-
exhaust jet is low. Consequently, the
exhaust jet produces about 10% of the
total thrust. A
higher proportion of the
thrust comes from the
propeller at low...
- pump-
jet, hydrojet, or
water jet is a
marine system that
produces a
jet of
water for propulsion. The
mechanical arrangement may be a
ducted propeller (axial-flow...
-
Shock wave
formation in
propeller-driven
aircraft at
speeds near
sonic conditions,
impose limits not
encountered in
jet aircraft.
Jet engines, particularly...
-
Whereas the
engines in
propeller-powered
aircraft generally achieve their maximum efficiency at much
lower speeds and altitudes,
jet engines achieve maximum...
- engine, (see above), but the
crankshaft is
fixed to the
airframe and the
propeller is
fixed to the
engine case, so that the
crankcase and
cylinders rotate...
-
watercraft Ducted propeller –
Marine propeller with a non-rotating
nozzle Pump-
jet –
Marine propulsion system Folding propeller –
Propeller with
blades that...
-
subsonic jet aircraft use more
complex high-byp****
turbofan engines. They give
higher speed and
greater fuel
efficiency than
piston and
propeller aeroengines...
-
Aircraft equipped with contra-rotating
propellers (CRP)
coaxial contra-rotating
propellers, or high-speed
propellers,
apply the
maximum power of usually...
-
single S6W
nuclear reactor,
delivering 45,000 hp (34 MW) to a low-noise pump-
jet. As a
result of
their advanced design, however, Seawolf-class submarines...
- an
ideal pathway to
channel the air and gas for a tip
jet.
Progress on the
jet-powered
propeller was
further frustrated by Wittgenstein's lack of practical...
