This book illustrates how the basic principles of mechanics and thermodynamics may be used to predict behaviour
of propulsion devices. Features: coverage of the engineering objectives of propulsion.
Table of Contents
1. The Jet Propulsion Principle.
2. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow.
3. Steady One-Dimensional Flow of a Perfect Gas.
4. Boundary Layer Mechanics and Heat Transfer.
5. Thermodynamcis of Aircraft Jet Engines.
6. Aerodynamics of Inlets, Combustors, and Nozzles.
7. Axial Compressors.
8. Axial Turbines.
9. The Centrifugal Compressor.
10. Performance of Rocket Vehicles.
11. Chemical Rocket Thrust Chambers.
12. Chemical Rocket Propellants: Combustion and Expansion.
13. Turbomachinery for Liquid-Propellant Rockets.
14. Electrical Rocket Propulsion.