Operating principle - Thrust of Rocket - Specific impulse of a rocket - Types of rockets - Rocket Staging - Rocket nozzle classification - Preliminary performance calculations - Air augmented rockets – A case study on rocket launch pad.

Electric rocket propulsion - Electrostatic, Electro thermal, Electromagnetic thrusters - Plasma thruster of the art and future trends - Ion propulsion ‐ Performance analysis- Rocket Testing Types of test - Post-accident procedures - Nuclear propulsion techniques ‐ Solar sail

Cryogenic fluids, Solids at cryogenic temperatures - Superconductivity, Recuperative - Liquefaction of natural gas - Vacuum insulation - Gas-filled Powders and fibrous materials - Solid foams - Multilayer insulation - Liquid and vapour Shields - Composite insulations

Cryogenic heat exchangers - recuperative and regenerative - Variables affecting heat exchanger - system performance - Cryogenic compressors - Effect of component inefficiencies – Cryo-pumping - Cryogenic Engineering applications - Case study.

Solid propellants - Thermal decomposition - combustion of nitramine - burning characteristics of propellants - chemically reacting boundary layer flows - Ignition and combustion -Droplet combustion in quiescent environments - Rates of reaction –Applications.