内容简介
Thisintroductory2005textonair-breathingjetpropulsionfocusesonthebasicoperatingprinciplesofjetenginesandgasturbines.Previouscourseworkinfluidmechanicsandthermodynamicsiselucidatedandappliedtohelpthestudentunderstandandpredictthecharacteristicsofenginecomponentsandvarioustypesofenginesandpowergasturbines.Numerousexampleshelpthereaderappreciatethemethodsanddiffering,representativephysicalparameters.Acapstonechapterintegratesthetextmaterialintoaportionofthebookdevotedtosystemmatchingandanalysissothatengineperformancecanbepredictedforbothon-andoff-designconditions.Thebookisdesignedforadvancedundergraduateandfirst-yeargraduatestudentsinaerospaceandmechanicalengineering.Abasicunderstandingoffluiddynamicsandthermodynamicsispresumed.Althoughaircraftpropulsionisthefocus,thematerialcanalsobeusedtostudyground-andmarine-basedgasturbinesandturbomachineryandsomeadvancedtopicsincompressorsandturbines.