Simulation and Implementation of a methodology of design of a turbopump to be used in liquid propellant injection during rocket engine testing

• Grant number: 12/14077-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: August 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Propulsion
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Celso Greco Júnior
• Grantee: Caio Silveira Volpato
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This work involves using turbopump design methodologies, for pressurized liquid propellant injection, in static tests with small rocket engines. The turbopump will also be analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamics software. This work is part of an effort to build a Space Engineering Laboratory in the Aeronautical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo.(AU)