Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers

Liquid Rocket Thrust Chambers
Author: Vigor Yang
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This is the first major publication on liquid-rocket combustion devices since 1960, and includes 20 chapters prepared by world-renowned experts. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of liquid-propellant combustion and thrust chamber dynamics, and is incorporated into the volume in a well-organized, cohesive manner. There are contributions from nine different countriesChina, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.

Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines

Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines
Author: Alessandro de Iaco Veris
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 747
Release: 2020-09-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030547043

This book is intended for students and engineers who design and develop liquid-propellant rocket engines, offering them a guide to the theory and practice alike. It first presents the fundamental concepts (the generation of thrust, the gas flow through the combustion chamber and the nozzle, the liquid propellants used, and the combustion process) and then qualitatively and quantitatively describes the principal components involved (the combustion chamber, nozzle, feed systems, control systems, valves, propellant tanks, and interconnecting elements). The book includes extensive data on existing engines, typical values for design parameters, and worked-out examples of how the concepts discussed can be applied, helping readers integrate them in their own work. Detailed bibliographical references (including books, articles, and items from the “gray literature”) are provided at the end of each chapter, together with information on valuable resources that can be found online. Given its scope, the book will be of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students of aerospace engineering.

Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne
Author: Robert S. Kraemer
Publisher: AIAA
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781563477546

For the early history of rocketry up through the work of Dr. Robert Goddard in the early 1940s, the author referenced the history books of T.A. Heppenheimer and Frank Winter. The rest of the book is a chronicle of both the author's own memories and experiences as a member of the Rocketdyne team, as well as those of other keys members of this elite group.

Liquid Rocket Engine

Liquid Rocket Engine
Author: Rene Nardi Rezende
Publisher: SAE International
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-11-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0768095425

The great engineering achievement required to overcome most of the challenges and obstacles that prevented turning rocket design from art into science took place in Europe and the United States between the 1930s and the 1950s. With the vast majority of the engines currently in operation developed in the “pre-computer” age, there are new opportunities to update the design methodologies using technology that can now handle highly complex calculations fast. The space sector with an intense focus on efficiency is driving the need for updating, adapting or replacing the old modeling practices with new tools capable of reducing the volume of resources and the time required to complete simulations and analysis. This book presents an innovative parametric model applicable to the project of some elements of the liquid rocket thrust chamber with the level of detail and accuracy appropriate to the preliminary design phase. It addresses the operating characteristics and dimensioning of some thrust chamber elements through a set of equations and parameters, which include thrust or propellant characteristics. The model degree of sophistication was adjusted to the requirements of the Project Life Cycle Phase B, while also enabling quick analysis of new configurations from changes in initial project parameters.

Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines

Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines
Author: Mark L. Dranovsky
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781563479212

This is the first book in the literature to cover the development and testing practices for liquid rocket engines in Russia and the former Soviet Union.Combustion instability represents one of the most challenging probelms in the development of propulsion engines. A famous example is the F-1 engines for the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicles in the Apollo project. More than 2000 full engine tests and a vast number of design modifications were conducted to cure the instability problem.This book contains first-hand information about the testing and development practices for treating liquid rocket combustion-instability problems in Russia and the former Soviet Union. It covers more than 50 years of research, with an emphasis placed on the advances made since 1970.The book was prepared by a former R&D director of the Research Institute of Chemical Engineering, NIICHIMMASH, the largest liquid rocket testing center in the world, and has been carefully edited by three well-known experts in the field.