Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing of a deep throttling methane injector.

Status: Completed

Start Date: 2018-07-27

End Date: 2019-08-26

Description: Design and manufacture of a Liquid fuel injector optimized for Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. UAM delivers aerospace parts today at 97% of bulk material property and foil laydown rates at speeds significantly better then powder or filament process. UAM has traditionally been applied to 2-D planar surfaces. We will extend UAM into complex geometries and constructs suitable for rocket engine injectors.
Benefits: Combustion research, low cost engines, low cost exploration programs.

Military field manufacturing, Civil manufacturing.

Lead Organization: TGV Rockets, Inc.