Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines (2^nd Ed.)

Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition builds upon the success of the book?s first edition, with the addition of three major topic areas: Piston Engines with integrated propeller coverage; Pump Technologies; and Rocket Propulsion. The rocket propulsion section extends the text?s coverage so that both Aerospace and Aeronautical topics can be studied and compared. Numerous updates have been made to reflect the latest advances in turbine engines, fuels, and combustion. The text is now divided into three parts, the first two devoted to air breathing engines, and the third covering non-air breathing or rocket engines.

Preface. Part 1: Aero Engines and Gas Turbines. History and Classifications of Aero Engines. Performance Parameters of Jet Engines. Pulsejet and Ramjet Engines. Turbojet Engine. Turbofan Engines. Shaft Engines: Internal Combustion, Turboprop, Turboshaft, and Propfan Engines. High-Speed Supersonic and Hypersonic Engines. Industrial Gas Turbines. Part 2: Power Plant Installation and Intakes. Combustion Systems. Exhaust System. Centrifugal Compressors. Axial-Flow Compressors and Fans. Axial Turbines. Radial Inflow Turbines. Module Matching. Selected Topics. Part 3: Introduction to Rocketry. Rocket Engines. Appendices.

Prof. Ahmed F. El-Sayed was a Senior Engineer for the Egyptian Airline EGYPTAIR for 10 years, working in maintenance, technical inspection, and R&D departments as well as the engine overhaul shop. He has worked as a researcher in corporate projects with Westinghouse (USA) and Rolls Royce (UK), and taught propulsion and turbomachinery courses in several universities in Egypt, the USA, and Libya.

Prof. El-Sayed has lectured in the field of design and performance of aircraft engines in several universities in the USA, Russia, Belgium, UK, Austria, China, Syria, and Japan, including NASA Glenn, MIT, the US Air Force Academy and von Karman Institute. He is the author of eight books, and more than eighty technical papers handling aircraft propulsion, performance, design aspects and FOD of intakes, fans and compressors, cooling of axial turbines of aircraft engines.