W, Emrich: Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion

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• Table 2.1 Isentropic Nozzle Calculations
• Figure 2.4 Specific Impulse Parametrics
• Figure 3.5 Stirling Cycle (Beta Configuration)
• Figure 4.1 Orbital Parameters
• Figure 4.5 Earth/Mars Mission Characteristics
• Figure 4.6 Minimum Transit Times Between Earth and Mars
• Table 4.2 Minimum Interplanetary Transit Times
• Figure 5.1 Quark-Gluon Interactions in an Atomic Nucleus
• Figure 5.2 Yukawa and Coulomb Potentials in an Atomic Nucleus
• Figure 5.14 Cross Section Doppler Broadening in the Vicinity of a Resonance
• Figure 5.18 Lawson Criterion for a Self-Sustaining Fusion Plasma
• Figure 6.4 Maxwellian Distribution
• Figure 6.5 Neutron Energy Distribution
• Figure 8.2 One-dimensional bare reactor
• Figure 8.4 Two region, one-dimensional reactor
• Figure 8.5 Reactor Critical Length as a Function of Reflector Length
• Figure 8.6 Two Region, One Group Reactor Power and Flux Distribution
• Figure 8.7 Two Region, Two Group Reactor Power and Flux Distributions
• Figure 9.3 Temperature Distribution in a NERVA Equivalent Flow Channel
• Figure 9.5 Moody Chart
• Figure 9.6 Heat Transfer Correlations
• Figure 9.8 Reactor Equivalent Channel Temperature Profiles
• Figure 9.9 Pressure Drop Through an Equivalent Flow Cell
• Figure 9.11 Temperature and Channel Wall Profiles for a Grooved Ring Fuel Element
• Figure 9.14 Space Radiator Characteristics
• Figure 10.4 Cavitation Susceptibility of Pumps
• Figure 10.5 Typical Pump Performance Characteristics
• Figure 10.8 Axial Turbine Stress Factors
• Figure 10.9 Radial Turbine Stress Factors
• Figure 10.10 Typical Turbine Performance Characteristics
• Figure 11.1 Inhour Equation
• Figure 11.3 Reactor Power After Shutdown
• Figure 11.4 Propellant Required to Remove Reactor Decay Heat
• Figure 11.5 Fuel and Moderator Temperature Response to an Exponential Power Change
• Figure 12.2 Bode Plot of a Nuclear Rocket Transfer Function with Thermal Feedback
• Figure 12.3 Thermal Fluid Stability in Fuel Elements Having Parallel Flow Channels
• Figure 12.4 Thermal Fluid Stability in Particle Bed Fuel Elements
• Figure 13.3 Nuclide Production Resulting from 238U Depletion
• Figure 13.5 Transient Behavior of 135Xe During Reactor Operation and Shutdown
• Figure 13.7 Transient Behavior of 149Sm During Reactor Operation and Shutdown
• Figure 13.8 Reactor Operation with Depletion Effects
• Figure 14.5 Gamma Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients
• Figure 14.8 Radiation Attenuation in a Multilayer Shield
• Figure 15.7 Pressure Vessel Characteristics for Different Structural Materials
• Figure 15.8 Melting Points of Various Materials
• Figure 17.5 Explosive Requirements to Shock Compress Uranium
• Figure 17.8 Dynamic Response of a Nuclear Pulse Vehicle
• Figure 17.10 Planck's Black Body Radiation Spectrum
• Figure 17.13 Planck Mean Opacity for Tungsten Seeded Hydrogen
• Figure 17.14 Kelvin Helmholtz Instability
• Figure 17.15 Gas Core Nuclear Rocket Performance Characteristics
• Figure 17.22 Heat Flux Attenuation Characteristics in the Seeded Neon Buffer Layer
• Figure 17.23 Nuclear Light Bulb Performance Characteristics
• Figure A1 Fluid properties for several potential NTR propellants