Raketentreibstoffe (German Edition)

ISBN: 3211808566

Author: Dadieu, Armin

Condition: New

Product Description The book Raketentreibstoffe, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-7132-5, contains 278 illustrations, 247 tables and 2770 literature references.  The book contains two sections, a general section (Chapters 1 through 10) and a special section (Chapters 11 through 15).  The special section gives physical and chemical properties of rocket propellants and takes up 2/3 of the entire volume of the book.General Discussion Section1  Introduction2  Chemical Rocket Propulsion in Comparison to Possible Future Propulsion Systems3  Chemical Rocket Propulsion and Its Performance Limitations4  Calculation of Theoretical Performance of Rocket Propellants5  Liquid Rocket Propellants6  Solid Rocket Propellants7  Hybrid Rocket Propellants8  The Interaction Between Rocket Engine (Motor) and Propellants9  Potential Performance Increases by Use of High Performance Rocket Propellants10 Experimental Methods for Determination of Rocket Propellant PropertiesSpecial Properties Section11 Rocket Propellant Oxidizers12 Rocket Propellant Fuels13 Monopropellants14 Hypergolic and Nonhypergolic Bipropellant Combinations15 Hybrid Propellants From the Author Although Raketentreibstoffe is a very old book, the publisher keeps it in its catalog because nothing equivalent in thoroughness has been published in the four decades that have passed since its first publication.  In 2013, the book was even made available on-line as an e-booklink.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-7091-7132-5A second edition of Raketentreibstoffe, translated into English (Rocket Propellants) and substantially expanded to several volumes, is in preparation and anticipated to be completed in 2015. About the Author The main author (2/3 of the total volume) of this book, ECKART W. SCHMIDT, Dr. rer. nat. = PhD, is a consultant in hazardous materials handling and disposal. Dr. Schmidt is the principal author of Raketentreibstoffe (Rocket Propellants) as well as numerous scientific papers and technical reports. Although Raketentreibstoffe is a very old book, the publisher keeps it in its catalog because nothing equivalent in thoroughness has been published in the four decades that have passed since its first publication.  In 2013, the book was made available on-line as an e-booklink.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-7091-7132-5A second edition of Raketentreibstoffe, translated into English (Rocket Propellants) and substantially expanded to several volumes, is in preparation. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  He is an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle and co-teaches a class on Chemical Rocket Propulsion.