Question Bank

AE 1451 ROCKETS AND MISSILES

PART- A
1. What is pyrogen?
2. What is propellant hammer?
3. How are rocket igniters classified? Give any two examples of solid rocket igniters.
4. How does liquid propellant slosh affect a rocket engine performance?
5. Mention any two types of rocket igniters and enumerate the criterion for their
selection.
6. What is geysering effect in liquid propellant rocket engines?
7. Distinguish between combustion chamber and thrust chamber of a rocket motor.
8. Give two examples for missile fore-body shapes.
9. Distinguish between the terms subsonic leading edge and supersonic leading edge of a
missile wing in flight.
10. What are the major reasons for rocket dispersion?
11. How do fins enhance stability of a missile in atmospheric flight?
12. What are the important airframe components of a rocket?
13. What is body up-wash in missile aerodynamics?
14. How is lateral damping moment produced on a missile body in flight?
15. What is the purpose of boat-tail of a missile airframe?
16. What is body downwash in missile aerodynamics?
17. Distinguish between tangent and secant ogival shapes of missile fore-bodies.
18. Define propellant and payload ratios used for the design of rockets.
19. What is culmination altitude in rocket motion?
20. What is gravity turn trajectory?
21. Why is it that space launch vehicles are launched vertically?
22. What is the need for multi-staging of space launch vehicles?
23. What is coasting phase in space launch vehicle trajectories?
24. Suggest suitable materials for rocket nozzle throat materials.
25. Give examples of materials used for thermal protection system of aerospace vehicles.

PART- B

1. a) (i) What is geysering effect in liquid rocket engines? (6)

(ii) What are the various layouts of turbo-pump feed systems of liquid propellant
Rockets. (10)
Or
b) (i) What are the basic design considerations of a solid propellant rocket igniter (8)
(ii) Sketch a gas pressurized propellant feed system and mark all the components.
Explain its operation. (8)
2. a) (i) What are the important design considerations of liquid rocket combustion
chamber? What factors decide the volume and shape of the combustion
chamber. (8)
(ii) Illustrate the pressure feed system of a liquid rocket engine. What are the
advantages and limitations of pressure feed system? (8)
or
b) (i) What are the adverse effects of propellant hammer on the structure of
propellant feed lines? What safety features must be followed in the structural
design? (6)
 (ii) With a neat illustration explain the basic mechanism in the combustion of a
composite solid propellant. Sketch the solid phase temperature profile. Derive an
expression for the profile in terms of thermal diffusivity and the depth below the
burning surface. (10)
3. a) (i) List the basic design considerations of a solid rocket igniter. Sketch any one
type of igniter and mark all the components and explain their functions. (8)
(ii) Sketch the typical temperature profile in the combustion wave of a solid
propellant. How is it influenced by the burning rate of the propellant? Mark all the
zones in the combustion wave. (8)
or
b) (i) Explain the concepts of propellant slosh and propellant hammer in liquid
propellant rocket engines. How do they influence the design of the engine? (8)
(ii) What are the major design considerations for the combustion chamber of
liquid propellant rocket? (8)