100 lbf Engine

RocketIsp version 0.1.12 Sunday, Jul 19, 2026 at 09:21AM
      N2O4/N2H4
IspVac     = 317.666 sec
MRcore     = 1.26
MRthruster = 1.071
Rt         = 0.360233 in
At         = 0.407677 in**2
Pc         = 137 psia
Fvac       = 100 lbf
cham_freq  = 17965.2 Hz(82% 1T)
Nelements  = 596 (set by acoustics)
elemDens   = 75.8851 elem/in**2
DorfOx     = 0.0097 in
DorfFuel   = 0.0095 in
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Geometry
Input
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
cham_conv_deg = 30.00 deg half angle of conical convergent section
CR = 2.5 chamber contraction ratio (Ainj / Athroat)
eps = 75 nozzle area ratio (Aexit / Athroat)
LchamberInp = None in user input value of chamber length (will override all other entries)
LchmMin = 1.000 in 2.540 cm
0.083 ft
minimum chamber length (will override LchmOvrDt)
LchmOvrDt = 3 ratio of chamber length to throat diameter (Lcham / Dthrt)
LnozInp = None in user input nozzle length (will override pcentBell)
pcentBell = 80 nozzle percent bell (Lnoz / L_15deg_cone)
RchmConv = 1 radius of curvature at start of convergent section (Rconv / Rthrt)
RdwnThroat = 1 radius of curvature just downstream of throat (Rdownstream / Rthrt)
Rthrt = 0.360 in 0.915 cm
0.030 ft
throat radius
RupThroat = 1.5 radius of curvature just upstream of throat (Rupstream / Rthrt)
Output
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
Ainj = 1.019 in**2 6.575 cm**2 area of injector
At = 0.408 in**2 2.630 cm**2 throat area
Dexit = 6.239 in 15.848 cm
0.520 ft
nozzle exit diameter
Dinj = 1.139 in 2.893 cm
0.095 ft
diameter of injector
Dthrt = 0.720 in 1.830 cm
0.060 ft
throat diameter
entrance_angle = 35.70 deg nozzle initial expansion angle
exit_angle = 7.63 deg nozzle exit angle
Lcham_conv = 0.604 in 1.534 cm
0.050 ft
length of convergent section of chamber
Lcham_cyl = 1.557 in 3.956 cm
0.130 ft
length of cylindrical section of chamber
Lnoz = 8.239 in 20.927 cm
0.687 ft
nozzle length
Ltotal = 10.400 in 26.416 cm
0.867 ft
nozzle + chamber length
Rinj = 0.570 in 1.447 cm
0.047 ft
radius of injector
Vcham = 2.0 in**3 32.8 cm**3 approximate chamber volume
N2O4/N2H4 Core Stream Tube
Input
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
adjCstarODE = 1 multiplier on NASA CEA code value of cstar ODE (default is 1.0)
adjIspIdeal = 1 multiplier on NASA CEA code value of Isp ODE (default is 1.0)
CdThroat = 0.985313 Cd of throat (RocketThruster object may override)
(MLP fit)
fuelName = N2H4 name of fuel (e.g. MMH, LH2)
ignore_noz_sep = 0 flag to force nozzle flow separation to be ignored (USE WITH CAUTION)
MRcore = 1.26 mixture ratio of core flow (ox flow rate / fuel flow rate)
oxName = N2O4 name of oxidizer (e.g. N2O4, LOX)
Pamb = 0.00 psia 0.00 MPa
0.00 atm
0.00 bar
ambient pressure (for example sea level is 14.7 psia)
Pc = 137.0 psia 0.94 MPa
9.32 atm
9.45 bar
chamber pressure
Output
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
CfAmbDel = 1.79046 delivered ambient thrust coefficient
CfVacDel = 1.79046 delivered vacuum thrust coefficient
CfVacIdeal = 1.938 ideal vacuum thrust coefficient
cstarERE = 5641.5 ft/s 1719.5 m/s delivered core cstar
