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