Suggestions about beginning with Rocket Science

[kdrdgn07]

Hello everyone. I want to be interest in rockets. How I begin? Which books are I have to read? I'm also interesting with aircraft. Especially unmanned aircrafts. I have a little bit aerodynamic infrastructure. I'm waiting your answers. Thank you.

 

[berkeman]

What is your background so far? What year are you in school? Is there a local hobby model rocketry club at your school or nearby?

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[kdrdgn07]

What is your background so far? What year are you in school? Is there a local hobby model rocketry club at your school or nearby?

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I'm studying mechanical engineering but My interest in area is space and aviation. I love dealing with space and astronomy and I want to work these areas. It's not hobby. I want to specialize in these areas.

 

[berkeman]

I'm studying mechanical engineering but My interest in area is space and aviation. I love dealing with space and astronomy and I want to work these areas. It's not hobby. I want to specialize in these areas.

So you are in university now? Does the university have an Aeronautical Engineering program?

 

[kdrdgn07]

So you are in university now? Does the university have an Aeronautical Engineering program?

No. As ı said I am studying mechanical engineering. Unfortunately It hasn't. I am related with these areas. I am studying "Aircraft Design" book, (author: Daniel P. Raymer) and I want to specialize about rockets.

 

[boneh3ad]

The good news is that aerospace engineering is really just a subset of mechanical engineering, so you are in the right track. Your university almost certainly has a course for compressible flow, so make sure you take that, as it will explain a lot about the fluid dynamics involved with rockets. If they have any other electives like combustion or propulsion, just take those. As long as you can take a few suitable electives, aerospace companies will need just as many mechanical engineers as they do aerospace engineers. Alternatively, you could go to graduate school elsewhere for aerospace engineering.

 

[Dani M]

I'm in 8th-grade rn. I watched a few documentaries that encouraged me to go into the field of rocket science. Please tell me what books I'm supposed to read and what to do

 

[berkeman]

I'm in 8th-grade rn. I watched a few documentaries that encouraged me to go into the field of rocket science. Please tell me what books I'm supposed to read and what to do

Welcome to PF.

Are there any amateur rocket clubs in your area? Just as we told the Original Poster above (the person who started this thread a few years ago), joining a rocket club can be a great first step in this field.

 

[Muu9]

OP, You should read "Introduction to Flight" by John Anderson. It might be a bit simple given your MechE background, but it also contains a lot of the history of aerospace engineering

I'm in 8th-grade rn. I watched a few documentaries that encouraged me to go into the field of rocket science. Please tell me what books I'm supposed to read and what to do

Besides joining your local rocketry club, you might consider playing Kerbal Space Program, and getting the Ferram Aerospace mod, and other realism mods. Anything more advanced is going to require lots of math (check out the art of problem solving books)