Hybrid rocket launch at GNIOT

The students of Greater Noida Institute of Technology were quite enthused for their latest creation of a Hybrid Rocket. It is the six months of hard labour of the students of B. Tech Mechanical Engineering (Final Year) and the Institute finally lunched the rocket on May 6, 2014.

 

The project was completed under the overall guidance of Manjit Singh (Associate Professor –ME, retired advisor to the Deputy Director at ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Dr JP Mani (HOD-Mechanical Engg.). The design, development and fabrication of the rocket motor were carried out following the guidelines stipulated by NASA engineers. Students were thoroughly guided by Professor Manjit Singh and in this regard he shared his experiences with students.

 

He talked about how his 36 years at ISRO had shaped him, and how the 10 years spent with former President and scientist par excellence, APJ Abdul Kalam will always be very special to him.

 

He also advised the students to be open minded always and curious to learn new things. He also said that the hybrid rocket motor developed has the potential application as Micro-thrust motor for Deep Space Satellite Control and orbit raising.

 

GNIOT’s President-KL Gupta, Vice President- BL Gupta, Dr Joy Banerjee (Director-GNIOT), other faculty members and students from other branches were also present during the test launch. 

 

Speaking about the project KL Gupta said that the success of this project laid on the hard labour and tremendous physical and mental support from the mentor Manjit Singh.

 

During the course of this project, the students learnt a lot about principles of rocketing, how to make rockets as well as how to launch them. They also became well-versed with the rocket motor chamber, nozzle system, propellant feed system and pressurisation system. The rocket had three chambers, which contained a mixture of 1/3 water and 2/3 air. Some of the students participated in this project are Deepak Goswami, Tarun Sharma, Shashank Gangwar,Swati Bharadwaj, Sneha Seth and other students.

 

Source:  Rahul Arora, click4college Specialist