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Design & Analysis of a 500 LBF Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Methane Rocket Engine

Vargas Franco, Daniel.   The University of Texas at El Paso ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2017. 10743689.

Abstrak (ringkasan)

The rapid growth in demand for spacecraft technologies has spawned a need for a variety of new and innovative research. The utilization of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (LCH4) in rocket engines have played an important role in space exploration efforts to promote missions to Mars with in-situ resource utilization for propellant production. This will allow the production of fuel needed to come back to Earth making the overall mission more cost effective by enabling larger usable mass.

The Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research has focused its efforts to developing Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Methane (LCH4) propulsion technologies. The goal is to design, build, and test a 500 lbf throattleable (4:1) liquid oxygen and liquid methane rocket engine. Many iterations of this engine were developed taking into consideration many variables that are present in the design of rocket engines such as combustion instabilities, oscillatory combustion, stress, pressure, and fatigue. This thesis describes the design process, analysis, and decision making behind the design changes of this engine and plans for future development. It will be designed, built, and tested by cSETR. The end goal of CROME is to be the main propulsion engine for Daedalus suborbital flight vehicle and fire in space to obtain performance data of this propellant combination.

Pengindeksan (detail)


Subjek
Mechanical engineering
Klasifikasi
0548: Mechanical engineering
Pengidentifikasi/kata kunci
Applied sciences
Judul
Design & Analysis of a 500 LBF Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Methane Rocket Engine
Pengarang
Vargas Franco, Daniel
Jumlah halaman
75
Tanggal gelar
2017
Kode sekolah
0459
Sumber
MAI 57/04M(E), Masters Abstracts International
Tempat publikasi
Ann Arbor
Negara publikasi
United States
ISBN
978-0-355-60468-9
Pembimbing
Choudhuri, Ahsan; Chessa, Jack
Anggota komite
Chessa, Jack; Choudhuri, Ahsan; Contreras, Luis R.
Universitas/institusi
The University of Texas at El Paso
Departemen
Engineering
Lokasi universitas
United States -- Texas
Gelar
M.S.
Jenis sumber
Disertasi atau Tesis
Bahasa
Inggris
Jenis dokumen
Dissertation/Thesis
Nomor disertasi/tesis
10743689
ID dokumen ProQuest
2014469298
Hak cipta
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/unauthdocview/2014469298