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Theoretical Acoustic Absorber Design Approach For Lox/Lch4 Pintle Injector Rocket Engines, Jonathan Candelaria
Theoretical Acoustic Absorber Design Approach For Lox/Lch4 Pintle Injector Rocket Engines, Jonathan Candelaria
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Liquid rocket engines, or LREs, have served a key role in space exploration efforts. One current effort involves the utilization of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (LCH4) LREs to explore Mars with in-situ resource utilization for propellant production. This on-site production of propellant will allow for greater payload allocation instead of fuel to travel to the Mars surface, and refueling of propellants to travel back to Earth. More useable mass yields a greater benefit to cost ratio. The University of Texas at El Paso's (UTEP) Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research Center (cSETR) aims to further advance these …