History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines [Hardcover]

George Sutton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563476495 | ISBN-13: 978-1563476495 | Publication Date: November 2005

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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"George Sutton couples his tremendous technical knowledge and experience with a unique historical perspective to provide a fascinating look at the development of the liquid rocket engine. This book locates and traces the threads of the liquid rocket engine technology development and weaves those threads together to provide a truly remarkable and insightful book.--Mark F. Fisher, Manager, MSFC Office of Exploration Systems"

Product Details

• Hardcover: 325 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast (November 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563476495
• ISBN-13: 978-1563476495
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #925,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars i have consumed my eyes on it.., April 8, 2006

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alistia agrew (italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines (Hardcover)

this book is nothing less than great, it's packed with useful informations, lot of diagrams, pictures. everything you can ask about LRE history is here; definitively another great AIAA book.
i know one of the the first things one would like to know about a "history.." book, is the level of details reported.
this is a very detailed book. i was impressed by the fact that some informations reported here are not so easy to find, like the regenerative channel drilling pattern of the agena rocket engine..
i think you know how rocket engineering textbooks are: they give you some formulas, some ideas; they tell about rocket engines as they were ideal metaphysical objects; where are the pipes? where the bolts? you can't find in them a single detail on the implementation of a real rocket engine, a real existing working object. maybe the book fills the gap: this is not the usual "i'll tell you something about rockets but just to fill 300 pages and collect some money" book, but remembers the efforts of something like "modern engineering.." of huzel / huang, that is to say a book written to be complete (if possible; sure the author tried hard: it's a 911 pages book..) very interesting, useful, and a pleasure to read.
my final impression is that this book has something of the work of art.
absolutely a must for rocket engineers, rocket scientists, rocketry amateurs.
excellent work, Mr. Sutton!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Info Excellent!...illustrations average, May 13, 2009

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Reverend Mike (Detroit Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines (Hardcover)

This looks to be a library discard, with the typical black magic marker stripes on the page ends. It's a shame what libraries do to books they discard... The binding is excellent and text is high quality. Many of the photos in it are low quality, which is a shame because they are detailed, just small and poorly transferred, or old and grainy. For a copyright date of 2006 I think it could be improved. On the plus side, the line drawings came out very good.
The info contained inside is a treasure to anyone interested in the engineering of LPRE's. I've been debating buying this book for a while, just get it! You won't regret what you will see. 900 pages of interesting, easily readable information on the history of one of the most challenging engineering disiplines.
The LPRE has to operate at the most extreme ends of temperature and materials science while maintaining severe weight restrictions. Man-rating an engine is no small feat and this book will give you some valuable insight into just how difficult it is, and the various methods engineers use to get there.
If you have any interest in the space program, rocketry, or engineering, and have a technical background, I would highly recommend this book, you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, June 10, 2011

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This review is from: History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines (Hardcover)

Sutton does a great job describing all the liquid rocket engines through out history. His chapters on the individual companies in the US and throughout the world are an excellent resource. I've learned a lot reading this book. Everyone interested or working in the liquid rocket engine business should buy this book.