Rabah Haoui
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sicences, vol. 15, no. 1, pp.91-96, 2014

Abstract : The aim of this work is to determine the supersonic nozzle profiles used in propulsion, for the launchers or embarked with the satellites. This design has as a role firstly, to give an important propulsion, i.e. with uniform and parallel flow at exit, secondly to find a short length profiles without modification of the flow in the nozzle. The first elaborate program is used to determine the profile of divergent by using the characteristics method for an axisymmetric flow. The second program is conceived by using the finite volume method to determine and test the profile found connected to a convergent.

Keyword : Characteristic method, nozzles, supersonic flow, propellers.