ME 5690 — Gas Turbine Combustion
4 semester hoursGraduateLecturetypical days: M/T/W/ThBostonTraditional
Offers students an opportunity to obtain an understanding of the basic physical, chemical, and aerodynamic processes associated with combustion in gas turbine engines and their relevance to combustor design and performance in applications ranging from aeronautical to power generation. Topics include the history and evolution of gas turbine engines, thermodynamic cycles, conventional and alternative aviation fuels, combustion fundamentals, fuel injection and atomization, advanced wall cooling techniques, mechanisms of combustion noise and approaches to noise control, and design and performance for ultra-low emissions.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- ME 4570 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 31% | 24.0 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 20% | 28.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 100% · W 100% · Th 100% · F 0%
Common patterns: MTWR (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Summer A
- Yiannis Levendis (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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