Operating principle - Thrust of Rocket - Specific impulse of a rocket - Types of rockets - Rocket Staging - Rocket nozzle classification - Preliminary performance calculations - Air augmented rockets – A 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:
1. Mathur, M.L. and Sharma, R.P., ―Gas Turbine, Jet and Rocket Propulsion‖, 2nd Edition, Standard Publishers Distributors, Delhi, 2008. 2. Rolls Royce, "Jet Engine‖, 5th Edition, Rolls Royce Technical Publications, 2005. 3. KlauseHunecke, ―Jet Engines – Fundamentals of theory, design and operation‖, 1st Edition, the Crowood Press Ltd, 2010 4. S M Yahya ―Turbines, Compressors and Fans‖ Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd 4th Edition, 2011. 5. Robert D.Zucker,OscarBiblarz, ―Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics‖ 2nd Edition ,John Wiley & Sons Inc, Print 2011
Text Book:
1. Hill, P.G. & Peterson, C.R. ―Mechanics & Thermodynamics of Propulsion‖ 2nd Edition Pearson Publishers, 2008. 2. Cohen, H. Rogers, G.F.C. and Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H. ―Gas Turbine Theory‖, Prentice Hall; 6th Edition, 2008
