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Airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine. The compressed air from the compressor is heated by burning fuel in the combustion chamber and then allowed to expand through the turbine. The turbine exhaust is then expanded in the propelling nozzle where it is accelerated to high speed to provide thrust. Two engineers, Frank Whittle in the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain in Germany, developed the concept independently into practical engines during the late 1930s. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TurbojetA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Aviation, energy, exergy, sustainability, exergoenvironmental and thermoeconomic analyses of a turbojet engine fueled with jet fuel and biofuel used on a pilot trainer aircraftInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine EnginesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Co-evolutionary and multi-level dynamics in transitions: The transformation of aviation systems and the shift from propeller to turbojet (1930–1970)Cited 171 times
- Go sideways: Jet engineA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AfterburnerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Co-evolutionary and multi-level dynamics in transitions: The transformation of aviation systems and the shift from propeller to turbojet (1930–1970)
Coupled Blade-Disk-Shroud Flutter Instabilities in Turbojet Engine Rotors
The interaction of entropy fluctuations with turbine blade rows; a mechanism of turbojet engine noise
Effect of laser shock processing on the mechanical properties and fatigue lives of the turbojet engine blades manufactured by LY2 aluminum alloy
Thermodynamic Pareto optimization of turbojet engines using multi-objective genetic algorithms
Exergetic effects of some design parameters on the small turbojet engine for unmanned air vehicle applications
Turbojet and Turbofan Engine Performance Increases Through Turbine Burners
The effects of hydrogen fuel usage on the exergetic performance of a turbojet engine
🆕 Influential since 2022
Aviation, energy, exergy, sustainability, exergoenvironmental and thermoeconomic analyses of a turbojet engine fueled with jet fuel and biofuel used on a pilot trainer aircraft
Energy, exergy, environmental and sustainability assessments of jet and hydrogen fueled military turbojet engine
Thermodynamic analysis for a novel chemical precooling turbojet engine based on a multi-stage precooling-compression cycle
Multi-objective optimization of a small turbojet engine energetic performance
Experimental insights into thermal performance of a microtube precooler with drastic coolant properties variation and precooling impacts on turbojet engine operation
📚 Books worth reading
Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine EnginesAhmed F. El-Sayed · 2008
Jet PropulsionNicholas Cumpsty · 2003- 📕Component-specific modelingR. L. McKnight · 1983
- 📕Gas turbine propulsion systemsBernie MacIsaac · 2011
- 📕Best of BreedNigel Walpole · 2006
The development of jet and turbine aero enginesBill Gunston · 1997
Jet engine manualEric Mangham · 1955
TurbojetAntony L. Kay · 2007
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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