Propulsion Books

Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites. There are many different methods. Each method has drawbacks and advantages, and spacecraft propulsion is an active area of research. However, most spacecraft today are propelled by exhausting a gas from the back/rear of the vehicle at very high speed through a supersonic de Laval nozzle. This sort of engine is called a rocket engine.

All current spacecraft use chemical rockets (bipropellant or solid-fuel) for launch, though some (such as the Pegasus rocket and SpaceShipOne) have used air-breathing engines on their first stage. Most satellites have simple reliable chemical thrusters (often monopropellant rockets) or resistojet rockets for orbital station-keeping and some use momentum wheels for attitude control. Soviet bloc satellites have used electric propulsion for decades, and newer Western geo-orbiting spacecraft are starting to use them for north-south stationkeeping. Interplanetary vehicles mostly use chemical rockets as well, although a few have experimentally used ion thrusters (a form of electric propulsion) to great success.

1-Compressor Performance, Aerodynamics for the User
by Theodore Gresh
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2- Aircraft Propulsion Systems Technology and Design
(Aiaa Education Series) by Gordon C. Oates
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3-Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition
by George P. Sutton Oscar Biblarz
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4- Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications
(Cambridge Aerospace Series)
by Ronald D. Flack
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5-Elements of Propulsion:
Gas Turbines And Rockets (AIAA Education)
by Jack D. Mattingly
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6-Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion:
Principles, Practice and New Developments
(Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering)
by Martin J.L. Turner
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7-Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion
(Aiaa Education)
by William H. Heiser, David T. Pratt,
Daniel H. Daley, Unmeel B. Mehta
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8-Aircraft Propulsion Systems Technology and Design
(Aiaa Education Series)
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9- Occult Ether Physics:
Tesla's Hidden Space Propulsion System
and the Conspiracy to Conceal It
by William Lyne
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10- Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine Rocket Propulsion,
Third Edition (Aiaa Education Series)
by Gordon C. Oates
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11- Wind Tunnel and Propulsion Test Facilities:
An Assessment of NASA's Capabilities to Serve National Needs
by Philip S. Anton
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12- Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems:
Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration
(Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering)
by Paul A. Czysz, Claudio Bruno
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13- The Development of the B 52 and Jet Propulsion :
A Case Study
by Mark David Mandeles
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14- Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components
(Pandora Books)
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15- THE JET ENGINE
5th Edition 1969
by Rolls-Royce Limited.
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16- Jet Engines:
Fundamentals of Theory, Design and Operation 1997-12
by Klaus Hunecke
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17- Gas Turbine Performance
by Philip P. Walsh Paul Fletcher
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18- Air Engines
(IMechE Conference Transactions)
by Theodor Finkelstein, Allan J. Organ
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19- Rocket Propulsion Elements,
7th Edition
by George P. Sutton Oscar Biblarz
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20- Gas Turbine Theory
by Henry Cohen, G. F. C. Rogers, H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo,
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21- Air Engines
(IMechE Conference Transactions)
by Theodor Finkelstein, Allan J. Organ
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22- Heat Transfer in Industrial Combustion
by Charles E. Baukal
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23- Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals
by John Heywood
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24- Dynamics of Combustion Systems
by A. K. Oppenheim
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25- Combustion Physics
by Chung K. Law
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26- Turbulent Combustion
by Norbert Peters
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27- Fuels of Opportunity:
Characteristics and Uses In Combustion Systems
by David Tillman, N. Stanley Harding
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28- Fluidized Bed Combustion
(Marcell Dekker)
by Simeon Oka
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29- Fundamentals and Technology of Combustion,
1st Edition, 2002-08
by F El-Mahallawy, S. E-Din Habik
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31- Combustion
by Irvin Glassman
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32- Aircraft Engine Design
(AIAA Education Series)
by Jack D. Mattingly, William H. Heiser, David T. Pratt,
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33- Civil Jet Aircraft Design
(Aiaa Education Series)
by Lloyd R. Jenkinson, Paul Simpkin, Darren Rhodes
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34- Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine Rocket Propulsion,
Third Edition
(Aiaa Education Series)
by Gordon C. Oates
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35- Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles :
A Brief Review of Power Generation Thermodynamics
by J. Horlock
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36- Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practices
(3rd edition)
by Tony Giampaolo
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37- Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook,
Third Edition
by Meherwan P Boyce
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38- Compressor Performance, Aerodynamics for the User
by Theodore Gresh
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39- A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology
(2nd Edition)
by Heinz P. Bloch
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40- Compressors, Third Edition: Selection and Sizing
by Royce N. Brown
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41- Compressor Handbook
(McGraw-Hill Handbooks)
by Paul Hanlon
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