Liquid Propellant Rockets

✍ Scribed by David Altman

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 196
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 1877
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

David Altman, James M. Carter, S. S. Penner, Martin Summerfield. High Temperature Equilibrium, Expansion Processes, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, The Liquid Propellants Rocket Engine.

Originally published in 1960.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
A. High Temperature Equilibrium
1. Problems in Combustion
2. Determination of Equilibrium Composition and Thermodynamic Properties
3. Determination of Heat Release and Flame Temperature
4. Gas Imperfection
5. Failure to Maintain Equilibrium in Combustion
6. Cited References and Bibliography
B. Expansion Processes
1. Classification of Flow Processes
2. Thermodynamic Relations for Flow Processes
3. Determination of Performance Parameters for Isentropic Flow
4. Nonequilibrium Effects
5. Two-Phase Flow
6. Cited References
L. Combustion of Liquid Propellants
Chapter 1. Ignition Phenomena in Bipropellant and Monopropellant Systems
1. Introduction
2. Experimental Methods Used for Measuring Ignition Delay in Bipropellant Systems
3. Representative Ignition Delay Measurements on Spontaneous Bipropellant Systems
4. Ignition of Representative Nonspontaneous Bipropellants
5. Ignition of Monopropellants
Chapter 2. Motor Performance of Selected Monopropellants
6. General Characteristics of Monopropellants
7. Classification of Monopropellants
8. Performance Characteristics of Monopropellants
Chapter 3. Combustion of Selected Bipropellant Systems
9. Classification of Oxidizers and Fuels
10. Combustion of Bipropellants in Rocket Engines
11. Performance Characteristics of Several Bipropellant Combinations
12. Modern Trends in Combustion Research on Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines
13. Cited References
G. The Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine
1. Introduction
2. Performance Analysis of the Ideal Rocket Motor
3. Departures from Ideal Performance
4. Theoretical Specific Impulse Calculations
5. Combustor Design Principles
6. Cooling of Rocket Motors
7. Liquid Rocket Systems
8. Bibliography