Advanced hybrid rolling element bearings for the space shuttle main engine high pressure alternate turbopumps

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-7

  Bursey, R W ^a   Chin, H A ^a   Tennant, M L ^a   Olinger, J B ^a   Price, J L ^a   Moore, L C ^b   Thom, R L ^b   Moore, J D ^c   Marty, D E ^c  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ManTech International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; DESIGN; ENGINES; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIQUEFIED GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; NITRIDES; PROPULSION; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPACE SHUTTLES; STAINLESS STEEL; TURBINE PUMPS;

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; FLIGHT CERTIFICATION; HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID; HYBRID ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARINGS; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; PHASE CHARACTERIZATION; SILICON NITRIDE ROLLING ELEMENTS; SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES;

ROLLER BEARINGS;

EID: 84961933032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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