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MCL 341 : Gas Dynamcs & Propulsion

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Lecture Notes

• MCL 341 : Syllabus & References
• INTRODUCTION: GAS DYNAMICS & PROPULSION
• Inventions for Development of A Perfect Flyer
• Growth of Jet Propulsion Systems
• Mach’s Vision of Flying
• Analysis of Two Extreme Gas Dynamic Activities
• The Second Extreme Gas Dynamic Activity
• Performance Analysis of Normal shocks
• Control of Entropy Generation due to Shock
• Oblique Shocks : Less Irreversible Thermodynamic Devices
• Analysis of Missiles
• SSSF Analysis of Ramjet Engines
• Thermodynamic Analysis of Ramjet Engines
• Performance Analysis of Ramjet Engines
• Thermodynamic Analysis of Turbojet Engines
• Basic Design Principles of Turbojet Engines
• Performance Characteristics of Turbojet Engines
• Creation of Compact Supersonic Turbojet
• Basic Design Principles of Turbofan Engines
• Analysis & Selection of Design Space for Turbofan
• Parametric Study of Turbofan Performance
• Optimal Design of Turbofan
• Analysis of Mixed Flow Turbofan Engine
• Basics of A Turboprop Engine
• Performance Analysis of A Turboprop Engine
• Basics of Rocket Propulsion
• Analysis of Rocket Propulsion
• Analysis of Multistage Rockets
• Propeller Based Propulsion
• Matching of Propulsion Systems for an Aircraft
• Irreversibilities in Propulsion Systems
• Design of Passive (Adiabatic) Control Volumes
• Frictional Flow through Variable Area Ducts
• Gas Dynamics for Design of Intakes
• Gas Dynamics for Design of Nozzles
• Gas Dynamics for Study of Nozzles@ Off-Design
• Gas Dynamics for Study of Nozzles@ Critically Off-Design Conditions
• Combustor for Jet Engines
• Design Space for Combustor
• Fans, Compressors & Turbines for Jet Engines
• Design of An Axial Compressor Stage for Jet Engines
• Design Analysis of Axial Flow Gas Turbines

Gas Tables

• Isentropic Flow Tables
• Normal Shock Tables