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What Does a Rocket Engineer/Scientist Need to Know ? • Rocket propulsion is a very interdisciplinary field. • Some of the important fields are – Fluid dynamics/gas dynamics – Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Combustion – Advanced Physics (Nuclear physics, Electromagnetic theory, Magnetoplasmadynamics, Particle physics)
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19-02-2019 3 Rocket engine: A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space. • A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.
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rocket engine. The reaction force propels the rocket in the opposite direction.When a rocket lifts off, the combustion products from the burning propellants accelerate rapidly out of the engine. The rocket, on the other hand, slowly accelerates skyward. It would appear that something is wrong here if the action and reaction are supposed to be ...
Dec 15, 2010 · Rocket propulsion is a class of jet propulsion that produces thrust by ejecting burned propellant. The thrust is generated on the basis of Newton's third law of motion. Rocket propulsion systems can be broadly classified according to the type of energy source (chemical, solar, electric, or nuclear).
- Piyush Thakre
- 2010
- ROCKET PROPULSION
- COURSE PREREQUISITES AND THEIR RATIONALE
- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A wealth of homework problems, with a solutions manual for instructors online. Numerous real-life case studies and examples. An appendix detailing key numerical methods, and links to addi-tional online resources. Design approaches for all types of chemical rockets (including solid, liquid, and hybrid propellants) and electric propulsion. Techniques...
A student in a course that uses this book should already have taken thermodynamics and compres-sible fluid flow courses that are typically taught in sophomore and junior years in aerospace engineering curricula. Knowledge of sophomore-level calculus is also assumed. While many students in mechanical engineering or combined ME/AE programs gain backg...
As I formulated a plan toward manuscript development, it became apparent that my colleagues here could strengthen the work substantially. I engaged Bill Anderson and Tim Pourpoint early on, to improve the book and specifically to add material in combustion instability and liquid rocket propellants per their extensive expertise in these areas. Bill ...
We have had the help of countless Purdue students over the years in “debugging” the problems we have constructed, and we are most grateful to this esteemed group. In particular, our teaching and research assistants have served a pivotal role in this venture. In fact, some of the problems have been formulated as a result of interactions with these i...
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• FUNCTION of rocket nozzle is to convert thermal energy in propellants into kinetic energy as efficiently as possible • Nozzle is substantial part of the total engine mass.
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the case of rockets, the action is the force produced by the expulsion of gas, smoke, and flames from the nozzle end of a rocket engine. The reaction force propels the rocket in the opposite direction. When a rocket lifts off, the combustion products from the burning propellants accelerate rapidly out of the engine. The
