MAE 4321-001 AIR-BREATHING ENGINE PROPULSION

SPRING SEMESTER, 2017

T-Th 12:30PM – 1:50 PM, ARCH-401 (Cappa)

Instructor: Harry R. Barnard
Office: 323J, Woolf Hall
Telephone: (972) 603-1857 (day)
(972) 606-8878 (evening)
Email: [email protected] (Primary)
[email protected] (Secondary)
Office Hours: M & W, 4:15 to 5:15 or by appointment.
Course Prerequisites: MAE 3303 or 3311
Course Description
Development of thrust and efficiency relations, cycle analysis for reciprocating, pulsejet, ramjet,
turbojet, and turbofan engines, component design and performance analysis, off-design performance
analysis.

Student Learning Outcomes:

*Brief review of reciprocating, pulsejet and ramjet engines
*Ability to perform parametric cycle analysis of jet propulsion engines
*Ability to analysis the off-design performance of jet propulsion engines
*Ability to perform design and performance analysis of the major propulsion system components

Required Textbook: J.D. Mattingly and K.M. Boyer, Elements of Propulsion: Gas Turbines and Rockets,
Second Edition AIAA, 2016.

Class notes -- posted on BlackBoard

Specific Course Requirements/ Grade Determination

Exams (2) 50 %
Homework assignments (≈ 6-8) 15 %
Key assignment #1; Paper 10 %
Key assignment # 2; Final Design Project 25 %
100 %

Policy on Late Homework: No late HW accepted without valid excuse; lowest grade will be discarded.

Course Web Site: BlackBoard (https://elearn.uta.edu)

Key Assignments – This course contains two key assignments that provide assessment data on the ability of
our graduates to meet one or more of the ABET a – k student outcomes. Although passing the key

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included as part of the overall course grade.
Key assignment # 1: Outcome j - knowledge of contemporary issues
Paper-students are required to write a paper on a contemporary issue of their choice related to aerospace
propulsion.

Key assignment # 2: Outcome c - ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within
realistic constraints
Final Design Project- students apply gas turbine performance analysis to find an optimal design of a
propulsion system to meet thrust, range and fuel consumption requirements.

Course Outline

Introduction - Aerospace propulsion systems

Key Assignment # 1 – Contemporary issues in aerospace propulsion

Gas Dynamics/Thermodynamics/Combustion Review

Reciprocating Engines (Otto and Diesel Cycle), Propellers
Pulsejet Engines
Ramjet Engines
Thrust/Efficiency Relations
Ideal (uninstalled) thrust equation
Efficiency definitions
Breguet range/endurance equations
Cycle Analysis
Brayton cycle - thermal efficiency
Ideal turbojet cycle
Design vs. Off-design Performance
Non-ideal cycle analysis
Afterburning TJ
Hi-Bypass (unmixed flow) TF

Exam # 1

Combustion Chambers & Afterburners

Introduction/Fundamental concepts
Combustion chamber design
Burner efficiency
Burner pressure ratio
Main burner-design considerations
Afterburners
Turbomachinery
Introduction/Fundamental concepts
Axial flow compressors
Centrifugal compressors
Axial flow turbines
Propulsion/Airframe Integration
Installed thrust equation
Inlets
Nozzles

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Component Matching & Off-design Performance

Corrected performance parameters
Component performance maps
Off-design performance
2-spool afterburning TJ
Hi-Bypass (unmixed flow) TF
Lo-Bypass (mixed flow) TF

Key assignment # 2, Final Design Project – due no later than the last class day in lieu of final exam

Advanced Topics

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