smaller than that expected of two surfaces in true molecular contact.
To account for the discrepancy, Grosch estimated the actual area of contact to be approximately 10% of the apparent contact area during sliding.23 In our case, the AFM studies indicate that both the PDMS and the countersurfaces are smooth to nanometer length scales.
Hence, gross mismatch of interfacial contact is not expected based on roughness considerations. However, it is plausible that spontaneous roughening of the interface occurs as a result of elastic instability, which ensues from the competition between van der Waals and elastic forces within the first layer of stretched PDMS chains in contact with the surface. If we consider that the dominant wavelength of such roughening scales with the thickness (δ) of the first layer of the polymer chain, then the density of the load-bearing sites should scale as 1/δ2 (or 1/Na2).
If one polymer chain remains active in each of the load-supporting junctions, one essentially recovers the result: σ ∼G. Shear stress should decrease with the molecular weightbecausethenumberofload-bearingpolymerchains decreases with molecular weight. However, when the molecular weight reaches rather high values (M g 18.7 kg/mol), σmax becomes nearly independent of molecular weight. At high molecular weights, the above simple analysis becomes less effective, due to complications arising from the entanglement effects.
The dependence of shear stress on molecular weight alsoaddressesalong-standingquestionontherelationship between friction and energy losses due to bulk viscoelastic deformation. Up to now, interfacial friction force has been largely attributed to bulk dissipation,21,22,62 which arises due to cyclic deformation and relaxation cycles of the rubber moving over rough asperities. We purposely chose molecularly smooth surfaces so as to avoid such bulk dissipation. Even if we consider the effect of bulk dis-sipation in frictional loss, the observed trend is quite opposite to the predictions based on their bulk rheological data. Gordon et al.55 reported the storage and loss moduli of several cross-linked PDMS networks similar to the present ones, which show that the viscoelastic loss measured in terms of the phase angle (δ) increases with molecular weight (typically at a low frequency (aTω ∼10 Hz), the phase angle varies with molecular weight as log-(tan δ) ∼0.1M, where M is in kg/mol). If friction is caused by bulk dissipation, shear stress should increase with molecular weight. We, in fact, observe just the opposite behavior: shear stress decreasing with molecular weight, thus clearly pointing out that the frictional dissipation for the PDMS elastomers is not due to the bulk viscoelastic deformation.
It is noteworthy, as shown in Figure 8, that the velocity atwhichstick-sliptransitionsoccurisnearlyindependent of the molecular weight of the polymer for all molecular weights of PDMS (except for M ) 52.2 kg/mol). According to Grosch, this transition should occur at a velocity Vo given by the ratio of a molecular length scale (λ ∼7 nm) and the relaxation time of the polymer chain. This critical velocity, according to Chernyak and Leonov, appears at (53) Inn, Y.; Wang, S.-Q. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1996, 76 (3), 467-470.
(54) Hirz, S.; Subbotin, A.; Frank, C.; Hadziioannou, G. Macromol-ecules 1996, 29, 3970-3974.
(55) Gordon, G. V.; Owen, M. J.; Owens, M. S.; Perz, S. V.; Stasser, J. L.; Tonge, J. S. Proc. Annu. Meet. Adhes. Soc. 1999, 424.
Figure 10. Peak shear stress σmax between PDMS and the SAM-covered Si wafer is proportional to G 3/4.
6784 Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 Vorvolakos and Chaudhury Vo ) δ cot ø/τo. As δ ∼N1/2a and cot ø ∼foδ/kT, Vo ∼foNa2/ kTτo. Here the relaxation time of the polymer chain τï is related to the segmental level relaxation time τ as τï ) τNâ, â being an exponent the value of which depends on the mode of relaxation of the polymer chain. Chernyak and Leonov proposed the value of â to be 3/2 (an unlikely scenario in dense state), which results in the molecular velocity Vo decreasing with N following a 1/2 power law.
Experimental observation is that Vo is nearly independent of the molecular weight of the polymer, suggesting a value of â close to unity. Thus, Vo appears to be the segmental level velocity of the polymer chain on the surface as conjectured by Grosch,23 who estimated this relaxation time from the frequency (ω) at which the loss modulus of the polymer exhibits a maximum. Unfortunately, such a comparison is not possible for PDMS, as its segmental relaxationfrequencyissohighthatithasnotbeenpossible to measure it by rheological spectroscopy. On the basis of the fact that the segmental length of PDMS is 0.6 nm, and that the friction peaks appear at a sliding velocity of 1 cm/s, the relaxation time of PDMS segments in contact with the methyl SAM coated surface is estimated to be ∼10-7 s. This time is considerably larger than the viscous relaxation time (10-11 s) of dimethylsiloxane monomer,56 suggesting that the mobility of the polymer chain is severely modified by its interaction with the surface.
Further support to this conjecture is given below.
Friction as an Activated Rate Process. Shear stress of PDMS depends on temperature, as shown in Figure 11 for PDMS sliding on the SAM surface. If rubber friction is a thermally activated rate process, then it should be possible to shift the shear stress data obtained at different temperatures to room temperature by multiplying the sliding velocities with a suitable shift factor. As the glass transition temperature (Tg ∼-130 °C) of PDMS is far lower than any of the testing temperatures, an Arrhenius shift factor aT (eq 10) is adequate for the above purpose.
From the shift factor used to unify the temperature-dependent data (see Figure 12), the activation energy (Ea) of sliding of PDMS on the SAM-covered wafer was found to be 25 kJ/mol. This activation energy is also found to be independent of molecular weight but is five to six times larger than the typical depth of a van der Waals potential well.
Stein et al.57 have studied the dynamics of PDMS chains in the melt state by measuring the fluorescent decay of a probe chromophore. They noted that the thermally activated local dynamics follow an exponential behavior with activation energies in the range of 20-27 kJ/mol, which are considerably higher than the activation energy (13-16 kJ/mol) of viscous flow but close to that observed in our dynamic friction studies.
On the basis of the above values of activation energy (25 kJ/mol) and relaxation time (10-7 s), it is tempting to estimate the pre-exponential factor τ of the Arrhenius equation τ ) τ exp(Ea/RT). τ is estimated to be on the order of 10-12 s, which is very close to the value (h/kT) predicted by Eyring.20 This is somewhat a surprising result, as the pre-exponential time scale for the diffusion of polymeric segments on surfaces61 is usually a few orders of magnitude higher than the elementary time scale in Eyring’s kinetics.
Peak Broadening with Molecular Weight. An important observation of these friction data is that the peak at which maximum friction occurs broadens as the molecular weight increases. To understand this effect, we recall the models of Schallamach26 and Chernyak and Leonov,27 which suggest two types of processes occurring at the interface during frictional sliding: the debonding force increasing with velocity, while the number of the load-bearing polymer chains (Σ) decreases with velocity.
The detachment force, in general, is controlled by the stochastic process, until very high velocities. The areal density of the load-bearing sites however decreases with velocity, as the time of detachment of the polymer chain decreases and thus approaches its free relaxation time.
At any given velocity, Σ(t) can be expressed in terms of the bonded and relaxed time of the polymer as follows where 〈t〉b is the time of contact between the polymer chain (56) Appel, M.; Fleischer, G. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 5520.
(57) Stein, A. D.; Hoffman, D. A.; Marcus, A. H.; Leezenberg, P. B.; Frank, C. W.; Fayer, M. D. J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 5255.
Figure 11. Shear stress as a function of velocity and tem-perature between PDMS and the SAM-covered Si wafer for M ) 2.7 kg/mol. Open circle, gray circle, and black circle represent data at 298, 318, and 348 K, respectively.
log aT ) Ea 2.3R[ 1 298 - 1 T] (10) Figure 12.
The temperature-dependent shear stress data shifted to room temperature using an Arrhenius shift factor.
The activation energy of sliding between PDMS and the SAM is thus estimated to be 25 kJ/mol. Open circle, gray circle, and black circle represent data at 298, 318, and 348 K, respectively.
Σ ) Σo 〈t〉b 〈t〉b + 〈t〉f (11) Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 6785 and the substrate and 〈t〉f is the relaxation time of the polymer chain in the unbonded state. Chernyak and Leonov27 argued that all the segments of a polymer chain have to be activated for it to desorb from a surface. While a catastrophic desorption of the polymer chain may not represent the reality, the alternative possibility that desorptionisasequentialprocessakintopeelingisequally consistent with the lifetime of contact being proportional to molecular weight. The lifetime of contact, as shown in eq 2, however, decreases with velocity. For higher mo-lecular weight polymers, a larger velocity must be reached before the chain desorbs from the surface. It is thus expected that the peak corresponding to the stick-slip transition should broaden with molecular weight.
On the basis of the above discussions, we note that the Chernyak-Leonov27 model, as embodied by eq 4, takes into account most of the results of PDMS rubber sliding on the SAM-coated silicon wafer. To examine the full prediction of this model, we simulated the frictional shear stresses of a rubbery network on a surface using eq 4 under two simplified assumptions. The first is that the term (m + 1)σa cot ø is replaced by the shear modulus G.
Thesecondassumptionisthatthenondimensionalvelocity u is independent of the molecular weight. The parameter m, which is the ratio of the relaxation time of the polymer segment in the detached state to that in the adsorbed state, is varied from 0.1 to 0.003 in order to observe the general effect of molecular weight on peak breadth. These simulations, as summarized in Figure 13, show that the peak width indeed increases with molecular weight of the polymer. For very small values of m (i.e., at very high molecularweights),aplateauisobserved.Experimentally, however, we are restricted to the plateau region of the peak.
Frictional Behavior of PDMS on Polystyrene. As showninFigure14,thegeneralpatternoffrictionofPDMS on PS (i.e., its dependence on sliding speed and molecular weight) is similar to that on the SAM. The friction decreases with molecular weight. It increases with the slidingspeed,thenreachesacriticalvelocitybeyondwhich it either decreases or exhibits a plateau. The velocity at which the friction reaches a maximum or a plateau is, at most, an order of magnitude lower than that observed with SAM. What is significantly different between the two surfaces is their behavior in the range of low velocity, where polystyrene exhibits a much larger tail than SAM (Figure 15).
To understand whether this difference in chain mobility is reflected in the activation energy of kinetic friction, frictional stresses were measured at different tempera-tures. These kinetic friction data, when shifted to room temperature using the Arrhenius transform as done with the SAM data, yield an activation energy of ∼27 kJ/mol, which is nearly same as that observed on a SAM. Thus the difference of friction on the two surfaces could not be explained on the basis of their energetics. Differences of surface roughness cannot clearly explain this difference either, as the countersurfaces used for these experiments are smooth down to nanometer length scales (0.2 nm on a SAM and 0.5 nm on PS). The slight difference in surface roughness, should they play a role in the sense that energy dissipation increases in the bulk, ought to shift23 the friction peak on the PS to a slightly higher velocity. Thus the low velocity frictional behavior on the two surfaces must originate from other mechanistic effects not con-sidered in the present theories so far. One such possibility would be to consider the coupled dynamics of the poly-Figure 13. Shear stress as a function of velocity as predicted by the Chernyak-Leonov model for adhesive friction. The value m is the ratio of the lifetimes of the polymer chain in the free and bound state.
Figure14. ShearstressasafunctionofvelocitybetweenPDMS (M g 8.9 kg/mol) and the PS-covered Si wafer. The onset velocity of stick-slip sliding (∼10-3 m/s) is an order of magnitude lower than on the SAM-covered wafer. Open box, gray box, black box, and open triangle represent networks with oligomeric precur-sors of 4.4, 8.8, 18.7, and 52.1 kg/mol, respectively. Networks of smaller precursors abraded against polystyrene, not allowing shear stress to be measured across the entire velocity range.
Figure15. AcomparisonoftheshearstressexhibitedbyPDMS (M ) 4.4 kg/mol) on PS (black box) and the SAM (gray box). The black trendline is the prediction of eq 10. The maximum friction on each surface is attained at only slightly different velocities, but the low-velocity behavior differs drastically.
6786 Langmuir, Vol. 19, No. 17, 2003 Vorvolakos and Chaudhury styrene and PDMS chains at the interface. The possibility of chain interdigitation is not intuitive considering the fact that polystyrene is glassy and PDMS is rubbery.
However,severalrecentstudieshaveraisedthepossibility thatthesurfaceofpolystyrenecouldbeinthemorerelaxed state on the surface than in the bulk at room tempera-ture.58,59 In our experiments, there is no clear evidence of interdigitation between PDMS and PS as no remarkable adhesion hysteresis between the two is evident in the contact mechanics experiments (Figure 5). It can however be argued that an adhesion hysteresis as low as 1 mJ/m2, which is beyond the limit of the measurement accuracy, could translate to an interfacial shear stress of 200 kPa by assuming the characteristic distance of segmental hopping to be ∼5 nm.60 Thus, while the possibility of a very small degree of interdigitation between PDMS and PS cannot be altogether eliminated, it is also plausible that the molecular tortuousity of the PS surface could play an important role, especially by affecting the pre-exponential time of the surface diffusion. It is plausible then that the kinetic friction of PDMS on polystyrene comprises two phenomena. In the low velocity limit, the effects of molecular rugosity and/or surface diffusion could contribute to friction, whereas at high velocities, friction is controlled by stochastic processes of adsorption and desorption as envisaged by Schallamach26 and Chernyak and Leonov.27 The velocity (10-3 m/s) at which the maximum friction occurs yields a characteristic time scale of the process as τ ∼10-6 s, which is not very different from that observed with the PDMS on SAM. However, the low velocity behavior of PDMS on PS should be treated differently. Assuming that the low velocity frictional behavior is controlled by a surface diffusion, the kinetic friction could follow an equation of the type where σï is a constant and V is a characteristic velocity.
Equation 12 fits the low velocity (V e 10-3 m/s) data rather well for all the molecular weights of PDMS, from which the estimate of the characteristic velocity V is averaged to be ∼6 µm/s. Figure 16 compares the shear stress for M ) 4.4 kg/mol on the SAM and the PS and shows how well eq 12 fits the low velocity behavior on the latter surface. With this value of V and the characteristic length as the segmental length (0.6 nm) of PDMS, the characteristic time scale of the frictional process is estimated to be ∼10-4 s, which is 2 orders of magnitude larger than that (∼10-6 s) corresponding to maximum shear stress. The pre-exponential factors (10-9 and 10-11, respectively) of these two latter processes are also significant. The latter time scale corresponds to a classical Arrhenius process, whereas the former is typical of diffusional processes, the range observed in polymer chain folding kinetics.61 Summary Thisstudyrevealstherichnessandcomplexityofrubber friction on interfaces dominated by van der Waals interactions. The dependence of rubber friction on mo-lecular weight, temperature, normal load, sliding velocity, and the nature of the countersurface can be understood qualitatively using the original ideas of Grosch,23 Schal-lamach,26 and Chernyak and Leonov.27 A main factor contributing to rubber friction is the molecular weight of the polymer, which determines the areal density of the load-bearing junctions.
The overall behavior of rubber friction is consistent with the stochastic kinetics of adsorption and desorption of polymeric chains to surfaces for which two time scales are relevant: the relaxation time in the free state, and the time the polymeric chain spends in the adsorbed state.
The latter time increases with the molecular weight of the polymer, leading to the broadening of the friction peak.
Although these frictional characteristics can be described by the theory of absolute reaction rates, they are largely independent of the work of adhesion. Interestingly, what variessignificantlyamongdifferentsurfacesisnotsomuch the activation energy, but the pre-exponential factor in the Arrhenius equation, which indicates the contributions ofothermechanisticprocessesnotconsideredinthesimple stochastic models of Schallamach and that of Chernyak and Leonov.
Acknowledgment. We benefited from some valuable comments received from A. N. Gent and M. Tirrell during the early stages of this study. We thank A. Leonov for bringing ref 27 to our attention. We thank J. Tonge and G. Gordon of Dow Corning for their help with the PDMS samples and their characterizations with the NMR, GPC, and rheological measurements. We are indebted to G.
Walker and his students for sharing with us the AFM characterizations of the PDMS elastomers. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research.
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On multiplicative automatic sequences
Jakub Konieczny
To cite this version:
Jakub Konieczny. On multiplicative automatic sequences. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 2020, 52 (1), pp.175-184. 10.1112/blms.12317. hal-03919573 ON MULTIPLICATIVE AUTOMATIC SEQUENCES
JAKUB KONIECZNY
Abstract. We show that any automatic multiplicative sequence either coin-cides with a Dirichlet character or is identically zero when restricted to in-tegers not divisible by small primes. This answers a question of Bell, Bruin and Coons. A similar result was obtained independently by Klurman and Kurlberg.
Introduction
Automatic sequences — that is, sequences computable by finite automata — give rise to one of the most basic models of computation. As such, for any class of sequences it is natural to inquire into which sequences in it are automatic. In particular, the question of classifying automatic multiplicative sequences has been investigated by a number of authors, including [SP11], [BBC12], [Hu17], [AG18], [Li19] and [KK19a]. The interplay between multiplicative automatic sequences is studied also in [Yaz01], [SP03], [BCH14] and [LM19], among others. The two most recant papers [Li19], [KK19a] listed above give a classification of completely multiplicative automatic sequences, but until now the question remained open for sequences which are multiplicative but not completely so. In particular, the authors of [BBC12] conjectured that a multiplicative automatic sequence agrees with an eventually periodic sequence on the primes. We confirm this conjecture and give some additional structural results. A similar result is also obtained in an upcoming preprint of Klurman and Kurlberg [KK19b].
Theorem 1.1. If a : N0 → C is an automatic multiplicative sequence then there ex-ists a threshold p∗ and sequence χ which is either a Dirichlet character or identically zero such that a(n) = χ(n) for all n not divisible any prime p < p ∗.
The proof naturally splits into two cases, depending on how often a vanishes. These cases are addressed in Sections 2 and 3 respectively.
Remark 1.2. Not all multiplicative sequences satisfying the conclusion of the above theorem are automatic. A full classification of automatic multiplicative se-quences appears to still be out of reach of the available techniques, even if barely so. In principle, combining a slightly more precise version of this theorem discussed in subsequent sections and the classification of multiplicative periodic sequences in [LW76], we could completely classify multiplicative k-automatic sequences which vanish on all integers not coprime to k. The behaviour of a on powers of primes dividing k remains problematic, as evidenced by the fact that when k is prime then for any Dirichlet character with modulus kr and any root of unity ξ, the sequence
aχ(n) := ξνk (n)χ(n/k νk (n)) is multiplicative and k-automatic. The last sequence is a mock Dirichlet character, investigated in [BBC12].
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary: 11B85; Secondary: 11N64, 68R15.
12J. KONIECZNY
1.1. Basics and notion. Throughout, N denotes the positive integers and N0 :=
N ∪ { 0}. A sequence a : N0 → C is multiplicative if a(nm ) = a(n)a(m) for any coprime m, n ∈ N, and it is completely multiplicative the assumption of coprimality can be dropped. For n ∈ N0 we let [ n] = {1, 2, . . . , n } (in particular, = ∅). If p is a prime,
α ∈ N0 and n ∈ N0 then νp(n) denotes the largest power of p which divides n
and pα ‖ n means that α = νp(n) (or, equivalently, that pα | n but pα+1 - n). If
n, m ∈ N then n ⊥ m is shorthand for gcd( n, m ) = 1. For two quantities X and
Y we write X = O(Y ) or X Y if there exists an absolute constant c such that
|X| < cY .We let Σ k = {0, 1, . . . , k − 1} denote the set of digits in base k. For a set X we let X∗ denote the set of words over X, including the empty word . If u ∈ Σ∗
k
then [n]k ∈ N0 denotes the integer obtained by interpreting u as a digital expansion in base k. Conversely, if n ∈ N0 then ( n)k ∈ Σ∗
k
denotes the expansion of n in base k
without any leading zeros. More generally, for l ∈ N0 we let ( n)lk denote the suffix of the word 0 ∞(n)k of length l.A sequence a : N0 → C is k-automatic if there exists finite automaton A =(S, s 0, δ, τ ) which produces a. Here, S is a finite set of states, s0 ∈ S is the initial state, δ is the transition function Σ k × S → S, ( u, s ) 7 → δu(s), extended to a map Σ∗
k
× S → S by δuv = δu ◦ δv , τ is an output function τ : S → C, and finally the sequence produced by A is [ u]k 7 → τ (δu(s0)), where u ∈ Σk does not begin with any initial zeros. A sequence is automatic if it is k-automatic for some k ∈ N.We fix from now on the automatic multiplicative sequence a : N0 → C and an automaton A = ( S, s 0, δ, τ ) which produces it. It is well-known that if k, l ∈ N are multiplicatively dependent, i.e., log( k)/ log( l) ∈ Q{ 0}, then k-automatic sequences are the same as l-automatic sequences. Hence, we may assume without loss of generality that k is not a perfect power.
Acknowledgements. The author is grateful to O. Klurman for sharing the afore-mentioned preprint and for helpful comments. This research is supported by ERC grant ErgComNum 682150. 2. Sparse case
Throughout this section, make the following assumption: (1) There exists infinitely many primes p such that a(pα) = 0 for some α ∈ N.
We let Z ⊆ N0 denote the set of n ∈ N such that a(n) 6 = 0.
Proposition 2.1. The set Z is a finite union of (possibly degenerate) geometric progressions with ratio kl (l ∈ N0).
From here, it easily follows that a(p) = 0 for large primes. We also note that the fact that a is k-multiplicative imposes further restrictions on Z and on the behaviour of a on Z. In fact, it is not hard to show that when k is composite, Z
needs to be finite. For lack of other nontrivial observations we do not delve further into this subject and devote the remainder of this section to proof of the above Proposition 2.1 MULTIPLICATIVE AUTOMATIC SEQUENCES 3
2.1. Reduction to arid sets. Our first step is to show that Z is, using the ter-minology borrowed from [BK19], an arid set.
Definition 2.2. A set A ⊆ N0 is a basic arid set of rank ≤ r if it takes the form (2) A =
{
[ur vlr
r
ur−1 . . . u 1vl1
1
u0]k
∣∣∣ l1, . . . , l r ∈ N0
}
.
for some u0, . . . , u r ∈ Σ∗
k
and v1, . . . , v r ∈ Σ∗
k
. A set A ⊆ N0 is arid of rank ≤ r if it is a union of finitely many basic arid sets of rank ≤ r. If A ⊆ N0 then the rank
of A is the smallest r such that A is contained in an arid set of rank ≤ r, or ∞ if no such r exists.
Proposition 2.3 ([BK19, Proposition 3.4.]) . One of the following is true:
(i) The set Z is arid.
(ii ) There exists c 6 = 0 and words w, v 1, v 2, u ∈ Σ∗
k
such that |v1| = |v2|, v1 6 = v2
and a([ wvu ]k) = c for all v ∈ { v1, v 2}∗.
In the following argument it will be convenient to use the notion of an IP +
r
set, that is, the set of the form (3) A = {n0 + ∑
i∈I
ni
∣∣ I ⊆ [r]} ,
where n0 ∈ N0 and n1, . . . , n r ∈ N. We refer to n1, . . . , n r as the sidelengths of A.
Lemma 2.4. Let m ∈ Z and let A ⊆ N0 be an IP +
r
set with sidelengths coprime to
m. Then #( A mod m) ≥ min( m, r + 1) .Proof. We proceed by induction on r, the case r = 0 being trivial. If r ≥ 1 then we can construe A as the sumset A + {0, n r } of an IP +
r−1
set A′ and a two-element set. Either #( A′ mod m) = m, in which case we are done, or there exists n ∈ A′ mod m
such that n+nr 6 ∈ A′ mod m, in which case #( A mod m) ≥ #( A′ mod m)+1 ≥ r+1 so we are also done.
Remark 2.5. The final step uses a trivial case of the Cauchy–Davenport theorem.
Proposition 2.6. The set Z is arid. Proof. For the sake of contradiction, suppose that Z was not arid, and let c and
w, v 1, v 2, u be as in Proposition 2.3.ii. Assumption (1) guarantees that we can find a prime power q = pα such that a(q) 6 = 0 and p - [v1]k − [v2]k and p - k. Pick
r := pα+1 and consider the set
A := {[wvu ]k | v ∈ { v1, v 2}r } .
It follows directly from the defining conditions in 2.3.ii that a(n) = c for all n ∈ A.On the other hand, A is an IP +
r
set with sidelengths of the form ([ v1]k − [v2]k)kl
with l ∈ N, which are not divisible by p. By Lemma 2.4, A covers all residues modulo r. In particular, A contains an integer n exactly divisible by q, whence 0 6 = c = a(n) = a(n/q )a(q) = 0 ,
which is the sought for contradiction.
We are now left with the task of showing that arid sets cannot be the level sets of multiplicative sequences, except for arguably trivial cases of geometric progressions whose ratio is a power of k.4 J. KONIECZNY
2.2. Base k geometric progressions. While arid sets are well-adjusted for study-ing combinatorial properties of base k expansions, in order to study arithmetic properties it is convenient to work in a slightly more general setup. We define a
generalised geometric progression of rank ≤ r as a set of the form (4) A =
{
x0 +
r
∑
i=1
xikαi
∣∣∣∣∣ α1, . . . , α r ∈ N0
}
,
where x0, x 1, . . . , x r ∈ Q. For the sake of uniformity, define also α0 := 0 Likewise, we define a restricted generalised geometric progression of rank ≤ r as a set of the form (5) A =
{
x0 +
r
∑
i=1
xikαi
∣∣∣∣∣ α1 ∈ F1, α 2 ∈ F2(α1), . . . , α r ∈ Fr (α1, . . . , α r−1)
}
,
where x1, . . . , x r ∈ Q and Fi are maps Ni−10 → Pinf (N0) for each i ∈ [r]. Here,
Pinf (X) denotes the set of all infinite subsets of a set X. In a fully analogous manner we define restricted arid sets of rank ≤ r as sets of the form (6)
A =
{
[ur vlr
r
ur−1 . . . u 1vl1
1
u0]k
∣∣∣ l1 ∈ F1, l 2 ∈ F2(l1), . . . , l r ∈ Fr (l1, . . . , l r−1)
}
,
where u0, . . . , u r ∈ Σ∗
k
and v1, . . . , v r ∈ Σ∗
k
and Fi are like above. Given sequences Fi as in (5), let us call a vector ( α0, α 1, . . . , α s) admissible
if α0 = 0 and αi ∈ Fi(α1, . . . , α i−1) for i ∈ [s], 0 ≤ s ≤ r. The elements of the restricted generalised geometric progression A given by (5) can naturally be indexed by the leaves of a regular rooted tree with vertex degree ∞, whose vertices are admissisible sequences ( α0, . . . , α s), whose root is (0) and whose edges are given by ( α0, . . . , α s) → (α0, . . . , α s, α s+1 ). It follows from basic Ramsey theory that if the leaves of such a tree are coloured by finitely many colours then there exists an infinite regular subtree of depth r with monochromatic leaves. As a consequence, restricted generalised geometric progressions of a given rank are partition regular. The same observation, mutatis mutandis, applies to restricted arid sets. It is clear that any (restricted) arid set is a (restricted) generalised geometric progression. The following lemma provides a partial converse to this statement.
Lemma 2.7. For any x0, x 1, . . . , x r ∈ Q there exists B ∈ N and C > 0 such that the following holds. Suppose that α1, . . . , α r ∈ N0 is a sequence such that
(7) x0 +
r
∑
i=1
xikαi ∈ N
and αi ≥ αi−1 + C for all i ∈ [r], where α0 := 0 . Then there exist words u0 ∈ ΣBk ,
u1, . . . , u r ∈ Σ3Bk and v1, . . . , v r ∈ ΣBk such that
(8) x0 +
r
∑
i=1
xikαi = [ ur vlr
r
ur−1 . . . u 1vl1
1
u0]k,
where for i ∈ [r] the lengths li ∈ N0 are uniquely determined by
(9) 0 ≤ αi − B
(∑ij=1 lj + 3 i − 1
)
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If additionally xi 6 = 0 for all i ∈ [r] then additionally the expansion in (8) is nondegenerate in the sense that ur 6 = 0 B and there is no i ∈ [r] such that v3
i
= ui =
v3
i−1
.Proof. This follows by inspection of the standard long addition procedure. Suppose first that x0, x 1, . . . , x r were all positive integers. Then the conclusion would hold with vi = 0 B and ui = 0 ∗(xi)k0∗, where 0 ∗ denotes an unspecified string of zeros. If we drop the assumption of positivity, then the same conclusion holds except vi
can also take the form ( k − 1) B and ui need to be modified accordingly. Finally, if
xi are rational then apply the above reasoning to the sequence M x 0, M x 1, . . . , M x r
where M is multiplicatively rich enough that the latter sequence consists of only integers, and use the fact that division by M takes periodic digital expansions to periodic digital expansions.
Remark 2.8. (i) The definition of li in (9) is arranged so that if the right hand side of (8) is construed as the B-block expansion of the sum on the left hand side (with each vi occupying one block and ui occupying three blocks) then the position
αi falls in the middle block of ui for all i ∈ [r]. (ii ) The constant B can be replaced by any multiple, and the constant C can always be enlarged. We could have required that B = C, but we believe that would decrease the intuitive appeal of the result. Our definition rank guarantees that if A is a (restricted) arid set of rank ≤ r then rank A ≤ r. It follows from Lemma 2.7 that if A ⊆ N0 is a (restricted) generalised geometric progression of rank ≤ r then also rank A ≤ r. In order to estimate rank of certain sets from below, we record some observations which essentially say that the above inequalities cannot be strict except for degenerate cases. In fact, the following lemma would suffice.
Lemma 2.9. Let B ∈ N and let u0 ∈ ΣBk , u1, . . . , u r ∈ Σ3Bk and v1, . . . , v r ∈ ΣBk
be nondegenerate in the sense of Lemma 2.7, and let A be the corresponding arid set given by (2) . Then rank A = r.
This result is elementary and there are several ways to prove it. One possibil-ity is to run a combinatorial argument relaying on the intuition that given n =[ur vlr
r
ur−1 . . . u 1vl1
1
u0]k it is essentially possible to recover r, u0, . . . , u r , v1, . . . , v r
and l1, . . . , l r , except for some basic operations which do not change the rank and except for some border cases corresponding to small li. Another option is to use estimates on the rate of growth of arid sets. We choose yet another route, and derive Lemma 2.9 from the following stronger statement, whose proof we delegate to the appendix.
Lemma 2.10. Let A be a restricted generalised geometric progression of rank ≤ r
given by (5) with x1, . . . , x r 6 = 0 . Then rank A = r.
2.3. Multiplication and arid sets. Recall that the set Z of nonzero places of a is closed under products of coprime elements. More generally, if n, m ∈ Z and d ∈ N
is such that d | n, n/d ⊥ n and n/d ⊥ m then also mn/d ∈ Z. This motivates the interest in the following lemma.
Lemma 2.11. For any u, v, w ∈ Σ∗
k
with [u]k, [w]k 6 = 0 there exists D ∈ N such that the following is true. For any prime p there exists Q ∈ N such that if l ∈ N
and Q | l then
νp
([wv lu]k
) ≤ νp(D).6 J. KONIECZNY
Proof. For reasons which will become clear in the course of the argument, we will take D := D0D1 where D1 := [ wu ]k and D0 := ∣∣k|u|[v]k − (k|v| − 1)[ u]k
∣∣. Note that D1 6 = 0 since [ w]k 6 = 0 and D0 6 = 0 since D0 ≡ (k|v| − 1)[ u]k 6 ≡ 0 mod k|u|. The argument splits into two cases, depending on whether p divides k. Note that in full generality we have [wv lu]k = [ w]kkl|v|+|u| + [ v]k
kl|v| − 1
k|v| − 1 k|u| + [ u]k.
Suppose first that p - k. For any ω ∈ N0 there exists Qω such that [wv lu]k ≡ [w]kk|u| + [ u]k = D1 (mod pω )for all l ∈ N divisible by Qω . In particular, letting ω > ν p(D1) we conclude that
νp
([wv lu]k
) ≤ νp(D1) ≤ νp(D)for all l divisible by Qω .Secondly, suppose that p | k. Then for any ω ∈ N0 there exists Qω such that (k|v| − 1)[ wv lu]k ≡ − [v]kk|u| + ( k|v| − 1)[ u]k ≡ ± D0 (mod pω )for all l ∈ N with l ≥ Qω (which in particular holds if Qω | l). Letting ω > ν p(D0)we conclude that
νp
([wv lu]k
) ≤ νp(D0) ≤ νp(D)for all l divisible by Qω .
To simplify notation in the following result, for n, m ∈ N let gcd( m∞, n ) de-note the limit lim α→∞ gcd( mα, n ), or equivalently the product ∏
p|gcd( m,n )
pνp(n).Note we do not attribute any independent meaning to the symbol n∞ outside of gcd. It follows directly from Lemma 2.11 that, with notation therein, for each
m ∈ N there exists an integer Q such that for any l ∈ N divisible by Q we have gcd (m∞, [wv lu]k
) | D.
Proposition 2.12. Let u, v, w ∈ Σ∗
k
, v 6 = , and [u]k, [w]k 6 = 0 or [v]k 6 = 0 . Then there exists l ∈ N0 such that [wv lu]k 6 ∈ Z.Proof. For the sake of contradiction suppose that [ wv lu]k ∈ Z for all l ∈ N0.Replacing w and u with wv and vu , we may assume that [ u]k, [w]k 6 = 0. Let t ∈ N
be a large parameter. Our strategy is to show that the elements of Z which can be constructed taking products of t terms of the form [ wv lu]k (l ∈ N0) give rise to an arid set of rank ≥ 2t − 1, which leads to contradiction since rank Z < ∞.For l ∈ N0 let n(l) := [ wu lv]k. It follows from Lemma 2.11 that there exists
D ∈ N such that for any m ∈ N there exist Q ∈ N such that if l ∈ N and
Q | l then gcd( m∞, n (l)) | D. Using this observation iteratively we can find a sequence of infinite sets F1, F2(l1), F3(l1, l 2), . . . , F t(l1, . . . , l t) ⊆ N0 such that for any sequence l1, . . . , l t ∈ N0 with li ∈ Fi(l1, . . . , l i−1) for all i ∈ [t] we have di := gcd
(∏i−1
j=1
n(lj )∞, n (li)
)
| D for all i ∈ [t]. Using partition regularity, we may further assume that 1 = d1, d 2, . . . , d t are independent of the choice of l1, . . . , l t.Hence, for any admissible l1, . . . , l t ∈ N0 we have di | n(li), n(li)/d i ⊥ di and
n(li)/d i ⊥ n(lj )/d j for all i, j ∈ [t] with i 6 = j. Hence, Z contains the set
A :=
{ t∏
i=1
n(li)/d i
∣∣∣∣∣ l1 ∈ F1, . . . , l t ∈ F (l1, . . . , l t−1)
}
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It is clear from the definition of n(l) that there exists z, y ∈ Q \ { 0} and c ∈ N
such that n(l) = zk cl + y. Hence, for any admissible l1, . . . , l t we can expand the product in the definition of A as
t
∏
i=1
n(li)/d i = ∑
I⊆[t]
xI kαI ,
where xI = x|I|yt−| I| 6 = 0 and αI = ∑
i∈I
li (in particular, α = 0). Let s := 2 t − 1. We may identify {0, 1}t with {0, 1, . . . , s } in a standard way. Replacing Fi with smaller sets if necessary we may assume that the sequence {αj }sj=0 is increasing, and indeed that α′
j
α ′
j−1
C for all j ∈ [s] where C > 0 is an arbitrary constant. In particular, letting C and B be the constants from Lemma 2.7 we conclude that there exists words u0 ∈ ΣBk , u1, . . . , u s ∈ Σ3Bk and v1, . . . , v s ∈ ΣBk obeying the nondegeneracy conditions [ us] 6 = 0 and # {vj , u 3
j
, v j−1} > 1 for all j ∈ [s], such that
t
∏
i=1
n(li)/d i = x0 +
s
∑
j=1
xj kαj = [ usvms
s
us−1 . . . u 1vm1
1
u0]k,
where m1, . . . , m s ∈ N obey the asymptotic relation mj = ( αj − αj−1)/B + O(1) for all j ∈ [s]. Note that we could assume that uj , v j are independent of l1, . . . , l t by partition regularity. By the same token, we may also assume that mj := mj mod M
(j ∈ [s]) are independent of l1, . . . , l t, where M is a multiplicatively rich constant such that δMv is idempotent for each v ∈ Σ∗
k
(we can take M = # S!). If now follows that Z contains the arid set
{
[usvm′
s
s
us−1 . . . u 1vm′
1
1
u0]k
∣∣∣ m′
j
∈ mj + M N for all j ∈ [s]
}
,
whose rank is equal to s. In particular, rank Z ≥ s, as needed.
Corollary 2.13. The set Z is a finite union of geometric progressions of the form {xk cl ∣∣ l ∈ N0
} where x ∈ N0 and c ∈ N.Proof. It is enough to notice that the only basic arid sets not containing patterns forbidden by Proposition 2.12 take the form {[w0cl ] ∣∣ l ∈ N0
} with c ∈ N0.
Dense case
We now assume that there exists a threshold p0 such that the following holds: (10) For all primes p ≥ p0 and all α ∈ N we have a(pα) 6 = 0 .
Our main aim is to show that a(n) coincides with a Dirichlet character for n devoid of small prime factors. We also record some observations concerning the behaviour of a on small primes. 3.1. Large primes. We first deal with large primes. From this point onwards, we let m, χ and p1 denote the objects in the following result; we may assume that
p1 > m and that p1 > k .
Proposition 3.1. There exists a Dirichlet character χ with modulus m and a threshold p1 such that a(n) = χ(n) for all n ∈ N which are products of primes ≥ p1.8 J. KONIECZNY
Relying on the following result, we can prove Proposition 3.1 by essentially the same methods which were used by Klurman and Kurlberg [KK19a] for completely multiplicative sequences. We will also need the fact that the k-kernel of any k-automatic sequence is finite. Here, the k-kernel of a is the set of all the sequences
n 7 → a(kαn + r) with α ∈ N0 and 0 ≤ r < k α.
Proposition 3.2. There exists a threshold p2 such that if p ≥ p2 is a prime then
a(pα) = a(p)α 6 = 0 for all α ∈ N.Proof of Prop. 3.1 assuming Prop. 3.2. Suppose for the sake of clarity that p2 ≥
p0. Because the k-kernel of a is finite, we can find integers β < γ such that
a(kβ n + 1) = a(kγ n + 1) for all n ∈ N. Denote by ˜a the multiplicative function given by ˜a(pα) = a(pα) = a(p)α if p ≥ p2 and ˜a(pα) = 1 if p < p 2, α ∈ N. Clearly,
˜a is totally multiplicative. Because a takes on finitely many values, a(p) is a root of unity for each p ≥ p2. Letting Q be the product of all primes < p 2 we obtain
˜a(kβ Qn + 1) = a(kβ Qn + 1) = a(kγ Qn + 1) = ˜a(kγ Qn + 1) for all n ∈ N0, whence ˜a is a Dirichlet character by [EK17, Thm. 2].
In order to prove Proposition 3.2, it will be convenient to introduce an equiva-lence relation on Σ ∗
k
where u ∼ v if |u| = |v| and words u, v give rise to the same transition function in the automaton A, that is, δu = δv . Since transition func-tions are self-maps of S, the number of equivalence classes # (Σlk/∼) is bounded uniformly with respect to l ∈ N. Likewise, consider the equivalence relation on N0
given by n1 ∼ n2 if ( n1)lk ∼ (n2)lk for all sufficiently large l ∈ N, or — equivalently — if ( n1)lk ∼ (n2)lk for at least one l ∈ N with n1, n 2 < k l. Crucially, there are only finitely many equivalence classes: # ( N0/∼) < ∞.
Lemma 3.3. There exists a threshold p3 such that for any p > p 3 there exists a pair n1, n 2 ∈ N0 with n1 6 ≡ n2 (mod p) such that n1 ∼ n2 and pn 1 ∼ pn 2 for all sufficiently large l ∈ N.Proof. Since # ( N0/∼) < ∞, this follows from the pidgeonhole principle.
For the sake of brevity, in the following argument and elsewhere we will say that a statement ϕ(n) is true for almost all n if the set of n for which it fails has Banach density 0: lim
N→∞
∑
M≥0
1
N # {n ∈ [M, M + N ) | ¬ ϕ(n)} = 0 .
Proof of Prop. 3.2. Take any prime p with p > p 3, where p3 is the threshold in Lemma 3.3, and let n1, n 2 be the pair whose existence is guaranteed by said lemma. Let l be a large integer, to be determined in the course of the argument, and put
ui := ( ni)lk, u′
i
:= ( pn i)lk. It is a general fact that if w ∈ Σ∗
k
the for almost all n the expansion ( n)k contains w. Hence, for almost all n there exists a decomposition (n)k = xnu1yn,
for some xn, y n ∈ Σ∗
k
where xn is nonempty and does not start with any zeros and yn starts with at least l zeros. Letting x′
n
and y′
n
denote the expansions of
p[xn]k and p[yn]k with x′
n
not starting with any zeros and |y′
n
| = |yn|, we get the decomposition (pn )k = x′
n
u′
1
y′
n
.MULTIPLICATIVE AUTOMATIC SEQUENCES 9
If p - n then clearly a(pn ) = a(p)a(n). On the other hand, if p | n then
a(pn ) = a([ x′
n
u′
1
y′
n
]k) = a([ x′
n
u′
2
y′
n
]k)= a(p)a([ xnu2yn]k) = a(p)a([ xnu1yn]k) = a(p)a(n).
Hence, we have shown that a(pn ) = a(p)a(n) for almost all n.Let α ∈ N. Integers n such that pα ‖ n and n ⊥ q for all q < p 0 constitute a positive proportion of all integers, whence there exists many n such that
a(pα+1 ) = a(pn )
a(n/p α) = a(p)a(n)
a(n/p α) = a(p)a(pα).
It now follows by induction that a(pα) = a(p)α.
3.2. Small primes. In this section we address the behaviour of a on small primes. Unfortunately, we can only obtain a weaker analogue of Proposition 3.1.
Proposition 3.4. For any prime p - k, the sequence a(pα) is eventually periodic. Proof. Recall that there exists (many) pairs of distinct integers n1, n 2 ∈ N0 such that n1 ∼ n2. Note also that if n1 ∼ n2 and n′
1
∼ n′
2
then also kαn1 +n′
1
∼ kαn2 +n′
2
for sufficiently large α. Hence, we can assume that d := n1 − n2 is divisible by any prime p < p 1 and also by a large power of k. Let v1 = ( n1)lk and v2 = ( n2)lk where
l is a large integer. For any α ∈ N and any β sufficiently large in terms of α, there exists a prime
q such that ( qp α)k ∈ 1v1Σβk , that is, the expansion of qp α starts with 1 v1 and contains β other digits. (This follows from the classical fact for any ε > 0 and any sufficiently large N , there exists a prime between N and N + εN ; in fact, by the Prime Number Theorem there are ∼ εN/ log N such primes.) Let δ = νp(d) and suppose that α > δ . Then
a(pα) = a(qp α)/a (q) = a(qp α + dk β )/a (q)= a(qp α−δ + dk β /p δ )a(pδ )/a (q) = χ(qp α−δ + dk β /p δ )a(pδ )/χ (q),
where in the last transition we use the fact that any prime < p 1 divides exactly one of qp α−δ and ( d/p δ )kβ . We may also assume (using the Prime Number Theorem in arithmetic progressions) that q ≡ 1 mod m and dk β /p δ ≡ d/p δ mod m, whence
a(pα) = χ(pα−δ + d/p δ )a(pδ ).
It remains to notice that the expression on the right hand side is periodic in pα.
