This course offers the opportunity to integrate the preparation acquired in the basic courses with advanced methodologies to cope with propulsion systems operating at hypersonic speeds. The course is mainly focused on high-speed airbreathing systems with and without turbomachinery. High-speed inlets, mixers, isolators, combustors, and exhaust systems are discussed in detail.
Learning objectives
General
The learning objectives are to provide the basic knowledge and skills for studying and analyzing aerothermodynamics and performance under design and off-design conditions of airbreathing propulsion systems operating at hypersonic speeds such as ramjets and scramjets, oblique detonation wave engines, and combined cycle systems.
Detailed
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Assess the performance of a ramjet/scramjet propulsion system
- Discuss the working principles of a supersonic and hypersonic intake system
- Use reduced models to analyze the cycle and calculate the performance of airbreathing and combined cycle engines
- Exploit the acquired knowledge to critically assess the selection of a hypersonic propulsion system for a given mission
- Perform a preliminary design of the main subsystems of hypersonic propulsion systems
