The LOX-Hydrogen J-2X Rocket Engine, which is proposed for use as an upper-stage engine for numerous earth-to-orbit and heavy lift launch vehicle architectures, is presently in the design phase and will move shortly to the initial development test phase. Analysis of the design has revealed numerous potential resonance issues with hardware in the turbomachinery turbine-side flow-path. The analys...

The linear analysis of turbomachinery aeroelasticity relies on the assumption of small level of unsteadiness and requires the solution of both the nonlinear steady and the linear unsteady flow equations. The objective of the analysis is to compute a complex flow solution that represents the amplitude and phase of the unsteady flow perturbation for the frequency of unsteadiness of interest. The ...