A white-hot flame shoots out from a J-2X engine gas generator during a test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. (Image courtesy of NASA/MSFC.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
MIT Course Number
16.50
As Taught In
Spring 2012
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course presents aerospace propulsive devices as systems, with functional requirements and engineering and environmental limitations along with requirements and limitations that constrain design choices. Both air-breathing and rocket engines are covered, at a level which enables rational integration of the propulsive system into an overall vehicle design. Mission analysis, fundamental performance relations, and exemplary design solutions are presented.