Week

Date(s)

Text

Topics

HW

1

Sept. 7

Ch. 1

Introduction, Historical Perspective and Film

2

Sept. 14

Ch. 2

Thrust and the Rocket Equation

  Week 2 hw

bottle rockets

3

Sept. 21

Ch. 4

Single and Multistage Rockets, Analysis of an Ideal Rocket

  Week 3 hw

4

Sept. 28

Ch. 3

C-star, Thrust Coefficient

  Week 4 hw

5

Oct. 5

Ch. 3

Basic Design of a Rocket Engine

  Week 5 hw

6

Oct. 12

Ch. 5

Thermochemical Performance of Chemical Propellants

  Week 6 hw

7

Oct. 19

Ch. 15

Hybrid Propellant Rockets

  Week 7 hw

8

Oct. 26

TBA

9

Nov. 2

Ch. 11

Solid Propellant Rocket Motors

   Week 9 hw

10

Nov. 9

Ch. 7,12

Propellants and Combustion

  Mid Term Project Report

11

Nov. 16

notes

Departure from Ideal Conditions

12

Nov. 23

notes

Hybrid Rocket Motors – Design Lab

13

Nov. 30

Ch. 19

Electric Propulsion

14

Dec. 7

Ch. 20

Design Lab / Testing

15

Dec. 14

Final Exam