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 | Nozzle...  

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 (With E...  

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

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