Corollary 3.5. There exists a periodic sequence b : N0 → C and threshold n0 such that a(n) = b(n) for all n ≥ n0 coprime to k.Proof. Partitioning N0 into arithmetic progressions, we may assume that for each prime p < p 1, either n is divisible by a large power of p or n is not divisible by p.Repeating the same reasoning as in Proposition 3.4 we conclude that
a(n) = χ
(
(n + d)/ ∏
p
pδp
)
a (pδp ) ,
where δp = νp(d) and the product runs over all primes p < p 1 with p - k. 10 J. KONIECZNY
Appendix A. Rank of generalised geometric progressions
Lemma A.1. For any x1, . . . , x r ∈ Q there exists a constant C ≥ 0 such that the following is true. Let α1, . . . , α r ∈ N0 and suppose that
(11) ∑ri=1 xikαi = 0 .
Then there exists a partition [r] = I1 ∪ · · · ∪ Is and γ1, . . . , γ s ∈ N0 such that
(12) ∑ri∈Ij xikαi for all j ∈ [s],
and |γj − αi| < C for all i ∈ Ij , j ∈ [s].Proof. We proceed by induction on r, the case r = 1 being trivial. Suppose that the claim was false and let C(α1, . . . , α r ) denote the smallest value of C such that there exists a partition described above. Then there exists a sequence αn
1
, . . . α nr ∈ N0
(n ∈ N) such that C(αn
1
, . . . , α nr ) → ∞ as n → ∞ .Put γn
∗
:= max i∈[r] αni . Passing to a subsequence if necessary, we may assume that for each i ∈ [r], the limit δi := lim n→∞ (γn
∗
− αni ) exists in N0 ∪ {∞} . Let I∗
be the set of those n for which δi < ∞. Note that if i ∈ I∗ then αni = γn
∗
− δi for all sufficiently large n; passing to a subsequence again we may assume that the above holds for all n. It follows that
∑
i∈I1
xikαni = kγn
∗
lim
m→∞
r
∑
i=1
xikαmi −γm
∗
= 0 for all n. Rearranging the indices if necessary, we may assume without loss of generality that I∗ is the terminal segment {r′ + 1 , . . . , r }. The above construction guarantees that ∑r′
i=1
xikαni = 0 for all n. Hence, by the inductive assumption there exists a constant C′ such that for each n there exists a decomposition [ r′] = I1 ∪ · · · ∪ Is′ and γn
1
, . . . , γ ns′ ∈ N0
such that ∑ri∈Ij xikαni for all j ∈ [s′],
and ∣∣γnj − αni
∣∣ < C ′ for all i ∈ Ij , j ∈ [s′]. Passing to a subsequence again, we may assume that the decomposition I1, . . . , I s′ is independent of n. Letting s = s′ + 1,
Is = I∗ and γs = γ∗ we conclude that
C(α1, . . . , α n) ≤ max ( {δi | i ∈ Is} ∪ { C′}) .
This contradicts the choice of αn
1
, . . . , α nr and finishes the argument.
Proof of Lemma 2.9. By partition regularity, it will suffice to show that A is not contained in any generalised geometric progression B of rank ≤ s < r . For the sake of contradiction suppose otherwise and write B as (13) B =
{
y0 + ∑sj=1 yj kβj
∣∣∣ β1, . . . , β s ∈ N0
}
.
Assume also that s is as small as possible. For each admissible sequence ~α =(α0, α 1, . . . , α r ) pick ~β(~α) = ( β0(~α), . . . , β s(~α)) such that
r
∑
i=0
xikαi =
s
∑
j=0
yikβi(~α).MULTIPLICATIVE AUTOMATIC SEQUENCES 11
By Lemma A.1, there exists a constant C > 0 such that for each admissible ~α there exists a partition [ −s, r ] = I1 ∪ I2 ∪ . . . I t such that for each l ∈ [t] we have
∑
i∈Il∩N0
xikαi = ∑
j∈− Il∩N0
yj kβj (~α),
and the diameter of the set {αi | i ∈ Il ∩ N0} ∪ { βj | j ∈ − Il ∩ N0} is ≤ C. Using partition regularity again, we may assume that the partition I1, . . . , I t is indepen-dent of ~α.Since the sets Fi(α1, . . . , α i−1) are infinite, we can always assume that |αi − αi′ | >C for all i 6 = i′. In particular, #( Il ∩ N0) ≤ 1 for each l ∈ [t]. On the other hand, if
Il ∩ N0 = ∅ for some l ∈ [t] then A would be contained in the generalised geometric progression of rank < s obtained by setting βj = 0 for j ∈ − Il ∩ N0, which contra-dicts the choice of s. Hence, #( Il ∩ N0) = 1 for each l ∈ [t]. Since xi 6 = 0 for i ∈ [r]it follows that #( −Il ∩ N0) ≥ 1 for each l ∈ [t]. This contradicts the assumption that s < r and finishes the argument.
Remark A.2. A careful inspection of the above proof shows that the restricted generalised geometric progression A given by (5) is contained in the generalised geometric progression B given by (13) if and only if there exists a partition [0 , r ] =
J0 ∪ J1 ∪ · · · ∪ Js and integers 0 = δ0, δ 1, . . . , δ s such that xi = ∑
j∈Ji
yj kδj for each
i ∈ [0 , r ].
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(J. Konieczny) Einstein Institute of Mathematics Edmond J. Safra Campus, The He-brew University of Jerusalem Givat Ram. Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Jagiellonian University in Krak´ ow, Lojasiewicza 6, 30-348 Krak´ ow, Poland
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What is hydrocarbon? Explain in an easy way.
Taru Sahu
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When the hydrogen reacts with carbon the a new compound get formed that's usually called the hydrocarbon.
These hydrocarbons are the compounds of greater importance in our life as they play a key role of supporting material in many of the industries such as in the manufacturing of polybags ,acetylene lamp.
These hydrocarbons are of two types :
Saturated hydrocarbon and unsaturated hydrocarbon .
Saturated hydrocarbon are those hydrocarbon in which carbon -carbon and carbon hydrogen atoms are attached with single bond.These are generally called alkanes .e.g. methane-CH4; ethaneC2H6.
While unsaturated
When the hydrogen reacts with carbon the a new compound get formed that's usually called the hydrocarbon.
These hydrocarbons are the compounds of greater importance in our life as they play a key role of supporting material in many of the industries such as in the manufacturing of polybags ,acetylene lamp.
These hydrocarbons are of two types :
Saturated hydrocarbon and unsaturated hydrocarbon .
Saturated hydrocarbon are those hydrocarbon in which carbon -carbon and carbon hydrogen atoms are attached with single bond.These are generally called alkanes .e.g. methane-CH4; ethaneC2H6.
While unsaturated hydrocarbons are those one in which at least one pair of more than single bond is present such as alkenes and alkynes (general name).e.g. ethene- C2H4 & Ehyne C2H2.
Thanks for reading ☺ .
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Molecules composed wholly of carbon and hydrogen. They can be straight chain such as octane:
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Hydrocarbons are the organic chemical compounds which are made up of carbon and hydrogen and their derivatives
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In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.:620 Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups called hydrocarbyls. Because carbon has 4 electrons in its outermost shell (and because each covalent bond requires a donation of 1 electron, per atom, to the bond) carbon has exactly four bonds to make, and is only stable if all 4 of these bonds are used.
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In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.:620 Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups called hydrocarbyls. Because carbon has 4 electrons in its outermost shell (and because each covalent bond requires a donation of 1 electron, per atom, to the bond) carbon has exactly four bonds to make, and is only stable if all 4 of these bonds are used.
The classifications for hydrocarbons are:
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Hydrocarbons are one of the major components of organic chemistry. They are organic compounds which are made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms. The molecular formula for these compounds is
CxHy.
The different types are :-
Saturated hydrocarbons
: They are the compounds in which carbon-carbon atoms and carbon-hydrogen atoms are held together by single bonds. These single bonded compounds are the simplest hydrocarbons. The general formula for these single bonded organic compounds is
CnH2n+2
.
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Unsaturated hydrocarbons
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Hydrocarbons are one of the major components of organic chemistry. They are organic compounds which are made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms. The molecular formula for these compounds is
CxHy.
The different types are :-
Saturated hydrocarbons
: They are the compounds in which carbon-carbon atoms and carbon-hydrogen atoms are held together by single bonds. These single bonded compounds are the simplest hydrocarbons. The general formula for these single bonded organic compounds is
CnH2n+2
.
Ex:- Ethane, Hexane, etc.
Unsaturated hydrocarbons
: These compounds consist of a single, double or a triple bond between carbon-carbon atoms. The double-bonded compounds are called alkenes and the triple bonded compounds are called alkynes. The general formula for
alkenes
is
CnH2n
and for
alkynes
the general formula is
CnH2n-2
.
Ex:- Butyne, Ethene, etc.
Cycloalkanes
: These hydrocarbons possess one or multiple carbon rings. The hydrogen atom is attached to the carbon ring.
Ex:- Cyclopentane, Cyclobutane, etc.
Aromatic Hydrocarbons
: These are also called as arenes. Arenes are compounds which consist of at least one aromatic ring.
Ex:- Benzene,etc.
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The term hydrocarbon is self explanatory - which means compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
There are different type of hydrocarbons depending upon carbon carbon bonds ..
Saturated hydrocarbon - contain carbon carbon and carbon hydrogen single bonds. Also term as alkanes. The simplest alkanes is CH4 and it's basic formula is CnH(2n+2)
Unsaturated hydrocarbon - here carbon carbon multiple bond but carbon hydrogen single bond in carbon carbon multiple bond they may be double bond or maybe triple bond or maybe both if there is double bond then its called alkene and the simplest alkene is C2H4 and it's b
The term hydrocarbon is self explanatory - which means compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
There are different type of hydrocarbons depending upon carbon carbon bonds ..
Saturated hydrocarbon - contain carbon carbon and carbon hydrogen single bonds. Also term as alkanes. The simplest alkanes is CH4 and it's basic formula is CnH(2n+2)
Unsaturated hydrocarbon - here carbon carbon multiple bond but carbon hydrogen single bond in carbon carbon multiple bond they may be double bond or maybe triple bond or maybe both if there is double bond then its called alkene and the simplest alkene is C2H4 and it's basic formula is CnH2n . if there is triple bond then its called alkyne and the simplest alkine is C2H2 and the basic formula is CnH(2ñ-2)
There are some hydrocarbons which are present in cyclic form they are called also unsaturated hydrocarbon
aromatic hydrocarbon- this is a special type of cyclic compounds. Like benzene .
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The name says it all.
Hydrocarbons are molecules composed only by hydrogen and carbon atoms.
These simple molecules have an huge impact in our daily basis, since most of our energy supply comes from the petroleum industry, which are based on these hydrocarbon molecules.
A combustion of a mole of methane releases - 890.7 kJ/mol
A combustion of a mole of ethane -1560 kJ/mol
A combustion of a mole for buthane ( usual known as buthane ) -2877 kJ/mol
The “bigger” the molecule the most energy is “stored”…
The name says it all.
Hydrocarbons are molecules composed only by hydrogen and carbon atoms.
These simple molecules have an huge impact in our daily basis, since most of our energy supply comes from the petroleum industry, which are based on these hydrocarbon molecules.
A combustion of a mole of methane releases - 890.7 kJ/mol
A combustion of a mole of ethane -1560 kJ/mol
A combustion of a mole for buthane ( usual known as buthane ) -2877 kJ/mol
The “bigger” the molecule the most energy is “stored”…
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As shown by name, they are compunds of hydrogen and carbon. There are many classes of hydrocarbons.
They maybe classified as
Some common examples are methane, ethane, pronapne etc
As shown by name, they are compunds of hydrogen and carbon. There are many classes of hydrocarbons.
They maybe classified as
Some common examples are methane, ethane, pronapne etc
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Well, hydrocarbons are organic molecules that contain CARBON, and HYDROGEN… And we describe their composition by their so-called degree of unsaturation ….
Alkanes are FULLY saturated, and have general formula CnH2n+2, and try this out, and determine n for hexanes, and octanes, and pentane. Each TWO HYDROGENS LESS than the saturated formula represents a degree of unsaturation and constitutes a double bond to carbon, or to oxygen, OR a ring junction …. To generalize this definition, halogens stand in for hydrogen, and oxygen CAN be added to the formula (tho’ may represent a de
Well, hydrocarbons are organic molecules that contain CARBON, and HYDROGEN… And we describe their composition by their so-called degree of unsaturation ….
Alkanes are FULLY saturated, and have general formula CnH2n+2, and try this out, and determine n for hexanes, and octanes, and pentane. Each TWO HYDROGENS LESS than the saturated formula represents a degree of unsaturation and constitutes a double bond to carbon, or to oxygen, OR a ring junction …. To generalize this definition, halogens stand in for hydrogen, and oxygen CAN be added to the formula (tho’ may represent a degree of unsaturation given a carbonyl function …. cf acetone, C3H6O, or acetaldehyde C2H4O) , EACH with the one degree; versus saturated ethyl alcohol, H3C−CH2OH, or dimethyl ether, H3C−O−CH3.
On this basis, benzene, C6H6, has the FOUR DEGREES of unsaturation, i.e. three formal C=C double bonds, AND the ring junction….
And if there is nitrogen in the formula, say for pyridine, C5H5N, we SUBTRACT NH and assess C5H4, i.e. four degrees of unsaturation (with respect to saturated C5H12), 3 double bonds to carbon or nitrogen, PLUS the ring junctions… OTOH for ethylamine, C2H5NH2, we assess C2H6, and thus a SATURATED amine…
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Hydrocarbons are either saturated or unsaturated molecules containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms, the carbon's can be arranged in either a chain called aliphatic hydrocarbons or in a ring know as arenes or better know as aromatic hydrocarbons, they can be made up of molecules with only carbon to carbon single bonds called alkanes, or a molecule containing at least one Carbon to Carbon double bond called alkenes, or at least one Carbon to Carbon triple bound known as alkynes. Hydrocarbon with one Carbon is methane (CH4) ,two carbons with a single bond is ethane (C2H6), three carbons with on
Hydrocarbons are either saturated or unsaturated molecules containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms, the carbon's can be arranged in either a chain called aliphatic hydrocarbons or in a ring know as arenes or better know as aromatic hydrocarbons, they can be made up of molecules with only carbon to carbon single bonds called alkanes, or a molecule containing at least one Carbon to Carbon double bond called alkenes, or at least one Carbon to Carbon triple bound known as alkynes. Hydrocarbon with one Carbon is methane (CH4) ,two carbons with a single bond is ethane (C2H6), three carbons with only single bonds is propane (C3H8), etc..the ending “ane”= single bonds “ene"= at least one double bond. “yne" =at least one triple bound. Hydrocarbons exist naturally in nature, or are created in a laboratory, they are used as fuels, solvents, and to make pharmaceuticals.
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Hydrocarbons
are defined as organic compounds consisting of various combinations of
Hydrogen
, and
Carbon.
They occur in various structural combinations classified as
Aliphatic
or
Aromatic
hydrocarbons. Aliphatic hydrocarbons are divided into three main groups according to the types of bonds they contain: alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. Alkanes have only single bonds (with the chemical composition of C(n)H(2n+2) e.g. CH4 (Methane), C2H6 (Ethane), C3H8 (Propane), C4H10 (Butane) and so forth),
alkenes
contain a carbon-carbon double bond (with a formula
of CnH2n-2 [a single double-bonded C)), and
a
Hydrocarbons are defined as organic compounds consisting of various combinations of Hydrogen, and Carbon. They occur in various structural combinations classified as Aliphatic or Aromatic hydrocarbons. Aliphatic hydrocarbons are divided into three main groups according to the types of bonds they contain: alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. Alkanes have only single bonds (with the chemical composition of C(n)H(2n+2) e.g. CH4 (Methane), C2H6 (Ethane), C3H8 (Propane), C4H10 (Butane) and so forth), alkenes contain a carbon-carbon double bond (with a formula of CnH2n-2 [a single double-bonded C)), and alkynes contain a carbon-carbon triple bond.
Aromatic hydrocarbons are those that have one (or more) benzene rings. [Aromatic Hydrocarbons]
An article at contains a good overview and may provide all that you require:
hydrocarbon | Definition, Types, & Facts
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Hydrocarbons, like carbohydrates, contain hydrogen and carbon atoms. With hydrocarbons, however, the percentage of both hydrogen and carbon atoms is greater. This permits them to produce tremendous power when burned as both carbon and hydrogen merge with oxygen to create an electrical circuit (extreme heat). Both are organic, which means they came from plants, the former from the oils in seeds which failed to germinate and the latter, also from plant seeds, but ingested.
Carbohydrates, when eaten, have a purpose only within the digestive systems of warm-blooded creatures in that they produce me
Hydrocarbons, like carbohydrates, contain hydrogen and carbon atoms. With hydrocarbons, however, the percentage of both hydrogen and carbon atoms is greater. This permits them to produce tremendous power when burned as both carbon and hydrogen merge with oxygen to create an electrical circuit (extreme heat). Both are organic, which means they came from plants, the former from the oils in seeds which failed to germinate and the latter, also from plant seeds, but ingested.
Carbohydrates, when eaten, have a purpose only within the digestive systems of warm-blooded creatures in that they produce methane gas which facilitates the removal of solid wastes from their large intestines (exceptions are bovines which cannot flatulate as the digestive systems are not made airtight by anus’). Carbohydrates, which are not digested like other foods, is to facilitate removal of feces. Methane gas pushes waste through the large intestine
Other than that, they are both organic and come from the oils in seeds.
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Hydrocarbons are organic compounds composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen.
Common fuels used in everyday life such as LPG, petrol, diesel and kerosene are mixtures of several hydrocarbons in which the relative ratio between carbon and hydrogen varies widely.
On combustion, they all produce carbon dioxide and water with the liberation of heat.
Methane (CH4), ethylene (C2H4), acetylene (C2H2), benzene (C6H6) and naphthalene (C10H8) are some of the most common hydrocarbons.
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Intracranial complications of acute and chronic infectious ear disease: a problem still with us
D Gower,W F McGuirt
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Among 334,884 admissions to the North Carolina Baptist Hospital from 1963 through 1982, 100 patients had central nervous system (CNS) complications of middle ear disease. The complications occurred predominantly in young patients, 85 of the 100 being less than 20 years of age. Meningitis occurred in 76 patients; the acute form was more prevalent (63 cases). The less common nonmeningitic complications included brain abscess (n = 6), effusion (n = 5), lateral sinus thrombosis (n = 5), otitic hydrocephalus (n = 5), and empyema (n = 3). Overall mortality was 10%. One patient with brain abscess died; 9 of the 76 patients with meningitis died (12%), with 4 of those deaths occurring among the 13 patients with chronic meningitis (31%). Because these complications have declined markedly since the advent of antibiotics, many contemporary otolaryngologists have been unexposed to these complications. However, as this series shows, they do still occur, their natural history remains the same, and the resulting mortality is still alarmingly high. A plea is made for otolaryngologists to maintain an awareness of these complications and to work with pediatricians and neurosurgeons for the best team care of patients with CNS complications of middle ear disease.
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Phylum Porifera
Identify the common characteristics of phylum Porifera
Figure 1. Sponges are members of the Phylum Porifera, which contains the simplest invertebrates. (credit: Andrew Turner)
The invertebrates, or invertebrata, are animals that do not contain bony structures, such as the cranium and vertebrae. The simplest of all the invertebrates are the Parazoans, which include only the phylum Porifera: the sponges (Figure 1).
Parazoans (“beside animals”) do not display tissue-level organization, although they do have specialized cells that perform specific functions. Sponge larvae are able to swim; however, adults are non-motile and spend their life attached to a substratum.
Since water is vital to sponges for excretion, feeding, and gas exchange, their body structure facilitates the movement of water through the sponge. Structures such as canals, chambers, and cavities enable water to move through the sponge to nearly all body cells.
Learning Objectives
Describe the organizational features of the simplest multicellular organisms
Explain the various body forms and bodily functions of sponges
Morphology of Sponges
The morphology of the simplest sponges takes the shape of a cylinder with a large central cavity, the spongocoel, occupying the inside of the cylinder. Water can enter into the spongocoel from numerous pores in the body wall. Water entering the spongocoel is extruded via a large common opening called the osculum. However, sponges exhibit a range of diversity in body forms, including variations in the size of the spongocoel, the number of osculi, and where the cells that filter food from the water are located.
While sponges (excluding the hexactinellids) do not exhibit tissue-layer organization, they do have different cell types that perform distinct functions. Pinacocytes, which are epithelial-like cells, form the outermost layer of sponges and enclose a jelly-like substance called mesohyl. Mesohyl is an extracellular matrix consisting of a collagen-like gel with suspended cells that perform various functions. The gel-like consistency of mesohyl acts like an endoskeleton and maintains the tubular morphology of sponges. In addition to the osculum, sponges have multiple pores called ostia on their bodies that allow water to enter the sponge. In some sponges, ostia are formed by porocytes, single tube-shaped cells that act as valves to regulate the flow of water into the spongocoel. In other sponges, ostia are formed by folds in the body wall of the sponge.
Choanocytes (“collar cells”) are present at various locations, depending on the type of sponge, but they always line the inner portions of some space through which water flows (the spongocoel in simple sponges, canals within the body wall in more complex sponges, and chambers scattered throughout the body in the most complex sponges). Whereas pinacocytes line the outside of the sponge, choanocytes tend to line certain inner portions of the sponge body that surround the mesohyl. The structure of a choanocyte is critical to its function, which is to generate a water current through the sponge and to trap and ingest food particles by phagocytosis. Note the similarity in appearance between the sponge choanocyte and choanoflagellates (Protista). This similarity suggests that sponges and choanoflagellates are closely related and likely share a recent common ancestry. The cell body is embedded in mesohyl and contains all organelles required for normal cell function, but protruding into the “open space” inside of the sponge is a mesh-like collar composed of microvilli with a single flagellum in the center of the column. The cumulative effect of the flagella from all choanocytes aids the movement of water through the sponge: drawing water into the sponge through the numerous ostia, into the spaces lined by choanocytes, and eventually out through the osculum (or osculi). In the meantime, food particles, including waterborne bacteria and algae, are trapped by the sieve-like collar of the choanocytes, slide down into the body of the cell, are ingested by phagocytosis, and become encased in a food vacuole. Lastly, choanocytes will differentiate into sperm for sexual reproduction, where they will become dislodged from the mesohyl and leave the sponge with expelled water through the osculum.
Watch this video to see the movement of water through the sponge body. Note that there isn’t any narration in the video.
The second crucial cells in sponges are called amoebocytes (or archaeocytes), named for the fact that they move throughout the mesohyl in an amoeba-like fashion. Amoebocytes have a variety of functions: delivering nutrients from choanocytes to other cells within the sponge, giving rise to eggs for sexual reproduction (which remain in the mesohyl), delivering phagocytized sperm from choanocytes to eggs, and differentiating into more-specific cell types. Some of these more-specific cell types include collencytes and lophocytes, which produce the collagen-like protein to maintain the mesohyl, sclerocytes, which produce spicules in some sponges, and spongocytes, which produce the protein spongin in the majority of sponges. These cells produce collagen to maintain the consistency of the mesohyl. The different cell types in sponges are shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. The sponge’s (a) basic body plan and (b) some of the specialized cell types found in sponges are shown.
Practice Question
Which of the following statements is false?
Choanocytes have flagella that propel water through the body.
Pinacocytes can transform into any cell type.
Lophocytes secrete collagen.
Porocytes control the flow of water through pores in the sponge body.
Show Answer
Statement b is false.
In some sponges, sclerocytes secrete small spicules into the mesohyl, which are composed of either calcium carbonate or silica, depending on the type of sponge. These spicules serve to provide additional stiffness to the body of the sponge. Additionally, spicules, when present externally, may ward off predators. Another type of protein, spongin, may also be present in the mesohyl of some sponges.
Take an up-close tour through the sponge and its cells:
The presence and composition of spicules/spongin are the differentiating characteristics of the three classes of sponges (shown in Figure 3): Class Calcarea contains calcium carbonate spicules and no spongin, class Hexactinellida contains six-rayed siliceous spicules and no spongin, and class Demospongia contains spongin and may or may not have spicules; if present, those spicules are siliceous. Spicules are most conspicuously present in class Hexactinellida, the order consisting of glass sponges. Some of the spicules may attain giant proportions (in relation to the typical size range of glass sponges of 3 to 10 mm) as seen in Monorhaphis chuni, which grows up to 3 m long.
Figure 3. (a) Clathrina clathrus belongs to class Calcarea, (b) Staurocalyptus spp. (common name: yellow Picasso sponge) belongs to class Hexactinellida, and (c) Acarnus erithacus belongs to class Demospongia. (credit a: modification of work by Parent Géry; credit b: modification of work by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA; credit c: modification of work by Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA)
Use the Interactive Sponge Guide to identify species of sponges based on their external form, mineral skeleton, fiber, and skeletal architecture.
Physiological Processes in Sponges
Sponges, despite being simple organisms, regulate their different physiological processes through a variety of mechanisms. These processes regulate their metabolism, reproduction, and locomotion.
Digestion
Sponges lack complex digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous systems. Their food is trapped when water passes through the ostia and out through the osculum. Bacteria smaller than 0.5 microns in size are trapped by choanocytes, which are the principal cells engaged in nutrition, and are ingested by phagocytosis. Particles that are larger than the ostia may be phagocytized by pinacocytes. In some sponges, amoebocytes transport food from cells that have ingested food particles to those that do not. For this type of digestion, in which food particles are digested within individual cells, the sponge draws water through diffusion. The limit of this type of digestion is that food particles must be smaller than individual cells.
All other major body functions in the sponge (gas exchange, circulation, excretion) are performed by diffusion between the cells that line the openings within the sponge and the water that is passing through those openings. All cell types within the sponge obtain oxygen from water through diffusion. Likewise, carbon dioxide is released into seawater by diffusion. In addition, nitrogenous waste produced as a byproduct of protein metabolism is excreted via diffusion by individual cells into the water as it passes through the sponge.
Reproduction
Sponges reproduce by sexual as well as asexual methods. The typical means of asexual reproduction is either fragmentation (where a piece of the sponge breaks off, settles on a new substrate, and develops into a new individual) or budding (a genetically identical outgrowth grows from the parent and eventually detaches or remains attached to form a colony). An atypical type of asexual reproduction is found only in freshwater sponges and occurs through the formation of gemmules. Gemmules are environmentally resistant structures produced by adult sponges wherein the typical sponge morphology is inverted. In gemmules, an inner layer of amoebocytes is surrounded by a layer of collagen (spongin) that may be reinforced by spicules. The collagen that is normally found in the mesohyl becomes the outer protective layer. In freshwater sponges, gemmules may survive hostile environmental conditions like changes in temperature and serve to recolonize the habitat once environmental conditions stabilize. Gemmules are capable of attaching to a substratum and generating a new sponge. Since gemmules can withstand harsh environments, are resistant to desiccation, and remain dormant for long periods, they are an excellent means of colonization for a sessile organism.
Sexual reproduction in sponges occurs when gametes are generated. Sponges are monoecious (hermaphroditic), which means that one individual can produce both gametes (eggs and sperm) simultaneously. In some sponges, production of gametes may occur throughout the year, whereas other sponges may show sexual cycles depending upon water temperature. Sponges may also become sequentially hermaphroditic, producing oocytes first and spermatozoa later. Oocytes arise by the differentiation of amoebocytes and are retained within the spongocoel, whereas spermatozoa result from the differentiation of choanocytes and are ejected via the osculum. Ejection of spermatozoa may be a timed and coordinated event, as seen in certain species. Spermatozoa carried along by water currents can fertilize the oocytes borne in the mesohyl of other sponges. Early larval development occurs within the sponge, and free-swimming larvae are then released via the osculum.
Locomotion
Sponges are generally sessile as adults and spend their lives attached to a fixed substratum. They do not show movement over large distances like other free-swimming marine invertebrates. However, sponge cells are capable of creeping along substrata via organizational plasticity. Under experimental conditions, researchers have shown that sponge cells spread on a physical support demonstrate a leading edge for directed movement. It has been speculated that this localized creeping movement may help sponges adjust to microenvironments near the point of attachment. It must be noted, however, that this pattern of movement has been documented in laboratories, but it remains to be observed in natural sponge habitats.
Watch this BBC video showing the array of sponges seen along the Cayman Wall during a submersible dive.
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If
n
is an odd positive integer, how can I prove that
x
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is a factor of
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Anvesh Devulapalli
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This can be proved in several ways. Here I am providing 3 proofs for this.
Using the sum of a Geometric Progression
Consider the geometric progression with xn−1 as the first term and −ax as the common ratio.
xn−1−xn−2a+xn−3a2−xn−4a3+..... upto ′n′ terms
According to the sum of GP formula,
xn−1−xn−2a+xn−3a2−xn−4a3+..... upto ′n′ terms
= xn−1[1−(−ax)n1−(−ax)]
= xn−1[xn−(−a)nxnx+ax]
= xn−(−a)nx+a
If ’n’ is an odd number, then this becomes
This can be proved in several ways. Here I am providing 3 proofs for this.
Using the sum of a Geometric Progression
Consider the geometric progression with xn−1 as the first term and −ax as the common ratio.
xn−1−xn−2a+xn−3a2−xn−4a3+..... upto ′n′ terms
According to the sum of GP formula,
xn−1−xn−2a+xn−3a2−xn−4a3+..... upto ′n′ terms
= xn−1[1−(−ax)n1−(−ax)]
= xn−1[xn−(−a)nxnx+ax]
= xn−(−a)nx+a
If ’n’ is an odd number, then this becomes
xn−1−xn−2a+xn−3a2−xn−4a3+..... upto ′n′ terms = xn+anx+a
It can be observed that there is no denominator in the LHS. It means that the division leaves no remainder. So, the numerator is divisible by the denominator.
∴ When ’n’ is odd x+y is a factor of xn+yn.
Using Mathematical Induction
If n=1, then, xn+yn = x1+y1 = x+y, which is divisible by x+y.
Let us assume that xn+yn is divisible by x+y for some odd number 2k−1 and assume that the quotient is p.
From this, we get,
x2k−1+y2k−1 = p(x+y) ⇒ y2k−1 = p(x+y) − x2k−1
Now, we need to prove that this is also true for the next odd number i.e. for n=2k+1.
Consider x2k+1+y2k+1
= x2⋅x2k−1+y2⋅y2k−1
= x2⋅x2k−1+y2(p(x+y) − x2k−1)
= x2⋅x2k−1+py2(x+y) −y2⋅x2k−1
= (x2−y2)x2k−1+py2(x+y)
= (x+y)(x−y)x2k−1+py2(x+y)
= (x+y)[(x−y)x2k−1+py2]
= (x+y)q
So, it is proved that x2k+1+y2k+1 is divisible by x+y.
∴ According to the principle of Mathematical Induction, x+y is a factor of xn+yn for every odd integer ‘n’.
Using the Remainder theorem
Let f(x) = xn+yn.
The remainder when f(x) is divided by x+y is f(−y).
f(−y) = (−y)n+yn
For perfect division the remainder must be zero. So, here the value of f(−y) must be zero, which is possible only when ’n’ is odd.
For odd ‘n’,
f(−y) = (−y)n+yn = −yn+yn=0
∴ According to the Remainder Theorem, whenever ’n’ is an odd integer x+y is a factor of xn+yn.
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think “x” as a constant number, and “y” as a variable.
f(y)=xn+yn
when y=-x, f(y)=xn+(−x)n=xn−xn=0
so, f(y)=(y−(−x))g(y), i.e. xn+yn=(x+y)g(x,y)
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Per Remainder theorem if f(x) is divided by (x-a) the reminder is f(a). Hence when x^n+y^n is divided by x+y the reminder is (-y)^n+y^n. When n is odd it yields zero. when the reminder is zero the divisor is a factor though!
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If you have come across what I learned as Factor theorem and Remainder theorem for polynomials then if f (x) = f (y) then (x-y) is a factor of f. The remainder when (x-a) is divided into f (x) is f (a). In the case of the polynomial given, putting x = -y, i. e (x+y) = 0, for n odd gives an identically zero result and so (x+y) is a factor of the expression
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Let [math]f(x)=x^{n}+y^{n}[/math], where y is a constant.
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How can we prove that
[math]x^n + y^n[/math]
is divisible by
[math]x+y[/math]
for
[math]n[/math]
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For the first six values of [math]n[/math], the expression [math]x^n + y^n[/math] can be expanded as follows:
[math]x^1 + y^1 = x + y[/math]
[math]x^2 + y^2 = (x + iy)(x - iy)[/math]
[math]x^3 + y^3 = (x + y)(x^2 - xy + y^2)[/math]
[math]x^4 + y^4 = (x^2 + iy^2)(x^2 - iy^2)[/math]
[math]x^5 + y^5 = (x + y)(x^4 - (x^3)y + (x^2)(y^2) - x(y^3) + y^4)[/math]
[math]x^6 + y^6 = (x^3 + iy^3)(x^3 - iy^3)[/math]
In order to solve this problem completeley, we discriminate the following two cases:
First case when [math]n[/math] is even. Then, we have:
[math]x^n + y^n = [x^{n/2} + iy^{n/2}][x^{n/2} - iy^{n/2}][/math]
Here, when [math]n[/math] = even, we must also discriminate a subcase. When [math]n[/math] is not a power of [math]2[/math] with [math]n = 2m[/math], there will be at least one od
For the first six values of [math]n[/math], the expression [math]x^n + y^n[/math] can be expanded as follows:
[math]x^1 + y^1 = x + y[/math]
[math]x^2 + y^2 = (x + iy)(x - iy)[/math]
[math]x^3 + y^3 = (x + y)(x^2 - xy + y^2)[/math]
[math]x^4 + y^4 = (x^2 + iy^2)(x^2 - iy^2)[/math]
[math]x^5 + y^5 = (x + y)(x^4 - (x^3)y + (x^2)(y^2) - x(y^3) + y^4)[/math]
[math]x^6 + y^6 = (x^3 + iy^3)(x^3 - iy^3)[/math]
In order to solve this problem completeley, we discriminate the following two cases:
First case when [math]n[/math] is even. Then, we have:
[math]x^n + y^n = [x^{n/2} + iy^{n/2}][x^{n/2} - iy^{n/2}][/math]
Here, when [math]n[/math] = even, we must also discriminate a subcase. When [math]n[/math] is not a power of [math]2[/math] with [math]n = 2m[/math], there will be at least one odd prime factor of [math]m[/math]. Assuming that this odd prime factor is [math]p[/math] and [math]m/p = 2q[/math], we take:
[math]x^n + y^n = x^{2m} + y^{2m} = x^{2qp} + y^{2qp} =[/math]
math^p + (y^{2q})^p =[/math]
math[(x^{2q})^{p-1} - ((x^{2q})^{p-2})(y^{2q}) + ((x^{2q})^{p-3})((y^{2q})^2) - … - (x^{2q})((y^{2q})^{p-2}) + (y^{2q})^{p-1}][/math]
Therefore, we conclude that the implication with the imaginary numbers is needed only if [math]n[/math] is a power of [math]2[/math].
Second case when [math]n[/math] is odd. Then, we have:
[math]x^n + y^n = (x+y)[x^{n-1} - (x^{n-2})y + (x^{n-3})(y^2) - … - x(y^{n-2}) + y^{n-1}][/math]
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[math]\implies x^n + y^n\equiv 0\pmod{x + y}[/math]
[math]\implies x + y\,|\,x^n + y^n\quad \text{if n is an odd integer.}[/math]
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x^n-y^n=(x-y) . ( x^(n-1) + … + x^i . y^(n-1-i) + … + y^(n-1) )
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[math]\text{Let the result be true for n = 2 k + 1, that is}[/math]
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[math]\text{We need to prove that the result is also true for n = 2 k + 3,that is}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\,a^{2 k + 3} + b^{2 k + 3}[/math]
[math]= a^{2 k + 3} + b^{2 k + 3} [/math]
[math]= a^2 \times a^{2 k + 1} + b^2\times b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]= a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) - (a^2 - b^2) b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\text{By our assumption}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\,a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}\implies a + b\,|\,a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) [/math]
[math]\text{also}\,\, a + b\,|\, (a^2 - b^2) b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\implies a + b\,|\,a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) [/math]
[math]\text{The result is true for n = 1}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\, a + b[/math]
[math]\text{Let the result be true for n = 2 k + 1, that is}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\,a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\text{We need to prove that the result is also true for n = 2 k + 3,that is}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\,a^{2 k + 3} + b^{2 k + 3}[/math]
[math]= a^{2 k + 3} + b^{2 k + 3} [/math]
[math]= a^2 \times a^{2 k + 1} + b^2\times b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]= a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) - (a^2 - b^2) b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\text{By our assumption}[/math]
[math]a + b\,|\,a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}\implies a + b\,|\,a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) [/math]
[math]\text{also}\,\, a + b\,|\, (a^2 - b^2) b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\implies a + b\,|\,a^2 (a^{2 k + 1} + b^{2 k + 1}) - (a^2 - b^2) b^{2 k + 1}[/math]
[math]\implies a + b\,|\, a^{2 k + 3} + b^{2 k + 3} [/math]
[math]\therefore\,\,\text{The result is true for n = 2 k + 3. Thus by the principle of mathematical}[/math]
[math]\text{induction, the result is true for all positive odd numbers}\in\Z^{+}[/math]
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If
[math]\displaystyle{n}[/math]
is an odd integer but not a multiple of
[math]\displaystyle{3}[/math]
. Prove that
[math]\displaystyle{xy(x+y)(x^2 + y^2 + xy)}[/math]
is a factor of
[math]\displaystyle{(x+y)^n - x^n - y^n}[/math]
?
Thanks for A2A, Suhas.
Observe that two polynomials are homogeneous.
Define [math]g(t)=t(t+1)(t^2+t +1)[/math] and [math]f(t) =(t+1)^{n} -t^{n} -1.[/math]
Let's first show that [math]g[/math] divides [math]f[/math].
Well, [math]t[/math] and [math]t+1[/math] are simple factors, so it suffices to check that [math]f(0)=(1)^n- 0^{n}-1=0[/math] and [math]f(-1)=0^n -(-1)^{n}-1 =0.[/math]
Thus [math]t(t+1)[/math] divides [math]f.[/math]
Let [math]\omega[/math] be a third primitive root of unity (There is a complex conjugate pair of them). Then [math]\omega^2 +\omega+1=0.[/math] Since complex roots occur in pairs in polynomials with real coefficients, it suffices to check that [math]f(\omega)=0,[/math] in order to show that [math]t^2+t +1[/math] divides [math]f[/math].
In fact, [math]f(\o[/math]
Thanks for A2A, Suhas.
Observe that two polynomials are homogeneous.
Define [math]g(t)=t(t+1)(t^2+t +1)[/math] and [math]f(t) =(t+1)^{n} -t^{n} -1.[/math]
Let's first show that [math]g[/math] divides [math]f[/math].
Well, [math]t[/math] and [math]t+1[/math] are simple factors, so it suffices to check that [math]f(0)=(1)^n- 0^{n}-1=0[/math] and [math]f(-1)=0^n -(-1)^{n}-1 =0.[/math]
Thus [math]t(t+1)[/math] divides [math]f.[/math]
Let [math]\omega[/math] be a third primitive root of unity (There is a complex conjugate pair of them). Then [math]\omega^2 +\omega+1=0.[/math] Since complex roots occur in pairs in polynomials with real coefficients, it suffices to check that [math]f(\omega)=0,[/math] in order to show that [math]t^2+t +1[/math] divides [math]f[/math].
In fact, [math]f(\omega) =(\omega+1)^{n} -{\omega}^{n} -1 = (-\omega^{2})^{n} - {\omega}^{n} -1 =- \left((\omega^{n})^{2} + {\omega}^{n} +1\right)[/math]
Now [math]\omega^{n} \neq 1[/math] since [math]n \mod 3 \neq 0.[/math] However, math^{3} =1,[/math] so [math]\omega^{n}[/math] is a third primitive root of unity.
This implies that [math]f(\omega)=-( (\omega^{n})^{2} + {\omega}^{n} +1)=0. [/math]
Thus [math]f=gh[/math] for some [math]h \in \mathbb{Q}[t][/math] (In fact, [math]h \in \mathbb{Z}[t][/math] by implications of the Gauss's lemma but this irrelevant in view of the statement).
For now let [math]t=\frac{x}{y}[/math] for [math]y \neq 0[/math].
So we get [math]f\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)=g\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)h\left(\frac{x}{y}\right).[/math] Multiplying by [math]y^{n}[/math] the LHS and RHS we conclude that
[math]\displaystyle{(x+y)^n - x^n - y^n =xy(x+y)(x^2 + y^2 + xy)\tilde{h} (x,y)}[/math] () for all [math]y \neq 0,[/math] where [math]\tilde{h} (x,y)=y^{n-5} h\left(\frac{x}{y}\right).[/math]
Since both polynomial functions on LHS and RHS are continuous in [math]y,[/math] it holds for all [math]y[/math] including [math]0.[/math] Alternatively, you can repeat the same trick for [math]t= \frac{y}{x}[/math] and get the same relation for [math]x \neq 0[/math] and then "glue" them.
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Tutorial: GEPA for AIME (Math)¶
In this tutorial, we optimize GPT-4.1 Mini's Chain of Thought (dspy.ChainOfThought) for solving math problems (AIME) using the dspy.GEPA optimizer!
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```
api_key = input("Enter your OpenAI API key: ")
import dspy
lm = dspy.LM("openai/gpt-4.1-mini", temperature=1, api_key=api_key, max_tokens=32000)
dspy.configure(lm=lm)
```
api_key = input("Enter your OpenAI API key: ")
import dspy
lm = dspy.LM("openai/gpt-4.1-mini", temperature=1, api_key=api_key, max_tokens=32000)
dspy.configure(lm=lm)
Loading the AIME dataset¶
The AIME exam consists of 2 problem sets of size 15 for each year. For this tutorial, we will use AIME problem sets from previous years (2022-2024) for optimization (amounting to total 3 years x 2 sets x 15 problems = 90 problems, split equally between train and validation sets), and test the performance on AIME 2025 (2 sets x 15 problems = 30 problems). Since AIME 2025 is a small set, we repeat it 5 times for statistical stability in evaluation.
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```
import dspy
from datasets import load_dataset
def init_dataset():
train_split = load_dataset("AI-MO/aimo-validation-aime")['train']
train_split = [
dspy.Example({
"problem": x['problem'],
'solution': x['solution'],
'answer': x['answer'],
}).with_inputs("problem")
for x in train_split
]
import random
random.Random(0).shuffle(train_split)
tot_num = len(train_split)
test_split = load_dataset("MathArena/aime_2025")['train']
test_split = [
dspy.Example({
"problem": x['problem'],
'answer': x['answer'],
}).with_inputs("problem")
for x in test_split
]
train_set = train_split[:int(0.5 tot_num)]
val_set = train_split[int(0.5 tot_num):]
test_set = test_split 5
return train_set, val_set, test_set
```
import dspy
from datasets import load_dataset
def init_dataset():
train_split = load_dataset("AI-MO/aimo-validation-aime")['train']
train_split = [
dspy.Example({
"problem": x['problem'],
'solution': x['solution'],
'answer': x['answer'],
}).with_inputs("problem")
for x in train_split
]
import random
random.Random(0).shuffle(train_split)
tot_num = len(train_split)
test_split = load_dataset("MathArena/aime_2025")['train']
test_split = [
dspy.Example({
"problem": x['problem'],
'answer': x['answer'],
}).with_inputs("problem")
for x in test_split
]
train_set = train_split[:int(0.5 tot_num)]
val_set = train_split[int(0.5 tot_num):]
test_set = test_split 5
return train_set, val_set, test_set
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train_set, val_set, test_set = init_dataset()
len(train_set), len(val_set), len(test_set)
```
train_set, val_set, test_set = init_dataset()
len(train_set), len(val_set), len(test_set)
Out:
(45, 45, 150)
Let's view an example task input
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```
print("Problem:")
print(train_set['problem'])
print("\n\nSolution:")
print(train_set['solution'])
print("\n\nAnswer:")
print(train_set['answer'])
```
print("Problem:")
print(train_set['problem'])
print("\n\nSolution:")
print(train_set['solution'])
print("\n\nAnswer:")
print(train_set['answer'])
```
Problem:
In isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$, parallel bases $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ have lengths $500$ and $650$, respectively, and $AD=BC=333$. The angle bisectors of $\angle{A}$ and $\angle{D}$ meet at $P$, and the angle bisectors of $\angle{B}$ and $\angle{C}$ meet at $Q$. Find $PQ$.
