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Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Coolant Channel Designs Enabled by Additive Manufacturing

Salamon, Nicholas C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587590263667569

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2020, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Aero/Astro Engineering.
This thesis documents a study comparing coolant channel designs for a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engine, with an emphasis on designs enabled by additive manufacturing techniques. The parameter of greatest interest is the channel’s path shape, and the four concepts explored here include straight, bifurcated, spiral, and sinusoidal paths. Background information on NTP, additive manufacturing, and general operating principles of rockets is given. A nozzle is designed for a conceptual NTP engine cycle, and the heat flux boundary condition is calculated for this nozzle using Ansys Fluent CFD software. Coolant channels are then designed and their performance is modeled using Ansys Fluent. The designs are compared based on the two performance parameters of greatest importance: maximum temperature allowed and pressure loss.
John Horack (Advisor)
Lei Cao (Committee Member)
Edward Herderick (Committee Member)
119 p.
Aerospace Engineering

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  • Salamon, N. C. (2020). Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Coolant Channel Designs Enabled by Additive Manufacturing [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587590263667569

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Salamon, Nicholas. Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Coolant Channel Designs Enabled by Additive Manufacturing. 2020. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587590263667569.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Salamon, Nicholas. "Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Coolant Channel Designs Enabled by Additive Manufacturing." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587590263667569

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