AERE 4150: Rocket Propulsion
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: AERE 3110 and AERE 3440
Components and principles of liquid rocket engines, solid rocket motors, and hybrid rocket motors. Rocket flight performance and rocket staging. Combustion and thermochemistry. Rocket cooling and nozzle heat transfer. Introduction to nuclear thermal propulsion and electric propulsion systems. Applications to spacecraft.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)