Principles of nuclear rocket propulsion

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Emrich, William J. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780128045305
0128045302
9780128044742
0128044748
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Rocket engine fundamentals
  • Nuclear rocket engine cycles
  • Interplanetary mission analysis
  • Basic nuclear structure and processes
  • Neutron flux energy distribution
  • Neutron balance equation and transport theory
  • Multigroup neutron diffusion equations
  • Thermal fluid aspects of nuclear rockets
  • Turbomachinery
  • Nuclear reactor kinetics
  • Nuclear rocket stability
  • Fuel burnup and transmutation
  • Radiation shielding for nuclear rockets
  • Materials for nuclear thermal rockets
  • Nuclear rocket engine testing
  • Advanced nuclear rocket concepts.