Principles of nuclear rocket propulsion
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom :
Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier,
2016.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780128045305 0128045302 9780128044742 0128044748 |
| Physical Description | 1 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.