Sources¶

CPIA 246¶

Procedures recommended by the JANNAF Performance Standardization Working Group for acquisition and Interpretation of performance test data are presented. Included with the description of these procedures are recommended procedures covering the required measurements, associated instrumentation, calibration methods, and data uncertainties.

In addition, criteria for the applicability of existing test data, the selection of test models, and analytical performance prediction improvement based on test results are outlined.

The Defense Technical Information Center describes it at the following link, CPIA Publication 246, JANNAF Rocket Engine Performance Prediction and Evaluation Manual. Although approved for public release, at the time of this writing, CPIA 246 is not available as a PDF from the Defense Technical Information Center.

It is possible to find a PDF, however, with a Google Search for CPIA 246.

Huzel and Huang¶

Huzel, D. K.; Huang, D. H. (1971), NASA SP-125, “Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines”, (2nd ed.), NASA

or the more recent…

Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines

From the component design to the subsystem design to the engine systems design, engine development, and flight-vehicle application, this how-to text bridges the gap between basic physical and design principles and actual rocket-engine design as it’s done in industry.

Sutton¶

Rocket Propulsion Elements

For sixty years, Sutton’s Rocket Propulsion Elements has been regarded as the single most authoritative source book on rocket propulsion technology. As with the previous edition, coauthored with Oscar Biblarz, the Eighth Edition of Rocket Propulsion Elements offers a thorough introduction to basic principles of rocket propulsion for guided missiles, space flight, or satellite flight. It describes the physical mechanisms and designs for various types of rockets’ and provides an understanding of how rocket propulsion is applied to flying vehicles

Turner¶

Rocket Spacecraft Propulsion - Principles, Practice and new Developments, Amazon

Rocket Spacecraft Propulsion - Principles, Practice and new Developments, Springer

The author covers the fundamentals of the subject, from the basic principles of rocket propulsion and vehicle dynamics through the theory and practice of liquid and solid propellant motors, to new and future developments.