An axial engine (sometimes known as a barrel engine or Z-crank engine) is a type of reciprocating engine with pistons arranged around an output shaft...
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centrifugal compressors). Axial compressors are integral to the design of large gas turbines such as jet engines, high speed ship engines, and small scale power...
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Swashplate (redirect from Swashplate engine)
axial engine in place of a crankshaft to translate the motion of a piston into rotary motion. Such engines are the only variation of the cam engine to...
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high-compression jet engine use axial compressors for their high efficiency. In the axial compressor the air flows parallel to the axis of rotation. Axial compressors...
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engine Opposed-piston engine Axial engine Cam engine Revolving cylinder engine Swing-piston engine Thermo-magnetic motor Heat engine for a view of the thermodynamics...
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also for an axial fan to force air through the radiator. In automobiles and motorcycles with a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, a radiator is...
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Microturbo TRI 60 (category 1970s turbojet engines)
generation of engines, the "tri-axial" engines, were named that way because they featured only three simple compressor sections. The engine overall only...
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General Electric Passport (category General Electric aircraft engines)
General Electric CF34. A smaller scaled CFM LEAP, it is a twin-spool axial engine with a 5.6:1 bypass ratio and a 45:1 overall pressure ratio and is noted...
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almost all axial engines, where the cylinders are arranged parallel to the engine axis, in one or two rings. The purpose of such engines was usually...
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Turbojet (redirect from Turbojet engine)
Ohain patented a similar engine in 1935. His design, an axial-flow engine, as opposed to Whittle's centrifugal flow engine, was eventually adopted by...
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to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required...
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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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Engine Company Ltd. – prev. Statax-Motor of Zurich) Statax 3cyl 10 hp axial Statax 5cyl 40 hp axial Statax 7cyl 80 hp axial Statax 10cyl 100 hp axial...
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Junkers Jumo 004 (category 1940s turbojet engines)
world's first production turbojet engine in operational use, and the first successful axial compressor turbojet engine. Some 8,000 units were manufactured...
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an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Frenchman Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet. In 1923, Edgar Buckingham of the US National Bureau...
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Pump-jet (redirect from Pump-jet engine)
vessel into the engines. Water enters the pump through this inlet. The pump can be of a centrifugal design for high speeds, or an axial flow pump for low...
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Rigid case construction installed engine not adversely affected by axial bending loads from inlet on TO rotation. The engine had relatively large clearances...
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producing engines for automobiles, motorcycles and aircraft since 1917, when the company began production of an inline-six aircraft engine. They have...
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General Electric J79 (category General Electric aircraft engines)
The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The...
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Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 (category Axial-compressor gas turbine engines)
Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 is an early turbojet engine and the first British design to be based on an axial-flow compressor. It was an extremely advanced...
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Allison J35 (category Allison aircraft engines)
J35 was the United States Air Force's first axial-flow (straight-through airflow) compressor jet engine. Originally developed by General Electric (GE...
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Turbopump (section Axial turbopumps)
hydrogen in rocket engines, because of its much lower density than other propellants which usually use centrifugal pump designs. Axial pumps are also commonly...
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The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line...
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previously dominant electric or peroxide propulsion, it uses the Otto fuel axial engine, which allows it to have much extended range while keeping the speeds...
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This article briefly describes the components and systems found in jet engines. Major components of a turbojet including references to turbofans, turboprops...
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gearbox. Two oil pumps were installed behind the engine, which in turn drove two oil engines. An axial engine drive transmitted the power to the rear drive...
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Case IH axial-flow combines (also known as rotary harvesters) are a type of combine harvester that has been manufactured by International Harvester, and...
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the tandem fan engine. The engine has two fans, both mounted on the low-pressure shaft, separated by a significant axial gap. The engine operates in series...
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CM-32 is armed with a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and a 7.62 mm co-axial machinegun, both mounted in a remote weapons station. In 2012 Chung-Hsin...
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Rolls-Royce Avon (category Axial-compressor gas turbine engines)
Rolls-Royce Avon was the first axial flow jet engine designed and produced by Rolls-Royce. Introduced in 1950, the engine went on to become one of their...
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