This page cover the following topics related to
Propulsion : Introduction, Rocket Nozzles and Thrust, Ideal Nozzle Fluid
Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative
Cooling, Film Cooling, Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling, Review of
Equilibrium Thermochemistry, Non-Equilibrium Flows, Selection of Propellant
Mixtures, Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints, Solid Propellants:
Other Topics, Liquid Propellants, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, Liquid
Motors, Acoustics, Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Basic Turbomachine
Performance, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery,
Rotordynamics Problems, Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine,
Active Control of Rockets, Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging, Performance to
LEO, Performance to GEO, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space, Future
Developments.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
This page cover the following topics related to
Propulsion : Introduction, Rocket Nozzles and Thrust, Ideal Nozzle Fluid
Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative
Cooling, Film Cooling, Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling, Review of
Equilibrium Thermochemistry, Non-Equilibrium Flows, Selection of Propellant
Mixtures, Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints, Solid Propellants:
Other Topics, Liquid Propellants, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, Liquid
Motors, Acoustics, Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Basic Turbomachine
Performance, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery,
Rotordynamics Problems, Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine,
Active Control of Rockets, Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging, Performance to
LEO, Performance to GEO, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space, Future
Developments.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
This note explains the following
topics:Introduction to Aircraft Jet Propulsion, Jet Engine Cycles :
Thermodynamic Analysis of real cycles, Compressors and Turbines, Combustion
Systems, Intakes and Propelling Nozzles, Aircraft Engine Installed Performance,
Sizing and Matching, Ramjets, Scramjets and Pulsejets.
Author(s): Prof.
Bhaskar Roy and Prof. A M Pradeep
This note
focuses on chemical rocket propulsion systems for launch, orbital, and
interplanetary flight. It teaches the modeling of solid, liquid-bipropellant,
and hybrid rocket engines. Topics covered includes: Rocket Nozzles and Thrust,
Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer,
Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling,
Selection of Propellant Mixtures, Solid Propellants, Liquid Propellants,
Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Liquid Motors, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical
Design of Turbomachinery, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space.