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Author Farokhi, Saeed.

Title Aircraft propulsion / Saeed Farokhi. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

Edition Second edition.
Publication Info. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2014.
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Summary "Aircraft Propulsion, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook covering aircraft gas turbine engine and rocket propulsion from the basic principles to more advanced treatments in engine components"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Aircraft Propulsion; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Preface; Intended Audience; Motivation; Mathematical Level; Chapter Organization and Topical Coverage; Instructor Resources; Acknowledgments; Nomenclature; 1 Introduction; 1.1 History of the Airbreathing Jet Engine, a Twentieth-Century Invention-The Beginning; 1.2 Innovations in Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines; 1.2.1 Multispool Configuration; 1.2.2 Variable Stator; 1.2.3 Transonic Compressor; 1.2.4 Low-Emission Combustor; 1.2.5 Turbine Cooling; 1.2.6 Exhaust Nozzles.
Contents note continued: 8.6.5.2. Three-Dimensional Losses -- 8.6.5.3. Reynolds Number Effect -- 8.7. Compressor Performance Map -- 8.8. Compressor Instability -- Stall and Surge -- 8.9. Multistage Compressors and Their Operating Line -- 8.10. Multistage Compressor Stalling Pressure Rise and Stall Margin -- 8.11. Multistage Compressor Starting Problem -- 8.12. Effect of Inlet Flow Condition on Compressor Performance -- 8.13. Isometric and Cutaway Views of Axial-Flow Compressor Hardware -- 8.14. Compressor Design Parameters and Principles -- 8.14.1. Blade Design -- Blade Selection -- 8.14.2. Compressor Annulus Design -- 8.14.3. Compressor Stall Margin -- 8.15. Summary -- References -- Problems -- 9. Centrifugal Compressor Aerodynamics -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Centrifugal Compressors -- 9.3. Radial Diffuser -- 9.4. Inducer -- 9.5. Inlet Guide Vanes (IGVs) and Inducer-Less Impellers -- 9.6. Impeller Exit Flow and Blockage Effects -- 9.7. Efficiency and Performance -- 9.8. Summary -- References -- Problems -- 10. Aerothermo-dynamics of Gas Turbines -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Axial-Flow Turbines -- 10.2.1. Optimal Nozzle Exit Swirl Mach Number Mθ2 -- 10.2.2. Turbine Blade Losses -- 10.2.2.1. Blade Profile Loss -- 10.2.2.2. Secondary Flow Losses -- 10.2.2.3. Annulus Losses -- 10.2.3. Optimum Solidity -- 10.2.4. Turbine Cooling -- 10.2.4.1. Convective Cooling -- 10.2.4.2. Impingement Cooling -- 10.2.4.3. Film Cooling -- 10.2.4.4. Transpiration Cooling -- 10.3. Turbine Performance Map -- 10.4. Effect of Cooling on Turbine Efficiency -- 10.5. Turbine Blade Profile Design -- 10.5.1. Angles -- 10.5.2. Other Blade Geometrical Parameters -- 10.5.3. Throat Sizing -- 10.5.4. Throat Reynolds Number Reo -- 10.5.5. Turbine Blade Profile Design -- 10.5.6. Blade Vibration and Campbell Diagram -- 10.5.7. Turbine Blade and Disk Material Selection and Design Criteria -- 10.6. Stresses in Turbine Blades and Disks and Useful Life Estimation -- 10.7. Axial-Flow Turbine Design and Practices -- 10.8. Gas Turbine Design Summary -- 10.9. Summary -- References -- Problems -- 11. Aircraft Engine Component Matching and Off-Design Analysis -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Engine (Steady-State) Component Matching -- 11.2.1. Engine Corrected Parameters -- 11.2.2. Inlet-Compressor Matching -- 11.2.3. Compressor--Combustor Matching -- 11.2.4. Combustor--Turbine Matching -- 11.2.5. Compressor--Turbine Matching and Gas Generator Pumping Characteristics -- 11.2.5.1. Gas Generator Pumping Characteristics -- 11.2.6. Turbine--Afterburner--(Variable-Geometry) Nozzle Matching -- 11.2.6.1. Fixed-Geometry Convergent Nozzle Matching -- 11.3. Engine Off-Design Analysis -- 11.3.1. Off-Design Analysis of a Turbojet Engine -- 11.3.2. Off-Design Analysis of an Afterburning Turbojet Engine -- 11.3.3. Off-Design Analysis of a Separate-Flow Turbofan (Two-Spool) Engine -- 11.4. Unchoked Nozzles and Other Off-Design Iteration Strategies -- 11.4.1. Unchoked Exhaust Nozzle -- 11.4.2. Unchoked Turbine Nozzle -- 11.4.3. Turbine Efficiency at Off-Design -- 11.4.4. Variable Gas Properties -- 11.5. Principles of Engine Performance Testing -- 11.5.1. Force of Inlet Bellmouth on Engine Thrust Stand -- 11.5.1.1. Bellmouth Instrumentation -- 11.5.1.2. Effect of Fluid Viscosity -- 