Injector and Combustion Chamber Advances Demonstrated on the Thrust Cell Technologies Program

Abstract

This report covers achievements on the Thrust Cell Technologies Program (TCTP) from 1 September 1992 to 3 December 1998. The Thrust Cell Technologies Program was initiated by the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to: (1) develop the materials and fabrication technologies needed to produce reliable, high-performance liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen (LOX/LH2) thrust cells for advanced upper stage engines and multi-cell booster applications, and (2) quantify the performance of modular thrust cells through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and cold-flow testing. The developed technologies were to be suitable and applicable to a variety of contemporaneous engine applications, specifically the Integrated Modular Engine (IME) upper stage, as well as the Advanced Upper Stage (AUS), Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO), and National Aerospace Plane (NASP) vehicles and missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 1999
Accession Number
ADA405893

Entities

People

  • Brian Wherley
  • Don Ulmer
  • Scott Claflin

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Assembly
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Creep
  • Fabrication
  • Fungi
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Powder Metals
  • Selective Laser Sintering
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster