Primarily emphasizing nuclear thermal rocket engines, this book provides an understanding of the physical principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear fission-based rocket engines. Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion provides an understanding of the physical pri…
Introduction -- Rocket engine fundamentals -- Nuclear rocket engine cycles -- Interplanetary mission analysis -- Basic nuclear structure and processes -- Neutron flux energy distribution -- Neutron balance equation and transport theory -- Multigroup neutron diffusion equations -…