NASA-LLIS-0890
Lessons Learned – High Performance Liquid Oxygen Turbopumps
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| Organization: | NASA |
| Publication Date: | 4 April 2000 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 5 |
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Practice:
Unique cooling, sealing, draining, and purging methods, along with precision interference fits and vibration damping methods are used in high performance liquid oxygen turbopumps. Coatings and dry lubricants are used to provide protection against cracking, fretting, and generation of contamination. Silicon nitride bearings resist wear and provide long life.
Document History
NASA-LLIS-0890
April 4, 2000
Lessons Learned – High Performance Liquid Oxygen Turbopumps
Practice:
Unique cooling, sealing, draining, and purging methods, along with precision interference fits and vibration damping methods are used in high performance liquid oxygen turbopumps. Coatings...