Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Reusable Launch Vehicle""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""COMPOSITE PRIMARY STRUCTURES""; ""MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PRIMARY STRUCTURES""; ""REUSABLE CRYOGENIC TANKS""; ""Al-Li Cryogenic Tanks""; ""Major Recommendations Regarding Al-Li Cryogenic Tanks""; ""Organic-Matrix Composite Cryogenic Tanks""; ""Major Recommendations Regarding Organic-Matrix Composite Cryogenic Tanks""; ""THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS""; ""Major Recommendations Regarding TPS""; ""PROPULSION SYSTEMS""
  • ""Major Recommendations Regarding Propulsion Systems""""GENERAL OBSERVATIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""DECISION CRITERIA""; ""STUDY TASK""; ""APPROACH""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""2 Primary Vehicle Structure""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DECISION CRITERIA""; ""NASA/INDUSTRY PROGRAMS""; ""Design Practices""; ""Components of Major Structures""; ""Development and Test Programs""; ""Alternate and Supplemental Technologies""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""3 Reusable Cryogenic Tank System""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DECISION CRITERIA""
  • ""NASA/INDUSTRY PROGRAMS-AL-LI CRYOGENIC TANKS""""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS-AL-LI CRYOGENIC TANKS""; ""Findings""; ""Selection of Materials""; ""Welding""; ""Near-Net-Shape Forming""; ""LOX Tank""; ""LH2 Tank""; ""Recommendations""; ""NASA/INDUSTRY PROGRAMS-ORGANIC-MATRIX COMPOSITE TANKS""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS-ORGANIC-MATRIX COMPOSITE TANKS""; ""Findings""; ""Cycle Life""; ""Producibility""; ""LOX Tank""; ""Recommendations""; ""4 Thermal Protection System""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DECISION CRITERIA""; ""NASA/INDUSTRY PROGRAMS""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings""
  • ""Recommendations""""5 Propulsion""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DECISION CRITERIA""; ""NASA/INDUSTRY PROGRAMS""; ""Engines""; ""Existing Engines""; ""Upgraded Engines""; ""New Engines""; ""Engine Applicability to X-33 and RLV""; ""Performance""; ""Sea-Level F/W Improvement""; ""Throttling""; ""Turbopumps and Pumps""; ""Combustion and Mixture Ratio""; ""Gas generators""; ""Injectors""; ""Combustion Chambers""; ""Nozzles""; ""Producibility, Reusability, Maintainability and Operability""; ""Manufacturing Operations""; ""Turbomachinery (turbines, pumps, assemblies)""
  • ""Revolutionary Reusable Technology Turbopump (RRTT) and Other Advanced Turbopumps""""Hydrostatic (Hydrodynamic) Bearings""; ""High Performance Low Maintenance Powerheads""; ""Combustors and Nozzles""; ""SSME Block III Controller/New RD-0120 Controller""; ""Valve Actuation""; ""Health Monitoring""; ""High Reliability Sensors""; ""New Fabrication Techniques""; ""New Materials""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""6 Conclusions and Observations""; ""MATERIALS""; ""PROPULSION""; ""OBSERVATIONS""; "" Appendix A List of Participants""