cstarODE = 5787.6 ft/s 1764.1 m/s core ideal cstar
FvacBarrier = 29.6 lbf 131.8 N vacuum thrust due to barrier stream tube
FvacCore = 70.4 lbf 313.1 N vacuum thrust due to core stream tube
FvacTotal = 100.0 lbf 444.8 N total vacuum thrust
gammaChm = 1.13912 core gas ratio of specific heats (Cp/Cv)
IspDel = 317.67 sec 3115.24 N-sec/kg
3.12 km/sec
<=== thruster delivered vacuum Isp ===>
IspDel_core = 320.52 sec 3143.23 N-sec/kg
3.14 km/sec
delivered Isp of core stream tube
IspODE = 348.61 sec 3418.74 N-sec/kg
3.42 km/sec
core one dimensional equilibrium Isp
IspODF = 327.19 sec 3208.59 N-sec/kg
3.21 km/sec
core frozen Isp
IspODK = 335.20 sec 3287.20 N-sec/kg
3.29 km/sec
core one dimensional kinetic Isp
MRthruster = 1.071 total thruster mixture ratio')
MWchm = 20.222 g/gmole core gas molecular weight
Pexit = 0.1116 psia 0.00 MPa
0.01 atm
0.01 bar
nozzle exit pressure
TcODE = 5521.3 degR 3067.4 degK
2794.2 degC
5061.6 degF
ideal core gas temperature
wdotFl = 0.152 lbm/s 0.069 kg/s total fuel flow rate
wdotOx = 0.163 lbm/s 0.074 kg/s total oxidizer flow rate
wdotTot = 0.315 lbm/s 0.143 kg/s total propellant flow rate (ox+fuel)
At Injector Face
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
wdotFl_cInit = 0.129 lbm/s 0.059 kg/s initial core fuel flow rate (before any entrainment)
wdotFlFFC = 0.023 lbm/s 0.010 kg/s fuel film coolant flow rate injected at perimeter
wdotTot_cInit = 0.292 lbm/s 0.132 kg/s initial core total flow rate (before any entrainment)
After Entrainment
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
wdotFl_b = 0.055 lbm/s 0.025 kg/s barrier fuel flow rate (FFC + entrained)
wdotFl_c = 0.097 lbm/s 0.044 kg/s final core fuel flow rate (injected - entrained)
wdotOx_b = 0.040 lbm/s 0.018 kg/s barrier oxidizer flow rate (all entrained)
wdotOx_c = 0.122 lbm/s 0.056 kg/s final core oxidizer flow rate (injected - entrained)
wdotTot_b = 0.095 lbm/s 0.043 kg/s total barrier propellant flow rate (includes entrained)
wdotTot_c = 0.220 lbm/s 0.100 kg/s total final core propellant flow rate (injected - entrained)
Efficiencies
Output
Parameter = Value Description
Isp = 0.91122 Overall Isp Efficiency
Noz = 0.94322 Nozzle Efficiency
ERE = 0.97476 Energy Release Efficiency of Chamber
FFC = 0.99109 (barrier calc) Fuel Film Cooling Efficiency of Chamber
Nozzle
Parameter = Value Description
Div = 0.99334 (simple fit eps=75, %bell=80) Divergence Efficiency of Nozzle
Kin = 0.96153 (MLP fit) Kinetic Efficiency of Nozzle
BL = 0.98753 (MLP fit) Boundary Layer Efficiency of Nozzle
Chamber
Parameter = Value Description
Mix = 0.99823 (mixAngle=0.84 deg) Inter-Element Mixing Efficiency of Injector
Em = 0.98478 (Rupe elemEm=0.8) Intra-Element Mixing Efficiency of Injector
Vap = 0.99159 (gen vaporized length) Vaporization Efficiency of Injector
Ignored Efficiencies
        TP: Two Phase Efficiency of Nozzle
        HL: Heat Loss Efficiency of Chamber
Barrier Stream Tube
Input
Parameter = Value Description
ko = 0.035 entrainment constant (typical value is 0.035, range from 0.03 to 0.06)
pcentFFC = 15 percent fuel film cooling ( FFC flowrate / total fuel flowrate)
Output
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
