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Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems
By: Bernie MacIsaac , Roy LangtoneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley
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Major changes in gas turbine design, especially in the design and complexity of engine control systems, have led to the need for an up to date, systems-oriented treatment of gas turbine propulsion. Pulling together all of the systems and subsystems associated with gas turbine engines in aircraft and marine applications, Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems discusses the latest developments in the field.
Chapters include aircraft engine systems functional overview, marine propulsion systems, fuel control and power management systems, engine lubrication and scavenging systems, nacelle and ancillary systems, engine certification, unique engine systems and future developments in gas turbine propulsion systems. The authors also present examples of specific engines and applications.
Written from a wholly practical perspective by two authors with long careers in the gas turbine & fuel systems industries, Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems provides an excellent resource for project and program managers in the gas turbine engine community, the aircraft OEM community, and tier 1 equipment suppliers in Europe and the United States. It also offers a useful reference for students and researchers in aerospace engineering.
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| Title of eBook: Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems | |
| Release Date: 07-07-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley |
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Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems
Chapter One
Introduction
The modern gas turbine engine used for aircraft propulsion is a complex machine comprising many systems and subsystems that are required to operate together as a complex integrated entity. The complexity of the gas turbine propulsion engine has evolved over a period of more than 70 years. Today, these machines can be seen in a wide range of applications from small auxiliary power units (APUs) delivering shaft power to sophisticated vectored thrust engines in modern fighter aircraft.
The military imperative of air superiority was the driving force behind the development of the gas turbine for aircraft propulsion. It had to be lighter, smaller and, above all, it had to provide thrust in a form which would allow higher aircraft speed. Since aircraft propulsion is, by definition, a reaction to a flow of air or gas created by a prime mover, the idea of using a gas turbine to create a hot jet was first suggested by Sir Frank Whittle in 1929. He applied for and obtained a patent on the idea in 1930. He attracted commercial interests in the idea in 1935 and set up Power Jets Ltd. to develop a demonstrator engine which first ran in 1937. By 1939, the British Air Ministry became interested enough to support a flight demonstration. They contracted Power Jets Ltd. for the engine and the Gloucester Aircraft Co. to build an experimental aircraft. Its first flight took place on 15 May 1941. This historic event ushered in the jet age.
1.1 Gas Turbine Concepts
Operation of the gas turbine engine is illustrated by the basic concept shown schematically in Figure 1.1. This compressor-turbine 'bootstrap' arrangement be
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