3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
A fundamental course covering a range of topics selected from the disciplines of engineering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and combustion, with an emphasis on their application to propulsion. This is an entry level course to prepare students for advanced analysis of propulsion and energy systems. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to apply fundamental principles to perform thermodynamic analysis for thermophysical problems involving fluid flow, heat transfer and combustion.
Learning Outcomes1Identify types of problems from thermo-fluid systems.
2Perform heat conduction analysis for steady and unsteady problems.
3Perform analysis for radiation heat transfer.
4Develop deeper understanding of the laws of thermodynamics and their applications to various problems.
5Apply fundamentals of fluid mechanics to various fluid flow problems.
6Analyze convection heat transfer problems.
7Conduct analysis of simple combustion systems such as adiabatic or chemical equilibrium.
8Analyze simple thermo-fluid systems using fundamentals we learn from the class
Prerequisites
made by Purdue students.