cstarERE_b = 5585.3 ft/s 1702.4 m/s delivered cstar
cstarODE_b = 5729.9 ft/s 1746.5 m/s ideal equilibrium cstar
fracEntr = 0.247991 fraction of core flow entrained into barrier
fracKin_b = 0.310422 fraction of kinetic completion in barrier
IspDel_b = 311.08 sec 3050.67 N-sec/kg
3.05 km/sec
delivered vacuum barrier Isp
IspODE_b = 327.914 sec. ideal equilibrium barrier Isp
IspODF_b = 324.17 sec 3179.00 N-sec/kg
3.18 km/sec
ideal frozen barrier Isp
IspODK_b = 325.33 sec 3190.40 N-sec/kg
3.19 km/sec
vacuum kinetic Isp of barrier
MRbarrier = 0.736153 barrier mixture ratio at throat
MRwall = 0.40842 mixture ratio at throat wall
TcODE_b = 4769.4 degR 2649.7 degK
2376.5 degC
4309.8 degF
average ideal ODE temperature of barrier gas
Twallgas = 3654.9 degR 2030.5 degK
1757.4 degC
3195.3 degF
temperature of gas at throat wall (cooler upstream)
WentrOvWcool = 3.17594 ratio of entrained flow rate to FFC flow rate
N2O4/N2H4 Injector
Assumptions
NOTE: Injector elements are designed by Initial Core Flow ONLY.
      Fuel Film Cooling orifices must be designed separately.
NOTE: number of elements set by acoustics
      Acoustic frequency set by 3T
Fuel Orifice Diameter Meets Stability Requirement of >= 9.5 mil
Chamber design frequency set by: acoustics to: 17965 Hz,(82% 1T)
Input
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
desAcousMode = 3T driving acoustic mode of injector OR acoustic mode multiplier (setNelementsBy=="acoustics" and setAcousticFreqBy=="mode")
DorfMin = 0.0080 in 8.000 mil
0.203 mm
minimum orifice diameter (lower limit)
elemEm = 0.8 intra-element Rupe mixing factor (0.7 below ave, 0.8 ave, 0.9 above ave)
setAcousticFreqBy = mode flag indicating how to determine design frequency. (can be "mode" or "freq")
setNelementsBy = acoustics flag determines how to calculate number of elements ( "acoustics", "elem_density", "input")
Ox Properties
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
CdOxOrf = 0.75 flow coefficient of oxidizer orifices
dropCorrOx = 0.33 oxidizer drop size multiplier (showerhead=3.0, like-doublet=1.0, vortex=0.5, unlike-doublet=0.33)
fdPinjOx = 0.25 fraction of Pc used as oxidizer injector pressure drop
LfanOvDorfOx = 20 fan length / oxidizer orifice diameter
OxOrfPerEl = 1 number of oxidizer orifices per element
Tox = 530.0 degR 294.4 degK
21.3 degC
70.3 degF
temperature of oxidizer
Fuel Properties
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
CdFuelOrf = 0.75 flow coefficient of fuel orifices
dropCorrFuel = 0.33 fuel drop size multiplier (showerhead=3.0, like-doublet=1.0, vortex=0.5, unlike-doublet=0.33)
fdPinjFuel = 0.25 fraction of Pc used as fuel injector pressure drop
FuelOrfPerEl = 1 number of fuel orifices per element
LfanOvDorfFuel = 20 fan length / fuel orifice diameter
lolFuelElem = 0 flag for like-on-like fuel element (determines strouhal multiplier)
Tfuel = 530.0 degR 294.4 degK
21.3 degC
70.3 degF
temperature of fuel
Output
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
des_freq = 17965.2 Hz chamber design acoustic frequency
DorfFlForHzLimit = 0.009 in 9.484 mil
0.241 mm
fuel orifice Diameter for frequency in Hewitt Correlation
elemDensCalc = 75.885 elem/in**2 11.762 elem/cm**2 element density on injector face
