Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Aerospace Engineering
AE4451 Propulsion,  Winter/ Spring 2002


 

NEWS: 

1. Review Test on Tuesday Jan. 15. Bring 1 sheet (8.5" x 11", both sides) of your handwriting with security-blanket formulae etc. 

2. See link to  Things You Should Know By Now or Find Out Right Away (AE-senior-year version)  to help prepare. Also, expect questions from the assignment (see below) 

3. Assignment No. 1: Tradeoff between shocks & heat addition losses. 

4. Answers to Review Test

5. Assignment 2: All-in-one Jet Engine Cycle Analysis Program

6. Space Propulsion System Design for a Space-Based Economy

7. List of Things to Think About Before Test #2 (non-exhaustive)

8. Simple Worked Examples

9. Old Test: Winter '89

10. Old Test: Fall '89

 

Textbook: Hill and Peterson, “Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion” (older editions are fine too).

Review Notes:

·Propulsion section of AE1350  Introduction to Aerospace Engineering.

·Compressible Flow

·High Speed Aerodynamics
 
 
 
 
Lecture Notes
1. Introduction to Propulsion
2. Review of thermodynamics
3. Review of isentropic flow relations
4. Thrust of a jet propulsion system
5. Brayton cycle: cycle efficiency; choice of parameters
6. Ideal ramjet cycle
7. Gas Turbine Engine Analysis: Turbojet, turbofan, and turboprop
8. Turboprop: Optimization of propeller work fraction
9. Inlets & Diffusers
10. Nozzles
11. Main Burners & Afterburners
12. Turbomachines
13. Rocket Propulsion 
14. Chemical Rocket Cycle Analysis 
15. Advanced Space Propulsion Concepts

Grading & some other policies:  Review test: 5% 2 tests  (20% each), Assignments (incl. class participation) (25%), Final (30%)

Ask anyone for help in figuring out assignments; but all work submitted for grades must be done by you. Attendance is mandatory; inform instructor of absence at the earliest. Bring calculator and notes from previous lectures and participate in class.

Instructor:Dr. Narayanan M. Komerath, Professor, Aerospace Engineering
353 Guggenheim. narayanan.komerath@ae.gatech.edu