'Rocket Propulsion provides a comprehensive coverage of the core aspect of chemical (solid and liquid) rocket motor design. [It] makes good use of relevant examples and case studies which help to ground much of the theoretical analyses presented … this is a very good senior undergraduate or postgraduate level textbook covering key aspects of rocket propulsion with a focus on thermochemical rocket motor design.' Dr Katharine Smith, University of Manchester
1. Classification of rocket propulsion systems and historical perspective; 2. Mission analysis fundamentals; 3. Trajectory analysis and rocket design; 4. Ideal rocket nozzle performance; 5. Combustion and thermochemistry; 6. Heat transfer; 7. Solid rocket motors (SRMs); 8. Liquid rocket engines (LREs); 9. Liquid rocket propellants; 10. Turbomachinery fundamentals; 11. Hybrid rocket engines (HREs); 12. Combustion instability; 13. Electric propulsion fundamentals.
