3D Novoltex® and Naxeco® carbon-carbon nozzle extensions; matured, industrial and available technologies to reduce programmatic and technical risks and to increase performance of launcher upper stage engines

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lacombe, Alain ^a   Lacoste, Marc ^a   Pichon, Thierry ^a  

^a SNECMA   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon carbon; Nozzle extension

Indexed keywords

C-C COMPOSITES; ENGINE MANUFACTURERS; EXHAUST TEMPERATURE; EXPANSION RATIO; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; FLIGHT QUALIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOW WEIGHT; METALLIC ALLOYS; METALLIC DESIGN; NOZZLE EXTENSION; PAY LOAD CAPACITY; PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE ENGINES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROGRAMMATIC RISKS; ROCKETDYNE; SNECMA PROPULSION SOLIDE; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNICAL RISKS; THERMAL MARGINS; THRUST LEVELS; THRUST-TO-WEIGHT RATIO; TIME FRAME; UPPER STAGES; VINCI ENGINE; WHITNEY;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; LAUNCHING; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 77957843787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

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2. AIAA Technical Paper 92-3551. "Hot Gas Thrust Vector Control Motor." Michel Berdoyes, SEP, France and Russell A. Ellis, CSD, USA. Presented at 28th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, July 6-8, 1992.
3. rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Seattle, WA, July 6-9, 1997.
4. IAF Technical Paper IAF-97-S.2.04. "Carbon-Carbon Extendible Nozzles." M. Lacoste, A. Lacombe, and P. Joyez, SEP, France and R. A. Ellis, J. C. Lee, and F.M. Payne, CSD, USA. Presented at 48th International Astronautical Congress, Turin, Italy, October 6-10, 1997.
5. AIAA Technical Paper 98-3363. "Testing of the RL10B-2 Carbon-Carbon Nozzle Extension." R. A. Ellis, J. C. Lee, and F. M. Payne, CSD, USA and M. Lacoste, A. Lacombe, and P. Joyez, SEP, France. Presented at 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 13-15, 1998.
6. IAF Technical Paper IAF-98-S.3.06. "Carbon-Carbon Nozzle Extension." M. Lacoste, A. Lacombe, and P. Joyez, SEP, France, and R. A. Ellis, J. C. Lee, and F.M. Payne, CSD, USA. Presented at 49th International Astronautical Congress, Melbourne, Austrailia, September 28-October 2, 1998.
7. AIAA 2002 - 3585 "Ground Qualification of an improved C-C deployable nozzle extention assembly for Delta IV" - A. Lacombe, T. Pichon, M. Ferry, Snecma Propulsion Solide Le Haillan, France, and R. Ellis, S Humbert, F.M. Payne, Pratt & Whitney, San José, CA. Presented at AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 38th Joint Propulsion Conference, July 7-10, 2002 / Indianapolis, IN
8. Deployable nozzle extension for the ariane 5 upper stage engine "vinci": status of the development - H. Coperet, A. Lacombe, A. Mercier, Snecma Propulsion Solide, 33187 - Le Haillan, France - 4th International Conference on Launcher Technology "Space Launcher Liquid Propulsion" - 3-6 December 2002. Liège (Belgium)
9. *, Hervé Coperet, Armelle Foucault, and Alain Lacombe - Snecma Propulsion Solide, SAFRAN group, Les Cinq Chemins, 33187, Le Haillan Cedex, France - Presented at IAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 40th Joint Propulsion Conference.
10. High temperature composite nozzle extensions, a mature and efficient technology to improve upper stage Liquid Rocket Engine performance. Alain Lacombe, Thierry Pichon, Marc Lacoste Snecma Propulsion Solide, SAFRAN Group, Les Cinq Chemins, 33187, Le Haillan Cedex, France Presented at IAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 43th Joint Propulsion Conference, Cincinnati, OH, July 10-12, 2007.
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