B.TECH.

DEGREE EXAMINATION
EighthSemester

Branch:AeronauticalEngineering

ROCKETSANDMISSILES(AN010801)

Time:3hoursmaximum:100marks

PartA

Answerallquestions
1. ExplainMHD?
2. Whatisaerodynamiccentre.Distinguishitfromcentreofpressure?
3. Whatisthemaximumaltitudeattainedinarocket?Howcanthisaltitudeincrease?
4. Writeashortnoteondifferenttypesofchemicalrockets.
5. Whatarethedifferentmaterialsusedinrockets?Whatareitsspecialrequirements?
(3x5=15Marks)



PartB
Answerallquestions

Eachquestioncarriesfivemarks

6. Drawaneatsketchofelectricrocketandexplainbriefly?
7. Mentionairframecomponentsofrocketsandmissiles.
8. Explaingravityturntrajectoryofarocket.
9. Explainphysicalorchemicalreasonsformaximumvalueofspecificimpulseataparticular
mixtureratioofoxidizertofuel?
10. Howdoyouprovideseparationvelocityneededfortheupperstageofaspacevehicleduring
stageseparation.

(5x5=25Marks)
 PartC

Answerallquestions
Eachquestioncarriestwelvemarks
11. NameandExplaindifferenttypesofpropellantusedinsolidrocketvechicles.

OR

12. Explainthefollowingterms,
(i) Combustionpressure(Pc)
(ii) PropellantAreaRatio
(iii) Linearburningrat
13. Whatarethefactorsconsideredfortheselectionofairfoilshapespreferredfora
supersonicmissile.Explainitsadvantagesanddisadvantages.Differentiateballistic
missilefromcruisemissile.Giveexamples.
OR
14. (i)Deriveanexpressionforidealvelocityofarocketintermsofpayloadratio,structural
efficiencyandspecificimpulse.
(ii)Arockethas1/5thofitsoriginaltakeoffmassatthetimeofburnout.Iftheburningtimeand
specificimpulseofthepropellantarerespectively10secand240sec,determineburnout
velocity.
15. Writedowntheequationsofatwodimensionalrocketmotionatconstantpitchangleinan
inclinedtrajectorywithhomogeneousgravitationalfield.Deriveexpressionsforburnoutand
culminationrange.
OR
16. (i)Writedowntheequationsofatwodimensionalrocketmotioningravityturntrajectory
neglectingtheaerodynamicforces.
(ii)Thetotalincreaseinvelocityrequiredfortransferfromlowearthorbitat28inclinationtoa
geosynchronaryequatorialorbitis4.29km/sec.Aspacetugwitharestartablehydrogenoxygen
enginehasIsp=453s,mp=16000kg,ms=1300kg.Howmuchpayloadcanthetugdeliverto
geosynchronousorbit?Canthetugmakearoundtripwithoutpayload?
17. Describethesalientfeaturesofachemicalrocket.Obtaintheexpressionforitsheatofreaction.
Definecombustionefficiency.Howcanitbeincreased?
OR
18. Hydrogenperoxideisusedbothasamonopropellantandanoxidizerinbipropellantsystems.It
isstoredinliquidformandavailableinvariousdegreesofdilutionwithliquidwater.Forrocket
applicationconcentrations(7098%)knownashightestperoxide(HTP)areused.Fora
monopropellantapplication,calculatetheadiabaticflametemperatureasafunctionofwater
controlbasedonaninitialmixturetemperatureof298.15K.
19. Whatistheneedforthrustvectorcontrolforrockets?Listdownthethrustvectorcontrol
methodscommonlyemployedinrocketryandexplainanyoneofthem.Whataretheimportant
featuresofaerodynamiccontrols?Comparethewingandtailconfigurations.
OR
20. (i)Whyismultistagingnecessaryinrocketpropulsion?Explainoptimalrockets.Whatarethe
twostageandthreestageoptimalrockets?
(ii)Atwostagelaunchvehiclehasafirststagespecificimpulseof250secandasecondstage
impulseof350sec.Bothstageshavethesamestructuralratioof0.05.Determinetheminimum
propellantmassrequiredtoplacea1000kgpayloadintoa200Kmhighcircularearthorbit.
(Assumeanadditional1.5Km/secvelocityimpulserequiredtoovercomedraggravitylosses).

(12x5=60Marks)