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

DOWNLOAD MY CODE HERE: https://github.com/Vinayak-D/MOC-MATLAB

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY_3_c0rDiw&t=456s

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zagXTc4hBk&t=4s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpwpzUkR3QY&t=135s
Rocket Nozzle Structural Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DZYY16LiD0&t=1s
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