ロケット慣性飛行中の二相流挙動および熱伝達特性の観測実験～実験装置部の開発～

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the S-310-43 sounding rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center on Aug.04, 2014 for the purpose of investigating such behavior as boiling and flow of cryogenic liquid rocket propellant in an environment simulating coasting flight on orbit by using the sounding rocket's sub-orbital ballistic flight. In the low-gravity state, the cryogenic fluid (liquid nitrogen) was introduced into the test sections of similar shapes to the flow channels in the cryogenic propulsion systems. The boiling of liquid nitrogen inside the test-sections and the transition of flow regimes from gas/liquid two-phase flow to liquid mono-phase flow were visualized. The temperatures, pressures and void fractions of each channels were measured as well. Development of the experimental equipment for S-310-43 sounding rocket is described in this paper.