This document provides an introduction to rocket propulsion systems used in NASA's space shuttle. It first describes that rocket engines operate based on Newton's third law of motion. It then outlines the main components of rocket engines, including fuel, oxidizer, combustion chamber, and nozzle. Several types of fuels and engine cycles are described, such as cryogenic fuels, solid rocket boosters, monopropellants, and pressure-fed, gas generator, staged combustion, and expander cycles. Design parameters for rocket engines like specific impulse and thrust are also covered. The document concludes with an overview of challenges such as cooling and combustion instabilities, and alternatives like solar electric propulsion and ion thrusters.

1. INTRODUCTION
TO
l
ROCKET PROPULSION

2. NASA’ S SPACE SHUTTLE

3. SPACE SHUTTLE

4. OPERATING PRINCIPLE
ROCKET
OPERATES
ON
PRINCIPLE
OF
NEWTON’S
THIRD LAW
OF
MOTION

5. SSME

6. MAIN PARTS

1-FUEL

2-OXIDIZER

3-COMBUSTION
CHAMBER

4-NOZZEL

7. FUELS

CRYOGENIC –Liquid N2H4
and its variants

Solid rocket boosters-

(Al powder)

Monopropellant - hydrogen
peroxide

8. WORKING OF ENGINE

9. ENGINE CYCLES

1-PRESSURE FED CYCLE

2-GAS GENERATOR CYCLE

3-STAGED COMBUSTION
CYCLE

4-COMBUSTOR TAP OFF
CYCLE

5-EXPANDER CYCLE

10. PRESSURE FED CYCLE

11. GAS GENERATOR CYLE

12. STAGED COMBUSTION CYCLE

13. GAS GENERATOR CYLE

14. EXPANDFER CYCLE

15. COMBUSTOR TAP OFF CYCLE

16. DESIGN PARAMETERS

1-SPECIFIC IMPULSE

2-NET THRUST

3-THROTTLING

4-THRUST TO WIEGHT
RATIO

5-ENERGY EFFICIENCY

17. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

1-COOLING

2-MECHANICAL ISSUES

3-COMBUSTION
INSTABILITIES

4-EXHAUST NOISE

18. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY

SOLAR ELECTRIC
PROPULSION

19. SEP

20. 1-SOLAR ARRAY

21. 2-POWER PROCESSING UNIT

22. 3-HALL THRUSTER

23. WORKING OF ION THRUSTER

24. QUESTIONS ???