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| MECA0105-1 | Combustion in Rocket Engines
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Philippe Ngendakumana |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course is subdivided into 4 chapters: thermochemistry of rocket engines and influence of the combustion on the thrust, solid-propellant rocket engines, liquid-propellant rocket engines and combined propulsion (air cycles). |
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| Course objective : | The aim of this course is to provide the students with the basis for design and rating a chemical rocket engine. |
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| Prerequisites : | Course MECA007-0 "Emploi des combustibles"
Course MECA002-0 "Thermodynamique appliquée et introduction aux machines thermiques" |
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| Workshops : | In order to illustrate the different concepts, practical exercises are solved progressively with the students. |
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| Organization : | The course consists in an oral presentation illustrated by practical examples. It is given during the second semester (dates to be discussed with the students who choose the course). |
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| Written notes : | Extracted from:
- G. P. Sutton, Rocket Propulsion Elements : an introduction to the engineering of rockets, John Wiley & Sons, 1986
- M. Barrère et al., La propulsion par fusées, Science et Lettres, S.A., 1957
- J.W. Cornelisse et al., Rocket Propulsion and Spaceflight Dynamics, Pitman, 1979
- D. K. Huzel and D. H. Huang, Modern engineering for design of liquid-propellant rocket engines. AIAA, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Volume 147, 1992
- G. Borman and K. Ragland, Combustion Engineering, Mc Graw-Hill, 1998
- R. Turns, An introduction to combustion, Mc Graw-Hill, 1996 |
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| Assessment : | A personal home work is asked on a topic chosen in a list. Beside a written report, that work has also to be presented orally. The assessment consists just in that home work. |
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| Contacts : | Philippe NGENDAKUMANA
THERMOTECHNICS, Building B49
Phone : +32(0)3664803
E-mail : pngendakumana@ulg.ac.be |
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