Aerospace Propulsion /

Aerospace propulsion devices embody some of the most advanced technologies, ranging from materials, fluid control, and heat transfer and combustion. In order to maximize the performance, sophisticated testing and computer simulation tools are developed and used. Aerospace Propulsion comprehensively...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Lee, T.-W. (Tae-Woo)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England : Wiley, 2014
Series:Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Principle of thrust
  • Basic analyses of gas-turbine engines
  • Gas-turbine components : inlets and nozzles
  • Compressors and turbines
  • Combustors and afterburners
  • Gas-turbine analysis with efficiency terms
  • Basics of rocket propulsion
  • Rocket propulsion and mission analysis
  • Chemical rockets
  • Non-chemical rockets.