Heat Transfer in Rocket Engines

Abstract

In the first part of this book the various basic heat transfer processes are considered, - simple convective heat transfer from hot gases to the engine walls under various conditions, radiation heat transfer, and coolant heat transfer processes. This part is followed by one describing the various methods of cooling used in liquid propellant rocket engines, such as regenerative, film, ablation and radiation cooling. The final part concerns the properties of materials that will have to be known by the engine designer, from the transport properties of the hot combustion gases to those of the materials from which the engine will be constructed. Emphasis was placed on presenting simple methods for calculating the magnitude of heat transfer rather than providing the most modern and rigorous theories, particularly in the field of developing boundary layers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733362

Entities

People

  • H. Ziebland
  • R. C. Parkinson

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Rocket Engines
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design