Liquid Rocket Engine Turbopump Inducers - Paperback

by National Aeronautics and Space Administr (Author)

The inducer is the axial inlet portion of the turbopump rotor whose function is to raise the inlet head by an amount sufficient to preclude cavitation in the following stage. The inducer may be an integral part of the pump rotor or it may be mounted separately on the pump shaft upstream of the impeller.