Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore 641 032 De artment of !

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=hat is the need of matching compressor and turbine? !plain the elementar# theor# for a!ial flo' turbines.

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1. Differentiate impulse and reaction turbine. 2. What are the losses in a turbine blade? 3. List out the limiting factors in turbine blade design. 4. What are the methods of blade cooling? 5. Describe about the combustion in ramjet engine. 6. !plain the function of ramjet. ". What are the t#pes of no$$les used in roc%ets? &. List out the hard'are components in solid roc%ets. (. Differentiate solid roc%ets) li*uid roc%ets+ h#brid roc%ets. 1,. Describe about the concept roc%et propulsion. 1!2T) + !ns6er !ll the 7uestions 3 # 10 8 30

12. !9 3 roc%et no$$le has a throat area of 1& cm2 and combustor chamber pressure of 25 bar. -f the specific impulse is 12".42 s and the flo' rate of the propellant are 44.15 %g0s. Determine thrust co)efficient: ro ellant 6eight flo6 co) efficient: s ecific ro ellant consum tion > characteristic ?elocity<*29 +9 3 roc%et engine has the follo'ing data a2 effecti/e jet /elocit#412,, m0s b2 flight to jet speed ratio4,.&2 c2 o!idi$er flo' rate43.5 %g0s d2 fuel flo' rate 4 1.2 %g0s heat of reaction per %g of gases4252, %50%g. 6ind thrust: s ecific im ulse: ro ulsi?e efficiency: thermal efficiency and o?erall efficiency-

11. !9 -n a single stage impulse turbine the no$$le discharges the fluid on to the blades at an angle of 65. to the a!ial direction and the fluid lea/es the blades 'ith a absolute /elocit# of 3,, m0s at an angle 3,. to the a!ial direction. -f the blades ha/e e*ual inlet and outlet angle sand there is no a!ial thrust) estimate the blade angle: o6er re;- er 5g%s of the fluid and the blade efficiency. <*29

13. !9 Describe about the operating principle of the ramjet in detail and 'rite the ad/antages and dis ad/antages and its applications 'ith neat s%etch. <*29 +9 Discuss in detail about the roc%et no$$le configurations and mention its ad/antages and disad/antages for /arious no$$le designs. 7777 1 8D2 7777