Solution:
We have the following diagram:
Let $X$ and $W$ be the points where $AP$ and $BQ$ extend to meet $CD$, and $YZ$ be the height of $\triangle AZB$. As proven in Solution 2, triangles $APD$ and $DPW$ are congruent right triangles. Therefore, $AD = DW = 333$. We can apply this logic to triangles $BCQ$ and $XCQ$ as well, giving us $BC = CX = 333$. Since $CD = 650$, $XW = DW + CX - CD = 16$.
Additionally, we can see that $\triangle XZW$ is similar to $\triangle PQZ$ and $\triangle AZB$. We know that $\frac{XW}{AB} = \frac{16}{500}$. So, we can say that the height of the triangle $AZB$ is $500u$ while the height of the triangle $XZW$ is $16u$. After that, we can figure out the distance from $Y$ to $PQ: \frac{500+16}{2} = 258u$ and the height of triangle $PZQ: 500-258 = 242u$.
Finally, since the ratio between the height of $PZQ$ to the height of $AZB$ is $242:500$ and $AB$ is $500$, $PQ = \boxed{242}.$
~Cytronical
Extend line $PQ$ to meet $AD$ at $P'$ and $BC$ at $Q'$. The diagram looks like this:
[asy] / Made by MRENTHUSIASM / size(300); pair A, B, C, D, A1, B1, C1, D1, P, Q, P1, Q1; A = (-250,6sqrt(731)); B = (250,6sqrt(731)); C = (325,-6sqrt(731)); D = (-325,-6sqrt(731)); A1 = bisectorpoint(B,A,D); B1 = bisectorpoint(A,B,C); C1 = bisectorpoint(B,C,D); D1 = bisectorpoint(A,D,C); P = intersectionpoint(A--300(A1-A)+A,D--300(D1-D)+D); Q = intersectionpoint(B--300(B1-B)+B,C--300(C1-C)+C); P1 = intersectionpoint(A--D,P--(-300)(Q-P)+P); Q1 = intersectionpoint(B--C,Q--300(Q-P)+Q); draw(anglemark(P,A,B,1000),red); draw(anglemark(D,A,P,1000),red); draw(anglemark(A,B,Q,1000),red); draw(anglemark(Q,B,C,1000),red); draw(anglemark(P,D,A,1000),red); draw(anglemark(C,D,P,1000),red); draw(anglemark(Q,C,D,1000),red); draw(anglemark(B,C,Q,1000),red); add(pathticks(anglemark(P,A,B,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(D,A,P,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(A,B,Q,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(Q,B,C,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(P,D,A,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(C,D,P,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(Q,C,D,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(B,C,Q,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); dot("$A$",A,1.5dir(A),linewidth(4)); dot("$B$",B,1.5dir(B),linewidth(4)); dot("$C$",C,1.5dir(C),linewidth(4)); dot("$D$",D,1.5dir(D),linewidth(4)); dot("$P$",P,1.5NE,linewidth(4)); dot("$Q$",Q,1.5NW,linewidth(4)); dot("$P'$",P1,1.5W,linewidth(4)); dot("$Q'$",Q1,1.5E,linewidth(4)); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle^^A--P--D^^B--Q--C^^P--Q); draw(P--P1^^Q--Q1,dashed); [/asy]
Because the trapezoid is isosceles, by symmetry $PQ$ is parallel to $AB$ and $CD$. Therefore, $\angle PAB \cong \angle APP'$ by interior angles and $\angle PAB \cong \angle PAD$ by the problem statement. Thus, $\triangle P'AP$ is isosceles with $P'P = P'A$. By symmetry, $P'DP$ is also isosceles, and thus $P'A = \frac{AD}{2}$. Similarly, the same thing is happening on the right side of the trapezoid, and thus $P'Q'$ is the midline of the trapezoid. Then, $PQ = P'Q' - (P'P + Q'Q)$.
Since $P'P = P'A = \frac{AD}{2}, Q'Q = Q'B = \frac{BC}{2}$ and $AD = BC = 333$, we have $P'P + Q'Q = \frac{333}{2} + \frac{333}{2} = 333$. The length of the midline of a trapezoid is the average of their bases, so $P'Q' = \frac{500+650}{2} = 575$. Finally, $PQ = 575 - 333 = \boxed{242}$.
~KingRavi
We have the following diagram:
Extend lines $AP$ and $BQ$ to meet line $DC$ at points $W$ and $X$, respectively, and extend lines $DP$ and $CQ$ to meet $AB$ at points $Z$ and $Y$, respectively.
Claim: quadrilaterals $AZWD$ and $BYXC$ are rhombuses.
Proof: Since $\angle DAB + \angle ADC = 180^{\circ}$, $\angle ADP + \angle PAD = 90^{\circ}$. Therefore, triangles $APD$, $APZ$, $DPW$ and $PZW$ are all right triangles. By SAA congruence, the first three triangles are congruent; by SAS congruence, $\triangle PZW$ is congruent to the other three. Therefore, $AD = DW = WZ = AZ$, so $AZWD$ is a rhombus. By symmetry, $BYXC$ is also a rhombus.
Extend line $PQ$ to meet $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{BC}$ at $R$ and $S$, respectively. Because of rhombus properties, $RP = QS = \frac{333}{2}$. Also, by rhombus properties, $R$ and $S$ are the midpoints of segments $AD$ and $BC$, respectively; therefore, by trapezoid properties, $RS = \frac{AB + CD}{2} = 575$. Finally, $PQ = RS - RP - QS = \boxed{242}$.
~ihatemath123
Let $X$ and $Y$ be the feet of the altitudes from $P$ and $Q$, respectively, to $AB$, and let $Z$ and $W$ be the feet of the altitudes from $P$ and $Q$, respectively, to $CD$. Side $AB$ is parallel to side $CD$, so $XYWZ$ is a rectangle with width $PQ$. Furthermore, because $CD - AB = 650-500 = 150$ and trapezoid $ABCD$ is isosceles, $WC - YB = ZD - XA = 75$.
Also because $ABCD$ is isosceles, $\angle ABC + \angle BCD$ is half the total sum of angles in $ABCD$, or $180^{\circ}$. Since $BQ$ and $CQ$ bisect $\angle ABC$ and $\angle BCD$, respectively, we have $\angle QBC + \angle QCB = 90^{\circ}$, so $\angle BQC = 90^{\circ}$.
Letting $BQ = 333k$, applying Pythagoras to $\triangle BQC$ yields $QC = 333\sqrt{1-k^2}$. We then proceed using similar triangles: $\angle BYQ = \angle BQC = 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle YBQ = \angle QBC$, so by AA similarity $YB = 333k^2$. Likewise, $\angle CWQ = \angle BQC = 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle WCQ = \angle QCB$, so by AA similarity $WC = 333(1 - k^2)$. Thus $WC + YB = 333$.
Adding our two equations for $WC$ and $YB$ gives $2WC = 75 + 333 = 408$. Therefore, the answer is $PQ = ZW = CD - 2WC = 650 - 408 = \boxed{242}$.
~Orange_Quail_9
This will be my first solution on AoPS. My apologies in advance for any errors.
Angle bisectors can be thought of as the locus of all points equidistant from the lines whose angle they bisect. It can thus be seen that $P$ is equidistant from $AB, AD,$ and $CD$ and $Q$ is equidistant from $AB, BC,$ and $CD.$ If we let the feet of the altitudes from $P$ to $AB, AD,$ and $CD$ be called $E, F,$ and $G$ respectively, we can say that $PE = PF = PG.$ Analogously, we let the feet of the altitudes from $Q$ to $AB, BC,$ and $CD$ be $H, I,$ and $J$ respectively. Thus, $QH = QI = QJ.$ Because $ABCD$ is an isosceles trapezoid, we can say that all of the altitudes are equal to each other.
By SA as well as SS congruence for right triangles, we find that triangles $AEP, AFP, BHQ,$ and $BIQ$ are congruent. Similarly, $DFP, DGP, CJQ,$ and $CIQ$ by the same reasoning. Additionally, $EH = GJ = PQ$ since $EHQP$ and $GJQP$ are congruent rectangles.
If we then let $x = AE = AF = BH = BI,$ let $y = CI = CJ = DG = DF,$ and let $z = EH = GJ = PQ,$ we can create the following system of equations with the given side length information:
\begin{align} 2x + z &= 500, \ 2y + z &= 650, \ x + y &= 333. \end{align}
Adding the first two equations, subtracting by twice the second, and dividing by $2$ yields $z = PQ = \boxed{242}.$
~regular
Extend line $PQ$ to meet $AD$ at $P'$ and $BC$ at $Q'$. The diagram looks like this:
[asy] / Made by MRENTHUSIASM / size(300); pair A, B, C, D, A1, B1, C1, D1, P, Q, P1, Q1; A = (-250,6sqrt(731)); B = (250,6sqrt(731)); C = (325,-6sqrt(731)); D = (-325,-6sqrt(731)); A1 = bisectorpoint(B,A,D); B1 = bisectorpoint(A,B,C); C1 = bisectorpoint(B,C,D); D1 = bisectorpoint(A,D,C); P = intersectionpoint(A--300(A1-A)+A,D--300(D1-D)+D); Q = intersectionpoint(B--300(B1-B)+B,C--300(C1-C)+C); P1 = intersectionpoint(A--D,P--(-300)(Q-P)+P); Q1 = intersectionpoint(B--C,Q--300(Q-P)+Q); draw(anglemark(P,A,B,1000),red); draw(anglemark(D,A,P,1000),red); draw(anglemark(A,B,Q,1000),red); draw(anglemark(Q,B,C,1000),red); draw(anglemark(P,D,A,1000),red); draw(anglemark(C,D,P,1000),red); draw(anglemark(Q,C,D,1000),red); draw(anglemark(B,C,Q,1000),red); add(pathticks(anglemark(P,A,B,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(D,A,P,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(A,B,Q,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(Q,B,C,1000), n = 1, r = 0.15, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(P,D,A,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(C,D,P,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(Q,C,D,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); add(pathticks(anglemark(B,C,Q,1000), n = 2, r = 0.12, spacing = 150, s = 750, red)); dot("$A$",A,1.5dir(A),linewidth(4)); dot("$B$",B,1.5dir(B),linewidth(4)); dot("$C$",C,1.5dir(C),linewidth(4)); dot("$D$",D,1.5dir(D),linewidth(4)); dot("$P$",P,1.5NE,linewidth(4)); dot("$Q$",Q,1.5NW,linewidth(4)); dot("$P'$",P1,1.5W,linewidth(4)); dot("$Q'$",Q1,1.5E,linewidth(4)); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle^^A--P--D^^B--Q--C^^P--Q); draw(P--P1^^Q--Q1,dashed); [/asy]
Since $\angle A + \angle D=\angle B + \angle C = 180^{\circ}$, it follows that $\angle P'AP+\angle P'DP = \angle Q'BQ + \angle Q'CQ = 90^{\circ}$. Thus, $\angle APD = \angle BQC = 90^{\circ}$, implying that $\triangle APD$ and $\triangle BQC$ are right triangles. Since $P'P$ and $Q'Q$ are medians, $P'P+Q'Q=\frac{333\times2}{2}=333$. Since $P'Q'=\frac{500+650}{2}=575$, we have $PQ+P'P+Q'Q=575$, or $PQ=575-333=\boxed{242}$.
~sigma
Let $PQ = x$. Note that since $AP$ bisects $\angle{A}$ and $DP$ bisects $\angle{D}$, we have [\angle{APD} = 180^{\circ}-\tfrac12 \angle{A}-\tfrac12 \angle{D}=90^{\circ}.] Let $\angle{ADP}=\theta$. We have that $\angle{ADC} = 2\theta.$ Now, drop an altitude from $A$ to $CD$ at $E$. Notice that $DE=\tfrac{650-500}{2}=75$. By the definition of cosine, we have [\cos{2\theta}=1-2\cos^2{\theta}=\tfrac{75}{333}=\tfrac{25}{111} \implies \cos{\theta}=\tfrac{2\sqrt{1887}}{111}.] Notice, however, that we can also apply this to $\triangle{APD}$; we have [\cos{\theta}=\tfrac{DP}{333} \implies DP=6\sqrt{1887}.] By the Pythagorean Theorem, we get [AP=\sqrt{333^2-(6\sqrt{1887})^2}=3\sqrt{4773}.] Then, drop an altitude from $P$ to $AB$ at $F$; if $AF=y$, then $PQ=x=500-2y$. Because $AP$ is an angle bisector, we see that $\angle{BAP}=\angle{DAP}=90^{\circ}-\theta$. Again, by the definition of cosine, we have [\cos{(90^{\circ}-\theta)}=\sin{\theta}=\tfrac{\sqrt{4773}}{111}=\tfrac{y}{3\sqrt{4773}} \implies y=129.] Finally, $PQ=500-2y=\boxed{242}$.
~pqr.
As in solution 4, $\angle APD = 90^{\circ}$. Set $k = AX$ and $x = DP$.
We know that $DZ = AX + \frac{DC-AB}{2}$, so $DZ = k + \frac{650-500}{2} = k + 75$.
$\triangle DPZ \sim \triangle APD$ by AA, so we have $\frac{PD}{AD} = \frac{ZD}{PD}$, resulting in
[\frac{x}{333} = \frac{k+75}{x} \text{ (1)}]
$\triangle APX \sim \triangle ADP$ by AA, so we have $\frac{AP}{AD} = \frac{AX}{AP}$, resulting in
[\frac{\sqrt{333^2-x^2}}{333} = \frac{k}{\sqrt{333^2-k^2}} \text{ (2)}]
From $\text{(1)}$, we have $x^2 = 333k + 333(75) = 333k + 24975$. From $\text{(2)}$, we have $333^2 - x^2 = 333k$, or $x^2 = 333^2 - 333k$. Thus, $333k + 24975 = 333^2 - 333k$. Solving for $k$ yields $k = 129$.
By symmetry, $YB = AX = 129$. Thus, $PQ = XY = AB - 2AX = 500 - 2(129) = \boxed{242}$.
~ adam_zheng
Answer:
242
```
Let's define the program: A simple dspy.ChainOfThought¶
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class GenerateResponse(dspy.Signature):
"""Solve the problem and provide the answer in the correct format."""
problem = dspy.InputField()
answer = dspy.OutputField()
program = dspy.ChainOfThought(GenerateResponse)
```
class GenerateResponse(dspy.Signature):
"""Solve the problem and provide the answer in the correct format."""
problem = dspy.InputField()
answer = dspy.OutputField()
program = dspy.ChainOfThought(GenerateResponse)
Defining the evaluation metric¶
We simply check exact match between the predicted answer and the correct answer.
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```
def metric(example, prediction, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
correct_answer = int(example['answer'])
try:
llm_answer = int(prediction.answer)
except ValueError as e:
return 0
return int(correct_answer == llm_answer)
```
def metric(example, prediction, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
correct_answer = int(example['answer'])
try:
llm_answer = int(prediction.answer)
except ValueError as e:
return 0
return int(correct_answer == llm_answer)
Evaluating unoptimized Chain Of Thought¶
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```
import dspy
evaluate = dspy.Evaluate(
devset=test_set,
metric=metric,
num_threads=32,
display_table=True,
display_progress=True
)
evaluate(program)
```
import dspy
evaluate = dspy.Evaluate(
devset=test_set,
metric=metric,
num_threads=32,
display_table=True,
display_progress=True
)
evaluate(program)
```
Average Metric: 70.00 / 150 (46.7%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 150/150 [00:01<00:00, 119.75it/s]
2025/08/12 21:49:36 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 70 / 150 (46.7%)
```
```
2025/08/12 21:49:36 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 70 / 150 (46.7%)
```
| | problem | example_answer | reasoning | pred_answer | metric |
--- --- --- |
| 0 | Find the sum of all integer bases $b>9$ for which $17_b$ is a divi... | 70 | We are looking for integer bases ( b > 9 ) such that ( 17_b ) ... | 70 | ✔️ |
| 1 | On $\triangle ABC$ points $A, D, E$, and $B$ lie in that order on ... | 588 | Let's analyze the problem step-by-step. We have triangle ( ABC )... | 588 | ✔️ |
| 2 | The 9 members of a baseball team went to an ice-cream parlor after... | 16 | We have 9 players, each choosing one of three flavors: chocolate (... | 16 | ✔️ |
| 3 | Find the number of ordered pairs $(x,y)$, where both $x$ and $y$ a... | 117 | We start with the given equation: [12x^2 - xy - 6y^2 = 0.] Our g... | 117 | ✔️ |
| 4 | There are $8!= 40320$ eight-digit positive integers that use each ... | 279 | We are given that there are (8! = 40320) eight-digit numbers tha... | 279 | ✔️ |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 145 | Let $S$ be the set of vertices of a regular $24$-gon. Find the num... | 113 | We have a regular 24-gon with vertex set ( S ) of size 24. We wa... | 1666 | |
| 146 | Let $A_1 A_2 A_3 \ldots A_{11}$ be an $11$-sided non-convex simple... | 19 | Let's analyze the problem step-by-step. We are given an 11-sided p... | 19 | ✔️ |
| 147 | Let $x_1, x_2, x_3, \ldots$ be a sequence of rational numbers defi... | 248 | We have the sequence: [ x_1 = \frac{25}{11}, \quad x_{k+1} = \fra... | 589 | |
| 148 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a right triangle with $\angle A = 90^\circ$... | 104 | Given a right triangle (\triangle ABC) with (\angle A = 90^\cir... | 98 | |
| 149 | There are exactly three positive real numbers $k$ such that the fu... | 240 | We are given the function [ f(x) = \frac{(x - 18)(x - 72)(x - 98)... | 240 | ✔️ |
150 rows × 5 columns
Out:
EvaluationResult(score=46.67, results=<list of 150 results>)
Optimize the program with dspy.GEPA¶
GEPA is a reflective prompt optimizer, and it's strength lies in being able to leverage additional sources of information, like the DSPy program's execution and evaluation pipelines, which provides GEPA more visibility into why the system got the score that it did, and then GEPA can introspect to identify how to improve the score. GEPA can also leverage additional supervision provided in this manner. For example, during optimization, we can return the correct solution's to the problems the program failed to solve.
We note that while such explicit supervision is not available in all scenarios, GEPA can work very flexibly with different forms of feedback (for example, using LLM-as-a-judge feedback shown in the PAPILLON tutorial, or just using answer labels, as shown in the facility-support tutorial).
Let's quickly modify the evaluation metric to become an optimization metric for GEPA, that can provide this additional supervision!
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```
def metric_with_feedback(example, prediction, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
correct_answer = int(example['answer'])
written_solution = example.get('solution', '')
try:
llm_answer = int(prediction.answer)
except ValueError as e:
feedback_text = f"The final answer must be a valid integer and nothing else. You responded with '{prediction.answer}', which couldn't be parsed as a python integer. Please ensure your answer is a valid integer without any additional text or formatting."
feedback_text += f" The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
if written_solution:
feedback_text += f" Here's the full step-by-step solution:\n{written_solution}\n\nThink about what takeaways you can learn from this solution to improve your future answers and approach to similar problems and ensure your final answer is a valid integer."
return dspy.Prediction(score=0, feedback=feedback_text)
score = int(correct_answer == llm_answer)
feedback_text = ""
if score == 1:
feedback_text = f"Your answer is correct. The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
else:
feedback_text = f"Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
if written_solution:
feedback_text += f" Here's the full step-by-step solution:\n{written_solution}\n\nThink about what takeaways you can learn from this solution to improve your future answers and approach to similar problems."
return dspy.Prediction(score=score, feedback=feedback_text)
```
def metric_with_feedback(example, prediction, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
correct_answer = int(example['answer'])
written_solution = example.get('solution', '')
try:
llm_answer = int(prediction.answer)
except ValueError as e:
feedback_text = f"The final answer must be a valid integer and nothing else. You responded with '{prediction.answer}', which couldn't be parsed as a python integer. Please ensure your answer is a valid integer without any additional text or formatting."
feedback_text += f" The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
if written_solution:
feedback_text += f" Here's the full step-by-step solution:\n{written_solution}\n\nThink about what takeaways you can learn from this solution to improve your future answers and approach to similar problems and ensure your final answer is a valid integer."
return dspy.Prediction(score=0, feedback=feedback_text)
score = int(correct_answer == llm_answer)
feedback_text = ""
if score == 1:
feedback_text = f"Your answer is correct. The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
else:
feedback_text = f"Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is '{correct_answer}'."
if written_solution:
feedback_text += f" Here's the full step-by-step solution:\n{written_solution}\n\nThink about what takeaways you can learn from this solution to improve your future answers and approach to similar problems."
return dspy.Prediction(score=score, feedback=feedback_text)
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```
from dspy import GEPA
optimizer = GEPA(
metric=metric_with_feedback,
auto="light",
num_threads=32,
track_stats=True,
reflection_minibatch_size=3,
reflection_lm=dspy.LM(model="gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000, api_key=api_key)
)
optimized_program = optimizer.compile(
program,
trainset=train_set,
valset=val_set,
)
```
from dspy import GEPA
optimizer = GEPA(
metric=metric_with_feedback,
auto="light",
num_threads=32,
track_stats=True,
reflection_minibatch_size=3,
reflection_lm=dspy.LM(model="gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000, api_key=api_key)
)
optimized_program = optimizer.compile(
program,
trainset=train_set,
valset=val_set,
)
```
2025/08/12 21:49:36 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Running GEPA for approx 560 metric calls of the program. This amounts to 6.22 full evals on the train+val set.
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2025/08/12 21:49:36 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Using 45 examples for tracking Pareto scores. You can consider using a smaller sample of the valset to allow GEPA to explore more diverse solutions within the same budget.
2025/08/12 21:52:15 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 17.0 / 45 (37.8%)
2025/08/12 21:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 0: Base program full valset score: 0.37777777777777777
2025/08/12 21:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Selected program 0 score: 0.37777777777777777
Average Metric: 2.00 / 3 (66.7%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [03:10<00:00, 63.51s/it]
2025/08/12 21:55:26 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 21:56:50 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given a single math problem as plain text under an input key like “problem.” Your task is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses appropriate identities/constraints to minimize brute force and ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final result only (just the number or expression requested, no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use two top-level fields exactly named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep the reasoning succinct but complete. Avoid heavy markup. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, palindrome constraints across bases, symmetric sums with constraints, counting ordered triples).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., base-b digits are 0..b-1; leading digit in base-10 three-digit numbers is 1..9; ordered triples count permutations unless otherwise specified).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space and ensure correctness.
Domain-specific strategies (from common contest problems):
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Translate positional notation correctly:
For base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
For base 9 (or b): (b c a)_9 = b·9^2 + c·9 + a.
- Enforce digit ranges: in base 9, digits a, b, c ∈ {0,…,8}; if the base-10 number is three-digit, a ∈ {1,…,9} and also must satisfy the base-9 digit limit (so a ∈ {1,…,8}).
- Set up equality and simplify. Example pattern: 100a + 10b + c = 81b + 9c + a ⇒ 99a = 71b + 8c.
- Use modular constraints to prune:
• Mod 9: 99a ≡ 0 and 71 ≡ 8 ⇒ 0 ≡ 8(b + c) ⇒ b + c ≡ 0 (mod 9), so b + c ∈ {0, 9} within digit bounds.
• Mod 8: 99 ≡ 3, 71 ≡ 7 ⇒ 3a ≡ 7b (mod 8) ⇒ b ≡ −3a (mod 8).
- Solve within digit bounds and verify.
2) Palindromes across bases (e.g., base 10 and base 8):
- Determine the base-8 length given the magnitude (n < 1000 ⇒ base-8 has 3 or 4 digits).
- Characterize base-8 palindromes:
• 3-digit: (A B A)_8 = 64A + 8B + A = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit: (A B B A)_8 = 512A + 64B + 8B + A = 513A + 72B.
- For n < 1000 and 4-digit octal palindrome, A must be 1. Enumerate B ∈ {0,…,7} to get candidates 513 + 72B and test which are decimal palindromes. Choose the greatest valid n.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed (ordered triples of nonnegative integers):
- Convert sums like a^2b + a^2c + b^2a + b^2c + c^2a + c^2b using:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c given (e.g., 300), plug into S = given constant to derive:
100(ab + bc + ca) − abc = constant.
- Use the shift a = 100 + x, b = 100 + y, c = 100 + z, so x + y + z = 0. Then:
(a − 100)(b − 100)(c − 100) = abc − 100(ab + bc + ca) + 2,000,000.
Setting S correctly yields (a − 100)(b − 100)(c − 100) = 0.
- Count solutions:
• If exactly one equals 100, the other two sum to 200 with both ≠ 100. Count all integer splits respecting nonnegativity; multiply by 3 for which variable is 100.
• Include the case a = b = c = 100 once.
• Treat (a, b, c) as ordered unless the problem explicitly asks for unordered.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equality numerically.
- For “greatest/least” questions, justify why your candidate is optimal (structural argument or bounded enumeration).
- For counting, avoid over/undercounting; be explicit about ordered vs unordered.
Finally:
- Place the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field.
2025/08/12 21:57:19 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 3.0 / 3 (100.0%)
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 19.0 / 45 (42.2%)
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: New program is on the linear pareto front
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Full valset score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Full train_val score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: New valset pareto front scores: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0]
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Full valset pareto front score: 0.5111111111111111
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {1}, {0, 1}, {0}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0}, {0, 1}, {1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {1}, {1}, {0, 1}, {1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0}, {0, 1}]
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Best valset aggregate score so far: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Best program as per aggregate score on train_val: 1
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Best program as per aggregate score on valset: 1
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Best score on valset: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Best score on train_val: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: Linear pareto front program index: 1
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 1: New program candidate index: 1
2025/08/12 22:00:37 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 2: Selected program 0 score: 0.37777777777777777
Average Metric: 2.00 / 3 (66.7%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [02:57<00:00, 59.20s/it]
2025/08/12 22:03:34 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 22:04:41 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 2: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given a single field:
- problem: a math contest-style problem (algebra/number theory/geometry/combinatorics).
Your task:
1) Solve the problem correctly with clear, exact reasoning (avoid decimal approximations unless explicitly required).
2) Output in this exact format:
### reasoning
[succinct, rigorous solution steps]
### answer
[final answer only, no extra words]
General guidance and domain-specific strategies:
- Keep the reasoning concise but complete enough to verify correctness. Prefer clean theoretical arguments over coordinate bashing or numeric approximations.
- For geometry (especially symmetric figures like isosceles trapezoids):
- Exploit symmetry and parallelism.
- Angle-bisector facts: the bisector at a vertex is the locus of points equidistant from the adjacent sides; in a cyclic or trapezoidal setup adjacent-angle bisectors may form right angles because A + D = 180° implies half-angles sum to 90°.
- In right triangles, the midpoint of the hypotenuse is equidistant from the endpoints; medians and midlines are powerful.
- In trapezoids, the midline length equals the average of the bases. A useful identity for an isosceles trapezoid with bases AB, CD and legs AD = BC is:
PQ = (AB + CD)/2 − (AD + BC)/2; in the isosceles case this simplifies to PQ = (AB + CD)/2 − AD.
- Angle-bisector constructions often yield congruent right triangles and rhombuses by equal-distance properties—use these to get exact lengths.
- For products over roots of unity:
- If ω is a primitive n-th root (or any ω with ω^n = 1 and ω ≠ 1), then {ω^k}{k=0}^{n−1} runs over all n-th roots; products of the form ∏ f(ω^k) are independent of the chosen ω.
- Factor polynomials in terms of linear factors at convenient complex numbers and use
∏{k=0}^{n−1} (a − ω^k) = a^n − 1.
Example: for f(x) = x^2 − 2x + 2 = (x − (1+i))(x − (1−i)),
∏_{k=0}^{n−1} f(ω^k) = ((1+i)^n − 1)((1−i)^n − 1).
- Use polar form for fast powers: (1 ± i) = √2 e^{±iπ/4}, so (1 ± i)^n = (√2)^n e^{±inπ/4}. Magnitude-squared yields clean integers like 65^2 + 64^2.
- Reduce modulo as requested at the end.
- For counting rectangles in a regular polygon:
- Rectangles correspond to choosing two perpendicular direction classes of chords (there are 6 distinct directions in a regular dodecagon).
- Do careful casework by slope/direction classes. Typical split for a regular 12-gon: directions at 0°, 30°, 60° (and their perpendiculars), and directions at 15°, 45°, 75°. Count pairs of parallel chords in each case using combinatorial counts (often via binomial coefficients) and inclusion–exclusion to avoid double counting.
- Do not assume only axis-aligned (or diameter-based) rectangles; many rectangles have sides along diagonals.
Quality checks:
- Avoid overcounting; use inclusion–exclusion where overlaps occur.
- Prefer exact algebraic expressions; avoid rounding mid-solution.
- If a cleaner identity or symmetry shortcut exists, use it.
- The final line under ### answer must be only the final value/expression (e.g., 242 or 321), with no extra text.
2025/08/12 22:08:01 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 22:08:01 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 2: New subsample score is not better, skipping
2025/08/12 22:08:01 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 3: Selected program 1 score: 0.4222222222222222
Average Metric: 2.00 / 3 (66.7%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [03:16<00:00, 65.66s/it]
2025/08/12 22:11:18 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 22:12:39 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 3: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given a single math problem as plain text under an input key like “problem.” Your task is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses appropriate identities/constraints to minimize brute force and ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final result only (just the number or expression requested, no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use two top-level fields exactly named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep the reasoning succinct but complete. Avoid heavy markup. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, palindromes across bases, symmetric sums under constraints, combinatorics with “exactly k,” geometry with slices/planes, 3D vector setups).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., base-b digits ∈ {0,…,b−1}, no leading zero for a base-10 three-digit number, sphere radii > 0, lengths/areas/volumes ≥ 0, ordered vs unordered if counting).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space and ensure correctness.
- Prefer structure/symmetry and key constraints over coordinate bash; introduce coordinates/vectors only when they simplify.
Domain-specific strategies and identities:
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Translate positional notation correctly:
• Base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
• Base b: (x y z)_b = x·b^2 + y·b + z.
- Enforce digit bounds: in base 9, digits are 0..8; if also a base-10 three-digit integer, leading digit 1..9 and ≤ base-9 max digit ⇒ a ∈ {1,…,8}.
- Set up equality and simplify. Use modular constraints to prune:
• Mod 9: reduce coefficients to constrain sums like b + c ≡ 0 (mod 9).
• Mod 8 (or others): reduce to get congruences between digits.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound the number of digits from magnitude (e.g., n < 1000 ⇒ octal has 3–4 digits).
- Characterize palindromes:
• 3-digit base-8: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit base-8: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B.
- For 4-digit octal palindrome < 1000, A must be 1. Enumerate B ∈ {0,…,7}, test decimal-palindrome property, and pick the greatest/least as required.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed (ordered triples of nonnegative integers):
- Use identities to collapse symmetric expressions:
• S = Σ a^2b + a^2c + … = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c given (e.g., 300), convert to a linear relation in (ab + bc + ca) and abc.
- Apply the shift a = m + x, b = m + y, c = m + z with x + y + z = 0 to factor:
• (a − m)(b − m)(c − m) = abc − m(ab + bc + ca) + 2m^3 − m^3 = abc − m(ab + bc + ca) + m^3.
- Use the given constants to force one factor zero and count ordered solutions carefully:
• Count cases where exactly one equals m and the others sum appropriately (excluding double-counts), plus the all-equal case once.
• Treat triples as ordered unless the problem states otherwise.
4) Sets with “exactly k” owners (inclusion-exclusion, baseline item owned by all):
- Let x1, x2, x3, x4 be counts of residents owning exactly 1, 2, 3, 4 of the given sets.
- Everyone owning a baseline item (e.g., candy hearts) still counts toward the “k of four” totals; do not drop it.
- Use:
• x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = N (total people),
• Sum of set sizes = 1·x1 + 2·x2 + 3·x3 + 4·x4.
- Plug given x2, x3 (if provided) and total set counts to solve a small linear system for x4 (owners of all four).
5) Spheres intersected by a plane (congruent circle sections, mutually tangent spheres):
- Mutually externally tangent spheres with radii R_i have center distances R_i + R_j.
- If a plane intersects spheres in congruent circles of radius r, and the perpendicular distances from centers to the plane are h_i, then:
• r^2 = R_i^2 − h_i^2 for each sphere i (constant r across all).
• For projections A, B, C of the centers onto the plane, the in-plane squared distances satisfy:
|A_iA_j|^2 = |O_iO_j|^2 − (h_i − h_j)^2,
hence |O_iO_j|^2 = |A_iA_j|^2 + (h_i − h_j)^2.
- Use AB^2 (in-plane) and known |O_iO_j| = R_i + R_j to get (h_i − h_j)^2, then solve for r^2 via R_i^2 − h_i^2 = constant. Verify by computing the target in-plane distance with |O_iO_k|^2 − (h_i − h_k)^2.
6) Tilted cube, vertex heights, and a horizontal water plane:
- If the problem specifies a set of vertices with given heights above a fixed horizontal plane, and a specific rectangle/plane (e.g., ABDC) is perpendicular to the horizontal plane, exploit this geometry:
• The height function over the cube is linear along cube edges.
• First, find the side length s using robust constraints:
- Face diagonals have length s√2; space diagonal s√3; edges length s.
- Use similarity or slope along lines within the stated perpendicular face/rectangle (e.g., compare vertical rises along an edge vs along a face diagonal) to solve for s before proceeding.
• Water volume at height H equals the volume below the horizontal plane z = H within the cube. Two reliable approaches:
A) Frustum method (when two parallel cross-sections are similar):
- If the complement above/below forms a prismatic frustum between two parallel planes cutting similar cross-sections (e.g., squares cut along a face direction), use:
V_frustum = (h/3)·(S1 + √(S1 S2) + S2),
where h is the distance between the planes (measured along the line perpendicular to the planes within the prism), and S1, S2 are the areas of the parallel cross-sections. Linear dimensions along a given straight direction scale linearly with height; areas scale with the square of that ratio.
- Cube water volume = total cube volume − frustum volume (or vice versa), whichever is simpler.
B) Linear-inequality integration over a unit cube:
- Represent any point as A + u·e1 + v·e2 + w·e3 with u,v,w ∈ [0,1], where e1,e2,e3 are orthogonal edges of length s. The height is z = z0 + a u + b v + c w (linear).
- To compute volume where z ≤ H, integrate over {u,v,w ∈ [0,1]: a u + b v + c w ≤ t} and multiply by s^3. If some coefficients are negative, perform a variable flip (e.g., u' = 1 − u converts coefficient sign and shifts t) to reduce to all-positive coefficients or use the complement region.
- Partition the (u,v) domain by the line a u + b v = thresholds to integrate piecewise. Ensure the final volume is between 0 and s^3.
• Sanity checks:
- s must be determined consistently from the geometry (e.g., in a classic configuration, s = 6).
- Cross-section areas and volumes must be nonnegative and not exceed bounding values.
- If an attempted coordinate labeling yields contradictions (e.g., heights inconsistent with linearity), reconsider the assignment order or use a different method (similar triangles/frustum).
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equalities numerically.
- For “greatest/least” questions, justify optimality by bounding or short enumeration.
- For counting, avoid over/undercounting; be explicit about ordered vs unordered.
- For geometry, check intermediate values (e.g., differences of heights, r^2, s) and plausibility (lengths/areas/volumes ≥ 0, within expected ranges).
- End with a quick numeric verification plugging back into the original relation.
Finally:
- Place the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field.
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2025/08/12 22:18:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 4: Proposed new text for predict: Instructions for solving and formatting contest-style math problems:
1) Read the prompt carefully and determine exactly what to compute and how the answer must be reported.
- If the problem asks for r^2 = p/q with p, q relatively prime and asks for p+q, return the integer p+q.
- If it asks for a probability m/n in lowest terms and then m+n, return that integer.
- If it asks for a single count, return that integer.
- Always reduce fractions to lowest terms before extracting p+q or m+n.
- Provide the final answer exactly in the requested format (usually a single integer). Keep any reasoning concise if shown; ensure the final line is the answer only.
2) General problem-solving practices:
- Translate given conditions into equations/constraints and identify what quantity should be maximized or minimized. Be precise about “for each” vs “exists” and “contains every” vs “contains a specific.”
- Use symmetry to reduce variables when optimizing (extrema for symmetric constraints often occur when two variables are equal).
- For boxes/spheres: for a rectangular box with edges x, y, z, the sphere that contains it must have radius at least half the space diagonal: r = sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)/2. Surface area SA = 2(xy + yz + zx). Volume V = xyz.
• If asked for the smallest sphere that can contain every box in a set defined by constraints, you must maximize the required radius over that feasible set (worst case), not minimize it.
• With fixed S2 = xy + yz + zx and S3 = xyz, note x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = (x + y + z)^2 − 2S2, so maximizing the diagonal corresponds to maximizing S1 = x + y + z. At extrema under symmetric constraints, set two variables equal (e.g., y = z) to reduce to one variable and solve (Lagrange multipliers or symmetry argument). Use Rational Root Theorem when a cubic arises. Select the root that actually maximizes the target.
- For parity-based arrangement problems with pairs of identical items:
• “Even number of items between identical colors” means the two copies occupy positions of opposite parity (one odd, one even).
• If there are k colors with two copies each and positions 1..2k, count valid arrangements by: (i) pairing each odd position with an even position (k! ways), and (ii) assigning colors to the k pairs (k! ways). Total valid = (k!)^2. Total permutations with duplicates = (2k)! / (2!)^k. Simplify the resulting probability fully before computing m+n.
- For grid/monochromatic row-column constraints with maximality:
• “All chips in the same row and all chips in the same column have the same color” implies the grid is determined by sets of white rows W_r and white columns W_c: all cells in W_r × W_c are white; all cells in the complementary set of rows and columns B_r × B_c are black; the cross rectangles W_r × B_c and B_r × W_c must be empty to keep row/column uniformity.
• “Any additional chip would violate” (maximality) rules out having both some empty rows and some empty columns simultaneously where their intersection would admit a valid placement. A clean equivalent counting for a 5×5 grid is:
- Choose rows and columns occupied by white chips as any nonempty, not-all subsets: (2^5 − 2) choices for rows and (2^5 − 2) for columns. This yields (2^5 − 2)^2 configurations with both colors present.
- Add 2 for the all-white and all-black full boards. The empty board is disallowed by “some chips.”
- For 5×5, the total is (32 − 2)^2 + 2 = 900 + 2 = 902.
• Chips are indistinguishable; once W_r and W_c are fixed, the configuration is uniquely determined.
3) Algebraic care and verification:
- Keep track of whether you are maximizing or minimizing; re-check interpretations like “smallest sphere that can contain each box” (maximize over the set) vs “for a given box” (minimize for that box).
- When radicals appear but the problem expects a rational r^2, express r^2 directly from symmetric sums if possible to avoid unnecessary radicals.
- Rationalize and reduce fractions; ensure p and q are coprime before summing.
- Sanity-check candidate extrema numerically to ensure you selected the correct root (e.g., larger S1 for maximizing diagonal).
4) Output formatting:
- End with only the requested final answer (e.g., a single integer), with no extra text.
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2025/08/12 22:20:52 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., base-b digits in 0..b−1; no leading zero for base-10 “three-digit”; ordered vs unordered families; strict increase conditions in sequences).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls (learned from typical contest problems and prior feedback):
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Translate positional notation correctly: in base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges strictly (e.g., in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}; if also a is a base-10 leading digit, then a ∈ {1,…,8}).
- Set up equality and simplify. Use modular constraints to prune:
• Mod 9 often collapses coefficients; e.g., 99a = 71b + 8c ⇒ mod 9 gives b + c ≡ 0 (mod 9).
• Mod 8: 99 ≡ 3, 71 ≡ 7 ⇒ 3a ≡ 7b (mod 8) ⇒ b ≡ −3a (mod 8).
- Solve within digit bounds and verify numerically.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound the base length by magnitude (e.g., n < 1000 ⇒ octal has 3–4 digits).
- Characterize palindromes:
• 3-digit octal: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit octal: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B (with A ≥ 1).
- Enumerate small parameter ranges and test the other-base palindrome constraint. For “greatest”, check candidates in descending order with justification.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed (ordered triples of nonnegative integers):
- Use identities to compress expressions:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c known (e.g., 300), convert the given sum into a relation among ab + bc + ca and abc.
- Use the shift a = A + x etc. to isolate a product like (a−A)(b−A)(c−A) and deduce factorization constraints, enabling clean counting.
- Count ordered solutions carefully; include/exclude symmetric/degenerate cases precisely.
4) Intersecting families of subsets (collections from the power set):
- Intersecting means every pair has nonempty intersection. The empty set cannot be included.
- Complement pairs: S and S^c cannot both be present. Use this to structure counts.
- Use size-based pigeonhole facts: In [n], any two subsets of size > n/2 must intersect. For n = 5, any two subsets of size ≥ 3 intersect; thus “all subsets of size ≥ 3” is an intersecting family (size 16).
- Do not assume that “stars” (all subsets containing a fixed element) are the only intersecting families of maximum size. For odd n, both the star and “all subsets of size > n/2” have size 2^{n−1}.
- When counting collections of a fixed size:
• Consider the minimum set size N in the family and do casework on how many 2-element sets are included (for n=5), as these control which 3-sets must be excluded (complements).
• Ensure completeness of cases and avoid double counting by parameterizing canonical patterns (e.g., how many 2-sets, how they overlap, whether they share a common element).
• Remember order of subsets in a collection does not matter; count distinct families.
5) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions in a strictly increasing sequence with fixed anchors:
- First bound the variable terms by strict increase (e.g., if fixed terms are 3,4,5,...,30,40,50 then 6 ≤ a < b ≤ 29).
- Pre-eliminate values that cause a 4-term AP with three fixed terms:
• 3,4,5,a forbids a = 6.
• b,30,40,50 forbids b = 20.
• Similarly, a,30,40,50 forbids a = 20.
- Start with the count of pairs from allowed values and then subtract specific pairs that complete APs with two fixed endpoints:
• 3,5,a,b ⇒ (a,b) = (7,9).
• 3,a,b,30 ⇒ (a,b) = (12,21).
• 4,a,b,40 ⇒ (a,b) = (16,28).
• 5,a,b,50 ⇒ (a,b) = (20,35) but may be outside bounds or pre-excluded (e.g., 20 banned).
- Systematically check all endpoint combinations; use the fact that if endpoints differ by Δ, then Δ must be divisible by 3 for a 4-term AP, and solve for integer a,b within bounds.
- Avoid double subtraction; ensure monotonicity and domain constraints are respected.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints (e.g., x_1 ≤ ... ≤ x_n, sum |x_i| = 1, sum x_i = 0):
- Total positive mass equals total negative mass: both = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k (k near the top): if there are T largest terms from k to n (T = n − k + 1), then sum of these T terms ≥ T·x_k. Since the total positive mass ≤ 1/2, we get x_k ≤ (1/2)/T.
- For minimizing x_l (l near the bottom): if there are l smallest terms, sum of these l terms ≤ l·x_l. Since the total negative mass is −1/2, we get x_l ≥ (−1/2)/l.
