Author: Duane W. DuganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Comparative Performance of Nuclear and Cryogenic Chemical Space Propulsion Systems
Author: Duane W. DuganNBS Technical Note
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Hydrogen-future Fuel
Author: Neil A. OlienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrogen as fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Liquid Rocket Valve Components
Author: H. J. EllisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liquid propellant rockets
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion
Author: Dan M. GoebelPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470436263
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Throughout most of the twentieth century, electric propulsion was considered the technology of the future. Now, the future has arrived. This important new book explains the fundamentals of electric propulsion for spacecraft and describes in detail the physics and characteristics of the two major electric thrusters in use today, ion and Hall thrusters. The authors provide an introduction to plasma physics in order to allow readers to understand the models and derivations used in determining electric thruster performance. They then go on to present detailed explanations of: Thruster principles Ion thruster plasma generators and accelerator grids Hollow cathodes Hall thrusters Ion and Hall thruster plumes Flight ion and Hall thrusters Based largely on research and development performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and complemented with scores of tables, figures, homework problems, and references, Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters is an indispensable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are preparing to enter the aerospace industry. It also serves as an equally valuable resource for professional engineers already at work in the field.
Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and MedicinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780309684804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration identifies primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration missions. This report presents key milestones and a top-level development and demonstration roadmap for performance nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion systems and identifies missions that could be enabled by successful development of each technology.
NASA Technical Note
Author: Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309180104
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion
Author: Martin J. L. TurnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540270418
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The revised edition of this practical, hands-on book discusses the launch vehicles in use today throughout the world, and includes the latest details on advanced systems being developed, such as electric and nuclear propulsion. The author covers the fundamentals, from the basic principles of rocket propulsion and vehicle dynamics through the theory and practice of liquid and solid propellant motors, to new and future developments. He provides a serious exposition of the principles and practice of rocket propulsion, from the point of view of the user who is not an engineering specialist.