PPT-Welcome to AE6450 Space and Rocket Propulsion

Dr Narayanan Komerath Professor School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Worried about Prerequisites Check out Introduction to Aerospace Engineering httpwwwadlgatecheduclassesdciintrodci01ahtml. Rocket Power and Air. Breathing Propulsion. Presented to . Iowa . State University. Aerospace Engineering . Department. October . 17, 2013. Ames, Iowa. Ming Tang. President. High Speed Technology Venture. Propulsion System. A machine that produces thrust to push an object forward. The amount of thrust depends on the mass flow through the engine and the exit velocity of the gas. Airplane Propulsion Systems. Spring 2011: [F&S, Chapter 6]. Derivation of escape velocity: I. Q; What velocity, v, do I need to . just . escape the gravitational pull of. the planet? (the escape velocity).. A: Think about the energies involved!. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Apel. Hochschule Bremen. 13.07.2012. REVA Seminar. 1. Overview. How Rockets are Propelled. Thrust Generation in a Rocket Engine. Rocket Engine Performance Parameters. Classification of Space Vehicles. AP Physics C: Mechanics. How do most vehicles propel themselves?. Tire pushes on ground, ground pushes on tire…. Normal Forces and Friction. How do most vehicles propel themselves?. Plane pushes on air, air pushes on plane.. 8 March 2014. - . Basics of Rocketry. Brian Katz . March 2014. Space/Rocket Curriculum Goals. Provide Information About Space, Science, Rocketry and Transportation Machines. Stimulate Interest in School/Learning/Goals/Better One’s-Self. Reaction Wheel. How it creates Propulsion. Reaction wheels actually do NOT create propulsion, they only create rotation.. Main components of the system. Electric motor. Flywheel. When would it be most effective?. © . Microsoft Encarta. Rocket Propulsion. F. . t. =. m. . v. So:. F = engine thrust. . t = time to burn fuel. m = mass of fuel burned. . v = exhaust gas velocity. Rocket Propulsion. F. . A machine that produces thrust to push an object forward. The amount of thrust depends on the mass flow through the engine and the exit velocity of the gas. Airplane Propulsion Systems. Propeller. Allie Burton. November 21, 2015. Creating Propulsion. First, one must cool electromagnets to very low temperatures. In the nanoseconds after applying electricity to them, the electromagnets will begin to vibrate. . In . the conventional solid rocket motor, the propellant is burnt inside a rocket chamber and the hot gases thus generated are accelerated to supersonic condition through a convergent-divergent type nozzle. The heat energy of the gases is converted into kinetic energy inside the nozzle.. Stephen Hevert. Affiliate Professor. Metropolitan State College of Denver.   . http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/as07_lau.jpg. What Is Propulsion?. Initiating or changing the motion of a body. Translational. Dr. Andrew Ketsdever. Assistant Professor. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. aketsdever@eas.uccs.edu. http://. eas.uccs.edu/aketsdever. Technology Requirements. Dr. Andrew Ketsdever. Assistant Professor. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. aketsdever@eas.uccs.edu. http://. eas.uccs.edu/aketsdever. Technology Requirements.