Investigation of suction recirculation in rocket pump inducers

Rocket pump inducers are studied with a Navier-Stokes solver, the Moore Elliptic Flow Program, MEFP. Two redesigns of the Rocketdyne ADP inducer are performed. The first redesign changes the hub-tip ratio from 0.3 to 0.4. The second redesign influences the leading edge tip region. This part of the b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Sintern, Wolff H.
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
CFD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44502
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292008-063509/