"Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines"

Volume 3:  Design of Turbopump Propellant-Feed Systems

Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang
Rocketdyne Division, North American Rockwell, Inc.

Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines

Volume 3:  Design of Turbopump Propellant-Feed Systems

Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang
Rocketdyne Division, North American Rockwell, Inc.

This is the third section of the comprehensive text "Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines," a huge, 468-page book.  It's the single most comprehensive and complete text ever written about the subject. 

A true masterwork that covers every aspect of the design and engineering of liquid propellant rocket engines, written by two of the world's most respected scientists, on a special contract for NASA. 

This is today's most widely used textbook on the subject, with far more material (and in far more detail) than George P. Sutton's classic "Rocket Propulsion Elements."

If you're interested in serious learning on this topic, here is the one book you'll need.  It collects the decades of experience and knowledge accumulated in military and aerospace development and operational programs.  This is a systematic presentation of the large (and previously loosely-organized) body of existing successful design techniques and practices.  Its value and merit are obvious--these rocket engines work: they've sent men to the Moon, satellites into orbit, Space Shuttles to the International Space Station, and space exploration vehicles to Mars and beyond!

The foreword is by Wernher von Braun (former Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA).  Contents include details about virtually every kind of modern liquid propellant rocket propulsion system.  It reviews, in great detail--supported by exceptional engineering drawings--all the many topics shown for Chapter 6 of the main volume:

Prepared at the Rocketdyne Liquid Rocket Division (North American Rockwell Corporation)--leading commercial makers of rocket engines for both military and aerospace applications--specifically for NASA rocket scientists and engineers, this valuable book gives the practical information you need to design and build a high-technology, state-of-the-art liquid propellant rocket engine. 

The contents are the result of more than 45 years of investigations by the world's largest propulsion contractors.  Literally billions of dollars were spent obtaining this critical yet hard-to-find data and information.

In a word, this is the most complete and comprehensive book ever written about the theoretical and practical engineering design of liquid propellant engines.  It covers exactly how one goes about designing, building, and testing an advanced propulsion system that works reliably.

It’s packed with accurate information for the professional (and “amateur”) rocket scientist, engineer, technician, and experimenter.   Numerous fine, NASA-quality engineering drawings, figures, and tables supplement the technical material.

If you design, build, test, or fly serious rockets or missiles, you'll want this superb reference textbook.  It’s especially useful for “amateur” rocket builders -- with an abundance of data, esoteric information, and once-secret lore from the world's foremost rocket scientists: at Rocketdyne and NASA.

Very hard to find and now out-of-print, this new limited edition has been republished by the Rocket Science Institute.  It's printed with a high-resolution laser printer (not photocopied) on high-quality, bright-white, acid-free paper for years of reference use.  94 pages, large and easy-to-read 11" x 8-1/2" size.  ISBN 1-878628-37-2.          $19.95

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