Jet Propulsion

Calculus Mechanics Thermodynamics This book intends to provide an introduction to jet propulsion at the undergraduate level. A jet engine is an air-breathing internal combustion engine often used to propel high-speed aircraft. Jet engines, like rocket engines, use the reaction principle in that they accelerate a mass in one direction and, from Newton's third law of motion, experience thrust in the opposite direction. However, jet engines use air to burn fuel while rocket engines use stored oxidizer. Air-breathing provides higher performance in terms of thrust per unit of propellant and allows the highest endurance. Jet engines hold the current aircraft records for non-refueled distance (26,389.3 miles in 76 hours 45 minutes GlobalFlyer). Frank Whittle received a British patent for the jet engine in 1930 and Hans von Ohain received a German patent in 1935. The first jet aircraft was the Heinkel He178 flown in 1939 with a von Ohain engine producing 4.9kN of thrust. More History The main jet engine types are the turbojet (core flow), turbofan (ducted fan powered by core), turboprop (propeller powered by core), ramjet (aerodynamic ram compression only), and pulsejet (unsteady dynamic compression). More on Jet engine types Part I: Core Engineering thumb|right|400px| Cross section of a high bypass two spool turbofan engine Fluid Mechanics - Basic Principles Jet engine Thermodynamic cycles Aerodynamic analysis Stage by stage 1D Analysis Combustion Propellants Control and stability Performance Part II: Component Engineering Intakes Compressors Combustors Turbines Nozzles Structures Rotating machinery Control Systems Accessories Part III: Case studies Model jet engines Civil high bypass turbofan Military low bypass turbofan Jet on a chip Unducted fan Geared high bypass turbofan Lift jet turbofan VLJ turbofan Current Research Problems Resources Computational fluid dynamics Jet engine /Materials/ /Manufacturing/ /Applications/ /Environmental/ /Manufacturers/ CFM International General Electric Honeywell Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies) SNECMA Rolls-Royce Williams International (WI) /Future/ /Example Problems/ /Glossary/ /Bibliography/ Sister books Fluid Mechanics Space Transport and Engineering Methods Rotorcraft Fundamentals Becoming a Private Pilot Aerospace engineering J 25% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__