ASB341- PROPULSION-III

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By PURUSHOTHAMAN NANDAGOPALAN
npurush@hindustanuniv.ac.in

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 Section 1 SYLLABUS
UNIT I RAMJET PROPULSION
Operating principle - Sub critical, critical and supercritical operation - Combustion in ramjet engine -
Ramjet performance - Sample ramjet design calculations - Introduction to scramjet - supersonic combustion
- Numerical problems.
UNIT II SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKETS
Solid propellant rockets - Selection criteria of solid propellants, hazards - Important hardware compo-
nents of solid rockets - Propellant grain design considerations, combustion of solid propellants, Numerical
problems.
UNIT III LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKETS
Liquid propellant rockets - Selection of liquid propellants - Thrust control in liquidrockets - Cooling
in liquid rockets - Limitations of hybrid rockets - Relative advantagesof liquid rockets over solid rockets-
Numerical Problems.
UNIT IV ADVANCED PROPULSION TECHNIQUES
Electric rocket propulsion -Electrostatic , Electro thermal ,Electromagnetic thruster , Ion propulsion
techniques - Nuclear rocket propulsion - Types , applications - Solar propulsion system, solar sail.
UNIT V SCRAMJET PROPULSION
Fundamentals of hypersonic air birthing vehicles, Preliminary concepts in engineairframe integration,
various types of supersonic combustors, Requirements forsupersonic combustors, Performance estimation
of supersonic combustors.
TEXT BOOKS

1. Sutton, G.P., ”Rocket Propulsion Elements”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York,5th Edition, 1993.

2. Hill, P.G. & Peterson, C.R. ”Mechanics & Thermodynamics of Propulsion”Addison - Wesley Longman
INC, 1999.

REFERENCES

1. Gorden, C.V., ”Aero thermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion”,AIAA Education Series,
New York, 1989.

2. Mathur, M., and Sharma, R.P., ”Gas Turbines and Jet and Rocket Propulsion”,Standard Publishers, New
Delhi, 1988. Basics of scramjet engine and integral ramengine.

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 Section 2 UNIT 1- RAMJET
PROPULSION
The principle of jet propulsion is based on
Write the definition of above said principle:

2.1 Classification of Jet Propulsion

• Air breathing Engines-

• Rocket Engines-

Classification of Airbreathing Engines:

2.2 RAMJET ENGINE

2.2.1 Background
It is the simplest type of air breathing engine. The operational flying envelope is to be recalled from the
Propulsion1.

Imagine and draw the subsonic ramjet configuration

2.2.2 Introduction:
A ramjet (Stato-Re acteur) is another type of athodyd air breathing jet engine that was first proposed by
Rene Lorin in 1913.
There is no rotary part to compress the air, then how does it compress ? It uses the forward motion of
engine to compress the incoming air

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 Figure 1: Altitude vs Mach Number

Figure 2: Total Operational Envelope for air breathing engines

From the Figures 3 and 4 and the drawn illustration, Ramjet engine maybe either of the subsonic or
supersonic type. In either cases, the compression of the air is the function of the operational Mach number.
Trivia 1: Does it have static thrust property ?

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 Figure 3: Supersonic Ramjet Schematic (Class room Discussion)

Figure 4: Supersonic Ramjet Engine Schematic

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