Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion systems
Parametric analysis (design point) and performance analysis (off-design) of air breathing propulsion
systems
Analysis and design of major gas turbine engine
components (fans, compressors, turbines, inlets, nozzles, main burners, and afterburners).
According to Jim Cantrell (one of SpaceX
's founding engineers), this book is one of the five that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
borrowed from him and never returned (Source: Quora).
About the authors
Jack D. Mattingly has 50 years experience analyzing and designing propulsion and thermodynamic systems. After serving the majority of his career teaching at the Air Force Academy
and Air Force Institute of Technology
, he retired from active duty in 1989 and joined the faculty of Seattle University
.
Keith M. Boyer is the Vice President for Propulsion for Practical Aeronautics, Inc., retiring from the U.S. Air Force
in 2012 after 32 years of active-duty service. He served on the faculty for 10 years in the Air Force Academy
's Department of Aeronautics, was Associate Dean for Students at the Air Force Institute of Technology
, and was an adjunct faculty member for the Air Force Test Pilot School.
Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion systems
Parametric analysis (design point) and performance analysis (off-design) of air breathing propulsion
systems
Analysis and design of major gas turbine engine
components (fans, compressors, turbines, inlets, nozzles, main burners, and afterburners).
According to Jim Cantrell (one of SpaceX
's founding engineers), this book is one of the five that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
borrowed from him and never returned (Source: Quora).
About the authors
Jack D. Mattingly has 50 years experience analyzing and designing propulsion and thermodynamic systems. After serving the majority of his career teaching at the Air Force Academy
and Air Force Institute of Technology
, he retired from active duty in 1989 and joined the faculty of Seattle University
.
Keith M. Boyer is the Vice President for Propulsion for Practical Aeronautics, Inc., retiring from the U.S. Air Force
in 2012 after 32 years of active-duty service. He served on the faculty for 10 years in the Air Force Academy
's Department of Aeronautics, was Associate Dean for Students at the Air Force Institute of Technology
, and was an adjunct faculty member for the Air Force Test Pilot School.