Jet and Rocket Propulsion (Dr. A. Kushari, IIT Kanpur) | Aeronautics and Astronautics

Jet and Rocket Propulsion

Jet and Rocket Propulsion. Instructor: Dr. A. Kushari, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

Principles of Rocket Propulsion: Thrust, Specific Impulse.
Launch Vehicle Dynamics: Range, Vertical Velocity, Multistage Rockets, Orbits and Space Flight.
Chemical Rockets: Performance of Ideal Rocket Engine, Combustion in Rocket Motors, Liquid Propellant, Solid Propellant.
Nozzles: Types of Nozzle, Nozzle Design.
Electric Propulsion: Electric Thrusters, Electromagnetic Thrusters, Plasma Thrusters, Applications of Electric Propulsion. (from nptel.ac.in)

Introduction

Lecture 01 - Introduction to Propulsion and History of Aviation

Lecture 02 - Basic Idea of Jet Propulsion

Lecture 03 - Principles of Rocket Propulsion

Lecture 04 - History of Rockets

Lecture 05 - Rocket Vehicle Dynamics (Single Stage Rocket): Velocity Change

Lecture 06 - Rocket Vehicle Dynamics: Burnout Velocity and Burnout Height

Lecture 07 - Rocket Vehicle Dynamics: Burning Time

Lecture 08 - Rocket Vehicle Dynamics: Vertical Launch

Lecture 09 - The Actual Performance of Single Stage Rockets

Lecture 10 - Rocket Vehicle Dynamics: Multistage Rockets

Lecture 11 - The Performance of a Multistage Rocket

Lecture 12 - How to Optimize the Performance of a Multistage Rocket

Lecture 13 - The Optimization of the Multistage Rockets

Lecture 14 - More on the Optimization of the Multistage Rockets

Lecture 15 - Space Dynamics: Orbital Mechanics

Lecture 16 - Orbital Mechanics (cont.)

Lecture 17 - Orbital Mechanics (cont.)

Lecture 18 - Rocket Nozzles: Quasi One Dimensional Flow: Integral Form of the Conservation Equations

Lecture 19 - Quasi 1D Flows: Differential Form of the Conservation Equations, Area Velocity Relationship

Lecture 20 - Nozzle Flows: Isentropic Flow through Variable Area Ducts

Lecture 21 - The Effect of Back Pressure in Establishing a Flow through a Nozzle

Lecture 22 - The Performance of an Ideal Rocket Nozzle

Lecture 23 - The Performance of Ideal Rockets: Thrust Coefficient, Characteristic Velocity

Lecture 24 - The Design of Rocket Combustion Chamber

Lecture 25 - Some Efficiency Parameters for the Nozzles: Cycle Efficiency, Nozzle Efficiency

Lecture 26 - Nozzles: Normal Shock Relationship, The Shape of Nozzles

Lecture 27 - How We Estimate the Shape of Nozzles: A Conical Nozzle, A Shaped Nozzle

Lecture 28 - Design of the Shaped Nozzles

Lecture 29 - Design of a Shaped Nozzle using Method of Characteristics

Lecture 30 - Real Flow Effects: Effect of Friction, Effect of Back Pressure

Lecture 31 - Combustion: Standard of Heat of Formation

Lecture 32 - Hess's Law, Estimation of Heat of Reaction

Lecture 33 - Heat of Reaction (cont.), Adiabatic Flame Temperature

Lecture 34 - Adiabatic Flame Temperature (cont.)

Lecture 35 - Determination of Chemical Composition: Chemical Equilibrium Theory, Gibbs Free Energy

Lecture 36 - Determination of Chemical Composition: Various Forms of Equilibrium Constant

Lecture 37 - Solid Propellant Rockets

Lecture 38 - Liquid Propellant Rockets

Lecture 39 - Electric Propulsion Systems: Electrostatic Propulsion System

Lecture 40 - Electro-thermal and Electromagnetic Propulsion Systems

References

Jet and Rocket Propulsion
Instructor: Dr. A. Kushari, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur. Principles of rocket propulsion, Rocket vehicle dynamics, Chemical rockets, Nozzles, Electric propulsion systems.