Jet Engine Flashcards
What would happen to a plain cylinder with an open end under the wing of an aircraft flying at high speeds if heat energy was added to the air as a pass-through the duct?
The air would expand and increased the jet velocity
What is jet propulsion
The propelling force generated in the direction opposite to the flow of a mass of gas or liquid under pressure
What is accomplished by a divergent entry nozzle in the ramjet
Decreases the velocity of the air and increases the pressure
What is left at the other end of a rocket with the release of the internal pressure at the nozzle end?
And unbalanced pressure (which propels the rocket in the direction opposite of the exhaust gases)
What jet is used in remotely piloted vehicles (RPV) and cruise missiles?
The “Aero Thermo Dynamic duct” or Ram jet
What determines the amount of heat that can be used in a pulsejet engine?
The amount of air available
What engine proved that the more air in engine could compress the greater the power (thrust) it produced?
The pulsejet
What increases the compression of the air used for combustion in the gas turbine engine?
Each set of blades and vanes
What results from increasing the number of stages and a gas turbine engine?
A higher compression ratio
What governs the action of matter, motion, force, and energy?
Physical principles
What increases the jet velocity?
A convergent exit nozzle.
What type of missile uses the Aero thermal dynamic duct or ramjet?
Piloted vehicles (RPV) and cruise missiles
What does the intermittent impulse Jet engine known as the areopulse or pulsejet, improve?
Compression by sacrificing the principle of continuous power generation
What is the greatest single reason the gas turbine bronze and produces the rest needed in the modern aircraft?
The compressor
What is the area for fuel and air are mixed and ignited?
The combustion chamber
What is force?
The action or effect on the body that changes the state of motion of the body
What is known as matter?
Anything that occupies space and has weight.
What is mass?
The quantity of matter in a body measured in relations to it inertia
What is the common measurement to determine the quantity of matter with pull of gravity on it?
Weight
What is the mathematical formula for mass?
M=W/G….which is mass is equal to the weight of the object divided by the acceleration due to gravity
How is slug define?
A mass was force and acceleration (due to gravity) taken into consideration.
How is energy defined?
The capacity of doing work.
How is work defined?
When a force moves a mess through a distant (work = force x distance)
How is power defined?
The rate of doing work
How is horsepower defined?
English measurement for mechanical power and is 33,000 foot pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second
How is speed defined?
The distance a body in motion travels per unit of time
How is velocity defined?
Speed in a given direction
How is acceleration defined?
The rain velocity change and is gained or lost a velocity with time
What is the rate of acceleration due to gravity?
32.2 ft./second
How is a standard day defined?
A reference or standard that shows conditions at sea level: biometric pressure = 29.92 inches of mercury temperature = 59.0°F
How are all gas turbine engines related?
With air at the standard temperature of 59°F
How is pressure effect defined?
An increase in pressure resulting in more molecules per cubic feet which in return increases the weight of a slug of air
How is ram effect defined?
Simply as more air arriving at the engine intake than the engine can ingest
What is Newton’s first law state?
A body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion to move at a constant speed in a straight line unless acted upon by some external force
What is Newton’s second law State?
an unbalance of force on a body tends to produce an acceleration in the direction of force and that acceleration if any is directly proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body. “Force is proportional to the product of the mass and acceleration”
What is Newtons third law state?
For every acting force there is an equal or opposite reacting force
What are four basic types of classes of jet engines?
Rocket, pulse jet, ram jet, and jet turbine.
What are the simplest and oldest kind of general purpose jet engines?
Turbo jets
What are the most modern Jets Injun where most of the air entering the intake bypass the combustor?
Mainly turbofans
What is the major drawback for Ramjet engines, although they are similar in design since they virtually have no move mean parts?
They are incapable of operating at low flights speed
What happens to the compressed air in a turbo jet after leaving the compressor section?
It enters the combustion chamber
What is the primary use for the turbojet turbines rotational energy?
Driving the compressor (although some shop power is extracted to drive accessories)
Why is the fuel air mixture brought almost to a stop just after the start of the start turbojet combustion chamber?
