| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction to Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines | p. 1 |
| Basic Elements of a Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine | p. 2 |
| Generation of Thrust | p. 4 |
| Gas-Flow Processes in the Combustion Chamber and Nozzle | p. 7 |
| Performance Parameters of a Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine | p. 12 |
| Liquid Propellants | p. 18 |
| Engine Requirements and Preliminary Design Analyses | p. 23 |
| Introduction | p. 23 |
| Major Rocket-Engine Design Parameters | p. 23 |
| Mission Requirements | p. 29 |
| Engine Preliminary Design | p. 34 |
| Design Philosophy | p. 44 |
| Introduction to Sample Calculations | p. 53 |
| Approach | p. 53 |
| A-1 Stage Engine | p. 54 |
| A-2 Stage Engine | p. 55 |
| A-3 Stage Engine | p. 59 |
| A-4 Stage Engine | p. 60 |
| Design of Thrust Chambers and Other Combustion Devices | p. 67 |
| Basic Thrust-Chamber Elements | p. 67 |
| Thrust-Chamber Performance Parameters | p. 68 |
| Thrust-Chamber Configuration Layout | p. 71 |
| Thrust-Chamber Cooling | p. 84 |
| Injector Design | p. 104 |
| Gas-Generating Devices | p. 116 |
| Ignition Devices | p. 120 |
| Combustion Instability | p. 127 |
| Design of Gas-Pressurized Propellant Feed Systems | p. 135 |
| Determination of Pressurant Requirements | p. 135 |
| Design Calculations of Pressurant Requirements | p. 139 |
| Thrust-Chamber Heat Exchangers | p. 144 |
| Inert-Gas-Evaporation Systems | p. 147 |
| Chemical-Reaction Systems | p. 148 |
| Selection of Pressurization | p. 153 |
| Design of Turbopump Propellant Feed Systems | p. 155 |
| Elements of Turbopump-Fed Systems | p. 155 |
| Turbopump System Performance and Design Parameters | p. 165 |
| Inducer Design | p. 175 |
| Design of Centrifugal Pumps | p. 179 |
| Design of Axial-Flow Pumps | p. 187 |
| Turbine Design | p. 194 |
| Turbopump Rotordynamics and Mechanical Elements | p. 205 |
| Design Layout of Turbopump Assemblies | p. 217 |
| References | p. 218 |
| Design of Rocket-Engine Control and Condition-Monitoring Systems | p. 219 |
| CCM - Into a New Era | p. 219 |
| Design of Fluid-Flow-Control Devices | p. 234 |
| Design of Instrumentation and Harnesses | p. 261 |
| Avionics Architecture | p. 273 |
| References | p. 282 |
| Design of Propellant Tanks | p. 285 |
| Design Configurations | p. 285 |
| Design Considerations | p. 286 |
| Structural Design | p. 291 |
| Storable-Liquid-Propellant Tank Design | p. 296 |
| Cryogenic Liquid-Propellant Tank Design | p. 297 |
| Composite Liquid-Propellant Tank Design | p. 300 |
| Design of Propellant-Tank Pressurant Diffusers | p. 300 |
| Propellant Expulsion Under Zero-Gravity or Oscillatory g-Loading Conditions | p. 300 |
| Design of Interconnecting Components and Mounts | p. 305 |
| Interconnect Components | p. 305 |
| Design of Tubing Assemblies | p. 311 |
| Design of Flanged Joints | p. 314 |
| Design of Fixed Joints | p. 325 |
| Bellows and Flex Joints | p. 326 |
| Flexible Hose | p. 339 |
| Gimbal Mount Assemblies | p. 340 |
| References | p. 342 |
| Engine Systems Design Integration | p. 345 |
| Systems Engineering | p. 345 |
| Engine System Dynamic Analysis | p. 346 |
| Design Integration for Engine System Calibration | p. 350 |
| Engine-System Integrated Performance Characteristics | p. 354 |
| Mechanical Integration of Engine Systems | p. 357 |
| Clustering of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines | p. 360 |
| Engine-to-Vehicle Interface | p. 363 |
| Design of Liquid-Propellant Space Engines | p. 373 |
| Principal Space Application | p. 373 |
| General Design Considerations | p. 374 |
| Design of the Spacecraft's Main Propulsion Systems | p. 377 |
| Design of Reaction-Control Engine Systems | p. 384 |
| Appendix A: Weight Considerations | p. 389 |
| Appendix B: Reliability Considerations | p. 393 |
| Appendix C: Rocket Engine Materials | p. 399 |
| List of Illustrations | p. 405 |
| List of Tables | p. 415 |
| List of Acronyms | p. 417 |
| Subject Index | p. 419 |
| List of Series Volumes | p. 427 |
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