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| GOALS |
To gain :
(a) an understanding of the basic principles involved in modern flight vehicle propulsion
systems
(b) basic skills for analyzing and designing such systems |
| CONTENT: |
Basic principles of propulsion;
thrust and efficiency equations for propellers, jets, and rockets.
Jet engines: ramjets, scramjets, turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, propfans and other
advanced concepts.
Rockets; multistaging. Advanced space propulsion concepts. |
| PREREQUISITES: |
ME 111 (Fluid Mechanics), ME 113
(Thermodynamics) |
| TEXTBOOKS: |
Mattingly, J. D.
Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion
McGraw Hill, 1996. |
Combustion
1. Murthy, S.N.B., editor; Osborn, J.R., Barows, A.W., Ward, J.R.,
associate editors
Aerodynamics of Base Combustion.
Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Volume 40, 1976.
Engine-Airframe Integration
1. Murthy, S.N.B. and Paynter, G.C., editors
Numerical Methods for Engine-Airframe Integration.
Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Volume 102, 1986.
Jet Engines, Turbines
1. Cohen, H., Rogers, G.F.C., and Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H.
Gas Turbine Theory.
Addison-Wesley Longman, 4th ed. 1996.
2. Hill, P. and Peterson, C.
Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion.
Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition, 1992.
3. Kerrebrock, J. L.
Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines.
The MIT Press, 1977.
4. Mattingly, J. D.
Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion
McGraw Hill, 1996.
5. Oates, G. C.
Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion.
AIAA Education Series, 1984.
6. D. Archer & M. Saarlas
An Introduction to Aerospace Propulsion
Prentice Hall, 1996. Required.
Reciprocating Engines
1. Aircraft Reciprocating Engines
IAP, Inc., P.O.Box 10000, Casper, WY 82602-1000
Internationa Standard Book Number 0-89100-075-5
2. Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine
Pulkrabek, William W.
Prentice-Hall 1997.
3. Taylor, C. F.
The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice
Volume 1 : Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Performance.
Volume 2 : Combustion, Fuels, Materials, Design.
The MIT Press, 1968. There is also a newer edition!
4. White, G.
Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II
published by SAE
Rockets
1. Sutton, G. P.
Rocket Propulsion Elements; An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets.
John Wiley & Sons, 6th edition, 1992.
2. Oates, G. C.
Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion.
AIAA Education Series, 1984.
3. Hill, P. and Peterson, C.
Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion.
Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition, 1992.
Turbomachinery
1. Stepanoff, A.J.
Centrifugal and Axial Flow Pumps; Theory, Design and Application.
John Wiley & Sons, 2th ed., 1957. |
