ME3240 POWER AND PROPULSION Winter - 2013 COURSE OUTLINE Garth V.

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gvhobson@nps.edu INTRODUCTION (Chap. 1) 1 - Introduction to gas turbines - Fluid Momentum and Reaction Force, Engine Types

REVIEW (Chaps. 2 thru 4) Weeks 1 & 3 - Conservation Principles & Combustion Thermodynamics - Gas Dynamics (Steady 1D Flow of a Perfect Gas) Boundary Layer Theory IDEAL POWER CYCLES (NOTES) - Diesel Engines THERMODYNAMICS OF ENGINES (Chap. 5) Weeks 5 - Thrust and Efficiency, Ramjets - Turbojets, Turbofan Engines - Turbo-shaft/prop Engines, Typical Engine Performance Quiz 1 AEROTHERMO. OF INLETS, COMBUSTORS & NOZZLES (Chap. 6) 6 - Subsonic and Supersonic Inlets - Gas Turbine Combustors - Afterburners and Ramjet Combustors, Exhaust Nozzles AXIAL COMPRESSORS (Chap. 7) Weeks 7 - Angular Momentum, Work and Compression - Single Stage and Multistage Performance Characteristics - Boundary Layer Limitations, Compressor Efficiency - Degree of Reaction, Radial Equilibrium AXIAL TURBINES (Chap. 8) - Stage Design and Efficiency - Blade and Disc Stresses & Blade Cooling - Turbine Performance & Stage Design Week 8 Quiz Week Week 4

2 TURBINE AND COMPRESSOR MATCHING (Notes) 9 - On-Design Performance Prediction - Off-Design Performance Prediction - Transient Behavior PROPELLER ANALYSIS (Notes) - Momentum Theory - Cavitation, Advanced Methods FINAL EXAM TEXT Philip Hill and Carl Peterson, "Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion," Addison Wesley, 1992 (ISBN 0-201-14659-2). REFERENCES H. Cohen, G.F.C. Rogers and H.I.H. Saravanamuttoo, Gas Turbine Theory, Longman Group Ltd. 4th Ed., 1996 (ISBN 0-582-23632-0). COURSE GRADES Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Final Exam 30% 30% 40% Week 11 Week