Aircraft propulsion and gas turbine engines
By: El-Sayed, Ahmed F
Language: English Publisher: Boca Raton CRC Press 2017Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvii, 1447p.: ill.; 27cmISBN: 9781466595163Subject(s): Engineering | Aviation engineering | Airplanes -- Turbojet engines | Aircraft gas-turbinesDDC classification: 629.134353 ELS/A Online resources: Publisher's URL Summary: Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition builds upon the success of the book’s first edition, with the addition of three major topic areas: Piston Engines with integrated propeller coverage; Pump Technologies; and Rocket Propulsion. The rocket propulsion section extends the text’s coverage so that both Aerospace and Aeronautical topics can be studied and compared. Numerous updates have been made to reflect the latest advances in turbine engines, fuels, and combustion. The text is now divided into three parts, the first two devoted to air breathing engines, and the third covering non-air breathing or rocket engines.
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Table of Contents:
Preface.
Section I: Aero Engines and Gas Turbines.
1. History and Classifications of Aero Engines.
2. Performance Parameters of Jet Engines.
3. Pulsejet and Ramjet Engines.
4. Turbojet Engine.
5. Turbofan Engines.
6. Shaft Engines: Internal Combustion, Turboprop, Turboshaft, and Propfan Engines.
7. High-Speed Supersonic and Hypersonic Engines.
8. Industrial Gas Turbines.
Section II: Component Design
9. Power Plant Installation and Intakes.
10. Combustion Systems.
11. Exhaust System.
12. Centrifugal Compressors.
13. Axial-Flow Compressors and Fans.
14. Axial Turbines.
15. Radial Inflow Turbines.
16. Module Matching.
17. Selected Topics.
Section III: Rocket Propulsion
18. Introduction to Rocketry.
19. Rocket Engines.
Appendices.
Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition builds upon the success of the book’s first edition, with the addition of three major topic areas: Piston Engines with integrated propeller coverage; Pump Technologies; and Rocket Propulsion. The rocket propulsion section extends the text’s coverage so that both Aerospace and Aeronautical topics can be studied and compared. Numerous updates have been made to reflect the latest advances in turbine engines, fuels, and combustion. The text is now divided into three parts, the first two devoted to air breathing engines, and the third covering non-air breathing or rocket engines.