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Class 5: Advanced Concepts Hold on to your hats!. Marat Kulakhmetov. Rocket Equation. Also known as : The Tsiolkovsky Equation F = m * a Forces = Drag + Weight + Thrust DV = How speed it needs ISP = how efficient the rocket engine is. Staging. The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation says :
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Class 5: Advanced Concepts Hold on to your hats! Marat Kulakhmetov
Rocket Equation • Also known as : The Tsiolkovsky Equation • F = m * a • Forces = Drag + Weight + Thrust • DV = How speed it needs • ISP = how efficient the rocket engine is
Staging • The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation says : • ISP depends on the rocket engine used. Higher ISP = Lower Launch Weight • DV = Final Velocity, depends on your mission • To get large velocities you would need very large takeoff weights • Using multiple rocket stages allows us to achieve higher velocities with less weight
Russian N1 Rocket • The Largest Rocket Built • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-CyIBlKNs&feature=related
Staging • Saturn V rocket, that flew to the moon used 3 stages
Rocket Recovery • How do we get the rocket (or what is left) back? • Can we just use wings and land at an airport? • Can we use a parachute • Can we use rocket motors to slow down? • This is what I’m working on!
Aerodynamic Regimes • Mach Number = Speed / Speed of sounds • Speed of Sound = 350 m/s ( 800 mi/h) • Incompressible ( Mach < 0.3) • Compressible (0.3<Mach < 0.8) • Transonic ( 0.8 < Mach < 1) • Supersonic ( Mach > 1) • Hypersonic (Mach > 5)
Incompressible Aerodynamics • Mach < 0.3 • Velocity < 100 m/s < 220 mi/h • The air gets out of the way without compressing
Compressible Aerodynamics • Mach 0.3 – 0.8 • 100 m/s – 280 m/s • 220 mi/h – 630 mi/h • Air tries to get out of the way but it gets compressed • Airliners Fly at this speed
Transonic Aerodynamics • Mach 0.8 < 1.0 • As air goes around blunt objects it accelerates so even if flow is Mach 0.8, in some regions on the airplane it may reach 1.0 and become supersonic
Supersonic Aerodynamics • Mach > 1 • Vehicle travels faster than the speed of sound • Shocks are generated because air cannot get out of the way fast enough
Hypersonic Aerodynamics • Mach > 5 • Remember to stay in orbit you need to travel at 7.6 km/s (Mach 22) • When vehicle hits air molecules it breaks them apart and causes chemical reactions • We need more Research !
My research on Hypersonics • Max Temp = 26,000K!! • Temperature of the Sun = 10,000 K