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Introduction to Aerospace Propulsion

Introduction to Aerospace Propulsion. Instructors: Prof. Bhaskar Roy and Prof. A. M. Pradeep, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay. Introduction to propulsion. Thermodynamic basis of propulsion devices. Piston-Prop engines for aircraft. Ideal cycles for jet propulsion. Introduction to missiles, rockets and space propulsion. (from nptel.ac.in)

Introduction


Lecture 01 - Course Intro and Historical Development of Flights
Lecture 02 - Early Development of Aircraft Propulsive Devices
Lecture 03 - Development of Jet Propulsion for Aircraft
Lecture 04 - Introduction to Thermodynamics
Lecture 05 - Quasi-static Processes, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics and Temperature, Concept of Energy and its Various Forms, Internal Energy, Enthalpy
Lecture 06 - Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and Volume, Work and Heat Transfers
Lecture 07 - Tutorial
Lecture 08 - First law of Thermodynamics for Closed Systems
Lecture 09 - First law of Thermodynamics for Open Systems/Flow Processes
Lecture 10 - Second Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Engines, Refrigerators and Heat Pumps, Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statement of Second law of Thermodynamics
Lecture 11 - Reversible and Irreversible Processes, Concept of Entropy
Lecture 12 - Increase of Entropy Principle, Third Law of Thermodynamics, Absolute Entropy, Perpetual Motion Machines
Lecture 13 - Tutorial
Lecture 14 - Carnot Cycle, Carnot Principle, Thermodynamic Temperature Scale
Lecture 15 - Exergy, Availability and Second Law Efficiency
Lecture 16 - Tutorial
Lecture 17 - Gas and Vapour Power Cycles, Otto Cycle, Diesel Cycle, Dual Cycle
Lecture 18 - Rankine Cycle, Brayton Cycle, Stirling and Ericsson Cycles
Lecture 19 - Thermodynamic Property Relations, Jacobean and Legendre Transformations, Maxwell's Equations
Lecture 20 - Tutorial
Lecture 21 - Properties of Gas and Vapour Mixtures
Lecture 22 - One-dimensional Compressible Flows, Isentropic Flows
Lecture 22B - Flows with Friction and Heat Transfer, Normal and Oblique Shocks
Lecture 23 - Piston-prop Engines: Otto Cycles; Ideal and Real Cycles
Lecture 24 - IC Engines for Aircraft Application
Lecture 25 - Performance Parameters of IC Engines
Lecture 26 - Supercharging of Aircraft IC Engines
Lecture 27 - Tutorial: IC Engines
Lecture 28 - Propeller Fundamentals
Lecture 29 - Propeller Aerodynamic Theories I
Lecture 30 - Propeller Aerodynamic Theories II
Lecture 31 - Tutorial: Propellers
Lecture 32 - Ideal Cycles for Jet Engines
Lecture 33 - Ideal Cycles for Variants of Jet Engines
Lecture 34 - Tutorial
Lecture 35 - Fundamentals of Ramjets and Pulsejets
Lecture 36 - Fundamentals of Rocket Engines
Lecture 37 - Fundamentals of Missile Engines
Lecture 38 - Various Space Vehicles and their Engines
Lecture 39 - Closure of the Lecture Series: Recap

References
Introduction to Aerospace Propulsion
Instructors: Prof. Bhaskar Roy and Prof. A. M. Pradeep, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay. Introduction to propulsion. Thermodynamic basis of propulsion devices. Piston-Prop engines for aircraft. Ideal cycles for jet propulsion. Introduction to missiles, rockets and space propulsion.