- To attain these bounds, concentrate masses evenly on exactly those positions: set the smallest l terms equal to −1/(2l), the largest T terms equal to 1/(2T), and the middle to 0 (respecting monotonicity). Verify sums and absolute sums.
- Example: For n=100, maximize x_76 − x_16: T = 25 ⇒ x_76 ≤ 1/50; l = 16 ⇒ x_16 ≥ −1/32; construction with 16 negatives at −1/32, 59 zeros, 25 positives at 1/50 attains 1/50 − (−1/32) = 41/800.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equalities numerically if applicable.
- For extremal problems, provide both a tight bound and an explicit construction achieving it.
- For counting, explicitly handle ordered vs unordered, exclude impossible/duplicate cases, and check complements/forbidden pairs.
- For AP-avoidance, confirm integrality and bounds; ensure no missed endpoint combinations.
- For “greatest/least” questions, justify optimality structurally (e.g., convexity/majorization/pigeonhole).
Finally:
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only.
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2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: New program is on the linear pareto front
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Full valset score for new program: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Full train_val score for new program: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
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2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Full valset pareto front score: 0.6222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2}, {0, 1}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {1, 2}, {0, 1}, {0, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {2}, {2}, {0, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {2}, {0, 1, 2}, {1}, {1, 2}, {2}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2}, {0}, {0, 1, 2}]
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Best valset aggregate score so far: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Best program as per aggregate score on train_val: 2
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Best program as per aggregate score on valset: 2
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Best score on valset: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Best score on train_val: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: Linear pareto front program index: 2
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 5: New program candidate index: 2
2025/08/12 22:23:54 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 6: Selected program 1 score: 0.4222222222222222
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2025/08/12 22:24:14 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 6: All subsample scores perfect. Skipping.
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2025/08/12 22:24:14 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 7: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 22:27:47 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 7: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting, classical Euclidean geometry with circles, secants/tangents).
- Always enforce domain constraints (digits in range, no leading zeros, ordered vs unordered, strict increases, segment/angle/parallel/perpendicular statements).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
- Prefer classic geometry tools (power of a point, radical axis, homothety, parallelogram/rectangle characterizations, Apollonius/Stewart, cyclic angle/arc relations) over coordinate bashes unless necessary.
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls:
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Translate positional notation correctly: in base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges strictly (e.g., in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}; base-10 three-digit means a ∈ {1,…,9}).
- Use modular constraints to prune:
• Example: 99a = 71b + 8c ⇒ mod 9 gives b + c ≡ 0 (mod 9).
• Mod 8: 99 ≡ 3, 71 ≡ 7 ⇒ 3a ≡ 7b (mod 8) ⇒ b ≡ −3a (mod 8).
- Solve within digit bounds and verify numerically.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound the base length by magnitude (e.g., n < 1000 ⇒ octal has 3–4 digits).
- Characterize palindromes:
• 3-digit octal: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit octal: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B (with A ≥ 1).
- Enumerate small parameter ranges and test the other-base palindrome constraint. For “greatest”, check candidates in descending order with justification.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed:
- Compress via identities:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c known, convert into a relation among ab + bc + ca and abc.
- Use shifts (a = A + x, etc.) to isolate products like (a−A)(b−A)(c−A), enabling clean counting.
- Count ordered solutions carefully; handle symmetric/degenerate cases precisely.
4) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting ⇒ every pair has nonempty intersection; empty set excluded.
- Complement pairs: S and S^c cannot both be present.
- Size-based facts: In [n], any two subsets of size > n/2 intersect. For n = 5, all subsets of size ≥ 3 is intersecting (size 16).
- When counting fixed-size families:
• Casework on minimal set size; 2-sets often control exclusions of complementary 3-sets (for n=5).
• Avoid double counting by parameterizing canonical overlap patterns.
• Collections are sets of sets (order doesn’t matter).
5) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions with fixed anchors:
- Bound variable terms by strict increase.
- Pre-eliminate values completing APs with three fixed terms (e.g., 3,4,5,a forbids a=6).
- Count allowed pairs then subtract those completing APs with two fixed endpoints; use Δ divisible by 3 for 4-term APs.
- Ensure integrality, bounds, and no double subtraction.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints:
- Total positive mass = total negative mass = 1/2.
- Bound x_k via T = n−k+1 largest terms: x_k ≤ (1/2)/T.
- Bound x_l via l smallest terms: x_l ≥ (−1/2)/l.
- Attain bounds by concentrating masses on extremes; verify sums.
7) Two intersecting circles, common tangent, parallel through intersection (key lemmas):
- Setup: Circles ω1, ω2 intersect at P, Q. Common external tangent closer to P touches ω1 at A and ω2 at B. Line through P parallel to AB meets ω1 (again) at X and ω2 (again) at Y.
- Perpendicular-bisector fact: AO1 ⟂ AB and AO1 ⟂ XY; since AO1 is perpendicular to chord XY in ω1, it bisects chord PX. Thus CP = PX/2, where C = AO1 ∩ XY. Similarly, PD = PY/2 for D = BO2 ∩ XY.
- Rectangle: Because AO1 and BO2 are both perpendicular to AB and XY, ABCD is a rectangle with C on XY and D on XY. Along XY, CD = CP + PD = PX/2 + PY/2. Hence AB = CD = (PX + PY)/2.
- Radical axis: PQ is the radical axis of ω1 and ω2, so the locus of equal tangent lengths. Therefore PQ passes through the midpoint M of AB, and AM = MB = AB/2.
- Tangent–secant at M on ω1: MA^2 = MP · MQ with MQ = MP + PQ. Solve for MP.
- Height of trapezoid XABY: The distance between lines AB and XY equals AC (since AO1 ⟂ both). In right triangle with diagonal MP across the rectangle, AC^2 = MP^2 − (AM − CP)^2. Then area[XABY] = 1/2 · (AB + XY) · AC with XY = AB + (PX + PY)/2.
- Quick numeric template (from PX, PY, PQ): AB = (PX + PY)/2, M on PQ gives MP from MA^2 = MP(MP+PQ), AC from MP and AM, area as above.
8) Triangle with midpoint on a chord of circumcircle; “unique Q” with equal angles (key lemmas):
- Apollonius/Stewart for median: In any triangle, with M midpoint of BC,
AM^2 = (AB^2 + AC^2)/2 − (BC^2)/4. For 13–14–15, AM = √148 = 2√37.
- Power of a point at M wrt circumcircle (of ABC): MB·MC = power(M). If line through M meets the circumcircle at A and P (i.e., M lies on AP), then MA·MP = MB·MC ⇒ PM = (MB·MC)/AM. For 13–14–15: MB = MC = 7 ⇒ PM = 49/√148.
- Unique-angle point implies parallelogram: If M is the midpoint of BC and lies on AP (A,P concyclic with ABC), the unique point Q on AM satisfying ∠PBQ = ∠PCQ is the reflection of P across M. Hence M is the midpoint of PQ (QM = PM), and BQCP is a parallelogram (diagonals BC and PQ bisect each other). Then, with PM < AM, Q lies on segment AM and AQ = AM − PM.
- Alternative ratio route (if needed): In cyclic ABCP, ∠BPA = ∠C and ∠CPA = ∠B. From law of sines in triangles BPQ and CPQ with ∠PBQ = ∠PCQ, deduce BQ/sin C = CQ/sin B ⇒ BQ/CQ = AB/AC. Combine with law of cosines for BQ^2 and CQ^2 in terms of AQ and known sides/AM to solve for AQ.
- 13–14–15 quick facts (if needed): Altitude from A to BC is 12, with foot L splitting BC into BL = 5, LC = 9.
9) Rational “sum of numerator+denominator equal after scaling” (e.g., r and 55r):
- Let r = a/b in lowest terms, d = gcd(55a, b). Then 55r reduces to (55a/d)/(b/d).
- Sum equality: a + b = (55a + b)/d ⇒ a(d − 55) = b(1 − d).
- Since gcd(a,b)=1 and d | 55 and d | b, d ∈ {1,5,11,55}. Test each d, write b = d·k, and solve for a integral and positive; enforce gcd(a,b)=1 to restrict k. Typical resulting solutions: r = 2/25 and r = 5/22; sum is 169/550 (already reduced since 169=13^2 and 550=2·5^2·11).
Quality checks:
- Verify all geometric constructions/length relations (power of a point, radical axis midpoint, perpendicular bisectors) and that derived points lie on specified segments (e.g., Q ∈ AM).
- Keep radicals exact; avoid rounding. Ensure n in m√n is squarefree; for m/√n, present as stated (do not rationalize unless asked).
- For extremal problems, provide both bound and attaining construction.
- For counting, handle ordered vs unordered carefully; include/exclude degenerate cases.
- For AP-avoidance, confirm integrality and bounds; ensure no missed endpoint combinations.
Common pitfalls to avoid (seen in prior attempts):
- Unnecessary coordinate bashes in clean geometric configurations; prefer power of a point, radical axis, and symmetry/reflective arguments.
- Guessing parameters numerically; instead, derive exact values via structure.
- Mishandling expression forms (e.g., incorrectly “forcing” m/√n by ad hoc rationalization). Output the exact requested form.
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2025/08/12 22:30:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 7: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 3}, {0, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {2}, {2}, {0, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {1, 2}, {3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {2}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {2, 3}, {3}, {1}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {3}, {3}, {0, 1, 2, 3}, {0}, {3}]
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2025/08/12 22:30:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 7: New program candidate index: 3
2025/08/12 22:30:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 22:33:09 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses structure/identities to avoid brute force and ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, combinatorial configurations with symmetry, coefficient extraction via generating functions, motion with relative velocities).
- Enforce domain constraints (e.g., digit bounds in base problems; “three-digit” means no leading zero; ordered vs unordered; strict increase; geometric constraints).
- Use algebraic identities, modular arithmetic, and symmetry to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For extremal/counting problems, derive tight bounds or clean case structures and justify completeness; for “greatest/least,” give both a bound and a construction.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equalities numerically if applicable.
- For counting with cases, ensure cases are disjoint and exhaustive; check complements/forbidden patterns.
- Avoid unjustified heuristics; keep arithmetic exact (avoid floating approximations when exact values are available).
- Finish with a brief verification (e.g., plug back, check constraints).
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls (including lessons from prior feedback):
A) Rectangles in regular polygons (2-colorings on a regular 2n-gon; e.g., dodecagon):
- Geometry fact: In a regular 2n-gon, a quadrilateral formed by vertices is a rectangle if and only if its two diagonals pass through the center, i.e., it consists of two pairs of opposite vertices.
- For the regular dodecagon (n = 6), partition vertices into 6 opposite pairs. A monochromatic rectangle occurs exactly when there exist two distinct opposite pairs both colored the same color.
- Counting colorings with no monochromatic rectangle reduces to casework on opposite pairs:
• Case 0: No same-colored opposite pair (each pair has one red and one blue): 2^6.
• Case 1: Exactly one same-colored opposite pair (choose the pair 6 ways, choose its color 2 ways; remaining 5 pairs opposite-colored): 6·2·2^5.
• Case 2: Exactly two same-colored opposite pairs, but of different colors (choose the red pair 6 ways and the blue pair 5 ways; remaining 4 pairs opposite-colored): 6·5·2^4.
• Any additional same-colored opposite pair forces two of the same color, creating a monochromatic rectangle; hence disallowed.
- Do not incorrectly reduce this to classical “monochromatic rectangle in an m×m grid” Ramsey facts; the structure here is specific to opposite pairs in the 12-gon.
B) Coefficient extraction for polynomials of the form (x^N − 1)^k / ∏(x^{m_i} − 1) with 0 < x < 1:
- Use x^n − 1 = −(1 − x^n). For 0 < x < 1, expand 1/(1 − x^{m}) as a geometric series; equivalently,
P(x) = (1 − x^N)^k / ∏(1 − x^{m_i}).
- Expand the numerator via binomial theorem:
(1 − x^N)^k = ∑{r=0}^k (−1)^r C(k, r) x^{Nr}.
- The coefficient of x^t in P(x) equals:
∑{r=0}^{⌊t/N⌋} (−1)^r C(k, r) · a_{t − Nr}, where a_s is the number of nonnegative integer solutions to ∑ m_i n_i = s.
• If t < N, only r = 0 contributes.
- Count a_s by:
• Modular pruning to constrain variables (e.g., reduce mod primes dividing some m_i but not others to fix residues).
• LCM structure: if L = lcm(m_i), then s modulo L often isolates a small adjustment term; decompose s = L·q + r and solve the small r-part explicitly.
• Stars-and-bars after reducing by gcds (e.g., forcing one variable’s congruence class mod a prime).
- Example (as in t = 2022, N = 2310): since 2022 < 2310, only r = 0 contributes. Use modular constraints (e.g., mod 7) to fix one variable’s residue, reduce to a linear equation with equal coefficients, then apply stars-and-bars to get a binomial coefficient (e.g., C(12, 3) = 220).
- Keep all arithmetic exact; avoid unnecessary cyclotomic factorization unless it simplifies the coefficient logic.
C) Motion in a current (relative velocities; meeting at a point equidistant from two starts):
- Set coordinates with the river as x-axis (east positive), south bank y = 0, north bank y = width W.
- If they aim to a point on the north bank equidistant from their starts, its x-coordinate is the midpoint of the starts: x = (x1 + x2)/2. If starts are (0,0) and (D,0), target is at (D/2, W).
- Let current be (v_c, 0). Let swimmers’ speeds relative to water be s1, s2. They choose heading vectors so that ground velocity equals path direction.
- Two standard exact methods:
1) Static-water reduction: If they swim for the same time t and arrive simultaneously, in still water they would both aim at a common point B shifted upstream by v_c·t from the actual target. Distances in still water are s1·t and s2·t. Use Pythagorean relations with horizontal shifts ±v_c·t to form two equations; subtract to solve for D in terms of t, then use vertical distance W to get t and hence D.
• For example, with speeds 80 and 60, current 14, width 264:
264^2 + (D/2 − 14t)^2 = (60t)^2,
264^2 + (D/2 + 14t)^2 = (80t)^2.
Subtract to get D = 100t; then from the first, solve t (here t = 11/2), giving D exactly (here 550).
2) Vector components: Let net (ground) velocity components be (±x, y) toward the target. Relative-to-water velocity = ground − current; impose speeds s1, s2 via squared norms to get two equations:
(x − 14)^2 + y^2 = s2^2 and (x + 14)^2 + y^2 = s1^2; solve for x, y, then t = W / y and D = 2x·t.
- Avoid decimal approximations; keep all values exact.
D) Other included standard tactics:
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- In base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; digits in 0..b−1; no leading zero for “three-digit” base-10.
- Use modular constraints to prune digit choices and verify within bounds.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound digit lengths; parameterize palindromic forms; test constraints from the other base; for “greatest,” justify by descending search with structure.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed:
- Use identities like S = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc; shift to isolate products; count ordered solutions carefully.
4) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting means every pair intersects; empty set excluded.
- Use complement pairs structure; size > n/2 pigeonhole facts; count families with careful casework on small-set inclusions.
5) Avoiding 4-term APs in increasing sequences with anchors:
- Pre-eliminate values that form APs with fixed terms; count allowed pairs, subtract those completing APs with endpoints; ensure bounds/integrality and no double-subtraction.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints:
- Total positive mass = total negative mass; bound extremes by averaging over slots; construct distributions attaining bounds; verify sums.
Finally:
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only.
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2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 19.0 / 45 (42.2%)
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Full valset score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Full train_val score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: New valset pareto front scores: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Full valset pareto front score: 0.7333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4}, {0, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {2}, {2, 4}, {0, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 4}, {3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {2, 3}, {3}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {3}, {3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, {0}, {3}]
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Best valset aggregate score so far: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Best program as per aggregate score on train_val: 2
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Best program as per aggregate score on valset: 2
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Best score on valset: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Best score on train_val: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: Linear pareto front program index: 2
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 8: New program candidate index: 4
2025/08/12 22:36:28 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 9: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 22:40:06 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 9: Proposed new text for predict: Your job: Solve one math problem and return exactly two top-level fields:
- reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that leverages structure (identities, modular arithmetic, symmetry) and ends with a quick verification.
- answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words or formatting).
Formatting:
- Use exactly the two fields “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep the reasoning succinct but complete; bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Identify the problem type (e.g., base/digit relations, repeating decimals, palindromes across bases, symmetric sums with fixed totals, intersecting subset families, avoiding arithmetic progressions, order statistics with absolute-sum constraints, floor-sum optimization).
- Enforce domain constraints strictly (digit ranges in base b; no leading zero where prohibited; ordered vs unordered; strictly increasing where specified).
- Prefer structural arguments over brute force: factor, complete squares, use modular arithmetic, apply symmetry/identities, bound and construct extremals.
- For greatest/least questions, derive a tight bound and exhibit a construction attaining it.
- Verify at the end (e.g., plug back into conditions, check mod constraints, count consistency).
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls:
A) Base conversion/digit equations:
- Translate positional notation correctly: (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges: in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}; leading decimal digits ∈ {1,…,b−1} if specified.
- Use modular constraints to prune search (e.g., mod 9, mod 8).
- Solve within digit bounds and verify numerically.
B) Repeating decimals 0.\overline{abcd} and counting reduced numerators:
- 0.\overline{abcd} = m/9999 with m ∈ {1,…,9999}, and 9999 = 3^2·11·101.
- Reduced numerator is x = m / gcd(m, 9999). The mapping m → x is not injective across m, so do NOT apply ∑_{d|n} φ(d) = n to count distinct numerators; that identity counts reduced fractions by denominator divisors, not distinct reduced numerators arising from a bounded numerator range.
- Characterize x by existence of a divisor y | 9999 such that y ≥ x and gcd(x, y) = 1 (since m = x·(9999/y) with gcd(x, y) = 1 and m ≤ 9999).
- Count x via casework on divisibility by the primes of 9999 with correct cancellation:
• Track whether x is divisible by 3, 9, 11, 101 and what remains in the denominator after canceling to keep m ≤ 9999.
• “3 vs 9” matters: if x is divisible by 3 but not 9, you can cancel one factor of 3; if divisible by 9, you may cancel two.
• Use inclusion–exclusion over the allowable ranges after dividing 9999 by the canceled factors.
- Example outline (for abcd length 4): Totals break into mutually exclusive cases:
• gcd(x, 9999) = 1 contributes φ(9999) = 6000 (note: mod-1000 suffices if only remainder asked).
• x divisible by 3 only (not 9,11,101): count using floor(1111/3) minus multiples of 33 and 303, etc.
• x divisible by 11 only (not 3,101): analogously with 9999/11 = 909.
• x divisible by 3 and 11 (not 101): work with 9999/99 = 101.
• x divisible by 101: often yields 0 due to range constraints.
- Sum cases carefully and reduce modulo as requested. Verify small endpoint counts and complementary exclusions.
C) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound number of digits by magnitude; characterize k-digit palindromes in base b (e.g., octal 3-digit ABA: 65A + 8B; 4-digit ABBA: 513A + 72B with A ≥ 1).
- Test other-base palindrome constraints for candidates in justified order.
D) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed:
- Use identities to compress expressions, e.g.,
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- For counting, use shifts like a = A + x to isolate products and deduce factorization constraints.
E) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting means every pair intersects; empty set excluded.
- Complement pairs cannot both be present. For n odd, both a star and “all subsets of size > n/2” have size 2^{n−1}.
- When counting fixed-size collections, case on smallest set sizes and their overlaps; avoid double-counting via canonical patterns.
F) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions with fixed anchors:
- Restrict variable terms by monotonicity.
- Pre-eliminate values that create 4-term APs with fixed endpoints.
- Count allowed pairs then subtract those forming APs with two endpoints; if endpoints differ by Δ, then Δ must be divisible by 3 for a 4-term AP; solve for integer interior terms within bounds. Avoid double subtraction.
G) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints:
- Sum |x_i| = 1, sum x_i = 0 ⇒ total positive mass = total negative mass = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k, with T = n−k+1 largest positions, x_k ≤ (1/2)/T; for minimizing x_l, x_l ≥ −(1/2)/l.
- Achieve bounds by concentrating masses evenly on those positions; set the rest to 0. Verify sums.
H) Systems with square-root bilinear forms (e.g., √(2x−xy)+√(2y−xy)=const):
- Factor under roots: √(x(2−y)) + √(y(2−x)).
- Two robust approaches:
• Algebraic: Let A=1−x, B=1−y, C=1−z; after squaring, obtain identities like
(AB−1/2)^2 = (1−A^2)(1−B^2), (BC)^2 = (1−B^2)(1−C^2), (AC+1/2)^2 = (1−A^2)(1−C^2),
which yield relations such as B^2 + C^2 = 1 and lead to a clean evaluation of [(1−x)(1−y)(1−z)]^2 = 1/32.
• Trig: Set x=2cos^2 α, etc., convert sums to sin(α+β)=k/2, solve angles, and compute the desired product, often reducing to standard trig constants (e.g., 1/32).
- Conclude with exact value and minimal arithmetic.
I) Sums of floors of quadratic forms with a parameter (e.g., U = ∑⌊(n^2 − na)/5⌋):
- Separate continuous part U' = (1/5)(∑n^2 − a∑n) and fractional correction:
U = U' − ∑{(n^2 − na)/5}.
- Choose a to minimize |U| by canceling the main term: with N terms, a ≈ (2N+1)/3; for N=2023, a = 1349 exactly makes U' = 0.
- Argue uniqueness: the range constraint (e.g., −1000 < U < 1000) plus the step size |ΔU| = (∑n)/5 when a changes by 1 ensures only that a works.
- Compute the correction via residue cycles:
• Let r_n be (n^2 − na) mod 5; fractional part is r_n/5.
• Count residues modulo 5 over 1..N: for N=2023, counts are 405 each for residues 1,2,3 and 404 each for residues 0,4.
• With a ≡ 4 (mod 5), the pattern r(n) for n ≡ 0,1,2,3,4 is (0,2,1,2,0); sum of fractional parts equals (405·(2+1+2))/5 = 405, hence U = −405.
- Return the requested combination (e.g., a+U) and verify bounds.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and equalities numerically if applicable.
- For extremal problems, provide both bound and construction achieving it.
- For counting, be explicit about ordered vs unordered and avoid double counting.
- For AP-avoidance, check integrality and bounds for all endpoint combinations.
- For floor sums, ensure residue counts over partial cycles (non-multiples of modulus) are correct.
Final step:
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only. No extra text or formatting.
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2025/08/12 22:45:58 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 9: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
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2025/08/12 22:45:58 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 9: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {2, 5}, {2, 4}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {1, 2, 4}, {3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {2, 3}, {3}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {3}, {3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {0}, {3}]
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2025/08/12 22:45:58 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 9: New program candidate index: 5
2025/08/12 22:45:58 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: Selected program 3 score: 0.4666666666666667
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2025/08/12 22:47:07 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 1.0 / 3 (33.3%)
2025/08/12 22:49:24 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: Proposed new text for predict: You will receive one math problem as plain text under the key “problem.” Solve it and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that leverages structure/identities (not brute force), ending with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete; bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General approach:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, subset families, AP-avoidance, symmetric sums, ordered tuples, classical Euclidean geometry, polynomial/root structure).
- Enforce domain constraints strictly (digit ranges, no leading zeros, ordered vs unordered, strict increases, integer bounds, segment/angle conditions).
- Use modular arithmetic, algebraic identities, and structure to reduce cases; avoid naive enumeration.
- For extremal problems, prove bounds tight and provide a construction attaining them.
- Prefer classic geometry tools (power of a point, radical axis, homothety, cyclic angle relations, Ptolemy, Stewart/Apollonius, right-triangle/chord/arc formulas) over coordinates unless unavoidable.
- End with a quick verification (substitution/check of conditions).
Quality checks and common pitfalls:
- Respect integer/divisibility constraints; ensure parameters that represent counts are integers and within bounds.
- For polynomials with integer coefficients: if a monic cubic has two integer roots, the third is also integer (Vieta).
- For “unique solution” conditions, consider multiplicities and all structural cases that yield uniqueness (not just one pattern).
- Keep radicals exact and simplify; ensure squarefree radicands if appropriate.
- When counting, avoid double-counting and handle degenerate/symmetric cases precisely.
Domain-specific strategies and templates:
1) Base conversion/digit rearrangements:
- Positional notation: (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges (e.g., base 9 digits ∈ {0,…,8}; leading digit ≥ 1 if indicated).
- Use modular constraints to prune and relate digits.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound number of digits by magnitude in each base.
- Characterize palindromes (e.g., octal 3-digit (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B; 4-digit (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B).
- For “greatest,” test candidates in decreasing order with structural justification.
3) Symmetric sums with fixed a + b + c:
- Use identities such as S = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- Shift variables to isolate symmetric products, e.g., (a−A)(b−A)(c−A), and count/solve cleanly.
4) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting ⇒ every pair intersects; empty set excluded.
- Complement pairs cannot both be present.
- Use size-based facts (e.g., in , all subsets of size ≥ 3 is intersecting).
- Parameterize by minimal set sizes; avoid double counting.
5) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions with fixed anchors:
- Maintain strict increase.
- Pre-eliminate values that complete APs with anchored terms.
- Count allowed pairs, then subtract those completing 4-term APs (Δ divisible by 3 consideration).
- Ensure integrality and avoid double subtraction.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints:
- Total positive mass = total negative mass = 1/2.
- Bound kth values via concentration on extremes; verify with constructions that attain bounds.
7) Two intersecting circles with common tangent and parallel through intersection (key lemmas):
- Setup: ω1, ω2 intersect at P,Q; common external tangent touches at A,B. Line through P parallel to AB meets ω1 at X and ω2 at Y.
- Facts: AO1 ⟂ AB and XY, so it bisects chord PX in ω1; similarly for BO2 and PY.
- Rectangle ABCD with C,D on XY; AB = (PX + PY)/2.
- Radical axis PQ passes through midpoint M of AB; AM = MB. Tangent–secant at M on ω1: MA^2 = MP·MQ = MP(MP+PQ). Solve MP, then trapezoid height and area as needed.
8) Triangle with midpoint on a chord of circumcircle; “unique Q” with equal angles:
- Median length via Apollonius/Stewart.
- Power of a point from the midpoint on the chord through A gives PM = (MB·MC)/AM.
- Unique-angle point Q is reflection of P across M (M is midpoint of PQ); BQCP is a parallelogram; deduce AQ = AM − PM.
9) Rational “sum equal after scaling” (e.g., r and 55r):
- Let r = a/b in lowest terms; reduce 55r accordingly via d = gcd(55a, b).
- Solve a(d − 55) = b(1 − d) over d ∈ {1,5,11,55}, enforcing coprimality; sum or count as required.
10) Ratio/crowd problems with added people (bus arrives):
- Let initial total N and adult count A with A/N a given fraction ⇒ N is multiple of denominator, A of numerator.
- After adding T people (e.g., 50), new total N+T must be a multiple of the new denominator.
- If adults on bus = a (0 ≤ a ≤ T), then A + a = new fraction × (N + T). Parameterize N by LCM of denominators; deduce a must be integer in range; minimize/maximize adults as requested. Verify both initial and final ratios.
11) Cubic polynomials with unique integer m ≠ 2 such that p(m) = p(2) (critical details):
- Let p(x) = x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c with a, b, c in a bounded integer range (e.g., −20…20).
- Consider q(x) = p(x) − p(2), a monic cubic with integer coefficients and q(2) = 0.
- Because q has at least two integer roots (2 and m), the third root is an integer (Vieta).
- “Unique integer m ≠ 2 with p(m)=p(2)” arises in exactly two multiplicity patterns:
• Case A: q(x) = (x − 2)^2 (x − m), m ≠ 2.
- Expand: q(x) = x^3 − (m + 4)x^2 + (4 + 4m)x − 4m.
- Thus p(x) = x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c with:
a = −(m + 4), b = 4 + 4m, c = −4m + p(2).
- Coefficient bounds impose |b| ≤ B and |a| ≤ A; typically |4 + 4m| ≤ 20 ⇒ −6 ≤ m ≤ 4; exclude m = 2. For each valid m, c can vary freely over its 41 allowed integer values (since c and p(2) shift together), giving 41 polynomials per m.
• Case B: q(x) = (x − 2)(x − m)^2, m ≠ 2.
- Expand: q(x) = x^3 − (2m + 2)x^2 + (m^2 + 4m)x − 2m^2.
- Thus a = −2m − 2, b = m^2 + 4m, c = p(2) − 2m^2.
- Coefficient bounds typically yield m ∈ {−6, −5, −4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1}. Again 41 choices for c per m.
- Alternatively (algebraic route): From p(m) = p(2) and m ≠ 2, divide by (m − 2) to get the quadratic in m:
m^2 + (a + 2)m + (4 + 2a + b) = 0.
• Case 1 (one m): discriminant zero ⇒ (a − 2)^2 = 4(4 + b); ensure m ≠ 2; count valid (a, b).
• Case 2 (two m’s with one equal to 2): enforce m = 2 is a root ⇒ 4a + b + 12 = 0, and exclude the double-root outlier (a, b) = (−6, 12).
• In both cases, c is free (41 values).
- Whichever route, count both cases and sum; do not forget c contributes an independent factor of 41 when unconstrained by the equality.
12) Geometry with two externally tangent circles and a third circle Ω through the centers (AIME 2022 II #15 pattern):
- Setup: ω1 ⟂ ω2 externally tangent at T with centers O1, O2 and O1O2 = r1 + r2. Ω passes through O1 and O2 and meets ω2 at A, D and ω1 at B, C. Hexagon ABO1CDO2 is convex with given chord lengths AB and CD.
- Symmetry via reflection: Reflect A, B across the perpendicular bisector of O1O2 to A′, B′ on Ω. Then:
• Quadrilaterals ABO1O2 and B′A′O2O1 are congruent; hexagons ABO1CDO2 and A′B′O1CDO2 have equal area.
• A′B′CD is an isosceles trapezoid; also B′D = O1O2 and A′C = O1O2 (often equal to the center distance).
• Use Ptolemy on cyclic A′B′CD to solve unknown diagonals (e.g., A′D = B′C = √193 when AB = 2, CD = 16, O1O2 = 15), and compute height (often 12) ⇒ area of trapezoid = 1/2 · height · (AB + CD).
• Radii: let O1C = O2A′ = r1 and O2D = O1B′ = r2, with r1 + r2 = O1O2. From triangle A′O2D and the angle from the trapezoid (e.g., cos = −3/5, sin = 4/5), apply Law of Cosines to get r1r2 (e.g., r1r2 = 40), so area of each triangle A′O1C and B′O2D is (1/2) r1r2 sin(angle) (e.g., 16 each). Sum areas: trapezoid + two triangles (e.g., 108 + 16 + 16 = 140).
- Alternative trig on Ω: Let 2θ = ∠O1OO2, α = ∠OOB, β = ∠OOA. Then O1O2 = 2R sin θ, AB = 2R sin((2θ − α − β)/2), CD = 2R sin((2π − 2θ − α − β)/2). From AB, CD, and O1O2, solve for cos((α+β)/2), sin((α+β)/2), 2R cos θ; then deduce height and areas.
Verification:
- Substitute/check final values against all given constraints (lengths/ratios/root-counts/uniqueness).
- Ensure coefficient bounds and integrality are satisfied; confirm exclusions (e.g., m ≠ 2).
Output exactly two fields: “reasoning” and “answer”.
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2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 18.0 / 45 (40.0%)
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2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0]
2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: New valset pareto front scores: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]
2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: Full valset pareto front score: 0.7777777777777778
2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 10: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6}, {6}, {0, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {2, 5, 6}, {2, 4, 6}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {1, 2, 4, 6}, {3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {2, 3}, {3}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {3}, {3, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0}, {3}]
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2025/08/12 22:52:15 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 11: Selected program 0 score: 0.37777777777777777
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2025/08/12 22:52:40 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 3.0 / 3 (100.0%)
2025/08/12 22:52:40 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 11: All subsample scores perfect. Skipping.
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2025/08/12 22:52:40 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 22:56:06 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601). If the problem implies the answer is an integer (e.g., asks for m+n, or a contest-style “Find n”), ensure you simplify to the integer; if you get a non-integer, recheck your work.
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting, expected value with optimal strategy, planar geometry with parallels/similarity).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., digit ranges for bases; reduce rational numbers to lowest terms before summing m+n; ordered vs unordered; strict increase; no leading zero).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
- For “m+n” style answers: reduce the fraction m/n to lowest terms first, then compute m+n.
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls:
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- In base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges (0..b−1) and leading-digit constraints.
- Use modular constraints to prune (e.g., mod 9, mod 8) and then solve within bounds; verify numerically.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound the number of digits by magnitude.
- Characterize palindromes:
• 3-digit octal: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit octal: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B (A ≥ 1).
- Enumerate small parameter ranges and test constraints; for “greatest,” check candidates in descending order with justification.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed:
- Compress expressions using identities:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c known, convert to relations among ab + bc + ca and abc.
- Use shifts to isolate products like (a−A)(b−A)(c−A) and deduce factorization constraints; count ordered solutions carefully.
4) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting means every pair has nonempty intersection; the empty set cannot be included.
- Complement pairs: S and S^c cannot both be present.
- Use size-based facts: in [n], any two subsets of size > n/2 intersect. For n = 5, any two subsets of size ≥ 3 intersect.
- When counting families of fixed size, parameterize by small-set structure (e.g., 2-sets) and avoid double counting; collections are unordered.
5) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions with fixed anchors:
- Use strict increase bounds for variables.
- Pre-eliminate values that create a 4-term AP with fixed terms.
- Count allowed pairs then subtract those that complete APs with two fixed endpoints. If endpoints differ by Δ, then Δ must be divisible by 3; solve for integer interior terms within bounds.
- Avoid double subtraction; respect bounds and monotonicity.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints:
- Total positive mass equals total negative mass (both = 1/2).
- For maximizing x_k (k near the top): if T = n − k + 1 largest terms, sum ≥ T·x_k ⇒ x_k ≤ (1/2)/T.
- For minimizing x_l: if l smallest terms, sum ≤ l·x_l ⇒ x_l ≥ (−1/2)/l.
- To attain bounds, concentrate masses evenly on exactly those positions; verify sums and |sums|.
7) Optimal guessing with finite multiset of colors (e.g., 3 red and 3 black revealed in random order):
- Optimal policy: at each step, guess the color with more remaining cards (equivalently, the color that has occurred less so far). If tied, either color gives probability 1/2.
- Two efficient solution methods:
a) Linearity of expectation by stage:
• At each stage, determine the split (a vs b) of remaining colors under the optimal policy and compute the probability of a correct guess as a/(a+b); account for branching where needed by conditioning on prior correctness. Sum stage probabilities over all stages.
b) Dynamic programming N(a,b):
• N(a,b) = max over guessing red/black of the appropriate expectation:
N(a,b) = (a/(a+b))·(1 + N(a−1,b)) + (b/(a+b))·N(a,b−1) if guessing red is optimal (a ≥ b); similarly for black if b ≥ a.
• Base cases: N(0,b) = b, N(a,0) = a; symmetry: N(a,b) = N(b,a).
- Sanity check: expected total lies between min and max possible correct guesses; for (3,3), the optimal EV is 41/10.
8) Equilateral hexagon with opposite sides parallel; triangle from extensions of AB, CD, EF:
- Let ABCDEF be convex, equilateral with side length x, and opposite sides parallel (AB ∥ DE, BC ∥ EF, CD ∥ FA).
- Let P = AB ∩ CD, Q = CD ∩ EF, R = EF ∩ AB. The lines AB, CD, EF form triangle PQR with given side lengths (e.g., QR, RP, PQ).
- Key similarity facts (due to parallelism):
• Small “corner” triangles like BCP are similar to RQP (BC ∥ RQ, BP ∥ RP), giving x/BP = QR/RP ⇒ BP in terms of x and given sides.
• Similarly, AFR ∼ PQR gives x/AR = PQ/RP ⇒ AR in terms of x.
- Use a linear relation along one side of triangle PQR composed of contiguous segments from the hexagon construction (e.g., RA + AB + BP = RP). Substitute BP, AR, AB = x to solve for x.
- Example: if QR = 200, RP = 300, PQ = 240, then:
• From BCP ∼ RQP: x/BP = 200/300 ⇒ BP = 3x/2.
• From AFR ∼ PQR: x/AR = 240/300 ⇒ AR = 5x/4.
• RA + AB + BP = 300 ⇒ (5x/4) + x + (3x/2) = 300 ⇒ x = 80.
- Prefer this similarity/intercept approach over ad hoc vector algebra; verify the found x fits all proportions.
9) Linear systems from logarithms:
- Let a = log_b x, etc., to convert multiplicative equations into linear systems in a,b,c.
- Sum or combine equations to solve quickly; compute the target linear form (e.g., 4a+3b+2c) and take absolute value if required.
- Reduce rational results to lowest terms before computing m+n.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equalities numerically when applicable.
- For extremal problems, provide both a tight bound and an explicit construction achieving it.
- For expected values, ensure the policy is optimal (majority-remaining rule) and the computed EV is in a plausible range.
- For “m+n” answers, reduce to lowest terms before summing; ensure the final answer is an integer if the problem implies it.
Finally:
- Put the clean final result in the “answer” field only (no units/symbols/words).
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2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 19.0 / 45 (42.2%)
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Full valset score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Full train_val score for new program: 0.4222222222222222
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: New valset pareto front scores: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Full valset pareto front score: 0.8
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 3, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4, 7}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {6}, {0, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {2, 5, 6}, {2, 4, 6}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {1, 2, 4, 6, 7}, {3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {2, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {2, 3}, {3, 7}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {3}, {3, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0}, {3}]
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2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Best program as per aggregate score on train_val: 2
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Best program as per aggregate score on valset: 2
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Best score on valset: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Best score on train_val: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: Linear pareto front program index: 2
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 12: New program candidate index: 7
2025/08/12 23:00:10 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 13: Selected program 6 score: 0.4
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2025/08/12 23:02:03 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 23:03:48 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 13: Proposed new text for predict: You will receive one math problem as plain text under the key “problem.” Solve it and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that leverages structure/identities (not brute force), ending with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete; bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General approach:
- Identify the problem type (e.g., logarithms/functional equations, symmetric sums, combinatorics on sets, ordered tuples, classical Euclidean geometry, polynomial/root structure).
- Enforce all domain constraints strictly (digit ranges, no leading zeros, positive/acute/parallel conditions, ordered vs unordered, strict increases, integer bounds).
- Exploit algebraic structure, classic identities, and projective/metric geometry tools; avoid unnecessary coordinates, decimal approximations, or brute force.
- End with a quick verification (substitution or geometric consistency check).
Essential algebra/logarithm tactics (from common patterns):
- If log expressions are equal, set their common value t and convert to exponential form to eliminate variables cleanly. Example: if log_{a}(b) = log_{c}(d) = t ⇒ a^t = b and c^t = d; dividing gives (a/c)^t = b/d ⇒ t = log_{a/c}(b/d).
- Change of base only when needed; prefer exact symbolic relations over numeric approximation.
- Ratio trick: if a/b = c/d = k (with b ≠ d and denominators nonzero), then (a − c)/(b − d) = k; useful for simplifying equal-fraction equations.
- For monic cubics with integer coefficients: if two integer roots are known (counting multiplicities), the third is also integer (Vieta).
Core Euclidean geometry tools (prioritize these over coordinates):
- Power of a Point: for a circle intersecting a line at P and Q, and tangents from a point X, XP·XQ = (tangent from X)^2.
- Tangent properties: lengths from the same external point to a circle are equal; radius to point of tangency is perpendicular to the tangent line.
- Parallel lines and distances: the distance between two parallel lines is constant; in a tangential figure, this often equals an easy multiple of the inradius.
- Similar triangles, cyclic angle relations, homothety, right-triangle/chord relations, Ptolemy, Stewart/Apollonius as appropriate.
Geometric patterns frequently useful (capture and reuse when they appear):
- Parallelogram with a circle tangent to AB, AD, and BC:
• AB ∥ DC and AD ∥ BC.
• If a circle is tangent to AD and BC (a pair of parallels), the distance between these lines equals 2r (r = circle radius). This is the altitude for base BC, so Area = BC · 2r.
• If the circle intersects diagonal AC at P and Q (with A–P–Q–C), then:
- From A: tangent length AT satisfies AT^2 = AP·AQ.
- From C: tangent length CT satisfies CT^2 = CQ·CP (with CP = PQ + QC and AQ = AP + PQ).
• Equal-tangent facts from vertices let you parameterize side lengths (e.g., BX = BE = x when tangency points on AB and BC are X, E).
• Combine base = (known tangent segment) + x and height = 2r to get area.
- Rhombus with an incircle (all sides equal, diagonals are perpendicular and meet at the incenter):
• Distances from any point P on the incircle to two opposite parallel sides sum to the diameter: if distances to AD and BC are u and v (with AD ∥ BC), then u + v = 2r.
• Inradius r relates side s and acute angle θ by r = (s sin θ)/2 ⇒ s = 2r / sin θ and perimeter = 4s.
• With P on the incircle and perpendicular foot constructions, Power of a Point and right triangles can recover r, chord lengths (e.g., PQ), and trigonometric relations to solve for s.
Quality checks and common pitfalls:
- Respect all integer/divisibility constraints; ensure parameters that represent counts are integers and within bounds.
- Keep radicals exact and simplified; use squarefree radicands where appropriate.
- For “unique solution” conditions, consider multiplicities and all structural cases that yield uniqueness.
- For base/digit problems, enforce digit sets and leading-digit rules; for lengths/angles, ensure geometric configurations are consistent (e.g., acute angle constraints).
- Avoid numeric approximations unless the problem explicitly asks for a decimal; prefer exact algebraic/log expressions.
- Verify by substitution or a short geometric consistency check (e.g., recompute area as base·height; check sums like AP + PQ + QC = AC).
Verification:
- Substitute back or re-derive a key relation (e.g., recomputed t from derived expression; recomputed area/height/segment sums) to confirm all given constraints.
Output exactly two fields: “reasoning” and “answer”.
2025/08/12 23:04:39 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 1.0 / 3 (33.3%)
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2025/08/12 23:04:39 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 14: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 23:05:05 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 3.0 / 3 (100.0%)
2025/08/12 23:05:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 14: All subsample scores perfect. Skipping.
2025/08/12 23:05:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 14: Reflective mutation did not propose a new candidate
2025/08/12 23:05:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Selected program 3 score: 0.4666666666666667
Average Metric: 1.00 / 3 (33.3%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [01:33<00:00, 31.19s/it]
2025/08/12 23:06:39 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 1.0 / 3 (33.3%)
2025/08/12 23:08:04 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting, classical Euclidean geometry with circles/secants/tangents, arrangements/planar graphs).
- Always enforce domain constraints (digits in range, no leading zeros, ordered vs unordered, strict increases, “general position” assumptions like “no three concurrent” when stated).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
- Prefer classic geometry tools (power of a point, radical axis, homothety, similar triangles in symmetric cross-sections, Apollonius/Stewart, cyclic angle/arc relations) over coordinate bashes unless necessary.
- When the problem statement provides a small example (e.g., m=3, n=2 -> 8 regions), use it to sanity-check your derived formula.
- If the wording appears ambiguous (e.g., repeated phrases like “outside”/“inside”), infer the intended meaning from context and validate by consistency checks.
Domain-specific strategies, templates, and pitfalls:
A) Random pairings in 4-player single-elimination tournaments:
- There are exactly 3 equally likely semifinal matchings: {(A,C),(J,S)}, {(A,J),(C,S)}, {(A,S),(C,J)}; each with probability 1/3.
- Condition on the pairing, multiply by match win probabilities; outcomes of different matches are independent if stated.
- If two “other” players (like J vs S) have no specified advantage, treat their match as 1/2–1/2.
- Sum over cases. If the answer is requested as p+q for a reduced fraction p/q, reduce before summing.
