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Experimental Study of TICTOP Nozzles

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31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 2 (ISSW 2017)

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The new nozzle contour concept TICTOP is introduced and its experimental validation is presented. The TICTOP nozzle features a comparable performance like TOP nozzles, whereas reattached flow conditions during transient start-up and shutdown operation are avoided. A hypothesis on the formation of the cap-shock pattern in TOP nozzles is presented.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank Ying Luo, University of Sydney, for supporting the test data evaluation.

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  1. German Aerospace Center, DLR, Institute of Space Propulsion, Lampoldshausen, Germany

    R. Stark & C. Génin

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Akihiro Sasoh

  2. Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

    Toshiyuki Aoki

  3. Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahide Katayama

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Stark, R., Génin, C. (2019). Experimental Study of TICTOP Nozzles. In: Sasoh, A., Aoki, T., Katayama, M. (eds) 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 2. ISSW 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91017-8_66

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