PropulsionI-Syllabus
PropulsionI-Syllabus
Textbook: Sutton, George P. and Biblarz, Oscar, Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th or 8th ed.,
Wiley, New York, 2001. ISBN 0471326429.
References:
1. Zucrow, M. J., Aircraft and Missile Propulsion, Wiley, New York, 1958.
2. Bowman, N. J., The Handbook of Rockets and Guided Missiles, 1st ed., Perastadion Press,
Chicago, 1957.
3. Breuer, W. B., Race to the Moon : America's Duel with the Soviets, Praeger, Westport,
Conneticut, 1993.
4. Feodosiev, V. I., and Siniarev, G. I. B., Introduction to Rocket Technology, Academic Press,
New York, 1959.
5. Frank, R. G., and Zimmerman, W. F., Materials for Rockets and Missiles, MacMillan, New
York, 1959.
6. Kit, B., and Evered, D. S., Rocket Propellant Handbook, MacMillan, New York, 1960.
7. Kolk, W. R., Modern Flight Dynamics, Prentice-Hall Space Technology Series., Prentice-
Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1961.
8. Ley, W., Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, Viking Press, New York, 1958.
9. Neufeld, M. J., The Rocket and the Reich : Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic
Missile Era, Free Press, New York, 1995.
10. Nikolaev, B. A., Thermodynamic Assessment of Rocket Engines, Pergamon Press, Oxford,
New York, 1963.
11. Roy, G. D., Advances in Chemical Propulsion : Science to Technology, Environmental and
Energy Engineering Series, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2002.
12. Wilkins, R. L., Theoretical Evaluation of Chemical Propellants, Prentice-Hall International
Series in Space Technology, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1963.
13. Williamson, M., Dictionary of Space Technology, A. Hilger, Bristol, England, 1990.
14. Wulforst, H., The Rocketmakers, 1st ed., Orion Books, New York, 1990.
Objectives: Analysis of propulsion systems using chemical rocket engines. Liquid and solid
chemical rocket engines, nozzle theory, component analysis, and flight performance.