The Orbital Sciences Corporation X-34 vehicle demonstrates technologies and operations key to future reusable launch vehicles. The general flight performance goal of this unmanned rocket plane is Mach 8 flight at an altitude of 250,000 feet. The Main Propulsion System (MPS) supplies liquid propellants to the main engine, which provides the primary thrust for attaining mission goals. Major MPS design and operational goals are aircraft-like ground operations, quick turnaround between missions, and low initial/operational costs. Analyses related to optimal MPS subsystem design are reviewed in this paper. A pressurization system trade weighs maintenance/reliability concerns against those for safety in a comparison of designs using pressure regulators versus orifices to control pressurant flow. A propellant dump/feed system analysis weighs the issues of maximum allowable vehicle landing weight, trajectory, and MPS complexity to arrive at a final configuration for propellant dump/feed systems.


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    Titel :

    Subsystem Analysis/Optimization for the X-34 Main Propulsion System


    Beteiligte:
    McDonald, J. P. (Autor:in) / Hedayat, A. (Autor:in) / Brown, T. M. (Autor:in) / Knight, K. C. (Autor:in) / Champion, R. H., Jr. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization ; 1998 ; Saint Louis, MO, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1998-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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