AIRCRAFT AND AUTOMOBILE PROPULSION: A Textbook covers basic concepts of automobile and aircraft propulsion i.e. thermodynamics, heat transfer and reciprocating engines alongwith concept of system, description of conjugate properties, parametric study of thermodynamic cycle, sensitivity analysis of cycle efficiency, numerical methods for 2-D heat conduction, fin analysis and testing of automobile engines.

• • Solved numericals • Advance features of aircraft propulsion

Preface / Cycles and Processes / Aircraft Power Plants / Internal Combustion Engines / Elements of Heat Transfer / Carburetion / Lubrication and Cooling Systems / Further Reading / Appendix / Index.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students of mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, chemical engineering and aerospace engineering