Lecture 22 of 36Week 8
Design Aspects of Solid Propellant Rockets.
Prof. K. Ramamurthi and Prof. P.A. Ramakrishna · IIT Madras
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All the lectures
- Introduction
- Motion in Space
- Rotational Frame of Reference and Orbital Velocities
- Velocity Requirements
- Theory of rocket propulsion
- Rocket Equation and Staging of Rockets
- Review of Rocket Principles: Propulsion Efficiency
- Examples Illustrating Theory of Rocket Propulsion and Introduction to Nozzles.
- Theory of Nozzles
- Nozzle Shape
- Area Ratio of Nozzles: Under Expansion and Over Expansion
- Characteristic Velocity and Thrust Coefficient
- Divergence Loss in Conical Nozzles and the Bell Nozzles
- Unconventional Nozzles and Problems in Nozzles
- Criterion for Choice of Chemical Propellants
- Choice of Fuel-Rich Propellants
- Performance Prediction Analysis
- Factors Influencing Choice of Chemical Propellants
- Low energy liquid propellants and Hybrid propellants Chap 5: Solid Propellant Rockets
- Introduction to Solid Propellant Rockets
- Burn Rate of Solid Propellants and Equilibrium Pressure in Solid Propellant Rockets.
- Design Aspects of Solid Propellant Rockets.
- Burning Surface Area of Solid Propellant Grains.
- Ignition of Solid Propellant Rockets.
- Review of Solid Propellant Rockets.
- Feed Systems for Liquid Propellant Rockets.
- Feed System Cycles for Pump Fed Liquid Propellant Rockets.
- Analysis of Gas Generator and Staged combustion cycles and introduction to injectors
- Injectors, Cooling of Chambers and Mixture Ratio Distribution
- Efficiencies due to mixture ratio distribution and incomplete vaporization.
- Pumps and Turbines: Propellant Feed System at Zero “g” Conditions.
- Review of Liquid Bi-propellant Rockets and Introduction to Mono-propellant Rockets.
- Introduction to Hybrid Rockets and a Simple Illustration of Combustion instability in Liquid Propellant Rockets.
- Principles of Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Rockets.
- Electrical Thrusters.
- Electrical and Nuclear Rockets; Advanced Propulsion.