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Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition
Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition
George P. Sutton, Formerly Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and formerly Engineering Rocketdyne, now The Boeing Company
Oscar Biblarz, Naval Postgraduate School
ISBN: 978-0-471-32642-7
©2001
768 pages
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Table of Contents
  1. Classification.
  2. Definitions and Fundamentals.
  3. Nozzle Theory and Thermodynamic Relations.
  4. Flight Performance.
  5. Chemical Rocket Propellant Performance Analysis.
  6. Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Fundamentals.
  7. Liquid Propellants.
  8. Thrust Chambers.
  9. Combustion of Liquid Propellants.
  10. Turbopumps, Engine Design, Engine Controls, Calibration, Integration and Optimization.
  11. Solid Propellant Rocket Fundamentals.
  12. Solid Propellants.
  13. Combustion of Solid Propellants.
  14. Solid Rocket Components and Motor Design.
  15. Hybrid Propellant Rockets.
  16. Thrust Vector Control.
  17. Selection of Rocket Propulsion Systems.
  18. Rocket Exhaust Plumes.
  19. Electric Propulsion.
  20. Rocket Testing.

  21. Appendix 1: Conversion Factors and Constants
    Appendix 2: Properties of the Earth's Standard Atmosphere
    Appendix 3: Summary of Key Equations
    Appendix 4: Derivation of Hybrid Fuel Regression Rate Equation in Chapter 15
    Appendix 5: Alternative Interpretation of Boundary Layer Blowing Coefficient in Chapter 15
 

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