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Introduction
Lecture (1)
Class Schedule
Mon – Wed (8:30 AM – 9:50 AM)
Attendance will be taken every class
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Midterm
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Thrust
Thrust Drag
Weight
Aerospace Propulsion (MEC 4280/4740) 7
Dr. Raed Kafafy
The Principle of Jet Propulsion
Thrust?
The propulsive force which is generated as a reaction to the
change in the momentum of a working fluid (propellant).
A practical application of the third law of motion (Isaac
Newton, 1643–1727)
“For every force acting on a body there is an opposite and equal
reaction.”
Non-airbreathing engines
Carry on their own propellant (fuel and oxidizer) internally
Rockets
Airbreathing engines
Non-airbreathing engine
(rocket)
Turboshaft
A helicopter rotor is driven by a gas turbine through a reduction gear.
Classification of Rockets
Chemical Rockets
Solid-Propellant Rockets
Liquid-Propellant Rockets
Hybrid-Propellant Rockets
Non-chemical Rockets
Electric rockets
Nuclear rockets
Combined Types
Turbo compound piston engine, turboramjet, turborocket, ramjet-rocket
Hero’s aeolipile
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