This seminal book on gas turbine technology has been a best-seller since it was first published in 1984. It
now includes a comprehensive set of software programs that complement the text with problems and design analyses.
Software topics included are: atmosphere programs, quasi-one-dimensional flows programs (ideal constant-area heat
interaction, adiabatic constant-area flow with friction, rocket nozzle performance, normal shock waves, oblique
shock waves), gas turbine programs (engine cycle analysis and engine off-design performance), and rocket combustion
programs (Tc and Pc given, Hc and Pc given, isentropic expansion). Used as a standard text in more than 50 universities,
the book and software will continue to fulfill the need for a comprehensive modern book on the principles of propulsion.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Thermodynamics and Quasi-One-Dimensional Fluid Flows
Chapter 3. Chemical Rockets
Chapter 4. Nonchemical Rockets
Chapter 5. Ideal Cycle Analysis
Chapter 6. Component Performance
Chapter 7. Nonideal Cycle Analysis
Chapter 8. Engine Off-Design Performance
Chapter 9. Elementary Theory of Blade Aerodynamics
Chapter 10. Throughflow Theory
Chapter 11. Cascade Flows
Appendix A. Standard Atmosphere
Appendix B. SAE Gas Turbine Engine Notation
Appendix C. Oates Companion Software
Subject Index