Fully updated and revised, the second edition of this introductory text
on air-breathing jet propulsion focuses on the basic operating
principles of jet engines and gas turbines. State-of-the-art coverage of
scramjet engines, hypersonic applications, and the importance of power
generation gas turbines in industrial applications, is accompanied by an
examination of the latest developments on low-emission fuel options for
propulsion engines and how these reduce emissions and pollutants ensure
that students will be introduced to the most current trends in the
subject. With completely rewritten chapters on the operating
characteristics of components and ideal and non-ideal cycle analysis,
additional SI units in numerous examples, new and expanded
end-of-chapter problems, and updated accompanying software, this remains
the ideal text for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate
students in aerospace and mechanical engineering.