ME512 AEROTHERMOCHEMISTRY OF ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS
| Course Code: | 5690512 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ABDULLAH ULAŞ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Fundamentals of rocket propulsion. The ideal rocket. Rocket equation. Rocket performance parameters. Real rockets: classification of losses and efficiencies. Multi-stage rockets. Types of chemical rocket propulsion systems. Design and performance of rocket propulsion components and systems. Solid and liquid propellants. Classification of solid propellants and their ingredients. Propellant combustion mechanisms and models. Propellant burning-rate laws. Propellant grain configuration and grain design. Advanced rocket propulsion concepts.