Rocket Propulsion MIT

Overview & Synopsis

This page cover the following topics related to
Propulsion : Introduction, Rocket Nozzles and Thrust, Ideal Nozzle Fluid
Mechanics, Nozzle Design, Convective Heat Transfer, Liquid Cooling, Ablative
Cooling, Film Cooling, Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling, Review of
Equilibrium Thermochemistry, Non-Equilibrium Flows, Selection of Propellant
Mixtures, Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints, Solid Propellants:
Other Topics, Liquid Propellants, Combustion of Liquid Propellants, Liquid
Motors, Acoustics, Pressurization and Pump Cycles, Basic Turbomachine
Performance, Turbopumps, Turbines, Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery,
Rotordynamics Problems, Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine,
Active Control of Rockets, Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging, Performance to
LEO, Performance to GEO, Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space, Future
Developments.