1. Improvements in teaching aircraft engine design
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Jack D. Mattingly and William H. Heiser
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Engineering ,business.industry ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Thrust ,Energy consumption ,computer.software_genre ,Automotive engineering ,Systems analysis ,Thermodynamic cycle ,Fuel efficiency ,Computer Aided Design ,business ,Gas compressor ,computer ,Heat engine - Abstract
Aircraft gas turbine analysis and design pedagogy can be enriched through the incorporation improved preliminary engine thrust and fuel consumption models, novel computer programs for both aircraft system analysis and turbomechanical design, and a new perspective for engine-cycle analysis. Four computer programs have been developed for preliminary engine design; two of these automate aircraft system analysis, while another designs multistage axial-flow compressors and the last designs multistage axial-flow turbines. Student confusion with 'design-point' and 'off-design' concepts is by these means reduced. 6 refs.
- Published
- 1992
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