50K Expander Cycle Engine Demonstration

Abstract

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Pratt & Whitney have teamed to demonstrate an advanced expander cycle engine. Scheduled to be the first of the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program engine demonstrators, it is scheduled to be tested in late 2000. The expander cycle offers low cost, high thrust to weight and a highly reliable engine ideally suited for upper stages and some future military spaceplane concepts. This technology program will push the performance envelope of existing expanders to higher thrust. Throughout design and manufacture, new methods have been adopted which will increase reliability and reduce component fabrication times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 1997
Accession Number
ADA397948

Entities

People

  • A. B. Minick
  • A. M. Sutton
  • S. D. Peery

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Costs
  • Demonstrations
  • Engines
  • Heat Energy
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Research
  • Reliability
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rockets
  • Thrust

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Missile Defense Systems.