Data Relay: Combustion Instability

Thanks to Arin Cross for presenting this topic! (linkedin.com)

Historical Perspective of Combustion Instability in Motors: Case Studies* (PDF reader: docslide.net)

NASA Experience with Pogo in Human Spaceflight Vehicles (PDF: nasa.gov)

Apollo 13 had issues with Pogo (youtu.be)

Overview of Combustion Instabilities in Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines (PDF: core.ac.uk)

Comprehensive Review of Liquid-Propellant Combustion Instabilities in F-l Engines (PDF: gatech.edu)

How NASA brought the monstrous F-1 “moon rocket” engine back to life (arstechnica.com)

F-1 injector diagrams, and an example of different impinging injector setups (heroicrelics.org)

Combustion Instabilities in Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (PDF: dtic.mil)

Lessons Learned In Solid Rocket Combustion Instability (PDF: dtic.mil)

Newspace examples SpaceShipOne “was a cranky, shuddering, shaking, vibrating motor” (dailymail.co.uk)

SpaceShipTwo possibly suffered combustion instabilities due to the selection of HTPB (telegraph.co.uk)(aviationweek.com) SpaceShipTwo did switch back to HTPB (announced in 2015).

Treatment of BE-4 suggests it’s had instability issues in the past (spaceflightnow.com)

Rocketlab may be concerned about fuel sloshing (cosmosmagazine.com)