LIQUID HYDROGEN - HIGH ENERGY ROCKET FUEL

Abstract

Liquid hydrogen has been classed as a high energy fuel for rocket propulsion. A survey of the latest technical literature was made and the information compiled in a form which discusses the value of this fuel in propellant combinations. Thermodynamic performance, payload comparisons, advantages, disadvantages, problems, and relative merits of respective combinations and systems are presented. A discussion of rocket performance parameters is included as a basis for a more complete understanding of the information presented in the above-mentioned areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0479691

Entities

People

  • Eugene A. Cernan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Energy
  • Gas Turbine Nozzles
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • High Energy
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Payload
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Fuels
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rocket Propulsion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Business Analytics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.