ALTITUDE DEVELOPMENTAL TESTING OF THE J-2 ROCKET ENGINE IN PROPULSION ENGINE TEST CELL (J-4) (TESTS J4-1801-17, 18, AND 19)

Abstract

Eleven firings of the Rocketdyne J-2 Rocket Engine were conducted in Test Cell J-4 of the Large Rocket Facility. Pressure altitudes ranged from 90, 000 to 110,000 ft at engine start. These were S-II Stage, Vehicles 502 and 503, verification tests to investigate fuel pump operation at net positive suction head below the minimum model specifications at engine start, and to evaluate the effect of heavier oxidizer turbine wheels on engine start transients. Selected engine components were thermally conditioned to targets predicted for the S-II stage engines. The accumulated firing duration for these tests was 130 sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0833784

Entities

People

  • C. E. Pillow

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engine Components
  • Engines
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Fuel Injection
  • Fuel Injectors
  • Fuel Pumps
  • Fuel Systems
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Generators
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Turbine Wheels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.