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OPTIMIZATION OF SMALL THRUST SPACE ENGINES SYSTEM

Wang Zhongwei Zhang Weihua Hu Xiaoping Wang Zhenguo (National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073)   

  • Published:1997-10-25

Abstract: Based on mass models and models of drift for pressure-feed, liquid propellant space engines system, optimization and analysis of combustion chamber pressures and gas tank shape are carried out in this paper. Some important conclusions are obtained: ① Total mass of the space engines system is reduced to a minimum with optimal pressure value of 1MPa; ② For the space engines system with annular gas tanks, the system mass is smaller and the drift of center of mass of a spacecraft is zero.