ASTE 470 Fall 2008:
Spacecraft Propulsion
3 units; 6:30-9:10 Thursday, OHE 100D
Instructor:
Keith Goodfellow, Lockheed Martin, (661) 572-2922,
kdgoodfellow@sbcglobal.net.
Office Hours: Before class in RRB 222 (the phone number
there is (213) 740-5358),
and after class in the classroom.
Required texts:
P. Hill and C. Peterson, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion,
2nd edition. Addison-Wesley, 1992. ISBN 0-201-14659-2.
Course notes, available on the DEN class website.
Additional reading material, recommended:
G. P. Sutton and O. Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements,
7th edition. Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN 0-471-32642-9.
Midterm Exam: Thursday, October 23, in class.
Final Exam: Thursday, December 18, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
in the regular classroom.
Note:
Make-up exams will only be given for special conditions
(illness, death in the family, etc.) or by prior
arrangement for job related issues.
The make-up exam will be harder than the regular exam.
Homework: Assigned weekly. Due in class.
Grading: Homework, 30%; midterm exam, 30%; final exam, 40%.
Course Material:
The times and topics given below are approximate.
We will see how things go and take more or less time on each topic as seems appropriate.
|
Week |
Date |
Topic |
Book |
Notes |
HW Due |
|
1
|
08/28
|
Organization of the class. History of space exploration. Types of
rockets. Units. Definitions
|
1.1-1.3
|
1 |
|
|
2
|
09/04
|
Orbital mechanics. Basic orbits, Hohmann transfer, maneuvers,
Delta-V. Launch sites.
|
10.6
|
2 |
|
|
3
|
09/11
|
Thrust. Specific impulse. rocket equation. Staging. Begin thermodynamics of fluid flow.
|
10.1-10.5, 2.1-2.3
|
3 |
1 |
|
4
|
09/18
|
Combustion. Chemical equilibrium.
|
2.4
|
4 |
2 |
|
5
|
09/25
|
One-dimensional flow. Flow in nozzles.
|
3.1-3.4
|
5 |
3 |
|
6
|
10/02
|
Non-ideal flow. Shocks. Boundary layer.
|
3.5-3.7;4.1-4.2;4.5
|
5 |
4 |
|
7
|
10/09
|
Ideal rocket, thrust coefficient, characteristic velocity. Nozzle types.
|
11.1-11.3
|
6 |
5 |
|
8
|
10/16
|
Rocket heat transfer. Liquid rocket systems. Review.
|
11.4;11.5;12.1-12.5
|
7 |
6 |
|
9
|
10/23
|
MIDTERM EXAM.
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
10/30
|
Starting and ignition. Processes in combustion chamber. Injection.
Liquid propellants. Feed systems.
|
12.1-12.4
|
8 |
7 |
|
11
|
11/06
|
Solid rocket. Burn rate, erosive burning. Grain design.
|
12.6-12.8
|
9 |
8 |
|
12
|
11/13
|
Solid propellants. Hybrid rockets. Thrust vector control.
|
12.6
|
9,10,11 |
9 |
|
13
|
11/20
|
Power sources. Electric propulsion.
|
1.3;14.1-14.7
|
12 |
10 |
|
14
|
11/27
|
Electric propulsion.
|
14.1-14.7
|
12 |
11 |
|
15
|
12/04
|
Advanced propulsion. Review.
|
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