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AA283 - Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion
Introduction to the design and performance of airbreathing and rocket engines. Topics: the physical parameters used to characterize propulsion system performance; gas dynamics of nozzles and inlets; cycle analysis of ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops; component matching and the compressor map; introduction to liquid and solid propellant rockets; multistage rockets; hybrid rockets; thermodynamics of reacting gases. Prerequisites: undergraduate background in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. GERs: None
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2008-2009 Winter
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01 Lecture Brian Cantwell TBA 3 Tue Thu 11am-12:15pm SCPD Cart_addShop
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2007-2008 Winter
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01 Required Material(s) Cantwell: AA 283 Course Reader
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