Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering - Hardcover

Taylor, Travis S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1420075284 ISBN 13: 9781420075281

Publisher: CRC Press, 2009

Synopsis

An overall view of the vast spectrum of knowledge needed by practicing rocket scientists and engineers, Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering presents the history and basics of rocket theory, design, experimentation, testing, and applications. It covers an array of fields, from advanced mathematics, chemistry, and physics to logistics, systems engineering, and politics.

The text begins with a discussion on the discovery and development of rockets as well as the basic principles governing rockets and rocket science. It explains why rockets are needed from economic, philosophical, and strategic standpoints and looks at why the physics of the universe forces us to use rockets to complete certain activities. Exploring how rockets work, the author covers the concepts of thrust, momentum, impulse, and the rocket equation, along with the rocket engine, its components, and the physics involved in the generation of the propulsive force. He also presents several different types of rocket engines and discusses the testing of rocket components, subsystems, systems, and complete products. The final chapter stresses the importance of rocket scientists and engineers to think of the unusual, unlikely, and unthinkable when dealing with the complexities of rocketry.

Taking students through the process of becoming a rocket scientist or engineer, this text supplies a hands-on understanding of the many facets of rocketry. It provides the ideal foundation for students to continue on their journey in rocket science and engineering.

About this title

Synopsis

Written to inspire the next generation of rocket scientists, this volume offers an introduction to the field of rocketry from first principles. It provides a carefully developed approach to rockets and basic science as a background for space propulsion applications. Equally effective as a self-tutorial or classroom text, this book is designed to permit instructors to start from the first page and sequentially work through the book with their students to achieve an understanding of real-world applications involving basic rocketry principles, including how they were derived. It contains numerous worked-out examples and chapter problems. An instructor's manual is available with qualified class adoptions.

About the Author

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1420075284
• ISBN 13: 9781420075281
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324