Advanced Propulsion Systems and Technologies, Today to 2020

Informationen zum Autor Antonio Accettura! MS-AE! is presently Business Operations Manager for Arianespace launch service provider. Prior to this he was technical manager of advanced propulsion systems for AVIO! mechanical engineer in the field of petrol-chemistry plants and a space consultant. He is a senior member of AIAA! authored 35 technical papers! and taught graduate level courses at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Klappentext Commissioned by the European Space Agency! this book details specific propulsion technologies as envisioned by 2020. Each technology has been considered in terms of concept! associated key technologies! development status! and proposed roadmaps. The reader is led through all the steps that propulsion will likely take between now and the 2020s in a clear! concise! and detailed way! including market and feasibility perspectives when applicable. Zusammenfassung Details specific propulsion technologies as envisioned by 2020. This book considers various technologies in terms of concept! associated key technologies! development status and proposed roadmaps. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Solid Rocket Motors; Cryogenic Engines; LOX/HC Engines for Boosters and Upper Stages; LOX/HC Engines in Russia; Green Propellants; Green Propellants in Russia; Miniaturized Propulsion; Solar Thermal Upper Stage; Electric Propulsion Systems; Superconductivity; Rubbia's Engine; VASIMR; Laser Propulsion; Electromagnetic Railguns; Solar Sails; In-Situ Resource Utilization.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Antonio Accettura, Claudio Bruno, Claudio (EDT)/ Accettura Bruno
• Mitarbeit: Antonio G. Accettura (Herausgeber), Claudio Bruno (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: American inst.aeronautics
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2008
• EAN: 9781563479298
• ISBN: 978-1-56347-929-8
• Seiten: 489
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Serien: Progress in Astronautics and A; Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series; Progress in Astronautics and A
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik