NPTEL : Jet Aircraft Propulsion (Aerospace Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. A M Pradeep, Prof. Bhaskar Roy


Lecture 1 - Introduction & Development of Jet Aircraft Propulsion

Lecture 2 - How the Aircraft Jet Engines make Thrust

Lecture 3 - Jet Engine Basic Performance Parameters

Lecture 4 - Turbojet, Reheat Turbojet and Multi-spool Engines

Lecture 5 - Turbofan, Turbo-prop and Turboshaft engines

Lecture 6 - Ideal and Real Brayton cycles

Lecture 7 - Jet Engine Cycles for Aircraft propulsion

Lecture 8 - Cycle components and component performances

Lecture 9 - Tute-1

Lecture 10 - Analysis of engine real cycles

Lecture 11 - Tute-2

Lecture 12 - Thermodynamics of Compressors

Lecture 13 - Thermodynamics of Turbines

Lecture 14 - Axial Compressors : two dimensional analytical model

Lecture 15 - Cascade analysis; Loss and Blade performance estimation

Lecture 16 - Free Vortex theory; Single-Multi-stage characteristics

Lecture 17 - Tutes-3

Lecture 18 - Elements of centrifugal compressor

Lecture 19 - Centrifugal Compressor characteristics: Surging, Choking

Lecture 20 - Axial flow turbines; Turbine Blade 2-D (cascade) analysis

Lecture 21 - Multi-staging: Axial Turbine; Turbine Cooling Technology

Lecture 22 - Radial Turbine Aerodynamics & Thermodynamics; Losses

Lecture 23 - Tutes-4

Lecture 24 - Types of combustion chambers: mechanism & parameters

Lecture 25 - Pr. Loss, Combustion efficiency; Combustion intensity

Lecture 26 - Practical combustion system ; Stability, Fuel injection

Lecture 27 - Intakes for Powerplant: Transport / Military Aircraft

Lecture 28 - Subsonic, Transonic, Supersonic Intake Designs

Lecture 29 - Nozzle : fixed and variable geometry nozzles

Lecture 30 - C-D nozzle and their uses

Lecture 31 - Tute-5

Lecture 32 - Engine Off Design Operations

Lecture 33 - Aircraft Engine component matching: Dimensional analysis

Lecture 34 - Engine component matching and Sizing

Lecture 35 - Installed Performance of Engine

Lecture 36 - Tute-6

Lecture 37 - Use of Ramjets and Pulsejets in Aircraft propulsion

Lecture 38 - Thermodynamic Cycle & Performance Parameters

Lecture 39 - Flow in Diffusers, Combustors and Nozzles

Lecture 40 - Performanace and Design of Ramjet & Scramjet Engines

Lecture 41 - Tute-7

Lecture 42 - Future of Aircraft Propulsion