Aircraft Engines

Course guarantor:

Jakub Kraus

Lecturer:

Vladimír Machula

Tutor:

Vladimír Machula

Supervisor:

Department of Air Transport

Synopsis:

Aircraft piston engine, theoretical background, operational characteristics and construction schemes. Propellers, operational characterictics. Turbine engine, theoretical background, thermal cycles, construction schemes, operational characteristics. Turbojet and turbofan engines, basic construction modules, and their operational characteristics. Engine control.

Requirements:

No requirements.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Explain principles of the operation and theoretical fundamentals regarding aircraft propulsion, aircraft piston and turbine engines in extent and content fullfiling as a minimum the requirements of the Learning Objectives of the JAR - FCL1 Regulation concerning training of professional bachelors in the field of Professional Pilots.

Study materials:

Hanus, D. a kol.: Pohonná jednotka, učební texty dle předpisu JAR FCL 1. Akademické vydavatelství CERM. Brno. 2006

Hanus, D.: Pohon letadel, skriptum ČVUT. Vydavatelství ČVUT. 2008

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu	roomHO:A-343 Machula V. 11:30–13:00 (lecture parallel384) Horská 3 (stará budova) roomHO:B-303 Machula V. 13:15–14:45 ODD WEEK (parallel nr.384) Horská 3 (nová budova)
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bachelor PIL (EN) Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory course)
• Bachelor PIL (EN) Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory course)
• Bachelor PIL (EN) Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory course)