Week

Date(s)

Text

Topics

Notes

1

Sept. 5

Ch.1

Introduction, Historical Perspective and Film

  Week 1 Notes

2

Sept. 12

Ch. 2

Thrust and the Rocket Equation

  Week 2 Notes

3

Sept. 19

Ch. 4

Single and Multistage Rockets, Analysis of an Ideal Rocket

  Week 3 Notes

4

Sept. 26

Ch. 3

C-star, Thrust Coefficient

5

Oct. 3

Ch. 3

Basic Design of a Rocket Engine

  Week 5 Notes

6

Oct. 10

Ch. 5

Thermochemical Performance of Chemical Propellants

  Week 6 Notes

7

Oct. 17

8

Oct. 24

Ch. 15

Hybrid Propellant Rockets

  Week 8 Notes

9

Oct. 31

Ch. 13

Hybrid Rocket Motor Design Project

10

Nov. 7

Ch. 11

Solid Propellant Rocket Motors

  Week 10 Notes

11

Nov. 14

12

Nov. 21

Hybrid Rocket Fabrication - Motor Casing

13

Nov. 28

Hybrid Rocket Motor Test Results!

 Test Data

Movies and Pics

14

Dec. 5

  Week 11 notes

16

Dec. 19

Final Project Report Due