Oates G.C. (Ed.) Aircraft Propulsion Systems Technology and Design

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, University of Washington Seattle, 1989. 528 p. — ISBN:0-930403-24-X — (AIAA Education Series).The present text and third volume in the sequence, Aircraft Propulsion Systems Technology and Design, is aimed essentially at demonstrating how the design and behavior of propulsion systems are influenced by the aircraft performance requirements. It also includes an extensive review of how the often conflicting requirements of the propulsion engines and aircraft aerodynamic characteristics are reconciled to obtain an optimum match between the propulsion and airframe systems.
The key element in the text is the introductory chapter that integrates technical materials in the sequence by outlining the various steps involved in the selection, design, and development of an aircraft engine. This chapter provides an excellent exposition of the key physical concepts governing gas turbine propulsion systems. Theremaining six chapters cover combustion technology, engine/airplane performance matching, inlets and inlet/engine integration, variable convergent/
divergent nozzle aerodynamics, engine instability, aeroelasticity, and unsteady aerodynamics.This text is intended to provide the most recent information on the design of aircraft propulsion systems that should be particularly useful in aircraft engine design work as well as in any advanced courses on aircraft propulsion.ForewordDesign and Development of Aircraft Propulsion Systems, R
.0. BullockEngine Design Objectives
Effect of Thermodynamic Variables on Engine Performance
Development of Thrust
Off-Design Performance of Gas Turbine Propulsion Engines
Losses in Available Energy
Interrelations Among Aerodynamic Components
Interaction with Other Specialties
Advanced Flow Calculations
Biography of a Typical EngineTurbopropulsion Combustion Technology, R. E. Henderson and W. S. BlazowskiCombustion System Description/Definitions
Component Considerations
Design Tools
Future Requirements
ConclusionsEngine/Airframe Performance Matching, D. B. MordenMission Analysis
Optimization of Engine/Airplane Match
Sensitivity and Influence Coefficients
Computer Simulation of Gas Turbine EnginesInlets and Inlet/Engine Integration, J. L. Younghans and D. L. PaulElements of a Successful Inlet/Engine Integration Program
Definition of Subsonic Inlet/Engine Operational Requirements
Definition of Supersonic Inlet/Engine Operational Requirements
Engine Impact on Inlet Design
Inlet Impact on Engine Design
Validation of Inlet/Engine SystemVariable Convergent-Divergent Exhaust Nozzle Aerodynamics, A. P. KucharNozzle Concept
Performance Predictions
Aerodynamic Load PredictionsEngine Operability, G. SteenkenDefinitions
Stability Assessment
Aerodynamic Interface Plane
Total Pressure Distortion
Total Temperature Distortion
Planar Waves
Recoverability
Analytical TechniquesAeroelasticity and Unsteady Aerodynamics, F. O. CartaOverview of Turbomachinery Flutter
Brief Survey of Turbomachinery Flutter Regimes
Elementary Considerations of Aircraft Wing Flutter
Fundamental Differences Between Turbomachinery Flutter and Wing Flutter
Fundamental of Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory for Isolated Airfoils
Unsteady Aerodynamic Theory for Cascaded Airfoils
Dynamic Stall-Empiricism and Experiment
Coupled Blade-Disk-Shroud Stability Theory
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