Author Topic: Engineering World ( how stuffs works) (Read 1924 times)

garaarι ѕιngн · « **on:** June 28, 2015, 09:03:55 AM »

A JET ENGINE
A jet engine is a machine for turning fuel into thrust (forward motion). The thrust is produced by action and reaction—a piece of physics also known as Newton's third law of motion. The force (action) of the exhaust gases pushing backward produces an equal and opposite force (reaction) called thrust that powers the vehicle forward. Exactly the same principle pushes a skateboard forward when you kick backward with your foot. In a jet engine, it's the exhaust gas that provides the "kick". Let's have a look inside the engine...

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.

3. A second fan called a compressor squeezes the air (increases its pressure) by about eight times. This slows the air down by about 60 percent and it's speed is now about 400 km/h (240 mph).

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. 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 win turbine blades are connected to a long axle that runs the length of the engine. The compressor and the fan are also connected to this axle. So, as the turbine blads spin, they also turn the compressor and the fan.

8. The hot exhaust gases exit the engine through a tapering exhaust nozzle. The tapering design 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 burner that 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.

Author Topic: Engineering World ( how stuffs works) (Read 1924 times)

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Engineering World ( how stuffs works)

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