B) Segments between two parallel lines (complete bipartite geometric graph K_{m,n}):
- Setup: m distinct points on line ℓ_A and n distinct points on parallel line ℓ_B. All mn segments A_iB_j are drawn. The intended “general position” condition for AIME 2022 II #9 is: no three segments are concurrent in the open strip (i.e., any two segments intersect in at most one interior point, and no interior point lies on more than two segments).
- Key counts in general position:
• Number of interior intersection points: C(m,2)·C(n,2) (choose two A’s and two B’s; the corresponding pair of segments cross once).
• Total bounded regions:
f(m,n) = C(m,2)·C(n,2) + m·n − 1.
- Derivations/checks:
• Euler route: Promote every interior intersection to a vertex, include edges along ℓ_A between consecutive A_i and along ℓ_B between consecutive B_j; apply V−E+F=2 and subtract 1 for the unbounded outside face to get bounded regions.
• Sanity check with the given example: for (m,n)=(3,2), C(3,2)·C(2,2)+3·2−1 = 3·1+6−1=8.
- Beware the common pitfall of assuming “no intersections.” If the example contradicts that assumption, reinterpret the condition as “no three concurrent” and proceed with the formula above.
C) Torus–sphere tangency along circles (surface of revolution contact):
- Torus parameters: major radius R (distance from axis to center of generating circle) and minor radius r (radius of generating circle). Sphere radius s.
- Reduce to a meridian (axis-containing) 2D cross-section. Use similar triangles stemming from the homothety at the sphere center:
• Let OE = distance from sphere center O to the center E of the generating circle in the cross-section when tangent occurs. For external tangency (torus outside sphere) and internal tangency (torus “inside”/hugging sphere), OE equals s ± r respectively.
• The “lever arm” from the axis to E is constant and equals R.
• The circle of tangency on the sphere has radius GH, with OG = s. From similarity ΔOEF ~ ΔOGH, EF/OE = GH/OG ⇒ GH = s·R / (s ± r).
- Therefore:
• Tangency circle radius for the “inner” position: r_i = s·R / (s − r).
• Tangency circle radius for the “outer” position: r_o = s·R / (s + r).
• Difference: r_i − r_o = s·R·(2r) / (s^2 − r^2).
- For R=6, r=3, s=11: r_i = 33/4, r_o = 33/7, so r_i − r_o = 99/28, and m+n = 99+28 = 127.
- Verify units and that the radii are positive and less than s.
D) Planar graphs and Euler:
- When counting faces in drawings with intersections, convert each interior crossing into a vertex, update the edge count accordingly (each crossing increases E by 2 relative to the two original edges), then apply Euler’s formula V−E+F=2 (F includes the unbounded outer face). Bounded faces = F − 1.
- Use symmetry to reduce overcounting; check small cases.
Quality checks:
- Always test derived formulas on provided small examples.
- Keep radicals exact; reduce fractions fully; ensure squarefree radicands in m√n if relevant.
- For combinatorics/probability, confirm independence assumptions, case partition completeness, and that probabilities sum to 1 when expected.
- For geometry, confirm that constructed points/lengths satisfy all given constraints and that the locus (circle/line) is correct.
Output discipline:
- Only two top-level JSON-like fields: “reasoning” and “answer.”
- The “answer” field must be only the final requested value (e.g., 244 or 99/28 or 127), with no extra text.
2025/08/12 23:08:25 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 3.0 / 3 (100.0%)
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 21.0 / 45 (46.7%)
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Full valset score for new program: 0.4666666666666667
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Full train_val score for new program: 0.4666666666666667
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Individual valset scores for new program: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: New valset pareto front scores: [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Full valset pareto front score: 0.8
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 3, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {8, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {8, 6}, {0, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {8, 2, 5, 6}, {8, 2, 4, 6}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8}, {3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {8, 2, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {2, 3}, {3, 7}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3}, {2}, {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {3}, {3, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, {0}, {3}]
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Best valset aggregate score so far: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Best program as per aggregate score on train_val: 2
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Best program as per aggregate score on valset: 2
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Best score on valset: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Best score on train_val: 0.5333333333333333
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: Linear pareto front program index: 2
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 15: New program candidate index: 8
2025/08/12 23:11:05 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 16: Selected program 2 score: 0.5333333333333333
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2025/08/12 23:12:01 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 2.0 / 3 (66.7%)
2025/08/12 23:13:17 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 16: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting, polynomial equal-value/root-structure, complex-argument maximization, rhombic parallelepipeds).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., base-b digits in 0..b−1; no leading zero for “three-digit”; coefficient bounds; |z| fixed radius; ordered vs unordered; strict increase).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
- Verify final candidates numerically and confirm they satisfy all constraints; check edge/degenerate cases explicitly.
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls (from common contests and prior feedback):
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Positional notation: in base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges strictly (e.g., in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}; leading digit nonzero when specified).
- Set up equalities and simplify. Use modular constraints to prune:
• Mod 9 often collapses coefficients.
• Mod 8/11 helpful for parity and alternating sums.
- Solve within digit bounds and verify numerically.
2) Polynomials with equal values at two integers (e.g., find count of cubics with a unique m ≠ k such that p(m)=p(k)):
- Let q(x) = p(x) − p(k). Then q(k) = 0, so q(x) = (x−k)·r(x) where r is degree one less.
- Integer-coefficient, monic case: any rational root is an integer. For quadratics with integer coefficients:
• If discriminant is a nonzero perfect square, both roots are integers.
• Exactly one integer root occurs only for a double root (D=0), and that root is integer if parity allows (for monic: −p must be even).
- Crucial split to count “exactly one integer m ≠ k”:
Case A (double non-k root): r(x) = (x−m)^2 with m ≠ k. Match coefficients (e.g., via Vieta) to get explicit a,b,… in bounds.
Case B (k is repeated): r(k)=0, so q(x) has (x−k)^2(x−m). Impose “k is a root of r”: r(k)=0 gives linear relations among coefficients (Vieta). Solve within bounds, exclude the degenerate m=k, and respect any additional constraints.
- Don’t forget coefficients that do not affect q (like constant term c in p(x)=x^3+…): count all possibilities for them at the end.
- Verify uniqueness: ensure no extra integer roots besides k and the intended m.
3) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound number of digits by size (e.g., n<1000 ⇒ octal has 3–4 digits).
- Palindrome forms:
• 3-digit octal: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit octal: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B (A ≥ 1).
- Enumerate small parameter ranges; test other-base palindrome constraints. For “greatest,” check candidates in descending order with a proof of optimality.
4) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed (ordered triples of nonnegative integers):
- Use identities to compress expressions:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c known, convert into relations among ab + bc + ca and abc.
- Use shifts like a = A + x to isolate factors such as (a−A)(b−A)(c−A), enabling clean counting.
- Count ordered solutions carefully; include/exclude symmetric/degenerate cases precisely.
5) Intersecting families of subsets:
- Intersecting: every pair has nonempty intersection; ∅ cannot be included.
- Complement pairs: S and S^c cannot both be present; leverage to structure counts.
- Size pigeonhole: In [n], any two subsets of size > n/2 intersect. For n=5, all subsets of size ≥3 form an intersecting family (size 16).
- When counting families of fixed size:
• Casework by minimum set size and how many 2-sets are included (they force exclusions via complements).
• Avoid double counting by canonical patterns; order of subsets in a collection does not matter.
6) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions in a strictly increasing sequence with fixed anchors:
- Bound variable terms by monotonicity.
- Pre-eliminate values completing APs with three fixed terms (anchor-triplet checks).
- Count allowed pairs, then subtract specific pairs that close 4-term APs with two fixed endpoints.
- Use that endpoints difference Δ must be divisible by 3 for a 4-term AP; solve for integer interior terms within bounds.
- Avoid double subtraction; re-check integrality and bounds.
7) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints (x_1 ≤ ... ≤ x_n, sum |x_i| = 1, sum x_i = 0):
- Total positive mass = total negative mass = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k: with T = n − k + 1 largest terms, sum ≥ T·x_k ⇒ x_k ≤ (1/2)/T.
- For minimizing x_l: with l smallest terms, sum ≤ l·x_l ⇒ x_l ≥ (−1/2)/l.
- Attain bounds by concentrating masses evenly on those positions and setting the middle to 0. Verify sums and order.
8) Complex maximization for expressions like A z + B/z with |z|=r:
- Let z = r e^{iθ}, so 1/z = e^{−iθ}/r.
- Expression reduces to α e^{iθ} + β e^{−iθ}; its real part is M cos θ + N sin θ.
- Maximum over θ is √(M^2 + N^2). Compute M,N explicitly; verify arithmetic.
9) Parallelepipeds whose faces are rhombi with given diagonals:
- For a rhombus generated by equal-length vectors of length s with angle θ:
• d_long^2 = 2s^2(1 + cos θ), d_short^2 = 2s^2(1 − cos θ).
• Sum: d_long^2 + d_short^2 = 4s^2 ⇒ s^2 = (d_long^2 + d_short^2)/4.
• cos θ = (d_long^2 − d_short^2)/(d_long^2 + d_short^2) =: ρ (and each face angle cosine can be ±ρ).
- For a parallelepiped with edge length s and pairwise angle cosines c12, c23, c31, squared volume factor:
D = 1 + 2 c12 c23 c31 − c12^2 − c23^2 − c31^2, so V = s^3 √D.
- With all faces the same rhombus, c_ij ∈ {+ρ, −ρ}. The two noncongruent realizations correspond to different sign patterns:
• “All acute” near: (+ρ, +ρ, +ρ) gives D_plus = 1 + 2ρ^3 − 3ρ^2.
• “One obtuse” pattern (two +, one − up to symmetry) gives D_minus = 1 − 2ρ^3 − 3ρ^2.
• Ratio of volumes: √(D_plus/D_minus). For d_long^2=31, d_short^2=21 ⇒ s^2=13, ρ=5/26, yielding ratio 63/62.
- Alternative routes: Gram determinant, inscribed tetrahedra with edges equal to face diagonals, or centroid-height computation all lead to the same ratio.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints, coefficient bounds, and final equalities numerically.
- For polynomial-equality problems, handle both “double non-k root” and “k repeated” cases; use Vieta and discriminant parity; exclude m=k and out-of-range coefficients; include free parameters like c.
- For extremal problems, provide both a tight bound and an explicit construction achieving it (or the θ that attains equality).
- For counting, explicitly handle ordered vs unordered, exclude impossible/duplicate cases, and check complements/forbidden pairs.
- For AP-avoidance, confirm integrality and bounds; ensure all endpoint combinations checked and no double subtraction.
- Put only the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field.
Finally:
- Return exactly two top-level fields: “reasoning” and “answer”. Keep reasoning concise but complete, and end with a brief verification.
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2025/08/12 23:16:01 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 17: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601, 29/96). Do not include units or words.
- Reduce and simplify completely. If the result is an integer, output the integer (not an unsimplified expression or radical).
- If the prompt asks for m+n or p+q, first reduce the fraction to lowest terms, then output the integer sum.
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse problem type (e.g., base representation, subset families, avoidance problems, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuple counts, classical Euclidean geometry, arrangements/planar graphs).
- Enforce domain constraints (digit ranges, no leading zeros unless explicitly required, ordered vs unordered, strict inequalities, “general position” assumptions like “no three concurrent” when stated).
- Prefer structural arguments over brute force: algebraic identities, invariants, parity/modular arithmetic, symmetry, bijections, recursion/D.P., and geometric power/similarity.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give/describe a construction that attains them.
- Quick verification: check boundary conditions, recompute via a second route if short, or plug back to confirm constraints. If the problem style strongly suggests an integer answer (e.g., AIME/AMC-style), and you’ve obtained a non-integer, re-examine your steps.
Output discipline and simplification:
- Integers: output plain digits only, no signs unless negative, no leading zeros unless explicitly requested.
- Fractions: output as a/b in lowest terms with positive denominator.
- Radicals: use exact simplified radicals with squarefree radicands only if the problem explicitly asks for an expression; otherwise evaluate to an integer if it simplifies to one.
- For prompts like “find m+n” or “find p+q,” reduce first (e.g., p/q in lowest terms) before summing.
Domain-specific strategies, templates, and pitfalls:
A) 4-player single-elimination tournaments with random semifinal pairings:
- Exactly 3 equally likely semifinal matchings (each with probability 1/3):
{(A,C),(J,S)}, {(A,J),(C,S)}, {(A,S),(C,J)}.
- Condition on the pairing, multiply by match win probabilities; assume independence across matches if stated.
- If two “other” players (like J vs S) have no specified advantage, treat their match as 1/2–1/2.
- Sum over cases. If the final asks for p+q for a reduced fraction p/q, reduce before summing.
B) Segments between two parallel lines (complete bipartite geometric graph K_{m,n}):
- Setup: m distinct points on line ℓ_A and n distinct points on parallel line ℓ_B. All mn segments A_iB_j are drawn. The intended “general position” condition (AIME 2022 II #9 style) is: no three segments are concurrent in the open strip (i.e., any two segments intersect in at most one interior point, and no interior point lies on more than two segments).
- Counts:
• Number of interior intersections: C(m,2)·C(n,2).
• Total bounded regions: f(m,n) = C(m,2)·C(n,2) + m·n − 1.
- Derivation: Promote interior intersections to vertices; add edges along ℓ_A, ℓ_B between consecutive points; apply Euler V−E+F=2; bounded faces = F−1.
- Sanity check example: (m,n)=(3,2) → 8 bounded regions.
C) Torus–sphere tangency along circles (surface of revolution contact):
- Torus parameters: major radius R, minor radius r; sphere radius s.
- In meridian cross-section, use similarity from the sphere center:
• Tangency circle radius for “inner” position: r_i = s·R / (s − r).
• Tangency circle radius for “outer” position: r_o = s·R / (s + r).
• Difference: r_i − r_o = s·R·(2r) / (s^2 − r^2).
- Check positivity and that radii < s.
D) Planar graphs/Euler with crossings:
- Convert each interior crossing to a vertex; update edges accordingly; apply V−E+F=2 (F includes the unbounded outer face). Bounded faces = F−1.
- Use symmetry and small-case checks to avoid over/undercounting.
E) Optimal guessing with known counts revealed sequentially (e.g., 3 red and 3 black, random order):
- Optimal policy at each step: guess the color with more remaining cards; if equal, either guess (symmetry).
- Dynamic programming recurrence for expected correct guesses E(x,y):
• If x>y: E(x,y) = (x/(x+y))·(1 + E(x−1,y)) + (y/(x+y))·E(x,y−1).
• If y>x: swap roles.
• If x=y: E(x,x) = 0.5·(1 + E(x−1,x)) + 0.5·E(x,x−1).
- Linearity-of-expectation approach can also sum stage-wise correctness probabilities.
- Reduce any resulting fraction before extracting m+n if asked.
F) Classical Euclidean geometry preferences:
- Favor Power of a Point, radical axis, perpendicular bisectors to locate circle centers, cyclic angle/arc relations, homothety, and similar triangles over coordinate bashes unless coordinates simplify dramatically.
- In rectangle/circle configurations, exploit equal radii from the center to chord endpoints, midpoints/perpendicular bisectors, and right-angle structures. If points are collinear across rectangles, consider Power of a Point on intersection lines.
- Quick check: lengths must be positive and satisfy triangle inequalities; if an expected integer length comes out non-integer, revisit.
Quality checks:
- Reduce fractions fully; ensure squarefree radicands if radicals are required; simplify expressions.
- For combinatorics/probability, confirm independence assumptions, that case partitions are complete/disjoint, and that intermediate probabilities are in [0,1]; if summing probabilities over exhaustive cases, totals should be plausible.
- For geometry, confirm all constraints (parallelism, cyclicity, tangency) are met by the computed values.
- Use any provided small example to sanity-check derived formulas.
Common pitfalls to avoid:
- Returning an unsimplified expression when an integer is expected.
- Failing to reduce p/q before computing p+q.
- Adding extraneous text/formatting in the “answer” field.
- Ignoring constraints like no leading zeros, digit ranges, or general position.
Deliverable:
- Exactly two fields: “reasoning” and “answer”.
- “answer” is a single simplified numeric value in the requested form (integer, reduced fraction, or the specified sum like m+n). No other text.
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2025/08/12 23:20:08 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 18: Proposed new text for predict: Your job
- Solve exactly one math problem and return exactly two top-level JSON-like fields:
- reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that leverages structure (identities, modular arithmetic, symmetry) and ends with a quick verification.
- answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words or formatting).
Formatting
- Use exactly the two fields “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep the reasoning succinct but complete; bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
- Avoid heavy formatting (no LaTeX blocks, tables). Bullet lists are acceptable.
General problem-solving guidance
- Identify the problem type early (e.g., base/digit relations, repeating decimals, palindromes across bases, symmetric sums with fixed totals, intersecting subset families, avoiding arithmetic progressions, order statistics with absolute-sum constraints, floor-sum optimization, circle/geometry with radical axes or cyclic quadrilaterals, logarithm equations with shared unknowns).
- Enforce domain constraints strictly:
• Base-b digits are in 0..b−1; leading digit nonzero if a positional numeral.
• Logarithms: argument > 0, base > 0 and ≠ 1; respect any excluded x-values given.
• Ordered vs unordered; strictly increasing where specified.
- Prefer structural arguments over brute force:
• Factorization, completing the square, modular arithmetic, symmetry/reflection, similar triangles, cyclic identities, Ptolemy’s theorem, Law of Cosines/Sines, power of a point, bounding plus construction for extremals.
- For greatest/least questions, derive a tight bound and exhibit a construction attaining it.
- Always verify at the end (e.g., plug back into conditions, check modular constraints, recompute a key equality numerically).
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls
A) Base conversion/digit equations
- Translate positional notation correctly: abc (base 10) = 100a + 10b + c; (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges: in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}. Leading digit in base-b must be 1..b−1 if a k-digit numeral.
- Use modular constraints to prune search (e.g., mod 9 or mod 71 from coefficient comparison).
- When solving 100a + 10b + c = 81b + 9c + a, reduce to 99a = 71b + 8c; check moduli (e.g., mod 71 or mod 9) and small ranges.
- Verify numerically by converting the base-b representation back to decimal.
B) Repeating decimals 0.\overline{abcd} and counting reduced numerators
- 0.\overline{abcd} = m/9999 with m ∈ {1,…,9999}, and 9999 = 3^2·11·101.
- Reduced numerator is x = m / gcd(m, 9999). Do NOT use ∑φ(d) = n here to count distinct reduced numerators; that counts reduced fractions by denominator divisors, not distinct numerators from a bounded m.
- Characterize x via existence of y | 9999 with y ≥ x and gcd(x, y) = 1 (since m = x·(9999/y) ≤ 9999).
- Use inclusion–exclusion over divisibility by 3, 9, 11, 101 carefully; treat “3 vs 9” distinctly.
C) Palindromes across bases
- Bound number of digits by magnitude; write k-digit palindrome formulas (e.g., base-8 ABA: 65A + 8B; ABBA: 513A + 72B, A ≥ 1).
- Test candidate bases/lengths using congruences and magnitude bounds.
D) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed
- Compress using identities, e.g., S = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
E) Intersecting families of subsets
- Intersecting means every pair intersects; empty set excluded.
- Complement pairs cannot both be present; for n odd, star and “all subsets of size > n/2” both have size 2^{n−1}.
- For fixed-size counting, case on minimum sizes and overlaps; use canonical patterns to avoid double-counting.
F) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions
- Pre-eliminate values that force a 4-term AP with anchors.
- If endpoints differ by Δ, then interior step is Δ/3; require integrality and bounds.
G) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints
- Sum |x_i| = 1 and sum x_i = 0 ⇒ positive mass = negative mass = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k, with T = n−k+1 largest positions, x_k ≤ (1/2)/T; minimize x_l similarly.
- Achieve bounds by concentrating masses evenly; rest zero.
H) Systems with square-root bilinear forms
- Factor under roots: √(x(2−y)) style.
- Algebraic approach (A=1−x etc.) or trigonometric substitution (x=2cos^2 α); common elegant results like products equal constants (e.g., 1/32).
I) Floor-sum with a parameter
- Separate continuous main term and fractional correction.
- Pick parameter to cancel main term; argue uniqueness via step sizes.
- Count residues modulo m precisely, including partial cycles.
J) Circle geometry with two tangent circles and a circumcircle through centers (key patterns from AoPS AIME 2022 II #15)
- Setup:
• Two externally tangent circles ω1, ω2 with centers O1, O2 and radii r1, r2, with r1 + r2 = O1O2.
• A third circle Ω through O1, O2 intersects ω1 at B, C and ω2 at A, D; A, B, C, D cyclic on Ω.
- Symmetry/reflection:
• Reflect A, B across the perpendicular bisector of O1O2 to A′, B′ on Ω. Then ABO1O2 ≅ B′A′O2O1 and hexagons ABO1CDO2 and A′B′O1CDO2 have equal area.
• Quadrilateral A′B′CD is an isosceles trapezoid; also B′O1DO2 is an isosceles trapezoid.
• From these, deduce chord equalities: e.g., B′D = O1O2 and A′C = O1O2; apply Ptolemy on cyclic A′B′CD.
- Ptolemy on A′B′CD:
• If AB and CD are known chords on Ω and O1O2 is known, Ptolemy yields A′D·B′C + AB·CD = (O1O2)^2.
• Often forces A′D = B′C = √((O1O2)^2 − AB·CD_sum_correction), e.g., √193 when AB=2, CD=16, O1O2=15.
- Heights/areas:
• Compute angle in triangle A′B′D via Law of Cosines; typical values yield cos α = 3/5 ⇒ sin α = 4/5 (a 3–4–5 relation), giving height 12 and trapezoid area = 1/2·height·(sum of bases).
• For triangles involving radii r1, r2 spanning angle (π − α), Law of Cosines gives r1r2 from chord length, e.g., (r1 + r2)^2 − (4/5)r1r2 = known ⇒ r1r2 = 40.
• Then area of each triangle with sides r1, r2 and included angle α is (1/2) r1 r2 sin α = 16. Sum areas: trapezoid plus two triangles.
- Alternative trigonometric approach:
• Let ∠O1OO2 = 2θ for Ω’s center O; derive AB = 2R sin(θ − (α+β)/2), CD = 2R sin(θ + (α+β)/2).
• Adding/subtracting AB and CD with O1O2 = 2R sin θ yields cos((α+β)/2) and sin((α+β)/2) (e.g., 3/5 and 4/5), then compute R, cos θ, etc., and total area via r^2-weighted sine sums.
- Avoid coordinate bloat; prefer radical axis, cyclic/quadrilateral relations, Ptolemy, symmetry, and concise trigonometry.
K) Logarithm equations with same unknown on bases/arguments
- Let the common value be y; rewrite as exponential equations and divide to eliminate x:
• If (A x)^y = B x and (C x)^y = D x, then (A/C)^y = B/D ⇒ y = log_{A/C}(B/D) = log_{10}(B/D) when A/C = 10, etc.
- Check domain: x > 0, bases > 0 and ≠ 1, arguments > 0; obey any excluded x. If problem asserts existence of such x, you can proceed to compute y; a quick verification by back-substitution suffices.
- If the final asks for log_{10}(m/n), reduce the fraction and return m + n.
Quality checks
- Verify digit/base constraints and equalities numerically if applicable.
- In geometry, confirm derived equal lengths/angles meet cyclic and tangency conditions and that area decomposition pieces sum correctly.
- For logarithms, verify the deduced y makes both given logs equal; ensure m,n are coprime before summing.
- For extremal problems, present both a bound and a construction achieving it.
Final step
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only. No extra text or formatting.
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2025/08/12 23:22:13 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 18: Updated valset pareto front programs: [{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {8, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {8, 6}, {0, 9, 2, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {2, 5, 6, 8, 9}, {2, 4, 6, 8, 9}, {0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {9, 3, 4}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {8, 2, 7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 7, 8}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {2, 3}, {3, 7}, {1, 4}, {1, 2, 3, 9}, {2}, {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {9, 5}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {7}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {3}, {3, 6}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0}, {3}]
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2025/08/12 23:25:38 INFO dspy.teleprompt.gepa.gepa: Iteration 20: Proposed new text for predict: You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses structure/identities to avoid brute force and ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, combinatorial configurations with symmetry, coefficient extraction via generating functions, motion with relative velocities, products over roots of unity, modular divisibility on ratios).
- Enforce domain constraints (e.g., digit bounds in base problems; “three-digit” means no leading zero; counts are integers; ordered vs unordered; strict increase; geometric constraints).
- Prefer structural identities, symmetry, and modular arithmetic over brute force; derive clean case structures and justify completeness.
- For extremal/“least/greatest” and counting problems, give both a bound and a construction/argument attaining it.
Quality checks:
- Verify base/digit constraints and final equalities numerically if applicable.
- For counting with cases, ensure cases are disjoint and exhaustive; check complements/forbidden patterns.
- Keep arithmetic exact (no unnecessary decimal approximations; reduce modulo only at the end if asked).
- Finish with a brief verification (e.g., plug back, check constraints, or a quick numeric check).
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls (including lessons from prior feedback):
A) Rectangles in regular polygons (2-colorings on a regular 2n-gon; e.g., dodecagon):
- Geometry fact: A vertex quadrilateral is a rectangle iff its diagonals pass through the center; i.e., it is formed by two opposite vertex pairs.
- Partition the 2n-gon into n opposite pairs. A monochromatic rectangle occurs iff there exist two distinct opposite pairs of the same color.
- Counting colorings with no monochromatic rectangle reduces to casework on opposite pairs:
• Case 0: No same-colored opposite pair (each pair has one of each color): 2^n.
• Case 1: Exactly one same-colored opposite pair: n·2·2^{n−1}.
• Case 2: Exactly two same-colored opposite pairs of different colors: n·(n−1)·2^{n−2}.
• Any additional same-colored opposite pair forces a monochromatic rectangle.
- Do not confuse with m×m grid Ramsey rectangles; here the structure is via opposite pairs.
B) Products over roots of unity (key identities and sign handling):
- For ω primitive n-th root, the set {ω^k}{k=0}^{n−1} are the roots of z^n − 1.
- Core identity: ∏{k=0}^{n−1} (a − ω^k) = a^n − 1.
- If f(x) factors as ∏ (x − r_i), then ∏{k} f(ω^k) = ∏{i} ∏{k} (r_i − ω^k) = ∏{i} (r_i^n − 1).
• Example: For f(x) = x^2 − 2x + 2 = (x − (1+i))(x − (1−i)), we get
∏{k=0}^{n−1} f(ω^k) = ((1+i)^n − 1)((1−i)^n − 1).
- Shifted-root trick: If z_k = ω^k − 1, then H(t) = ∏{k} (t − z_k) = (t+1)^n − 1.
• Then ∏_{k} (z_k^2 + 1) = ∏ (z_k − i) ∏ (z_k + i) = H(i)·H(−i). Sign caution:
With H(t) = ∏ (t − z_k), we have ∏ (z_k − a) = (−1)^n H(a). Using both (a = i and a = −i)
makes the signs cancel: ∏ (z_k − i) ∏ (z_k + i) = (−1)^n H(i) · (−1)^n H(−i) = H(i)H(−i).
• This avoids the common sign error.
- For (1±i)^n, use 1±i = √2 e^{± iπ/4} to compute exactly via De Moivre; reduce mod at the end.
C) Coefficient extraction for (x^N − 1)^k / ∏(x^{m_i} − 1), 0 < x < 1:
- Rewrite with 1 − x^N and geometric series: P(x) = (1 − x^N)^k / ∏(1 − x^{m_i}).
- Binomial-expand numerator: (1 − x^N)^k = ∑{r=0}^k (−1)^r C(k,r) x^{Nr}.
- Coefficient of x^t equals ∑{r=0}^{⌊t/N⌋} (−1)^r C(k,r) · a_{t−Nr}, where a_s counts nonnegative integer solutions to ∑ m_i n_i = s.
- Use modular constraints, gcd/lcm structure, and stars-and-bars to compute a_s exactly.
D) Motion in a current (relative velocities; equidistant target on bank):
- Coordinates: river along x-axis; banks y = 0 and y = W.
- If target is midpoint horizontally, x = (x1 + x2)/2. Speeds relative to water s1, s2; current v_c.
- Two methods:
1) Still-water reduction: shift the common aim point by v_c t; write right-triangle equations, subtract to get D in terms of t, then solve using W.
2) Vector components: For net ground velocities (±x, y), impose (x ∓ v_c)^2 + y^2 = s^2; solve for x,y, then t = W/y and D = 2xt.
- Keep values exact; avoid decimals.
E) Ratios that change after adding/removing a fixed number (divisibility/minimization):
- Let initial total N and initial ratio p/q imply N ≡ 0 (mod q).
- After adding/removing K people, if the new ratio is r/s, then N+K ≡ 0 (mod s).
- To minimize totals (or counts like number of adults), take the least N satisfying both congruences (CRT) and then compute the implied count (e.g., adults = (r/s)(N+K)).
- If composition of the added group is unknown, you generally don’t need to split it (x adults among the K) when only the final ratio is given; divisibility on totals suffices.
F) Other included standard tactics:
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- In base b, (abc)_b = a b^2 + b b + c; digits in 0..b−1; no leading zero for “three-digit”.
2) Palindromes across bases: bound lengths, parametrize palindromes, use constraints from both bases; justify “greatest” by structured descending search.
3) Symmetric sums with fixed sum: use identities like S = (a+b+c)(ab+bc+ca) − 3abc; count ordered vs unordered carefully.
4) Intersecting families: empty set excluded; use complement pairs and size > n/2 pigeonhole facts; stratify by small-set inclusions.
5) Avoiding 4-term APs in increasing sequences with anchors: pre-eliminate values forming APs; count allowed pairs; subtract completions; avoid double counts.
6) Order statistics with sum/absolute-sum constraints: positive mass equals negative mass; bound extremes by averaging slots; construct extremizers and verify.
Common pitfalls to avoid:
- Roots-of-unity products: incorrect overall sign; forgetting to include k=0 term; mixing up (a − ω^k) vs (ω^k − a).
- Using grid-rectangle facts on polygon vertex problems (use opposite-pair structure instead).
- Ignoring integer/divisibility constraints in ratio problems; assuming composition of added group when unnecessary.
- Sloppy modular arithmetic or premature modular reduction before exact evaluation.
Finally:
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only.
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- Solve exactly one math problem and return exactly two top-level JSON-like fields:
- reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that leverages structure (identities, modular arithmetic, symmetry) and ends with a quick verification.
- answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words or formatting).
Formatting
- Use exactly the two fields “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep the reasoning succinct but complete; bullet lists are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
- Avoid heavy formatting (no LaTeX blocks, tables). Bullet lists are acceptable.
General problem-solving guidance
- Identify the problem type early (e.g., base/digit relations, repeating decimals, palindromes across bases, symmetric sums with fixed totals, intersecting subset families, avoiding arithmetic progressions, order statistics with absolute-sum constraints, floor-sum optimization, circle/geometry with radical axes or cyclic quadrilaterals, logarithm equations with shared unknowns, counting rectangles via chord-direction classes, equilateral hexagon with opposite sides parallel via support-triangle similarity).
- Enforce domain constraints strictly:
• Base-b digits are in 0..b−1; leading digit nonzero if a positional numeral.
• Logarithms: argument > 0, base > 0 and ≠ 1; respect any excluded x-values given.
• Ordered vs unordered; strictly increasing where specified.
- Prefer structural arguments over brute force:
• Factorization, completing the square, modular arithmetic, symmetry/reflection, similar triangles, cyclic identities, Ptolemy’s theorem, Law of Cosines/Sines, power of a point, bounding plus construction for extremals.
- For greatest/least questions, derive a tight bound and exhibit a construction attaining it.
- Always verify at the end (e.g., plug back into conditions, check modular constraints, recompute a key equality numerically).
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls
A) Base conversion/digit equations
- Translate positional notation correctly: abc (base 10) = 100a + 10b + c; (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges: in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}. Leading digit in base-b must be 1..b−1 if a k-digit numeral.
- Use modular constraints to prune search (e.g., mod 9 or mod 71 from coefficient comparison).
- Verify numerically by converting the base-b representation back to decimal.
B) Repeating decimals 0.\overline{abcd} and counting reduced numerators
- 0.\overline{abcd} = m/9999 with 9999 = 3^2·11·101.
- Reduced numerator is x = m / gcd(m, 9999).
- Characterize x via existence of y | 9999 with y ≥ x and gcd(x, y) = 1 (since m = x·(9999/y) ≤ 9999).
- Use inclusion–exclusion over divisibility by 3, 9, 11, 101 carefully; treat “3 vs 9” distinctly.
C) Palindromes across bases
- Bound number of digits by magnitude; write k-digit palindrome formulas (e.g., base-8 ABA: 65A + 8B; ABBA: 513A + 72B, A ≥ 1).
- Test candidate bases/lengths using congruences and magnitude bounds.
D) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed
- Compress using identities, e.g., S = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
E) Intersecting families of subsets
- Intersecting means every pair intersects; empty set excluded.
- Complement pairs cannot both be present; for n odd, star and “all subsets of size > n/2” both have size 2^{n−1}.
- For fixed-size counting, case on minimum sizes and overlaps; use canonical patterns to avoid double-counting.
F) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions
- Pre-eliminate values that force a 4-term AP with anchors.
- If endpoints differ by Δ, then interior step is Δ/3; require integrality and bounds.
G) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints
- Sum |x_i| = 1 and sum x_i = 0 ⇒ positive mass = negative mass = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k, with T = n−k+1 largest positions, x_k ≤ (1/2)/T; minimize x_l similarly.
- Achieve bounds by concentrating masses evenly; rest zero.
H) Systems with square-root bilinear forms
- Factor under roots: √(x(2−y)) style.
- Algebraic approach (A=1−x etc.) or trigonometric substitution (x=2cos^2 α); typical products/constants often emerge; verify by back-substitution.
I) Floor-sum with a parameter
- Separate continuous main term and fractional correction.
- Pick parameter to cancel main term; argue uniqueness via step sizes.
- Count residues modulo m precisely, including partial cycles.
J) Circle geometry with two tangent circles and a circumcircle through centers
- Prefer radical axis, cyclic/quadrilateral relations, Ptolemy, symmetry, and concise trigonometry over coordinates.
- Use reflections across the perpendicular bisector of O1O2; exploit isosceles trapezoids; Ptolemy on A′B′CD; infer 3–4–5 angle patterns frequently.
K) Logarithm equations with same unknown on bases/arguments
- Let the common value be y; rewrite as exponential equations and divide to eliminate x:
• If (A x)^y = B x and (C x)^y = D x, then (A/C)^y = B/D ⇒ y = log_{A/C}(B/D).
- Check domain: x > 0, bases > 0 and ≠ 1; ensure arguments > 0. Verify numerically.
L) Counting rectangles formed by chords in a regular polygon (crucial for regular 12-gon)
- “Each side lies on a side or a diagonal” means each rectangle side is a chord line of the polygon; vertices of the rectangle need not be polygon vertices.
- Classify by chord directions (slopes). For a regular dodecagon:
• All chord directions occur at multiples of 15° (not just edges at 30°). Perpendicular pairs differ by 90°.
• The six relevant direction pairs are:
- {0°, 90°}, {30°, 120°}, {60°, 150°} (call these the “even” families),
- {15°, 105°}, {45°, 135°}, {75°, 165°} (call these the “odd” families).
- Allowed chord “distances” (minor-arc skipped vertices) by family:
• Even families: even distances 0, 2, 4.
• Odd families: odd distances 1, 3, 5 (note distance 5 has only one chord, so cannot be the shorter in a pair of parallel chords).
- Counting template for each family:
• Fix the shorter distance d_short and count pairs of parallel chords in that family: count = 1 + 2·(D_max − d_short), where D_max = 4 for even families and 3 for odd families.
• For the perpendicular family, the number of ways to choose the two parallel lines is C(d_short + 2, 2) for even families with d_short = 0,2,4 interpreted as 2i (i=0..2), and C(d_short + 2, 2) for odd families with d_short = 1,3 interpreted as 2i+1 (i=0,1).
• Sum over admissible d_short in the family, then multiply by 3 for the three rotations of that family type.
- Inclusion–exclusion and overcounting:
• The above classification by perpendicular direction pairs avoids double-counting across families.
• Don’t restrict to rectangles aligned with diameters or vertex-anchored; many valid rectangles use non-vertex chords.
M) Equilateral hexagon with opposite sides parallel and the “support triangle” (lines AB, CD, EF)
- Let ABCDEF be equilateral with AB ∥ DE, BC ∥ EF, CD ∥ FA. Extend lines AB, CD, EF to form triangle PQR where:
• P = AB ∩ CD, Q = CD ∩ EF, R = EF ∩ AB.
- Powerful similarity relations:
• Small corner triangles cut off by the hexagon are similar to ΔPQR. Typical equalities (with hex side length x):
- From ΔBCP ~ ΔRQP: x / BP = (side on ΔPQR parallel to BC) / (adjacent side). If the sides of ΔPQR opposite AB, CD, EF are known (say lengths along RQ, PR, PQ), plug the corresponding numbers to get BP in terms of x.
- From ΔAFR ~ ΔPQR: x / AR = (corresponding side ratio), yielding AR in terms of x.
• Use a side of ΔPQR as a sum of consecutive segments cut by the hexagon: e.g., RA + AB + BP equals the side of ΔPQR that AB is parallel to.
- Linear solve:
• Set up 2–3 linear relations like BP = αx, AR = βx, then add along a side of ΔPQR (e.g., RA + AB + BP = given side length L) to solve for x.
- Avoid pitfalls:
• Do not assume the support triangle is isosceles or has sides in simple fixed ratios like s, s√3, 2s; directions need not be 120° apart affinely.
• The inradius/semiperimeter shortcut (e.g., s = 2r of the support triangle) is not generally valid here.
N) GCD-sum conditions for scaled rationals (e.g., r and 55r)
- Let r = a/b in lowest terms; write 55r = (55a)/b and reduce by d = gcd(55a, b).
- Equate sums of numerator and denominator: a + b = (55a + b)/d ⇒ (d − 55)a = (1 − d)b.
- Since gcd(a, b) = 1 and d | b and d | 55a, conclude d | 55, so d ∈ divisors of 55.
- Test each feasible d, enforce integrality and gcd=1, and verify both reduced fractions share the same sum.
Quality checks
- Verify digit/base constraints and equalities numerically if applicable.
- In geometry, confirm derived lengths/angles meet the stated parallel/perpendicular and cyclic conditions; ensure area/length decompositions sum correctly.
- For logarithms, verify the deduced y makes both given logs equal; ensure m,n are coprime before summing if requested.
- For extremal problems, present both a bound and a construction achieving it.
Final step
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only. No extra text or formatting.
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You will be given one math problem as plain text under a key like “problem.” Your job is to solve it correctly and return:
reasoning: a concise, logically ordered solution that uses identities/structure to avoid brute force, ends with a quick verification.
answer: the final requested number/expression only (no extra words).
Formatting:
- Use exactly two top-level fields named “reasoning” and “answer.”
- Keep reasoning succinct but complete. Bullet points are fine.
- The answer field must contain only the final value requested (e.g., 227, 585, 601).
General problem-solving guidance:
- Parse the problem type (e.g., base representation, intersecting families of subsets, avoiding arithmetic progressions, symmetric sums with constraints, ordered tuples counting).
- Always enforce domain constraints (e.g., base-b digits in 0..b−1; no leading zero for base-10 “three-digit”; ordered vs unordered families; strict increase conditions in sequences).
- Use algebraic identities and modular arithmetic to reduce the search space; prefer structural arguments over naive enumeration.
- For “greatest/least” questions, derive tight bounds and give a construction that attains them.
Domain-specific strategies and pitfalls (learned from typical contest problems and prior feedback):
1) Base-conversion/digit rearrangement:
- Translate positional notation correctly: in base b, (a b c)_b = a·b^2 + b·b + c; in base 10: abc = 100a + 10b + c.
- Enforce digit ranges strictly (e.g., in base 9, digits ∈ {0,…,8}; if also a is a base-10 leading digit, then a ∈ {1,…,8}).
- Set up equality and simplify. Use modular constraints to prune:
• Mod 9 often collapses coefficients; e.g., 99a = 71b + 8c ⇒ mod 9 gives b + c ≡ 0 (mod 9).
• Mod 8: 99 ≡ 3, 71 ≡ 7 ⇒ 3a ≡ 7b (mod 8) ⇒ b ≡ −3a (mod 8).
- Solve within digit bounds and verify numerically.
2) Palindromes across bases:
- Bound the base length by magnitude (e.g., n < 1000 ⇒ octal has 3–4 digits).
- Characterize palindromes:
• 3-digit octal: (A B A)_8 = 65A + 8B.
• 4-digit octal: (A B B A)_8 = 513A + 72B (with A ≥ 1).
- Enumerate small parameter ranges and test the other-base palindrome constraint. For “greatest”, check candidates in descending order with justification.
3) Symmetric sums with a + b + c fixed (ordered triples of nonnegative integers):
- Use identities to compress expressions:
S = ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = (a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) − 3abc.
- With a + b + c known (e.g., 300), convert the given sum into a relation among ab + bc + ca and abc.
- Use the shift a = A + x etc. to isolate a product like (a−A)(b−A)(c−A) and deduce factorization constraints, enabling clean counting.
- Count ordered solutions carefully; include/exclude symmetric/degenerate cases precisely.
4) Intersecting families of subsets (collections from the power set):
- Intersecting means every pair has nonempty intersection. The empty set cannot be included.
- Complement pairs: S and S^c cannot both be present. Use this to structure counts.
- Use size-based pigeonhole facts: In [n], any two subsets of size > n/2 must intersect. For n = 5, any two subsets of size ≥ 3 intersect; thus “all subsets of size ≥ 3” is an intersecting family (size 16).
- Do not assume that “stars” (all subsets containing a fixed element) are the only intersecting families of maximum size. For odd n, both the star and “all subsets of size > n/2” have size 2^{n−1}.
- When counting collections of a fixed size:
• Consider the minimum set size N in the family and do casework on how many 2-element sets are included (for n=5), as these control which 3-sets must be excluded (complements).
• Ensure completeness of cases and avoid double counting by parameterizing canonical patterns (e.g., how many 2-sets, how they overlap, whether they share a common element).
• Remember order of subsets in a collection does not matter; count distinct families.
5) Avoiding 4-term arithmetic progressions in a strictly increasing sequence with fixed anchors:
- First bound the variable terms by strict increase (e.g., if fixed terms are 3,4,5,...,30,40,50 then 6 ≤ a < b ≤ 29).
- Pre-eliminate values that cause a 4-term AP with three fixed terms:
• 3,4,5,a forbids a = 6.
• b,30,40,50 forbids b = 20.
• Similarly, a,30,40,50 forbids a = 20.
- Start with the count of pairs from allowed values and then subtract specific pairs that complete APs with two fixed endpoints:
• 3,5,a,b ⇒ (a,b) = (7,9).
• 3,a,b,30 ⇒ (a,b) = (12,21).
• 4,a,b,40 ⇒ (a,b) = (16,28).
• 5,a,b,50 ⇒ (a,b) = (20,35) but may be outside bounds or pre-excluded (e.g., 20 banned).
- Systematically check all endpoint combinations; use the fact that if endpoints differ by Δ, then Δ must be divisible by 3 for a 4-term AP, and solve for integer a,b within bounds.
- Avoid double subtraction; ensure monotonicity and domain constraints are respected.
6) Order statistics with sum and absolute-sum constraints (e.g., x_1 ≤ ... ≤ x_n, sum |x_i| = 1, sum x_i = 0):
- Total positive mass equals total negative mass: both = 1/2.
