Aerospace Propulsion-II detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Aerospace Engg students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aerospace Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aerospace Engg 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of aerospace propulsion-ii is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF HYPERSONIC PROPULSION
Introduction – Thermodynamic Closed Cycle Analysis – First Law Analysis – Stream Thrust Analysis – Compression Components – Burner Entry Pressure – Fuel-Air Mixing – Combined Mixing and Chemical Kinetics – Supersonic combustion and Scramjet Propulsion.
Unit II
SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION
Propulsion Elements for Solid Rocket Motors – Solid Propellant Grain Design – Prediction and Measurement of Specific Impulse – Solid Propellant Combustion and Internal Ballistics of Motors -Plume, Signal Interference and Plume Signature – Structural Analysis of Propellant Grains -Safety Characteristics of Solid Propellants and Hazards of Solid Rocket Motors.
Unit III
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Unit IV
HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION
Conventional bi-propellant systems – high regression rate fuels – O/F shift – Scale-up tests -Regression rate analysis – Review of Solid-Fuel Regression Rate Behaviour in Classical and Nonclassical Hybrid Rocket Motors – Mechanisms and Measurement Techniques of Solid-Fuel Pyrolysis Phenomena and Regression Rate – Analytical Models – Vortex Injection – High-Speed Flow Effects – Combustion Instability and Transient Behaviour – Similarity and Scaling Effects.
Unit V
ELECTRICAL ROCKET PROPULSION
Introduction – Electrostatic Propellant Acceleration – Bombardment Ionization – Plane Diode -Electrostatic Thruster Performance – Arcjet – Pulsed-Magnetoplasma Accelerators – Laser Propulsion-Different Types, Advantages and Applications.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Explain hypersonic propulsion systems and their application to aerospace vehicles.
- Describe the traditional propulsion concepts, including liquid, solid, hybrid, ion, and thermal rockets.
- Apply the applications and principles of solid, liquid, and hybrid rocket propulsion systems.
- Explain the performances of various rocket propulsion systems.
- Apply the concepts of electrical propulsion in rocket
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Heiser, W. H. and Pratt, D. T., “Hypersonic Air Breathing Propulsion”, AIAA, 1994.
- Hill P. G., and Peterson C. R., “Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion”, Pearson Education, 2nd Ed., 2009.
- Oates G. C., “Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components”, AIAA Education Series, 1985.
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