This page cover the following topics related to
Propulsion : Introduction, Rocket Nozzles and Thrust, Ideal Nozzle Fluid
Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative
Cooling, Film Cooling, Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling, Review of
Equilibrium Thermochemistry, Non-Equilibrium Flows, Selection of Propellant
Mixtures, Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints, Solid Propellants:
Other Topics, Liquid Propellants, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, Liquid
Motors, Acoustics, Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Basic Turbomachine
Performance, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery,
Rotordynamics Problems, Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine,
Active Control of Rockets, Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging, Performance to
LEO, Performance to GEO, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space, Future
Developments.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
This note covers
introduction to spacecraft Propulsion, Basic propulsion equations, Spacecraft
propulsion systems survey and spacecraft propulsion system selection.
This page cover the following topics related to
Propulsion : Introduction, Rocket Nozzles and Thrust, Ideal Nozzle Fluid
Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative
Cooling, Film Cooling, Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling, Review of
Equilibrium Thermochemistry, Non-Equilibrium Flows, Selection of Propellant
Mixtures, Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints, Solid Propellants:
Other Topics, Liquid Propellants, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, Liquid
Motors, Acoustics, Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Basic Turbomachine
Performance, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery,
Rotordynamics Problems, Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine,
Active Control of Rockets, Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging, Performance to
LEO, Performance to GEO, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space, Future
Developments.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
This note explains the following
topics:Introduction to Aircraft Jet Propulsion, Jet Engine Cycles :
Thermodynamic Analysis of real cycles, Compressors and Turbines, Combustion
Systems, Intakes and Propelling Nozzles, Aircraft Engine Installed Performance,
Sizing and Matching, Ramjets, Scramjets and Pulsejets.
Author(s): Prof.
Bhaskar Roy and Prof. A M Pradeep
This note covers the following
topics: Operational Envelopes, Standard Atmosphere, Air-breathing Engines,
Aircraft Performance, Rocket Engines, Gas Dynamics, H-K Diagram, Normal shock
wave, Flow with heat addition, Flow with friction, Mach Train and Pseudo-shock,
Brayton Cycle, Parametric Cycle Analysis, Ramjet, Turbojet, Turbofan.