
Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion
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Key Features
- Provides an understanding of the physical principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear fission based rocket engines
- Includes a number of example problems to illustrate the concepts being presented
- Electronic version of the book contains interactive calculators and rotatable 3D figures to demonstrate the physical concepts being presented
- An instructor website is available that provides detailed solutions to all the chapter review questions
Readership
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 Burnup and Transmutation
14. Radiation Shielding of Nuclear Rockets
15. Materials for Nuclear Thermal Rockets
16. Nuclear Rocket Engine Testing
17. Safety Considerations for Nuclear Rocket Engines
18. Advanced Nuclear Rocket ConceptsAppendix
I. Table of Physical Constants
II. Thermodynamic Properties of Several Gases
III. Selected Data from NERVA Tests
Product details
- No. of pages: 380
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2023
- Published: February 1, 2023
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323900300
About the Author
William Emrich, Jr.
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