So that a stable flame can be maintained
What is the normal nozzle pressure ratio on a turbojet?
Usually high enough for the expanding gases to reach Mark 1.0 and choke the throat
What is the normal nozzle pressure ratio on a turbo jet?
Approximately 2.5 pounds Force per horsepower (15mN/W)
What principle do turboshaft engines use?
The free turbine principle
What type of engine has a compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, and jet nozzle, all of which operate in the same manner as their counterparts in the turbojet?
turboprops
How does the turboprop engine differ from a turbo?
It has an additional fan blade in the turbine stage to recover more power from the engine to turn the propeller
What is the simplest composition of a turboprop?
an intake, compressor, combustor, turbine and a propelling nozzle
What is the simplest composition of a turboprop?
An intake, compressor, combustor, turbine any propelling nozzle
Why are turboprops very efficient modest flight speed (below 450 mph)
Because the jet velocity of the propeller and exhaust is relatively low
How is supersonic speed of the propeller to prevent it in a turboprop?
A speed reduction gearbox is inserted between the power turbine and the propeller shafts
Why do most turboprop engines only contain one stage of centrifugal compression (while most modern turbojet and Turbofan engine use axial flow compressors)?
Because of their smaller size
What type of engine has the same as the turboprop and an duct-enclosed, axial-flow that replaces the gearbox and prop?
Turbofan
Essentially, what is the compression of the Turbofan?
Similar to the turbojet and consists of a ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine mounted behind it that powers the fan
How did modern turbofans evolve from the two-spool axial-flow turbojet engine?
Essentially by increasing the relative size of the low pressure compressor to the point where some if not most of the air exiting the unit actually bypass the quarter or gas generators Stream, passing through the main combustor.
Besides direct thrust, what the main difference between a turbofan and the propeller?
The intake duct of the former slows the air before it arrives at the fan face
What recent developments in Turbofan turbine blades have allowed operation at higher temperatures with less distortion ?
Original polycrystalline (regular metal) blades are now made from lined up metallic crystals and more recently mono-crystalline
Which one of the engine designation systems is in use today?
The old system under Air Force-Navy bulletin No. 306
What is the second engine designation system that is used today?
The new system under M I L-STD-879 and includes all newly developed gas turbine engine of the Air Force, Navy, and army.
What does the first part of the designation system symbol consist of?
A letter (or letters) with a number showing each basic engine type
What is the letter X?
A prefix showing experimental and service test of the particular engine. After exhaustive test confirming the ability of an engine to perform under all operating conditions X prefix is removed
What does the Y apply to?
An engine or device that has a specific function rather then a general one, or that the engine has only completed a 50 hour qualification test.
What happens upon satisfactory completion of the 150-hour qualification testing?
The engine is approved as a J type
What is the second part of the designation?
A dash and the manufacture’s letter symbol
What does the third part of the designation consist of?
A dash and a numeral showing the model number
What does the MIL-STD-879 system consist of?
Three parts; a type indicator, manufacturer’s symbol, and a model indicator.
What does the type indicator, of the MIL-STD-879, the first part of the designation, consist of?
The appropriate type of letter symbol together with the type numeral
What does MIL-STD-879 second part of the designation consist of?
A dash and two letter symbol showing the manufacturer
What does the MILSTD879 model indicator consist of?
A dash and a model number, or a dash and a model number with a suffix letter you assign, and a model number for each configuration of a given engine.
What happens should any service use another’s designated engine?
The designation remains of the same unless there is a model change, in which case only the model indicator is changed, showing the engine has been modified.
What does a turbojet engine consist of?
Air entrance section; compressor section; combustion section; turbine section; exhaust section; accessory section; and systems necessary for starting, lubrication, fuel supply, and auxiliary purposes, such as anti-icing, cooling, and afterburning
What does proper duct design contribute?
Aircraft performance by increasing ram recovery and limiting pressure drops
What does divergent inlet designs do?
Change ram air velocity into high static pressure at the compressor inlet
What are two methods of classifying inlet ducts?
