Overview of the State-of-the-Practice in Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Design, Analysis, and Test

Abstract

This conference paper covers the agenda as follows: 1) Overview of the Space Transportation Market, Current Space Vehicles and Propulsion Systems; 2) Challenges in Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Development and Future Direction; 3) Video on the Current State-of-the-Practice in Rocket Engine Turbine Blade Design and Analysis; 4) Key Rocket Engine Components, Examples of Current Engineering Practices, Technology Needs for the Future; and, 5) Conclusions and some thoughts on University, Government and Industry collaboration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 2004
Accession Number
ADA446391

Entities

People

  • Munir M. Sindir

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engines
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Heat Transfer
  • Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rockets
  • Space Transportation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster