Introduction to rocket science and engineering. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Travis S. Taylor.
• Other Names: Taylor, Travis S
• Contents: What Are Rockets? ; The History of Rockets; Rockets of the Modern Era; Rocket Anatomy and Nomenclature; Why Are Rockets Needed?; Missions and Payloads; Trajectories; Orbits; Orbit Changes and Maneuvers; Ballistic Missile Trajectories; How Do Rockets Work? ; Thrust; Specific Impulse; Weight Flow Rate; Tsiolkovsky’s Rocket Equation; Staging; Rocket Dynamics, Guidance, and Control; How Do Rocket Engines Work? ; The Basic Rocket Engine; Thermodynamic Expansion and the Rocket Nozzle; Exit Velocity; Rocket Engine Area Ratio and Lengths; Rocket Engine Design Example; Are All Rockets the Same? ; Solid Rocket Engines; Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines; Hybrid Rocket Engines; Electric Rocket Engines; Nuclear Rocket Engines; Solar Rocket Engines; Photon-Based Engines; How Do We Test Rockets? ; The Systems Engineering Process and Rocket Development; Measuring Thrust; Pressure Vessel Tests; Shake ’n Bake Tests; Drop and Landing Tests; Environment Tests; Destructive Tests; Modeling and Simulation; Roll-Out Test; Flight Tests; Are We Thinking Like Rocket Scientists and Engineers?; Weather Cocking; Fuel Sloshing; Propellant Vorticity; Tornadoes and Overpasses; Flying Foam Debris; Monocoque; The Space Mission Analysis and Design Process; Back to the Moon; Suggested Reading for Rocket Scientists and Engineers; Index; A Chapter Summary and Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 621.4356; Rocketry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420075298; 1420075292
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.