AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

The hot gases are exhausted overboard through the exhaust diffuser section. Internally, this section supports the power turbine and aft port...

  A portion of the kinetic energy of the expanding gases is extracted by the turbine section, and this energy is transformed into shaft h...

Today, three basic combustion chambers are in use. They are the annular combustion chamber, the can type, and the combination of the two cal...

The compressor is the section of the engine that produces an increase in air pressure. It is made up of rotating and stationary vane assembl...

The amount of air required by a gas turbine engine is approximately ten times that of a reciprocating engine. The air inlet is generally a...

Keeping in mind the basic theory of turbine engines, compare the advantages and disadvantages of the turbine engine with the piston or recip...

The turbojet is the engine in most common use today in high-speed, high-altitude aircraft, not in Army aircraft. With this engine, air is dr...