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Stress of a rocket turbine under different loads using finite element modeling

  • Elhefny Amr*
  • , Guozhu Liang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Turbopump unit is a key component of the liquid rocket engine assembly and in this paper stresses of a turbopump turbine are investigated using finite element (FE) analysis. Three-dimensional solid modeling of a group of blades and a sector of the disc was first created on CAD software and subsequently exported to a FE package for analysis. The FE results reveals that the maximum stresses in the blades result from rotational and thermal loads owing to the relatively high operating speed and temperature of the turbine and they are located at the root of the blades. Also, the maximum stresses in the disc result from rotational and thermal loads, but with higher values than those in the blades and they are located at the center of the disc. The result of this study may serve as a guideline in the selection of the materials for both the disc and blades.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pages691-696
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2012 - Paris, France
Duration: 7 Jul 20128 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume232
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2012 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2012
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period7/07/128/07/12

Keywords

  • 3-D solid modeling
  • Finite element
  • Gas turbine
  • Stress analysis

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