Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering

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What Are Rockets? The History of RocketsRockets of the Modern EraRocket Anatomy and NomenclatureWhy Are Rockets Needed? Missions and PayloadsTrajectoriesOrbitsOrbit Changes and ManeuversBallistic Missile TrajectoriesHow Do Rockets Work? ThrustSpecific ImpulseWeight Flow RateTsiolkovsky's Rocket EquationStagingRocket Dynamics, Guidance, and ControlHow Do Rocket Engines Work? The Basic Rocket EngineThermodynamic Read more...

Abstract: What Are Rockets? The History of RocketsRockets of the Modern EraRocket Anatomy and NomenclatureWhy Are Rockets Needed? Missions and PayloadsTrajectoriesOrbitsOrbit Changes and ManeuversBallistic Missile TrajectoriesHow Do Rockets Work? ThrustSpecific ImpulseWeight Flow RateTsiolkovsky's Rocket EquationStagingRocket Dynamics, Guidance, and ControlHow Do Rocket Engines Work? The Basic Rocket EngineThermodynamic Expansion and the Rocket NozzleExit VelocityRocket Engine Area Ratio and LengthsRocket Engine Design ExampleAre All Rockets the Same? Solid Rocket EnginesLiquid Propellant Rocket Engines

Author(s): Taylor, Travis S
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 314
City: Hoboken
Tags: Транспорт;Аэрокосмическая техника;Ракетные двигатели и энергетические установки;

Content: Front cover
Dedication
Contents
About the Author
Preface
Chapter 1. What Are Rockets?
Chapter 2. Why Are Rockets Needed?
Chapter 3. How Do Rockets Work?
Chapter 4. How Do Rocket Engines Work?
Chapter 5. Are All Rockets the Same?
Chapter 6. How Do We Test Rockets?
Chapter 7. Are We Thinking Like Rocket Scientists and Engineers?
Back cover