Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket: Aircraft Engines, Rocket Engines

FUNDAMENTALS OF AIRCRAFT AND ROCKET

Explore the principles, operation, analysis, and performance of modern aircraft and rocket propulsion systems with this comprehensive engineering textbook.

This book provides a structured treatment of both aircraft and spacecraft propulsion, making it useful for students, engineers, researchers, and anyone studying aerospace or propulsion engineering. The text combines fundamental theory with practical applications, solved examples, engine case studies, engineering problems, and design-oriented material.
KEY TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Aircraft and propulsion-system classifications
• Compressible flow and fundamental conservation laws
• Thrust, propulsive efficiency, thermal efficiency and overall efficiency
• Specific fuel consumption, aircraft range and endurance
• Piston engines and aircraft propellers
• Pulsejet, ramjet and scramjet engines
• Turbojet engines and turbofan engines
• Turboramjet and turbine-based combined-cycle propulsion
• Turboprop, turboshaft and propfan engines
• Aircraft engine intakes and stationary propulsion components
• Combustion chambers and afterburners
• Exhaust and convergent/divergent nozzles
• Centrifugal and axial compressors
• Axial and radial turbines
• Gas-turbine engine matching and off-design performance
• Rocket propulsion and rocket performance parameters
• Single-stage and multistage rockets
• Liquid, solid and hybrid rocket systems
• Nonchemical propulsion concepts

The book is organized into 11 chapters, with the first ten chapters concentrating on air-breathing engines and the final chapter dedicated to rocket propulsion.

It is particularly useful for undergraduate and first-year graduate students in mechanical, aeronautical, aerospace, avionics and aviation engineering. It can also serve as a reference for practicing engineers working with aviation and gas-turbine systems.

The book includes extensive technical coverage of compressors, turbines, propulsion performance, aircraft engine components and rocket systems. Its contents also include practical problems and engineering-oriented material, making it suitable both as a study textbook and as a technical reference.

Ideal for:
Aerospace Engineering Students • Aeronautical Engineering Students • Mechanical Engineering Students • Aviation Professionals • Propulsion Engineers • Gas Turbine Enthusiasts • Aerospace Researchers • Engineering Libraries

A strong technical reference for anyone looking to study the fundamentals and engineering analysis of aircraft engines, gas turbines, jet propulsion, turbomachinery, and rocket propulsion.