Aircraft Engines 2 min read
Turbine blades
The turbine blades are of an aerofoil shape, designed to provide passages between adjacent blades that give a steady acceleration…
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Aircraft Engines 1 min read
Nozzle guide vanes
The nozzle guide vanes are of an aerofoil shape with the passage between adjacent vanes forming a convergent duct. The…
Aircraft Engines 3 min read
Energy Transfer from Gas Flow To Turbine
From the description contained in para. 1, it will be seen that the turbine depends for its operation on the…
Aircraft Engines 3 min read
Turbines
The turbine has the task of providing the power to drive the compressor and accessories and, in the case of…
Aircraft Engines 4 min read
Combustion Chamber Performance
A combustion chamber must be capable of allowing fuel to burn efficiently over a wide range of operating conditions without…
Aircraft Engines 2 min read
Annular combustion chamber
This type of combustion chamber consists of a single flame tube, completely annular in form, which is contained in an…
Aircraft Engines 2 min read
Types of Combustion Chamber
There are three main types of combustion chamber in use for gas turbine engines. These are the multiple chamber, the…
Aircraft Engines 1 min read
Fuel Supply
Fuel is supplied to the airstream by one of two distinct methods. The most common is the injection of a…
Aircraft Engines 5 min read
Combustion chambers
The combustion chamber (fig. 4-1) has the difficult task of burning large quantities of fuel, supplied through the fuel spray…
Aircraft Engines 4 min read
Materials are chosen to achieve the most cost-effective design for the components in question, in practice for aero engine design…
Aircraft Engines 1 min read
Airflow Control
Where high pressure ratios on a single shaft are required it becomes necessary to introduce airflow control into the compressor…
Aircraft Engines 2 min read
Operating Conditions of a Multi-Stage Compressor
Each stage of a multi-stage compressor possesses certain airflow characteristics that are dissimilar from those of its neighbour; thus to…