Abstract/Dettagli

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.

Abstract (riepilogo)

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.

Indicizzazione (dettagli)


Soggetto
Mechanical engineering
Classificazione
0548: Mechanical engineering
Identificativo/parola chiave
Applied sciences
Titolo
Design & Analysis of a 500 LBF Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Methane Rocket Engine
Autore
Vargas Franco, Daniel
Numero di pagine
75
Data titolo accademico
2017
Codice istituzione accademica
0459
Fonte
MAI 57/04M(E), Masters Abstracts International
Luogo di pubblicazione:
Ann Arbor
Paese di pubblicazione
United States
ISBN
978-0-355-60468-9
Relatore
Choudhuri, Ahsan; Chessa, Jack
Membro commissione
Chessa, Jack; Choudhuri, Ahsan; Contreras, Luis R.
Università/istituzione
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dipartimento
Engineering
Località università
United States -- Texas
Titolo accademico
M.S.
Tipo di fonte
Dissertazione o tesi
Lingua
Inglese
Tipo di documento
Dissertation/Thesis
Numero di dissertazione/tesi
10743689
ID documento ProQuest
2014469298
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/unauthdocview/2014469298