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The contents mentioned in this book include Meeting Papers, Books, AIAA Education Series, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, General Interest, The Aerospace Press, Case Studies, Supplemental Material, Journals, Aerospace America, Standards, AIAA Electronic Library, How to Order, Reprint Permissions, Terms of Use. This new book, written by one of the foremost experts in rocket propulsion, gives an account of the liquid propellant rocket engine field over the last fourscore and more years. It is the story about the technological advances that allowed progressive improvements in design, analysis, thrust magnitude, reliability, cost, and performance; where and when those advances were made, including unique engines from the countries most important to this technology; the groups, companies, or organizations of engineers, specialists, and dedicated people who made it happen; and the different kinds of flight vehicles that have been propelled by liquid propellant rocket engines.You will learn about the early pioneers, amateur rocket societies, evolution of key hardware components, past investigations of different liquid propellants, reorganizations and mergers of key companies, and the principal areas of application. In addition to the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, and India histories are included.
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Sutton has been involved in rocket engineering activities since 1943, and he is the author of Rocket Propulsion Elements (7th ed., 2001; 4th ed., CH, Nov'76). In this new book, he explains technology and hardware in 200 pages; he describes the early years, 1903 to the 1940s, in the next 60 pages, and US engines in the following 225. The next 205 pages discuss Soviet rockets; the final pages go through the history of German, French, Japanese, British, Chinese, and Indian rockets. This book is a major contribution to the history of technology. Sutton explains the development of essential rocket components--pumps, valves, igniters, turbo-pumps, injectors, control systems, nozzles, etc.--and then clearly describes their integration into the total rocket system. This is an essential book for libraries with collections in space flight, space engineering, history of technology, and aerospace sciences. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. All levels. A. M. Strauss Vanderbilt University
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Glossary of Abbreviations and Symbols | p. xv |
| 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
| 2 Merits of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines and Their Applications | p. 5 |
| 2.1 Why Were Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Used? | p. 5 |
| 2.2 Early Applications | p. 6 |
| 2.3 Current Applications | p. 16 |
| 3 Technology Trends and Historical Changes | p. 23 |
| 3.1 Expanding the Range of the Thrust, 0.01 to 1,800,000 lbf | p. 23 |
| 3.2 Increasing the Chamber Pressure | p. 25 |
| 3.3 So Many Liquid Propellants | p. 25 |
| 3.4 Engines Can Come in Families | p. 27 |
| 3.5 Thrust-to-Engine Weight Ratio Has Gone Up | p. 28 |
| 3.6 Costs Have Gone Down | p. 29 |
| 3.7 Extra Functions Have Increased Engine Complexity | p. 29 |
| 3.8 Reliable Operations Were Achieved | p. 32 |
| 4 Technology and Hardware | p. 33 |
| 4.1 Propellants, Past and Present | p. 33 |
| 4.2 Engine Systems | p. 54 |
| 4.3 Large Thrust Chambers | p. 74 |
| 4.4 Turbopumps | p. 108 |
| 4.5 Gas Generators, Preburners, and Chemical Tank Pressurization | p. 131 |
| 4.6 Small Thrusters for Attitude Control and Trajectory Corrections | p. 147 |
| 4.7 Controls, Valves, and Interconnecting Components | p. 182 |
| 4.8 Starting and Ignition | p. 201 |
| 4.9 Steering or Flight Trajectory Control | p. 218 |
| 4.10 Combustion and Vibrations | p. 228 |
| 5 The Early Years, 1903 to the 1940s | p. 241 |
| 5.1 Konstantin E. Tsiolkowsky | p. 241 |
| 5.2 Robert H. Goddard | p. 247 |
| 5.3 Hermann Oberth | p. 271 |
| 5.4 Other Pioneers | p. 276 |
| 5.5 Amateur Rocket Societies | p. 281 |
| 5.6 Early Team Efforts | p. 289 |
| 6 Liquid Propellant Rocket-Engine Organizations, Worldwide, 1932 to 2003 | p. 293 |
| 7 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in the United States (Summary) | p. 303 |
| 7.1 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Developers and Manufacturers in the United States | p. 307 |
| 7.2 Reaction Motors, Inc. | p. 311 |
| 7.3 General Electric Company | p. 327 |
| 7.4 Curtiss-Wright Corporation | p. 346 |
| 7.5 M.W. Kellogg Company | p. 351 |
| 7.6 Walter Kidde and Company | p. 356 |
| 7.7 Aerojet Propulsion Company, a Subsidiary Unit of Gen Corp, Inc. | p. 359 |
| 7.8 The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power | p. 404 |
| 7.9 Propulsion Products Center, Northrop Grumman Corporation | p. 474 |
| 7.10 Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company | p. 491 |
| 7.11 Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC), Liquid Rocket Division | p. 510 |
| 8 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union | p. 531 |
| 8.1 Early History (1929-1944) | p. 532 |
| 8.2 Rocket Engines for Piloted Aircraft | p. 559 |
| 8.3 Organizations Working on Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines | p. 577 |
| 8.4 NPO Energomash | p. 585 |
| 8.5 KB Khimautomatiki or Chemical Automatics Design Bureau | p. 629 |
| 8.6 KB Khimmash or Chemical Machinery Design Bureau | p. 661 |
| 8.7 Nll Mashinostroeniya or the R&D Institute of Mechanical Engineering | p. 684 |
| 8.8 NPO Saturn, formerly OKB Lyulka | p. 693 |
| 8.9 OKB Kuznetsov, Reorganized as NPO Samara | p. 698 |
| 8.10 NPO Youzhnoye | p. 710 |
| 8.11 Korolev's Design Bureau, Later NPO Energiya | p. 721 |
| 8.12 OKB Fakel | p. 725 |
| 8.13 R&D Institutes | p. 726 |
| 8.14 Summary of Soviet or Russian Efforts in Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines | p. 728 |
| 9 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in Germany | p. 737 |
| 9.1 Early Efforts and Early Propellant Evaluations | p. 738 |
| 9.2 The Army Research Station at Peenemunde | p. 740 |
| 9.3 Hellmuth Walter Corporation | p. 754 |
| 9.4 Bayrische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) | p. 763 |
| 9.5 German Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Since 1945 | p. 769 |
| 10 France's Liquid Propellant Rocket-Engine History | p. 785 |
| 11 Japan's Liquid Propellant Rocket-Engine History | p. 815 |
| 12 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in the United Kingdom or Britain | p. 843 |
| 13 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in the People's Republic of China | p. 865 |
| 14 Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines in India | p. 881 |
| 15 General Findings, Comments, and Conclusions | p. 887 |
| About the Author | p. 895 |
| Index | p. 897 |
| Supporting Materials | p. 911 |
