Subject Code: ME6L110
Prerequisites: None		 Gas Turbine & Jet Propulsion L – T – P : 3 –0 – 0 Credits: 3
Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines; open and closed cycles, Axial flow turbines; blade diagrams and design of blading, performance characteristics, Centrifugal and axial flow compressors, blowers and fans.Theory and design of impellers and blading, Matching of turbines and compressors, Fuels and combustion, effect of combustion chamber design and exhaust on performance, Basic principles and methods of heat recovery, Thermodynamic cycle analysis and efficiencies of propulsive devices. Thrust equation, classification and comparison of ram jets, turbojets, pulse jets and rockets. Performance of turbo-prop, turbo-jet and turbofan engines, Augmentation of thrust.
Recommended Books:
  1. Gas Turbines & Jet Propulsion, M.J. Sable M.S. Ramgir, Technical Publications, 2006
  2. Gas Turbines, V Ganesan,Tata McGraw-Hill Education,(2003)
  3. Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Ahmed F. El-Sayed, CRC Press, 2008.