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