- Offerta formativa A.A. 2018/2019
- Master's Degree in AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
- AERONAUTIC PROPULSION MOD. 1 (Int) SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2
- SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2
SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2
- Teaching in italian
- SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2
- Teaching
- SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2
- Subject area
- ING-IND/07
- Reference degree course
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
- Course type
- Master's Degree
- Credits
- 6.0
- Teaching hours
- Frontal Hours: 54.0
- Academic year
- 2018/2019
- Year taught
- 2018/2019
- Course year
- 1
- Language
- ENGLISH
- Curriculum
- PERCORSO COMUNE
- Reference professor for teaching
- DE GIORGI Maria Grazia
Teaching description
-Fluid dynamic and fluid machinery
This course presents aerospace propulsive devices with particular focus on rocket engine
1 Gain knowledge of different types of aero-engines (turbojets, turbofans, ramjets) and to understand the aerodynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of major rocket components.
2 Develop the knowledge and skills to analytically and numerically solve problems related to aerospace propulsion systems.
3 Develop skills in working independently.
4 Develop skills in critical evaluation of scientific literature.
5 Develop skills in planning and presentation of scientific talks and reports.
Theory and practical activities
The final exam consist of two part:
1)Written and oral examination covering all material covered in course
2)assignments and individual project
Rocket Nozzles and Thrust
Performance and nozzle design. Convective Heat Transfer
Combustion and Thermochemistry
Perfect gas law and thermodynamics review,equilibrium Thermochemistry, adiabatic flame temperature calculations, non-Equilibrium Flows. Rocket nozzle thermochemistry.
Solid Rocket Motors
General description, interior ballistics, component design goals and constraints.
Liquid Rocket Motors
General description, engine cycles, power balance calculations, component design fundamentals. Combustion of Liquid Propellants ; Injection and Mixing ; Stability; Pressurization and Pump Cycles; Turbomachinery Performance
Trajectory Analysis and staging
The rocket equation, vertical trajectories, multistage rockets.
Electric Propulsion
General description and classification of electric propulsion systems, performance analysis.
Hybrid rockets
Classification, Challenges, and Advantages of Hybrids
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Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion Gordon C. Oates eISBN: 978-1-60086-134-5 print ISBN: 978-1-56347-241-1 DOI: 10.2514/4.861345
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Hill, P., and Peterson, C., Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1992,
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George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition John-Wiley & Sons, Ltd., ISBN: 0-471-32642-9
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Course note
Semester
First Semester (dal 24/09/2018 al 21/12/2018)
Exam type
Type of assessment
Oral
Course timetable
https://easyroom.unisalento.it/Orario
Parent teaching
AERONAUTIC PROPULSION MOD. 1 (Int) SPACE PROPULSION MOD. 2 (LM52)