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Rocket and Missile Question Paper

The document is a past exam paper for a course on rockets and missiles. It contains 8 questions related to rocket engineering. Question 1 asks about solid propellant ignition processes and the differences between pyrotechnic and spark plug ignition. Question 2 asks about the configuration of a liquid engine and advantages of different injector types. Question 3 asks about forces on a rocket in flight, methods to estimate drag coefficients, and rocket dispersions. Question 4 derives Tsiolkovsky's equation and an expression for rocket culmination altitude during gravity turn. Question 5 derives expressions for maximum ideal burnout velocity of multi-stage and two-stage rockets. Question 6 explains attitude control of solid and liquid rockets and problems with each

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Rocket and Missile Question Paper

The document is a past exam paper for a course on rockets and missiles. It contains 8 questions related to rocket engineering. Question 1 asks about solid propellant ignition processes and the differences between pyrotechnic and spark plug ignition. Question 2 asks about the configuration of a liquid engine and advantages of different injector types. Question 3 asks about forces on a rocket in flight, methods to estimate drag coefficients, and rocket dispersions. Question 4 derives Tsiolkovsky's equation and an expression for rocket culmination altitude during gravity turn. Question 5 derives expressions for maximum ideal burnout velocity of multi-stage and two-stage rockets. Question 6 explains attitude control of solid and liquid rockets and problems with each

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No: 37168
R05 SET-2
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
IV.B.TECH - I SEMESTER REGULAR EXAMINATIONS NOV/DEC, 2009
ROCKETS AND MISSILES
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a] Describe the ignition process in a solid propellant rocket motor.
b] Differentiate between pyrotechnique ignition and spark plug ignition. [8+8]

2.a] Sketch and explain the configuration of a liquid engine.


b] Describe and discuss the advantages of different types of injectors.[10+6]

3.a] What are the forces acting on a rocket in atmospheric flight?


b] Explain the methods used to theoretically estimate the drag coefficients
of a rocket.
c] Discuss what is meant by ‘rocket dispersions’ and how they are
estimated. [4+8+4]

4.a] Derive Tsiolkovsky’s equation.


b] Derive an expression for the culmination altitude of a rocket in
gravity turn. Make suitable assumptions for the expression of
thrust. [6+10]

5.a] Derive the expression for the maximum ideal burn-out velocity of
a multi-stage rocket of ‘n’ stages in free space.
b] Derive the expression for the maximum ideal burn-out velocity of a two
stage rocket of identical structural efficiencies. [10+6]

6. Explain with neat sketches attitude control of solid and liquid propellant
rockets. What are the problems encountered in each of them? [16]

7.a] Describe ‘safe separation’ of stages of a multi-stage rocket system.


b] Set up the equations of dynamics of separation of parallel stages and of
pay load. [4+12]

8. Explain how you would select materials for different parts of a nozzle of a solid or
liquid rocket. What are the materials that are used? [16]
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