CHAPTER-1 FUNDAMENTALS OF ROCKET PROPULSION
History and evolution of rockets. Rocket equation, Definitions. Performance parameters, Staging and Clustering, Classification of rockets. Rocket nozzle and performance, Nozzle area ratio, conical nozzle and contour nozzle, Under and over expanded nozzles. Flow separation in nozzles, unconventional nozzles. Mass flow rate, Characteristic velocity, Thrust coefficient, Efficiency, Specific impulse. Numerical problems.
History and evolution of rockets. Rocket equation, Definitions. Performance parameters, Staging and Clustering, Classification of rockets. Rocket nozzle and performance, Nozzle area ratio, conical nozzle and contour nozzle, Under and over expanded nozzles. Flow separation in nozzles, unconventional nozzles. Mass flow rate, Characteristic velocity, Thrust coefficient, Efficiency, Specific impulse. Numerical problems.