Annotation Since the invention of the V-2 rocket during World War II, combustion instabilities have been recognized as one of the most difficult problems in the development of liquid propellant rocket engines. This book is the first published in the United States on the subject since NASA's Liquid Rocket Combustion Instability (NASA SP-194) in 1972. In this book, experts cover four major subject areas: engine phenomenology and case studies, fundamental mechanisms of combustion instability, combustion instability analysis, and engine and component testing. Especially noteworthy is the inclusion of technical information from Russia and China--a first.

Solid Propellant Rocket Research

Progress is reported on studies concerning the use of a fluid dynamic model for the combustion zone of a solid propellant rocket undergoing erosive burning. Work involved the debugging of a computer program, trial calculations using the program, and a study of the gas-phase reaction kinetics involved in nitrocellulosenitroglycerin combustion.