Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion : the jet propulsion principle, mechanics and thermodynamics of fluid flow, steady one-dimensional flow of a perfect gas, boundary layer mechanics and heat transfer, air breathing engines, thermodynamics of aircraft jet engines, aerothermodynamics of inlets, combustors, and nozzles, axial compressors, axial turbines, the centrifugal compressor, rocket engines, performance of rocket vehicles, chemical rocket thrust chambers, chemical rocket propellants, turbomachinery for liquid propellant rockets, electrical rocket propulsion, fundamental equations.