A fast engineering tool for simulation and design of propellant management systems in liquid propelled launcher stages

A. van Foreest; M. Sippel; A. Isselhorst

doi:10.1051/eucass/201102707

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10.1051/eucass/201102707

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Issue		Volume 2, 2011 Progress in Propulsion Physics


Page(s)		707 - 716
Section		Propulsion System and Subsystem Design
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201102707
Published online		01 October 2012

Progress in Propulsion Physics 2 (2011) 707-716

A fast engineering tool for simulation and design of propellant management systems in liquid propelled launcher stages

A. van Foreest¹, M. Sippel¹ and A. Isselhorst²

¹ Space Launcher Systems Analysis (SART), DLR Bremen 28359, Germany
² EADS Astrium ST, Astrium GmbH Airbus-Allee 1, Bremen 28199, Germany

Abstract

At the Space Launcher System Analysis (SART) department of DLR, an engineering tool for simulating propellant management systems is under development. The tool is called PMP (Propellant Management Program). This paper describes the tool and some of the models the tool uses. Some models have been adapted or added and some will be implemented in the future. The paper also describes the results of a test case in comparison with the EADS Astrium EUCES tool.