Study of Turbine and Turbopump Design Parameters. Volume 4. Low Specific Speed Turbopump Study

Abstract

An investigation of maximum efficiencies of low specific speed turbopumps obtainable with the present state of the art is covered. Optimum suction specific speed and optimum efficiency are analyzed and a theoretical method of determining the detailed design criteria for each optimum design performed. Experimental evidence was accumulated to substantiate the analysis and the final design parameters are presented as functions of pump specific speed and specific diameter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1959
Accession Number
AD0232638

Entities

People

  • Donald G. Mcpherson
  • Kenneth E. Nichols
  • O. E. Balje

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Centrifugal Pumps
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Government Procurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Reynolds Number
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).