Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2021_22
Subject	ROCKET MOTORS					Code	00710342
Study programme	0710 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA AEROESPACIAL
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Optional	Fourth	First
Language	Castellano Ingles
Prerequisites
Department	ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador	RODRIGUEZ MORILLAS , ELENA				E-mail	erodm@unileon.es ddomf@unileon.es
Lecturers	DOMINGUEZ FERNANDEZ, DIEGO RODRIGUEZ MORILLAS , ELENA
Web	http://
General description
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. GONZALO DE GRADO , JESUS Secretario LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ , DEIBI Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MARTINEZ PELLITERO , SUSANA Vocal CASTRO SASTRE , MARIA ANGELES

Competencias

Code
A17712
A17713
A17742
A17745
B958
B960
B961
B5474
B5476
B5477
C1
C2
C5

Learning aims

	Competences
	A17712 A17745	B958 B960 B961 B5474 B5476 B5477	C1 C2 C5
	A17713 A17742	B958 B960 B961 B5474 B5476 B5477	C1 C2 C5
	A17712 A17745	B958 B960 B961 B5474 B5476 B5477	C1 C2 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Block I: INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTALS	Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS: PROPULSIVE AND THERMODYNAMIC FUNDAMENTALS. Some of the fundamental concepts for the study of a rocket engine are defined
Block II: NOZZLES	Lesson 1: NOZZLES AND EXPANSION PROCESSES The ideal nozzles are first studied, studying the thermodynamic processes that take place in the flow. Then, the different nozzle configurations or designs are discussed. Real nozzles are characterized.
Block III: SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES	Lesson 1: FUNDAMENTALS Introduction and generalities of solid propellant rocket engines. Lesson 2: THE PROPELLANT Composition and geometry of the grain. The burning rate. Properties and characteristics of the ingredients used for its formulation. Lesson 3: COMBUSTION Flame characteristics and combustion initiation process. Lesson 4: ENGINE COMPONENTS Review of the different engine components, description of their characteristics and functions.
Block IV: LIQUID PROPULSANT ROCKET ENGINES	Lesson 1: FUNDAMENTALS Introduction and generalities of liquid propellant rocket engines. Lesson 2: PROPELLANTS Desirable characteristics in the propellant and review of the characteristics of the different existing propellants, both fuels and oxidants. Lesson 3: THRUST CHAMBER The different characteristics, missions and requirements of the injectors, combustion chamber and nozzle are described, as well as the ignition and vectoring systems. Lesson 4: COMBUSTION Combustion Phenomena and Mechanisms in the Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Lesson 5: FEED SYSTEMS Description and analysis of the main mechanisms for pumping propellants into the combustion chamber: pressure systems and turbo pumps.
Block V: ELECTRIC PROPULSION	Lesson 1: FUNDAMENTALS Introduction and generalities of electric rocket motors. Lesson 2: ELECTROTHERMAL SYSTEMS Description and analysis of electrothermal type electric propulsion systems. Lesson 3: ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEMS Description and analysis of electrostatic type electric propulsion systems. Lesson 4: ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS Description and analysis of electromagnetic type electric propulsion systems.
Block VI: VEHICLES POWERED BY ROCKET ENGINES	Lesson 1: TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VEHICLES POWERED BY ROCKET ENGINES Lesson 2: PERFORMANCE AND GUIDANCE OF VEHICLES POWERED BY ROCKET ENGINES

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	8	12	20
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	20	30	50
Tutorship of group	1	0	1
Lecture	28	48	76
Mixed tests	2.5	0	2.5
Oral tests	0.5	0	0.5
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
PBL (Problem Based Learning)
Tutorship of group
Lecture

Personalized attention

Tutorship of group

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Mixed tests		75%
Oral tests		25%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Juan Manuel Tizón Pulido; Enrique Cabrera Revuelta, Introducción a los motores cohete, Garceta, 2019 George P. Sutton and Oscar Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley & Sons, 2014
Complementary	Hill, Philip G. and Peterson, Carl R, Mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion, Addison-Wesley, 1992

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

SATELLITES / 00710337

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

AERODYNAMICS / 00710318 JET ENGINES / 00710333 THERMAL AND COMBUSTIBLE ENGINEERING / 00710334