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8.

Ex/PG/CNSE/T/115A/96/2010

MASTER

a) What do you mean by weathercock stability? Why it is so

OF

called?

CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

EXAMINATION, 2010
( 1st Semester )

b) If an arrow encounters crosswind from left, which way

would it deviate in the horizontal plane? Explain with a
diagram.

ROCKETS & MISSILES

Time : Three hours

Full Marks : 100

Attempt any Five questions

c) What is thrust vectoring? What are the different ways in

1.

which thrust vectoring may be carried out?

different types of tube launchers that are being used for

d) State the relative advantages of thrust vectoring control and

aerodynamic control.

a) What are the salient features of Tube launchers? Describe

missiles?

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b) What is boundary layer region? How does air viscosity

contribute to drag?
c) How does a wake form? What steps are taken up to reduce
pressure drag?
2.

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a) What are the different types of Jet Propulsion Units?

b) State Tsiolkovskys rocket equation. When can the rocket
speed may exceed the exhaust speed?
c) Define Specific Impulse. Show that the specific propellant
consumption is the reciprocal of the specific impulse.
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3.

A rocket projectile has the following characteristics :

Total mass of rocket = 100 tonnes.
Mass of Payload = 1 tonne.
Mass of nonpropulsive structure excluding payload = 10 tonnes.
Duration of Propulsion burning = 100 sec.
Average Specific Impulse = 275 sec.
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a) Determine Mass Ratio, Propellant Mass fraction, Propellant

b) An artificial Earth satellite is in an elliptical orbit which brings

flow rate, thrust, effective exhaust velocity at the end of

to an altitude 250 Km. at perigee and an altitude of 500 Km.

burn out (assuming gravitationless space).

at apogee. Calculate the velocity of the satellite at both

b) If the rocket is divided into two stages, each with half the

perigee and apogee. Given radius of Earth= 637814 Km,

propellant, the structural mass shared equally and the total

Mass of Earth = 597371024 Kg and Gravitational Constant

mass of rocket remaining the same, what would be the

= 6671011 Nm2/Kg2 .

velocity of the vehicle after the second stage. The effective

c) What are the significance of Thrust Co-efficient and

exhaust velocity may be assumed to be the same as

computed in part (a).
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Characteristic Velocity?
6.

a) How would a spacecraft orbiting in one orbit could catch up

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a) Explain the reasons for using Turbopump-feed system in

place of the pressure-feed system for Liquid Propellant

a sapcecraft orbiting in the higher orbit?

Rocket engines.

b) Derive the equations of motion of a space vehicle moving in

b) Explain with the help of schematic diagrams the prominent

rectilinear equilibrium flight assuming all the control forces,

engine cycles (open and closed) of Turbopump-fed Liquid

lateral forces and moments that tend to turn the vehicle is

fueled rocket engine.

zero. The trajectory is two dimensional and is contained in a

c) List the advantages of Liquid Propulsion system.

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fixed plane. The vehicle is inclined to the flight path at an

angle of attack and and are the angles of flight path
and the direction of thrust F with horizontal. Assume L and
D as the aerodynamic Lift and Drag force respectively.

a) Explain the reasons for having different solid propellant grain

configuration. What are the different modes of burning of
solid propellant rocket motor?
b) How solid propellants may be classified? Explain the

Show the effect of Specific Impulse Isp.

c) What is the function of Strap-on boosters?

7.

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characteristics and chemical compositions of each class of

solid propellant.

5.

a) What are the different types of orbits? Explain the

advantages of each of them.

c) State the desirable physical properties of Liquid Propellants.

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