TTHHEE AAIIRRCCRRAAFFTT PPRROOPPUULLSSIIOONN Aircraft propulsion Contact: Ing. Miroslav Šplíchal, Ph.D. [email protected] Office: A1/0427 Aircraft propulsion Organization of the course Topics of the lectures: 1. History of AE, basic of thermodynamic of heat engines, 2-stroke and 4-stroke cycle 2. Basic parameters of piston engines, types of piston engines 3. Design of piston engines, crank mechanism, 4. Design of piston engines - auxiliary systems of piston engines, 5. Performance characteristics increase performance, propeller. 6. Turbine engines, introduction, input system, centrifugal compressor. 7. Turbine engines - axial compressor, combustion chamber. 8. Turbine engines – turbine, nozzles. 9. Turbine engines - increasing performance, construction of gas turbine engines, 10. Turbine engines - auxiliary systems, fuel-control system. 11. Turboprop engines, gearboxes, performance. 12. Maintenance of turbine engines 13. Ramjet engines and Rocket engines Aircraft propulsion Organization of the course Topics of the seminars: 1. Basic parameters of piston engine + presentation (1-7)- 3.10.2017 2. Parameters of centrifugal flow compressor + presentation(8-14) - 17.10.2017 3. Loading of turbine blade + presentation (15-21)- 31.10.2017 4. Jet engine cycle + presentation (22-28) - 14.11.2017 5. Presentation alternative date Seminar work: Aircraft engines presentation A short PowerPoint presentation, aprox. 10 minutes long. Content of presentation: - a brief history of the engine - the main innovation introduced by engine - engine drawing / cross-section - engine performance - operational use - derivate version - technical attractions Aircraft propulsion Organization of the course List of engines: • Pratt& WhitneyTF30 turbofan: First • WrightFlyer(4-cyl): Firstengineto fly afterburningturbofan • AnzaniThree-CylinderEngine • Rolls-Royce/SnecmaOlympus593 Engine • CFM56 Engine • Anzani(6-cyl): Firsttwo-rowradialengine • CurtissOX-5 Engine • Rolls-Royce TrentEngine • Continental A-40 (4-cyl): Ancestorofcurrentopposedengines • General Electric GEnxEngine • JendrassikCs-1 Engine • SMA SR305-230 Engine • AllisonV-1710 (12-cyl): Most highlydevelopedU.S. V-12 • Daimler-BenzDB 605 Engine • Continental O-300 Engine • Pratt& WhitneyR-2800 Double Wasp • Pratt& WhitneyCanadaPT6 Engine • General Electric J35 turbojet: FirstU.S. productionaxial-flow • Garrett-HoneywellTPE331 Engine jet • KlimovVK-1F turbojet: Last largecentrifugal-flowengine • Franklin Six-CylinderEngines • Rolls-Royce Dart. • WilliamsFJ44 Engine • Bristol Centaurus(18-cyl): Last largeBritishradial • Rolls-Royce Conway • HoneywellTFE731 Engine • Pratt& WhitneyJ57 • Pratt& WhitneyCanadaPW600 Engine Aircraft propulsion Organization of the course End of course: 1. Seminars syllabus and presentation complete. 2. Exam – written form – 15 test question 1 (select a,b,c,d) questions reflect the fundamentals working principles and terminology corresponds to ATPL theoretical question – one simple computational example ( for example computing engine power or thrust from given values) Only from memories no additional materials allowed – 45 minutes Exam terms: – First term: 12.12.2017 – Second term: 19.12.2017 Aircraft propulsion Materials Course materials: 1. File name: OLE-A_1, OLE-A_2, OLE-A_3 …etc Location: http://ulozto.cz Password: LU2017 Aircraft propulsion Source materials: WARD, Thomas A. Aerospace propulsion systems. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, c2010, xxvi, 527 s. ISBN 978-0-470-82497- 9. CUMPSTY, Nicholas. Jet propulsion: A simple guide tio the aerodynamic and thermodynamic design and performance of jet engines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 276 s. ISBN 0-521-59674-2 Rolls-Royce engineers "The Jet Engine, 5th Edition" Technical Publications Department, Rolls-Royce, Derby, England | 1996 | ISBN: 0902121235 https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ANASAGUIDETOENGINES[1].pdf Aircraft propulsion 1.Lecture History of aircraft propulsion The aircraft engines always want more power, more durability, and more efficiency. They also want it in the smallest, lightest package possible. And it should be easy to manufacture and not cost too much. More than 100 years to the engineers trying achieve this.
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