SYSTEM EFFECTS ON PROPELLANT STORABILITY AND VEHICLE PERFORMANCE
Abstract
The objective of this program was to investigate the tradeoff between propellant storability and vehicle performance for the propellant storage and feed subsystem of a hypothetical LF2/LH2 space propulsion system. Detailed parametric analyses were conducted on such subsystem problem areas as booster- pump feed system utilization, feed line design, venting requirements and provisions, selection of thermal-control coatings, propellant utilization requirements, selection and design of insulation and tank supports, and pressurization system design. Each area was optimized for a spectrum of mission requirements and design ground rules. Design recommendations were derived on the basis of these results. A full-scale, non-flightweight test article was designed, fabircated, and tested to simulate the propellant storage and feed subsystem. This apparatus incorporated, wherever practical, the recommendations of the study effort. (The simulator, which uses LH2 and LN2, will be tested in the Edwards Air Force Base Space Simulation Facility to obtain experimental data for correlating certain thermodynamic analytical models used in this study.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0802590
Entities
People
- G. W. Burge
Organizations
- Douglas