- Hardcover: 494 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press; second edition edition (April 22 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262111624
- ISBN-13: 978-0262111621
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 780 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #702,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines is widely used as a text in the United States and abroad, and has also become a standard reference for professionals in the aircraft engine industry. Unique in treating the engine as a complete system at increasing levels of sophistication, it covers all types of modern aircraft engines, including turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops, and also discusses hypersonic propulsion systems of the future. Performance is described in terms of the fluid dynamic and thermodynamic limits on the behavior of the principal components: inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines, and nozzles. Environmental factors such as atmospheric pollution and noise are treated along with performance.This new edition has been substantially revised to include more complete and up-to-date coverage of compressors, turbines, and combustion systems, and to introduce current research directions. The discussion of high-bypass turbofans has been expanded in keeping with their great commercial importance. Propulsion for civil supersonic transports is taken up in the current context. The chapter on hypersonic air breathing engines has been expanded to reflect interest in the use of scramjets to power the National Aerospace Plane. The discussion of exhaust emissions and noise and associated regulatory structures have been updated and there are many corrections and clarifications.Jack L. Kerrebrock is Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautic's and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About the Author
Carolyn McLeod is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario.
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a must,
By jose (albacete, albacete Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines (Hardcover)
as always, Jack Kerrebrock never fails.
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A good overview and explanation of aircraft engines,
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Useless book.,
By Hiten Mulchandani - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines (Hardcover)
This book is not only difficult to read and interpret, it is also totally useless for the 16.511 (Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines) course. I have no idea why it is still the prescribed text since there are several better texts out there (Elements of Propulsion by Mattingly being one of them).Bottom line is: save your money and don't buy this book, even if it's recommended for this or any other course on this topic. 3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good overview and explanation of aircraft engines,
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This review is from: Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines (Hardcover)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a must,
By jose - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines (Hardcover)
as always, Jack Kerrebrock never fails.
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