Ebook: Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion

Developed through course work at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and supported through funding by the NASP program and Wright Laboratory, this text emphasizes fundamental principles, guiding concepts, analytical derivations, and numerical examples having clear, useful, insightful results.
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Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. General Background
2. Technical Background
3. Hypersonic Aerospace System Performance
4. Hypersonic Airbreathing Engine Performance Analysis
5. Compression Systems or Components
6. Combustion System Processes and Components
7. Expansion Systems or Components
8. Airbreathing Propulsion Systems
9. Special Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion Topics
• Nomenclature
Appendix A
Appendix B: U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976
Index
• Color Plates