Lubrication of Space Shuttle main engine turbopump bearings

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 10-13

  Gibson, H ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball bearings; Bearings; Ceramic bearings; Rolling element bearings; Self Lubricating bearings

Indexed keywords

ENGINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LUBRICATION; PROPELLANT; SILICON NITRIDE; SPACE; VELOCITY;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; IMPELLERS; ORBITS; PROPELLANTS; SPACE SHUTTLES; TURBINES; TURBOPROP ENGINES;

TRANSFER FILMS;

AIR LUBRICATION;

BEARING; LUBRICATION; PUMP; SPACE SHUTTLE; WEAR PREVENTION;

EID: 0035413299     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Overview of bearing testing at Marshall Space Flight Center
2. Bearing testing performed in liquid oxygen
3. MSFC high speed turbopump bearing test program