LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES University of Tennessee Space Institute
- PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE, UP-TO-DATE, AND DETAILED REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET TECHNOLOGY
- FOCUS ON THE APPLICATIONS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IN MILITARY, GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY; REVIEW PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA, CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES
PROVIDE ACCESS TO A VAST LITERATURE - DEMONSTRATE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL, ANALYTICAL, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS IN THE DESIGN, PRODUCTION, AND OPERATION OF LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES
COURSE OUTLINE
- HISTORY AND STATUS OF THE LIQUID ROCKET INDUSTRY
- LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANTS
LIQUID ROCKET DESIGN; ENGINE POWER CYCLES - ROCKET PERFORMANCE MODELING
- NOZZLES AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
- TURBOPUMPS
- IGNITION SYSTEMS
- LIQUID ROCKET INJECTOR DESIGN
- PROPELLANT TANKS
- DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
REVIEW OF UNSTEADY BEHAVIOR IN LIQUID ROCKET CHAMBERS AND RECENT PROGRESS IN THE CONTROL AND ELIMINATION OF SUCH PROBLEMS