Snedden, Glen CSmyth, JBindon, JBrooks, MSmith, G2013-01-302013-01-302012-08Snedden, GC, Smyth, J, Bindon, J, Brooks, M and Smith, G. 2012. The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle. In: 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Altlanta, Georgia, USA, 30 July - 1 August 2012http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2012-3763http://hdl.handle.net/10204/650048th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Altlanta, Georgia, USA, 30 July - 1 August 2012. Published in AIAA 2012.A South African turbopump design capability would be critical to any future indigenous commercial launch capacity. This paper describes the initial work being done at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to design a kerosene turbopump for a hypothetical commercial launch vehicle capable of inserting 50-500kg payloads into 500km sun synchronous orbit. A preliminary design is presented with the focus on the turbopump impeller geometry and its predicted performance.enTurbopump designUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalKerosene turbopumpSun synchronous orbitTurbopump impeller geometryCommercial launch vehicleConference PresentationSnedden, G. C., Smyth, J., Bindon, J., Brooks, M., & Smith, G. (2012). The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle. AIAA 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6500Snedden, Glen C, J Smyth, J Bindon, M Brooks, and G Smith. "The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6500Snedden GC, Smyth J, Bindon J, Brooks M, Smith G, The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle; AIAA 2012; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6500 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Snedden, Glen C AU - Smyth, J AU - Bindon, J AU - Brooks, M AU - Smith, G AB - A South African turbopump design capability would be critical to any future indigenous commercial launch capacity. This paper describes the initial work being done at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to design a kerosene turbopump for a hypothetical commercial launch vehicle capable of inserting 50-500kg payloads into 500km sun synchronous orbit. A preliminary design is presented with the focus on the turbopump impeller geometry and its predicted performance. DA - 2012-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Turbopump design KW - University of KwaZulu-Natal KW - Kerosene turbopump KW - Sun synchronous orbit KW - Turbopump impeller geometry KW - Commercial launch vehicle LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle TI - The design of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6500 ER -