MolaKule
Staff member
One book that has been the mainstay of university and college courses in Aerospace Engineering has been Phillip Hill's (University of British Columbia) and Carl Peterson's (MIT) book, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion. (ISBN 0-201-14659-2).
I have felt for some time that an updated text was needed.
I received a new text from (Springer) entitled, Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion by Ahmed El-Sayed of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig Egypt. (ISBN 978-1-4471-6794-5) and (ebook ISBN 978-1-4471-6796-0).
It is 1010 pages of formulae, diagrams, and copious pictures of aircraft, aircraft engines, and rocket engines.
This book discusses all types of aircraft and rocket engines with supporting formulae.
One thing I appreciate in this new text can best be explained by an example:
In Section 6.2.9, Sayed discusses microturbines as they apply to UAV's and missiles. He then takes the SR-30 engine from the Harpoon missile and calculates various characteristics of this engine. I think this "show-and-tell" approach is very effective for an introductory course in Aerospace Engineering.
And yes, I payed for my own copy.
I have felt for some time that an updated text was needed.
I received a new text from (Springer) entitled, Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion by Ahmed El-Sayed of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig Egypt. (ISBN 978-1-4471-6794-5) and (ebook ISBN 978-1-4471-6796-0).
It is 1010 pages of formulae, diagrams, and copious pictures of aircraft, aircraft engines, and rocket engines.
This book discusses all types of aircraft and rocket engines with supporting formulae.
One thing I appreciate in this new text can best be explained by an example:
In Section 6.2.9, Sayed discusses microturbines as they apply to UAV's and missiles. He then takes the SR-30 engine from the Harpoon missile and calculates various characteristics of this engine. I think this "show-and-tell" approach is very effective for an introductory course in Aerospace Engineering.
And yes, I payed for my own copy.
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