Rocket Propulsion detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aero 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 Aeronautical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aero 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Aero Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of rocket propulsion is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTERNAL BALLISTICS OF ROCKETS
Reaction principle – Rocket performance parameters – specific impulse – Schematic diagrams of solid, liquid and hybrid rocket propulsion systems – Equilibrium chamber pressure – Thrust equation – Characteristic velocity and thrust coefficient – Rocket performance assessment
Unit II
SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION
Selection criteria of solid propellants – Types of solid propellants – Propellant ingredients – Solid propellant regression rate and factors influencing the regression rate – Solid propellant grain configurations – Progressive, regressive and neutral burning of grains- Solid rocket igniters – Basics of solid propellant combustion and combustion instability – Erosive burning – Pressure and regression rate relationship
Unit III
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Unit IV
HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION
Standard and reverse hybrid systems – Combustion mechanism in hybrid rockets -Limitations and applications of hybrid rockets – Solid grain configurations in hybrid rockets-Solid grain regression rate behavior along the grain length – Local regression rate estimation – Material combinations for hybrid rocket propellants- Estimation of hybrid rocket performance – Performance comparison with solid and liquid rocket systems
Unit V
STAGING AND STEERING OF ROCKETS
Need for multi-staging of rocket vehicles – different types of multi-staging – staging optimization methods – estimation of staging performance – stage separation methods in atmosphere and in space -steering methods for rockets – aerodynamic control based steering – types – merits and limitations – jet control based steering – thrust vector control methods – merits and limitations of these methods
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course students
- will explain the basic principles and develop interest to join aerospace industry as a scientist/engineer
- will be able to develop skills and apply them for conceptual designs of rocket propulsion systems as a design team member
- will be able to evaluate the performance parameters of rocket propulsion systems and can suggest alternate designs if needed
- will be able to decribe the advanced technology concepts like cryogenic rocket technology and be able to create preliminary designs of solid-cryogenic multi-stage configurations
- will be able to adapt himself/herself to aerospace industry by the acquired knowledge and apply skills in the preliminary design of rocket subsystems
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Martin J. Chiaverini and Kenneth K. Kuo, “Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion”, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2007.
- Ramamurthi K, “Rocket Propulsion”, Macmillian publishers India Ltd, 1st edition, 2010.
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