CFD analysis and redesign of centrifugal impeller flows for rocket pumps

<p>The analysis and redesign of a centrifugal impeller for a rocket pump is presented in this thesis. A baseline impeller was designed by Rocketdyne for the NASA Marshall Pump Consortium. Initially, the objective was to reduce the circumferential exit flow distortion of the baseline impeller....

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Main Author: Lupi, Alessandro
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43488
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06302009-040325/