ROCKET PROPULSION Total Contact Hours-60 Prerequisite AS1018 leo|— leole> |AS1002 Aero Thermodynamics AS10411 Aerodynamics-Il PURPOSE 1. To familiarize the students on the fundamental concepts of rocket propulsion land some advanced rocket propulsion techniques. 2. To understand chemical rocket system hardware and its functions. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES .|To study the basic principles and applications of rocket propulsion. To know the choice of propellants and basic performance parameters in “ |chemical propellants and propulsion systems. To know the electric rocket propulsion and advanced rocket propulsion * |techniques. UNIT I-FUNDAMENTALS OF ROCKET PROPULSION (12hours) History and evolution of rockets. Rocket equation, Definitions. Performance parameters, Staging and Clustering, Classification of rockets. Rocket nozzle and performance, Nozzle area ratio, conical nozzle and contour nozzle, Under and over expanded nozzles. Flow separation in nozzles, unconventional nozzles. Mass flow rate, Characteristic velocity, Thrust coefficient, Efficiencies, Specific impulse Numerical problems. UNIT II-CHEMICAL PROPELLANTS (12 hours) Molecular mass, specific heat ratio, Energy release during combustion, Stoichiometry & mixture ratio, Criterion for choice of propellant, Solid propellants, requirement, composition and processing. Liquid propellants, energy content, storability, Types and classifications. Numerical problems UNIT IIl-SOLID PROPULSION SYSTEMS (12 hours) Classifications- Booster stage and upper stage rockets. Hardware components and functions. Propellant grain configuration and applications. Burn rate, burn rate index for stable operation, mechanism of burning, ignition and igniter types. Action time and burn time. Factors influencing burn rates. Thrust vector control. Numerical problems. 113 Aero-Engg&Tech-SRM-2013UNIT IV-LIQUID PROPULSION SYSTEMS (12 hours) Classifications- Booster stage and upper stage rockets, Hardware components and functions. Thrust chamber and its cooling, injectors and types, Propellant feed systems. Turbo pumps. Bi - propellant rockets. Mono propellant thrusters, Cryogenic propulsion system, special features of cryogenic systems. Numerical problems. UNIT V-ADVANCE PROPULSION TECHNIQUES (12 hours) Hybrid propellants and gelled propellants. Electrical rockets, types and working principle. Nuclear rockets, Solar sail, Concepts of some advance propulsion systems. Numerical problems. TEXT BOOKS 1. Ramamurthi.K:Rocket propulsion. Macmillan Publishing Co, India. First edition. 2010. 2. Hill.P.G. and Peterson.C.R: Mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion 2” edition Pearson Education.1999. REFERENCE 1. Sutton.G.P.and Biblarz.0.: Rocket propulsion elements. Wiley India Pvt Ltd.7" edition 2003, AS1018 ROCKET PROPULSION Course designed by Department of Aerospace Engineering 4. |Student Outcome bpietjd 2 fTothTifitk ‘Mapping of|1-3 1-3 instructional objectives with student outcome General | Basic | Engineering Sciences | Professional 3. |Category (G)__|Sciences(B)|_and Technical Arts (E)_| Subjects(P) x 4, |Broad Area Aerodynamics Propulsion Aircraft Structures General 5. [Approval 23" meeting of Academic Council, May 2013 114 Aero-Engg&Tech-SRM-2013