During a post-flight inspection of the liquid hydrogen feed lines leading the Space Shuttle main engines cracks were discover in slots on a flow liner just upstream of the low pressure fuel pump inducer. Numerical simulations have been performed for the feed line, the flow liner (including the slots and backing cavity) and the inducer. The predicted results have been compared with experimental data taken during hot-fire tests at NASA Stennis Space Center.
Simulations of Flow Through the SSME LH2 Feed Line and LPFP Inducer
2003
17 pages
Report
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English
Unsteady Flow Interactions Between the LH2 Feed Line and SSME LPFP Inducer
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006
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