Theory of aircraft turbine engines

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Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics

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Thermodynamic cycles of turbine engines, optimization of thermodynamic cycles.

Axial compressor - characteristics, aerodynamics.

Axial compressor - design layout.

Axial compressor - stability, surge.

5, Radial compressor.

Combustion chamber.

Turbine - characteristics, aerodynamics, design.

Nozzle and exhaust.

Simulation and optimization methods for turbine engines.

1D methods (NPSS) - basics, theory, usage, mathematical model.

2D methods - simulation in planes S1, S2.

Throughflow calculation.

Model verification and tuning, model based on experimental data.

Noise and its reduction.

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Farokhi S.: Aircraft Propulsion, Wiley, ISBN 9781118806777, 2014

Sultanian B. K., Gas Turbines: Internal Flow Systems Modelling, Cambridge, ISBN 978-1-107-17009-4, 2018

Aungier R. H.: Axial Flow Compressors: A Strategy for Aerodynamic Design and Analysis, Wiley, ISBN 978-

1860584220, 2003

Bräunling W. J. G.: Flugzeugtriebwerke, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-76368-0, 2015

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