Week

Date(s)

Text

Topics

Notes

1

Sept. 7

Ch.1

Introduction, Historical Perspective and Film

  Week 1 Notes

2

Sept. 14

Ch. 2

Thrust and the Rocket Equation

  Week 2 Notes

3

Sept. 21

Ch. 4

Single and Multistage Rockets, Analysis of an Ideal Rocket

  Week 3 Notes

4

Sept. 28

Ch. 3

C-star, Thrust Coefficient

5

Oct. 5

Ch. 3

Basic Design of a Rocket Engine

  Week 5 Notes

6

Oct. 12

Ch. 5

Thermochemical Performance of Chemical Propellants

  Week 6 Notes

7

Oct. 19

Ch. 15

Hybrid Propellant Rockets

  Week 7 Notes

8

Oct. 26

TBA

9

Nov. 2

Ch. 11

Solid Propellant Rocket Motors

  Week 9 Notes

10

Nov. 9

Ch. 7,12

Propellants and Combustion

  Week 10 notes

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

Hybrid Rocket Motor Test Results!

 Test Data

Movies and Pics

15

Dec. 14

Final Exam