The Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines

Abstract

An extensive study of many aspects of the aerothermodynamics of aircraft gas turbine engines is presented. The study consists of twenty-six chapters written by a total of twenty-four authors. After an initial comprehensive introductory chapter, the report provides a review of thermodynamics and gas dynamics and of laminar and turbulent flows. The cycle analysis of ideal engines is then considered, followed by the description of component losses and then the cycle analysis of non-ideal engines. Engine off- design performance is then considered followed by the description of engine/ airplane matching. Succeeding chapters consider the behavior of the various components in detail. Major problem areas such as computation of turbomachinery boundary layers, aeroelasticity and unsteady aerodynamics, engine stability, engine noise, jet noise and finally the system aspects of engine installation are considered in detail. The document is intended to serve many purposes, including those of text, design manual, research reference and comprehensive overview of the aerothermodynamics of aircraft gas turbine engines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059784

Entities

People

  • Gordon C. Oates

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Alkanes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Rotor Blades (Turbomachinery)
  • Thermodynamics
  • Turbine Components

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Business Analytics
  • Fluid Dynamics.