Eulerian versus Lagrangian simulation of unsteady two-way coupled coalescing two-phase flows in solid propellant combustion

Solid rocket motor flows depend strongly on alumina granulometry, which spreads up with coalescence. Solving droplet sizes in unsteady flows is a modeling and numerical challenge, specially when high loadings generate retrocoupling. As an alternative to Lagrangian approaches, the Eulerian Multi-Fluid model describes polydispersity with size-sorted droplet fluids called sections. A two size moment method, that spares sections, is implemented in the CEDRE code. A new transport and coupling method allows to capture moderately dense spray structures with low diffusion. The aim is threefold: compare CEDRE's Lagrangian and new Eulerian two-phase approaches, prove the feasibility of unsteady and complex motor flow simulations, and show the effect of coalescence on instabilities.