
Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion
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Description
Key Features
- Sorts and organizes information on various types of nuclear thermal rocket engines into a coherent curriculum
- Includes a number of example problems to illustrate the concepts being presented
- Features a companion site with interactive calculators demonstrating how variations in the constituent parameters affect the physical process being described
- Includes 3D figures that may be scaled and rotated to better visualize the nature of the object under study
Readership
Aerospace and nuclear engineers; Researchers involved in developing nuclear propulsion systems; Graduate aerospace and nuclear engineering students interested in advanced rocket propulsion, especially nuclear rocket propulsion
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Rocket Engine Fundamentals
3. Nuclear Rocket Engine Cycles
4. Interplanetary Mission Analysis
5. Basic Nuclear Structure and Processes
6. Neutron Flux Energy Distribution
7. Neutron Balance Equation and Transport Theory
8. Multigroup Neutron Diffusion Equations
9. Thermal Fluid Aspects of Nuclear Rockets
10. Turbomachinery
11. Nuclear Reactor Kinetics
12. Nuclear Rocket Stability
13. Fuel Depletion Implications for Long Duration Operation
14. Shielding of Nuclear Rockets
15. Materials for Nuclear Thermal Rockets
16. Nuclear Rocket Engine Testing
17. Advanced Nuclear Rocket Concepts
Product details
- No. of pages: 344
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2016
- Published: July 25, 2016
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128044742
- eBook ISBN: 9780128045305
About the Author
William J. Emrich, Jr.
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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DonaldBingaman Sun Sep 08 2019
The Engine for Mars
Great review of the Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine physics, design considerations and history from Kiwi to NERVA. Required reading for designers of interplanetary spacecraft
Willis S. Sun Apr 01 2018
Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion
The best recent textbook on nuclear rocket propulsion for aspiring aerospace engineers.