Content under Creative Commons Attribution license CC-BY 4.0, code under MIT license (c)2014 W.G. Lamon¶

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
%matplotlib inline

Chapter 2: Air Breathing¶

With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.

-R. Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths

Most of aerospace propulsion comes from the gas turbine -- the propulsive version of the gas turbine is the jet engine. Gas turbines can also be used for power generation as is the case for most natural gas fired power plants. In this chapter we will discuss the thermodynamic cycle, component efficiencies and characteristics, equilibrium line and off design matching, turbomachinery and engine controls.

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from IPython.core.display import HTML


def css_styling():
    styles = open("/home/wlamont/Documents/Textbooks/aerospace_prop_python/styles/custom.css", "r").read()
    return HTML(styles)
css_styling()

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