The convoluted nozzle is a conventional refractory metal nozzle extension that is formed with a portion of the nozzle convoluted to show the extendible nozzle within the length of the rocket engine. The convoluted nozzle (CN) was deployed by a system of four gas driven actuators. For spacecraft applications the optimum CN may be self-deployed by internal pressure retained, during deployment, by a jettisonable exit closure. The convoluted nozzle is included in a study of extendible nozzles for the RL10 Engine Derivative 2B for use in an early orbit transfer vehicle (OTV). Four extendible nozzle configurations for the RL10-2B engine were evaluated. Three configurations of the two position nozzle were studied including a hydrogen dump cooled metal nozzle and radiation cooled nozzles of refractory metal and carbon/carbon composite construction respectively.


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    Titel :

    Convoluted Nozzle Design for the RL10 Derivative 2B Engine


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1985


    Format / Umfang :

    113 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







    Convoluted Nozzle Extension

    LEE CAREY / JOHN DUERINGER / AND GEOFFREY NIXON | AIAA | 1972


    Convoluted nozzle extension

    CAREY, L. / DUERINGER, J. / NIXON, G. | AIAA | 1971