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MIT OpenCourseWare
Rocket Propulsion
Art: Ottomar Anschütz, Lilienthal im unruhigen Gleitflug, 1894 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 33 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.512 Rocket Propulsion, Fall 2005, Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
33 files
- Introduction Download
- Rocket Nozzles and Thrust Download
- Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics Download
- Nozzle Design: Method of Characteristics Download
- Effects of Particles in Nozzle Flow Download
- Convective Heat Transfer: Reynolds Analogy Download
- Convective Heat Transfer: Other Effects Download
- Liquid Cooling Download
- Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling Download
- Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling Download
- Review of Equilibrium Thermochemistry Download
- Examples of Chemical Equilibrium Download
- Non-Equilibrium Flows Download
- Selection of Propellant Mixtures Download
- Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints Download
- Solid Propellants: Other Topics Download
- Liquid Propellants Download
- Combustion of Liquid Propellants Download
- Liquid Motors: Injection and Mixing Download
- Liquid Motors: Stability (Low Frequency) Download
- Liquid Motors: Stability (High Frequency); Acoustics Download
- Pressurization and Pump Cycles Download
- Basic Turbomachine Performance Download
- Turbopumps Download
- Turbines Download
- Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery Download
- Rotordynamics Problems Download
- Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine Download
- Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging Download
- Performance to LEO Download
- Performance to GEO Download
- Impulsive and Low-Thrust Maneuvers in Space Download
- Future Developments Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Rocket Nozzles and Thrust
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Lecture 3: Review of Ideal Nozzle Fluid Mechanics
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Lecture 6: Effects of Particles in Nozzle Flow
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Lecture 7: Convective Heat Transfer: Reynolds Analogy
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Lecture 8: Convective Heat Transfer: Other Effects
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Lecture 9: Liquid Cooling
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Lecture 10: Ablative Cooling, Film Cooling
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Lecture 11: Radiation Heat Transfer and Cooling
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Lecture 12: Review of Equilibrium Thermochemistry
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Lecture 13: Examples of Chemical Equilibrium
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Lecture 14: Non-Equilibrium Flows
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Lecture 15: Selection of Propellant Mixtures
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Lecture 16: Solid Propellants: Design Goals and Constraints
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Lecture 19: Liquid Propellants
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Lecture 20: Combustion of Liquid Propellants
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Lecture 21: Liquid Motors: Injection and Mixing
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Lecture 22: Liquid Motors: Stability (Low Frequency)
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Lecture 23: Liquid Motors: Stability (High Frequency) Acoustics
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Lecture 24: Pressurization and Pump Cycles
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Lecture 25: Basic Turbomachine Performance
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Lecture 26: Turbopumps
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Lecture 27: Turbines
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Lecture 28: Mechanical Design of Turbomachinery
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Lecture 29: Rotordynamics Problems
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Lecture 30: Dynamics of Turbopump Systems: The Shuttle Engine
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Lecture 31: Active Control of Rockets
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Lecture 32: Orbital Mechanics: Review, Staging
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Lecture 33: Performance to LEO
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Lecture 34: Performance to GEO
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Lecture 37: Future Developments
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, 16.512 Rocket Propulsion, Fall 2005.
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