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     MAE 504 Fluid Dynamics of Combustion I
 

Gas-phase thermochemistry including chemical equilibrium and introductory chemical kinetics. Homogeneous reaction phenomena. Subsonic and supersonic combustion waves in premixed reactants (deflagration and detonation). Effects of turbulence. Introduction to diffusion flame theory. 3 credit hours

  
     

Prerequisite
  

Undergraduate courses in field of study or consent of instructor.
Course Objectives  

Students will gain an understanding of combustion phenomena with specific application to adiabatic flame temperature calculations, mixture composition calculations based on minimization of Gibbs free energy, detonation and deflagration wave structure, and simple premixed and diffusion flames.

 
Course Requirements  

HOMEWORK: Approximately six (~6) assignments.

EXAMINATIONS: Two (2) exams and a final exam.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Students will not be required to write any of their own code. The instructor will provide the necessary software that will be used primarily for equilibrium calculations, chemical kinetics and to solve relevant conservation equations for premixed flame calculations.

PROJECTS: None

 
Textbook  

Kuo, Kenneth Kuan-yun, Principles of Combustion, 2nd edition, 2005. Wiley-Interscience. ISBN: 0471046892

 
Course Outline  
  • Thermo review and equilibrium chemistry 5 1
  • Chemical kinetics 6 2
    EXAM 1
  • Transport processes 2 notes
  • Def. and Det. 4 4
  • Premixed Laminar Flames 2 5
    EXAM 2
  • Premixed Laminar (cont) 4 4
  • Jet diffusion flame height 1 notes
    Final EXAM

 
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Instructor  

Dr. Tarek Echekki, Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Broughton Hall 4152, Box 7910
NCSU Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695

Phone: 919-515-5238
Fax: 919-515-7968
EMail: techekk@ncsu.edu