The authors hope that the book will not only be useful to Aerospace Engineering students but also will be helpful to those who are preparing for GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) and other competitive examinations. Working professionals may also find it useful as a quick reviewing material on airbreathing propulsion.
Aryandra Kumar Jouhari, Ph.D. (BHU, Varanasi) is a former Chief Scientist/Scientist-G, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar; Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ASET, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow; Professor and Director, BBD Group of Educational Institutions, Lucknow. He has more than 50 years of research and teaching experience and published more than 60 papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings. He is editor of two and co-editor of three conference proceedings, all published by Allied Publishers, New Delhi and has a few patents. He has been a CSIR-DAAD fellow to study and research for a short duration at Aachen University of Technology, RWTH, Aachen, Germany 2001. He is a recipient of MECON Award of The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata for his contributions on design and development of Pan Sintering Technology 1990.
Sumit Krishnan is an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering Department, ASET, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus. He has completed B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering from Gautam Buddh Technical University (now Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University), Lucknow in 2012, and M.E. in Aeronautical Engineering from Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari 2014. He has eight years of teaching experience and has published 6 papers in reputed peer reviewed journals. He is a DGCA-Certified Drone Instructor and a UAV Pilot. He has been the organizer of an International Conference on Airworthiness and Safety of Aircraft and its Systems (ICASAS-2019). He is an Associate Member of Aeronautical Society of India.