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AAE 53700 - Hypersonic Propulsion

Credit Hours: 3.00.  Analysis of advanced high speed air breathing propulsion concepts for hypersonic flight. Missions and trajectories. Engine/airframe integration. Aerothermodynamic analysis of ramjets, scramjets, and oblique detonation wave engines. On- and off-design of compression inlets and minimum length nozzles. Cryogenic fuels and skin cooling. Ram accelerator ballistic launch concepts. 
Learning Outcomes
1. Develop understanding of high-speed inlet systems.
2. Develop understanding of mixing systems employed in airbreathing engines.
3. Develop understanding of turbine-based combined cycle systems.
4. Develop understanding of detonative-based propulsion systems.
5. Develop understanding of ducted rockets.
6. Develop understanding of ramjet and scramjet propulsion systems.
Credits: 3.00


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