Abstract
Acoustic characteristics of a thrust chamber with quarter-wave resonators are numerically studied based on the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) method. Organized pressure disturbance model and constant-volume bomb model are applied as artificial disturbances to excite pressure oscillations in the chamber. Eigenfrequencies and amplitudes of acoustic modes of the chamber are obtained by fast fourier transform (FFT) analysis, while damping characteristics are evaluated by the half-power bandwidth method. Predicted damping capacities of the chamber with and without quarter-wave resonators agree well with experimental results. Pressure oscillations can be controlled by a quarter-wave resonator mainly through reducing the amplitude of target acoustic mode, rather than increasing damping capacity of the chamber. Major damping mechanism of the resonator is cutting down pressure peak of target acoustic mode and raising up its pressure trough (CPRT); therefore the amplitude of target acoustic mode is reduced significantly. Moreover, acoustic energy can be dissipated by vortex at the orifice and by viscosity on the surface of a resonator, which increase damping capacity of the chamber slightly. Under the condition with multi-modes pressure oscillations, a resonator can still suppress pressure oscillations of target acoustic mode through CPRT. However, it may enhance pressure oscillations of other modes due to redistribution of oscillation energy among all acoustic modes.
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