MTech Advanced Propulsion syllabus for 3 Sem 2020 scheme 20MAP332

Advanced Cryogenic & LOX-HC Engines -

Introduction to cryogenics and its applications, Properties of Cryogenic fluids, Engine cycles, system level analysis, testing, thrust chamber, turbo pumps, cryotanks. HC Engines. Engines for booster and upper stages. LOX Kerosene & LOX-Methane engines. Liquid Oxygen and Hydrocarbon, liquid rocket engine (LRE) for application as main engines & booster stages of LaunchersDifferent LRE cycles.

Green Propellants Propellant-less Propulsion

Environmental effects of space propellants (toxicity, pollution, performance aspects). Liquid bio-propellant (H2-O2, N2O4-, etc.) for main engines. Solid propellant (NH4ClO4) for the booster. Momentum exchange tether, electro-dynamic tether, Solar thermal propulsion for upper stages, solar sails, magnetic sails. Beamed energy -Earth to Orbit Propulsion.

Miniaturised Propulsion & Electrical Propulsion Systems

Classification of mission requirement. Micropropulsion technologies; solid micro thruster, micro bi-propellant thruster, cold gas thruster, Integration aspects in micro-spacecraft. Electrical Propulsion Systems. State-of-the-art in electrical propulsion system, high-power gridded ion thruster (GIT), high – power Hall Effect thruster (HET), high- power applied-field magneto plasma dynamic thruster (MPDT), and double stage HET. Micro Ion thruster, Microchip laser thruster. Colloid thruster. Fundamentals of ion propulsion body design considerations.

Nuclear Propulsion

Nuclear rocket engine design and performance, nuclear rocket reactors, nuclear rocket nozzles, nuclear rocket engine control, radioisotope propulsion, basic thrusters configuration, thrusters technology, heat source development, nozzle development, nozzle performance of radio isotope propulsion systems. Testing of Nuclear rocket engines

Other Advance Propulsion Technologies

Super Conductivity-Property of material-super conductivity state, conduction, electrons propagation. Effect of temperature on material conductivity. Type-I and type-II materials.

Chemical propellant system -

advanced propellants, high energy density matter (HEDM), alternative designpulse detonation rocket.

Laser Propulsion System-

General Concept. Laser accelerated Plasma Propellant. Test Techniques and safety for Advance Propulsion Technologies.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

1. Other Advance Propulsion Technologies. Super Conductivity-Property of material-super conductivity state, conduction, electrons propagation. Effect of temperature on material conductivity. Type-I and type-II materials.

2. Chemical propellant system - advanced propellants, high energy density matter (HEDM), alternative designpulse detonation rocket.

3. Laser Propulsion System- General Concept. Laser accelerated Plasma Propellant. Test Techniques and safety for Advance Propulsion Technologies.

Question paper pattern:

The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.

• The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
• Each full question is for 20 marks.
• There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook/ Textbooks

1 Advance Propulsion Systems & Technologies: Today to 2020 Claudio Bruno, and Antonio Accettura AIAA 2008

2 Rocket Propulsion Elements G P Sutton John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York 1998

Reference Books

1 Advanced Space Propellant Systems Martin Tajmar Springer 2003

2 Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion William H. Heiser and David T. Pratt AIAA Education Series, 2001

3 Spacecraft Systems Engineering Fortescue and Stark Wiley 4 th 2011