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AIRBREATHING PROPULSION
AAE 2222
Syllabus
- 01Classification of propulsion systems
- 02Difference between airbreathing and non-airbreathing systems
- 03Types of nozzles
- 04Isentropic flow in nozzles
- 05Performance parameters of jet engines
- 06Factors affecting thrust
- 07Engine performance parameters
- 08Ideal and Real Brayton cycles with intercooling, reheating and regeneration
- 09Brayton cycle efficiency
- 10Ideal and real Brayton cycles for jet engines (turbojet, turbofan, turboprop and turboshaft engines)
- 11Thrust produced by jet engine
- 12Specific thrust
- 13TSFC
- 14Specific impulse
- 15Performance of a turbojet engine
- 16Advantages & disadvantages of jet engines
- 17Ramjet engine classification
- 18Construction and working of Ramjet
- 19Efficiency of ramjet
- 20Advantages & disadvantages of Ramjet
- 21Ideal and real cycles of Ramjet
- 22Thrust estimation from Ramjet
- 23Pulse jet engines
- 24Construction and working of Pulse jet engines
- 25Advantages and disadvantages of Pulse jet engines
- 26Valved type and valveless pulse jet engines
References
- Kroes Michael J; Wild Thomas W; Aircraft Powerplants, Tata-Mcgraw-Hill, (2010)
- Hill Philip, Peterson Carl, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison Wesly. (1992)
- Roy Bhaskar, Aircraft Propulsion, Elsevier, India, (2008)
- Mattingly J D, Elements of Propulsion - Gas Turbines and Rockets, AIAA Education series, (2006)
- El-Sayed Ahmed, Aircraft Propulsion and gas Turbine Engines, Taylor and Francis, CRC press, (2008)
- Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H., Rogers G.F.C., Cohen H. Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson (2001)
- Hill, P.G. & Peterson, C.R. “Mechanics & Thermodynamics of Propulsion” Addison – Wesley Longman INC, (1999)
Credits Structure
2Lecture
1Tutorial
0Practical
3Total