Liquid Rocket Engine Injectors

AAE 539: Advanced Rocket Propulsion Spring 2007

Injector Types

Injector Types

Impinging Elements

NASA SP-8089

Like-on-Like Impinging Doublet

Unlike Impinging Doublet

F-1 Engine: Like-on-Like Impinging Doublet Elements

Oefelein, J. C., and Yang, V., Comprehensive Review of Liquid Propellant Combustion Instabilities in F-1 Engines, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 9, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1993, pp. 657-677.

Impinging Elements

NASA SP-8089

Unlike Impinging Triplet

Unlike Pentad

Pintle Injector (LMDE)

Dressler, G. A., Summary of Deep Throttling Rocket Engines with Emphasis on Apollo LMDE, AIAA Paper 2006-5220

Oxidizer (LOX)

Fuel (Preburner Products)

SSME: Shear Coaxial Injector

Lepore, Frank A., Flow induced vibrations in the SSME injector heads, NASA CR-184209

SSME: Shear Coaxial Injector

Lepore, Frank A., Flow induced vibrations in the SSME injector heads, NASA CR-184209

RD-180 (Russian ORSC Engine) Element Swirl Coaxial

Oxidizer (Preburner Products)

Fuel (Kerosene)

271 elements, 1722 lbf each, d = 0.5 in

Vasin, A., et al., United States Patent, US 6,244,041 B1, Jun. 12, 2001