NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19920012274: Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle (RBCC) Propulsion Technology Workshop. Tutorial session

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NASA Conference Publication 10090
Rocket-Based
Combined-Cycle
(RBCC)Propulsion
Technology Workshop
Tutorial Session
Proceedings of the tutorial session of a workshop
held at the University of Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
March 23-27, 1992
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NASA Conference Publication 10090
Rocket-Based
Combined-Cycle
(RBCC)Propuls'ion
TechnologyWorkshop
Tutorial Session
Proceedings of the tutorial session of a workshop
sponsored by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
and held at the University ofAlabama
Huntsville, Alabama
March 23-27, 1992
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NationalAeronauticsand
Space Administration
OfficeofManagement
Scientific and Technical
Information Program
1992

PRESENTATION SYNOPSES AND SHORT-PAPER VERSIONS
OF THE WORKSHOP'S EXPERT PRESENTER "MINI-TUTORIALS"
A Message from theGeneral Chairman
Tuesday, March 24th, the first Workshop full-day set of sessions is andcpated to be the key
to success of the Workshop's productive deliberations and presented findings, activities
which will round out the nearly full-week event. A genuinely unique set of presentations
will be made at that time, bearing on the Workshop's subject: rocket-based combined-cycle
propulsion technology and systems, applicable to future space missions.
On this day some two-dozen or so short "mini-tutorial" briefings will be provided by our
Expert Presenters to the Workshop participants, covering four general topics:
Selections from the Expansive Advanced Propulsion Archival Resource
Related Propulsion Systems Technical Backgrounds
- RBCC Engine Multimode-Operadons Related Subsystem Backgrounds
- Focused Review of Propulsion Aspects of Current Related Programs
The outstanding set of Expert Presenters your Workshop staff have been fortunate enough
to have gathered together for this event, have generously agreed to provide these tutorial
inputs both as oral presentations and (where they were able) as synopses and short
as presented herein, drawing from their past and gesent professional experiences in active
pursuit of their individual subjects (see the table of contents).
We hope that having these written versions of their presentations will both help to
complement the oral presentations, and provide a permanent reference covea'ing the technical
information material. These records will, no doubt, be of interest to many of those were not
able to directly participate with us in the Workshop itself.
Acknowledgments
We are indebted to the Workshop's distinguished cadre of Expert Presenters for their taking
time, on very short notice, to prepare these synopsis/short-paper versions of their
"mini-tutorial" oral presentations. We thank them for this extra effort.
The f'malized printed versions of the presentations were prepared for distribution at the
Workshop by a very dedicated team of individuals on the staff of NASA's Lewis Research
Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Their publication effort, working closely with the authors was
accomplished on very short notice, in a brief two-week period (and usually less!).
We acknowledge and thank Diane Billik, Anita Liang, Kristen Easton, Briceland FarrelL
and Joyce Cieszewski, their colleagues and all the involved staff members at the Lewis
Center for their important contribution.
William J.D. Escber
Workshop General Chahman
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CONTENTS
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SESSION I - Selections from the Expansive Advanced Propulsion Archival Resource
Early Aero$paceplane PropulsionResearch
C.A Lindley Aerospacc/Marquardt l-I
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Early Air-Augmented Rocket, Ramjet, Scramjet Work
D. Van Wie, API.//HU ................................................... 2-1
Pioneering Scramjet Developments by Antonio Ferri
J.1. Erdos and L.M. Nucci, General Applied Science Laboratories, Inc. (GASL) ........... 3-I
Advanced l_amjet Concepts Program
.I.L. Leingang, Wright Research and Development Center ........................... 4-1
The NASA Hypersonic Research Engine Program
K.F. Rubert, NASA Langley Research Center and HI. Lopez,
Allied-Signal Aerospace Company ........................................... 5-1
Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion(cid:0)Airframe Integration
.I.D. Weidner, NASA Langley Research Center .................................. 6-1
SESSION H - Related Propulsion System Technical Backgrounds
Airbreathing Combined Cycle Engine Systents
J.L. Leingang for J. RoMe, NASA Lewis Research Center .......................... 7-1
Air Augmented Conventional Rocket Engines
S. Farhangi, Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International .......................... 8-1
Brief Introduction
R. Rhodes, NASA Kennedy Space Center ...................................... 9-1
Liquid Air Cycle Engines
J. Rosevear, Marquardt ................................................. 10-1
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Cr3.,og'enic lt2-lnduced Air Liquefaction Technologies for Combined-Cycle Propulsion Applications
WJ.D. r_scher, NASA Headquarters ......................................... 11-1
Supercharged Ejector Ramjet
J. Rosevear, Marquardt ................................................. 12-1
RBCC Propulsion (Representative of Family Engines)
R. Foster, Astronauti_ Technology Center .................................. .. 13-1
SESSION HI - RBCC Engine Multhnode-Operatlen-Related Subsystem BaeklF'eunds
Inlet Technology
P, Kutschenreuter, Genera] Electric .......................................... 14-I
H2-Fude.d High-Bypass Turbofan
J.C. Riple, AiResearch Los Angeles Division ................................... 15-1
Annular Nozzle Engine Technology
A. Martinez, Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International ......................... 16-1
Jet Compressor R & T (Air Augmented)
F. Herr (Consultant) .................................................... 17-1
H2-Fueled Flightweight Ramjet Construction & Test
A. Malek, Marquardt ...................... ............................. 18- I
Scramjet Analysis, Testing
J. L. Leingang for F. D. Stull, Wright Research and Development Center ............... 19-1
Nozzle Characteristics for RBCC Hypersonic Systems
S. Halloran, Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International ......................... .20-1
System Controls Challenges of Hypersonic Combined-Cycle Engine Powered Vehicles
R.H. Morrison and G.D. Ianculescu, Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International ......... 21-1
SESSION IV - Fecused Review of Propulsion Aspects of Current Related ProlF'ams
NASP X-30 Propulsion Technology Status (Gow.)
WJE. Powell, NASP J'PO (NASA) .......................................... 22-1
NASP X-30 Propulsion Technology Status (Industry)
D. Kenison, NASP JPO (NASA) ........................................... 23-1
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NASA's Hypersonic Propulsion Program: History and Direction
S. Wander, NASA Headquarters ............................................ 24-1
Beta II, A Near Term, Fully Reusable, Horizontal Takeoff & Landing Two-Stage-To-Orbit launch
Vehicle Concept
L.A. Burkardt, NASA Lewis Research Center .................................. 25-1
Advanced Manned Launch System (AMLS) Prop. Status
J. aids, NASA Langley Research Center ...................................... 26-1
International Aerospaceplane Efforts
C.A. Lindley, Aerospace/Marquardt ......................................... 27-1
APPENDIX
RBCC Engines Applied to Extensive Axisymmetric Single Stage to Orbit Vehicles
R.W. Foster, Astronautics Corporation of America Technology Center ................. 28-1
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