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Theory of Aerospace Propulsion provides excellent coverage of aerospace propulsion systems, including propellers, nuclear rockets, and space propulsion. The book's in-depth, quantitative treatment of the components of jet propulsion engines provides the tools for evaluation and component matching for optimal system performance. Worked examples and end of chapter exercises provide practice for analysis, preliminary design, and systems integration.
Readers of this book will be able to utilize the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics to analyze aircraft engines; understand the common gas turbine aircraft propulsion systems and be able to determine the applicability of each; perform system studies of aircraft engine systems for specified flight conditions; perform preliminary aerothermal design of turbomachinery components; conceive, analyze, and optimize competing preliminary designs for conventional and unconventional missions. The book is organized into 15 chapters covering a wide array of topics such as idealized flow machines; quasi-one-dimensional flow equations; idealized cycle analysis of jet engines; combustion chambers for airbreathing engines; nozzles and inlets; turbomachinery; blade element analysis of axial flow turbomachines; turbine engine performance and component integration; propellers; liquid rockets; solid propellant rockets; nuclear rockets; space propulsion; and propulsion aspects of high-speed flight.
This book will appeal to aerospace or mechanical engineers working in gas turbines, turbomachinery, aircraft propulsion and rocket propulsion, and to undergraduate and graduate level students in aerospace or mechanical engineering studying aerospace propulsion or turbomachinery.
List of contents
1. Idealized Flow Machines2. Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow Equations3. Idealized Cycle Analysis of Jet Propulsion Engines4. Combustion Chambers for Air-Breathing Engines5. Nozzles6. Inlets7. Turbomachinery8. Blade Element Theory for Axial Flow Turbomachines9. Turbine Engine Performance and Component Integration10. Propellers11. Liquid Rockets12. Solid Propellant Rockets13. Nuclear Rockets14. Space Propulsion15. Propulsion Aspects of High-Speed Flight
About the author
PhD Polytechnic Institute 1965 Research Interests: Propulsion, Gas Dynamics, Air and Space Vehicle Design Co-Editor, Journal of Directed Energy Book Review Editor, AIAA Journal
