This page cover the following topics
related to Propulsion : Rocket equation, Rocket staging, range of aircraft,
Orbital mechanics, Hyperbolic orbits, Non-chemical rockets, Modeling of thermal
rocket engines, Modeling of rocket nozzles, Types of nozzles, Solid propellant
gas generators, Models for rocket engines, Reacting gases, Nozzle flow of
reacting gases, Rocket casing design, Heat transfer and cooling, Ablative
cooling, Thrust vectoring, Aircraft propulsion, configuration and components,
Aircraft engine modeling, Turbojet engines, Introduction to component matching
and off-design operation, Turbofan engines, Inlets or diffusers, Exhaust
nozzles, Compressors and fans, Velocity triangles, Compressor blading,Turbines,
Film cooling, Compressor-turbine matching, Engine structures, centrifugal
stresses, engine arrangements, Critical speeds and vibration, Combustors,
Pollutant, Aircraft engine noise, Jet noise, turbomachinery noise, Rotordynamics
of the jet engine.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This page cover the following topics
related to Propulsion : Rocket equation, Rocket staging, range of aircraft,
Orbital mechanics, Hyperbolic orbits, Non-chemical rockets, Modeling of thermal
rocket engines, Modeling of rocket nozzles, Types of nozzles, Solid propellant
gas generators, Models for rocket engines, Reacting gases, Nozzle flow of
reacting gases, Rocket casing design, Heat transfer and cooling, Ablative
cooling, Thrust vectoring, Aircraft propulsion, configuration and components,
Aircraft engine modeling, Turbojet engines, Introduction to component matching
and off-design operation, Turbofan engines, Inlets or diffusers, Exhaust
nozzles, Compressors and fans, Velocity triangles, Compressor blading,Turbines,
Film cooling, Compressor-turbine matching, Engine structures, centrifugal
stresses, engine arrangements, Critical speeds and vibration, Combustors,
Pollutant, Aircraft engine noise, Jet noise, turbomachinery noise, Rotordynamics
of the jet engine.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Propulsion (Lat. pro-pellere, push forward) is
making a body to move (against natural forces), i.e. fighting against the
natural tendency of relative-motion to decay. Motion is relative to an
environment. Sometimes, propulsion is identified with thrust, the force pushing
a body to move against natural forces, and one might say that propulsion is
thrust (but thrust not necessary implies motion, as when pushing against a wall;
on the other hand, propulsion implies thrust).This PDF covers the following
topics related to Propulsion : Air-breathing Engines, Inlets and Combustion
Chambers, Nozzles, Compressors, Turbines.
Author(s): Dr. Maruthupandiyan, Associate Professor, Institute
of Aeronautical Engineering
This note covers the fundamentals of rocket propulsion and discusses
advanced concepts in space propulsion ranging from chemical to electrical
engines. Topics covered include advanced mission analysis, physics and
engineering of microthrusters, solid propellant rockets, electrothermal,
electrostatic, and electromagnetic schemes for accelerating propellants.
Author(s): Prof. Manuel Martinez-Sanchez and Prof. Paulo
Lozano
This note explains the following
topics:Introduction to Aircraft Jet Propulsion, Jet Engine Cycles :
Thermodynamic Analysis of real cycles, Compressors and Turbines, Combustion
Systems, Intakes and Propelling Nozzles, Aircraft Engine Installed Performance,
Sizing and Matching, Ramjets, Scramjets and Pulsejets.
Author(s): Prof.
Bhaskar Roy and Prof. A M Pradeep