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FMTH0301/Rev.5.2
Course Plan
2. By the end of the session students are able to explain the working principle of rocket, and
illustrate the nozzle performance.
3. By the end of the session students are able to select the appropriate propellants to get the
required performance for rockets.
4. By the end of the session students are able to evaluate the performance characteristics of
propellants .
5. By the end of the session students are able to compare the different modes of instability in
combustion of propellant, and evaluating with current trends in electrical rockets.
evaluating with
current trends in
electrical rockets.
Course Content
Content Hrs
Unit - 1
Chapter No. 1 - BACKGROUND AND REQUIREMENTS 12.00 hrs
Introduction, Motion of bodies in space, parameters describing motion of bodies,
frame of reference Impulse, force, universal law for gravitational force, motion in
rotating frame of reference, pseudo-centrifugal force Orbits, orbit velocities,
orbital period, geosynchronous and geostationary orbits, eccentricity and
inclination, polar, sun-synchronous and other orbits Energy requirements for orbit,
escape velocity, orbital and suborbital flight, state of weightlessness under free
fall.
Unit - 2
Chapter No. 2 - ROCKET PRINCIPLE 18.00 hrs
Means of achieving orbit, Motion of a sled initially at rest Motion of giant squids,
Rocket principle and Rocket equation Mass ratio of rocket, desirable parameters to
achieve high velocities, propulsive efficiency Performance parameters of a rocket,
staging and clustering, classification of rockets. NOZZLES : Rocket nozzles:
Expansion of gases from high pressure chamber, efflux velocity, shape of nozzle
Convergent divergent nozzle, choking, variation of parameters in nozzle
Expansion ratio of nozzles, Performance loss in nozzles Under-expanded and over-
expanded nozzles, flow separation,Contour nozzles, adapted nozzles and
unconventional nozzles,mass flow rates and characteristic velocities Thrust
developed by a rocket, thrust coefficient, vacuum and sea level specific impulse,
Gridded ion thrusters, neutralization and thrust limitations, Hall effect thrusters
Choice of parameters for electrical thrusters, specific mass and optimum efflux
velocity, Current trends in electrical rockets.
Chapterwise Plan
Learning Outcomes:-
At the end of the topic the student should be able to:
1 Define the space environment, and Identify the various types of CO1 L1,L2
space orbital systems.
Lesson Schedule
Lecture No. - Portion covered per hour Planned Actual
Delivery Date Delivery Date
1. Introduction, Motion of bodies in space, parameters
describing motion of bodies
1. frame of reference Impulse s
2. force, universal law for gravitational force, motion in
rotating frame of reference
3. pseudo-centrifugal force Orbits
4. orbit velocities, orbital period
5. geosynchronous and geostationary orbits
6. eccentricity and inclination, polar
7. sun-synchronous and other orbits Energy requirements for
orbit
Learning Outcomes:-
At the end of the topic the student should be able to:
1 Explain the basic concept of rocket principle, and Illustrate the CO2 L2
different stages in Nozzle Performance.
Lesson Schedule
Lecture No. - Portion covered per hour Planned Actual
Delivery Date Delivery Date
1. ROCKET PRINCIPLE: Means of achieving orbit
2. Motion of a sled initially at rest Motion of giant squids
3. Rocket principle and Rocket equation Mass ratio of rocket
4. desirable parameters to achieve high velocities
5. propulsive efficiency Performance parameters of a rocket
6. staging and clustering
7. classification of rockets.
8. NOZZLES : Rocket nozzles: Expansion of gases from
high pressure chamber, efflux velocity
9. shape of nozzle Convergent divergent nozzle, choking
10. variation of parameters in nozzle Expansion ratio of
nozzles
11. Performance loss in nozzles Under-expanded and over-
expanded nozzles, flow separation
12. Contour nozzles, adapted nozzles and unconventional
nozzles
13. mass flow rates and characteristic velocities Thrust
developed by a rocket
Learning Outcomes:-
At the end of the topic the student should be able to:
Lesson Schedule
Lecture No. - Portion covered per hour Planned Actual
Delivery Date Delivery Date
1. Chemical propellants: Choice from considerations of
molecular mass
2. specific heats, specific heat ratios
3. temperature and pressure Choice of chemical propellants
4. heats of formation, moles and mixture ratio
5. choice of mixture ratio Calculation of heat of combustion,
temperature
6. molecular mass and rocket performance parameters Solid
propellants
7. Double base, composite
8. composite modified double base and nitramine propellants
Liquid propellants
9. Energy content and classification
10. Earth storable and space storable propellants
11. hypergolic and other features
12. hybrid propellants Influence of dissociation on propellant
performance
13. frozen and equilibrium analysis.
14. REVISION
15. TEST
Learning Outcomes:-
At the end of the topic the student should be able to:
1 Analyze the calorific value for solid and liquid propellants , and CO4 L4
comparing their Rate of burning.
Lesson Schedule
Lecture No. - Portion covered per hour Planned Actual
Delivery Date Delivery Date
1. propellant rockets: burn rate of double base and composite
propellants
2. parameters influencing burn rates Choice of burn rates for
stable operation Propellant grain configurations
3. design of solid propellant rocket Ignition of solid
propellant rockets
4. ignition problems and solutions Characteristic burn times
and action times of solid propellant rockets
5. variation of burn rates with rocket size, erosive burning
6. components of solid propellant rocket
7. LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKETS: Introduction to
liquid propellant rockets, propellant feed systems
8. cycles of operation, gas generator
9. topping/staged combustion cycle, expander and other
cycles
10. factors influencing choice of cycle Thrust chamber
11. injector types,
12. combustion chamber Calculation of efficiency of liquid
Learning Outcomes:-
At the end of the topic the student should be able to:
Lesson Schedule
Lecture No. - Portion covered per hour Planned Actual
Delivery Date Delivery Date
1. Combustion instability in rockets; illustration through
examples
2. bulk and wave modes of instability Modeling of bulk mode
of instability in solid and liquid propellant rockets.
3. Electrical rockets: electrical and magnetic fields
4. electro-thermal, arc-jet
5. electrostatic and electromagnetic thrusters Gridded ion
thrusters
6. neutralization and thrust limitations
7. Hall effect thrusters Choice of parameters for electrical
thrusters
8. specific mass and optimum efflux velocity
9. Current trends in electrical rockets.
10. REVISION
11. TEST