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LEC #TOPICS
1Introduction
2Rocket Nozzles and Thrust
3Review of Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics
4-5Nozzle Off-Design Operation and Non-Idealities
6Effects of Particles in Nozzle Flow
7Convective Heat Transfer: Reynolds Analogy
8Convective Heat Transfer: Other Effects
9Liquid Cooling
10Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling
11Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling
12Review of Equilibrium Thermochemistry
13Examples of Chemical Equilibrium
14Non-Equilibrium Flows
15Selection of Propellant Mixtures
16Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints
17-18Solid Propellants: Other Topics
19Liquid Propellants
20Combustion of Liquid Propellants
21Liquid Motors: Injection and Mixing
22Liquid Motors: Stability (Low Frequency)
23Liquid Motors: Stability (High Frequency)

Acoustics
24Pressurization and Pump Cycles
25Basic Turbomachine Performance
26Turbopumps
27Turbines
28Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery
29Rotordynamics Problems
30Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine
31Active Control of Rockets
32Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging
33Performance to LEO
34Performance to GEO
35-36Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space
37Future Developments

 








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