Jet Propulsion

Nicholas Cumpsty is a Professor Emeritus at Imperial College London. He conducted his postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD for a dissertation entitled 'The Calculation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layers'. He has been a Professor of Aerothermal Technology at the University of Cambridge and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nick has also worked at Rolls Royce Ltd as a Senior Noise Engineer and, more recently, as a Chief Technologist. Andrew Heyes is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Department in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He has previously held positions at the University of Leeds and Imperial College London, where he spent a number of years teaching engine design based on the second edition of Jet Propulsion. Before Imperial, he worked with Rolls-Royce and British Aerospace (Military Aircraft Division, Warton). He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

• Part I. Design of Engines for a New 600-Seat Aircraft: 1. The new large aircraft – requirements and background; 2. The aerodynamics of the aircraft; 3. The creation of thrust in a jet engine; 4. The gas turbine cycle; 5. The principle and layout of jet engines; 6. Elementary fluid mechanics of compressible gases; 7. Selection of bypass ratio; 8. Dynamic scaling and dimensional analysis; 9. Turbomachinery: compressors and turbines; 10. Overview of the civil engine design; Part II. Engine Component Characteristics and Engine Matching: 11. Component characteristics; 12. Engine matching off-design; Part III. The Design of the Engines for a New Fighter Aircraft: 13. A new fighter aircraft; 14. Lift, drag and the effects of manoeuvring; 15. Engines for combat aircraft; 16. Design point for a combat aircraft; 17. Combat engines off-design; 18. Turbomachinery for combat aircraft; Part IV. A Return to the Civil Engine: 19. A return to the civil transport engine; 20. Conclusion.

'This book provides an excellent overview of the thermodynamic analysis and performance of turbojet based engines for the aircraft industry. … The book includes an excellent set of example questions for each section which are given a relevant contemporary context. … This is an excellent resource for anyone wishing to use this as a textbook as part of an undergraduate aerospace engineering programme. The authors have used their extensive industrial links to develop a textbook that is not only useful to undergraduate students on any programme covering aero gas turbine engines but would find a suitable place on the desk of professionals working in the industry.' K. L. Smith, The Aeronautical Journal