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Course Name Launch Vehicle Design & Analysis
Course Code 25DT643
Program M.Tech. in Defence Technology
Semester 2
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Syllabus

Course Content:

Unit

Contents

Contact Hrs.

1.

Introduction to propulsion for launch vehicles, beginning with mission energy requirements and an overview of current and proposed launch propulsion devices.

8

2.

Performance analysis, operating characteristics and propellant selection criteria for air breathing and solid

7

3.

Liquid and nuclear rocket motor propulsion systems.

9

4.

Advanced cycles and concepts are presented. Design of components and subsystems

9

5.

FE modelling: Idealization, Discretization, Meshing and Post Processing,

7

6.

Tracking and controlling errors, Nonlinear analysis in FEM, Launch dynamic analysis.

5

Total

45

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The course is intended to provide learning on the launch vehicle design and analysis, components and subsystems of the launch vehicle, propulsion systems.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

  • Understand the launch vehicle requirements, its functioning.
  • Design and analysis of launch vehicles.
  • Understand the propellant requirement for launch vehicles.

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books:

  1. “Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles”, by Don Edberg, Willie Costa. Publisher : American Institute of Aeronauti cs & Ast. (August 21, 2020)
  2. “Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics)”, by Dieter K Huzel, David H Huang. Publish-er : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics); Revised, Subsequent edition.
  3. “Fundamentals of Astrodynamics 1st Edition”, by Roger R. Bate, Donald D. Mueller. Publisher: The American Design Ethic, MIT, USA.
  4. “Commercial Launch Vehicle Design”, by Nickolay Mykola Zosimovych. Pub-lisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.
  5. “Space Vehicle Design, Second Edition”, by Michael D. Griffin and James R. French. Publisher The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. Literature / books suggested by respective course Lecturers.

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