Overview of the State-of-the-Practice in Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Design, Analysis, and Test

摘要

This conference paper covers the agenda as follows: (1) Overview of the Space Transportation Market, Current Space Vehicles and Propulsion Systems; (2) Challenges in Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Development and Future Direction; (3) Video on the Current State-of-the-Practice in Rocket Engine Turbine Blade Design and Analysis; (4) Key Rocket Engine Components, Examples of Current Engineering Practices, Technology Needs for the Future; and, (5) Conclusions and some thoughts on University, Government and Industry collaboration.