Along with the complete set of lecture notes, the following readings were assigned in the class:
Sutton, George, and Oscar Biblarz. Rocket Propulsion Elements. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 2000. ISBN: 0471326429.
Hill, Philip and Carl Peterson. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 0201146592.
Rohsenow, Warren, James Hartnett, and Young Cho. Handbook of Heat Transfer. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN: 0070535558.
McAdams, William Henry. Heat Transmission. Melbourne, FL: Krieger Publishing, 1985, pp. 82-97. ISBN: 0898748763.
Hagemann, Gerald, Hans Immich, Thong Van Nguyen, and Gennady Dumnov. "Advanced Rocket Nozzles." Journal of Propulsion and Power 14, no. 5 (September-October 1998).
Sirignano, William. "Current Status of Spray Combustion Modelling." 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20-23 2003.
Course notes.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction (PDF) |
| 2 |
Rocket Nozzles and Thrust (PDF) |
| 3 |
Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics (PDF) |
| 4-5 |
Nozzle Design: Method of Characteristics (PDF) |
| 6 |
Effects of Particles in Nozzle Flow (PDF) |
| 7 |
Convective Heat Transfer: Reynolds Analogy (PDF) |
| 8 |
Convective Heat Transfer: Other Effects (PDF) |
| 9 |
Liquid Cooling (PDF) |
| 10 |
Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling (PDF) |
| 11 |
Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling (PDF - 1 MB) |
| 12 |
Review of Equilibrium Thermochemistry (PDF) |
| 13 |
Examples of Chemical Equilibrium (PDF) |
| 14 |
Non-Equilibrium Flows (PDF) |
| 15 |
Selection of Propellant Mixtures (PDF) |
| 16 |
Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints (PDF) |
| 17-18 |
Solid Propellants: Other Topics (PDF) |
| 19 |
Liquid Propellants (PDF) |
| 20 |
Combustion of Liquid Propellants (PDF) |
| 21 |
Liquid Motors: Injection and Mixing (PDF) |
| 22 |
Liquid Motors: Stability (Low Frequency) (PDF) |
| 23 |
Liquid Motors: Stability (High Frequency); Acoustics (PDF) |
| 24 |
Pressurization and Pump Cycles (PDF) |
| 25 |
Basic Turbomachine Performance (PDF) |
| 26 |
Turbopumps (PDF) |
| 27 |
Turbines (PDF) |
| 28 |
Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery (PDF) |
| 29 |
Rotordynamics Problems (PDF) |
| 30 |
Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine (PDF) |
| 31 |
Active Control of Rockets |
| 32 |
Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging (PDF) |
| 33 |
Performance to LEO (PDF) |
| 34 |
Performance to GEO (PDF) |
| 35-36 |
Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space (PDF) |
| 37 |
Future Developments (PDF) |
