This course is a technical elective course designed for senior-level (and graduate level) mechanical engineering students in the area of thermal and fluid sciences.  It emphasizes on the detailed analysis of the performance of traditional propulsion systems using fundamental principles of the thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics.  In previous years, systems studied in the class include turbojet, turbofan, ramjet engines and rocket propulsion system.  However, I decided to include the study of piston type internal combustion (IC) engines for its practical importance to mechanical engineering majors.  On the other hand, the discussion of rocket engines has been omitted due to the lack of time consideration.  Therefore, the current course can be categorized into two parts: The first part deals with the discussion of traditional IC engines and will be followed by the discussion of modern jet propulsive systems.

 

 

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