Since the invention of the V-2 rocket during World War II, combustion
instabilities have been recognized as one of the most difficult problems
in the development of liquid propellant rocket engines. This book is the
first published in the United States on the subject since NASA's Liquid
Rocket Combustion Instability (NASA SP-194) in 1972. In this book,
experts cover four major subject areas: engine phenomenology and case
studies, fundamental mechanisms of combustion instability, combustion
instability analysis, and engine and component testing. Especially
noteworthy is the inclusion of technical information from Russia and
China--a first.