Operating principle - Thrust of Rocket - Specific impulse of a rocket - Types of rockets - Rocket Staging - Rocket nozzle classification - Preliminary performance calculations - Air augmented rockets – Case study on rocket launch pad
Electric rocket propulsion - Electrostatic, Electro thermal, Electromagnetic thrusters - Plasma thruster of the art and future trends - Ion propulsion ‐ Performance analysis- Rocket Testing Types of test - Post accident procedures - Nuclear propulsion techniques ‐ Solar sail
Cryogenic fluids, Solids at cryogenic temperatures - Superconductivity, Recuperative - Liquefaction of natural gas - Vacuum insulation - Gas filled Powders and fibrous materials - Solid foams - Multilayer insulation - Liquid and vapour Shields - Composite insulations
Cryogenic heat exchangers - recuperative and regenerative - Variables affecting heat exchanger - system performance - Cryogenic compressors - Effect of component inefficiencies – Cryo-pumping - Cryogenic Engineering applications - Case study
Solid propellants - Thermal decomposition - combustion of nitramine - burning characteristics of propellants - chemically reacting boundary layer flows - Ignition and combustion -Droplet combustion in quiescent environments - Rates of reaction –Applications
Reference Book:
Mathur, M.L. and Sharma, R.P., ―Gas Turbine, Jet and Rocket Propulsion‖, 2nd Edition, Standard Publishers Distributors, Delhi, 2008. Rolls Royce, "Jet Engine‖, 5th Edition, Rolls Royce Technical Publications, 2005. KlauseHunecke, ―Jet Engines – Fundamentals of theory, design and operation‖, 1st Edition, the Crowood Press Ltd, 2010 S M Yahya ―Turbines, Compressors and Fans‖ Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd 4th Edition, 2011. Robert D.Zucker,OscarBiblarz, ―Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics‖ 2nd Edition ,John Wiley & Sons Inc, Print 2011
Text Book:
Hill, P.G. & Peterson, C.R. ―Mechanics & Thermodynamics of Propulsion‖ 2nd Edition Pearson publishers, 2008. Cohen, H. Rogers, G.F.C. and Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H. ―Gas Turbine Theory‖, Prentice Hall; 6th Edition, 2008.