Aircraft Engine Design (AIAA Education Series) [Hardcover]

Jack D. Mattingly (Author), William H. Heiser (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0930403231 | ISBN-13: 978-0930403232 | Publication Date: 1987 | Edition: 1st Ed, 2nd Printing

Based on a two-semester, senior-level, capstone design course, this text presents a realistic exposure to the aircraft engine design process.

The book is completely self-contained, including the equivalent of an instructor's manual, as each successive step of the design process is carried out in complete detail for the same aircraft system. The key steps of the design process are covered in 10 chapters that include aircraft constraint analysis, aircraft mission analysis, engine parametric (on-design) analysis, engine performance (off-design) analysis, engine sizing, burners, turbines, afterburners, and nozzles.

Aircraft Engine Design also includes the ONX (parametric) and OFFX (performance) programs that greatly extend the methods of Gordon C. Oates to facilitate the analysis of many airbreathing engine cycles. Furnished on one 3.5-inch DSDD floppy disk, these programs are supplied in executable code and come with a user guide on the disk.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Great...different in all the right ways...clear and direct...highly organized...a total aircraft [engine] design experience. -- John D. Anderson, University of Maryland --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 582 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast; 1st Ed, 2nd Printing edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930403231
• ISBN-13: 978-0930403232
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,882,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best introductory book on aircraft engine design, November 9, 1999

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Dan Raymer ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aircraft Engine Design (AIAA Education Series) (Hardcover)

A clearly-written, logically-organized overview of aircraft jet engine design including thermodynamics, cycle analysis, and component design and evaluation. Includes an overview of how jet engine design fits into the overall process of aircraft design.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Textbook, April 16, 2007

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Elijah Chingosho "Dr Elijah Chingosho" (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aircraft Engine Design, Second Edition (AIAA Education) (Hardcover)

This is one of the best books on the market on aircraft engine design for the professional engine designer and aeronautical engineer specialising on this subject. The book is well organized and well written with clear and easy to follow explanations.

The book methodically, step-by-step guides the reader through the engine design process from request for proposals for a new aircraft to the final engine layout.
The author clearly presents the concepts, principles and design issues of modern gas turbine engines. The book has great explanations, diagrams and figures that the reader will find useful and helpful.

The book comes with the AEDsys software on COD-ROM that gives in depth computational support for every design step.

All-in-all, a fantastic book that is well recommended to the target audience.