ASE 376 K - Propulsion

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Class Meets:	MWF 1:00 - 1:50 pm, WRW 113
Instructor:	Dr. Philip L. Varghese
Office:	WRW 314C
Office Hours:	M,W 2 - 4 PM. Tuesday 11 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 3 pm. Other times by appointment
Phone:	471-3110
e-mail:	contact me here
Home page:	http://www.ae.utexas.edu/~varghesep/
Graders	Venkat Narayanaswamy, Justin Wagner
Text:	Propulsion, 2nd Edition, P. G. Hill & C. R. Peterson, Addison Wesley, 1992.
Additional References:	See below

Important dates

Friday, Jan 23	Last day to add/drop classes in College of Engineering
Tuesday, Mar 3	Test 1  (6:00 - 8:00  pm)
Tuesday, Apr 23	Test 2  (6:00 - 8:00  pm)
Saturday, May 16	Final Exam (7:00 - 10:00 pm)

 Grading

Homework	10%
Two mid semester tests	45% (Higher score: 30%, Lower: 15%)
Final Exam	45%

 

2008-2010 Catalog Data

376K. Propulsion. Aspects of one-dimensional compressible flow, including isentropic flow and normal shocks; effects of friction and combustion; analysis and design of rockets and air-breathing engines, including performance and cycle analysis; flow in nozzles, diffusers, compressors, and turbines; combustion chamber processes and propellants. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Aerospace Engineering 362K with a grade of at least C.

Additional References

• Any standard text on Fluid Mechanics with a couple of chapters on Compressible Flow - your ASE 320 text will be fine.
• Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th edition, G. P. Sutton & O. Biblarz, Wiley-Interscience, 2001. Earlier editions (Sutton sole author) are also useful, there are several copies in the library.  Lots of good information on rocket design.
• Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion, G. C. Oates, AIAA Education Series, 1984. Many formulas and gives the standard engine station numbering. Good reference book if you already understand jet propulsion.
• Jet Propulsion, Nicholas Cumpsty, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2003. I really like this book. It is light on "formulas", and emphasizes understanding.
• Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, Jack D. Mattingly, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996. Comprehensive coverage of gas turbines, many graphs showing parametric variations, and pages of equations with loads of Greek symbols.
   

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