Rocket Engine Design with MATLAB and SolidWorks - Method of Characteristics Nozzle Tutorial!

NOTE: Please watch the 2023 updated video:
   • Create a Rocket Engine Design App | N...  

Hey Everyone,

If you're a student in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, this tutorial will teach you how to design a custom rocket engine nozzle in a programming language (MATLAB) and create a CAD model of it in SolidWorks (or any other CAD software). You can use this as a means to design, build and potentially test your own rocket engine.

You can then import this nozzle into ANSYS to perform a fluid dynamic simulation as I have done here:
   • ANSYS Fluent: Rocket Engine Nozzle (W...  

This algorithm uses the Method of Characteristics (MoC) which is a very popular tool to design a rocket engine. It is used by academics as well as industry professionals to design rocket engine nozzles for optimum flight performance!

Topics covered in this video include

- Compressible Flow Basics (Overexpanded, Under expanded, Shock waves, Isentropic Flow)
- MATLAB Fundamentals (For Loops, If Statements, Importing from Excel using xlsread)
- Method of Characteristics Algorithm (Mach Angle, Expansion Fans, Prandtl-Meyer Function)
- Exporting to SolidWorks
- Designing the 3D CAD model of the Nozzle
- SolidWorks Fundamentals (Sketching, Offset, Loft, Importing csv files)

Watch my other rocket engine videos for a more clear understanding of the code!

How a Rocket Engine Works:    • How does a Rocket Engine (and Nozzle)...   and    • How does a Rocket Engine Nozzle Work ...  
Rocket Nozzle Structural Analysis:    • ANSYS: Rocket Nozzle FSI (coupled The...  

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