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    A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references...
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    The geared turbofan is a type of turbofan aircraft engine with a planetary gearbox between the low pressure compressor / turbine and the fan, enabling...
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    Jet engine (section Turbofan)
    to an internal combustion air-breathing jet engine such as a turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, pulse jet, or scramjet. In general, jet engines are internal combustion...
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  • The turbofan engine market is dominated by General Electric, Rolls-Royce plc and Pratt & Whitney, in order of market share. General Electric and Safran...
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    also marketed as the Pratt & Whitney GTF (geared turbofan), is a family of high-bypass geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney. Following years of...
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    fuel in a turbofan's cold bypass air, instead of the mixed cold and hot flows as in most afterburning turbofans. An early augmented turbofan, the Pratt...
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  • per unit fuel consumed. TSFC or SFC for thrust engines (e.g. turbojets, turbofans, ramjets, rockets, etc.) is the mass of fuel needed to provide the net...
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  • The MS400 (Ukrainian: MC-400) is a turbofan engine developed by the Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich. The engine is used for subsonic...
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    General Electric F404 (category Low-bypass turbofan engines)
    The General Electric F404 and F412 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500–19,000 lbf (47–85 kN) class (static thrust). The series...
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  • Janes.com. Retrieved 2023-03-24. Donald, David. "China Flies First Large Turbofan". Aviation International News. Retrieved 2023-03-24. "Indigenous engines...
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    both the turboprop and turbofan, but distinct from both. The design is intended to offer the speed and performance of a turbofan, with the fuel economy...
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    The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass (0.96 to 1) turbofan engine introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1963 with the inaugural flight of the Boeing...
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    passes directly into the second fan, so that the engine behaves much like a turbofan. In parallel mode, air leaving the front fan exits the engine through an...
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    electric motors. In commercial aviation the major Western manufacturers of turbofan engines are Pratt & Whitney (a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies), General...
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    General Electric F414 (category Low-bypass turbofan engines)
    The General Electric F414 is an American afterburning turbofan engine in the 22,000-pound (98 kN) thrust class produced by GE Aerospace (formerly GE Aviation)...
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    and Airbus A220. The durability of the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engine since its inception in 2016 has been the central issue. In July...
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  • Shenyang WS-20 (category 2010s turbofan engines)
    Shenyang WS-20 (Chinese: 涡扇-20; pinyin: Wōshàn-20; lit. 'turbofan-20') is a high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine designed by the Shenyang Aeroengine Research...
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    Shenyang WS-10 (category 1990s turbofan engines)
    Shenyang WS-10 (Chinese: 涡扇-10; pinyin: Wōshàn-10; lit. 'turbofan-10'), codename Taihang, is a turbofan engine designed and built by the People's Republic of...
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  • Turbojet/Turbofan Specifications". Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. "Flanker". AIR International Magazine. 23 March 2017. "EJ200 turbofan engine"...
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  • utility aircraft. Cessna 162 Turbofan WS-10, Taihang Turbojet WP-14, Kunlun Turbofan WS-20 Associated Lyulka AL-31 turbofan engine Whole tail sections and...
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    The GE Honda HF120 is a small turbofan for the light business jet market, the first engine to be produced by GE Honda Aero Engines. Succeeding Honda's...
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    Engine Alliance GP7000 (category High-bypass turbofan engines)
    The Engine Alliance GP7000 is a turbofan jet engine manufactured by Engine Alliance, a joint venture between General Electric and Pratt & Whitney. It is...
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    The bypass ratio (BPR) of a turbofan engine is the ratio between the mass flow rate of the bypass stream to the mass flow rate entering the core. A 10:1...
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  • the company became Williams International. It has been building small turbofan engines since the 1950s for use in cruise missiles as well as target and...
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    Soloviev D-30 (category Low-bypass turbofan engines)
    two-shaft low-bypass turbofan engine, officially referred to as a "bypass turbojet"[citation needed]. It is one of the most powerful turbofan engines developed...
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    General Electric CF34 (category High-bypass turbofan engines)
    The General Electric CF34 is a civilian high-bypass turbofan developed by GE Aviation from its TF34 military engine. The CF34 is used on a number of business...
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    to their innovative engine locations, in addition to the advancement of turbofan technology. Trijets are more efficient than quadjets, but not as efficient...
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  • Thumbnail for Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay
    The Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay is a medium-bypass turbofan engine, developed from the RB.183 Mk 555 Spey core and using a fan scaled directly from the Rolls-Royce...
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  • Guizhou WS-13 (category 2000s turbofan engines)
    The WS-13 (Chinese: 涡扇-13), codename Taishan, is a turbofan engine designed and manufactured by Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation to power the CAC/PAC...
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    Lycoming ALF 502 (category Geared turbofan engines)
    The Lycoming ALF 502/LF 507 (later Honeywell ALF 502/LF 507) is a geared turbofan engine produced by Lycoming Engines, AlliedSignal, and Honeywell Aerospace...
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