Chemical Rocket Propellants Subject Guide
Chemical propulsion is propulsion in which the thrust is provided by the product of a chemical reaction, usually burning (or oxidizing) a fuel [Northwestern University].
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Online software to compute rocket motor performance as a function of the propellant.
A detailed index of rockets, missiles and their prospective propellants past, present and future. Browse by;
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Includes mixture ratio, exhaust velocity, characteristic velocity, chamber temperature, and bulk density data.
papers in combustion science, propulsion system safety and hazards, environmental protection, toxicology, materials technology, nondestructive evaluation, and energetic materials research. Over 5100 technical papers presented at JANNAF conferences since 1974. Search through publicly available technical papers for request through the Glenn Library. Requires free registration.Articles
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Liquid Propellants
Cryogenic Fuels and Fluids Management
Hypergolic Fuels
Solid Propellants
Hybrids
ISRU (In-situ Resource Utilization)
RCS/OMS (Reaction Control Systems/Orbital Maneuvering System)
Launch Safety and Failure AssessmentsGeneral
Advanced Space Storable Propellants for Outer Planet Exploration
Advanced Chemical Propulsion Study
Modeling of Spacecraft Advanced Chemical Propulsion Systems
Access to space_potential future United States launch vehicle transporation systems
Advanced space storable propellants for outer olanet exploration 2004_3488
Auxiliary propulsion technology for advanced earth to orbit vehicles
Liquid Propellants
Cryogenic Fuels and Fluid Management
Application and testing of thermal barrier coatings for cryogenic rocket engines
Special aspects of flight dynamics of a reusable cryogenic booster stage
Engine selection for the Space Exploration InitiativeResearch on high pressure cryogenic combustion
Spray Bar Zero-Gravity Vent System for On-Orbit Liquid Hydrogen Storage
Results of an Advanced Development Zero Boil-Off Cryogenic Propellant Storage Test
Application and testing of thermal barrier coatings for cryogenic rocket engines
Research on high pressure cryogenic combustion
Special aspects of flight dynamics of a reusable cryogenic booster stage
Application and testing of thermal barrier coatings for cryogenic rocket engines
Investigations of two-constituent micropropulsion units for orbit correction and attitude control
LOX-hydrocarbon auxiliary propulsion for the Space Shuttle Orbiter
Summary of LO2_Ethanol OMS_RCS technology and advanced development 99_2744
Auxiliary propulsion technology for advanced earth to orbit vehicles
Cryogenic liquid 02-H2 reaction systems for Space Shuttle
Demonstration of a pulsing liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen thruster
Conceptual design and alalytical evaluationHydrogen_oxygen auxiliary propulsion technology
Hypergolic Fuels
Strained hydrocarbons as potential hypergolic fuels
Techniques for the remote monitoring of hypergolic propellant leaks
Coxial injection technology for hypergolic propellants
Nontoxic homogeneous miscible fuel _NHMF_ development for hypergolic bipropellant engines
Solid Propellants
Hybrids
A review of hybrid rockets- Present status and future potential
ISRU (In-situ Resource Utilization)
Resistojet waste methane utilization in manned space application
Information technology and the autonomous control of a Mars in_situ propellant production system
RCS/OMS (Reaction Control Systems/Orbital Manuevering System)
Evaluation and Demonstration of the Use of Cryogenic Propellants for Reaction Control Systems
Orbital Maneuvering and Reaction Control Systems
Summary of LO2-Ethanol OMS RCS Technology and Advanced Development
Development of Ionic Liquid Monopropellants for In-Space Propulsion
Launch Safety and Failure Assessment
Liquid propulsion considerations in projecting launch vehicle failure probabilities
Safety issues with hydrogen as a vehicle fuel
History of Launch Vehicle Failures
Artificial Neural Network Test Support Development for the Space Shuttle PRCS Thrusters
Reaction Control System Truster Cracking Consultation
Update on N2O4 Molecular Sieving with 3A Material at NASA/KSC Author Information
Space Shuttle reaction control system thruster metal nitrate removal and characterization Author Information (coming soonn)
Failure detection and diagnosis for thruster's failure in reaction control system using external information (coming soon)
Maximum Likelyhood Failure Detection Techniques Applied to the Shuttle RCS Jets
Failure detection and diagnosis for thruster's failure in reaction control system using external information (coming soon)
