Designed for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students interested in learning the fundamental aspects of aircraft propulsion. The basic theory of the principle of thermodynamics and aerodynamics is extensively covered. Emphasis is placed on precise and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles.

Dr D.P. Mishra is a faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience and has served as Visiting Professor at Tokyo-Denki University, Japan. His areas of research include combustion, computational fluid dynamics and atomization. He is assistant editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and editorial board member of the Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers. He has published over 150 proceedings papers and authored five other books.