Novel bearing support for liquid-oxygen turbopumps protects against impact loads while avoiding a major disadvantage of earlier flexible supports. It allows controlled axial movement necessary for proper operation of pressure-operated pump impeller. While spring-loading rotor to midpoint of the axial movement to avoid impact-load damage to turbopump components. Support is made by machining azimuthal slots in cylindrical portion. Resulting structure permits controlled axial deformations.
Spring Support for Turbopump Rotor Bearing
NASA Tech Briefs ; 6 , 2
1982-11-01
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