AERO0014-1 : Aerospace propulsion

Study Programmes 2015-2016

AERO0014-1

Aerospace propulsion

Duration :

30h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in aerospace engineering (120 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Olivier Léonard

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Action, reaction, propulsion. Historical perspectives and classification of propulsive systems.
Compressible flows : thermodynamic losses, Fanno and Rayleigh problems, thrust developed by an engine.
Caracterization of the main components : intakes, compressors, turbines, fans, combustors, nozzles, propellers.
Jet engines : nominal performances, off-design performances, transients, turbine cooling.
Rocket engines : performances, nozzle sizing, thermochemistry of the combustion chamber, chemical reactions in the nozzle, selection of the propergols.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The objectives of this course are

to understand how a propulsion system is conceived according to its mission, to the technological limits and to the operating conditions,
to understand what influences its peformances and how they can be determined.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Thermodynamics, Heat Transfers and Fluid Mechanics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Projects are organized by groups of two students. They consist in carrying out a preliminary draft of turbojet that must achieve required performances.
A laboratory session is organized in order to test a small turbojet, to acquire and to analyse measurements of pressure, temperature, rotational speed, thrust and flow rates.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

This course is organized throughout the second half of the academic year, by 4 hour sessions, at a rate of about 30 hours of theory and 15 hours of exercises.