British Reaction Research

British Amateur Liquid Rocket Engineering

Saturday, 28 October 2017

More Heat Transfer

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Here I will attempt to calculate the heat transfer from the combustion gases to the coolant of the cylindrical combustion chamber of th...
Sunday, 17 September 2017

Heat Transfer Revisited

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This post is going to deal with some tentative calculations on the quantity of heat transferred through the walls of a rocket nozzle I am ...
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Saturday, 15 October 2016

Oven Ready

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Last week I finally got around to testing the pottery kiln that I intend to use as a heat treatment oven. The tube bundle thrust chamber...
Sunday, 2 October 2016

Thank you Iain!

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You all know that the subject of this blog is amateur rocket engineering. I've always thought of myself as the most amateur of amateurs,...
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Sunday, 4 September 2016

Patently Obvious

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My internet research frequently involves trawling through old patent documents. These often provide a wealth of information, and I'd lik...
Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Dyne-ing Out

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Greetings all. What's this title all about then? Well, the dyne is a unit of force, and I am away from home...I am back out earning a li...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

Aluminium Tubes

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As a material for thrust chamber construction, aluminium is superior to stainless steel in a number of important regards. Steel is ...
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British Reaction Research
This blog describes the research, design and construction of a Liquid Rocket Engine. As such it will include information regarding the design and construction of rocket engine components. This will encompass theoretical and performance concerns, as well as machining, welding and manufacturing techniques used to overcome the various problems encountered. In addition, my interests in this direction include control and data acquisition. So there will be posts regarding electronic systems and microcontrollers. It is my hope that as well as being of interest to the rocket engine community, it should also become a repository of general amateur engineering information. I was inspired to create a blog by the groundswell of interest that I have had in my project from people I have met. I have found that their reactions tend to go from perplexity to enthusiasm rapidly! The main question most people have is not to do with the technical obstacle to be overcome. Most of those who have asked me about my project have wanted to know "Why are you doing this?" So I will try to give some answers to this and to explore my motivation to think, research, create and construct.
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