About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 113. Chapters: Jet engine, Turbine, Frank Whittle, Turboprop, Ramjet, Turbofan, Scramjet, Components of jet engines, Combustor, Airbreathing jet engine, Scramjet programs, Turbojet, Reaction Engines SABRE, History of the jet engine, Valveless pulse jet, Environmental Control System, Pulse detonation engine, Turbojet development at the RAE, Supercruise, Afterburner, Thrust-to-weight ratio, Thrust vectoring, Tizard Mission, Bleed air, De Laval nozzle, Propelling nozzle, Bypass ratio, Ellipse Law, Exoskeletal engine, Aurel Stodola, Precooled jet engine, Air turborocket, Flameout, Motorjet, Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology, The Hy-V Scramjet Flight Experiment, Turbine engine failure, Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine, Wide chord, Pump-jet, Gluhareff Pressure Jet, Lift jet, Aerotoxic Association, Specific thrust, Turbojet train, Jet engine performance, Heinkel HeS 1, Jet engine compressors, Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology, Gas-dynamic, Huffer, T-stage, Core lock, Corrected flow, Project SQUID, ATREX, Rocket-based combined cycle, Core power, Swan neck duct, Rocket turbine engine, Zero-stage, Flame holder, Core size. Excerpt: Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 - 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine (some years earlier than Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain) and is hailed by some as the father of jet propulsion. From an early age Whittle demonstrated an aptitude for engineering and an interest in flying. Determined to be a pilot, he overcame his physical limitations to be accepted into the RAF, where his abilities earned him a place on the officer training course at Cranwell. He excelled in his studies and became an accomplished pilot. While writing his thesis there he formulated the...
