Basics
Designing Convergent-divergent Nozzles
With our new-found knowledge on supersonic flow and nozzles we can now begin to intuitively design a convergent-divergent…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
Basics
An Application: Convergent-divergent Nozzles
In typical engineering applications, compressible flow typically occurs in ducts, e.g. engine intakes, or through the exhaust nozzles…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
Supersonic Aerodynamics: Designing Rocket Nozzles
(Caveat: There is a little bit more maths in this post than usual. I have tried to explain the…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
Rocket Science 101: Fuel, engine and nozzle
· Maximise the mass ratio to achieve the highest amounts of delta-v. This translates to carrying the maximum amount…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
The rocket equation
The Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, however, takes this into account. The motion of the rocket is governed by the conservation…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
Rocket Science 101: Operating Principles
We covered the history of rocketry over the last 2000 years. By means of the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation we also…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
New approaches
After the demise of the Space Shuttle programme in 2011, the US’ capability of launching humans into space was heavily…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
The Space Race – to the moon and beyond
After WWII both the United States and the Soviet Union began heavily funding research into ICBMs, partly because…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
The Era of Modern Rocketry
Soon, new applications for rockets were being imagined. Jules Verne, always the visionary, put the dream of space…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi NathanBasics
The scientific method meets rocketry
The scientific groundwork of rocketry was laid during the Enlightenment by none other than Sir Isaac Newton. His…
July 27, 2021 · Boomi Nathan