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Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
A rocket engine is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass rearward, usually a high-speed jet of high-temperature gas produced by the combustion of rocket propellant stored inside the rocket. Space vehicles carry their own oxidizer, unlike most combustion engines such as pulse engines or jet engines, so they can be used in a vacuum. Vehicles commonly propelled by rocket engines include missiles, artillery shells, ballistic missiles, and space vehicles. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Rocket engineA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Thrust Performance of Converging Rotating Detonation Engine Compared with Steady Rocket EngineInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Rocket propulsion elementsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Injector DynamicsCited 171 times
- Go sideways: Rocket engine nozzleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Rocket propellantA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A reaction engine that obtains thrust by jet propulsion which forms its jet exclusively from propellant.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Injector Dynamics
Multiphysics simulations of rocket engine combustion
FLASHING BEHAVIOR OF ROCKET ENGINE PROPELLANTS
Noise Source Identification During Rocket Engine Test Firings and a Rocket Launch
Rocket rotating detonation engine flight demonstrator
Key technology for reusable rocket engine turbopump
Gas-core nuclear rocket engine technology status
Analysis of liquid rocket engine exhaust plumes
🆕 Influential since 2022
Thrust Performance of Converging Rotating Detonation Engine Compared with Steady Rocket Engine
Liquid propellant rocket engine cycles partially using electric turbopump
Combustion Simulation of 82-Injector Rocket Engine
Effects of Compounds in Liquefied Methane on Rocket Engine Operation
Review on Hybrid Rocket Engine: Past, Present and Future Scenario
📚 Books worth reading
Rocket propulsion elementsGeorge Paul Sutton · 1949
Rocket boysHomer H. Hickam · 1998- 📕Rocket Propulsion ElementsGeorge P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz · 2008
Rocket BoysHomer H. Hickam · 1998- 📕Fundamentals of Rocket PropulsionD.P. Mishra · 2017
- 📕High altitude chemically reacting gas particle mixturesS. D Smith · 1984
- 📕Rockets and guided missilesJohn Humphries · 1956
Jet propulsion enginesOtis E. Lancaster · 1959
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