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Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion/Book and Disk (Aiaa Education) | 
 enlarge | Authors: William H. Heiser, David T. Pratt, Daniel H. Daley, Unmeel B. Mehta
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
Category: Book
List Price: $95.95
Buy New: $77.12
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 300773
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 587
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1563470357
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1343535
EAN: 9781563470356
ASIN: 1563470357
Publication Date: September 1993
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Product Description
The next great leap for jet propulsion will be to power-sustained, efficient flight through the atmosphere. Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion presents the first comprehensive, unified introduction to all elements of the scramjet engine that will make this feat possible. Developed through course work at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and supported through funding by the NASP program and Wright Laboratory, the text emphasizes fundamental principles, guiding concepts, and analytical derivations and numerical examples having clear, useful, insightful results. Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion is completely self-contained, and comes with HAP software, an extensive array of PC-based, user-friendly computer programs that enable the student to reproduce all results. Based on a great deal of original material, the text includes over 200 figures, five color plates, and 130 homework examples. Physical quantities are expressed in English and SI units throughout.
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 Excellent overview of scramjet engines August 26, 2008
James Krieger
An extremely well-written, clear overview of scramjet engines. The authors do a remarkable job presenting the information in an understandable manner. The book performs a one-dimensional analysis aimed at giving the reader an "engineering intuition" of the topic, without introducing the complexities that arise in a three-dimensional analysis. While the book is self-contained, an undergraduate-level understanding of thermodynamics and supersonic flow makes the read easier.
Good, but needs some changes June 9, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good book: easy to understand and apply. However, some changes are in order. In the Special Topics sectionl, a table presents the thermal stresses and thermal durability of several materials--without specifying the temperature and pressure for the materials. As material properties change drastically at high temperatures, such tables are incomplete without the above information. I hesitated in using the information in my design report, and asked my materials and manufacturing professor about it as well. He agreed that this information must be provided for the table to be of any use. It would also help if you specify the units after presenting an equation. Yes, we can figure it out, but try sitting on your behind for hours on end and having to stop every so often in your design to figure out the units for an equation! Colorful language flows like anything!
 Simply the best introductory book on aircraft engine design November 24, 1998
Dan Raymer (draymer@aircraftdesign.com) (Los Angeles, CA)
A clearly-written, logically-organized overview of aircraft jet engine design including thermodynamics, cycle analysis, and component design and evaluation. Includes an overview of how jet engine design fits into the overall process of aircraft design.
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