MAE 113 FUNDAMENTALS OF PROPULSION

                                                                  SUMMER SECTION I ,2008

 

 

Section Announcements:
The midterm average is 44 and the standard deviation is 11.
A calculator was found in classroom after midterm

Lecture : TuTh 05:00-07:50pm, WLH 2114
Final    :
July 31 from 05:00  to 07:50pm in WLH 2114.

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Kalyanasundaram Seshadri
E-mail: seshadri@ucsd.edu
Office: EBUII 558
Office Hours: Tuesday, 04:00-05:00pm

READER: Weilun Chang
E-mail: wec009@ucsd.edu
Office: EBU II  305
Office Hours: Wednesday, 05:00-06:00pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Compressible flow, thermodynamics, and combustion relevant to aircraft and space vehicle propulsion. Analysis and design of components for gas turbines, including turbines, inlets, combustion chambers and nozzles. Fundamentals of rocket propulsion. Prerequisites: admission to engineering major and grades of C– or better in MAE 110A or CENG 102 and MAE 101A-B-C or CENG 101A-B-C (formerly CENG 103A-B-C).

TEXTBOOK: Elements of Propulsion: Gas Turbines and Rockets    Jack D. Mattingly

GRADING: Home Work (20 %), Midterm Examination (30 %) and Final Examination (50 %).

REGRADING POLICY: submit a written statement detailing the justification for the re-grade to the Professor, indicating on statement: your name, date, email address and justification.

HOMEWORK POLICY: Homework will be assigned each week and collected on Thursday at the beginning of the lecture. No late homework will be accepted. Homework solutions must be clean, clear and neatly written. Practice problems and their solutions will be weekly posted below before the corresponding hw due date.


HOMEWORK(see textbook): 
HW#1:
1.2, 1.14, 1.23, 2.6 (due 07/10)
HW#1 solutions: HW1.pdf
HW#2: 2.21, 2.35, 2.49, 3.6 , 3.11(due 07/17)
HW#2 solutions: HW2.pdf
HW#3:
4.1, 4.10, 5.1, 5.5(due 07/24)
HW#3 solutions: HW3.pdf
HW#4: 6.2, 6.8, 7.8, 10.5, 10.11(due 08/01)

 

PRACTICE:   
Practice#11.7. 1.16, 2.12, 2.17
practice#1 solutions: pratice1.doc
Practice#2:
2.22, 2.38, 2.54, 3.8,  3.16
practice#2 solutions: practice2.pdf

Practice#3: 4.5, 4.6, 5.3, 5.10
practice#3 solutions: practice3.pdf
practice#4:6.7, 7.1, 7.14, 10.10
practice#4 solutions: pratice4.pdf