| Course Name | Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion |
| Course Code | 23AEE352 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Principle of Rocket Propulsion – Rocket Equation – Application of rocket equation to the optimization of rocket trajectory
– Development of Thrust – Nozzle Design – Effect of Atmosphere – Thermodynamic Thrust Equation – Characteristic Velocity – Performance Parameters.
Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine – Cryogenic and Semi-cryogenic Engines – Basic Configuration – Types of Propellants – Propellant Feed Systems – Combustion of Liquid Propellants – Injectors and Thrust Chambers – Combustion Instability – Solid Propellant Fundamentals – Types of Solid Propellants – Propellant Processing and Manufacture – Grain Configuration – Igniter Hardware – Combustion of Solid Propellants – Hybrid Rocket Engines – Classification of missiles – Components of missiles – Drag estimation – Introduction to guidance of missiles – Rocket dispersion.
Electric Propulsion: Electrothermal and Electromagnetic Thrusters, Applications of Electric Propulsion, Electric Power Generation – Nuclear Propulsion – Operational Issues – Practical Approaches for Single Stage to Orbit Vehicles.
Course Objectives
Course Outcomes
CO1: Understand the operating principle of the rocket and spacecraft propulsion systems.
CO2: Develop the expressions for the performance parameters such as thrust, specific impulse, thrust coefficient, characteristic velocity, etc.,
CO3: Interpret the influence of atmospheric conditions on the performance parameters of the rocket and spacecraft propulsion systems.
CO4: Distinguish solid rocket motor, liquid propellant rocket, and hybrid rocket motor in terms of general characteristics, propellant properties with its relative advantages and disadvantages.
CO5: Demonstrate the working principle with relative advantages and disadvantages of advanced propulsion systems such as electric propulsion and nuclear propulsion.
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
| CO3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| CO4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| CO5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Evaluation Pattern
| Assessment | Internal | End Semester |
| Midterm Exam | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 30 | |
| End Semester | 40 |
Text Book(s)
Truner.Martin, “Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion,” 3rd edition, Springer, 2009.
Sutton.G.P, Biblarz.O, “Elements of rocket propulsion,” 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2017.
Reference(s)
Alessandro de Iaco Veris. “Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines”, 1st edition, Springer, 2020.
K Ramamurthi, “Rocket Propulsion”, 2nd edition, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2020 Chin, S. S., “Missile Configuration Design”, 1st edition, McGraw-Hill, 1961
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