What to read to become a rocket ninja.
May of these books can be found as ebooks in the team's dropbox.
Propulsion
Rocket Propulsion Elements by George Sutton
One of the best general introductions to rocket propulsion. Has chapters on nozzle flow, liquid propulsion, solid propulsion, and hybrids.
Liquid Engines
Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines by Dieter Huzel and David Huang
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An earlier version of the text, NASA SP-125, is available on the NASA Technical Reports Server.
Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D Clark
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Describes the chemistry and combustion process of many solid propellant formulas. Also includes a brief overview of nozzle flow and thrust generation.
High Power Rocketry
Modern High Power Rocketry 2 by Mark Canepa
Brings the reader through Level 1, 2, and 3 of HPR. Chock-full of information and pictures about building rockets at the HPR scale.
Topics in Advanced Model Rocketry
Materials
MMPDS Metallic Material Properties Development and Standardization by Battelle Institute and the FAA
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Discuss various forms of recovery systems. Mostly applicable to large-scale launch vehicles (L3 and larger) and spacecraft.
Structures
Composite Airframe Structures, by Michael Niu
Discusses the engineering of composite airframes, mostly relating to airplanes but relevant to rockets. Covers materials, manufacturing, joints, safety and testing.
Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, by Richard Budynas
Focuses on the engineering of reliable systems. Covers all sorts of engineering concepts, but the most useful for us is Chapter 8 which covers fasteners.
Composites Manufacturing, by A. Brent Strong
Focuses on the manufacturing of all kinds of composites. There's all sorts of cool stuff about various chemistries, and processes, and even ceramic composites.
Mechanism Design
FUNdaMENTALS by Alexander Slocum
PDF Provides an overview of the basic principles of and physics behind design with real world applications.