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A simple entrainment model is used to estimate droplet streamlines, velocity and mass flux in rocket exhaust plumes. Since droplet mass flux constitutes only about 1% of the exhaust mass flux, the effect of droplet entrainment on the gas flow is neglected. The novelty of the present model is in obtaining the droplet distribution within the nozzle by assuming a small radial random velocity component for droplets at the throat. Gas flow in the nozzle is approximated as isentropic plus a correction for the boundary layer. The computed distribution of droplet mass flux is found to be in good agreement with experimental data.
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Received 15 January 1996 / Accepted 11 September 1996
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Genkin, L., Baer, M. & Falcovitz, J. A random simulation of droplet distribution in nozzle and plume flows. Shock Waves 7, 211–218 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001930050077
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001930050077