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.


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    Title :

    Simulations of Flow Through the SSME LH2 Feed Line and LPFP Inducer


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit ; 2003 ; Huntsville, AL, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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