INTRODUCTION TO ROCKET

PROPULSION

Instructor Name : PROF.D.P. MISHRA ( IIT Kanpur - Aerospace Engineering )

COURSE DURATION : Jul-Sep 2019 CORE / ELECTIVE : Core_Elective UG / PG: Both

PRE-REQUISITES : +2 Science
INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG & PG
INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : NIL

COURSE OUTLINE : This is an introductory course on rocket propulsion. The objective of this course is to impart knowledge about rocket
propulsion to both UG and PG students. In this course, fundamentals aspects of rocket propulsion namely solid, liquid and hydride rocket engines
are to be covered extensively. Besides this, performance of rocket engine and heat transfer aspects of various components are to be covered briefly.

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR : Dr. Debi Prasad Mishra is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Kanpur, India. His areas of research interest include combustion, computational fluid dynamics, atomization, etc. He was conferred with the
Indian Oil Golden Jubilee Professional Chair in IIT Kanpur. He was a Visiting Professor in 2002 at the Tokyo-Denki University, Japan. He is the
recipient of several awards Some of them are Young Scientist Award, Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee Memorial Award, Samanta Chadrasekhar and
Vikash Prerak Sanman, National Design Award in Mechanical Engineering, Excellence in Aerospace Education and etc. He had served as an
Assistant Editor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, USA. Besides this, he also serves as an editorial board member of Journal of
the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taylor & Francis, and International Journal of Turbo and Jet engines. Dr. Mishra has six Indian patents and
around 218 research papers in refereed Journals and in conference proceedings to his credit. He has authored five textbooks titled “Fundamentals
of Combustion”, “Engineering Thermodynamics” and “Gas Turbine Propulsion”, “Experimental Combustion” and “Fundamentals of Rocket
Propulsion”. He is also serving as a managing trustee of the International Foundation of Humanistic Education. He is instrumental in making all
India level group, Awake Mother India which is involved actively to rejuvenate our Mother land. He is working to revitalize and popularize the
ancient Indian science and technology heritage among youth. He has published two books, “Glimpses of Ancient Indian Science and Technology”
and “Forays into Ancient Indian Science and Technology”. Over last 7 years, he has delivered several lectures on ancient Indian science &
technology and culture & tradition to more than 45, 000 students across India. In this last year itself, he has interacted with more than 18, 000
students and motivated them to work for rejuvenating our glorious Mother India.

COURSE PLAN

Week 1:Introduction, Types of Rocket Engines, Applications of Rocket Engines

Week 2:Aerothermodynamics of Rocket Engines, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Elements of thermodynamics

Week 3:Combustion, Ideal Rocket Engine

Week 4:Thrust Equation, Rocket Engine parameters, Rocket Engine Nozzles

Week 5:Space Flight Performance, Rocket Propellant

Week 6:Introduction to Solid Propellant Rocket Engine, Components of SPRE, Regression rate relation

Week 7:Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine, Injector, Feed system

Week 8:Hybrid rocket Engine, Rocket Heat transfer

Week 9:Liquid Propellant

Rocket Engine, Types of liquid rocket engines, Combustion of liquid propellant

Week 10:Combustion Chamber Geometry, Types of liquid rocket engines, Injectors,Feed system

Week 11:Combustion Instability, Ignition Systemm, Hybrid rocket Engine

Week 12:Rocket Heat transfer, Types of Cooling System