Aerospace Propulsion and Experimentation - AERO3650

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Co-requisite: AERO3630
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Introduction to propulsion systems; history, types, basic thrust, efficiency equations, propellers, rotors and fans.
Engine intakes.; subsonic, supersonic, scramjets, ramjets, gas turbines, piston engines, design performance. Rockets, noise, pollution. Future propulsion systems. Further wind tunnel testing and numerical experimentation with computational fluid dynamics