Free online courseAerospace Engineering

Course content

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-01 Introduction

  0h57m

• Exercise: Why does rocket dynamics differ fundamentally from that of a car or a projectile fired from a gun?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-02 Motion in Space

  0h45m

• Exercise: Impulse and Force Relationship

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-03 Rotational Frame of Reference and Orbital Velocities

  0h41m

• Exercise: Orbital velocity for a circular Earth orbit

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-04 Velocity Requirements

  0h52m

• Exercise: Height of a Geostationary Orbit (in km)

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-05 Theory of Rocket Propulsion

  0h50m

• Exercise: What is the approximate escape velocity from Earth’s surface?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-06 Rocket Equation and Staging of Rockets

  0h55m

• Exercise: For a fixed mission delta V and structural mass, which change increases the payload mass fraction in the ideal rocket equation?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-07 Review of Rocket Principles: Propulsion Efficiency

  0h59m

• Exercise: Booster-stage performance: which parameter matters most at liftoff when propellant mass fraction is small?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-08 Examples Illustrating Theory of Rocket Propulsion and Introduction to Nozzles

  0h54m

• Exercise: Why do upper stages contribute more delta V in a multistage rocket?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-09 Theory of Nozzles

  0h51m

• Exercise: In SI units, what is the correct unit for specific impulse in rocket propulsion

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-10 Nozzles Shapes

  0h52m

• Exercise: Condition at the throat for maximum acceleration in a convergent-divergent nozzle

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-12 Characteristic Velocity and Thrust Coefficient

  0h54m

• Exercise: Nozzle expansion condition for maximum thrust

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-13 Divergence Loss in Conical Nozzles and the Bell Nozzle

  0h50m

• Exercise: What semi divergence angle is typically chosen for a conical rocket nozzle to balance thrust loss and nozzle length?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-14 Unconventional Nozzles and Problems in Nozzles

  0h54m

• Exercise: Which nozzle concept provides two operating modes via a step, enabling separation at low altitude and reattachment at high altitude?

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-15 Criterion for Choice of Chemical Propellants

  0h53m

• Exercise: Which combination best improves characteristic velocity C star in a chemical rocket

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-16 Choice of Fuel-Rich Propellants

  0h56m

• Exercise: Mixture ratio for maximizing c star in chemical rockets

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-17 Performance Prediction Analysis

  0h57m

• Exercise: Effect of chamber pressure on dissociation and properties in H2 O2 rocket combustion

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-19 Shifting Equilibrium and Frozen Flow in Nozzles

  0h52m

• Exercise: Impact of chamber pressure on dissociation and performance

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-20 Factors Influencing Choice of Chemical Propellants

  0h51m

• Exercise: Typical composition of a composite solid propellant

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-22 Introduction to Solid Propellant Rockets

  0h52m

• Exercise: For a solid propellant grain, which relation gives the mass generation rate of gas from the burning surface

• Video class: Mod-01 Lec-24 Solid Rockets – Propellants

  0h48m

• Exercise: Why are homogeneous (double‑base) propellants preferred in tactical missiles over composite propellants?