Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2021_22
Subject PROPULSIÓN Code 00710320
Study programme
0710 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA AEROESPACIAL
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Second Second
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador
LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ , DEIBI
E-mail dlopr@unileon.es
ddomf@unileon.es
erodm@unileon.es
Lecturers
DOMINGUEZ FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ , DEIBI
RODRIGUEZ MORILLAS , ELENA
Web http://www.unileon.es
General description
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. GONZALO DE GRADO , JESUS
Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN
Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MARTINEZ PELLITERO , SUSANA
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE
Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ ABIA , ANA ISABEL
Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. CASTEJON LIMAS , MANUEL

Competencias
Code  
A17700
A17720
A17742
B958
B959
B962
B5474
B5475
B5476
B5481
C1
C2
C4

Learning aims
Competences
A17700
A17720
A17742
B958
B959
B962
B5474
B5475
B5476
B5481
C1
C2
C4
A17700
A17720
A17742
B958
B959
B962
B5474
B5475
B5476
B5481
C1
C2
C4

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Bloque I: INTRODUCTION Tema 1: INTRODUCTION
Introduction to propulsive forces and historical review
Bloque II: PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS Tema 1: DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL EQUATIONS
Principles of propulsion and their equations
Bloque III: AIRCRAFT PROPULSIVE REQUIREMENTS Tema 1: MISION ANALYSIS I
Requirement analysis

Tema 2: MISION ANALYSIS II
Weight fraction analysis. Aircraft-engine sizing
Bloque IV: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS Tema 1: TURBOJET ENGINE

Tema 2: OTHER JET ENGINES

Tema 3: RECIPROCATING ENGINE

Tema 4: SPACE PROPULSION

Tema 5: PULSEJET
Bloque V: PROPELLERS Tema 1: GENERALITIES
Introduction to propellers: definitions and architecture

Tema 2: THEORETICAL MODELS
Momentum theory and blade element theory

Tema 4: PARAMETERS AND PERFORMANCES
Thrust and power coefficients, advance ratio and performance

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises 20 30 50
 
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms 8 15 23
Personal tuition 1 0 1
 
Lecture 28 45 73
 
Mixed tests 2.5 0 2.5
0.5 0 0.5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
Personal tuition
Lecture

Personalized attention
 
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
Lecture
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Description

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Mixed tests 85%
Realization and defense of complementary work 15%
 
Other comments and second call

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic J.D. Mattingly, Aircraft Engine Design, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987
J. D. Mattingly, Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, MacGraw-Hill, 1988
Philip Hill & Carl Peterson, Mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion, Addison-Wesley Long,am, 1992
David R. Greatrix, Powered Flight: The Engineering of Aerospace Propulsion, Springer, 2012

Complementary Angel Barcala Herreros (EUITA), Aerodinámica y mecánica de vuelo, ,
P.J. McMahon, Aircraft Propulsion, Harpert & Row, 1971
Valentín Sáinz, El Motor a Reacción y sus Sistemas Auxiliares, Paraninfo, 2007
M. Cuesta Álvarez, Motores de Reacción, Paraninfo, 2003
Diez Perez del Notario, Termodinámica, ,
Rolls Royce, The Jet Engine, Rolls Royce, 1986


Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
AERODYNAMICS / 00710318

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY / 00710301
DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS / 00710302
FLUID MECHANICS / 00710311
AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY / 00710312
APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS / 00710315