ME 443 - Introduction to Flight Propulsion

Prerequisite: ME 422 or consent of instructor. A senior course designed for those students who intend to work or pursue further studies in the aerospace field. Among the topics covered are detonation and deflagration, introductory one-dimensional nonsteady gas flows, basic concepts of turbomachinery, and survey of contemporary propulsive devices. Shock tube, supersonic wind tunnel, and flame propagation demonstrations accompany the lectures. 3 credits