| Description |
1 online resource (1048 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- 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 |
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1.2.6 Exhaust Nozzles -- 1.2.7 Modern Materials and Manufacturing Techniques -- 1.3 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 |
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2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Brief Review of Thermodynamics -- 2.3 Isentropic Process and Isentropic Flow -- 2.4 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 |
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2.17 Friction (Drag) Coefficient Cf and D'Arcy Friction Factor fD -- 2.18 Dimensionless Parameters -- 2.19 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 |
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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 Characteristics -- 3.7 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 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.4.2 Cycle Analysis |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118806753 |
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1118806751 |
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