- For maximizing x_k (k near the top): if there are T largest terms from k to n (T = n − k + 1), then sum of these T terms ≥ T·x_k. Since the total positive mass ≤ 1/2, we get x_k ≤ (1/2)/T.
- For minimizing x_l (l near the bottom): if there are l smallest terms, sum of these l terms ≤ l·x_l. Since the total negative mass is −1/2, we get x_l ≥ (−1/2)/l.
- To attain these bounds, concentrate masses evenly on exactly those positions: set the smallest l terms equal to −1/(2l), the largest T terms equal to 1/(2T), and the middle to 0 (respecting monotonicity). Verify sums and absolute sums.
- Example: For n=100, maximize x_76 − x_16: T = 25 ⇒ x_76 ≤ 1/50; l = 16 ⇒ x_16 ≥ −1/32; construction with 16 negatives at −1/32, 59 zeros, 25 positives at 1/50 attains 1/50 − (−1/32) = 41/800.
Quality checks:
- Verify digit/base constraints and final equalities numerically if applicable.
- For extremal problems, provide both a tight bound and an explicit construction achieving it.
- For counting, explicitly handle ordered vs unordered, exclude impossible/duplicate cases, and check complements/forbidden pairs.
- For AP-avoidance, confirm integrality and bounds; ensure no missed endpoint combinations.
- For “greatest/least” questions, justify optimality structurally (e.g., convexity/majorization/pigeonhole).
Finally:
- Put the clean final numeric result in the “answer” field only.
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It can be seen that what GEPA is doing here, is precomputing some reasoning to come up with a good plan for future task instances. Due to the improved performance in unseen validation set, we expect this prompt to generalize!
Evaluating the Chain Of Thought optimized with GEPA¶
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Average Metric: 85.00 / 150 (56.7%): 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 150/150 [00:00<00:00, 476.89it/s]
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2025/08/12 23:53:14 INFO dspy.evaluate.evaluate: Average Metric: 85 / 150 (56.7%)
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| | problem | example_answer | reasoning | pred_answer | metric |
--- --- --- |
| 0 | Find the sum of all integer bases $b>9$ for which $17_b$ is a divi... | 70 | - Interpret the numbers in base ( b ): [ 17_b = 1 \cdot b + 7 =... | 70 | ✔️ |
| 1 | On $\triangle ABC$ points $A, D, E$, and $B$ lie in that order on ... | 588 | 1. Set up coordinate system: - Place ( A ) at the origin ((0,0)... | 588 | ✔️ |
| 2 | The 9 members of a baseball team went to an ice-cream parlor after... | 16 | - We have 9 players and 3 flavors: Chocolate (C), Vanilla (V), Str... | 16 | ✔️ |
| 3 | Find the number of ordered pairs $(x,y)$, where both $x$ and $y$ a... | 117 | We need to find all integer pairs ((x,y)) with (x,y \in [-100, ... | 117 | ✔️ |
| 4 | There are $8!= 40320$ eight-digit positive integers that use each ... | 279 | - We consider all 8-digit numbers using each of the digits 1 throu... | 567 | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 145 | Let $S$ be the set of vertices of a regular $24$-gon. Find the num... | 113 | - The problem is to find the number of ways to pair up the 24 vert... | 11 | |
| 146 | Let $A_1 A_2 A_3 \ldots A_{11}$ be an $11$-sided non-convex simple... | 19 | We are given a simple polygon (A_1 A_2 \dots A_{11}) with vertic... | 19 | ✔️ |
| 147 | Let $x_1, x_2, x_3, \ldots$ be a sequence of rational numbers defi... | 248 | Given the recurrence: [ x_1 = \frac{25}{11}, \quad x_{k+1} = \fra... | 728 | |
| 148 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a right triangle with $\angle A = 90^\circ$... | 104 | - Given the right triangle ( \triangle ABC ) with right angle at... | 104 | ✔️ |
| 149 | There are exactly three positive real numbers $k$ such that the fu... | 240 | We are given [ f(x) = \frac{(x-18)(x-72)(x-98)(x-k)}{x}, \quad x>... | 252 | |
150 rows × 5 columns
EvaluationResult(score=56.67, results=<list of 150 results>)
GEPA was able to optimize the GPT-4.1 Mini's performance on AIME 2025 from 46.6% score to 56.6%, a 10% improvement, with just a budget of auto="light"! |
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Square: A quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four right angles.
Squares are special types of parallelograms, rectangles, and rhombuses. It has properties of all three, yet also has its own unique features.
All the sides in a square are congruent. Opposite sides are parallel.
All angles are congruent because of they all measure .
The diagonals are congruent. They are perpendicular bisectors to each other. All of the line segments formed are congruent. The diagonals also bisect the angles at each vertex. They are all . This forms four isosceles right triangles with angle measures 45-45-90.
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Here, we have a square .
A square is a special type of parallelogram.
It’s also a special type of rectangle. It’s a rectangle where all four sides are the same.
And it’s a special type of rhombus. It’s a rhombus with four right angles.
It’s a parallelogram because opposite sides are parallel. And opposite sides are also congruent.
It’s a rectangle because it’s a parallelogram that has four right angles.
And it’s a rhombus because it’s a parallelogram where all four sides are congruent.
Now, let’s see what happens when we draw diagonals.
Diagonal and diagonal are congruent, just like a rectangle.
And all four of these line segments are congruent, just like in a rectangle.
Just like a rhombus, when these diagonals intersect, they form right angles. So, we have four right triangles.
And, just like in a rhombus, the diagonals bisect these angles. So, these angles are congruent and all four of these are the same.
What’s special with a square is that all of these angles that are bisected are going to be the same.
They’re all .
So, we end up with four triangles have angles . These are four isosceles right triangles.
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Lytic Bone Lesions From Multiple Myeloma
Written by Beth Axtell
Medically Reviewed by Sabrina Felson, MD on September 21, 2024
What are Lytic Lesions?
Causes
Symptoms
Nervous System Problems
Diagnosis and Tests
Treatment of Pain
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If you have multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells divide and grow inside your bone marrow. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies. They're part of your immune system. In multiple myeloma, plasma cells that don't work to fight foreign invaders in your body replicate and crowd out normal plasma cells and other cells in your bone marrow.
What are Lytic Lesions?
Also known as bone lesions or osteolytic lesions, lytic lesions are spots of bone damage that result from cancerous plasma cells building up in your bone marrow. Your bones can't break down and regrow (your doctor may call this remodel) as they should. This makes them thin and creates areas of weaker bones that are vulnerable to fractures. Almost everyone who has multiple myeloma will have bone lesions at some time.
Causes
In normal bone, the process of bone remodeling keeps your bones healthy and strong. Special cells called osteoclasts break down old bone. Osteoblasts lay down new bone in its place.
With myeloma, the cancerous plasma cells (called myeloma cells) make chemicals called osteoclast activating factors (OAFs). These OAFs tell the osteoclasts to break down bone faster than usual, so old bone is broken down faster than new bone is made.
This causes bone lesions, and they can make your bones weak and break more easily.
Symptoms
Signs that multiple myeloma is affecting your bones include:
Pain. Bone pain is a common symptom. You usually feel it when you move but not when you're still.
Where does it hurt? You may feel pain in your
Back
Chest
Pelvis
Hips
Legs
Arms
Skull
Belly
Jaw
Teeth
Fractures. About 80% of people with myeloma will have a broken bone caused by myeloma. This is called a pathologic fracture. About 1 out of every 3 people with myeloma learn they have the disease when a bone breaks.
The spine is the most common place for a fracture, but it can happen in other bones as well. Bones that make up the spine -- called vertebrae -- can become so weak they collapse. These are compression fractures.
These fractures are painful and can cause a hunched posture and a loss of height. With some compression fractures, the nerves between the vertebrae can be pressed or pinched. This sometimes causes pain, numbness, and weakness in the legs.
Hypercalcemia. When your bones break down quickly, a lot of calcium gets released into your blood. A high calcium blood level is called hypercalcemia. It can cause an upset stomach, vomiting, and constipation. All that extra calcium can sometimes lead to kidney stones. Hypercalcemia can make you less hungry and thirstier and make you restless and confused.
Limping. If a bone with a tumor breaks, it can make you limp. This is more likely in the later stages of the disease.
Low blood cell counts. As myeloma cells crowd out your regular blood cells in the bone marrow, you could get conditions like:
Anemia. If you have too few red blood cells, you can feel weak, short of breath, and dizzy, and have a hard time exercising.
Leukopenia. When you don't have enough white blood cells, you may be more likely to get infections like pneumonia.
Thrombocytopenia. When platelet counts are low, you might bleed a lot from a simple cut or scrape.
Nervous System Problems
Myeloma can lead to a number of problems with your nerves, including:
Spinal compression. If myeloma affects the bones in your spine, they can press down on your spinal cord. You might feel:
Sudden, severe back pain
Numbness or weakness, often in your legs
Muscle weakness, often in your legs
Loss of bowel or bladder control
If you feel something like this, get medical help right away. This is a medical emergency and can result in permanent paralysis.
Nerve damage. Bone lesions can sometimes press on nerves and cause pain. Myeloma proteins can be toxic to your nerves. This can lead to a condition called peripheral neuropathy that causes a pins and needles feeling, often in your legs and feet.
Get medical help right away if you have any of these symptoms.
Diagnosis and Tests
Blood tests and X-rays can show a high probability of someone having multiple myeloma. But confirmation of the diagnosis requires a bone marrow biopsy to get tissue. A biopsy is the most common test used to diagnose lesions on your bones. Your doctor will remove a piece of tissue or take a sample of cells from your body and check it in a lab under a microscope for signs of cancer. These types of biopsies are most often used to help diagnose multiple myeloma:
Bone marrow biopsy. The doctor will numb the top of your rear hip bone and remove a splinter of bone marrow tissue. They'll look at the size and shape of the cells, how they're arranged, how many there are to see if myeloma cells are present.
Bone marrow aspiration. The doctor will numb the top of your rear hipbone and use a needle to take a sample of liquid bone marrow. They may order other tests on the aspirated liquid, such as:
Immunohistochemistry. This test treats cells from the biopsy with a special protein so they'll change color. This helps identify myeloma cells.
Flow cytometry. This test treats the bone marrow sample with proteins that stick only to certain cells. It helps determine if the cells are abnormal, myeloma, another type of cancer, or a non-cancerous disease.
Cytogenetic analysis (karyotyping). This test looks for changes to chromosomes in bone marrow cells and myeloma cells. Changes in your DNA can give doctors an idea of how aggressive your myeloma is.
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Doctors use special dyes to attach to your chromosomes and spotlight changes too small for other tests to find.
Treatment of Pain
Medications are one way to help you handle pain, and there are many to choose from. Your doctor will talk with you about when and how often to take pain medicine. Always ask your doctor before you take anything, even those you can get from the drugstore. Drugs that treat multiple myeloma pain include:
Over-the-counter pain relievers, like acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. They help with mild to moderate pain.
Opioids. These are stronger pain-fighting medicines that you get with a doctor's prescription. Morphine is one of the most common for multiple myeloma pain. Other opioids include codeine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone, and oxycodone. These come in pills, patches, lozenges, or sprays. If used for a long time, they can lead to dependence, so be sure to follow your doctor's instructions for taking them.
Antidepressants. Some of these drugs, such as amitriptyline, duloxetine, and nortriptyline, can help treat nerve pain, called neuropathy, that often comes with multiple myeloma.
Anticonvulsants. Medications like gabapentin (Neurontin), pregabalin (Lyrica), and topiramate (Topamax) also treat nerve pain.
Corticosteroids. These medicines, like dexamethasone and prednisone, can help fight tumors and control inflammation.
Anesthetics. Lidocaine skin patches, ointments, and gels can numb pain in specific areas. Your doctor can also inject anesthetic or anti-inflammatory drugs near a painful spot or nerve center, which is called a nerve block.
Radiation. External beam radiation, which uses a machine to beam energy at the cancer, can be used to treat:
Painful bone lesions that haven't responded to chemotherapy
Spinal cord compression
Surgery. Surgeons can insert rods and plates to support fragile bones. There are two treatments for fractured vertebrae that can stabilize the bone and help ease back pain:
Percutaneous vertebroplasty. Your doctor injects the broken vertebrae with medical-grade cement.
Balloon kyphoplasty. The doctor uses a tool called an inflatable bone tamp to create a space in the vertebra to inject medical-grade cement and shore up the bone.
Intrathecal pump. This small device is inserted into your body and drips pain medicine into the area around your spinal cord.
TENS. Short for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, this device goes on your skin and releases low-voltage electricity to block nerve pain signals.
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Kartagener’s syndrome: review of a case series
Nicola Ciancio1,
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Abstract
Background
Kartagener Syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder, resulting in a group of clinical manifestations, including bronchiectasis, chronic pansinusitis and situs inversus.
Methods
We hereby reviewed eight cases of this rare entity selected from patients attending our outpatients Respiratory Unit since 2006. Samples of respiratory epithelium were obtained with the method of nasal brushing and sent to a specialized center in order to be studied with electron microscopy. At least 50 cross sections of different cilia from different cells were observed in each specimen to study the axonemal structure. Electron micrographs were taken at a magnification of X 50,000 to determine the orientation of the cilia and at a magnification of X 110,000 to study the axonemal pattern. The incidence of abnormal cilia was expressed as a percentage.
Results
We observed different ultrastructural defects in our KS patients, including absence of outer dynein arms, absence of outer and inner dynein arms, and absence of the central pair with transposition of a peripheral doublet into the central position. Patient’s follow up lasted till 2014, however two patients with more severe clinical behavior died before.
Conclusions
This is a review of a case series, yet our data has shown that nasal brushing with ultrastructural pathological differentiation may be useful to identify patients with high risk and to develop more complex clinical presentations.
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Introduction
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous hereditary disorder mainly transmitted by autosomal recessive inheritance. The genetic basis of the variety of defects affecting ciliary structure and function in PCD is not clear: to date, mutations in more than 30 different genes have been referred . The disease occurs as a direct result of congenital defects in motile cilia covering the respiratory epithelia, leading to impairment of the mucociliary clearance. PCD is characterized by chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections; the clinical phenotype is broad and overlaps with other chronic airways diseases; the incidence and the severity differs from one patient to another, even among siblings. The estimated prevalence of PCD is about 1 in 16,000, but this could be an underestimation due to missed diagnosis. Around 50% of the patients with PCD have a mirror image arrangement of their internal organs. The triad of mirror image arrangement, bronchiectasis and chronic sinusitis is known as Kartagener syndrome (KS). Inversion of situs in PCD is a random event as proved with monozygotic twins with discordant heart orientation . Cilia rotation induces a leftward flow to the extraembryonic fluid. This flow may concentrate on the left side, or deplete on the right side, the critical factors that start the molecular cascade needed for normal lateralization . If the flow is not present, the factors are equally distributed and the lateralization is randomized. Although Siewert first described this condition in 1904, Kartagener just recognized the etiological correlation between the elements of the triad and reported four cases in 1933 [4,5]. As extrapolated from radiographic studies, the incidence of KS is estimated at 1/32,000 births based on the prevalence of situs inversus and bronchiectasis . In the 1970s, Bjorn Afzelius, reported cilia immobility in infertile males, some of the cases occurring in families . Half of the cases had Kartagener’s triad. For this reason it would be appropriate to call the condition Kartagener-Afzelius syndrome. Subsequently, with the introduction of electron microscopy studies, these patients were noted to have immotile cilia and defects in the ultrastructural organization of cilia [8,9]. Initially, the term immotile cilia syndrome was used to describe this disorder; however, later studies showed that most cilia were motile, but exhibited a stiff, uncoordinated, and/or ineffective beat. The name was changed to “PCD” to more appropriately describe the heterogeneous genetic base and the ciliary dysfunction and to distinguish it from the secondary ciliary defects acquired after multiple causes of epithelial injury [10, 11]. These defects could affect the ciliary movements of the respiratory epithelium, determining recurrent and/or persistent sinopulmonary infections. Cilia dysfunction is also implicated in a wider spectrum of disease, including polycystic liver and kidney disease, central nervous system problems including retinopathy and hydrocephalus, and biliary atresia [12-14]. Establishment of diagnosis currently relies on a combination of clinical evaluation and electron microscopy examination of defective ciliary ultrastructure, even though a 3-30% of patients with clinical features of PCD are reported to display normal cilia, which further confounds the diagnosis . The saccharin method for testing mucociliary function and electron microscopy of respiratory cilia, obtained by nasal scrape or brush biopsy complete the diagnostic workup of the patients [16,17]. A few specialized centers use high-speed videomicroscopy to examine ciliary beat. Certain beat patterns correlate with ultrastructural defects, and, in some cases, subtle alterations in beat pattern can be seen when ultrastructure is normal . Raidt and coll, describe a large cohort of patients with defined mutations in multiple PCD genes and the associated abnormalities of ciliary pattern observed by high-speed video-microscopy analysis (HVMA), using freshly obtained nasal epithelium. This study confirms previous observations, showing that certain patterns of ciliary dyskinesia apparent on HVMA are associated with specific ultrastructural defects . Recent studies have shown that nasal nitric oxide (NO) is very low in patients with KS compared with healthy control subjects; therefore, this assay may be a useful screening or adjunctive test for KS/PCD [20,21]. Because acute respiratory illnesses may yield alterations in ciliary ultrastructure, ciliary beat, and nasal NO values, these tests should be performed during a stable baseline period. Understanding the genetic basis of PCD has increased exponentially since when, in 1999, mutations in DNAI1 were reported to cause PCD . To date, mutations in over 30 PCD-associated genes have been identified, accounting for > 60% of PCD cases [1,23].
In conclusion, research into ciliopathies has rapidly expanded, involving multidisciplinary efforts to define the complex genetics, clinic and functional phenotypes of cilia. We reviewed eight cases of KS in patients attending our outpatients Respiratory Unit since 2006.
Patients and methods
We studied 8 consecutive KS patients (4 M and 4 F), attending to our department since 2006. Patients were recruited over a period of 24 months, when a sensitization campaign of awareness, regarding KS, was launched in our region among General Practitioners. Subject’s age is referred to the time of first visit to our clinic. Out of patients 2 died, 2 missed the follow up visits, and 4 are still in follow up in our outpatients laboratory.
Transmission electron microscopy
For electron microscopic evaluation, it is important to optimize the size and the quality of the specimens, obtaining a sample comprised primarily of ciliated epithelial cells. This may be accomplished conveniently by sampling the nasal epithelium using a cytological brush or a disposable plastic curette designed for this specific purpose. It should be of importance to investigate at least two different mucosal sites because denudation or metaplasia of the nasal mucosa are rather common in these patients. Samples were obtained and treated with a standardized method . Samples of respiratory epithelial cells obtained with the method of nasal brushing, were immediately fixed in 2.5% cacodylate-buffered glutaraldehyde pH 7.3 for 3 hours at 4 C°, washed overnight in the same buffer. To process the samples for electron microscopy and perform detailed ultrastructural analysis of the ciliary axoneme, the specimens were sent to a specialistic diagnostic center where they were postfixed in buffered 1% osmium tetroxide for 1 hour, washed, dehydrated through a graded series of ethanol, cleared in propylene-oxide and embedded in Epoxy resin (Araldite). Semithin sections 1 μm thick, cut with glass knives on an LKB V Ultrotome and stained with 1% toluidine blue, were examined with the light microscope in order to make an overall assessment of the tissue morphology. Ultrathin sections from selected areas were cut with a diamond knife using the same ultramicrotome, retrieved onto copper grids, double-stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and examined at 100 kV with a Philips 208 S transmission electron microscope. At least 50 cross sections of different cilia from different cells were observed in each specimen to study the axonemal structure. Only full cross-sectioned cilia were evaluated, excluding those near the base or tip. Electron micrographs were taken at a magnification of X 50,000 to determine the orientation of the cilia and at a magnification of X 110,000 to study the axonemal pattern. Dynein arms and microtubules were counted and the organization of the axoneme, the presence of radial spokes, and nexin links, spoke heads and central sheaths were evaluated. The incidence of abnormal cilia was expressed as a percentage. From each specimen, ciliary orientation was investigated observing at least 10 different cells. The ciliary axis was determined drawing a line through the central microtubular pair of each cilium. At least 10 suitable ciliary cross sections per cell were studied: the angles between the ciliary axis and a standard reference line were measured and the standard deviation of the angles per cell was calculated. Finally, the mean standard deviation of the examined cells of the same specimen was calculated.
Case reports
Case 1
This was a 30-year-old non-smoker male, born by non-consanguineous parents. He presented to the outpatient clinic (in May 2006) with chief complaints of recurrent episodes of common cold, sneezing, and cough with expectoration for the past 10 years, exertional shortness of breath for the last 5 years. The patient also revealed that he frequently developed cough, cold, rhinorrhea, nasal blockade, and ear discharge during childhood. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within normal limits. Physical examination revealed grade 2 digital clubbing. On auscultation, bilateral wheeze and right basal crackles were audible. Electrocardiogram showed evidence of dextrocardia. Chest CT scan was done on May 18, 2006, and revealed dextrocardia, and diffuse bronchiectasis. Spirometric evaluation showed moderate obstruction. In the follow up visits the patients showed a progressive impairment of functional respiratory pattern. In 2007 the nasal brushing was performed, with demonstration of 100% cilia lacking of inner dynein arm associated with axonemal disorganization in 60% of the cilia, presumably related to defects in the radial spokes (Figure1). In 2008 pulmonary function tests showed severe obstruction in spirometry and respiratory failure with low oxygen level in artery blood sample. The patient died in 2010.
Figure 1
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #1 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by demonstration of cilia lacking of inner dynein arms and ciliary abnormalities of symmetry presumably related to defects in the radial spokes.
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Case 2
This was a 39-year-old smoker female, born by non-consanguineous parents. Married with two children. She was hospitalized in August 2006 for acute exacerbation of bronchitis with cough and mucopurulent expectoration, and hyperthermia. She reported recurrent episodes of common cold, with productive cough and rhinorrhea since the childhood. Chest CT scan was done on August 31, 2006, and revealed dextrocardia, and bronchiectasis with prevalent diffusion in the right lung. On auscultation, right basal crackles were audible. Electrocardiogram showed evidence of dextrocardia. Spirometric evaluation showed moderate obstruction. Therapy with the DPI fixed combination formoterol/budesonide was established. In the follow up visits the patients showed a stabilization of functional respiratory pattern. In 2007 the nasal brushing was performed, with demonstration of 100% cilia lacking outer dynein arm (Figure2). She missed the following up visits.
Figure 2
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #2 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by demonstration of cilia lacking of lacking outer dynein arm.
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Case 3
This was a 42-year-old non-smoker male, born by non-consanguineous parents. He presented to the outpatient clinic (in September 2006) with chief complaints of recurrent episodes of common cold, cough with expectoration for the past 15 years. The patient also revealed that he frequently complained of developed cough, cold, rhinorrhea, and wheezing since his childhood. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within normal limits. On auscultation, bilateral wheezes without crackles were present. Electrocardiogram showed evidence of dextrocardia. At the time of the first visit, spirometric evaluation showed mild obstruction. Therapy with association salmeterol/fluticasone via DPI was established, with stabilization of functional respiratory pattern, in the follow up visits. In 2007 the nasal brushing was performed, showing all examined cilia lacking outer dynein arm (Figure3). He was hospitalized for pneumonia to the lower left lobe as reported in the chest CT scan done on September 18, 2013 (Figure4). The patient is still in follow up, in maintenance therapy and treated for exacerbations.
Figure 3
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #3 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by demonstration of cilia lacking of lacking outer dynein arm.
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Figure 4
CT-scan performed in patient #3 during hospitalization for pneumonia in lower left lobe.
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Case 4
This was a 32-year-old non-smoker female. She presented to the outpatient clinic (in October 2007) with chief complaints of recurrent cold, cough with copious expectoration, and progressively increasing shortness of breath for the last 3 years. She had been married for the last 6 years, without children. Her past history was significant in that she had had frequent visits for recurrent chest infections. Her family history revealed no parental consanguinity. Main purpose of the visit in our Unit was a planned pregnancy. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within regular limits, and thoracic auscultation was normal. The patients was fostered to pregnancy, and she has had three children so far. In 2008 the nasal brushing was performed, showing the absence of outer dynein arms in all the ciliary sections (Figure5). In the last year, she suffered of some exacerbations and pneumonia, with 2 hospitalizations in our Unit. She had more chest CT scans, and the last one was done in 2013 (Figure6). Spirometric evaluation at the follow up visits showed mild to moderate obstruction, and therapy with the MDI fixed combination formoterol/beclometasone was established, with stabilization of functional respiratory pattern between the crisis. Exacerbations were treated with antibiotics, and she is still in maintenance therapy with LABA/ICS inhalant therapy. In 2014 diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis was done.
Figure 5
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #4 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by demonstration of cilia lacking of lacking outer dynein arms.
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Figure 6
CT-scan performed in patient #4 during hospitalization for pneumonia in upper left lobe.
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Case 5
This was a 62-year-old non-smoker female. Married with one child. She presented to the outpatient clinic (in October 2007) complaining of cough with abundant mucopurulent expectoration, many bronchitic exacerbations (> 3 episodes/yrs), recurrent cold, and progressively increasing breathlessness in the past 5 years. In her past history there were frequent visits for recurrent chest infections and pneumonia. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within regular limits, whereas at thoracic auscultation bilateral crackles in the basal region were present. Basal spirometric evaluation showed moderate obstruction with positive reversibility test. Therapy with association of salmeterol/fluticasone was prescribed, with stabilization of respiratory values at the follow up visits. In 2008 the nasal brushing was performed, with demonstration of 100% of cilia lacking outer dynein arms (Figure7). In the last years she suffered of 2/3 exacerbations per year, without need of hospitalization.
Figure 7
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #5 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by demonstration of cilia lacking of lacking outer dynein arm.
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Case 6
This was a 43-year-old non-smoker male, born by non-consanguineous parents, who had a mental retardation due to perinatal hypoxemia. He had several hospitalizations in our and other pneumology units, for severe acute exacerbation of bronchitis, characterized by continuous cough with purulent sputum, fever, wheezing and dyspnea. He suffered from recurrent episodes of common cold, cough with expectoration and exertional dyspnea since his childhood. At the time of the first visit to our outpatients clinic in 2007, physical examination revealed grade 1 digital clubbing. On auscultation, bilateral wheeze and bilateral basal crackles were audible. Bacteriological examination of sputum showed Acinetobacter Iwoffii infection. Spirometric evaluation showed moderate obstruction. He was treated with antibiotics and association of salmeterol/fluticason for maintenance inhalation therapy. Nevertheless, he suffered from several exacerbations and needed some hospitalizations. Chest CT scan was done during one of this hospitalizations and revealed dextrocardia, diffuse bronchiectasis and widespread micronodularity. Transcutaneous O 2-saturation was low (89% at rest), and long-term O 2-therapy was prescribed along with aerosol therapy. In 2008 the nasal brushing was performed, showing all cilia with both dynein arms. About 60% of cilia displayed aberrant number and/or localization of central or peripheral microtubules (Figure8). Basal bodies showed an atypical distribution (Figure9). In the follow up visits the patients showed a progressive impairment of functional respiratory pattern. The patient died in 2012.
Figure 8
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patient #6 with demonstration of cilia with presence of both dynein arms but abnormalities in number and disposition of outer microtubular pair.
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Figure 9
Patient #6, the cilia were asymmetric, some of them lacking of central pair. Basal bodies showed an atypical distribution.
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Case 7
This was a 21-year-old non-smoker male, born by non-consanguineous parents. He presented to our outpatient clinic in December 2007, presenting personal CT-scan prescribed by his General Practitioner. Patient clinical history was characterized by recurrent cold, bronchitis and rhinorrhea since his childhood. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within normal limits and thoracic auscultation was physiologic without wheezing and/or crackles. Electrocardiogram showed evidence of dextrocardia. Spirometric results were within normal range. No therapy was necessary. In 2008 the nasal brushing was performed, with demonstration of 50% normal ciliated cells. In the remaining 50% ciliated cells axonemes lacking both dynein arms were observed (Figure10). The patient missed the follow up visits.
Figure 10
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patients #7 with demonstration of 50% normal ciliated cells. In the remaining 50% ciliated cells axonemes lacking both dynein arms were found.
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Case 8
This was a 40-year-old non-smoker female, married with two children. She was hospitalized in 2005 in another public hospital in which thoracic CT-scan was performed with diagnosis of KS. She attended our outpatient clinic in 2008, for a routine control visit prompted by his General Practitioner. Patient’s clinical history was characterized by recurrent cold, bronchitis and rhinorrhea since her childhood. At the time of the first visit, the vital parameters were within normal limits and thoracic auscultation yielded a normal finding without wheezing and/or crackles. Spirometric exam was within normal range. No therapy was necessary. In 2008 the nasal brushing was performed, with 100% of the cilia lacking inner dynein arms (Figure11). She suffered only few exacerbations (less than 1/yrs) without need of hospitalization. In the follow up visits respiratory function was stable and no bronchodilator therapy has been prescribed so far.
Figure 11
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) of representative nasal epithelium cilia from patients #8 with primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by lacking of inner dynein arms.
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Discussion
Bronchiectasis in KS patients, which develops after birth as an acquired condition, is defined as localized and irreversible dilatation of the part of the bronchial tree. The involved bronchi are dilated, inflamed and easily collapsible, resulting in airflow limitation, obstruction and impaired clearance of secretions, that can easily lead to respiratory infection, contributing to the common purulent expectoration observed in these patients. The result is a bronchial injury and a vicious cycle of bronchial damage, bronchial dilation, impaired clearance of secretions, recurrent infections, and further bronchial damage does establish. In clinical practice, this condition is most often characterized by coughing and daily production of mucopurulent sputum lasting from months to years. The classic symptoms triad of chronic cough, excessive production of purulent sputum, and repeated infections is seen in most of the patients. From the physiopathological point of view, a significant airway obstruction and airflow limitation may occur as consequence of the chronic bronchitis, bronchiolitis, and emphysema which are often associated with bronchiectasis. These physiopathological impairment could lead to the respiratory failure in patients with more severe clinical status. Pneumonia and chronic bronchial infection are common, and could contribute to deterioration of respiratory function. The third component of the KS triad is pansinusitis, an acquired condition which occurs in almost 100% of patients affected with this disorder. Once these patients present abnormal ciliary movements, there is an accumulation of secretions inside the paranasal sinuses. It could become a chronic process causing hypoplasia or even agenesis of the paranasal sinuses. Symptoms in KS-patients present from early childhood, and represented by frequent colds, nasal secretion, respiratory allergies, migraine and recurrent pneumonic infections. Treatment of KS is manly based on the prevention of repeated infections that might worsen bronchiectasis, resulting in a more severe airflow limitation and a more rapid decline of the lung function, together with a run-down condition due to possible severe pneumonia with risk of sepsis. Following diagnosis, the goals of respiratory management are the improvement of lung function and the limitation of disease progression. Treatment of lung disease is based upon airway clearance enhancement and aggressive antibiotic therapy . Prophylaxis with appropriate measures of immunization, particularly with influence and pneumococcal vaccination, and strong pulmonary toilet are the mainstays of therapy . Patients who develop recurrent pneumonia or haemoptysis and do not respond to antibiotics may benefit from segmental lung resection or lobectomy . Monitoring the progression of lung disease in KS-PCD is difficult for many reasons. Decreased quality of life is caused by chronic respiratory symptoms and deterioration of respiratory function. For this reason, patients with KS-PCD should be regularly followed up by experienced specialists who have access to an array of monitoring tools in order to assess their airway disease, including pulse oximetry and appropriate lung function tests. However, there have been no long-term randomised trials of therapy in PCD, and there is a lack of evidence-based medicine in the management of this condition . It is well known that diagnosis is frequently made late , partly because the disorder presents with symptoms (rhinitis, secretory otitis media, cough) which are common in children. Although there is no proven evidence that early diagnosis is beneficial, in one series of PCD patients, bronchiectasis at diagnosis was only seen in those diagnosed over 4 years of age , and in a second series, lung function at diagnosis was significantly worse in those diagnosed in adult life . This is at least an evidence to support that early diagnosis is beneficial in PCD, and likely also in KS patients.
Conclusions
In this review of eight case series, we observed two subjects who died in young age for respiratory failure (CASE 1 and 6). Transmission Electron Microscopy examination of the respiratory cilia showed the complete absence of both outer and inner dynein arms in case 1, whereas case 6 displayed cilia with the loss of inner dynein arms associated with disarranged axoneme and defective radial spokes. Despite these selected cases, the long-term prognosis of patients with KS is usually good, with many patients living till an advanced age, especially if patients and caregivers are trained in the proper management of the early signs and symptoms of a bronchitic exacerbation and possible respiratory infection.
Treatment of patients with KS is not well standardized, and many patients receive suboptimal management, including those who do not have regular surveillance of respiratory function, and many who have not received regular treatment long-life. On the other hand, from a diagnostic point of view, nasal brushing with ultrastructural pathological differentiation, till now not extensively used, is probably necessary to identify patients with high risk to develop more complex clinical presentations, as our data suggest. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach, including the contribute of Pulmonary, Radiology and Pathology specialists, is necessary to the appropriate diagnostic pathway and management of this particularly rare disease.
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Noone PG, Bali D, Carson JL, Sannuti A, Gipson CL, Ostrowogki LE, et al. Discordant organ laterality in monozygotic twins with primary ciliary dyskinesias. Am J Med Genet. 1999;82:155–60.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Hirokawa N, Tanaka Y, Okada Y, Takeda S. Nodal flow and the generation of left-right asymmetry. Cell. 2006;125:33–45.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Siewert AK. Uber einem Fall von Bronchiectasie bei einem Patienten mit Situs inversus viscerum. Berliner klinische Wochenschrift. 1904;41:139–41.
Google Scholar
Kartagener M. Zur pathogenese der bronkiectasien: bronkiectasien bei situs viscerum inversus. Beitr Klin Tuberk. 1933;82:489–501.
ArticleGoogle Scholar
Katsuhara K, Kawamoto S, Wakabayashi T, Belsky JL. Situs inversus totalis and Kartagener’s syndrome in a Japanese population. Chest. 1972;61:56–61.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Afzelius BA. A human syndrome caused by immotile cilia. Science. 1976;193:317–9.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Afzelius BA. The immotile-cilia syndrome and other ciliary diseases. IREP. 1979;19:1–43.
CASGoogle Scholar
Burgess SA, Walker ML, Sakakibara H, Knight PJ, Oiwa K. Dynein structure and power stroke. Nature. 2003;421:715–8.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Bush A, Cole P, Hariri M, Mackay I, Phillips G, O’Callaghan C, et al. Primary ciliary dyskinesia: diagnosis and standards of care. Eur Respir J. 1998;12:982–8.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Bush A, O’Callaghan C. Primary ciliary dyskinesia. Arch Dis Child. 2002;87:363–5.
ArticleCASPubMed CentralPubMedGoogle Scholar
Coren ME, Meeks M, Morrison I, Buchdahl RM, Bush A. Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in children - age at diagnosis and symptom history. Acta Paediatr. 2002;91:667–9.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Ong ACM, Wheatley DN. Polycystic kidney disease: the ciliary connection. Lancet. 2003;361:774–6.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Greenstone MA, Jones RWA, Dewar A, Neville BG, Cole PJ. Hydrocephalus and primary ciliary dyskinesia. Arch Dis Child. 1984;59:481–2.
ArticleCASPubMed CentralPubMedGoogle Scholar
Lucas JS, Burgess A, Mitchison HM, Moya E, Williamson M, Hogg C. Diagnosis and management of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99:850–6.
ArticlePubMed CentralPubMedGoogle Scholar
Canciani M, Barlocco EG, Mastella G, de Santi MM, Gardi C, Lungarella G. The saccharin method for testing mucociliary function in patients suspected of having primary ciliary dyskinesia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1988;5:210–4.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Verra F, Fleury-Feith J, Boucherat M, Pinchon MC, Bignon J, Escudier E. Do nasal ciliary changes reflect bronchial changes? An ultrastructural study. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993;147:908–13.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
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ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
Raidt J, Wallmeier J, Hjeij R, Onnebrink JG, Pennekamp P, Loges NT, et al. Ciliary beat pattern and frequency in genetic variants of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Eur Respir J. 2014;44:1579–88.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Lundberg JO, Weitzberg E, Nordvall SL, Kuylenstierna R, Lundberg JM, Alving K. Primarily nasal origin of exhaled nitric oxide and absence in Kartagener’s syndrome. Eur Respir J. 1994;7:1501–4.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Karadag B, James AJ, Gultekin E, Wilson NM, Bush A. Nasal and lower airway level of nitric oxide in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Eur Respir J. 1999;13:1402–5.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Pennarun G, Escudier E, Chapelin C, Bridoux AM, Cacheux V, Roger G, et al. Loss-of-function mutations in a human gene related to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii dynein IC78 result in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Am J Hum Genet. 1999;65:1508–19.
ArticleCASPubMed CentralPubMedGoogle Scholar
Kurkowiak M, Ziętkiewicz E, Witt M. Recent advances in primary ciliary dyskinesia genetics. J Med Genet. 2015;52:1–9.
ArticleCASPubMed CentralPubMedGoogle Scholar
Piatti G, De Santi MM, Brogi M, Castorina P, Ambrosetti U. Emerging ciliopathies: are respiratory cilia compromised in Usher syndrome? Am J Otolaryngol. 2014;35:340–6.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Strippoli MP, Frischer T, Barbato A, Snijders D, Maurer E, Lucas JS, et al. Management of primary ciliary dyskinesia in European children: recommendations and clinical practice. Eur Respir J. 2012;39:1482–91.
ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
Smit HJ, Schreurs AJ, Van den Bosch JM, Westermann CJ. Is resection of bronchiectasis beneficial in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia? Chest. 1996;109:1541–4.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
Ellerman A, Bisgaard H. Longitudinal study of lung function in a cohort of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Eur Respir J. 1997;10:2376–9.
ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar
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Aluminum Mill and Engineered Wrought Products
Properties of Wrought Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
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Introduction to Copper and Copper Alloys
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Sheet and Strip
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Properties of Wrought Coppers and Copper Alloys
Selection and Application of Copper Alloy Castings
Properties of Cast Copper Alloys
Copper P/M Products
Beryllium-Copper and Other Beryllium-Containing Alloys
Nickel and Nickel Alloys
Cobalt and Cobalt Alloys
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Lead and Lead Alloys
Refractory Metals and Alloys
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Rhenium
Refractory Metal Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Introduction to Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Wrought Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Titanium and Titanium Alloy Castings
Titanium P/M Products
Zirconium and Hafnium
Uranium and Uranium Alloys
Beryllium
Precious Metals
Precious Metals and Their Uses
Precious Metals in Dentistry
Properties of Precious Metals
Silver and Silver Alloys
Gold and Gold Alloys
Platinum and Platinum Alloys
Palladium and Palladium Alloys
Rare Earth Metals
Germanium and Germanium Compounds
Gallium and Gallium Compounds
Indium and Bismuth
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Magnetically Soft Materials
Permanent Magnet Materials
Metallic Glasses
Electrical Resistance Alloys
Electrical Contact Materials
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Low-Expansion Alloys
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Metal-Matrix Composites
Ordered Intermetallics
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Superabrasives and Ultrahard Tool Materials
Structural Ceramics
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Principles of Superconductivity
Niobium-Titanium Superconductors
A15 Superconductors
Ternary Molybdenum Chalcogenides (Chevrel Phases)
Thin-Film Materials
High-Temperature Superconductors for Wire and Tapes
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Periodic Table of the Elements
Properties of Pure Metals
Properties of The Rare Earth Metals
Properties of The Actinide Metals (Ac-Pu)
Properties of The Transplutonium Actinide Metals (Am-Fm)
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Recycling of Nonferrous Alloys
Recycling of Aluminum
Recycling of Copper
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Recycling of Lead
Recycling of zinc
Recycling of Zinc from EAF Dust
Recycling of Titanium
Recycling of Electronic Scrap
Toxicity of Metals
Metric Conversion Guide
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Bijection
A bijection, or one-to-one correspondence, is a function which is both injective (one-to-one) and surjective (onto). A function has a two-sided inverse exactly when it is a bijection between its domain and range.
Bijections are useful in a variety of contexts. In particular, bijections are frequently used in combinatorics in order to count the elements of a set whose size is unknown. Bijections are also very important in set theory when dealing with arguments concerning infinite sets or in permutation and probability.
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Characteristics of Parabolas
Learning Outcomes
Identify the vertex, axis of symmetry, y y-intercept, and minimum or maximum value of a parabola from it’s graph.
Identify a quadratic function written in general and vertex form.
Given a quadratic function in general form, find the vertex.
Define the domain and range of a quadratic function by identifying the vertex as a maximum or minimum.
The graph of a quadratic function is a U-shaped curve called a parabola. One important feature of the graph is that it has an extreme point, called the vertex. If the parabola opens up, the vertex represents the lowest point on the graph, or the minimum value of the quadratic function. If the parabola opens down, the vertex represents the highest point on the graph, or the maximum value. In either case, the vertex is a turning point on the graph. The graph is also symmetric with a vertical line drawn through the vertex, called the axis of symmetry.
The y y-intercept is the point at which the parabola crosses the y y-axis. The x x-intercepts are the points at which the parabola crosses the x x-axis. If they exist, the x x-intercepts represent the zeros, or roots, of the quadratic function, the values of x x at which y=0 y=0.
Example: Identifying the Characteristics of a Parabola
Determine the vertex, axis of symmetry, zeros, and y-intercept of the parabola shown below.
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The vertex is the turning point of the graph. We can see that the vertex is at (3,1)(3,1). The axis of symmetry is the vertical line that intersects the parabola at the vertex. So the axis of symmetry is [latex]x=3[/latex]. This parabola does not cross the x x-axis, so it has no zeros. It crosses the y y-axis at (0, 7) so this is the y y-intercept.
Equations of Quadratic Functions
The general form of a quadratic function presents the function in the form
f(x)=a x 2+b x+c f(x)=a x 2+b x+c
where a a, b b, and c c are real numbers and a≠0 a≠0. If a>0 a>0, the parabola opens upward. If a<0 a<0, the parabola opens downward. We can use the general form of a parabola to find the equation for the axis of symmetry. The axis of symmetry is defined by x=−b 2 a x=−b 2 a. If we use the quadratic formula, x=−b±√b 2−4 a c 2 a x=−b±b 2−4 a c 2 a, to solve a x 2+b x+c=0 a x 2+b x+c=0 for the x x-intercepts, or zeros, we find the value of x x halfway between them is always x=−b 2 a x=−b 2 a, the equation for the axis of symmetry. The figure below shows the graph of the quadratic function written in general form as y=x 2+4 x+3 y=x 2+4 x+3. In this form, a=1,b=4 a=1,b=4, and c=3 c=3. Because a>0 a>0, the parabola opens upward. The axis of symmetry is x=−4 2(1)=−2 x=−4 2(1)=−2. This also makes sense because we can see from the graph that the vertical line x=−2 x=−2 divides the graph in half. The vertex always occurs along the axis of symmetry. For a parabola that opens upward, the vertex occurs at the lowest point on the graph, in this instance, (−2,−1)(−2,−1). The x x-intercepts, those points where the parabola crosses the x x-axis, occur at (−3,0)(−3,0) and (−1,0)(−1,0).
The standard form of a quadratic function presents the function in the form
f(x)=a(x−h)2+k f(x)=a(x−h)2+k
where (h,k)(h,k) is the vertex. Because the vertex appears in the standard form of the quadratic function, this form is also known as the vertex form of a quadratic function.
Given a quadratic function in general form, find the vertex of the parabola.
One reason we may want to identify the vertex of the parabola is that this point will inform us where the maximum or minimum value of the output occurs, k k, and where it occurs, h h. If we are given the general form of a quadratic function:
f(x)=a x 2+b x+c f(x)=a x 2+b x+c
We can define the vertex, (h,k)(h,k), by doing the following:
Identify a a, b b, and c c.
