3 credit hours. A survey of experiments and laboratory investigations covering the areas of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and gas dynamics. 2 credit hours. Compressible fluid flow with emphasis on one-dimensional ducted steady flows with heat transfer, frictional effects, shock waves and combined effects. Applications to propulsive devices.
Occasional demonstrations accompany the lectures.
3 credit hours. Review of basic thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. Classification of turbomachines. Definitions of efficiency. Theories of turbomachines.