AE6450: Course Overview
Catalog Description
Analysis and design of rocket engines including liquid, solid, hybrid
and advanced propulsion systems.
Course Goals
A student successfully completing this course will:
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Gain a familiarity with common types of rocket propulsion
systems.
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Be able to perform preliminary cycle design and performance analysis
for
rocket propulsion systems.
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Have a working knowledge of the basic operation and design requirements
of chemical rocket propulsion components.
Prerequisites:
Equivalents of AE 3450 or AE 2010. Specific areas/concepts include:
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thermodynamic analysis, including conservation equations (mass,
momentum, energy, and entropy - Second Law
of Thermodynamics)
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one- and two-dimensional compressible flows
Suggested Text
Rocket Propulsion Elements, George P. Sutton
and Oscar Biblarz, 8th ed., John Wiley
& Sons, 2010 (or 9th ed. 2017). This text will supplement the lecture material; note: the assigned homework problems are not from the book.
In addition, the following texts may be helpful.
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Rocket Propulsion, Stephen Heister, William Anderson, Timothee Pourpoint, R. Joseph Cassady, Cambridge, 2019
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Mechanics and Thermodynamics of
Propulsion,
2nd Edition, Philip Hill and Carl Peterson, Addison-Wesleyl, 1992.
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Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion, 3rd
ed.,
Gordon Oates, AIAA Education Series, 1997.
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Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, Ronald W. Humble, Gary
N. Henry, Wiley J. Larson, McGraw-Hill, 1995.