Aircraft propulsion systems technology and design / edited by Gordon C. Oates.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oates, Gordon C.

Series:

AIAA education series.

AIAA education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft gas-turbines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (535 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the Summerfield Book Award. A comprehensive coverage of the key physical concepts that govern gas turbine propulsion systems. Topics include combustion technology, engine/airplane performance matching, inlets and inlet/engine integration, variable convergent/divergent nozzle aerodynamics, and more.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Design and Development of Aircraft Propulsion Systems""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Engine Design Objectives""; ""1.3 Effect of Thermodynamic Variables on Engine Performance""; ""1.4 Development of Thrust""; ""1.5 Off-Design Performance of Gas Turbine Propulsion Engines""; ""1.6 Losses in Available Energy""; ""1.7 Interrelations Among Aerodynamic Components""; ""1.8 Interaction with Other Specialties""; ""1.9 Advanced Flow Calculations""; ""1.10 Biography of a Typical Engine""

""Chapter 2. Turbopropulsion Combustion Technology""""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Combustion System Description/Definitions""; ""2.3 Component Considerations""; ""2.4 Design Tools""; ""2.5 Future Requirements""; ""2.6 Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3. Engine/Airframe Performance Matching""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Mission Analysis""; ""3.3 Optimization of Engine/Airplane Match""; ""3.4 Sensitivity and Influence Coefficients""; ""3.5 Computer Simulation of Gas Turbine Engines""; ""Chapter 4. Inlets and Inlet/Engine Integration""; ""4.1 Introduction""

""4.2 Elements of a Successful Inlet/Engine Integration Program""""4.3 Definition of Subsonic Inlet/Engine Operational Requirements""; ""4.4 Definition of Supersonic Inlet/Engine Operational Requirements""; ""4.5 Engine Impact on Inlet Design""; ""4.6 Inlet Impact on Engine Design""; ""4.7 Validation of Inlet/Engine System""; ""Chapter 5. Variable Convergent-Divergent Exhaust Nozzle Aerodynamics""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Nozzle Concept""; ""5.3 Performance Predictions""; ""5.4 Aerodynamic Load Predictions""; ""Chapter 6. Engine Operability""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Definitions""

""6.3 Stability Assessment""""6.4 Aerodynamic Interface Plane""; ""6.5 Total Pressure Distortion""; ""6.6 Total Temperature Distortion""; ""6.7 Planar Waves""; ""6.8 Recoverability""; ""6.9 Analytical Techniques""; ""6.10 Summary""; ""Chapter 7. Aeroelasticity and Unsteady Aerodynamics""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Overview of Turbomachinery Flutter""; ""7.3 Brief Survey of Turbomachinery Flutter Regimes""; ""7.4 Elementary Considerations of Aircraft Wing Flutter""; ""7.5 Fundamental Differences Between Turbomachinery Flutter and Wing Flutter""

""7.6 Fundamental of Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory for Isolated Airfoils""""7.7 Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory for Cascaded Airfoils""; ""7.8 Dynamic Stall-Empiricism and Experiment""; ""7.9 Coupled Blade-Disk-Shroud Stability Theory""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

The last of three texts on aircraft propulsion technology planned by Gordon C. Oates. Other titles: Aerothermodynamics of gas turbine and rocket propulsion (c1988); Aerothermodynamics of aircraft engine components (c1985).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-149-0

1-60086-021-4

1-60119-206-1

OCLC:

922978802