Aircraft Propulsion

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Description:

ME 552 Aircraft Propulsion (3-0-0-6)

Introduction to aircraft propulsive devices – piston-prop, turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, turbo-shaft and ramjet engines; Propfans/Unducted fan engines; Engine thrust and performance parameters, thermal, propulsive and overall efficiencies; Two and three spool configurations; Cycle analysis of ideal and real turbojet, turbofan, turboprop engines; Engine performance with varying speed and altitude; Methods of thrust augmentation; Modern aircraft engines, their architecture and performance parameters; Analysis of ramjet and scramjet engines; Engine components – Intakes, combustors, afterburners, and nozzles; Turbo-machinery aerodynamics; Design and off-design performance; Turbine cooling methods; Component matching; Environmental considerations; Blade design and cascade theory.

References

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[2] H. Cohen, G.F.C. Rogers, and H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo, Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson, 2001.

[3] S. Farokhi, Aircraft Propulsion, Wiley, 2014.

[4] T. A. Ward, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Wiley, 2010.

[5] P. M. Sforza, Theory of Aerospace Propulsion, Elsevier-BH, 2017

[6] N. A. Cumpsty, Jet Propulsion, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

[7] J. D. Mattingly, Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, McGraw Hill Publications, 1996.

[8] G. C. Oates, Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components, AIAA, 1985.

[9] P. G. Hill and C. R. Peterson, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison Wesley, 1965.