Find h h, the x x-coordinate of the vertex, by substituting a a and b b into h=−b 2 a h=−b 2 a.
Find k k, the y y-coordinate of the vertex, by evaluating k=f(h)=f(−b 2 a)k=f(h)=f(−b 2 a)
Example: Finding the Vertex of a Quadratic Function
Find the vertex of the quadratic function f(x)=2 x 2−6 x+7 f(x)=2 x 2−6 x+7. Rewrite the quadratic in standard form (vertex form).
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The horizontal coordinate of the vertex will be at
h=−b 2 a=−−6 2(2)=6 4=3 2 h=−b 2 a=−−6 2(2)=6 4=3 2
The vertical coordinate of the vertex will be at
k=f(h)=f(3 2)=2(3 2)2−6(3 2)+7=5 2 k=f(h)=f(3 2)=2(3 2)2−6(3 2)+7=5 2
So the vertex is (3 2,5 2)(3 2,5 2)
Rewriting into standard form, the stretch factor will be the same as the a a in the original quadratic.
f(x)=2(x−3 2)2+5 2 f(x)=2(x−3 2)2+5 2
Try It
Given the equation g(x)=13+x 2−6 x g(x)=13+x 2−6 x, write the equation in general form and then in standard form.
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g(x)=x 2−6 x+13 g(x)=x 2−6 x+13 in general form; g(x)=(x−3)2+4 g(x)=(x−3)2+4 in standard form
Finding the Domain and Range of a Quadratic Function
Any number can be the input value of a quadratic function. Therefore the domain of any quadratic function is all real numbers. Because parabolas have a maximum or a minimum at the vertex, the range is restricted. Since the vertex of a parabola will be either a maximum or a minimum, the range will consist of all y y-values greater than or equal to the y y-coordinate of the vertex or less than or equal to the y y-coordinate at the turning point, depending on whether the parabola opens up or down.
A General Note: Domain and Range of a Quadratic Function
The domain of any quadratic function is all real numbers.
The range of a quadratic function written in general form f(x)=a x 2+b x+c f(x)=a x 2+b x+c with a positive a a value is f(x)≥f(−b 2 a)f(x)≥f(−b 2 a), or f(−b 2 a),∞)[f(−b 2 a),∞); the range of a quadratic function written in general form with a negative a a value is f(x)≤f(−b 2 a)f(x)≤f(−b 2 a), or (−∞,f(−b 2 a)].
The range of a quadratic function written in standard form f(x)=a(x−h)2+k f(x)=a(x−h)2+k with a positive a a value is f(x)≥k f(x)≥k; the range of a quadratic function written in standard form with a negative a a value is f(x)≤k f(x)≤k.
How To: Given a quadratic function, find the domain and range.
The domain of any quadratic function as all real numbers.
Determine whether a a is positive or negative. If a a is positive, the parabola has a minimum. If a a is negative, the parabola has a maximum.
Determine the maximum or minimum value of the parabola, k k.
If the parabola has a minimum, the range is given by f(x)≥k f(x)≥k, or k,∞)[k,∞). If the parabola has a maximum, the range is given by f(x)≤k f(x)≤k, or (−∞,k=−5 x 2+9 x−1 f(x)=−5 x 2+9 x−1.
Show Solution
As with any quadratic function, the domain is all real numbers or (−∞,∞)(−∞,∞).
Because a a is negative, the parabola opens downward and has a maximum value. We need to determine the maximum value. We can begin by finding the x x-value of the vertex.
h=−b 2 a=−9 2(−5)=9 10 h=−b 2 a=−9 2(−5)=9 10
The maximum value is given by f(h)f(h).
f(9 10)=5(9 10)2+9(9 10)−1=61 20 f(9 10)=5(9 10)2+9(9 10)−1=61 20
The range is f(x)≤61 20 f(x)≤61 20, or (−∞,61 20](−∞,61 20].
Try It
Find the domain and range of f(x)=2(x−4 7)2+8 11 f(x)=2(x−4 7)2+8 11.
Show Solution
The domain is all real numbers. The range is f(x)≥8 11 f(x)≥8 11, or [8 11,∞)[8 11,∞).
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Given an array arr[] of size N, the task is to find the sum of the floor value of (arr[i] / arr[j]) for all pairs of indices (i, j).
Examples:
Input: arr[] = { 1, 2, 3 }
Output: 9
Explanation:
Sum = (arr[i] / arr[j]) (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) + (a / a) = 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 9
Therefore, the required output is 9.
Input: arr[] = { 4, 2, 5, 6 }
Output: 14
Naive Approach: The simplest approach to solve this problem is to generate all possible pairs of the array and for each pair, increment the result by the floor value of (arr[i] / arr[j]). Finally, print the result obtained.
Time Complexity: O(N2)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)
Efficient Approach: The above approach can be optimized based on the following observation:
If a sequence is X, X + 1, ..., 2 X - 1, 2 X, ...., 3 X - 1
(X) / X + (X + 1) / X + ... + (2 X - 1) / X + (2 X) / X + ... + (3 X - 1) / X
= 1 + 1 + ... + 1 + 2 + ... + 2
For the first X consecutive numbers, the floor value of (X + i) / X = 1
For the next X consecutive numbers, the floor value of (2 X + i) / X = 2
and so on...
Follow the steps below to solve the problem:
Initialize an array, say freq[], to store the frequency of array elements.
Initialize an array, say preFreq[], to store the prefix sum of count[] array.
preFreq[j] - preFreq[i] stores the count of array elements whose values lies in the range [i, j].
Find the largest element in the array say, Max.
Iterate over the range [1, Max]. For every ith value, count the array elements whose value lies in the range [i, j], using the preFreq[] array, where j is a multiple of i and increment the result by frequency[i] (preFreq[j - 1] - preFreq[j - i - 1]) (j / i - 1).
Finally, print the result obtained.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
````
// C++ program to implement
// the above approach
include
using namespace std;
// Stores the maximum value of
// an array element
const int N = 3e5;
// Function to find the sum of
// floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
void getFloorSum(int arr[], int n)
{
// Stores frequency of
// array element
int freq[N] = { 0 };
// Stores prefix sum
// array of frequency[]
int preFreq[N] = { 0 };
// Traverse the array
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
// Update frequency
// of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]]++;
}
// Compute the prefix sum
// of frequency[]
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
preFreq[i]
= preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i];
}
// Stores the sum of floor(a[i]/a[j])
// of all pairs (i, j)
int ans = 0;
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
// Find the count of numbers in
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// and update the result
for (int j = i; j <= N; j += i) {
// Stores count of numbers
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
int X = (preFreq[j - 1]
- preFreq[j - i - 1]);
// Update ans
ans += X (j / i - 1) freq[i];
}
}
// Print the answer
cout << ans;
}
// Driver Code
int main()
{
// Given array
int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
// Stores the size of array
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr);
getFloorSum(arr, n);
return 0;
}
````
// C++ program to implement
// C++ program to implement
// the above approach
// the above approach
```
include #include
```
using namespace std; using namespace std
// Stores the maximum value of
// Stores the maximum value of
// an array element
// an array element
const int N = 3e5; const int N = 3e5
// Function to find the sum of
// Function to find the sum of
// floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
// floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
void getFloorSum(int arr[], int n) void getFloorSum int arr int n
{
// Stores frequency of
// Stores frequency of
// array element
// array element
int freq[N] = { 0 }; int freq N = 0
// Stores prefix sum
// Stores prefix sum
// array of frequency[]
// array of frequency[]
int preFreq[N] = { 0 }; int preFreq N = 0
// Traverse the array
// Traverse the array
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {for int i = 0 i< n i ++
// Update frequency
// Update frequency
// of arr[i]
// of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]]++; freq arr i ++
}
// Compute the prefix sum
// Compute the prefix sum
// of frequency[]
// of frequency[]
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {for int i = 1 i< N i ++
preFreq[i] preFreq i
= preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i]; = preFreq i - 1 + freq i
}
// Stores the sum of floor(a[i]/a[j])
// Stores the sum of floor(a[i]/a[j])
// of all pairs (i, j)
// of all pairs (i, j)
int ans = 0; int ans = 0
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {for int i = 1 i<= N i ++
// Find the count of numbers in
// Find the count of numbers in
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// and update the result
// and update the result
for (int j = i; j <= N; j += i) {for int j = i j<= N j += i
// Stores count of numbers
// Stores count of numbers
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
int X = (preFreq[j - 1] int X = preFreq j - 1
- preFreq[j - i - 1]); - preFreq j - i - 1
// Update ans
// Update ans
ans += X (j / i - 1) freq[i]; ans += X j/ i - 1 freq i
}
}
// Print the answer
// Print the answer
cout << ans; cout<< ans
}
// Driver Code
// Driver Code
int main() int main
{
// Given array
// Given array
int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3 }; int arr = 1 2 3
// Stores the size of array
// Stores the size of array
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr); int n = sizeof arr/ sizeof arr 0
getFloorSum(arr, n); getFloorSum arr n
return 0; return 0
}
Java
````
// Java program to implement
// the above approach
import java.util.;
class GFG{
// Stores the maximum value of
// an array element
static int N = (int) 3e5;
// Function to find the sum of
// Math.floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
static void getFloorSum(int arr[], int n)
{
// Stores frequency of
// array element
int freq[] = new int[N];
// Stores prefix sum
// array of frequency[]
int preFreq[] = new int[N];
// Traverse the array
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
// Update frequency
// of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]]++;
}
// Compute the prefix sum
// of frequency[]
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
{
preFreq[i]
= preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i];
}
// Stores the sum of Math.floor(a[i]/a[j])
// of all pairs (i, j)
int ans = 0;
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
{
// Find the count of numbers in
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// and update the result
for (int j = i; j < N; j += i)
{
// Stores count of numbers
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
int X = (preFreq[j - 1]
- preFreq[(Math.abs(j - i - 1))]);
// Update ans
ans += X (j / i - 1) freq[i];
}
}
// Print the answer
System.out.print(ans);
}
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Given array
int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
// Stores the size of array
int n = arr.length;
getFloorSum(arr, n);
}
}
// This code is contributed by shikhasingrajput
````
Python3
````
Python3 program to implement
the above approach
Stores the maximum value of
an array element
N = 105
Function to find the sum of
floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
def getFloorSum(arr, n):
# Stores frequency of
# array element
freq = [ 0 for i in range(N + 1)]
# Stores prefix sum
# array of frequency[]
preFreq = [ 0 for i in range(N + 1)]
# Traverse the array
for i in range(n):
# Update frequency
# of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]] += 1
# Compute the prefix sum
# of frequency[]
for i in range(1, N):
preFreq[i] = preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i]
# Stores the sum of floor(a[i]/a[j])
# of all pairs (i, j)
ans = 0
# Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for i in range(1, N + 1):
# Find the count of numbers in
# the range [i K, i (K + 1))
# and update the result
for j in range(i, N + 1, i):
# Stores count of numbers
# in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
X = (preFreq[j - 1] - preFreq[j - i - 1])
# Update ans
ans += X (j // i - 1) freq[i]
# Prthe answer
print(ans)
Driver Code
if name == 'main':
# Given array
arr = [1, 2, 3]
# Stores the size of array
n = len(arr)
getFloorSum(arr, n)
This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29
````
C#
````
// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System;
class GFG{
// Stores the maximum value of
// an array element
static int N = (int)3e5;
// Function to find the sum of
// Math.Floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all
// pairs (i, j)
static void getFloorSum(int []arr, int n)
{
// Stores frequency of
// array element
int []freq = new int[N];
// Stores prefix sum
// array of frequency[]
int []preFreq = new int[N];
// Traverse the array
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
// Update frequency
// of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]]++;
}
// Compute the prefix sum
// of frequency[]
for(int i = 1; i < N; i++)
{
preFreq[i] = preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i];
}
// Stores the sum of Math.Floor(a[i]/a[j])
// of all pairs (i, j)
int ans = 0;
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for(int i = 1; i < N; i++)
{
// Find the count of numbers in
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// and update the result
for(int j = i; j < N; j += i)
{
// Stores count of numbers
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
int X = (preFreq[j - 1] -
preFreq[(Math.Abs(j - i - 1))]);
// Update ans
ans += X (j / i - 1) freq[i];
}
}
// Print the answer
Console.Write(ans);
}
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
// Given array
int []arr = { 1, 2, 3 };
// Stores the size of array
int n = arr.Length;
getFloorSum(arr, n);
}
}
// This code is contributed by shikhasingrajput
````
JavaScript
````
// Javascript program to implement
// the above approach
// Stores the maximum value of
// an array element
var N = 1000;
// Function to find the sum of
// floor(a[i]/a[j]) of all pairs (i, j)
function getFloorSum(arr, n)
{
// Stores frequency of
// array element
var freq = Array(N).fill(0);
// Stores prefix sum
// array of frequency[]
var preFreq = Array(N).fill(0);
// Traverse the array
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
// Update frequency
// of arr[i]
freq[arr[i]]++;
}
// Compute the prefix sum
// of frequency[]
for (var i = 1; i < N; i++) {
preFreq[i]
= preFreq[i - 1] + freq[i];
}
// Stores the sum of floor(a[i]/a[j])
// of all pairs (i, j)
var ans = 0;
// Iterate over the range [1, Max]
for (var i = 1; i <N; i++) {
// Find the count of numbers in
// the range [i K, i (K + 1))
// and update the result
for (var j = i; j <N; j += i) {
// Stores count of numbers
// in range[j - i - 1, j - 1]
var X = (preFreq[j - 1]
- preFreq[(Math.abs(j - i - 1))]);
// Update ans
ans += X (parseInt(j / i) - 1) freq[i];
}
}
// Print the answer
document.write( ans);
}
// Driver Code
// Given array
var arr = [1, 2, 3 ];
// Stores the size of array
var n = arr.length;
getFloorSum(arr, n);
````
Output:
9
Time Complexity: O(N + M log(log(M)), where M is the largest array element
Auxiliary Space: O(M)
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in previous videos we talked about the different Paths of the respiratory system in today's video we're going to focus on the mechanism of breathing and breathing is the process by which gas exchange takes place in the body before we begin with the mechanism of breathing let's take a look at some of the key players involved in this process the uh main parts involved in the mechanism of breathing as you know are the lungs but apart from the lungs there are other structures that are involved in this as well they include the bones that surround the lungs like the sternum and the ribs the Dome shaped muscle situated below the lungs called the diaphragm and the inter Coastal muscles now what are these inter Coastal muscles so the muscles that connect the ribs are known as the inter coal muscles there are two types internal and external so all of these are involved in the mechanism of breathing before we begin there are two main steps in the process of breathing one is inhalation which is the process by which air enters the body through our nostrils and the other is exhalation which is the opposite of inhalation so the process by which air leaves the body again through our nostrils so how do these processes occur inhalation and exhalation first let's start with inhalation when we're not breathing or when the lung is at rest the diaphragm is in its original shape which is a dome shape but when we have to inhale air the diaphragm contracts and when it contracts it is pulled down and becomes slightly flatter so as this is happening the ribs and the sternum are raised up so the ribs and the sternum move up and the diaphragm moves down how do the ribs and the sternum raise up that is because of the contraction of the inter coal muscles we just saw that the ribs and sternum were connected through the inter Cal muscles right as these muscles contract the ribs and the sternum are raised up now when this is happening when the lungs are being pulled down by the diaphragm and the other part that is the ribs and sternum are being pulled up what is happening is the lung volume increases so the lungs are like this right and they have a certain volume and when this is happening when they're being pulled down on one side and being pulled up on the other side the lung volume increases now what is the significance of this increased lung volume you see inside the lungs whatever air is there that exerts a pressure on the lungs and that pressure is known as intrapulmonary pressure and it is always known that air moves from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure now with the lung volume increasing there is a decrease inre intra pulmonary pressure now how does this happen with the lung volume increasing the molecules of air inside the lungs they just have more space to move around so they don't bump into each other more frequently which decreases the intrapulmonary pressure now what is the significance of this decreased intrapulmonary pressure well that has to do with the difference between the pressure inside the lungs and outside the lungs you see there is something known as the atmospheric pressure or ATM which is the pressure exerted by the atmosphere the gases in the atmosphere whatever pressure they exert that is known as atmospheric pressure now as the lung volume increases and as the intra pulmonary pressure decreases the intrapulmonary pressure becomes less than the atmospheric pressure now I just said that air moves from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure right this difference in pressure this pressure gradient basically causes air to enter are the lungs the atmospheric pressure at a normal sea level is around 760 mm of mercury and let's say because of this increase in lung volume this intrapulmonary pressure decreases to about 754 mmhg now air has a gradient pressure gradient through which it can move so that's what air does it enters from a region of higher pressure which is the atmosphere to a region of lower pressure which is inside the lungs this is the process of inhalation now what happens during exhalation is the exact opposite of this so during exhalation the diaphragm relaxes and as it relaxes it moves up so it is now flat like this but when it relaxes it moves up and it becomes even more Dome shaped and at the same time the intracostal muscles relax which cause the ribs and the sternum to be pulled down so the ribs and the sternum they were originally raised up right now they are lowered they're pulled down and as this is happening as the diaphragm is relaxing and as the ribs and the sternum are being lowered the lung volume decreases and as the lung volume decreases the air inside the lungs they have less space to move around which means they more frequently bump into each other and this bumping of air atoms inside the lungs causes an increased intrapulmonary pressure so as the lung volume decreases the intrapulmonary pressure increases now the pressure inside the lungs is greater than the atmospheric pressure say it was around 754 during inhalation but now it becomes 764 but the atmospheric pressure is still 760 mmh right it doesn't change but now this has increased the pressure inside the lungs has increased so air inside the lungs is at a high higher pressure than the air outside the lungs so that makes air move from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure causing air to be pushed out or exhaled out of the lungs this GIF here this shows the mechanism of breathing see how the diaphragm contracts and relaxes and how the lung volume increases and decreases during inhalation and exhalation the increase in lung volume causes air to enter the lungs while while the decrease in lung volume causes air to leave the lungs this is the process of inhalation and exhalation and the mechanism of breathing we just saw how the breathing process occurred right now we'll talk about how the exact process of gas exchange takes place inside the lungs now the mechanism of gas exchange which is the oxygen in the lungs entering the blood and the carbon dioxide in the blood entering the lungs that occurs at sites known as alveoli alveoli are the functional units of lungs and they can be taught of like air sacks or balloons so when air enters the lungs during the process of inhalation the air sacks the alveoli they bulge up they blow up like how we would blow up a balloon and the balloon would become bigger right like that with air entering the lungs during inhalation the air sacks the blow up now the air sacs or the alveoli are conveniently connected through a lot of blood vessels they have a lot of tiny capillaries that serve each and every alveolus there is that makes up the lungs and these blood vessels are the sites of gas exchange so oxygen from the lungs enters the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood enters the lungs but what makes this possible how does oxygen know to enter the blood from the lungs and how does carbon dioxide know to enter the lungs from the blood well that has to do with the concentration of these gases in the lungs and in the blood you see in the alveoli basically within the lungs the concentration of oxygen is higher basically the air we breathe in has more oxygen and less carbon dioxide so the concentration of oxygen within the lungs as we inhale is high but in the blood capillaries that reach the lungs the concentration of oxygen is less and the concentration of carbon dioxide is more why is this whatever carbon dioxide is produced as a result of cellular respiration is picked up by the blood right and the blood that reaches the lungs that reaches the alvioli is rich in carbon dioxide all the oxygen has been used up to perform cellular respiration so the blood that reaches the lungs has very little oxygen but a lot of carbon dioxide so always gas moves from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration you can also think of it has a region of higher partial pressure that is between the two gases oxygen and carbon dioxide whatever pressure that is exerted by oxygen is known as its partial pressure and whatever pressure exerted by carbon dioxide that is known as partial pressure of carbon dioxide so in the lungs the partial pressure of oxygen is high and the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is low but in the blood capillaries that reach the lungs the partial pressure of oxygen is low but the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is high so air always moves from a region of higher partial pressure to a region of lower partial pressure because of this difference oxygen moves from a region of higher partial pressure which is the alveoli into a region of lower partial pressure which is the blood so the movement of gas is in this direction from the Alvi into the blood at the same time carbon dioxide also moves along its partial pressure gradient it moves from a region of higher partial pressure which is the blood to a region of lower partial pressure which is the lungs inside the alveoli so carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the alveoli so whatever oxygen that has entered the blood that is picked up by hemoglobin and taken to all cells whatever carbon dioxide enters the alveoli that is exhaled out now this is the process of gas exchange that occurs in the alveoli it occurs because of the difference in concentration or the difference in partial pressures between oxygen and carbon dioxide |
5591 | https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media/media/schoolanddepartments/mlsc/downloads/HELM%20Workbook%2017%20Conics%20and%20Polar%20Coordinates.pdf | Contents Contents 17 17 Polar Coordinates Conics and 17.1 Conic Sections 2 17.2 Polar Coordinates 23 17.3 Parametric Curves 33 Learning In this Workbook you will learn about some of the most important curves in the whole of mathematics - the conic sections: the ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola. You will learn how to recognise these curves and how to describe them in Cartesian and in polar form. In the final block you will learn how to describe cruves using a parametric approach and, in particular, how the conic sections are described in parametric form.
outcomes Conic Sections 17.1 Introduction The conic sections (or conics) - the ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola - play an important role both in mathematics and in the application of mathematics to engineering. In this Section we look in detail at the equations of the conics in both standard form and general form.
Although there are various ways that can be used to define a conic, we concentrate in this Section on defining conics using Cartesian coordinates (x, y). However, at the end of this Section we examine an alternative way to obtain the conics.
' & $ % Prerequisites Before starting this Section you should . . .
• be able to factorise simple algebraic expressions • be able to change the subject in simple algebraic equations • be able to complete the square in quadratic expressions ' & $ % Learning Outcomes On completion you should be able to . . .
• understand how conics are obtained as curves of intersection of a double-cone with a plane • state the standard form of the equations of the ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola • classify quadratic expressions in x, y in terms of conics 2 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® 1. The ellipse, parabola and hyperbola Mathematicians, engineers and scientists encounter numerous functions in their work: polynomials, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions amongst them.
However, throughout the history of sci-ence one group of functions, the conics, arise time and time again not only in the development of mathematical theory but also in practical applications. The conics were first studied by the Greek mathematician Apollonius more than 200 years BC.
Essentially, the conics form that class of curves which are obtained when a double cone is intersected by a plane. There are three main types: the ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola. From the ellipse we obtain the circle as a special case, and from the hyperbola we obtain the rectangular hyperbola as a special case. These curves are illustrated in the Figures 1 and 2.
Circle: obtained by intersection of a plane perpendicular to the cone-axis with cone.
As the plane of intersection tilts the other conics are obtained: Ellipse: obtained by a plane, which is not perpendicular to the cone-axis, but cutting the cone in a closed curve.
Various ellipses are obtained as the plane continues to rotate.
cone-axis generator lines plane of intersection (A degenerate case is a single point.) Figure 1: Circle and ellipse HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 3 Parabola: obtained when the plane is parallel to the generator of the cone.
Different parabolas are obtained as the point P moves along a generator.
cone-axis generator line P cone-axis generator line Hyperbola: obtained when the plane intersects both parts of the cone. The rectangular hyperbola is obtained when the plane is parallel to the cone-axis.
(A degenerate case is two straight lines.) Figure 2: Parabola and hyperbola The ellipse We are all aware that the paths followed by the planets around the sun are elliptical. However, more generally the ellipse occurs in many areas of engineering. The standard form of an ellipse is shown in Figure 3.
−a e −a −ae ae a a e x y −b b directrix foci minor-axis major-axis directrix Figure 3 4 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® If a > b (as in Figure 1) then the x-axis is called the major-axis and the y-axis is called the minor-axis. On the other hand if b > a then the y-axis is called the major-axis and the x-axis is then the minor-axis. Two points, inside the ellipse are of importance; these are the foci. If a > b these are located at coordinate positions ±ae (or at ±be if b > a) on the major-axis, with e, called the eccentricity, given by e2 = 1 −b2 a2 (b < a) or by e2 = 1 −a2 b2 (a < b) The foci of an ellipse have the property that if light rays are emitted from one focus then on reflection at the elliptic curve they pass through at the other focus.
Key Point 1 The standard Cartesian equation of the ellipse with its centre at the origin is x2 a2 + y2 b2 = 1 This ellipse has intercepts on the x-axis at x = ±a and on the y-axis at ±b. The curve is also symmetrical about both axes. The curve reduces to a circle in the special case in which a = b.
Example 1 (a) Sketch the ellipse x2 4 + y2 9 = 1 (b) Find the eccentricity e (c) Locate the positions of the foci.
Solution (a) We can calculate the values of y as x changes from 0 to 2: x 0 0.30 0.60 0.90 1.20 1.50 1.80 2 y 3 2.97 2.86 2.68 2.40 1.98 1.31 0 From this table of values, and using the symmetry of the curve, a sketch can be drawn (see Figure 4). Here b = 3 and a = 2 so the y-axis is the major axis and the x-axis is the minor axis.
Here b = 3 and a = 2 so the y-axis is the major axis and the x-axis is the minor axis.
(b) e2 = 1 −a2/b2 = 1 −4/9 = 5/9 ∴ e = √ 5/3 (c) Since b > a and be = √ 5, the foci are located at ± √ 5 on the y-axis.
HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 5 Solution (contd.) foci √ 5 −√ 5 −2 2 −3 3 x y Figure 4 Key Point 1 gives the equation of the ellipse with its centre at the origin. If the centre of the ellipse has coordinates (α, β) and still has its axes parallel to the x- and y-axes the standard equation becomes (x −α)2 a2 + (y −β)2 b2 = 1.
Task Consider the points A and B with Cartesian coordinates (c, 0) and (−c, 0) re-spectively. A curve has the property that for every point P on it the sum of the distances PA and PB is a constant (which we will call 2a). Derive the Cartesian form of the equation of the curve and show that it is an ellipse.
A B c P(x, y) c O x y Your solution 6 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Answer We use Pythagoras’s theorem to work out the distances PA and PB: Let R1 = PB = [(x + c)2 + y2]1/2 and let R2 = PA = [(c −x)2 + y2]1/2 We now take the given equation R1 + R2 = 2a and multiply both sides by R1 −R2. The quantity R2 1 −R2 2 on the left is calculated to be 4cx, and 2a(R1 −R2) is on the right. We thus obtain a pair of equations: R1 + R2 = 2a and R1 −R2 = 2cx a Adding these equations together gives R1 = a + cx a and squaring this equation gives x2 + c2 + 2cx + y2 = a2 + c2x2 a2 + 2cx Simplifying: x2(1 −c2 a2) + y2 = a2 −c2 whence x2 a2 + y2 (a2 −c2) = 1 This is the standard equation of an ellipse if we set b2 = a2 −c2, which is the traditional equation which relates the two semi-axis lengths a and b to the distance c of the foci from the centre of the ellipse.
The foci A and B have optical properties; a beam of light travelling from A along AP and undergoing a mirror reflection from the ellipse at P will return along the path PB to the other focus B.
The circle The circle is a special case of the ellipse; it occurs when a = b = r so the equation becomes x2 r2 + y2 r2 = 1 or, more commonly x2 + y2 = r2 Here, the centre of the circle is located at the origin (0, 0) and the radius of the circle is r. If the centre of the circle at a point (α, β) then the equation takes the form: (x −α)2 + (y −β)2 = r2 Key Point 2 The equation of a circle with centre at (α, β) and radius r is (x −α)2 + (y −β)2 = r2 HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 7 Task Write down the equations of the five circles (A to E) below: circle A circle B circle C circle D circle E −2 −1 1 2.5 0.5 1 2 3 x y 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 − 2 − Your solution Answer A (x −1)2 + (y −1)2 = 1 B (x −3)2 + (y −1)2 = 1 C (x + 0.5)2 + (y + 2)2 = 1 D (x −2)2 + (y + 2)2 = (0.5)2 E (x + 0.5)2 + (y −2.5)2 = 1 8 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Example 2 Show that the expression x2 + y2 −2x + 6y + 6 = 0 represents the equation of a circle. Find its centre and radius.
Solution We shall see later how to recognise this as the equation of a circle simply by examination of the coefficients of the quadratic terms x2, y2 and xy. However, in the present example we will use the process of completing the square, for x and for y, to show that the expression can be written in standard form.
Now x2 + y2 −2x + 6y + 6 ≡x2 −2x + y2 + 6y + 6.
Also, x2 −2x ≡(x −1)2 −1 and y2 + 6y ≡(y + 3)2 −9.
Hence we can write x2 + y2 −2x + 6y + 6 ≡(x −1)2 −1 + (y + 3)2 −9 + 6 = 0 or, taking the free constants to the right-hand side: (x −1)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4.
By comparing this with the standard form we conclude this represents the equation of a circle with centre at (1, −3) and radius 2.
Task Find the centre and radius of each of the following circles: (a) x2 + y2 −4x −6y = −12 (b) 2x2 + 2y2 + 4x + 1 = 0 Your solution Answer (a) centre: (2, 3) radius 1 (b) centre: (−1, 0) radius √ 2/2.
HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 9 Engineering Example 1 A circle-cutting machine Introduction A cutting machine creates circular holes in a piece of sheet-metal by starting at the centre of the circle and cutting its way outwards until a hole of the correct radius exists. However, prior to cutting, the circle is characterised by three points on its circumference, rather than by its centre and radius.
Therefore, it is necessary to be able to find the centre and radius of a circle given three points that it passes through.
Problem in words Given three points on the circumference of a circle, find its centre and radius (a) for three general points (b) (i) for (−6, 5), (−3, 6) and (2, 1) (ii) for (−0.7, 0.6), (5.9, 1.4) and (0.8, −2.8) where coordinates are in cm.
Mathematical statement of problem A circle passes through the three points. Find the centre (x0, y0) and radius R of this circle when the three circumferential points are (a) (x1, y1), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) (b) (i) (−6, 5), (−3, 6) and (2, 1) (ii) (−0.7, 0.6), (5.9, 1.4) and (0.8, −2.8) Measurements are in centimetres; give answers correct to 2 decimal places.
Mathematical analysis (a) The equation of a circle with centre at (x0, y0) and radius R is (x −x0)2 + (y −y0)2 = R2 and, if this passes through the 3 points (x1, y1), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) then (x1 −x0)2 + (y1 −y0)2 = R2 (1) (x2 −x0)2 + (y2 −y0)2 = R2 (2) (x3 −x0)2 + (y3 −y0)2 = R2 (3) Eliminating the R2 term between (1) and (2) gives (x1 −x0)2 + (y1 −y0)2 = (x2 −x0)2 + (y2 −y0)2 so that x2 1 −2x0x1 + y2 1 −2y0y1 = x2 2 −2x0x2 + y2 2 −2y0y2 (4) 10 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Similarly, eliminating R2 between (1) and (3) gives x2 1 −2x0x1 + y2 1 −2y0y1 = x2 3 −2x0x3 + y2 3 −2y0y3 (5) Re-arranging (4) and (5) gives a system of two equations in x0 and y0.
2(x2 −x1)x0 + 2(y2 −y1)y0 = x2 2 + y2 2 −x2 1 −y2 1 (6) 2(x3 −x1)x0 + 2(y3 −y1)y0 = x2 3 + y2 3 −x2 1 −y2 1 (7) Multiplying (6) by (y3 −y1), and multiplying (7) by (y2 −y1), subtracting and re-arranging gives x0 = 1 2 (y3 −y1)(x2 2 + y2 2) + (y1 −y2)(x2 3 + y2 3) + (y2 −y3)(x2 1 + y2 1) x2y3 −x3y2 + x3y1 −x1y3 + x1y2 −x2y1 (8) while a similar procedure gives y0 = 1 2 (x1 −x3)(x2 2 + y2 2) + (x2 −x1)(x2 3 + y2 3) + (x3 −x2)(x2 1 + y2 1) x2y3 −x3y2 + x3y1 −x1y3 + x1y2 −x2y1 (9) Knowing x0 and y0, the radius R can be found from R = p (x1 −x0)2 + (y1 −y0)2 (10) (or alternatively using x2 and y2 (or x3 and y3) as appropriate).
Equations (8), (9) and (10) can now be used to analyse the two particular circles above.
(i) Here x1 = −6 cm, y1 = 5 cm, x2 = −3 cm, y2 = 6 cm, x3 = 2 cm and y3 = 1 cm, so that x2y3 −x3y2 + x3y1 −x1y3 + x1y2 −x2y1 = −3 −12 + 10 + 6 −36 + 15 = −20 and x2 1 + y2 1 = 61 x2 2 + y2 2 = 45 x2 3 + y2 3 = 5 From (8) x0 = 1 2 −4 × 45 + (−1) × 5 + 5 × 61 −20 = −180 −5 + 305 −40 = −3 while (9) gives y0 = 1 2 −8 × 45 + 3 × 5 + 5 × 61 −20 = −360 + 15 + 305 −40 = 1 The radius can be found from (10) R = p (−6 −(−3))2 + (5 −1)2 = √ 25 = 5 so that the circle has centre at (−3, 1) and a radius of 5 cm.
HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 11 (ii) Now x1 = −0.7 cm, y1 = 0.6 cm, x2 = 5.9 cm, y2 = 1.4 cm, x3 = 0.8 cm and y3 = −2.8 cm, so that x2y3−x3y2+x3y1−x1y3+x1y2−x2y1 = −16.52−1.12+0.48−1.96−0.98−3.54 = −23.64 and x2 1 + y2 1 = 0.85 x2 2 + y2 2 = 36.77 x2 3 + y2 3 = 8.48 so from (8) x0 = 1 2 −125.018 −6.784 + 3.57 −23.64 = −128.232 −47.28 = 2.7121827 and from (9) y0 = 1 2 −55.155 + 55.968 −4.335 −23.64 = −3.522 −47.28 = 0.0744924 and from (10) R = p (−0.7 −2.7121827)2 + (0.6 −0.0744924)2 = √ 11.9191490 = 3.4524121 so that, to 2 d.p., the circle has centre at (2.71, 0.07) and a radius of 3.45 cm.
Mathematical comment Note that the expression x2y3 −x3y2 + x3y1 −x1y3 + x1y2 −x2y1 appears in the denominator for both x0 and y0. If this expression is equal to zero, the calculation will break down. Geometrically, this corresponds to the three points being in a straight line so that no circle can be drawn, or not all points being distinct so no unique circle is defined.
12 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Engineering Example 2 The web-flange junction Introduction In problems of torsion, the torsion constant, J, which is a function of the shape and structure of the element under consideration, is an important quantity.
A common beam section is the thick I-section shown here, for which the torsion constant is given by J = 2J1 + J2 + 2αD4 where the J1 and J2 terms refer to the flanges and web respec-tively, and the D4 term refers to the web-flange junction.
In fact α = min tf tw , tw tf 0.15 + 0.1 r tf flange flange web where tf and tw are the thicknesses of the flange and web respectively, and r is the radius of the concave circle element between the flange and the web.
D is the diameter of the circle of the web-flange junction. p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p - D Q Q k q r -tw ?
6 tf As D occurs in the form D4, the torsion constant is very sensitive to it. Calculation of D is therefore a crucial part of the calculation of J.
Problem in words Find D, the diameter of the circle within the web–flange junction as a function of the other dimensions of the structural element.
Mathematical statement of problem (a) Find D, the diameter of the circle, in terms of tf and tw (the thicknesses of the flange and the web respectively) in the case where r = 0. When tf = 3cm and tw = 2cm, find D.
(b) For r ̸= 0, find D in terms of tf, tw and r. In the special case where tf = 3 cm, tw = 2 cm and r = 0.4 cm, find D.
HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 13 Mathematical analysis (a) Consider a co-ordinate system based on the midpoint of the outer surface of the flange.
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p -R 6 y - x s A The centre of the circle will lie at (0, −R) where R is the radius of the circle, i.e. R = D/2.
The equation of the circle is x2 + (y + R)2 = R2 (1) In addition, the circle passes through the ‘corner’ at point A (tw/2, −tf), so tw 2 2 + (−tf + R)2 = R2 (2) On expanding t2 w 4 + t2 f −2Rtf + R2 = R2 giving 2Rtf = t2 w 4 + t2 f ⇒ R = (t2 w/4) + t2 f 2tf = t2 w 8tf + tf 2 so that D = 2R = t2 w 4tf + tf (3) Setting tf = 3 cm, tw = 2 cm gives D = 22 4 × 3 + 3 = 3.33 cm 14 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® (b) Again using a co-ordinate system based on the mid-point of the outer surface of the flange, consider now the case r ̸= 0.
p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p 6 y - x r B -R r Point B (tw/2 + r, −tf −r) lies, not on the circle described by (1), but on the slightly larger circle with the same centre, and radius R + r. The equation of this circle is x2 + (y + R)2 = (R + r)2 (4) Putting the co-ordinates of point B into equation (4) gives tw 2 + r 2 + (−tf −r + R)2 = (R + r)2 (5) which, on expanding gives t2 w 4 + twr + r2 + t2 f + r2 + R2 + 2tfr −2tfR −2rR = R2 + 2rR + r2 Cancelling and gathering terms gives t2 w 4 + twr + r2 + t2 f + 2tfr = 4rR + 2tfR = 2R (2r + tf) so that 2R = D = (t2 w/4) + twr + r2 + t2 f + 2tfr (2r + tf) so D = t2 w + 4twr + 4r2 + 4t2 f + 8tfr (8r + 4tf) (6) Now putting tf = 3 cm, tw = 2 cm and r = 0.4 cm makes D = 22 + (4 × 2 × 0.4) + (4 × 0.42) + (4 × 32) + (8 × 3 × 0.4) (8 × 0.4) + (4 × 3) = 53.44 15.2 = 3.52 cm Interpretation Note that setting r = 0 in Equation (6) recovers the special case of r = 0 given by equation (3).
The value of D is now available to be used in calculations of the torsion constant, J.
HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 15 The parabola The standard form of the parabola is shown in Figure 5. Here the x-axis is the line of symmetry of the parabola.
focus −a a x y directrix Figure 5 Key Point 3 The standard equation of the parabola with focus at (a, 0) is y2 = 4ax It can be shown that light rays parallel to the x-axis will, on reflection from the parabolic curve, come together at the focus. This is an important property and is used in the construction of some kinds of telescopes, satellite dishes and car headlights.
Task Sketch the curve y2 = 8x. Find the position of the focus and confirm its light-focusing property.
Your solution 16 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Answer This is a standard parabola (y2 = 4ax) with a = 2. Thus the focus is located at coordinate position (2, 0).
focus 2 x y θ θ If your sketch is sufficiently accurate you should find that light-rays (lines) parallel to the x-axis when reflected offthe parabolic surface pass through the focus. (Draw a tangent at the point of reflection and ensure that the angle of incidence (θ say) is the same as the angle of reflection.) By changing the equation of the parabola slightly we can change the position of the parabola along the x-axis. See Figure 6.
y2 = 4a(x + 1) y2 = 4ax y2 = 4a(x −3) −1 3 x y Figure 6: Parabola y = 4a(x −b) with vertex at x = b We can also have parabolas where the y-axis is the line of symmetry (see Figure 7). In this case the standard equation is x2 = 4ay or y = x2 4a focus a x y Figure 7 HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 17 Task Sketch the curves y2 = x and x2 = 2(y −3).
Your solution Answer x y y2 = x x2 = 2(y −3) 3 The focus of the parabola y2 = 4a(x −b) is located at coordinate position (a + b, 0). Changing the value of a changes the convexity of the parabola (see Figure 8).
x y y2 = x y2 = 2x y2 = 3x Figure 8 18 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® The hyperbola The standard form of the hyperbola is shown in Figure 9(a).
This has standard equation x2 a2 −y2 b2 = 1 The eccentricity, e, is defined by e2 = 1 + b2 a2 (e > 1) focus −ae −a a ae x y focus focus x y focus b −b asymptotes (a) (b) Figure 9 Note the change in sign compared to the equivalent expressions for the ellipse. The lines y = ±b ax are asymptotes to the hyperbola (these are the lines to which each branch of the hyperbola approach as x →±∞).
If light is emitted from one focus then on hitting the hyperbolic curve it is reflected in such a way as to appear to be coming from the other focus. See Figure 9(b). The hyperbola has fewer uses in applications than the other conic sections and so we will not dwell here on its properties.
Key Point 4 The standard equation of the hyperbola with foci at (±ae, 0) is x2 a2 −y2 b2 = 1 with eccentricity e given by e2 = 1 + b2 a2 (e > 1) HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 19 General conics The conics we have considered above - the ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola - have all been presented in standard form:- their axes are parallel to either the x- or y-axis. However, conics may be rotated to any angle with respect to the axes: they clearly remain conics, but what equations do they have?
It can be shown that the equation of any conic, can be described by the quadratic expression Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 where A, B, C, D, E, F are constants.
If not all of A, B, C are zero (and F is a suitable number) the graph of this equation is (i) an ellipse if B2 < 4AC (circle if A = C and B = 0) (ii) a parabola if B2 = 4AC (iii) a hyperbola if B2 > 4AC Example 3 Classify each of the following equations as ellipse, parabola or hyperbola: (a) x2 + 2xy + 3y2 + x −1 = 0 (b) x2 + 2xy + y2 −3y + 7 = 0 (c) 2x2 + xy + 2y2 −2x + 3y = 6 (d) 3x2 + 2x −5y + 3y2 −10 = 0 Solution (a) Here A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 ∴ B2 < 4AC. This is an ellipse.
(b) Here A = 1, B = 2, C = 1 ∴ B2 = 4AC. This is a parabola.
(c) Here A = 2, B = 1, C = 2 ∴ B2 < 4AC also A = C but B ̸= 0. This is an ellipse.
(d) Here A = 3, B = 0, C = 3 ∴ B2 < 4AC. Also A = C and B = 0. This is a circle.
20 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Task Classify each of the following conics: (a) x2 −2xy −3y2 + x −1 = 0 (b) 2x2 + xy −y2 −2x + 3y = 0 (c) 4x2 −y + 3 = 0 (d) −x2 −xy −y2 + 3x = 0 (e) 2x2 + 2y2 −x + 3y = 7 Your solution Answer (a) A = 1, B = −2, C = −3 B2 > 4AC ∴ hyperbola (b) A = 2, B = 1, C = −1 B2 > 4AC ∴ hyperbola (c) A = 4, B = 0, C = 0 B2 = 4AC ∴ parabola (d) A = −1, B = −1, C = −1 B2 < 4AC, A = C, B ̸= 0 ∴ ellipse (e) A = 2, B = 0, C = 2 B2 < 4AC, A = C and B = 0 ∴ circle HELM (2008): Section 17.1: Conic Sections 21 Exercises 1. The equation 9x2 + 4y2 −36x + 24y −1 = 0 represents an ellipse.
Find its centre, the semi-major and semi-minor axes and the coordinate positions of the foci.
2. Find the equation of a circle of radius 3 which has its centre at (−1, 2.2) 3. Find the centre and radius of the circle x2 + y2 −2x −2y −5 = 0 4. Find the position of the focus of the parabola y2 −x + 3 = 0 5. Classify each of the following conics (a) x2 + 2x −y −3 = 0 (b) 8x2 + 12xy + 17y2 −20 = 0 (c) x2 + xy −1 = 0 (d) 4x2 −y2 −4y = 0 (e) 6x2 + 9y2 −24x −54y + 51 = 0 6. An asteroid has an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The major axis is of length 5 × 108 km. If the distance between the foci is 4 × 108 km find the equation of the orbit.
Answers 1. centre: (2, −3), semi-major 3, semi-minor 2, foci: (2, −3 ± √ 5) 2. (x + 1)2 + (y −2.2)2 = 9 3. centre: (1, 1) radius √ 7 4. y2 = (x −3) ∴ a = 1, b = −3. Hence focus is at coordinate position (4, 0).
