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Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion (AE 203)
Instructors:
Dr. Pratikash Panda Dr. Irfan A. Mulla
Email: pratikashp@iisc.ac.in Email: irfanmulla@iisc.ac.in
Office: AE 237 Office: AE 238
Class Schedule: M,W,F: 12.00 pm – 1:00 pm
Classroom : AE 105
Grading Policy:
• Homework/Project: 30%
• Mid-Term 1: 20%
• Mid-Term 2: 20%
• Final: 30%
Aerospace Propulsion
Air-Breathing Engines
Scramjet based Hypersonic
Aviation Gas Turbine Engine Propulsion Technology
Chemical Rocket Engines Combined-Cycle Engines
Turbine-based Combined Cycle
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AE 203: Course Syllabus
• Introduction and History: Lecture 1
Jet propulsion principle, history of rocket propulsion and air-breathing
propulsion.
• Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow: Lecture 2- 10
System and control volume, brief review of Reynolds transport theorem and
conservation equations, Thrust equation. First law of thermodynamics,
Control volume analysis, second law of thermodynamics, concept of
entropy, entropy generation, 1D flow of perfect gas, 1D isentropic flows,
conservation equations, Stagnation and static quantities, Rayleigh and
Fanno-flows, Shocks.
AE 203: Course Syllabus
• Fundamentals of Air-breathing Propulsion: Lecture 19 - 27
Modern aero-propulsion engines, Thermodynamics of air-breathing
engines, ideal Brayton cycle, land-based gas turbine cycles, component
efficiencies, thrust and efficiency of aircraft-engines, gas turbine cycles for
air-craft propulsion, Intakes and nozzle efficiency, simple turbojet cycles,
turbojet engines, turbofan engines, turboprop engines, thrust
augmentation, after-burners, scramjet engines. Prediction of performance
of simple gas turbine turbines, off-design performance.
• Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion: Lecture 11-18
Classification of rocket propulsion systems, Mission analysis, mission
requirements for launch vehicles, trajectory analysis and rocket design,
Multi-stage rockets
• Advanced Topics: Lecture 28 - 30
Combined cycle engines, Turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC), Rocket
based combined cycle (RBCC).
AE 203: Course References
References:
1. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion by Philip Hill and Carl Peterson, Pearson
2nd Edition
2. Gas Turbine Theory by HIH Saravanamuttoo, H. Cohen and GFC Rogers, Pearson 7th
Edition
3. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, M. Moran and H. Shapiro, John Wiley &
Sons Inc, 7th Edition.
4. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fox, McDonalds and Pritchards, John Wiley and Sons
Inc, 8th Edition.
5.Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton and Biblarz, Wiley Interscience, 7th Edition
6. Rocket Propulsion by S. Heister, W. E. Anderson, T.L. Pourpoint, R.J. Cassady,
Cambridge 1st edition.
7. The Scramjet Engine by Corin Segal, Cambridge publication.
Additional References:
1. Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion by J. D. Mattingly, McGraw Hill 1996
2. Jet propulsion by Nicholas Cumpsty and Andrew Heyes, Cambridge University Press,
2015
3. High-speed flight propulsion system by S. Murthy and E. Curran, Progress in Aeronautics
and Astronautics, AIAA Vol 137
4. Latest literature on propulsion
Pre-requisites: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics.
