Overview
- Includes extensive data on current engines and worked-out examples with their numerical results
- Intended for aerospace engineers, particularly those who design liquid-propellant engines
- Uses only the metric system (SI)
- Written in a highly readable style
Part of the book series: Springer Aerospace Technology (SAT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alessandro de Iaco Veris holds degrees in civil engineering and aerospace engineering, both from the University of Rome. He has also completed specialist training, including a high-level professional course on “Projet, calcul et emploi des fusées spatiales” at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ENSAE) and a course on “Dynamics of Controlled Structures” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a strong proponent of the application of mathematics for practical purposes and in particular for the solution of problems arising in engineering. His expertise is in the fields of mathematical models and numerical methods for aerodynamics, space flight mechanics, system studies, and mission analysis. His professional interests include numerical integration methods used to predict the motion of space vehicles and Earth satellites subject to perturbations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines
Authors: Alessandro de Iaco Veris
Series Title: Springer Aerospace Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54704-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54703-5Published: 27 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54706-6Published: 28 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54704-2Published: 26 September 2020
Series ISSN: 1869-1730
Series E-ISSN: 1869-1749
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 747
Number of Illustrations: 399 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Engine Technology, Machinery and Machine Elements