Part of engine

Fan - The fan is the first component in a turbofan. The large spinning fan sucks in large quantities of air. Most blades of the
fan are made of titanium. It then speeds this air up and splits it into two parts. One part continues through the "core" or center
of the jet engine, where it is acted upon by the other jet engine components.

The second part "bypasses" the core of the jet engine. It goes through a duct that surrounds the core to the back of the jet
engine where it produces much of the force that propels the airplane forward. This cooler air helps to quiet the jet engine as
well as adding thrust to the jet engine

Compressor - The compressor is the first component in the jet engine core. The compressor is made up of fans with many
blades and attached to a shaft. The compressor squeezes the air that enters it into progressively smaller areas, resulting in an
increase in the air pressure. This results in an increase in the energy potential of the air. The squashed air is forced into the
combustion chamber

Combustor - In the combustor the air is mixed with fuel and then ignited. There are as many as 20 nozzles to spray fuel into
the airstream. The mixture of air and fuel catches fire. This provides a high temperature, high-energy airflow. The fuel burns
with the oxygen in the compressed air, producing hot expanding gases. The inside of the combustor is often made of ceramic
materials to provide a heat-resistant chamber. The heat can reach 2700°

Turbine - The high-energy airflow coming out of the combustor goes into the turbine, causing the turbine blades to rotate.
The turbines are linked by a shaft to turn the blades in the compressor and to spin the intake fan at the front. This rotation
takes some energy from the high- energy flow that is used to drive the fan and the compressor. The gases produced in the
combustion chamber move through the turbine and spin its blades. The turbines of the jet spin around thousands of times.
They are fixed on shafts which have several sets of ball-bearing in between them.

Nozzle - The nozzle is the exhaust duct of the jet engine. This is the jet engine part which actually produces the thrust for the
plane. The energy depleted airflow that passed the turbine, in addition to the colder air that bypassed the engine core,
produces a force when exiting the nozzle that acts to propel the engine, and therefore the airplane, forward. The combination
of the hot air and cold air are expelled and produce an exhaust, which causes a forward thrust. The nozzle may be preceded by
a mixer, which combines the high temperature air coming from the jet Tap into millions of books, documents, and more Read
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HOW A JET ENGINE WORKS

1. For a jet going slower than the speed of sound, the engine is moving through the air at about 1000 km/h (600 mph). We can
think of the engine as being stationary and the cold air moving toward it at this speed.

2. A fan at the front sucks the cold air into the engine and forces it through the inlet. This slows the air down by about 60
percent and its speed is now about 400 km/h (240 mph).

3. A second fan called a compressor squeezes the air (increases its pressure) by about eight times, and this dramatically
increases its temperature

4. Kerosene (liquid fuel) is squirted into the engine from a fuel tank in the plane's wing.

5. In the combustion chamber, just behind the compressor, the kerosene mixes with the compressed air and burns fiercely,
giving off hot exhaust gases and producing a huge increase in temperature. The burning mixture reaches a temperature of
around 900°C (1650°F).

6. The exhaust gases rush past a set of turbine blades, spinning them like a windmill. Since the turbine gains energy, the gases
must lose the same amount of energy-and they do so by cooling down slightly and losing pressure.

7. The turbine blades are connected to a long axle (represented by the middle gray line) that runs the length of the engine. The
compressor and the fan are also connected to this axle. So, as the turbine blades spin, they also turn the compressor and the
fan.

8. The hot exhaust gases exit the engine through a tapering exhaust nozzle. Just as water squeezed through a narrow pipe
accelerates dramatically into a fast jet (think of what happens in a water pistol), the tapering design of the exhaust nozzle helps
to accelerate the gases to a speed of over 2100 km/h (1300 mph). So the hot air leaving the engine at the back is traveling over
twice the speed of the cold air entering it at the front-and that's what powers the plane. Military jets often have an after
burnerthat squirts fuel into the exhaust jet to produce extra thrust. The backward-moving exhaust gases power the jet forward.
Because the plane is much bigger and heavier than the exhaust gases it produces, the exhaust gases have to zoom backward
much faster than the plane's own speed.
CONCLUSION

The Jet engine's invention changed the future. With jet engines, planes can carry more cargo, fly faster, and go farther than any
propeller plane. Today, the fastest passanger jet flies from london to new york in 7-8 hours. Planes have made it easier to see
new places, and experience new cultures. Billions of people have flown in airplanes and the number keeps getting bigger, so it's
safe to say that it's changed these peoples lives, and has changed the world. War's are also fought with jets. In the Iraq war
we've used jets to fight terrorism, and also in Afganistan. Plus, old battleships have been converted to aircraft carriers because
fighter jets are simply better. Jet's have changed the way people lived. They've made traveling faster, and more efficient, and
have made a big change in militaries all over the world. The jet engine changed history.