11.5.1.3. Force of Inlet Bellmouth on Engine Thrust Stand -- 11.6. Summary -- References -- Problems -- 12. Chemical Rocket and Hypersonic Propulsion -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. From Takeoff to Earth Orbit -- 12.3. Chemical Rockets -- 12.4. Chemical Rocket Applications -- 12.4.1. Launch Engines -- 12.4.2. Boost Engines -- 12.4.3. Space Maneuver Engines -- 12.4.4. Attitude Control Rockets -- 12.5. New Parameters in Rocket Propulsion -- 12.6. Thrust Coefficient, CF -- 12.7. Characteristic Velocity -- 12.8. Flight Performance -- 12.9. Multistage Rockets -- 12.10. Propulsive and Overall Efficiencies -- 12.11. Chemical Rocket Combustion Chamber -- 12.11.1. Liquid Propellant Combustion Chambers -- 12.11.1.1. Some Design Guidelines for Injector Plate -- 12.11.1.2. Combustion Instabilities -- 12.11.2. Solid Propellant Combustion Chambers -- 12.12. Thrust Chamber Cooling -- 12.12.1. Liquid Propellant Thrust Chambers -- 12.12.2. Cooling of Solid Propellant Thrust Chambers -- 12.13. Combustor Volume and Shape -- 12.14. Rocket Nozzles -- 12.14.1. Multiphase Flow in Rocket Nozzles -- 12.14.2. Flow Expansion in Rocket Nozzles -- 12.14.3. Thrust Vectoring Nozzles -- 12.15. High-Speed Airbreathing Engines -- 12.15.1. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet -- 12.15.1.1. Inlet Analysis -- 12.15.1.2. Scramjet Combustor -- 12.15.1.3. Scramjet Nozzle -- 12.16. Rocket-Based Airbreathing Propulsion -- 12.17. Summary -- References -- Problems.
1.2.7 Modern Materials and Manufacturing Techniques1.3 New Engine Concepts; 1.3.1 Advanced Turboprop (ATP) and Geared Turbofan (GTF); 1.3.2 Advanced Airbreathing Rocket Technology; 1.3.3 Wave Rotor Topping Cycle; 1.3.4 Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE); 1.3.5 Millimeter-Scale Gas Turbine Engines: Triumph of MEMS and Digital Fabrication; 1.3.6 Combined Cycle Propulsion: Engines from Takeoff to Space; 1.4 New Vehicles; 1.5 Summary; 1.6 Roadmap for the Second Edition; References; Problems; 2 Compressible Flow with Friction and Heat: A Review; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A Brief Review of Thermodynamics.
2.3 Isentropic Process and Isentropic Flow2.4 Conservation Principles for Systems and Control Volumes; 2.5 Speed of Sound & Mach Number; 2.6 Stagnation State; 2.7 Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow; 2.8 Area-Mach Number Relationship; 2.9 Sonic Throat; 2.10 Waves in Supersonic Flow; 2.11 Normal Shocks; 2.12 Oblique Shocks; 2.13 Conical Shocks; 2.14 Expansion Waves; 2.15 Frictionless, Constant-Area Duct Flow with Heat Transfer; 2.16 Adiabatic Flow of a Calorically Perfect Gas in a Constant-Area Duct with Friction; 2.17 Friction (Drag) Coefficient Cf and D'Arcy Friction Factor fD.
2.18 Dimensionless Parameters2.19 Fluid Impulse; 2.20 Summary of Fluid Impulse; References; Problems; 3 Engine Thrust and Performance Parameters; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Takeoff Thrust; 3.2 Installed Thrust-Some Bookkeeping Issues on Thrust and Drag; 3.3 Engine Thrust Based on the Sum of Component Impulse; 3.4 Rocket Thrust; 3.5 Airbreathing Engine Performance Parameters; 3.5.1 Specific Thrust; 3.5.2 Specific Fuel Consumption and Specific Impulse; 3.5.3 Thermal Efficiency; 3.5.4 Propulsive Efficiency; 3.5.5 Engine Overall Efficiency and Its Impact on Aircraft Range and Endurance.
3.6 Modern Engines, Their Architecture and Some Performance Characteristics3.7 Summary; References; Problems; 4 Gas Turbine Engine Cycle Analysis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Gas Generator; 4.3 Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines; 4.3.1 The Turbojet Engine; 4.3.2 The Turbojet Engine with an Afterburner; 4.3.3 The Turbofan Engine; 4.3.4 Ultra-High Bypass (UHB) Turbofan Engines; 4.4 Analysis of a Mixed-Exhaust Turbofan Engine with an Afterburner; 4.4.1 Mixer; 4.4.2 Cycle Analysis; 4.5 The Turboprop Engine; 4.5.1 Introduction; 4.5.2 Propeller Theory; 4.5.3 Turboprop Cycle Analysis; 4.6 Summary.
Subject Airplanes -- Jet propulsion.
Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction.
Avions -- Propulsion par réaction.
Airplanes -- Jet propulsion
Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction
Other Form: Print version: Farokhi, Saeed. Aircraft propulsion. Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2014 9781118806777 (DLC) 2014001461
ISBN 9781118806760 (ePub)
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1523109955
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