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MAE 4262: ROCKETS AND MISSION ANALYSIS

MAE 4262: ROCKETS AND MISSION ANALYSIS. Rocket Equation and Losses September 4, 2012 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Florida Institute of Technology D. R. Kirk. ROCKET EQUATION: IMPORTANT TRENDS. TYPICAL D V MISSION REQUIREMENTS.

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MAE 4262: ROCKETS AND MISSION ANALYSIS

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  1. MAE 4262: ROCKETS AND MISSION ANALYSIS Rocket Equation and Losses September 4, 2012 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Florida Institute of Technology D. R. Kirk

  2. ROCKET EQUATION: IMPORTANT TRENDS

  3. TYPICAL DV MISSION REQUIREMENTS http://www.strout.net/info/science/delta-v/intro.html

  4. DV CAPABILITY FOR VARIOUS ROCKETS REF: Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, by Humble, Henry and Larson

  5. TYPICAL PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS (T and Isp)

  6. GRAVITY • Remember that gravity on Earth (~ 9.81 m/s2) may be calculated fundamentally • Average radius of the Earth ~ 6,378 km or 3,963 miles • Mass of the Earth ~ 5.9742x1024 kg • Some typical values for Earth: • High power amateur model rocket ~ 100,000 ft, 30.5 km, 19 miles • g/ge = 99% • Shuttle in LEO (altitude of 300 km, 186 miles) • g/ge = 91% • Satellite in GEO (altitude of 42,000 km, 26,000 miles) • g/ge = 1.7% • Note that the radius of the moon is about 1,737 km and mass is 7.36x1022 kg • So g on the surface of the moon is about 1.62 m/s2

  7. COMPARISON OF GRAVITY, DENSITY AND PRESSUREVERSUS ALTITUDE Gravity Pressure Density

  8. COMPARISON OF GRAVITY, DENSITY AND PRESSUREVERSUS ALTITUDE Gravity Density Pressure Shuttle LEO

  9. TYPICAL DRAG VARIATION FOR ROCKETS

  10. Variation of lift and drag coefficient with Mach number of V-2 rocket missile based on body cross-sectional area with jet off

  11. DRAG: SUPERSONIC MISSILE EXAMPLE

  12. COMMENTS: LAUNCH FROM SURFACE OF EARTH • To get to orbit (or to escape), direction of travel must be parallel to Earth’s surface (not perpendicular) • We launch vertically off the surface of the Earth, WHY? • Gravity • When rocket is vertical, gravity is acting against T and V • Drag • V2 dependence: Drag ↑ as rocket accelerates • Large effect in lower atmosphere • Acceleration of vehicle is almost constant even though mass is changing • Density dependence: r ↓ very rapidly in atmosphere (r/rS.L. ~ 1% at 100,000 ft) • All rocket pass through condition of maximum dynamic pressure (MAX Q) • Many rockets stay vertical through this part • Get through atmosphere as quickly as possible • BUT before rocket really starts to speed up

  13. COMMENTS: LAUNCHERS • Need certain velocities to get to space (and stay in space), escape, insertion, transition velocities, etc. → give DV requirements • Don’t want to carry fuel (heavy fuel is working against you) • Burn fuel early in flight → high accelerations, V2 ↑ • Atmosphere is counter argument: drag, dynamic pressure • Why not launch horizontal? • Less gravity loss • Drag loss is high, more time in atmosphere • Lots of structural stress • Launch might look different on moon • Vertical launch segment: • Get out of dense atmosphere quickly, but still at relatively low speed • Don’t spend too much time here (vertical segment contributes nothing to eventual vertical orbital velocity) • Highest gravity losses, but sustain them to get lower density then really increase DV

  14. Variation in air density (r), velocity (V), altitude (h), and dynamic pressure (q) during a Space Shuttle launch

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