Greatrix, David R.

Powered flight : the engineering of aerospace propulsion / David R. Greatrix. - New York : Springer ; 2012 . - xxii, 519 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to aerospace propulsion -- 2. Introduction to atmospheric flight -- 3. The propeller -- 4. Internal combustion engines -- 5. Pulsejet engines -- 6. Gas turbine engines: fundamentals -- 7. Turbo engines -- 8. Turboprop and turboshaft engines -- 9. Introduction to space flight -- 10. Solid-propellant rocket motors -- 11. Liquid-propellant rocket engines -- 12. Hybrid rocket engines -- 13. Air-breathing rocket engines -- 14. Propulsion in Space: beyond the chemical rocket -- Appendices.

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Propulsion systems.
Aerospace engineering.

Engineering Astronautics Aerospace technology and astronautics Fluid- and aerodynamics.

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