Powered Flight: The Engineering of Aerospace Propulsion

by David R. Greatrix

Whilst most contemporary books in the aerospace propulsion field are dedicated primarily to gas turbine engines, there is often little or no coverage of other propulsion systems and devices such as propeller and helicopter rotors or detailed attention to rocket engines. By taking a wider viewpoint, Powered Flight - The Engineering of Aerospace Propulsion aims to provide a broader context, allowing observations and comparisons to be made across systems that are overlooked by focusing on a single aspect alone. The physics and history of aerospace propulsion are built on step-by-step, coupled with the development of an appreciation for the mathematics involved in the science and engineering of propulsion. Combining the author’s experience as a researcher, an industry professional and a lecturer in graduate and undergraduate aerospace engineering, Powered Flight - The Engineering of Aerospace Propulsion covers its subject matter both theoretically and with an awareness of the practicalities of the industry. To ensure that the content is clear, representative but also interesting the text is complimented by a range of relevant graphs and photographs  including  representative engineering, in addition to several propeller performance charts. These items provide excellent reference and support materials for graduate and undergraduate projects and exercises. Students in the field of aerospace engineering will find that Powered Flight - The Engineering of Aerospace Propulsion supports their studies from the introductory stage and throughout more intensive follow-on studies.

548 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

David Greatrix is an air force brat and Prairie boy who did most of his early growing up in Canada’s capital (Ottawa) and in Germany (Lahr), in addition to spending a good number of his formative years as a child and adult in Winnipeg. His university studies as a student were followed by his moving into his years of growth as an industry professional breaking into the challenging field of aerospace engineering. The subsequent 25 years of his career were as a professor of aerospace engineering at a university in Toronto, which his second book, Farewell to the Good Old Days is largely a product of. Now free as of 2019, he has completed his third book in 2021, Why Various Canadian Institutions Royally Suck.