Hybrid Rocket Engine Design Optimization at Politecnico di Torino: A Review

Casalino, Lorenzo and Masseni, Filippo and Pastrone, Dario (2021) Hybrid Rocket Engine Design Optimization at Politecnico di Torino: A Review. Aerospace, 8 (8). p. 226. ISSN 2226-4310

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Abstract

Optimization of Hybrid Rocket Engines at Politecnico di Torino began in the 1990s. A comprehensive review of the related research activities carried out in the last three decades is here presented. After a brief introduction that retraces driving motivations and the most significant steps of the research path, the more relevant aspects of analysis, modeling and achieved results are illustrated. First, criteria for the propulsion system preliminary design choices (namely the propellant combination, the feed system and the grain design) are summarized and the engine modeling is presented. Then, the authors describe the in-house tools that have been developed and used for coupled trajectory and propulsion system design optimization. Both deterministic and robust-based approaches are presented. The applications that the authors analyzed over the years, starting from simpler hybrid powered sounding rocket to more complex multi-stage launchers, are then presented. Finally, authors’ conclusive remarks on the work done and their future perspective in the context of the optimization of hybrid rocket propulsion systems are reported.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Institute Archives > Engineering
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2023 04:51
Last Modified: 28 Mar 2024 03:37
URI: http://eprint.subtopublish.com/id/eprint/1468

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