5. (a) parabola with vertex (−1, −4) (b) ellipse (c) hyperbola (d) hyperbola (e) ellipse with centre (2, 3) 6. 9x2 + 25y2 = 5.625 × 107 22 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Polar Coordinates 17.2 Introduction In this Section we extend the use of polar coordinates. These were first introduced in 2.8. They were also used in the discussion on complex numbers in 10.2. We shall examine the application of polars to the description of curves, particularly conics. Some curves, spirals for example, which are very difficult to describe in terms of Cartesian coordinates (x, y) are relatively easily defined in polars [r, θ].
' & $ % Prerequisites Before starting this Section you should . . .
• be familiar with Cartesian coordinates • be familiar with trigonometric functions and how to manipulate then • be able to simplify algebraic expressions and manipulate algebraic fractions ' & $ % Learning Outcomes On completion you should be able to . . .
• understand how Cartesian coordinates and polar coordinates are related • find the polar form of a curve given in Cartesian form • recognise some conics given in polar form HELM (2008): Section 17.2: Polar Coordinates 23 1. Polar Coordinates In this Section we consider the application of polar coordinates to the description of curves; in particular, to conics.
If the Cartesian coordinates of a point P are (x, y) then P can be located on a Cartesian plane as indicated in Figure 10.
x x y y O P r θ x x y y O P (a) (b) Figure 10 However, the same point P can be located by using polar coordinates r, θ where r is the distance of P from the origin and θ is the angle, measured anti-clockwise, that the line OP makes when measured from the positive x-direction. See Figure 10(b). In this Section we shall denote the polar coordinates of a point by using square brackets.
From Figure 10 it is clear that Cartesian and polar coordinates are directly related. The relations are noted in the following Key Point.
Key Point 5 If (x, y) are the Cartesian coordinates and [r, θ] the polar coordinates of a point P then x = r cos θ y = r sin θ and, equivalently, r = + p x2 + y2 tan θ = y x From these relations we see that it is a straightforward matter to calculate (x, y) given [r, θ]. However, some care is needed (particularly with the determination of θ) if we want to calculate [r, θ] from (x, y).
24 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Example 4 On a Cartesian plane locate points P, Q, R, S which have their locations specified by polar coordinates [2, π 2 ], [2, 3π 2 ], [3, π 6 ], [ √ 2, π] respectively.
Solution x y P R Q S 2 √ 2 30◦ 2 3 Figure 11 Task Two points P, Q have polar coordinates [3, π 3 ] and [2, 5π 6 ] respectively. By locating these points on a Cartesian plane find their equivalent Cartesian coordinates.
Your solution Answer x y P Q π/3 π/6 3 P : (3 cos π 3 , 3 sin π 3 ) ≡(3 2, 3 √ 3 2 ) Q : (−2 cos π 6 , 2 sin π 6 ) ≡(−2 √ 3 2 , 1) 2 HELM (2008): Section 17.2: Polar Coordinates 25 The polar coordinates of a point are not unique. So, the polar coordinates [a, θ] and [a, φ] represent the same point in the Cartesian plane provided θ and φ differ by an integer multiple of 2π. See Figure 12.
x y θ a P θ + 2π θ + kπ x x y y P P a a 2 Figure 12 For example, the polar coordinates [2, π 3 ], [2, 7π 3 ], [2, −5π 3 ] all represent the same point in the Cartesian plane.
Key Point 6 By convention, we measure the positive angle θ in an anti-clockwise direction.
The angle −φ is interpreted as the angle φ measured in a clockwise direction.
x y x y θ φ Figure 13 Exercises 1. The Cartesian coordinates of P, Q are (1, −1) and (−1, √ 3). What are their equivalent polar coordinates?
2. Locate the points P, Q, R with polar coordinates [1, π 3 ], [2, 7π 3 ], [2, 10π 3 ]. What do you notice?
26 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Answer x y 7π/4 √ 2 (1, −1) →[ √ 2, 7π/4] (−1, √ 3) →[2, 2π/3] x y 2 2π/3 1.
2. All these points lie on a straight line through the origin.
2. Simple curves in polar coordinates We are used to describing the equations of curves in Cartesian variables x, y. Thus x2 + y2 = 1 represents a circle, centre the origin, and of radius 1, and y = 2x2 is the equation of a parabola whose axis is the y-axis and with vertex located at the origin. (In colloquial terms the vertex is the ‘sharp end’ of a conic.) We can convert these equations into polar form by using the relations x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ.
Example 5 Find the polar coordinate form of (a) the circle x2 + y2 = 1 (b) the parabola y = 2x2.
Solution (a) Using x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ in the expression x2 + y2 = 1 we have (r cos θ)2 + (r sin θ)2 = 1 or r2(cos2 θ + sin2 θ) = 1 giving r2 = 1. We simplify this to r = 1 (since r = −1 is invalid being a negative distance). Of course we might have guessed this answer since the relation r = 1 states that every point on the curve is a constant distance 1 away from the origin.
(b) Repeating the approach used in (a) for y = 2x2 we obtain: r sin θ = 2(r cos θ)2 i.e.
r sin θ −2r2 cos2 θ = 0 Therefore r(sin θ −2r cos2 θ) = 0. Either r = 0 (which is a single point, the origin, and is clearly not a parabola) or sin θ −2r cos2 θ = 0 giving, finally r = 1 2 tan θ sec θ.
This is the polar equation of this particular parabola, y = 2x2.
HELM (2008): Section 17.2: Polar Coordinates 27 Task Sketch the curves (a) y = cos x (b) y = π 3 (c) y = x Your solution Answer x y x y x y π/3 (a) (b) (c) Task Sketch the curve r = cos θ.
First complete the table of values. Enter values to 2 d.p. and work in radians: Your solution θ 0 π 6 2π 6 3π 6 4π 6 5π 6 6π 6 r Answer θ 0 π 6 2π 6 3π 6 4π 6 5π 6 6π 6 r 1.00 0.87 0.50 0.00 -0.50 -0.87 -1.00 You will see that the values of θ for π 2 < θ < 3π 2 give rise to negative values of r (and hence invalid).
Now sketch the curve: Your solution 28 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Answer x y 1 !1 2, 0 " , 1 2 .
circle: centre radius Task Sketch the curve θ = π/3.
Your solution Answer Radial line passing through the origin at angle π 3 to the positive x-axis.
Task Sketch the curve r = θ.
Your solution Answer x y HELM (2008): Section 17.2: Polar Coordinates 29 3. Standard conics in polar coordinates In the previous Section we merely stated the standard equations of the conics using Cartesian coordi-nates. Here we consider an alternative definition of a conic and use this different approach to obtain the equations of the standard conics in polar form. Consider a straight line x = −d (this will be the directrix of the conic) and let e be the eccentricity of the conic (e is a positive real number). It can be shown that the set of points P in the (x, y) plane which satisfy the condition distance of P from origin perpendicular distance from P to the line = e is a conic with eccentricity e. In particular, it is an ellipse if e < 1, a parabola if e = 1 and a hyperbola if e > 1. See Figure 14.
d r cos θ θ r O P −d x y Figure 14 We can obtain the polar coordinate form of this conic in a straightforward manner. If P has polar coordinates [r, θ] then the relation above gives r d + r cos θ = e or r = e(d + r cos θ) Thus, solving for r: r = ed 1 −e cos θ This is the equation of the conic.
In all of these conics it can be shown that one of the foci is located at the origin. See Figure 15 in which the pertinent details of the conics are highlighted.
x y e < 1 ed 1 + e, π ed 1 −e, 0 x y e = 1 d 2, π x y e > 1 ed 1 + e, π Figure 15 30 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Task Sketch the ellipse r = 4 2 −cos θ and locate the coordinates of its vertices.
Your solution Answer Here r = 4 2 −cos θ = 2 1 −1 2 cos θ so e = 1 2 Then de = 2 de 1 + e = 2 3 2 = 4 3 and de 1 −e = 2 1 2 = 4 x y −4/3 4 HELM (2008): Section 17.2: Polar Coordinates 31 Exercises 1. Sketch the polar curves (a) r = 1 1 −cos θ (b) r = e−θ (c) r = 6 3 −cos θ.
2. Find the polar form of the following curves given in Cartesian form: (a) y2 = 1 + 2x (b) 2xy = 1 3. Find the Cartesian form of the following curves given in polar form (a) r = 2 sin θ + 2 cos θ (b) r = 3 cos θ Do you recognise these equations?
Answers 1.
(b) x y decreasing spiral ellipse since Also x y −1/2 (a) e = 1, d = 1 parabola (c) r = 2 1 −1 3 cos θ e = 1 3 < 1.
de = 2 x y −3/2 3 2.
(a) r2 sin2 θ = 1 + 2r cos θ ∴ r = cos θ + 1 1 −cos2 θ = 1 1 −cos θ (b) 2r2 cos θ sin θ = 1 ∴ r2 = cosec 2θ 3.
(a) r(sin θ + 2 cos θ) = 2 ∴ y + 2x = 2 which is a straight line (b) r = 3 cos θ ∴ p x2 + y2 = 3x p x2 + y2 ∴ x2 + y2 = 3x in standard form: x −3 2 2 + y2 = 9 4.
i.e. a circle, centre 3 2, 0 with radius 3 2 32 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Parametric Curves 17.3 Introduction In this Section we examine yet another way of defining curves - the parametric description. We shall see that this is, in some ways, far more useful than either the Cartesian description or the polar form.
Although we shall only study planar curves (curves lying in a plane) the parametric description can be easily generalised to the description of spatial curves which twist and turn in three dimensional space.
' & $ % Prerequisites Before starting this Section you should . . .
• be familiar with Cartesian coordinates • be familiar with trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and be able to manipulate them • be able to differentiate simple functions • be able to locate turning points and distinguish between maxima and minima.
' & $ % Learning Outcomes On completion you should be able to . . .
• sketch planar curves given in parametric form • understand how the same curve can be described using different parameterisations • recognise some conics given in parametric form HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 33 1. Parametric curves Here we explore the use of a parameter t in the description of curves. We shall see that it has some advantages over the more usual Cartesian description. We start with a simple example.
Example 6 Plot the curve x = 2 cos t y = 3 sin t | {z } ⧸ 0 ≤t ≤π 2 | {z } ⧹ parametric equations of the curve parameter range Solution The approach to sketching the curve is straightforward. We simply give the parameter t various values as it ranges through 0 →π 2 and, for each value of t, calculate corresponding values of (x, y) which are then plotted on a Cartesian xy plane. The value of t and the corresponding values of x, y are recorded in the following table: t 0 π 20 2π 20 3π 20 4π 20 5π 20 6π 20 7π 20 8π 20 9π 20 10π 20 x 2 1.98 1.90 1.78 1.62 1.41 1.18 0.91 0.62 0.31 0 y 0 0.47 0.93 1.36 1.76 2.12 2.43 2.67 2.85 2.96 3 Plotting the (x, y) coordinates gives the curve in Figure 16.
2 3 t = 7π 20 t = 3π 20 t = π 2 t = 0 x y 3π 20 Figure 16 The curve in Figure 16 resembles part of an ellipse. This can be verified by eliminating t from the parametric equations to obtain an expression involving x, y only. If we divide the first parametric equation by 2 and the second by 3, square both and add we obtain x 2 2 + y 3 2 = cos2 t + sin2 t ≡1 i.e.
x2 4 + y2 9 = 1 which we easily recognise as an ellipse whose major-axis is the y-axis. Also, as t ranges from 0 →π 2 x = 2 cos t decreases from 2 →0, and y = 3 sin t increases from 0 →3. We conclude that the 34 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® parametric equations x = 2 cos t, y = 3 sin t together with the parametric range 0 ≤t ≤π 2 describe that part of the ellipse x2 4 + y2 9 = 1 in the positive quadrant. On the curve in Figure 16 we have used an arrow to indicate the direction that we move along the curve as t increases from its initial value 0.
Task Plot the curve x = t + 1 y = 2t2 −3 0 ≤t ≤1 Do you recognise this curve as a conic section?
First construct a table of (x, y) values as t ranges from 0 →1: Your solution t 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 x y Answer t 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 x 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 y −3 −2.88 −2.5 −1.88 −1 Now plot the points on a Cartesian plane: Your solution Answer t = 0 t = 0.25 t = 0.5 t = 0.75 t = 1 x 0 y 1 2 −3 −2 −1 Now eliminate the t-variable from x = t + 1, y = 2t2 −3 to obtain the xy form of the curve: HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 35 Your solution Answer y = 2x2 −4x −1 which is the equation of a parabola.
Example 7 Sketch the curve x = t2 + 1 y = 2t4 −3 0 ≤t ≤1 Solution This is very similar to the previous Task (except for t4 replacing t2 in the expression for y and t2 replacing t in the expression for x). The corresponding table of values is t 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 x 1 1.06 1.25 1.56 2 y −3 −2.99 −2.88 −2.37 −1 t = 0 t = 0.25 t = 0.5 t = 0.75 t = 1 x 0 y 1 2 −3 −2 −1 Figure 17 We see that this is identical to the curve drawn previously. This is confirmed by eliminating the t-parameter from the expressions defining x, y. Here t2 = x −1 so y = 2(x −1)2 −3 which is the same as obtained in the last Task. The main difference is that particular values of t locate (in general) different (x, y) points on the curve for the two parametric representations.
We conclude that a given curve in the xy plane can have many (in fact infinitely many) parametric descriptions.
36 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Task Show that the two parametric representations below describe the same curve.
(a) x = cos t y = sin t 0 ≤t ≤π 2 (b) x = t y = √ 1 −t2 0 ≤t ≤1 Eliminate t from the parametric equations in (a): Your solution Answer x2 + y2 = cos2 t + sin2 t = 1 Eliminate t from the parametric equations in (b): Your solution Answer y = √ 1 −x2 ∴ y2 = 1 −x2 or x2 + y2 = 1 What do you conclude?
Your solution Answer Both parametric descriptions represent (part of) a circle centred at the origin of radius 1.
2. General parametric form We will assume that any curve in the xy plane may be written in parametric form: x = g(t) y = h(t) | {z } ⧸ t0 ≤t ≤t1 | {z } ⧹ parametric equations of the curve parameter range in which g(t), h(t) are given functions of t and the parameter t ranges over the values t0 →t1. As we give values to t within this range then corresponding values of x, y are calculated from x = g(t), y = h(t) which can then be plotted on an xy plane.
In 12.3, we discovered how to obtain the derivative dy dx from a knowledge of the parametric derivatives dy dt and dx dt . We found dy dx = dy dt ÷ dx dt and d2y dx2 = dx dt d2y dt2 −dy dt d2x dt2 ÷ dx dt 3 HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 37 Note that derivatives with respect to the parameter t are often denoted by a dot: dx dt ≡˙ x dy dt ≡˙ y d2x dt2 ≡¨ x etc so that dy dx = ˙ y ˙ x and d2y dx2 = ˙ x¨ y −˙ y¨ x ˙ x3 Knowledge of the derivative is sometimes useful in curve sketching.
Example 8 Sketch the curve x = t3 + 3t2 + 2t y = 3 −2t −t2 −3 ≤t ≤1.
Solution x = t3 + 3t2 + 2t = t(t + 2)(t + 1) y = 3 −2t −t2 = −(t + 3)(t −1) so that x = 0 when t = 0, −1, −2 and y = 0 when t = −3, 1. We calculate the values of x, y at various values of t: t −3 −2.50 −2 −1.50 −1 −0.50 0 0.50 x −6 −1.88 0 0.38 0 −0.38 0 1.88 y 0 1.75 3 3.75 4 3.75 3 1.75 We see that t = −2 and t = 0 give rise to the same coordinate values for (x, y). This represents a double-point in the curve which is one where the curve crosses itself. Now dx dt = 3t2 + 6t + 2, dy dt = −2 −2t ∴ dy dx = −2(1 + t) 3t2 + 6t + 2 so there is a turning point when t = −1. The reader is urged to calculate d2y dx2 and to show that this is negative when t = −1 (i.e. at x = 0, y = 4) indicating a maximum when. (The reader should check that vertical tangents occur at t = −0.43 and t = −1.47, to 2 d.p.) We can now make a reasonable sketch of the curve: t = −3 t = −2.5 −6 t = −2, 0(double point) t increasing t = −1.5 t = −1 t = −0.5 t = 0.5 t = 1 x y 6 Figure 18 38 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® 3. Standard forms of conic sections in parametric form We have seen above that, given a curve in the xy plane, there is no unique way of representing it in parametric form. However, for some commonly occurring curves, particularly the conics, there are accepted standard parametric equations.
The parabola The standard parametric equations for a parabola are: x = at2 y = 2at Clearly, we have t = y 2a and by eliminating t we get x = a y2 4a2 or y2 = 4ax which we recognise as the standard Cartesian description of a parabola. As an illustration, Figure 19 shows the curve with a = 2 and −1 ≤t ≤2.3 t = −1 t = 0 t = 1 t = 2 x y 2 1 3 Figure 19 The ellipse Here, the standard equations are x = a cos t y = b sin t Again, eliminating t (dividing the first equation by a, the second by b, squaring and adding) we have x a 2 + y b 2 = cos2 t + sin2 t ≡1 or, in more familiar form: x2 a2 + y2 b2 = 1.
If we choose the range for t as 0 ≤t ≤7π 4 the following segment of the ellipse is obtained.
t = π 4 t = 3π 4 t = 5π 4 t = 7π 4 t = π 2 t = π t = 0 x y π 4 t = π 2 3 3π 4 a b Figure 20 Here we note that (except in the special case when a = b, giving a circle) the parameter t is not the angle that the radial line makes with the the positive x-axis.
HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 39 In the study of the orbits of planets and satellites it is often preferable to use plane polar coordinates (r, θ) to treat the problem. In these coordinates an ellipse has an equation of the form 1 r = A + B cos θ, with A and B positive numbers such that B < A. Not only is there a difference in the equations on passing from Cartesian to polar coordinates; there is also a change in the origin of coordinates.
The polar coordinate equation is using a focus of the ellipse as the origin.
In the Cartesian description the foci are two points at +e along the x-axis, where e obeys the equation e = a −b, if we assume that a < b i.e. we choose the long axis of the ellipse as the x-axis. This problem gives some practice at algebraic manipulation and also indicates some shortcuts which can be made once the mathematics of the ellipse has been understood.
Example 9 An ellipse is described in plane polar coordinates by the equation 1 r = 2 + cos θ Convert the equation to Cartesian form. [Hint: remember that x = r cos θ.] Solution Multiplying the given equation by r and then using x = r cos θ gives the results 1 = 2r + x so that 2r = 1 −x We now square the second equation, remembering that r2 = x2 + y2. We now have 4(x2 + y2) = (1 −x)2 = 1 + x2 −2x so that 3x2 + 2x + 4y2 = 1 We now recall the method of completing the square, which allows us to set 3x2 + 2x = 3(x2 + 2x 3 )2 −1 9) Putting this result into the equation and collecting terms leads to the final result (x + 1 3)2 a2 + y2 b2 = 1 with a = 2 3 and b = r 1 3.
This is the standard Cartesian form for the equation of an ellipse but we must remember that we started from a polar equation with a focus of the ellipse as origin. The presence of the term x + 1 3 in the equation above actually tells us that the focus being used as origin was a distance of 1 3 to the right of the centre of the ellipse at x = 0.
The preceding piece of algebra was necessary in order to convince us that the original equation in plane polar coordinates does represent an ellipse. However, now that we are convinced of this we can go back and try to extract information in a more speedy way from the equation in its original (r, θ) form.
40 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Solution (contd.) Try setting θ = 0 and θ = π in the equation 1 r = 2 + cos θ We find that at θ = 0 we have r = 1 3 while at θ = π we have r = 1. These r values correspond to the two ends of the ellipse, so the long axis has a total length 1 + 1 3 = 4 3. This tells us that a = 2 3, exactly as found by our longer algebraic derivation. We can further deduce that the focus acting as origin must be at a distance of 1 3 from the centre of the ellipse in order to lead to the two r values at θ = 0 and θ = π. If we now use the equation e = a −b mentioned earlier then we find that 1 9 = 4 9 −b2, so that b = r 1 3, as obtained by our lengthy algebra.
The hyperbola The standard equations are x = a cosh t y = b sinh t.
In this case, to eliminate t we use the identity cosh2 t −sinh2 t ≡1 giving rise to the equation of the hyperbola in Cartesian form: x2 a2 −y2 b2 = 1.
In Figure 21 we have chosen a parameter range −1 ≤t ≤2.
t = −1 t = 0 t = 1 t = 2 t = −0.5 t = 0.5 t = 1.5 x y Figure 21 To obtain the complete curve the parameter range −∞< t < ∞must be used. These parametric equations only give the right-hand branch of the hyperbola. To obtain the left-hand branch we would use x = −a cosh t y = b sinh t HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 41 Exercises 1. In the following sketch the given parametric curves. Also, eliminate the parameter to give the Cartesian equation in x and y.
(a) x = t, y = 2 −t 0 ≤t ≤1 (b) x = 2 −t, y = t + 1 0 ≤t ≤∞ (c) x = 2 t y = t −2 0 < t < 3 (d) x = 3 sin πt 2 y = 4 cos πt 2 −1 ≤t ≤0.5 2. Find the tangent line to the parametric curve x = t2 −t y −t2 + t at the point where t = 1.
3. For each of the following curves expressed in parametric form obtain expressions for dy dx and d2y dx2 and use this information to help make a sketch.
(a) x = t2 −2t, y = t2 −4t (b) x = t3 −3t −2, y = t2 −t −2 Answers t = 0 1 2 x y 1.
(a) y = 2 −x 1 (b) y = 3 −x x y t = 0 2 1 −2 (c) y = 2 x −2 ∴ x(y + 2) = 2 y x t = 0 t = 3 (d) x2 9 + y2 16 = 1 t = 0.5 t = −1 y x 2.
= 2t + 1 = 2t −1 ∴ = 2t + 1 2t −1 t = 1 = 3 t = 1 x = 0, y = 2 ∴ y = 3x + 2 y x dy dt dx dt dy dx dy dx when then tangent line is when 42 HELM (2008): Workbook 17: Conics and Polar Coordinates ® Answer t = 0 t = 2 t = 4 −4 8 3.
(a) = 2t −4 = 2t −2 = 2 = 2 = 2t −4 2t −2 = t −2 t −1 = [(2t −2) −(2t −4)]2 8(t −1)3 = 1 2(t −1)3 y x dy dt dx dt d2y dt2 d2x dt2 dy dx d2y dx2 t = −1, 2 (b) = 2t −1 = 3t2 −3 = 2 = 6t = [2(3t2 −3) −(2t −1)6t] (3t2 −3)3 = −6t2 + 6t −6 27(t2 −1)3 x = (t −2)(t2 + 2t + 1) = (t −2)(t + 1)2 y = (t + 1)(t −2) x y dy dt dx dt d2y dt2 d2x dt2 d2y dx2 HELM (2008): Section 17.3: Parametric Curves 43 |
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If two rows of a determinant are proportional, the value of the determinant is zero. This is because proportional rows indicate that one row can be expressed as a scalar multiple of the other, leading to linear dependence. Consequently, the determinant, which measures the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the rows, collapses to zero.
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Understand the definitions before attempting to learn differences.
Asking the difference between these two, is like asking the difference between Italian food, and pizza. Pizza is Italian food. Tautomerism is isomerism.
Keep in mind that all that isomers have in common, is their molecular composition, i.e their molecular formula. Thus, they differ from each other in many other aspects. The phenomenon of tautomerism happens to be one more such characteristic. I hope you are well aware that there are plenty of other aspects, viz. nature of functional group, arrangement of atoms in space, nature of
Understand the definitions before attempting to learn differences.
Asking the difference between these two, is like asking the difference between Italian food, and pizza. Pizza is Italian food. Tautomerism is isomerism.
Keep in mind that all that isomers have in common, is their molecular composition, i.e their molecular formula. Thus, they differ from each other in many other aspects. The phenomenon of tautomerism happens to be one more such characteristic. I hope you are well aware that there are plenty of other aspects, viz. nature of functional group, arrangement of atoms in space, nature of rotation of the plane of polarized light (or the lack of it) , to name a few.
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What is the difference between resonance and tautomerization?
Resonance structures are different representations of the same structure. The atoms have the same connectivity, but they differ in the arrangement of their lone pairs and double bonds. In the figure below is acetone. Acetone can be represented by two different resonance structures. They are useful for exploring the reactivity of a particular of a substrate. For example, in acetone the resonance structure on the right suggests that acetone would be nucleophilic at the oxygen and electrophilic at the carbon, which is true.
Tautomerization involves a change in connectivity of the atoms
Resonance structures are different representations of the same structure. The atoms have the same connectivity, but they differ in the arrangement of their lone pairs and double bonds. In the figure below is acetone. Acetone can be represented by two different resonance structures. They are useful for exploring the reactivity of a particular of a substrate. For example, in acetone the resonance structure on the right suggests that acetone would be nucleophilic at the oxygen and electrophilic at the carbon, which is true.
Tautomerization involves a change in connectivity of the atoms to yield two different constitutional isomers. Thus, tautomerization is an actual chemical reaction that can take place. The two tautomers will have different reactivity, boiling points, melting points, etc. They are two unique molecules. In the figure below, I drew the ketone and enol forms of acetone. In order to go from keto to enol, I have to change the connectivity of the atoms (ie. break sigma bonds).
You'll also note that I use a double headed arrow for resonance, and I used equilibria arrows the tautomers. This is a universal convention.
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A China 2022 TST Problem. Application of Hall’s Marriage Theorem.
We have already considered in this blog some applications of Hall’s marriage theorem – see the references at the end. It’s an useful tool when dealing with matching in bipartite graphs. Here, I’ll present another problem, that can be made with this idea.
Problem (2022 China TST, Test 1, P6). Let (not necessarily different) be subsets of a finite set . For any index subset of it holds
Show that the elements of can be colored black and white, so that each contains both black and white elements.
We use a natural interpretation of the relation “set – element” as a bipartite graph. So, we have a bipartite graph with the vertices in (sets) and (points). A vertex is connected to if . The inequality in becomes
for any . Note that the inequality in is a bit stronger than the Hall’s condition. By the way, means that for any edge of there exists a matching that covers all vertices of and contains . This fact is not used for this particular problem, but it can be seen as a motivation for the method that follows. Indeed, delete both vertices and and see that the Hall’s condition holds. That is, there exists a matching that covers all vertices in and does not cover . Add the edge and we are done.
Having this in mind, the idea is to construct a matching (injection) , then remove a point from and construct another matching Assume for a moment, . In this case we can color in white and in black and we are done. In real life, and are intertwined and more attention is needed, but that’s the basic idea.
Solution.
We use a natural interpretation of the relation “set – element” as a bipartite graph. So, we have a bipartite graph with the vertices in (sets) and (points). A vertex is connected to if . The following condition holds
for any . Let be a matching. We hide for a moment the vertex The resulting graph still satisfies Hall’s condition and thus, there exists another matching . Note that Connect each pair with a direct edge Let us denote and Thus, We start following the directed path in that starts from Let be the first point outside of (see fig. 1). A point like that exists, since this path cannot make a cycle entering again , because .
Denote the path generated by as . Let be the vertices in that match (with respect to the matching ) the vertices in (the red vertices in fig.1). We paint the vertices of alternatively white ( w) and black (b) starting from By doing so, every vertex in is connected with a white and a black vertex.
Further, we search for a vertex not in that is connected with a vertex in . If a vertex like that does not exist we remove the vertices in and and apply the same procedure for the resulting graph, for which still holds.
So, suppose there exists a vertex that is connected with, say white, vertex in . Let matches in . We construct the directed path from in both directions. If this path is not a cycle, we apply the same alternating coloring as before. Suppose, it’s a cycle (as in fig.1). If this is an even cycle, we still paint its vertices alternatively Let now it be an odd cycle. We paint in black, the next one also in black and after that we alternate the colors. So, all the vertices which match (in ) those in , except , are connected with both white and black vertices. But, the same holds for since it is connected with white vertex in .
Applying this procedure finite number of times, we reach a coloring that’s required.
References.
Distinct Domino Covering. (IRAN TST 2019).
A Matching Problem.
Ore-Galy-Ryser Theorem. Olympiad Aplication.
Traps in the Probabilistic Method. Part 2.
Matching. Tutte’s Theorem. A Brazilian NMO, 2020 problem.
Edge Cover of a Bipartite Graph. Part 1.
Edge Cover of a Bipartite Graph. Part 2.
AoPS thread of this problem.
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11.4: Graph Isomorphisms
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11.3: Deletion, Complete Graphs, and the Handshaking Lemma
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Joy Morris
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( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,})
There is a problem with the way we have defined Kn. A graph is supposed to consist of two sets, V and E. Unless the elements of the sets are labeled, we cannot distinguish amongst them. Here are two graphs, G and H:
Which of these graphs is K2? They can’t both be K2 since they aren’t the same graph – can they?
The answer lies in the concept of isomorphisms. Intuitively, graphs are isomorphic if they are identical except for the labels (on the vertices). Recall that as shown in Figure 11.2.3, since graphs are defined by the sets of vertices and edges rather than by the diagrams, two isomorphic graphs might be drawn so as to look quite different.
Definition: Isomorphism
Two graphs G1=(V1,E1) and G2=(V2,E2) are isomorphic if there is a bijection (a one-to-one, onto map) φ from V1 to V2 such that
{v,w}∈E1⇔{φ(v),φ(w)}∈E2.(11.4.1)
In this case, we call φ an isomorphism from G1 to G2.
Notation
When φ is an isomorphism from G1 to G2, we abuse notation by writing φ:G1→G2 even though φ is actually a map on the vertex sets.
We also write G1≅G2 for “G1 is isomorphic to G2.”
So a graph isomorphism is a bijection that preserves edges and non-edges. If you have seen isomorphisms of other mathematical structures in other courses, they would have been bijections that preserved some important property or properties of the structures they were mapping. For graphs, the important property is which vertices are connected to each other. If that is preserved, then the networks being represented are for all intents and purposes, the same.
Recall from Math 2000, a relation is called an equivalence relation if it is a relation that satisfies three properties. It must be:
reflexive (every object must be related to itself);
symmetric (if object A is related to object B, then object B must also be related to object A); and
transitive (if object A is related to object B and object B is related to object C, then object A must be related to object C).
The relation “is isomorphic to” is an equivalence relation on graphs. To see this, observe that:
For any graph G, we have G≅G by the identity map on the vertices;
For any graphs G1 and G2, we have
G1≅G2⇔G2≅G1,(11.4.2)
since any bijection has an inverse function that is also a bijection, and since
{v,w}∈E1⇔{φ(v),φ(w)}∈E2(11.4.3)
is equivalent to
φ−1(v),φ−1(w)∈E1⇔{v,w}∈E2;(11.4.4)
For any graphs G1, G2, and G3 with φ1:G1→G2 and φ2:G2→G3 being isomorphisms, the composition φ2◦φ1:G1→G3 is a bijection, and
{v,w}∈E1⇔{φ1(v),φ1(w)}∈E2⇔{φ2(φ1(v)),φ2(φ1(w))}∈E3,(11.4.5)
so G1≅G3.
The answer to our question about complete graphs is that any two complete graphs on n vertices are isomorphic, so even though technically the set of all complete graphs on 2 vertices is an equivalence class of the set of all graphs, we can ignore the labels and give the name K2 to all of the graphs in this class.
Example 11.4.1
The graphs G and H:
are isomorphic. The map φ defined by
φ(a)=v;
φ(b)=z;
φ(c)=y;
φ(d)=x;
φ(e)=w
To prove that two graphs are isomorphic, we must find a bijection that acts as an isomorphism between them. If we want to prove that two graphs are not isomorphic, we must show that no bijection can act as an isomorphism between them.
Sometimes it can be very difficult to determine whether or not two graphs are isomorphic. It is possible to create very large graphs that are very similar in many respects, yet are not isomorphic. A common approach to this problem has been attempting to find an “invariant” that will distinguish between non-isomorphic graphs. An “invariant” is a graph property that remains the same for all graphs in any isomorphism class. Thus, if you can find an invariant that is different for two graphs, you know that these graphs must not be isomorphic. We say in this case that this invariant distinguishes between these two graphs.
Mathematicians have come up with many, many graph invariants. Unfortunately, so far, for every known invariant it is possible to find two graphs that are not isomorphic, but for which the invariant is the same. In other words, no known invariant distinguishes between every pair of non-isomorphic graphs.
As an aside for those of you who may know what this means (probably those in computer science), the graph isomorphism is particularly interesting because it is one of a very few (possibly two, the other being integer factorisation) problems that are known to be in NP but that are not known to be either in P, or to be NP-complete.
We give a few graph invariants in the following proposition.
Proposition 11.4.1
If G1≅G2 are graphs, then
G1 and G2 have the same number of vertices;
G1 and G2 have the same number of edges;
if we list the valency of every vertex of G1 and do the same for G2, the lists will be the same (though possibly in a different order). (Such a list is called the degree sequence of the graph.)
Proof
: 1. Since G1≅G2, there is an isomorphism φ:V1→V2 (where V1 is the vertex set of G1 and V2 is the vertex set of G2). Since φ is a bijection, we must have |V1|=|V2|.
2. Since
{v,w}∈E1⇒{φ(v),φ(w)}∈E2,(11.4.6)
we see that for every edge of E1, there is an edge of E2. Therefore, |E2|≥|E1|. Similarly, since
{φ(v),φ(w)}∈E2⇒{v,w}∈E1,(11.4.7)
we see that |E1|≥|E2|. So |E1|=|E2|.
3. If φ(v1)=v2 then dG1(v1)=dG2(v2), because u∼v1 if and only if φ(u)∼v2.
Example 11.4.2
The graph G of Example 11.4.1 is not isomorphic to K5, because K5 has (52)=10 edges by Proposition 11.3.1, but G has only 5 edges. Notice that the number of vertices, despite being a graph invariant, does not distinguish these two graphs
The graphs G and H:
are not isomorphic. Each of them has 6 vertices and 9 edges. However, the graph G has two vertices of valency 2 (a and c), two vertices of valency 3 (d and e), and two vertices of valency 4 (b and f). Meanwhile, the graph H has one vertex of valency 2 (w), four vertices of valency 3 (u, x, y, and z), and one vertex of valency 4 (v). Although each of these lists has the same values (2s, 3s, and 4s), the lists are not the same since the number of entries that contain each of the values is different. In particular, the two vertices a and c both have valency 2, but there is only one vertex of H (vertex w) of valency two. Either a or c could be sent to w by an isomorphism, but either choice leaves no possible image for the other vertex of valency 2. Therefore, an isomorphism between these graphs is not possible.
Observe that the two graph
both have 6 vertices and 7 edges, and each has four vertices of valency 2 and two vertices of valency 3. Nonetheless, these graphs are not isomorphic. Perhaps you can think of another graph invariant that is not the same for these two graphs.
To prove that these graphs are not isomorphic, since each has two vertices of valency 3, any isomorphism would have to map {c,f} to {v,z}. Now, whichever vertex gets mapped to u must be a mutual neighbour of c and f since u is a mutual neighbour of v and z. But c and have no mutual neighbours, so this is not possible. Therefore there is no isomorphism between these graphs.
A natural problem to consider is: how many different graphs are there on n vertices? If we are not worrying about whether or not the graphs are isomorphic, we could have infinitely many graphs just by changing the labels on the vertices, and that’s not very interesting. To avoid this problem, we fix the set of labels that we use. Label the vertices with the elements of {1,...,n}. We’ll call the number of graphs we find, the number of labeled graphs on n vertices.
Any edge is a 2-subset of {1,...,n}. There are (n2) possible edges in total. Any graph is formed by taking a subset of the n(n−1)2 possible edges. In Example 4.1.1, we learned how to count these: there are 2n(n−1)2 subsets
Example 11.4.3
When n=1, we have (12)=0, and 20=1, so there is exactly one labeled graph on 1 vertex. It looks like this:
When n=2, we have (22)=1, and 21=2. so there are exactly two labeled graphs on 2 vertices. They look like this:
When n=3, we have (32)=3, and 23=8, so there are exactly eight labeled graphs on 3 vertices. They look like this:
When n=4, we have (42)=6, and 26=64, so there are exactly sixty-four labeled graphs on 4 vertices. We won’t attempt to draw them all here.
Although that answer is true as far as it goes, you will no doubt observe that even though we are using a fixed set of labels, some of the graphs we’ve counted are isomorphic to others. A more interesting question would be, how many isomorphism classes of graphs are there on n vertices? Since we are considering isomorphism classes, the labels we choose for the vertices are largely irrelevant except to tell us which vertices are connected to which other vertices, if we don’t have a diagram. Thus, if we are drawing the graphs, we usually omit vertex labels and refer to the resulting graphs (each of which represents an isomorphism class) as unlabeled. So the question is, how many unlabeled graphs are there on n vertices?
We can work out the answer to this for small values of n. From the labeled graphs on 3 vertices, you can see that there are four unlabeled graphs on 3 vertices. These are:
There are 11 unlabeled graphs on four vertices. Unfortunately, since there is no known polynomial-time algorithm for solving the graph isomorphism problem, determining the number of unlabeled graphs on n vertices gets very hard as n gets large, and no general formula is known.
Exercise 11.4.1
For each of the following pairs of graphs, find an isomorphism or prove that the graphs are not isomorphic.
3) G1=(V1,E1) and G2=(V2,E2) with V1={a,b,c,d}, V2={A,B,C,D}, E1={ab,ac,ad}, E2={BC,CD,BD}.
Exercise 11.4.2
Draw five unlabeled graphs on 5 vertices that are not isomorphic to each other.
How many labeled graphs on 5 vertices have 1 edge?
How many labeled graphs on 5 vertices have 3 or 4 edges
11.3: Deletion, Complete Graphs, and the Handshaking Lemma
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1.5 Determining Limits Using Algebraic Properties
1.6 Determining Limits Using Algebraic Manipulation
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1.8 Determining Limits Using the Squeeze Theorem
1.9 Connecting Multiple Representations of Limits
mid-Unit 1 Review
1.10 Exploring Types of Discontinuities
1.11 Defining Continuity at a Point
1.12 Confirming Continuity Over an Interval
1.13 Removing Discontinuities
1.14 Infinite Limits and Vertical Asymptotes
1.15 Limits at Infinity and Horizontal Asymptotes
1.16 Intermediate Value Theorem
End of Unit 1 Review
Unit 2
2.1 Defining Average and Instantaneous Rate of Change at a Point
2.2 Defining the Derivative of a Function and Using Derivative Notation
2.3 Estimating Derivatives of a Function at a Point
2.4 Connecting Differentiability and Continuity
2.5 Applying the Power Rule
2.6 Derivative Rules: Constant, Sum, Difference, and Constant Multiple
2.7 Derivatives of cos(x), sin(x), e^x, and ln(x)
2.8 The Product Rule
2.9 The Quotient Rule
2.10 Derivatives of tan(x), cot(x), sec(x), csc(x)
Unit 2 Review
Unit 3
3.1 The Chain Rule
3.2 Implicit Differentiation
3.3 Differentiating Inverse Functions
3.4 Differentiating Inverse Trigonometric Functions
3.5 Selecting Procedures for Calculating Derivatives
3.6 Calculating Higher-Order Derivatives
Unit 3 Review
Unit 4
4.1 Interpreting the Meaning of the Derivative in Context
4.2 Straight-Line Motion: Connecting Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
4.3 Rates of Change in Applied Contexts Other Than Motion
4.4 Introduction to Related Rates
4.5 Solving Related Rates Problems
4.6 Approximating Values of a Function Using Local Linearity and Linearization
4.7 Using L'Hopital's Rule for Determining Limits of Indeterminate Forms
Unit 4 Review
Unit 5
5.1 Using the Mean Value Theorem
5.2 Extreme Value Theorem, Global Versus Local Extrema, and Critical Points
5.3 Determining Intervals on Which a Function is Increasing or Decreasing.
5.4 Using the First Derivative Test to Determine Relative Local Extrema
5.5 Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute (Global) Extrema
5.6 Determining Concavity of Functions over Their Domains
5.7 Using the Second Derivative Test to Determine Extrema
mid-Unit 5 Review
5.8 Sketching Graphs of Functions and Their Derivatives
5.9 Connecting a Function, Its First Derivative, and Its Second Derivative
5.10 Introduction to Optimization Problems
5.11 Solving Optimization Problems
5.12 Exploring Behaviors of Implicit Relations
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Unit 6
6.1 Exploring Accumulation of Change
6.2 Approximating Areas with Riemann Sums
6.3 Riemann Sums, Summation Notation, and Definite Integral Notation
6.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Accumulation Functions
6.5 Interpreting the Behavior of Accumulation Functions Involving Area
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6.7 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Definite Integrals
6.8 Finding Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integrals: Basic Rules and Notation
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6.10 Integrating Functions Using Long Division and Completing the Square
6.11 Integration by Parts
6.12 Integrating Using Linear Partial Fractions
6.13 Evaluating Improper Integrals
6.14 Selecting Techniques for Antidifferentiation
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Unit 7
7.1 Modeling Situations with Differential Equations
7.2 Verifying Solutions for Differential Equations
7.3 Sketching Slope Fields
7.4 Reasoning Using Slope Fields
7.5 Approximating Solutions Using Euler’s Method
7.6 General Solutions Using Separation of Variables
7.7 Particular Solutions using Initial Conditions and Separation of Variables
7.8 Exponential Models with Differential Equations
7.9 Logistic Models with Differential Equations
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Unit 8
8.1 Average Value of a Function on an Interval
8.2 Connecting Position, Velocity, and Acceleration of Functions Using Integrals
8.3 Using Accumulation Functions and Definite Integrals in Applied Contexts
8.4 Finding the Area Between Curves Expressed as Functions of x
8.5 Finding Area Between Curves Expressed as Functions of y
8.6 Finding the Area Between Curves That Intersect at More Than Two Points
Mid-Unit 8 Review
8.7 Volumes with Cross Sections: Squares and Rectangles
8.8 Volumes with Cross Sections: Triangles and Semicircles
8.9 Volume with Disc Method: Revolving Around the x- or y-Axis
8.10 Volume with Disc Method: Revolving Around Other Axes
8.11 Volume with Washer Method: Revolving Around the x- or y-axis
8.12 Volume with Washer Method: Revolving Around Other Axes
8.13 The Arc Length of a Smooth, Planar Curve and Distance Traveled
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Unit 9
9.1 Defining and Differentiating Parametric Equations
9.2 Second Derivatives of Parametric Equations
9.3 Finding Arc Lengths of Curves Given by Parametric Equations
9.4 Defining and Differentiating Vector-Valued Functions
9.5 Integrating Vector-Valued Functions
9.6 Solving Motion Problems using Parametric and Vector-Valued Functions
9.7 Defining Polar Coordinates and Differentiating in Polar Form
9.8 Find the Area of a Polar Region or the Area Bounded by a Single Polar Curve
9.9 Finding the Area of the Region bounded by Two Polar Curves
Unit 9 Review
Unit 10
10.1 Defining Convergent and Divergent Infinite Series
10.2 Working with Geometric Series
10.3 The nth Term Test for Divergence
10.4 Integral Test for Convergence
10.5 Harmonic Series and p-series
10.6 Comparison Tests for Convergence
10.7 Alternating Series Test for Convergence
10.8 Ratio Test for Convergence
10.9 Determining Absolute or Conditional Convergence
Mid-Unit 10 Review
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10.11 Finding Taylor Polynomial Approximations of Functions
10.12 Lagrange Error Bound
10.13 Radius and Interval of Convergence of Power Series
10.14 Finding Taylor or Maclaurin Series for a Function
10.15 Representing Functions as a Power Series
End of Unit 10 Review
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Unit 1 - Limits
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