UNIT 1:
Operating principle - Thrust of Rocket
Specific impulse of a rocket
Types of rockets - Rocket Staging
Rocket nozzle classification
Preliminary performance calculations
UNIT 2:
Electric rocket propulsion
Electrostatic, Electro thermal, Electromagnetic thrusters
Plasma thruster of the art and future trends
Ion propulsion †Performance analysis
Rocket Testing Types of tests
Nuclear propulsion techniques
UNIT 3:
Cryogenic fluids, Solids at cryogenic temperatures
Superconductivity, Recuperative
Liquefaction of natural gas - Vacuum insulation
Gas filled Powders and fibrous materials
Liquid and vapour Shields
UNIT 4:
Cryogenic heat exchangers - recuperative and regenerative
Variables affecting heat exchanger - system performance
Effect of component inefficiencies
Cryogenic Engineering applications
UNIT 5:
Thermal decomposition - combustion of nitramine
Burning characteristics of propellants
Chemically reacting boundary layer flows
Droplet combustion in quiescent environments
Rates of reaction –Applications
