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.
| 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) |