Welcome to the Course

16AE5204 -
Advanced Propulsion
Introduction to Syllabus
UNIT I RAMJET AND SCRAMJET PROPULSION

UNIT II INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPULSION

AND NOZZLES

UNIT III SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION

UNIT IV LIQUID ROCKET PROPULSION

UNIT V ADVANCED PROPULSION TECHNIQUES

 UNIT - I Operating principle of ramjet engine – Various
components of ramjet engines and their

RAMJET AND efficiencies – Combustion in ramjet engine –

Modes of operation -Ramjet engine and its

SCRAMJET performance characteristics – Sample ramjet

design calculations – Flame stability problems

PROPULSION in ramjet combustors. Introduction to

hypersonic air breathing propulsion, need for

10 Hours supersonic combustion for hypersonic

propulsion – Scramjet engine and its
applications for hypersonic vehicles –
Problems associated with supersonic
combustion - Various types scramjet
combustors – Fuel injection schemes in
scramjet combustors
 UNIT II Operating principle of a rocket –
INTRODUCTION TO Specific impulse of a rocket –
Internal ballistics – Types of igniters
CHEMICAL ROCKET – Air augmented rockets – Pulse
PROPULSION AND rocket motors - Nozzles - Isentropic
flow through nozzles - Convergent
NOZZLES nozzles and nozzle choking - Nozzle
throat conditions. Effect of back
9 Hours pressure in nozzles- Classification of
rocket nozzles
 UNIT III Selection criteria of solid propellants
SOLID ROCKET – Estimation of solid propellant
adiabatic flame temperature -
PROPULSION Propellant grain design
9 Hours considerations – Erosive burning in
solid propellant rockets –
Combustion instability – Strand
burner and T-burner – Applications
and advantages of solid propellant
rockets.
 Selection of liquid propellants –
Various feed systems and injectors
for liquid propellant rockets -Thrust
UNIT IV control and cooling in liquid
LIQUID ROCKET propellant rockets and the
associated heat transfer problems –
PROPULSION Combustion instability in liquid

9 Hours propellant rockets – Peculiar

problems associated with operation
of cryogenic engines - Introduction
to hybrid rocket propulsion
 UNIT V
Electric rocket propulsion– Types of
ADVANCED electric propulsion techniques - Ion
PROPULSION propulsion – Nuclear rocket –
Future applications of electric
TECHNIQUES propulsion systems - Solar sail
8 Hours
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ENGINES
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