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Detail of the bellows in the oxidizer feedline.

The bellows is internally tied, with the interlocking segments allowing the feedline to flex as the engine gimbals but resisting tensile loads (which would tend to pull the bellows apart).

 
Service Propulsion System (SPS) Engine cutaway oxidizer line at Udvar-Hazy Center
Time picture taken Sun Jun 19 15:38:04 2011
Location picture taken Ground Level
James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Udvar Hazy Center
Chantilly, VA
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