UNSW Handbook Course - Aerospace Propulsion and Experimentation

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: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	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

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