Aerospace Propulsion
This course provides an overview of gas turbine and rocket propulsion systems and their analysis. It may serve as a prerequisite to AAE538 and AAE539 for students whose major or minor area of concentration is propulsion. Fall 2017 Syllabus
AAE59000
Credit Hours:
3Learning Objective:
Obtain a working knowledge of gas turbine and rocket propulsion systems, applications, and components.Description:
This course provides an overview of gas turbine and rocket propulsion systems and their analysis. It may serve as a prerequisite to AAE538 and AAE539 for students whose major or minor area of concentration is propulsion.
Topics Covered:
Overview of propulsion applications; review of mechanics and thermodynamics of fluid flow; 1D isentropic and non-isentropic flow; gas turbine engine cycles and inlets, combustors, and nozzles; the rocket equation; rocket performance parameters and rocket design; liquid rocket engines, solid rocket motors, and their components; rocket nozzle design, combustor heat transfer, and combustion instability.Prerequisites:
Undergraduate training in compressible flows and thermodynamics.Applied / Theory:
50 / 50Web Address:
https://mycourses.purdue.edu/Web Content:
Syllabus, grades, lecture notes, homework assignments, and solutions.Homework:
Homework will be accepted via Blackboard.Projects:
A short paper (including some analysis) on a propulsion system of interest to the student is required.Exams:
Two two-hour midterm exams and a final exam.Textbooks:
Required:
Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion (2nd Edition), Philip Hill, Pearson, 2nd, ISBN:9780201146592