CORRECTIONS TO 9th EDITION OF ROCKET PROPULSION ELEMENTS

Pg. xviii, fourth full pp. 6th line and last pp. two lines up, RS-68
are the RS-68 and the Russian RD-191 engines. Relatively little discussion of current
combustion engine cycle. The RS-68A presently has the highest thrust of any liquid

Pg. 31 Second line in SOLUTION to Example 2-1, Eq. 2-7

the expended propellant, namely, 70 kg. The mass ratio (Eq. 2 7) for the vehicle is therefore

Pg, 54 First equation under SOLUTION to Example 3-2, Eq. 2-6

Is = cg0 = 18279.81 = 186 sec from Eq. 2 6 and

Pg. 55 Second line from top

By stepwise varying the pressure from 2.068 to 0.1013 MPa, one can arrive at the information

Pg.59 Just above Eqn. 3-26, Eq. 3-16

throat with a pressure py to the throat velocity may be written from Eq. 316and

Pg. 112 Below tan-1(368/70.6 ) and second line from bottom, Eqs. 4-23 & 4-17
The final acceleration is found, using Eq. 4 23 with the final mass, as af = 400 msec2.
Eq. 4 17. All resulting velocities and distances would turn out somewhat lower in value. A set

Pg. 170 Third pp. third line

absorbed from the flow; this reduces the stagnation temperature of the flow within the

Pg. 193 Table 6-1 9th entry, [Table already found in Sect. 6.1.]
Propellants

Pg. 223 Figure 6-9b heading, second line from bottom

numbers are explained on this page.

Pg. 228 Figure 6-13 heading, second line, Figure 8-4(a)

thrust chamber and Figure 84(a) for a sectioned view of the injector From NPO Energomash,

Pg. 232 First full pp. last line, Sec. 7.5.

only for roll control. See Ref. 617 and Section 7. 5.

Pg. 283 Line above Factors Influencing , Sec. 8.9.

injector analysis is shown in Section 8. 9.

Pg. 293 Last pp. first line

The RD-191 thrust chamber shown in Fig. 811 has slots for film injection.

Pg. 316 First line

Here, T is a function of both the thickness coordinate x and time t. The heat

Pg. 330 Item 1. 6th line

with different pressures and with two nozzle area ratios (having values of 100 and 300).
Pg. 389 5 lines above Turbine Performance , Fig. 1-4
supersonic nozzle at the exit of the turbine exhaust duct flow (see Fig. 1
4). The rel-

Pg. 428 Two lines below equation

calibration of engines. It can also include some of the systems dynamic analogs

Pg. 431 SYMBOLS last entry above Greek Letters, add

w weight flow rate N/sec or kgm/sec3 (lbf/sec)

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fastens to the vehicle. As indicated earlier, since there is no active cooling the rocket

Pg. 448 Example 12-1, SOLUTION second equation

(cAt) = (p1 b1pn1) where b1 Kc* ba

Pg. 495 Figure 13-2 heading, third line, add

Ref. 132 with permission of the AIAA. [Also see Eq. 7-3]

Pg. 496 HTPEf [change superscript 7 to f ] and add f at bottom as indicated below
HTPEf/AP/AI
f
Data from Ref. 133, CPIAC, and Orbital ATK.

Pg. 510 four lines from top, add

Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). This motor is co-manufactured by Orbital ATK

Pg. 625 three lines from bottom

jet energy (thruster efficiency t Eq. 17-2). The kinetic power (Pj) per unit thrust (F)

Pg. 634 six lines below Arcjets

cathode to the anode, which is part of a coaxial nozzle that accelerates the propellant

Pg. 640 two lines below Eq. 17-16, v

then is in meters per second. Using to represent the molecular mass of the ion

Pg. 641 two lines above Eq. 17-20

(i.e., dropping out i), it is possible to solve Eqs. 1716, 17 18, and 17 19 directly

Pg. 653 Example 17-3 at SOLUTION, Eq. 2-6

SOLUTION. The mass flow rate may be calculated from Eq. 2- 6 as

Pg. 666 Greek Letters, 5 entries from bottom, add

tankage mass fraction [in Fig. 4-3, = 1/i 1.0]

Pg. 688 Problem 2, fourth line

shown in the sidesketch. One of four small reaction control thrust chambers will be