ADVANCED CRYOGENIC ROCKET ENGINE PROGRAM, AEROSPIKE NOZZLE CONCEPT

Abstract

Program status and technical results obtained at the end of the report period are described for the Advanced Development Program, Aerospike. This program includes analysis and preliminary design of an advanced rocket engine using an Aerospike nozzle and experimental evaluation of critical technology related to the Aerospike concept. Component and system features, physical arrangements, and design parameters and details have been established for an optimum demonstrator engine. Studies of application of a flight engine to certain vehicles are completed. Experimental injector performance investigations on a segment chamber and experimental cooling investigations on segment chambers and material studies are completed. Fabrication of full-scale, cooled thrust chambers for performance demonstrations is under way. Fabrication of segments for structural and cooling evaluations is also in progress. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0380190

Entities

People

  • F. B. Lary

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chambers
  • Classification
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Control Systems
  • Creep
  • Engines
  • Fabrication
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Thrust Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.