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* [http://www.k-makris.gr/RocketTechnology/Nozzle_Design/nozzle_design.htm Nozzle design]. | |||
* [http://www.xcor.com/products/pumps/ XCOR cryogenic piston pumps] (for LOX) on [http://www.xcor.com/products/engines/4K5_LOX-Kerosene_rocket_engine.html XR-4K5], a 1,800 lbf LOX/kerosene Engine. | * [http://www.xcor.com/products/pumps/ XCOR cryogenic piston pumps] (for LOX) on [http://www.xcor.com/products/engines/4K5_LOX-Kerosene_rocket_engine.html XR-4K5], a 1,800 lbf LOX/kerosene Engine. | ||
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* [http://books.google.fr/books?id=1OC8zeol7uMC Cryogenic engineering] by Thomas M. Flynn. 2005. | |||
* [http://books.google.fr/books?id=sobvSF82RVAC Liquid rocket engine combustion instability] by Vigor Yang and William E. Anderson. 1995. | * [http://books.google.fr/books?id=sobvSF82RVAC Liquid rocket engine combustion instability] by Vigor Yang and William E. Anderson. 1995. | ||
Revision as of 23:38, 27 June 2010
Resources
This page gathers all documentation available on the numerous subjects linked to rocket science (and turbofans).
Web pages
- XCOR cryogenic piston pumps (for LOX) on XR-4K5, a 1,800 lbf LOX/kerosene Engine.
Books (online links)
Multi-domain
- Aerothermodynamics of gas turbine and rocket propulsion by Gordon C. Oates. 1997.
Rocket engines
- Rocket propulsion elements by George Paul Sutton and Oscar Biblarz. 7th edition, 2001. Very complete.
- Modern engineering for design of liquid-propellant rocket engines by Dieter K. Huzel, David H. Huang and Harry Arbit. 1992.
Specific parts:
- Cryogenic engineering by Thomas M. Flynn. 2005.
- Liquid rocket engine combustion instability by Vigor Yang and William E. Anderson. 1995.
- Liquid rocket thrust chambers: aspects of modeling, analysis, and design by Vigor Yang. 2004.
Turbines and turbofans
- The history of North American small gas turbine aircraft engines by Richard A. Leyes and William A. Fleming. 1999.
- Turbofan by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome and John McBrewster. 2009.
- Jet propulsion: a simple guide to the aerodynamics and thermodynamic design and performance of jet engines, by N. A. Cumpsty. 2003.
- Gas turbine theory by H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo, Gordon Frederick Crichton Rogers and Henry Cohen. 2001.
- Gas turbine engineering handbook by Meherwan P. Boyce. 2002.
Videos (youtube links)
- SSTO presentation at SpaceUp conference.
- How are made turbine blades from Discovey channel "How it's made" show.
- Using propellers to get into space by John Powell in SpaceVidCast.
