Rocket Engines India Morris November 3, 2009

What are Rocket Engines??? Jet engines that use only propellant mass for forming the high speed jet/ thrust. Jet engines that use only propellant mass for forming the high speed jet/ thrust. Chemical rocket propellants Chemical rocket propellants Solid rockets Solid rockets Liquid fueled rockets Liquid fueled rockets No definite inventor No definite inventor Advances in science contribute to its current development Advances in science contribute to its current development

Different Types Depends on the way they are powered Depends on the way they are powered Physically Physically Chemically Chemically Electrically Electrically Solar Solar Beam Beam Nuclear Nuclear Common or Simple Common or Simple Complex Complex Liquid fueled rocket engines Liquid fueled rocket engines USA Rocket Engines USA Rocket Engines F-1 F-1 SSME SSME RS-68 RS-68

Application Rocket Ignition Rocket Ignition Energy Harnessing Solution Energy Harnessing Solution Newton’s 3 rd Law Newton’s 3 rd Law Performance calculated through quantities of temperature and pressure Performance calculated through quantities of temperature and pressure Combustion Thermodynamics Combustion Thermodynamics

How they function… Engine cycles Engine cycles Pressure fed cycle Pressure fed cycle Expander cycle Expander cycle Gas generator cycle Gas generator cycle Staged combustion cycle Staged combustion cycle

Rocket Engines Today Future rocket engines may not use fuel to thrust. Future rocket engines may not use fuel to thrust. Ions or atomic particles used for thrust. Ions or atomic particles used for thrust.

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