The objective is to evaluate recently analyzed rocket engines for advanced Earth-to-orbit vehicles. The engines evaluated are full-flow staged combustion engines and split expander engines, both at mixture ratios at 6 and above with oxygen and hydrogen propellants. The vehicles considered are single-stage and two-stage fully reusable vehicles and the Space Shuttle with liquid rocket boosters. The results indicate that the split expander engine at a mixture ratio of about 7 is competitive with the full-flow staged combustion engine for all three vehicle concepts. A key factor in this result is the capability to increase the chamber pressure for the split expander as the mixture ratio is increased from 6 to 7.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of Proposed Rocket Engines for Earth-to-Orbit Vehicles


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    Publication date :

    1990-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    EVALUATION OF PROPOSED ROCKET ENGINES FOR EARTH-TO-ORBIT VEHICLES

    Martin, J. A. / Kramer, R. D. / United States | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1990