Airbreathing Propulsion An Introduction [Paperback]

Airbreathing Propulsion covers the physics of combustion, fluid and thermo-dynamics, and structural mechanics of airbreathing engines, including piston, turboprop, turbojet, turbofan, and ramjet engines. End-of-chapter exercises allow the reader to practice the fundamental concepts behind airbreathing propulsion, and the included PAGIC computer code will help the reader to examine the relationships between the performance parameters of different engines. Large amounts of data have on many different piston, turbojet, and turboprop engines have been compiled for this book and are included as an appendix.This textbook is ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate students studying aeronautical engineering, aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering.

This unified approach to teaching the physics of combustion, fluid dynamics and other properties of aircraft engines covers both modern and historical power units and features exercises and extensive data that allow readers to evaluate comparative results.

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Thermodynamic Ideal Cycle Analysis.- 3. Friction, Work and Heat Addition in a One-dimensional Channel Flow.- 4. Flow Through a Turbomachine.- 5. Estimating Losses.- 6. Similarity Rules (On Design Condition).- 7. Axial Compressors and Turbines.- 8. Centrifugal Compressor.- 9. Off Design Running of Aircraft Gasturbines.- 10. Propeller Aerodynamics.- 11. Materials and Structural Problems.- List of Symbols.- Bibliography.- Index.

Tarit Bose is a retired professor of aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), India. He retired in 1998 after 27 years of teaching Thermodynamics, Aircraft Propulsion, CFD and Plasma Dynamics. During his time at IIT-M; Tarit supervised 16 masters level candidates and 10 doctoral candidates.

Prof. Bose received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Munich, West Germany in 1960, and he received his Doctoral$