March 11, 2008

Aircraft Propulsion Lab 1 0 3 5

Prerequisite: AE xxx Propulsion

Study of aircraft engine models, basic measurement techniques in
thermal, mechanical and fluid systems.

Experimentation related to aerodynamics and performance of
turbomachinery (in axial flow fan set-up and in two-dimensional
compressor/turbine cascades), fuel systems, combustion and heat
transfer (convective heat transfer to geometries typical of aerospace
propulsion applications) in aerospace propulsion systems.

Experiments on performance characteristics of gas turbine/jet
propulsion systems.

References:
1. P. G. Hill and C. Peterson, Mechanics and thermodynamics of
propulsion, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 1991.
2. Laboratory manual, Propulsion Laboratory, Department of
Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2007.