without regenerator, gas turbine engines, inter- cooling & reheating, turbojet engine, turbofan engine, turboprop engine. UNIT-III Jet propulsion: Historical sketch- reaction principle- essential features of propulsion devices- Thermal jet engines, classification of energy flow, thrust, thrust power and propulsion efficiency- need for – thermal jet engines and applications. UNIT-IV Turboprop and turbojet thermodynamic cycles, plant layout, essential components, and principles of – operation performance evaluation thrust augmentation and Thrust reversal contrasting with piston – – – engine propeller plant. UNIT-V Ram jet- Thermo dynamic cycle, plant lay out, essential components principle of operation – – performance evaluation comparison among atmospheric thermal jet engines- serqujet and pulse jet, – elementary treatment. UNIT-VI Rocket Engines: Need for, applications- basic principle of operation and parameters of performance – classification, solid and liquid propellant rocket engines, advantages, domains of application propellants – comparison of propulsion systems. – UNIT-VII Rocket Technology: Flight mechanics, application thrust profiles, acceleration- staging of rockets, need for feed systems, injectors and expansion nozzles rocket transfer and ablative cooling. – – UNIT-VIII Testing & instrumentation - need for Cryogenics advanced propulsion systems, elementary treatment of – Electrical nuclear and plasma Arc Propulsion. TEXT BOOKS: Gas Turbines , V. Ganesan TMGH
without regenerator, gas turbine engines, inter- cooling & reheating, turbojet engine, turbofan engine, turboprop engine. UNIT-III Jet propulsion: Historical sketch- reaction principle- essential features of propulsion devices- Thermal jet engines, classification of – energy flow, thrust, thrust power and propulsion efficiency- need for thermal jet engines and applications. UNIT-IV Turboprop and turbojet – thermodynamic cycles, plant layout, essential components, and principles of operation – performance evaluation – thrust augmentation and Thrust reversal – contrasting with piston engine propeller plant. UNIT-V Ram jet- Thermo dynamic cycle, plant lay out, essential components – principle of operation – performance evaluation – comparison among atmospheric thermal jet engines- serqujet and pulse jet, elementary treatment. UNIT-VI Rocket Engines: Need for, applications- basic principle of operation and parameters of performance – classification, solid and liquid propellant rocket engines, advantages, domains of application – propellants – comparison of propulsion systems. UNIT-VII Rocket Technology: Flight mechanics, application thrust profiles, acceleration- staging of rockets, need for – feed systems, injectors and expansion nozzles – rocket transfer and ablative cooling. UNIT-VIII Testing & instrumentation - need for Cryogenics – advanced propulsion systems, elementary treatment of Electrical nuclear and plasma Arc Propulsion. TEXT BOOKS: Gas Turbines , V. Ganesan TMGH
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