Nuclear Rocket PropulsionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1963 - Nuclear rockets - 62 pages |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS OF SOLIDCORE GASCOOLED ROCKET PROPULSION | 17 |
FLUIDFLOW AND HEATTRANSFER PROBLEMS IN NUCLEAR ROCKETS__ | 27 |
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axial B.S. degree Beryllium oxide calculated carbide Cavity Reactors chemical rockets CONTROL ROD coolant passages cooling correlation critical engine equation factor film boiling flow oscillations flow rate flow system fluid friction fuel elements fuel-element gas temperature gaseous geometries gradient graphite hafnium hafnium carbide heat flux heat input heat transfer heat-transfer coefficient heat-transfer data heated tube hydrogen flow inlet plenum investigations Lewis Research Center maximum temperature melting metal moderator NASA NASA Lewis Research NASA TN neutron flux nozzle nuclear rocket nuclear-rocket reactor nucleate boiling nucleonic Nusselt obtained operation parameter perature percent PRECOOL pres presented in reference pressure drop problem propellant Propulsion pseudo-two-phase radial ratio reference 11 reflector refractory region Reynolds number sensor shown in figure solid-core specific impulse startup steady-state subcooled Tantalum carbide TEMP tempera test section test-section thermal neutrons tion transient tungsten 184 ture two-phase flow typical uranium values vapor velocity wall temperature