AN INTRODUCTION TO ROCKETRY

Abstract

Contents: basic relationships in the theory of reaction propulsion; types of rocket vehicles and fundamentals of their construction; rocket engines, their construction and operational features; rocket engine propellants; processes in a rocket engine combustion chamber; flow of combustion products through the nozzle of a rocket engine; flight trajectory of ballistic rockets; basic principles of stabilization, control and guiding of rockets; forces and moments acting on a rocket in flight; ground equipment, rocket and rocket-engine tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1966
Accession Number
AD0636616

Entities

People

  • G. B. Sinyarev
  • V. I. Feodosev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Guided Missiles
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Rockets
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design