AER 510 - Aerospace Propulsion

2009 Winter Term  

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T.A.

Peter Joo - UTIAS Combustion Lab. 416-667-7851

 

 

Lecture Hours

  • Mondays 11-12 BA1210; 12-13 BA1240

  • Tuesdays 11-12 WB130

NOTE: Days of Lecture and Tutorial hours might change as the term progresses. Check the detailed course schedule at the course webpage

 

 

Tutorial Hour

  • Tuesdays 12-13 WB219

NOTE: Days of Lecture and Tutorial hours might change as the term progresses. Check the detailed course schedule at the course webpage

 

 

Office Hours

TBA

 

 

Prerequisites

Gasdynamics or equivalent

 

 

Grading

  • 30% Term Test

  • 10% Homework Assignments

  • 60% Final Exam

 

 

Homework

Homework problems will be assigned periodically. It is highly recommended that you try to solve the assigned homework problems. Solutions will be posted right after the due date.

 

 

Required Textbook

Philip Hill & Carl Peterson, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1992.

 

 

Suggested Reading
  • J. K. Kerrebrock, Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines, 2nd Edition, MIT Press, 1992.
  • J. Mattingly, Elements of Propulsion, AIAA Education Series, AIAA, 2006.
  • R. D. Flack, Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Scope and history of jet and rocket propulsion; fundamentals of air-breathing and rocket propulsion; fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion including boundary layer mechanics and combustion; principles of aircraft jet engines, engine components and performance; principles of rocket propulsion, rocket performance, and chemical rockets; environmental impact of aircraft jet engines.