MAE 426 FLIGHT VEHICLE PROPULSION   

Course: MAE 426, 3hr  lecture 

Pre Requisites: MAE 336 or equivalent. Thermodynamics of aircraft jet engines. Aerodynamics of inlets, combustors, nozzles, compressors, turbines and Rockets. 

Text:   Jet Propulsion, 2nd ed. Nicholas Cumpsty, Cambridge Press 2003.

Instructor: John L. Loth, room G54 Tel: 293-4111 ext. 2343

Attendance:
                        Students responsibility to sign attendance sheet! Final   grade reduced by 1% for  each day missed without excuse    in excess of two, as off Aug. 28’06

Grades: Three one-hour open book exams each worth 20%,
                     Final Exam Tu. Dec 12, 3-5 pm, worth 20%
Tentative exam dates Sept. 27, Oct. 25 and Nov. 15,
Homework, Quizzes = 1 homework grade, and or special projects worth 20%.
 

Note:   Nicholas Cumpsty is Chief Technologist at Rolls Royce. The problems in the book all refer to a new large aircraft. They are related to its flight performance at altitude, with or without an engine out. Chapter 9 deals with the design of its engine. In the 1st edition this new large aircraft with 620 seats was compared to a 400 seat Boeing 747-400 series. In this 2nd edition it is compared with a 555 seat A 380-100 airbus. All homework questions build up on previous solutions, thus you will need a record of all previous problems to solve the assigned problem, otherwise you get lost!

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