Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion

This course is an introduction to the design and performance of airbreathing and rocket engines and the physical parameters used to characterize propulsion system performance.

Topics Include

• Gas dynamics of nozzles and inlets
• Cycle analysis of ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops
• Component matching and the compressor map
• Introduction to liquid and solid propellant rockets
• Multistage rockets
• Hybrid rockets
• Thermodynamics of reacting gases