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James R. Hulka
Researcher at Jacobs Engineering Group
Publications - 15
Citations - 312
James R. Hulka is an academic researcher from Jacobs Engineering Group. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liquid-propellant rocket & Combustion chamber. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 15 publications receiving 219 citations.
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Liquid-propellant rocket engine throttling: A comprehensive review
TL;DR: A detailed survey of liquid-propellant rocket engine throttling can be found in this paper, where several methods of throttling are discussed, including high pressure drop systems, dual-injector manifolds, gas injection, multiple chambers, pulse modulation, throat throttling, movable injector components, and hydrodynamically dissipative injectors.
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Additive Manufacturing of Liquid Rocket Engine Combustion Devices: A Summary of Process Developments and Hot-Fire Testing Results
Paul R. Gradl,Sandy E. Greene,Christopher S. Protz,Brad Bullard,James C. Buzzell,C. P. Garcia,Jessica Wood,Kenneth Cooper,James R. Hulka,Robin Osborne +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the various internal programs at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center using additive manufacturing to develop combustion devices hardware, including thrust chamber injectors, injector components such as faceplates, regeneratively cooled combustion chambers, regenerative-cooled combustion nozzles, gas generator and preburner hardware, and augmented spark igniters.
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Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Throttling: A Comprehensive Review
TL;DR: A detailed survey of liquid-propellant rocket engine throttling can be found in this article, where several methods of LRE throttling are discussed, including high-pressure-drop systems, dual-injector manifolds, gas injection, multiple chambers, pulse modulation, throat throttling, movable injector components, and hydrodynamically dissipative injectors.
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Effect of Chamber Backpressure on Swirl Injector Fluid Mechanics
TL;DR: In this article, the fluid mechanics of a liquid swirl injector element at various chamber backpressures were investigated and the film thickness and spray angle near the nozzle exit were measured by shadowgraphy.
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Local Heat Flux Measurements with Single Element Coaxial Injectors
TL;DR: In this article, single element and three-element injectors were hot-fire tested with liquid oxygen and ambient temperature gaseous hydrogen propellants at The Pennsylvania State University Cryogenic Combustor Laboratory from May to August 2005.