Thermodynamics & Propulsion
Professor Z. S. Spakovszky

Office: 31-265

Phone: x3-2196

Email: zolti@mit.edu

Aero-Astro Web: http://mit.edu/aeroastro/people/spakovszky

Gas Turbine Laboratory: GTL home

Spring 2009

 

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See ASME Mechanical Engineering article "Stamp of Authenticity" (pdf file)

 

HAND-OUTS

Subject Information: Concepts, learning objectives, and measurable outcomes (pdf file)

Handout #1 from Fall 08: Tips on how to solve problems in thermo-fluids engineering (pdf file)

Interactive Engine Education: Link to GE Aviation web page

Two-phase media: link to steam tables (pdf file)

 

OUTLINE OF LECTURES

Lecture
Date
Topic
Reading Assignments
T1
2/3
Review & Recap (Fall 2008)

Review Chapters 1 - 6

T2
2/4
Propulsion System Performance
Chapters 11.1 - 11.5
T3
2/6
Ideal Ramjet
Chapter 11.6
T4
2/12
Ideal Turbojet Engine
Chapter 11.6
T5
2/13
Real Cycle Behavior - Non-Ideal Brayton Cycles

Chapter 11.6

T6
2/20
Energy Exchange in Turbomachinery

Chapters 12.1 - 12.2

T7
2/23
Euler Turbine Equation
Chapter 12.3
T8
2/26
Introduction to Compressor & Turbine Aerodynamics
Chapters 12.4 - 12.6
T9
2/27
Two-Phase Media - Introduction
Chapter 8.1
T10
3/3
Heat and Work Exchange in Two-Phase Systems

Chapters 8.2 -8.4

T11
3/4
Rankine Cycles
Chapters 8.5 - 8.6
T12
3/11
Combined Cycles
Chapters 8.7 - 8.9
T13
3/12
 Buffer Lecture
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T14
3/13
 Thermochemistry - Introduction
Chapter 15.1 - 15.3
T15
3/16
 1st Law Analysis of Reacting Systems
Chapter 15.4
T16
3/19
 Adiabatic Flame Temperature
Chapter 15.5
T17
3/20
 Heat Transfer - Introduction
Chapters 16.1 -16.2
T18
3/30
 Conductive Heat Transfer, Thermal Resistance Circuits
Chapters 16.3 - 16.6
T19
4/1
 Convective Heat Transfer, Reynolds Analogy
Chapters 17.1 - 17.4
T20
4/3
 Generalized Conduction and Convection - Applications
Chapters 18.1 - 18.4

LECTURE NOTES

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HTML Version of Full Lecture Notes: Thermodynamics Notes (html)*

 

Index of Chapters:

1. Introduction to Thermodynamics

2. The First Law of Thermodynamics

3. The First Law Applied to Engineering Cycles

4. Background to the Second Law of Thermodynamics

5. The Second Law of Thermodynamics

6. Applications of the Second Law

7. Entropy on the Microscopic Scale

8. Power Cycles with Two-Phase Media

9. Introduction to Propulsion

10. Integral Momentum Equation

11. Aircraft Engine Performance

12. Energy Exchange with Moving Blades

13. Aircraft Performance

14. Rocket Performance

15. Generating Heat: Thermochemistry

16. Conductive Heat Transfer

17. Convective Heat Transfer

18. Generalized Conduction and Convection

19. Radiation Heat Transfer

 

 
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