- Single entrance and divided entrance
2. sub sonic and supersonic ducts
Why do modern navy aircraft, that is capable of supersonic flight, pose problems to aircraft designers?
Because the airframe can withstand supersonic velocity air but the engine cannot
What are the two methods commonly used to defuse the intake air and slow it’s flow to subsonics speeds during supersonic flight?
- To create shockwave in the intake airstream, which will disrupt the flow and cause a decrease in velocity
- To vary the area or the geometry of the intake duct
What are the two basic types of compressors?
Ratios approaching 15:1 and air flows up to 350 lbs; the addition of a fan raises these values to 25:1 and 1,000 lbs/sec
What does the single entry centrifugal-flow compressor consist of?
An impeller (rotor element, a diffuser (stator element), and manifold
What are two main elements of an axial-flow compressor?
A rotor and stator
What are the stature vanes made of?
Steel with corrosion and erosion resistant qualities
What are rotor blades made out of?
Stainless or semistainless steel
What is referred to as blade “profiles”?
Compressor blades tips reduced in thickness by cutouts
What does the disc type rotor consist of?
Separately machined discs and spacers flanged to fit one against the other in sequence.
What does a disc-type rotor consists of?
Separately machined discs and spacers flanged to fit one against the other in a sequence
What are two examples of the combination compressor now in use?
The F404-GE-400 and the TF34-GE-400
What are the two configurations of the axial compressor now is use?
The single rotor and the dual rotor, sometimes referred to as solid spool and split spool.
Which version of solid-spool compressor uses variable inlet guide vanes?
Pratt and whitney’s J52 engine
What is considered primary air?
About one-fourth of the air entering the combustion chamber area that mixes with the mixed fuel for combustion
What are pollution emissions?
Particles of matter such as smoke, carbon monoxide, partially burned hydrocarbons, and nitrics oxides
When does exhaust smoke become a problem?
When combustors operate at pressure greater than 10 atmospheres and when the fuel-air ratio in the primary zone of the combustor is rich
What are the three basic types of combustion chambers?
- Can
- Can-Annular
- Annular
Which combustion chamber is typical of the type used on axial-flow engines?
The can-type
How are can-type combustion chambers numbered?
Clockwise direction: as you face the rear of the engine and look forward, the number 1 chamber is at the top.
What are two types of nozzles being used in the various types of combustion chambers?
Simplex nozzle and duplex nozzle
Which nozzle is limited for use on current models of jet engines?
Simplex nozzle
What does the annular combustion chamber, the type usually found in axial- flow engines, consist of?
A housing and a liner, similar to the can type
What is the function of the inlet section of the combustion chamber housing?
It receives the air from the axial-flow compressor, which is a diffuser, also slows the velocity of the air by providing a larger area just before the liner area thus rising air pressure
What is the function of a coarse wire screen?
To increase turbulence to aid in fuel atomization
What is the function of the center section of the chamber housing?
It’s surrounding the liner providing an outer wall for the axial path in the air and provides the mounting pads for the installation of fuel drain valves
What action prevents after fire or excessive starting temperatures during the next start?
The drain valves drains the residue or accumulated fuel out of the combustion chamber after engine shutdown
What is the function of the rear section?
Converges to form a narrow anulus and speeds up airflow before it enters a turbine section
What are the two important functions imperative to proper flame propagation performed by swirl vanes?
- Hi flying speed: better mixing of air and fuel, ensuring spontaneous burning
- swirling prevents the flame from moving rapidly rearward.
What does a turbine transform?
Portion of the kinetic (velocity) energy of the exhaust gases into mechanical energy to drive the compressor and necessary accessories and is the sole purpose of the turbine
Where is it’s her bank section of the turbojet engine located?
Aft, or downstream, of the combustion chamber section; specifically, it is directly behind the combustion chamber outlet
What is the first function of the turbine nozzle?
After the combustion chamber has introduced to heat energy into the mass flow and the delivered evenly to the turbine nozzle, its become the job of the nozzle to prepare the mass flow for harnessing of powers through the turbine rotor
What is the second purpose of the turbine?
