Elements of Propulsion: Gas Turbines and Rockets, Second Edition provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. Textbook coverage has been revised and expanded, including a new chapter on compressible flow. Design concepts are introduced early and integrated throughout. Written with extensive student input, the book builds upon definitions and gradually develops the thermodynamics, gas dynamics, rocket engine analysis, and gas turbine engine principles.
Introduction; Review of Fundamentals; Compressible Flow; Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Parametric Cycle Analysis (PCA) of Ideal Engines; Component Performance '7""Parametric Cycle Analysis (PCA) of Real Engines; Engine Performance Analysis (EPA); Turbomachinery Rocket Propulsion; Altitude Tables; Gas Turbine Engine Data: Uninstalled Performance Data for Some Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines; Compressible Flow Functions; Normal Shock Functions; Two-Dimensional Oblique Shock Functions; Rayleigh Line Flow Functions Fanno Line Flow Functions; Turbomachinery Stresses and Materials; About the Software Answers to Selected Problems; Air and (CH2) n Properties at Low Pressure; Propeller Design Tools; References; Index.
