Whatever your goals are, always keep an eye out for run tanks, especially a
SS LOx vessel and spheres are half the weight of cylinders but are not
common.
The run tanks are the heart of any test stand. Once your stand is built it
will accommodate any engine you build up to the velocity limits of your
plumbing.
Usually 15 to 30 Ft/Sec., lower number for LOx, fuel the higher. BTW,FYI,
the difference between a tank and a vessel is that the latter is designed
for poressures in excess of 1 atmosphere. So your tanks are technically
vessels.
K
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 12:02 PM Dr Edward Jones <RocketPioneer@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Design first the propulsion system, top to bottom. When you are
convinced the system design is optimum for your application, THEN and
only then consider the optimum way to test the parameters of critical
interest. Compared to propulsion system design, the test stand is
almost trivial. Can only create the right stand when the system to be
tested is well known and understood. Perhaps have two teams: one
focused on propulsion system, the other on the correct stand to match
that system.
Edward