Deflect the gases to a specific angle in the direction of the turbine wheel rotation
What is one method the expansion feature of the turbine nozzle is accomplished?
Have the vanes assembled loosely in the supporting inner and outer shrouds
What does the rotor element of the term a section consist of?
A shaft and a wheel
What are the two basic types of turbine blades?
Impulse and reaction
How may the impulse turbine be defined?
As a turbine the derives it’s rotation from the weight and the velocity of the air striking its blades
What are the two methods of connecting the shaft to the turbine disc?
Welding and bolting
Of the two methods, bolting or welding, which one is more common?
Bolting
What is the most satisfactory method of attaching turbine blades or buckets?
The fir-tree design
What are the most common method blades are retained in their respective grooves?
Peening
Welding
Locking tabs
Riveting
Which method of a blade retention is used quite frequently?
Peening
What are the two most common application to peening?
- A small notch is ground in the edge of the blade fir-tree route before blade installation
- Construct the blades root in such a way as to contain all the elements necessary for its retention
What is the purpose of shrouded turbine?
It forms a band around the outer perimeter of the turbine wheel and improves efficiency and vibration characterize and permits lighter stage weights (on the other hand, it limits turbine speed and requires more blades).
When is the occasional use of more than one turbine wheel necessary?
In cases of heavy rotational loads
What is the one common function of the exhaust section of the turbojet engine?
It must direct the flow of hot gases rearward in such a manner as to prevent turbulence, while causing a high final or exit velocity to the gases
Where is the exhaust section located?
Directly behind the turbo section and ends with the ejection of gas at the rear in the form of a high-velocity jet
What do the parts of the exhaust section include?
The exhaust cone, tailpipe, and the exhaust, or jet nozzle
What is the purpose of the exhaust cone?
It collects the exhaust gases discharged from the turbine assembly and gradually converts them intoa solid jet
What is caused by the diverging passage between the outer duct and the inner cone?
During the exhaust cone operation, the velocity of the gases will decrease slightly and pressure will increase
What do the elements of the exhaust cone assembly consist of?
An outer shell or duct, an inner cone and three or four radial hollow struts of fins with tie rods aiding the struts in supporting the inner cone from the outer duct.
What is the two fold function of the radial struts?
Support the inner cone in the exhaust duct and also perform the important function of straightening the swirling exhaust gases, which otherwise would leave the turbine at an angle of about 45*
Why must the clearance between the turbine disc and the inner cone be checked periodically?
The pressures aft tend to push the inner cone against the turbine wheel
What is the terminating part of the basic engine?
The exhaust cone assembly
What are the remaining parts, the tailpipe and jet nozzle, considered?
Air-frame parts
Where are the tailpipe ends in a jet nozzle located?
Forward of the end of the fuselage
What are the two most common methods for protection of the fuselage structure?
Insulation blankets and shrouds
What gives to the exhaust gases the all-important final boost in velocity?
The exhaust or jet nozzle
What are the two types of jet nozzle designs?
The converging design and the converging-diverging design
Why are adjustments in a fixed-area nozzle sometimes necessary?
Because the size of the exit orifice will directly affect the operating temperature of the engine
How many inserts of various curvatures are provided with each aircraft?
Usually a set of 10
What does the different size inserts allow?
A total change of 10 square inches in the nozzle area in 1-inch increments
What has eliminated the need for physically changing the exhaust nozzle area?
All advanced technology engines now used by the navy have a state of the art electronic parts
When is it vet important to use the variable-area nozzle?
To increase the exit area during after burning
On some engines, what does the inner- and outer- flap variable nozzle assembly have?
An internal primary nozzle with sectional flaps and an external secondary nozzle with sectional flaps
How are the flaps controlled?
Four synchronized hydraulic actuators
What is the primary function of the accessory section of the turbojet engine?
To provide space for the mounting of accessories necessary for the operation and control of the engine, also includes accessories concerned with the aircraft, such as electric generators and fluid power pumps