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1. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Aircraft Propulsion
2005 - 2010
International School of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
Regular Program and International Double Degree Program, Kasetsart University
Assist. Prof. Anurak Atthasit, Ph.D.
2. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Kasetsart University
2
A. ATTHASIT
Description
Introduction to propulsion, air-breathing and non-air- breathing engines, brief review of the thermodynamics and compressible flow, basic thrust equation of aircraft gas turbine engines, Brayton cycle, propellers, momentum or actuator disk theory and blade element theory, gas turbine component performance, inlet, compressor, turbine and nozzle, cycle analysis of gas turbine engines, ramjet, turbojet, turbofan and turboprop.
Prerequisites
•You are required a basic knowledge in Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
3. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Kasetsart University
3
A. ATTHASIT
Objectives
Basic understand of the use of thermodynamics, transport processes, and compressible flow fundamentals in the operation of air breathing engines.
Analyse the performance of gas turbine cycles for propulsion
Select appropriate air-breathing engines for a given application.
Analyse the operation of individual components of air-breathing devices: inlets, compressor, combustor, turbine, afterburner, and nozzle.
Analyse the influence of the performance of the components of the gas turbine engines on the system performance.
Understand of design approaches applicable to axial machinery.
4. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Kasetsart University
4
A. ATTHASIT
Recommended Textbooks and References
Jack D. Mattingly, Elements of gas turbine propulsion, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1996
Jack D. Mattingly, Elements of Propulsion, Gas Turbines and Rockets, AIAA Education Series, 2006
Ronald D. Flack, Fundamentals of jet propulsion with applications, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles, Thermodynamics: an engineering approach, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008
Anderson, J. D., Jr., 2001, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York
5. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Kasetsart University
5
A. ATTHASIT
Web Resources
Encyclopaedia of science
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/air-breathing_engine.html
MIT/Propulsion
http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/SPRING/propulsion/notes/node70.html
NASA/Guide to Propulsion
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bgp.html
Ulf Håll/Aircraft propulsion cycles
http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~ulfh/gas_turb_h/crsohbilder/crs3en/index.htm
6. Aeropropulsion
Unit
Kasetsart University
6
A. ATTHASIT
Contents
Propulsion Review of Fundamentals
Ideal Turbojet Performance
Component Performance
Non Ideal Cycle Analysis
Ideal Turbofan Performance
Non Ideal Turbofan Cycle Analysis
Matching and Off Design
Turbomachine 2D
Turbomachine 3D
Non Ideal Turbomachine 2D
Axial Flow Compressors Off Design Performance
Fuel Injection
Combustor Diffusor
Performance of Propellers
Prerequisites
•You are required a basic knowledge in Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
7. Aeropropulsion
Unit Kasetsart University A. ATTHASIT 7
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