NASA's clever technique to make combustion chambers

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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/breakingtaps Watch my exclusive video on Electroplating Diamond Tools for CNC machining glass: https://nebula.tv/videos/breakingtaps-electroplating-diamond-coatings-for-cnc-glass-machining -------------------------- Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1451656792/rs-25-main-combustion-chamber-model Printables STL download: https://www.printables.com/model/459122-space-shuttle-main-combustion-chamber -------------------------- Today we're looking at how the regenerative cooling channels on Space Shuttle's main combustion chamber were manufactured. They used a combination of conventional machining with electroplating, in a really clever technique to mimic what we can do with 3D printing nowadays. 🥰 CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING 🥰 🔬Patreon if that's your jam: https://www.patreon.com/breakingtaps 📢Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreakingTaps 📷Instagram: https://instagram.com/breakingtaps 💻Discord: https://discord.gg/R45uCXcEv4 -------------------------- 📚 Sources! So many sources! 🥵 Everyday Astronaut Rocket cooling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_BL6Q5u1Y (https://everydayastronaut.com/engine-cooling-methodes/) Kazaroff, John M., and George A. Repas. _Conventionally cast and forged copper alloy for high-heat-flux thrust chambers_. No. NASA-TP-2694. 1987. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19870007469/downloads/19870007469.pdf Akpati, Anthony U. "SSME Main Combustion Chamber (MCC)'hot Oil'Dewaxing." _Aerospace Environmental Technology Conference_. No. NASA-CR-202079. 1994. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19960049712/downloads/19960049712.pdf "Electroplating offers embrittlement protection" https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790000140 Rocket Science - The success story of Ariane 5 (Pt 1) | Full Documentary https://youtu.be/RwlA-HcQExA NASA ‘Smart Manufacturing’ Updates, Tests Engine Part To Reduce Costs. https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/smart-manufacturing-updates-tests-engine-part-to-reduce-costs Kazaroff, John M., and Albert J. Pavli. "Advanced tube-bundle rocket thrust chambers." Journal of Propulsion and Power 8.4 (1992): 786-791. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19900015869/downloads/19900015869.pdf Pauckert, R. P. _Space storable regenerative cooling investigation Final report, Jul. 1967-May 1970_. No. NASA-CR-72705. 1970.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19710016325/downloads/19710016325.pdf Czacka, Z., and S. Hammer. _Development of advanced fabrication techniques for regeneratively cooled thrust chambers by the electroforming process Final report_. No. NASA-CR-72698. 1967.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19700019612/downloads/19700019612.pdf Agosta, V. D., and S. S. Hammer. _development of electroforming techniques for the fabrication of rocket engine injectors final report, phase 2_. No. NASA-CR-101801. 1969.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19690025586/downloads/19690025586.pdf Quentmeyer, R. "Rocket combustion chamber life-enhancing design concepts." _26th Joint Propulsion Conference_. 1990.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19900015867/downloads/19900015867.pdf Rocketdyne, A. "THE USE OF ALLOY 718 IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE.". https://www.tms.org/Superalloys/10.7449/1991/Superalloys_1991_749_760.pdf Bradley, D., & Van Hooser, K. (2011). Space Shuttle Main Engine - The Relentless Pursuit of Improvement. AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition. doi:10.2514/6.2011-7159  Loewenthal, William, and David Ellis. "Fabrication of GRCop-84 rocket thrust chambers." _Materials Science and Technology 2005 Conference and Exhibition_. 2006.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20060005156/downloads/20060005156.pdf Hannum, Ned P., and R. G. Price Jr. _Some effects of thermal-cycle-induced deformation in rocket thrust chambers_. No. NASA-TP-1834. 1981.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19810011648/downloads/19810011648.pdf Ellis, David L., and Gary M. Michal. _Mechanical and thermal properties of two Cu-Cr-Nb alloys and NARloy-Z_. No. NASA-CR-198529. 1996. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19970002915 Gradl, Paul R. "Rapid Fabrication techniques for liquid rocket channel wall nozzles." _52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference_. 2016. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160011093/downloads/20160011093.pdf Gradl, Paul R., and Christopher S. Protz. "Channel wall nozzle manufacturing technology advancements for liquid rocket engines." _International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2019_. No. M19-7683. 2019. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190033314/downloads/20190033314.pdf Byrd, Tom. "The J-2X upper stage engine: from design to hardware." _46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit_. 2010.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100034922/downloads/20100034922.pdf Lee, Jonathan A., and Stephen Woods. "Hydrogen embrittlement." (2016). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160005654/downloads/20160005654.pdf