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This paper discusses the mechanical, hydraulic, and heat transfer aspects of designing a hydraulic system to gimbal the engine on the Saturn S-IVB Booster Stage. This stage requires restart capability after a moderate period of orbital coast.

Although derived from the Space Shuttle (Space Transportation System or STS) concept using the same elements of External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's), and main engines (SSME's), the Shuttle - C vehicle is an expendable, unmanned launch vehicle.

This document provides recommended practices for the design of tubing systems that are used for the transmission of liquid and gasses in fluid power systems for aerospace vehicles such as aircraft, missiles and boosters. The primary emphasis is given to recommended practices for line sizing, tube routing, supports and clamping, stress considerations and permissible defects, and provisions for flexure through the use of flexible hoses, coiled tubes, swivel joints, and expansion glands.

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