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Auteurs principaux: De, Somnath, Kasthuri, Praveen, Harvazinski, Matthew E., Gejji, Rohan, Anderson, William, Sujith, R. I.
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07803
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author De, Somnath
Kasthuri, Praveen
Harvazinski, Matthew E.
Gejji, Rohan
Anderson, William
Sujith, R. I.
author_facet De, Somnath
Kasthuri, Praveen
Harvazinski, Matthew E.
Gejji, Rohan
Anderson, William
Sujith, R. I.
contents The occurrence of high frequency (>1000 Hz) thermoacoustic instability (TAI) sustained by mutual feedback among the acoustic field, heat release rate oscillations, and hydrodynamic oscillations poses severe challenges to the operation and structural integrity of rocket engines. Hence, quantifying the differing levels of feedback between these variables can help uncover the underlying mechanisms behind such high frequency TAI, enabling redesign of combustors to mitigate TAI. However, so far, no concrete method exists to decipher the varying levels of mutual feedback during high-frequency TAI. In the present study, we holistically investigate the mutual influence based on the spatiotemporal directionality among acoustic pressure, heat release rate, hydrodynamic and thermal oscillations during TAI of a single-element rocket engine combustor. Using symbolic transfer entropy (STE), we identify the spatiotemporal direction of feedback interactions between those primary variables when acoustic waves significantly emerge during TAI. We unveil the influence of vorticity dynamics at the fuel collar (or the propellant splitter plate) as the primary stimulant over the heat release rate fluctuations to rapidly amplify the amplitude of the acoustic field. Further, depending on the quantification of the degree of the mutual information (i.e., the net direction of information), we identify the switches in dominating the thermoacoustic driving between the variables during TAI, each representing a distinct mechanism of a thermoacoustic state. Additionally, from this quantification, we analyze the relative dominance of the variables and rank-order the mutual feedback according to their impact on driving TAI.
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spellingShingle Identifying feedback directions in the mechanisms driving self-sustained thermoacoustic instability in a single-element rocket combustor
De, Somnath
Kasthuri, Praveen
Harvazinski, Matthew E.
Gejji, Rohan
Anderson, William
Sujith, R. I.
Fluid Dynamics
The occurrence of high frequency (>1000 Hz) thermoacoustic instability (TAI) sustained by mutual feedback among the acoustic field, heat release rate oscillations, and hydrodynamic oscillations poses severe challenges to the operation and structural integrity of rocket engines. Hence, quantifying the differing levels of feedback between these variables can help uncover the underlying mechanisms behind such high frequency TAI, enabling redesign of combustors to mitigate TAI. However, so far, no concrete method exists to decipher the varying levels of mutual feedback during high-frequency TAI. In the present study, we holistically investigate the mutual influence based on the spatiotemporal directionality among acoustic pressure, heat release rate, hydrodynamic and thermal oscillations during TAI of a single-element rocket engine combustor. Using symbolic transfer entropy (STE), we identify the spatiotemporal direction of feedback interactions between those primary variables when acoustic waves significantly emerge during TAI. We unveil the influence of vorticity dynamics at the fuel collar (or the propellant splitter plate) as the primary stimulant over the heat release rate fluctuations to rapidly amplify the amplitude of the acoustic field. Further, depending on the quantification of the degree of the mutual information (i.e., the net direction of information), we identify the switches in dominating the thermoacoustic driving between the variables during TAI, each representing a distinct mechanism of a thermoacoustic state. Additionally, from this quantification, we analyze the relative dominance of the variables and rank-order the mutual feedback according to their impact on driving TAI.
title Identifying feedback directions in the mechanisms driving self-sustained thermoacoustic instability in a single-element rocket combustor
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07803