I.S. Reshetnikov’s research while affiliated with Moscow Clinical Scientific Center and other places

Design of the effective hybrid rocket engines requires development of adequate control methods for the condensed phase regression rates. There are two traditional approaches: prescription with catalytic additives and geometrical with oxidizer flux involution or burning channel profiling. Other methods are significantly less investigated, including using various fields for the combustion process control. The paper presents some experimental results on the influence of electrostatic field on the combustion rate for the PMMA - gaseous oxygen hybrid fuel engine. It was shown that it is possible to control engine thrust with parameters of the control field. Some analysis and model explanations are performed.