15as307 Rocket Propulsion Lesson Plan

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15AS307 ROCKET PROPULSION L T P C

3 0 0 3
Co-requisite: Nil
Prerequisite: 15AS301J, 15AS304
Data Book/ Gas Tables
Codes/Standards
Course Category P PROFESSIONAL CORE PROPULSION
Course designed by Department of Aerospace Engineering

PURPOSE
To familiarize the students on the fundamental concepts of rocket propulsion and some
advanced rocket propulsion techniques.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES STUDENT OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, student will be able to
1. Understand the basic principles of rocket propulsion. a e
2. Analyze the choice of propellants and basic performance parameters of a e
chemical propellants.
3. Design and Analyze the various chemical propulsion systems a e
4. Understand the working of advanced rocket propulsion techniques a e

Lecture Date Topics Instructional Student Referen


No objectives outcome ce
1 3-Jan-18 History and evolution of rockets 1 a,e 1
2 3-Jan-18 introduction and classification 1 a,e 1
of rockets
3 10-Jan-18 Performance parameters of 1 a,e 1
Rocket and Numerical
Problems
4 10-Jan-18 Derivation of Rocket Equation 1 a,e 1
5 17-Jan-18 Numerical on performance 1 a,e 1
parameters of Rocket
6 19-Jan-18 Energies and efficiency 1 a,e 1
7 22-Jan-18 Staging and clustering of 1 a,e 1
rockets
8 22-Jan-18 Numericals on efficiencies of 1 a,e 1
rocket
9 23-Jan-18 Numericals on staging of rocket 1 a,e 1
10 29-Jan-18 Classification of nozzles and it's 1 a,e 1
design
11 30-Jan-18 Nozzle performance parameters 2 a,e 1
12 30-Jan-18 Numerical problems on nozzle 2 a,e 1
design and performance
13 5-Feb-18 Criteria for selection of 2 a,e 1
propellants
14 6-Feb-18 balancing of equation for 2 a,e 1
Complete and incomplete
combustion, Mixture ratio,
mass fraction.
15 6-Feb-18 Numerical related to balancing 2 a,e 1
of equation for Complete and
incomplete combustion,
Mixture ratio, mass fraction of
reactants and products.
16 7-Feb-18 Heat of formation and heat of 2 a,e 1
combustion and related
numerical.
17 13-Feb-18 Liquid propellants- energy 2 a,e 1
content, storability.
18 13-Feb-18 Solid propellants - requirement, 2 a,e 1
composition and processing.
19 20-Feb-18 Cycle test 1 2 a,e 1
20 20-Feb-18 Cycle test 1 2 a,e 1
21 21-Feb-18 Solid propulsion system, 2 a,e 1
components and classification
of propellant grain
22 27-Feb-18 Burn rate and the parameters 2 a,e 1
affecting burn rate.
23 27-Feb-18 Numerical on solid propellant 2 a,e 1
rocket
24 6-Mar-18 Pyrotechnic and pyrogenic 2 a,e 1
ignitor
25 7-Mar-18 Numerical problems on 2 a,e 1
chamber pressure of rocket
26 7-Mar-18 Phases of ignition process and 2 a,e 1
location of ignitor for various
grain configurations
27 13-Mar-18 Liquid propulsion system 2 a,e 1
28 14-Mar-18 Pressure feed system and 2 a,e 1
related numerical
29 15-Mar-18 Mass flow and volume flow 2 a,e 1
calculation in liquid propulsion
system
30 20-Mar-18 Injector classification and 2 a,e 1
design
31 21-Mar-18 Numerical on injector design 2 a,e 1
32 27-Mar-18 Numerical on pressure feed 2 a,e 1
system and cryogenic
propulsion
33 28-Mar-18 Electro thermal thruster 2 a,e 1
34 28-Mar-18 Electro static thruster ion 3 a,e 2
thruster and hall effect thruster
35 5-Apr-18 Electromagnetic thruster and 3 a,e 2
nuclear propulsion systems

LEARNING RESOURCES
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ramamurthi.K, “Rocket propulsion”, Laxmi Publications, India, Second edition 2016.
2. George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz, “Rocket propulsion elements”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd. eighth
Edition 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS/OTHER READING MATERIAL
3. Philip Hill and Carl Peterson, “Mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion”, Pearson
India, second edition 2010.
4. Stephen R. Turns, “An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications”, McGraw-
Hill Education, third Edition , 2011.
Faculty members handling

Section Faculty Name Signature

A G.Saravanan

B A.Vinoth Kumar

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