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Jet engines and rockets

Jet engines and rockets are both types of reaction Turbofan engine
The most common type of jet eng,m, used
engines that use thrust to propel them forward by passenger airliners is call ed a t"Jrbofan
or upward. The rapid expulsion of gas in one named for the large fan at its front In this'
type of engine, the rna,n sou,ce of thrust
direction generates thrust in the opposite direction. is air that bypasses the central core

Aircraft engines
Jet engines revolutionized aviation
BYPASS DUCT
by enabling aircraft to become faster
and more fuel efficient than their Fuel sprayed into
propeller-driven predecessors. compressed a1r
burns continuously
Most modern commercial airliners
and military fighter aircraft are jet Bypass air cools engine, I
powered. Although there are as well as provides up
different types, all jet engines work
by the same principle. They take in
....... to 80 percent of thrust

air, add fuel, then burn the mixture.


The resulting explosive exhaust
gases produce the jet propulsion.

.. ...
..
·.·
HOW FAST CAN
AJET AIRCRAFT FLY?
The speed record for a
jet aircraft is held by the
Blackbird (Lockheed SR-71),
which recorded a speed
of 2,193 miles {3,530 km) Rotating compressor
per hour in 1976. blades squash air

Air intake Compressor


1 Fan blades at the front of the 2 Combustion chamber
engine draw in cold air. Most of
The air enters the compressor,
which contains a series of fan
3 A steady stream of compressed
the air is propelled through bypass air passes through to the combustion
blades. This compresses the air, chamber. Here, fuel is sprayed in
ducts to the back of the engine. The raising its temperature and
rest travels into the engine's core. through nozzles, and the mixture
pressure dramatically. burns at very high temperatures.
p

Planes flying faster than the speed of sound


compress the air in front of them so much that they
form a high-pressure shock wave. This spreads out
and is heard on the ground as a loud sonic boom .

IShock wave spreads out

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Fan shaft powered
by turbine •••
t... . .. High-speed jet of I
hot gas spins
turbine and thrusts
engine forward

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COMBUSTION •
CHAMBER

HOT GAS
)

4 Turbine Exhaust nozzle


The hot gas expands 5 The jet of hot exhaust
explosively and rushes out of gas leaves the engine, along
th e engine, spinning the blades with the cold bypass air,
of a turbine. The spinning turbine pushing back against the
powers the fan and compressor. engine, and generating thrust.

- - - THE SUPERSONIC
AIRLINER CONCORDE FLEW
FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON
IN 2 HOURS AND 52 MINUTES

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