AIRCRAFT ENGINE DESIGN,

Abstract

Contents: Types and classification of gas-turbine engines; Axial compressors; Centrifugal compressors; Gas turbines; Oscillation of buckets and disks; Balancing gas-turbine engine rotors; Rotor shafts and supports; Critical number of rotor shaft revolutions; Combustion chambers; Exhaust assemblies and afterburners; Turboprop reduction gears; Drives for gas-turbine-engine assemblies; System of load-bearing housings of the gas-turbine engine; Lubrication system of the gas-turbine engine; Fuel system of the gas-turbine engine and its assemblies; Adjusting the gas-turbine engine; Ignition units of the gas-turbine engine; The kinematics and dynamics of the crankgear mechanism; Balancing of piston engines; Crankshafts; Connecting rods; Pistons; Cylinders; Gas distribution; Reduction gears and blowers; Casings and drives for the lubrication units and piston engine systems; Piston-engine ignition system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1967
Accession Number
AD0663929

Entities

People

  • G. A. Kuzmin

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Jet Engines
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Rotor Blades (Turbomachinery)
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Turboprop Engines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).