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The Reliability of Multiple Rocket Engines*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Gillian Ruston
Gillian Ruston*
Affiliation:
Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Westcott
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Summary

In assessing the merits of multiple versus single engines the possibility of a loss in reliability due to the use of more working parts must be considered. This paper gives a mathematical treatment of this problem and numerical examples illustrate the method.

Type
Research Article
Information
Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 1960 , pp. 371 - 386
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1960

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Correspondence on this paper is especially invited by the Editor

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* Correspondence on this paper is especially invited by the Editor