Improvements of inducer inlet backflow characteristics using 3-D inverse design method

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ashihara, Kosuke ^a   Goto, Akira ^a   Kamijo, Kenjiro ^b   Yamada, Hitoshi ^c   Uchiumi, Masaharu ^d  

^a Ebara Research Co Ltd   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Aerospace Laboratory   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW MECHANISMS; INLET BACKFLOW; INVERSE DESIGN METHODS; INVERSE DESIGNS; LIQUID HYDROGENS; SUCTION PERFORMANCE; TURBOPUMP INDUCER;

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; LIQUEFIED GASES; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; TURBINE PUMPS; VISUALIZATION;

INTAKE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84896899884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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