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  1. What is the difference between turbojet and turbofan engines?

    Nov 4, 2019 · The thrust from the hot combustion products coming out the back is minor. In a low-bypass turbofan, a good fraction of the thrust still comes from the jet part so it's part way between a …

  2. What is the difference between a turbofan and a turboprop engine?

    May 19, 2014 · Turbofan is the most efficient engine and most of the thrust is produced from the bypass air. The efficiency of the engine mainly depends on the engine bypass ratio. Turbojet is mainly used …

  3. thrust - How does a fan in a turbofan engine suck air in? - Aviation ...

    Feb 28, 2023 · The turbofan that you see in the video is a "geared turbofan". In this kind of engines the fan is not directly connected to the same shaft of the turbine (s) but there's a gearbox between the …

  4. What is the bypass air in a turbofan engine actually for?

    So a turbine and fan are used to capture energy from the exhaust gasses and use them to accelerate bypass air resulting in a turbofan. For planes that spend a lot of time at low speeds, designers may …

  5. How come a turboprop can't reach speeds as high as a turbofan?

    Jun 27, 2022 · 5 I understand that turbofan powered aircraft can reach much faster speeds than turboprops like the C130 Hercules, and I can't imagine a turbofan turboprop powered 737 would be …

  6. Why don't turbofan engines have shrouds affixed to the fan blades?

    Sep 1, 2020 · For a turbofan to be efficient the gap between the blades and the shroud has to be extremely small. Why don't we just attach the shroud directly to the blades and let it spin as one? …

  7. turbofan - How does the bypass air provide thrust? - Aviation Stack ...

    Dec 15, 2019 · The bypass air is accelerated by the fan at the front of the turbofan engine. This changes its velocity and therefore its momentum, which is the definition of a force (in this case: thrust): $$ F = …

  8. turbofan - Why do we refer to "power" for turboprop engines and …

    Nov 4, 2018 · In jet engines, I read that thrust is related to the fuel flow rate, whereas in turboprop engines power produced is related to the fuel flow rate. What is the reason and brief math behind this?

  9. What are the advantages of 3 spool over 2 spool turbofan engines?

    Apr 5, 2018 · There are two advantages; It's easier to match the compressor rotational speed with the turbine. Typically, the first stages of the compressor want to rotate slower than the turbine is required …

  10. Thrust varaition of a Turbofan engine with altitude and mach number

    Dec 9, 2021 · What we want to achieve is the behaviour of a low bypass turbofan engine from sea level at Mach 0 to an altitude of 15000 meters and Mach 2.1 Easiest done with the 2nd graph type, since …