Designed to teach the theory, analysis and design of modern gas turbine engines used for aircraft propulsion. The course builds on ASEN 4013 (Fundamentals of Aerospace Propulsion). After a brief overview of gas turbine propulsion and a review of the cycle analyses of gas turbine engines, cascade flow in turbomachinery will be discussed, followed by analysis of centrifugal and axial compressors, and axial turbines. This will be followed by analysis and design of inlets and nozzles, and burners. Compressor-turbine matching will be discussed followed by analysis of off-design performance of gas turbine engines. Finally, environmental aspects of modern gas turbine engines will be dealt with briefly.

1. Introduction and Brief Overview of Jet Propulsion 2. Thermodynamic Cycles 3. Engine Selection 4. Brief Overview of Ideal and Real Cycle Analyses 5. Engine Performance Analysis 6. Centrifugal and Axial Flow Compressors 7. Axial and Radial Flow Turbines 8. Inlets and Nozzles 9. Combustion and Burners 10. Component Matching 11. Environmental Aspects

Undergraduate Course on Propulsion or Instructor's consent.

We will make use of CULearn, in order that I may upload my lecture notes for you to download if you like, post homeworks, homework solutions and grades, and make the whole process a bit more efficient than the hard copy-route. We will however, be selective in making use of the features available on WebCT. For example, we will use the e-mail and discussion board features, but not real-time chat sessions.