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Aircraft Propulsion: Book Review

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 AIAA JOURNAL
Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2015

Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEWS published in this section reflect the opinions of their individual authors. They are not necessarily the opinions of the Editors of
this journal or of AIAA.

Aircraft Propulsion
Saeed Farokhi, Second Edition, Wiley, New York, May 2014, 1048 pp., $94.95 (hardcover).
DOI: 10.2514/1.J054236; published online 20 April 2015.

T HE literature in the field of propulsion is rich with

several outstanding books, including the first edition of
data, and quizzes. The coverage is comprehensive; per-
haps, the only thing missing is a chapter on supersonic
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this text. The unique feature of this second edition is that it
covers updated materials: namely, innovative propulsion
concepts, modern aircraft gas-turbine engines, and un-
inhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) propulsion systems.
The book consists of 12 chapters, with each containing
a variety of solved examples as well as homework prob-
lems. Chapter 1 provides a concise review of the devel-
opment of airbreathing jet engines and modern propulsion
concepts. Chapters 2–3 provide some of the basic and
advanced gas dynamics concepts, covering all of the basics
needed for propulsion analysis. The heart of the text is in
Chapter 4, which is focused on the thermodynamics anal-
ysis of a gas-turbine engine (ramjet, turbojet, turbofan,
turboprop) cycle. Chapter 5 is a new addition in this
second edition and is devoted to an UAV’s propulsion.
Chapters 6–10 are focused on propulsion components,
such as inlets and nozzles, combustors, and different types
of compressors and turbines. The last two chapters are de-
voted to aircraft-engine matching at design and offdesign
conditions, as well as to chemical rockets and hypersonic
propulsion, respectively. These chapters are comple-
mented with 12 appendices, which include standard atmo-
sphere data, a broad set of gas dynamics tables, cascade
scramjet propulsion. Scramjet engines are of significant
current interest and are covered in most advanced courses
in propulsion.
I have been using the first edition of this text in a
graduate-level course, and I will definitely adopt the second
edition. I am particularly pleased with the author’s straight-
forward description of the various topics, making some of
the most difficult concepts digestible with relative ease.
Unlike the first edition, which was published only in hard-
cover, the second edition is available in all formats (hard-
cover, softcover, electronic text, and electronic book).
Supplementary materials, including the source files of
illustrations and an Instructor’s Solution Manual, are also
available.
In summary, I feel this second edition provides a nice and
timely revision of the original text. I highly recommend
it for a graduate-level course in propulsion, as well as for a
comprehensive reference for practicing engineers in the
field.
Ehsan Roohi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

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