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Lecture Notes



Lecture Notes

LEC #TOPICS
1Introduction (PDF)
2Rocket Nozzles and Thrust (PDF)
3Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics (PDF)
4-5Nozzle Design: Method of Characteristics (PDF)
6Effects of Particles in Nozzle Flow (PDF)
7Convective Heat Transfer: Reynolds Analogy (PDF)
8Convective Heat Transfer: Other Effects (PDF)
9Liquid Cooling (PDF)
10Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling (PDF)
11Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling (PDF - 1 MB)
12Review of Equilibrium Thermochemistry (PDF)
13Examples of Chemical Equilibrium (PDF)
14Non-Equilibrium Flows (PDF)
15Selection of Propellant Mixtures (PDF)
16Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints (PDF)
17-18Solid Propellants: Other Topics (PDF)
19Liquid Propellants (PDF)
20Combustion of Liquid Propellants (PDF)
21Liquid Motors: Injection and Mixing (PDF)
22Liquid Motors: Stability (Low Frequency) (PDF)
23Liquid Motors: Stability (High Frequency); Acoustics (PDF)
24Pressurization and Pump Cycles (PDF)
25Basic Turbomachine Performance (PDF)
26Turbopumps (PDF)
27Turbines (PDF)
28Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery (PDF)
29Rotordynamics Problems (PDF)
30Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine (PDF)
31Active Control of Rockets
32Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging (PDF)
33Performance to LEO (PDF)
34Performance to GEO (PDF)
35-36Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space (PDF)
37Future Developments (PDF)

 








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