The air turborocket is a form of combined-cycle jet engine. The basic layout includes a gas generator, which produces high pressure gas, that drives a...
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air in aerospace engineering is compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a gas turbine, upstream of its fuel-burning sections. Automatic air...
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Turbojet (section Air intake)
an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine (that drives the compressor). The compressed air from...
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Airbreathing jet engine (redirect from Air-breathing jet engine)
different types of air turborockets. The various types generally differ in how the gas generator section of the engine functions. Air turborockets are often referred...
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and is capable of running statically (that is, it does not need to have air forced into its inlet, typically by forward motion). The best known example...
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An air-start system is a power source used to provide the initial rotation to start large diesel engines and gas turbines. Compared to a gasoline (petrol)...
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which the engine generates thrust because it increases the momentum of the air passing through it. Thrust depends on two things: the velocity of the exhaust...
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Ramjet (redirect from Air Turbo Ramjet)
airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around...
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the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2019-11-02. "Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Kaman K-225". airandspace.si.edu. NASM. Retrieved January...
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Turmo in Turbotrain (France) and Turboliner (United States) service. Air turborocket Free-piston engine Motorjet Rocket turbine engine Turbo-compound engine...
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aircraft such as cruise missiles and target drones. A pulsejet engine is an air-breathing reaction engine that employs an ongoing sequence of discrete combustion...
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sudden or inappropriate thrust lever movements, which resulted in incorrect air-fuel ratios in the combustion chamber. Modern engines are much more robust...
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the air flows from stage to stage. The role of the rotor blades is to accelerate the incoming air for increasing the kinetic energy of the air. Then...
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Propeller (aeronautics) (redirect from Air screw)
the Wright brothers. While some earlier engineers had attempted to model air propellers on marine propellers, the Wright Brothers realized that a propeller...
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the compressor and air tank. Hybrid systems can be made simply by adding a cartridge breech or an air tank to an existing system. Air tanks can also be...
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Reaction engines Turbines: Turbojet Turbofan Propfan Rocket-powered Air turborocket Air-augmented rocket Motorjet Pulsejet Valveless pulsejet Gluhareff Pressure...
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disruption of airflow within the compressor which continues to provide compressed air, but with reduced effectiveness. Rotating stall arises when a small proportion...
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Accessory drive (section Bleed air)
the accessories – such as generators, pumps for fuel and lubrication oil, air compressors, hydraulic pumps and engine starters – that are otherwise essential...
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While it did not achieve level flight, it was the first manned heavier-than-air powered flight. 1877: Enrico Forlanini built and flew a model steam-powered...
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program launch. The company reported rotating detonations of a compressed fuel-air mixture in the presence of the supersonic airflow necessary for speeds above...
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Combustor (section Air flow paths)
high-pressure air by the compression system. The combustor then heats this air at constant pressure as the fuel/air mix burns. As it burns the fuel/air mix heats...
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as well as) driving a propeller, it drives a compressor. The compressed air is channeled into a combustion chamber, where fuel is injected and ignited...
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replaced by electronic attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS) and air data computers (ADCs), improving reliability and reducing cost and maintenance...
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burnt. In addition a condenser isn't required, giving a weight saving. Air turborocket Compressor map Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator Intercooler Sloop, John...
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craft's radio transmitter and, in an emergency, could power an auxiliary air blower. One of the first military fixed-wing aircraft to use an APU was the...
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control – Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981 – Air-to-ground communication – Air turborocket – Altimeter – Altiport – Altitude – Angel Flight – Angle...
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around the perimeter of the engine nacelle that slides aft by means of an air motor. During normal operation, the reverse thrust vanes are blocked. On...
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Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: U.S. Air Force Publications...
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low, the mass of the air flowing through the propeller disk (thrust) causes a significant amount of tangential or rotational air flow to be created by...
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microlights. When an aircraft is stationary with the propeller spinning (in calm air), the relative wind vector for each propeller blade is from the side. However...
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