Cold Flow Simulation of the Alternate Turbopump Development Turbine of the Space Shuttle Main Engine High Pressure Fuel Turbopump

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Abstract:

Completion of the installation at the Naval Postgraduate School of a cold-flow test facility for the turbine of the Space Shuttle Main Engine High Pressure Fuel Turbopump is reported. The article to be tested is the first stage of the Alternate Turbopump Development model designed and manufactured by Pratt Whitney. The purpose of the facility is to enable the development of non- intrusive flow measurements and comparison of those measurements with numerical simulations. Flow field characteristics of the turbine stator were predicted using a three-dimensional viscous flow code. A sensitivity study was conducted to determine the effect of inlet profile to flow field solution. Recommendations are made for future use of the test facility and validation of the numerical simulation scheme.

Author(s):
Rutkowski, Richard J.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Pagination:
0085

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NPS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*FLOW FIELDS, *SPACE SHUTTLES, *INLETS, *TURBOPUMPS, TEST AND EVALUATION, THESES, HIGH PRESSURE, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, FLOW VISUALIZATION, THREE DIMENSIONAL, MASS FLOW, VISCOSITY, TEST FACILITIES, LASER VELOCIMETERS, TURBINE STATORS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods, Fluid Mechanics, Jet and Gas Turbine Engines, Manned Spacecraft
Keyword(s):
COLD FLOW TESTS, TREMSONIC TURBINES, SSME(SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE)
Report Date:
1994 Mar 01