Engenious Rocket Theory
for Students and
Engineers
Rajesh N Muneshwar
Preface
Presenting this book in the hands of Students, Engineers and Academia is a very joyous
moment to me. In my pursuit of the subject of Rocket Propulsion and Rocket vehicles, I
never found any book providing me the credible, comprehensive and thorough
information of the subject. This fact of the matter particularly continued to motivate me
since a past decade to write such book for next generation of engineers. The book is a
conclusion of my struggle to gain the knowledge of the Rocket Vehicles and its
propulsion system. I have been passionately exploring the subject from every nook and
corner of the world. Researched the works of American and Russian; two giants of
Rocket Engineering both of whom copied the Nazi Germany’s work in this field to
advance their own work which later spread to India and China.
The book is different in terms of two notions: it covers the blend of
American and Russian Work which in particular I research personally in my six years
long education in Kharkov (Former USSR). Until now readers mostly had the access of
American writers giving details of only American part of research. But now through this
book this is the first time that the readers are made available the info of Russian Rocketry
which in many aspects pioneered and advanced Rocket Technology than any part of the
world.
"Dedicated to my late Mother and Grandfather for their immortal love &
Inspiration, dedicated to my School C.P. & Berar, Ravinagar, Nagpur, the place
which made me passionate for Rockets and loving people Avesh, Vineet and
Harpreet for their kind support and help in my struggle days of Kharkov, Ukraine
in Pursuit of my Education”.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Rocket classification, Definitions and Fundamentals
3. Aerodynamics and Ballistic Design
4. Rocket Propellants and it’s combustion
5. Solid Rocket Motor
6. De-Laval Nozzle of Rocket Motor
7. The sugar Rocket Design
8. Stress analysis and Simulation.
9. CanSat Basics and Designs of Hybrid Rocket and the Sugar Rocket
10.Test plan of Sugar Rocket and Analysis of Results
11.Measuring Devices and Safety Instructions
12.Carrier in Rockets and Space Technology
Appendix
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Appendix-1 : Solid Propellant Compositions and Specifications
Appendix-2 : Properties of the Earth’s Atmosphere
Appendix-3 : Specific Heat Ratios at various chamber pressure.
Appendix-4: Burning Time calculation and Specific heat ratios
Appendix-5 : Conversion Factors and Constants.
Introduction
Introducing Rockets – History, Sounding Rockets, their structural components and Design
Processes; the Effects of Aerodynamic Forces.
Basics of Rockets and its Applications-Introductions
Aerodynamic Forces of Rocket Flight- What They Are and What They Do
Objectives:
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Identify the parts and functions of a Sounding Rocket
3D model the Rocket on CATIA-V5
Analyze the Rocket performance
Describe the phases of a Rocket flight and relate each phase to aerodynamic forces at
work
Types of Rocket Engines.
Recognize and use vocabulary related to rocket flight