AAE 537: Hypersonic Propulsion

3 credits

Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
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Analysis of advanced high speed air breathing propulsion concepts for hypersonic flight. Missions and trajectories. Engine/airframe integration. Aerothermodynamic analysis of ramjets, scramjets, and oblique detonation wave engines. On- and off-design of compression inlets and minimum length nozzles. Cryogenic fuels and skin cooling. Ram accelerator ballistic launch concepts.

Learning Outcomes

1Develop understanding of high-speed inlet systems.

2Develop understanding of mixing systems employed in airbreathing engines.

3Develop understanding of turbine-based combined cycle systems.

4Develop understanding of detonative-based propulsion systems.

5Develop understanding of ducted rockets.

6Develop understanding of ramjet and scramjet propulsion systems.

Course AAE 537 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

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One of
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NOSophomores (45-59 credits), Sophomores (30-44 credits), Freshmen (0-14 credit...show more

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