Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines

✍ Scribed by Huzel, Dieter K.; Huang, David H.

• Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 467
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the component design to the subsystem design to the engine systems design, engine development, and flight-vehicle application, this how-to text bridges the gap between basic physical and design principles and actual rocket-engine design as it's done in industry.
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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines
2. Engine Requirements and Preliminary Design Analyses
3. Introduction to Sample Calculations
4. Design of Thrust Chambers and Other Combustion Devices
5. Design of Gas-Pressurized Propellant Feed Systems
6. Design of Turbopump Propellant Feed Systems
7. Design of Rocket-Engine Control and Condition-Monitoring Systems
8. Design of Propellant Tanks
9. Design of Interconnecting Components and Mounts
10. Engine Systems Design Integration
11. Design of Liquid-Propellant Space Engines
• Appendix A: Weight Considerations
• Appendix B: Reliability Considerations
• Appendix C: Rocket Engine Materials
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• List of Acronyms
Index