Week 1: Basics of Rocket Propulsion:
The basic principle of rocket, Classification of rockets, Performance parameters, Brief description of solid propellant rockets, and Application of solid rockets
Week 2: Solid Propellants:
Introduction to solid propellants and propellant ingredients, Selection criteria for propellants, Generalclassification of solid propellants
Week 3: Combustion of Solid Propellants-Part-I:
An overview of premixed and diffusion flames, Combustion mechanism of Double-base propellants, Different zones of combustion (Preheated zone, Foam zone, Fizz zone, Dark Zone, and Secondary luminous zone/Flame zone), Dominant reactions
Week 4: Combustion of Solid Propellants-Part-II:
Combustion mechanism of DB propellants-contd. Analysis of burning rate (Vielle’s Law/Saint Robert’s Law) Decomposition and combustion of ammonium perchlorate (AP)-Introduction
Week 5: Combustion of Solid Propellants-Part-III:
Combustion of AP composite propellants (AP premixed flame, Primary diffusion flame, Secondary diffusion flame), Evaluation of burning rate, Effect of pressure and size of AP crystals on burning rate, Example problems on burning rate of solid propellants
Week 6: Combustion of Metals-Part-I:
Metal as fuel ingredient for rocket propulsion, Properties of metals and oxides, Metal particle combustion, Glassman criterion
Week 7: Combustion of Metals-Part-II:
Metal particle combustion (contd.), Effect of metals on combustion of propellants, Combustion products of metals, Recent and future developments on metal fuels in propellants
Week 8: Erosive Burning in Solid Propellant Rockets:
Introduction and theories of erosive burning, relative velocity, Experimental approach, Effect of propellant characteristics and chamber pressure on erosive burning, Effect of erosion on propellant burning rate
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