Basics of Rockets & Missiles detailed Syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (AERO), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU AERO 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Aeronautical Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Open Elective-A) subjects refer to Open Elective-A Scheme. The detail syllabus for basics of rockets & missiles is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Introduction: Space launch Vehicles and military missiles, function, types, role, mission, mission profile, thrust profile, propulsion system, payload, staging, control and guidance requirements, performance measures, design, construction, operation, similarities and differences. Some famous space launch vehicles and strategic missiles.
Module 2
Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Systems: Solid Propellant rocket motors, principal features, applications. Solid propellants, types, composition, properties, performance. Propellant grain, desirable properties, grain configuration, preparation, loading, structural design of grain. Liners, insulators and inhibitors, function, requirements, materials. Rocket motor casing-materials. Nozzles, types, design, construction, thermal protection. Igniters, types, construction. Description of modern solid boosters I) Space Shuttle SRB, II)the Arienne SRB Liquid Propellant Rocket Motor Systems: Liquid propellants, types, composition, properties, performance. Propellant tanks, feed systems, pressurization, turbo-pumps, valves and feed lines, injectors, starting and ignition. Engine cooling, support structure. Control of engine starting and thrust build up, system calibration, integration and optimisation-safety and environmental concerns. Description of the space shuttle main engine. Propellant slosh, propellant hammer, geysering effect in cryogenic rocket engines.
Module 3
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Module 4
Launch Vehicle Dynamics: Tsiolskovsky’s rocket equation, range in the absence of gravity, vertical motion in the earth’s gravitational field, inclined motion, flight path at constant pitch angle, motion in the atmosphere, the gravity turn-the culmination altitude, multi staging. Earth launch trajectories-vertical segment, the gravity turn, constant pitch trajectory, orbital injection. Actual launch vehicle trajectories, types. Examples, the Mu 3-S-II, Ariane, Pegasus launchers. Reusable launch vehicles, future launchers, launch assist technologies. Attitude Control of Rockets and Missiles: Rocket Thrust Vector Control-Methods of Thrusts Vector Control for solid and liquid propulsion systems, thrust magnitude control, thrust termination; stage separation dynamics, separation techniques.
Module 5
Rocket Testing: Ground Testing and Flight Testing, Types of Tests facilities and safeguards, monitoring and control of toxic materials, instrumentation and data management. Ground Testing, Flight Testing, Trajectory monitoring, post -accident procedures. Description of a typical space launch vehicle launch procedure. Materials: Criteria for selection of materials for rockets and missiles, requirements for choice of materials for propellant tanks, liners, insulators, inhibitors, at cryogenic temperatures, requirements of materials at extremely high temperatures, requirements of materials for thermal protection and for pressure vessels.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Rocket Propulsion Element George P Sutton and Oscar Biblarz John Wiley and Sons Inc 7th edition, 2010
- Missile Aerodynamics Jack N Neilson AIAA 1st edition, 1988
Reference Books:
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