UNIT 1:
Rocket system components and functions
Rocket performance parameters
Newton’s laws applied to rockets
History and evolution of rockets
Rocket propulsion system overview
Classification of rockets and missiles
Applications in space, and research
UNIT 2:
Drag and lift in missiles
Combustion and nozzle design basics
Propulsion performance estimation
Combustion and nozzle design basics
Propulsion performance estimation
Liquid propellant rocket systems
Shape and stability considerations
Supersonic and hypersonic flow features
UNIT 3:
Single-stage rocket systems
Multistage rocket systems
Optimum stage configuration
Payload ratio and mass fraction
Rocket equation and velocity increment
Atmospheric and vacuum flight phases
Rocket trajectory and range
Guidance laws and target tracking
Guidance laws and target tracking