[AR] Re: LOX/kero layout (was Re: Above 65000 ft for free)

  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:48:40 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Anthony Cesaroni wrote:

And rocket piston pumps in that sort of size have already been done,
although by people with more-than-amateur resources (LLNL).

Brilliant Pebbles. Wood and Teller.

While Brilliant Pebbles etc. was the immediate application, John Whitehead is the name to look up if you want the piston-pump work. E.g., John C. Whitehead, "Bipropellant Propulsion with Reciprocating Pumps", AIAA 93-2121, 1993.

Henry

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