Nelements = 596 number of elements on injector face
NelemMakable = 837 maximum number of makable elements giving correct flow rate (diam=DorfMin)
Ox Properties
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
AfloOx = 0.044 in**2 0.286 cm**2 total flow area of oxidizer
dHvapOx = 177.52 BTU/lbm 98.69 cal/g
412.91 J/g
oxidizer heat of vaporization
DorfOx = 0.0097 in 9.740 mil
0.247 mm
oxidizer orifice diameter
dpOx = 34.25 psid 0.24 MPa
2.33 atm
2.36 bar
oxidizer injector pressure drop
MolWtOx = 92.011 g/gmole oxidizer molecular weight
NOxOrf = 596 number of oxidizer orifices on injector face
sgOx = 1.439 g/ml 0.052 lbm/inch**3
89.825 lbm/ft**3
oxidizer density
surfOx = 1.483e-04 lbf/in 2.598e-02 N/m
2.598e+01 mN/m
2.598e+01 dyne/cm
oxidizer surface tension
velOx_fps = 59.4 ft/s 18.1 m/s velocity of injected oxidizer
viscOx = 2.777e-04 poise 2.777e-02 cpoise
2.777e-05 Pa*s
6.718e-02 lbm/hr/ft
oxidizer viscosity
Fuel Properties
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
AfloFuel = 0.042 in**2 0.271 cm**2 total flow area of fuel
dHvapFuel = 582.19 BTU/lbm 323.66 cal/g
1354.18 J/g
fuel heat of vaporization
DorfFuel = 0.0095 in 9.482 mil
0.241 mm
fuel orifice diameter
dpFuel = 34.25 psid 0.24 MPa
2.33 atm
2.36 bar
fuel injector pressure drop
MolWtFuel = 32.045 g/gmole fuel molecular weight
NFuelOrf = 596 number of fuel orifices on injector face
sgFuel = 1.009 g/ml 0.036 lbm/inch**3
63.003 lbm/ft**3
fuel density
surfFuel = 3.846e-04 lbf/in 6.736e-02 N/m
6.736e+01 mN/m
6.736e+01 dyne/cm
fuel surface tension
velFuel_fps = 71.0 ft/s 21.6 m/s velocity of injected fuel
viscFuel = 6.764e-04 poise 6.764e-02 cpoise
6.764e-05 Pa*s
1.636e-01 lbm/hr/ft
fuel viscosity
Vaporization
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
chamShapeFact = 0.6775 chamber shape factor
fracVapFuel = 0.9838 fraction of vaporized fuel
fracVapOx = 0.9999 fraction of vaporized oxidizer
genVapLenFuel = 32.15 Priem generalized vaporization length of fuel
genVapLenOx = 174.40 Priem generalized vaporization length of oxidizer
mrVap = 1.2805 vaporized mixture ratio
rDropFuel = 0.2149 mil 5.46 micron
0.01 mm
median fuel droplet radius
rDropOx = 0.1274 mil 3.24 micron
0.00 mm
median ox droplet radius
Combustion Stability
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
cham sonicVel = 3539.1 ft/s 1078.7 m/s approximate gas sonic velocity in chamber
fdPinjFuelReqd = 0.10765 minimum required fuel dP/Pc
fdPinjOxReqd = 0.128571 minimum required oxidizer dP/Pc
tauFuel = 0.222653 ms fuel lag time (tau/tResid=0.459066)
tauOx = 0.273101 ms oxidizer lag time (tau/tResid=0.56308)
tResid = 0.4850 ms residual time in chamber
Acoustic Modes
Parameter = Value Alt Value Description
1L = 9824 Hz
80% of 1T = 17480 Hz no damping required here
=====> DESIGN = 17965 Hz <== DESIGN IS HERE
1T = 21850 Hz
2T = 36245 Hz
80% of 1R = 36377 Hz baffles-only work here
80% of 3T = 39884 Hz cavities-only work here
1R = 45471 Hz
3T = 49856 Hz baffles + cavities OR multi-tuned cavities
3T = 49856 Hz <== MAX FREQUENCY... KEEP Hz HERE OR BELOW
4T = 63103 Hz
1T1R = 63267 Hz
2T1R = 79580 Hz
2R = 83254 Hz
3T1R = 95116 Hz
1T2R = 101182 Hz