NPTEL : NOC:Aircraft Propulsion (Mechanical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Vinayak Kulkarni


Lecture 1 - Overview of Basic Thermodynamics

Lecture 2 - Solved Examples for Flow process

Lecture 3 - Turbomachines: Introduction, Classification, Types

Lecture 4 - Components of Gas Turbine Power Plant, Gas Turbine Attachments

Lecture 5 - Introduction to Various Aircraft engines, Engine Performance parameters

Lecture 6 - Air Standard Ideal Brayton Cycle

Lecture 7 - Examples for Ideal Brayton Cycle

Lecture 8 - Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle

Lecture 9 - Examples for Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle

Lecture 10 - Brayton Cycle with Heat Exchanger / Re-heater

Lecture 11 - Brayton Cycle with Intercooler / All Attachments

Lecture 12 - Examples of Gas Turbine Attachment

Lecture 13 - Examples of Gas Turbine Attachment

Lecture 14 - Stagnation Conditions, Real Brayton Cycle with Stagnation Conditions

Lecture 15 - Polytropic Efficiency of Compressor and Turbine

Lecture 16 - Examples of Real Cycle

Lecture 17 - Nozzle Flow: Isentropic Relations, Area Velocity Relation, Choked Mass Flow Rate

Lecture 18 - Aircraft Engine Intake, Intake Efficiency

Lecture 19 - Propelling Nozzle, Nozzle Efficiency

Lecture 20 - Turbojet engine: Confriguration and Examples

Lecture 21 - Turbofan engine: Confriguration and Examples

Lecture 22 - Ramjet engine: Parameters and losses

Lecture 23 - Examples of Ramjet Engine

Lecture 24 - Thrust Augmentation and Engine performance parameters for Aircrafts

Lecture 25 - Introduction to Turbomachinary

Lecture 26 - Centrifugal Compressor: Velocity diagrams, Workdone

Lecture 27 - Centrifugal Compressor: Thermodynamic analysis, Stage efficiency and Degree of reaction

Lecture 28 - Examples of Centrifugal compressor

Lecture 29 - Axial Flow Compressor: Velocity diagrams, Workdone and Degree of Reaction

Lecture 30 - Axial Flow Compressor: Free vortex Condition

Lecture 31 - Examples of Axial Flow Compressor - 1

Lecture 32 - Examples of Axial Flow Compressor - 2

Lecture 33 - Examples of Axial Flow Compressor - 3

Lecture 34 - Axial Turbine: Velocity diagrams, Workdone, and Degree of Reaction

Lecture 35 - Radial Turbine: Velocity diagrams, h-s diagram, Stage effieciency and degree of reaction

Lecture 36 - Examples of Axial Turbine

Lecture 37 - Practice examples of Axial Turbine and cetrifugal compressor

Lecture 38 - Cascade theory and Blade design

Lecture 39 - Cascade variables and Turbine Cascade

Lecture 40 - Velocity diagrams of Turbine Cascade, Compressor cascade

Lecture 41 - Turbine cooling methods

Lecture 42 - Practice examples of aircraft engine