Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines

3. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-90653-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 1506 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

The new third edition of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines serves as a definitive resource for understanding the principles and advancements in propulsion systems. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of essential topics, including the conceptual design of various aircraft engines, such as turbofan and turboprop engines, and industrial gas turbines. It also introduces cutting-edge developments in artificial intelligence applications and sustainability considerations, reflecting the technologies shaping the future of aerospace engineering.

Key features of this edition include an exploration of the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in airbreathing engines, the integration of jet engines with rocket engines to enhance performance, and the latest advancements in internal combustion engines for small airplanes, airships, and drones. Readers will find detailed insights into piston, ramjet, and turboshaft engines powering helicopters, as well as innovative electrical and hybrid propulsion systems. The book emphasizes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption to achieve zero emissions by 2050. This edition introduces exergy analysis to critique aircraft performance, incorporating physical, chemical, kinetic, and potential components. It presents range equations for helicopters and electric aircraft, discusses space and interplanetary travel including SpaceX and reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), and covers advanced rocket propulsion methods such as nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), electric rocket propulsion (EP), and solar sails.

As with previous editions, this book equips students and professionals in aerospace, aeronautical, and aviation engineering with a solid foundation in aircraft and rocket propulsion and gas turbine design.

Online resources at www.routledge.com/9781032906539 include figure slides, an Exam Supplement, and a Solutions Manual to assist instructors in course preparation.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

El-Sayed, Ahmed F.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Aero Engines and Gas Turbines

Chapter 1. History and Classifications of Aeroengines

Chapter 2. Performance Parameters of Jet Engines

Chapter 3. Pulsejet and Ramjet Engines

Chapter 4. Turbojet Engine

Chapter 5. Turbofan Engines

Chapter 6. Shaft Engines: Internal Combustion, Turboprop, Turboshaft, and Propfan Engines

Chapter 7. High-Speed Supersonic and Hypersonic Engines

Chapter 8. Industrial Gas Turbines

Section II Component Design
9. Powerplant Installation and Intakes

10. Combustion Systems

11. Exhaust System

12. Centrifugal Compressors

13. Axial Flow Compressors and Fans

14. Axial Turbines

15. Radial Inflow Turbines

16. Module Matching

17. Conceptual Design of Gas Turbines
Section III Rocket Propulsion
18. Introduction to Rocketry

19. Rocket Engines

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Ahmed F. El-Sayed has been a Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Power Engineering at Zagazig University, Egypt, since 1983. He was a senior engineer at EGYPTAIR for 10 years, working in maintenance, technical inspection, and R&D. He has worked as a researcher in corporate projects with Westinghouse, USA; Rolls-Royce, UK; and European Wind Energy Projects: VUB, Belgium. He is a member of the New York Academy of Science and ten international societies and institutions. He is listed in Marquis Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, and Who’s Who in Education.

Dr. El-Sayed has authored 15 textbooks, including (History and Evolution of Aircraft, Taylor & Francis, 2024), (Foreign Object Debris and Damage in Aviation, Taylor & Francis, 2022), (Bird Strike in Aviation, Wiley, 2019), (Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion, Springer, 2016), (Fluid Mechanics- A Practical Approach, Zagazig University Press, 2000), (Mechanical Engineering Design: A Practical Approach, Al-Ahram, Cairo, 1986), and (Mechanical Engineering Drawing: A Practical Approach, Al-Ahram, Cairo, 1983). Moreover, he published over 100 technical papers and reports in international journals and at conferences on aircraft propulsion, aircraft performance, aircraft engine design, Icing in aeroengine intakes, FOD in fans and compressors of air-breathing engines, and cooling of aircraft axial turbine engines. His research includes automotive aerodynamics, drag force reduction through styling, and the use of add-on devices. Another area of his research is renewable energy, particularly wind energy, and the aerodynamics and dynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines. He designed two horizontal-axis wind turbines (20 and 100 kW), manufactured by the Arab Organization for Industry (AOI), and erected them on Red Sea beaches.

He was a founder and first chairman of the Aeronautical and Spacecraft Department at Zagazig University (2015-2017) and served as chairman of the Mechanical Power Engineering Department (1999-2005). He was an invited speaker and visiting professor to several research centers, universities, academies, and institutions, including NASA Glenn, MIT, Boston University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Central Florida (USA), Royal Military College for Science (RMCS), (UK), Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (VUB) and von Karman Institute (VKI), (Belgium), Tsinghua and Beijing Aeronautical Universities (China), Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology (MIPT), (Russia), Technical Universities of Graz and Vienna (Austria), Al-Fateh University, Tripoli (Libya), Al-Baath University, Homos, (Syria), Tokyo Metropolitan University and Environmental Agency (Japan).

He was awarded the Distinguished Professor Award from Zagazig University in 2009 and the Medal of Long-Life Engineering Distinction by the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate in 2017. He was awarded the Golden Tamikum necklace for scientists on the Egyptian National Honor Roll in 2020. Also, he was awarded the Distinction Medal from the USAF Academy, USA, in 2013; Golden Medal from MIPT, Russia, in 2015; the Distinction Medals from EgyptAir Co. in 2019; Zewail City for Science and Art, Egypt, in 2020; the Chinese Egyptian University in 2022, and the Institute of Aviation Engineering and Technology, IAET, Egypt, in 2023.