Introduction When Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in 1774 and Joseph Priestley found oxygen in 1776‚ neither man would expect the effect these elements could have on modern science‚ namely rockets. But creating a rocket is just combining these two gases in a closed environment‚ and one spark. This lab exemplifies just that what happens when the gases H2 and O2 are chemically combined with a spark. In this lab‚ the objective was to see how far a pipette filled H2 and O2 could travel. One half
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and final velocities of an air powered projectile. Hypothesis: If the angle of the rocket is launched at 45 degrees than the distance and velocity will maximize. Materials: Rocket launching platform Rocket launcher Rocket body Air pump Safety goggles Rubber washer Nose cone 40‚ 45‚ 50‚ 55 and 60 angle wooden blocks Measuring wheel Procedure: 1. The rocket was assembled by the rocket launcher and screwed to the launching platform using two screws/washer/wing-nut set. 2
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The heated stem went up through pipes into the sphere and then escaped from two L-shaped openings on opposite sides of it. This propelled the sphere in a rotating motion. No one knows for sure when the first “real rockets” were invented. It is often speculated that the first rockets were mistakes‚ caused by the first century Chinese. They used a precursor to gunpowder that contained sulfur‚ saltpeter‚ and charcoal dust. This mixture was filled into tubes of bamboo and thrown into fires during religious
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October Sky Marion Eady The film October Sky (1999)‚ directed by Joe Johnson is based on a true story of Homer Hickman ( a coal miners son) who is inspired to build a rocket after the Russian launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit. The film definitely focuses on the course theme of being a social outcast. This is explored in the film through three people‚ John Hickman (Homers Father)‚ the town of Coalwood and Mr.Turner (Homers principle). Firstly‚ John Hickman
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of which was a Russian named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He established the basics of rocket science. He made a rocket equation which determines the velocity of flight. That equation is still used today in modern rockets. Along with that‚ he also wrote the first theoretical description of an artificial satellite. The Germans also made a rocket called the A-4 rocket. It was first launched in 1942 and was the first rocket to reach space. It was also able to carry 2‚200 lbs of weight. Even though it was
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first satellite in space. He begins thinking about rockets and how there is a scientific and mathematical explanation to why they fly and fall in a certain way. This is the begining of his long and brutal journey. To begin his journey‚ he gathers all his friends and “nerds” to help him launch his first rocket. They launch their first rocket and was unfortunately unsuccessful. Hickam and his friends decide to not give up so they launch their second rocket not much later and its not a success but its an
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invented two of the most important rockets in the history of rockets‚ the V-2 and the Saturn V. Both of these rockets were very important to the development and furtherment of Missiles and Space Travel. Von Braun was born in 1912 in the Posen Province of then Germany. However after World War One this province was integrated into Poland. Early in his life‚ he stumbled on the book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen by Hermann Oberth. Hermann Oberth writes: “The rockets... can be built so powerfully that
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gets thinner‚ lesser air enters the cylinder thereby chocking their efficiency to burn fuel. Rocket Engines Rocket engines produce the most power in the class of aircraft engines. They need so much of power in order to push the aircraft outside the gravitational pull of the earth. Rocket engines use a mixture of oxygen and a very combustible material to produce the thrust. The uniqueness of the rocket engine is that it carries its own oxygen to ignite its fuel. This is very different from the working
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Seminar Report on “CRYOGENIC ENGINE IN ROCKET PROPULSION” CRYOGENIC ENGINE IN ROCKET PROPULSION CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION a. CRYOGENICS b. CRYOGENIC ENGINE 2. HISTORY 3. LIMITATIONS IN SLVs 4. CRYOGENIC FUELS 5. PRINCIPLE 6. CONSTRUCTION 7. COMPONENTS OF CRYOGENIC ENGINE 8. SPECIFICATIONS OF SSME 9. WORKING 10.EXPLODED VIEW OF A VEHICLE 11.ADVANTAGES 12.DISADVANTAGES 13.CONCLUSION CRYOGENIC ENGINE IN ROCKET PROPULSION INTRODUCTION What is Cryogenics ? Cryogenics
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optimized Aerospike nozzle based on combustion chamber temperatures Sanalkumar V.R. Swathi Marudhamuthu; Gopinath Jayaraj; Hemasai Nagaraj; Meghana Raj; Anoovendhan Subramanian; Acknowledged by : Mohanraj Murugesan Abstract The research about rocket propulsion has been raised to the level of a higher thrust at high effeciency with a number of methods. Aerospike nozzle is a type of nozzle in which the external surface of the bell nozzle has been inverted inwards to form a spike. Unlike a bell
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